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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Fred Hardesty of Akron Ohio visit Mrs Elizabeth Hardesty in Stephenson. Rev and Mrs Charles Friend of Hampton Virginia spend vacation with Mr and Mrs S W Allen. Virginia Solenberger now in Martinsburg WV visits cousin Ruth McCann. Charles R McCanny begins rebuilding barn after last week's fire.
Beck's Bakery Company has leased the first floor of the Ewing building on South Main for a larger Harrisonburg branch. The Winchester firm operates here already three years and will keep Robert Wowra as manager. Plans include a larger oven and major improvements to boost daily bread output.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad releases a new passenger timetable with key changes. Train 407 from the east now arrives at 9 15 p m rather than 10 50 p m train 63 with a heavy mail moves to 6 40 a m and train 408 eastbound arrival time shifts from 6 05 a m to a revised early morning slot.
The notice lists adjusted bus times and routes for the East and Westbound services. It notes changes to run numbers 408 708 742 52 56 54 and 53 55 61 407 707 with departures from Winchester toward Wardensville and back. The Worcester? route details include morning and evening departures and a Sunday-only service.
Mr George N Whitehead repr esents a major British apple buyer in the United States and has just returned from several months in England. He traveled home in five and a half days aboard the Olympic from Liverpool. He reports slow but steady improvement in English business conditions and plans to head to New York this evening unsure about future placement at Winchester.
Rev Dr William D Smith rector of St Mark s Episcopal Church Richmond and former rector of Christ Episcopal Winchester joined his wife and young son at the Griffiths home on North Braddock street. He left today for Clarke county to spend several days at his old home.
Local baseball fans arranged to travel to Washington to see the Washington and Boston American League teams in a series announced for today and another game on Sunday. HC Sheets of Gray And Sheetz is vacationing in Gaithersburg Maryland with Mrs Sheets and their son HC Sheetz Jr. J Frank Eddy of University Press Boston left after a visit to his mother Mrs Bertie Eddy in town.
Optometrist Wm Kline plans examinations in Winchester at Hotel Evans on Tuesday and Wednesday August 23 and 24. The notice invites residents to attend for vision tests and new eyeglass fittings.
Dr Howard W Kline Richmond physician from a prominent Frederick county family is very seriously ill at Johnson Willis Sanitarium Richmond after a recent surgical procedure. Relatives at Vaucluse received the news. His brother H B Kline and cousin Claude Stickley traveled to Richmond upon learning of his critical illness.
In a 186 to 83 vote the House passed the Graham bill to levy a 90 per cent ad valorem duty on reimported supplies by the American Army overseas. Stocks valued near two million dollars were sold abroad as Representative Graham noted much of the stock would return to the United States.
Miss Lucy Clase Denny daughter of Bishop Collins Denny and Mrs Denny of Winchester wed Thomas Elbert Wright Roanoke attorney in Monument Methodist Episcopal Church South Richmond Virginia. Ceremony featured sister in law Mrs E B Vann as matron of honor and was attended by relatives and friends.
Surgeons at Roosevelt Hospital report Henry P. Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co. underwent a three hour operation for an auditory nerve tumor. The tumor could not be removed due to loss of blood pressure and depression during the procedure.
Miss Elizabeth Mixon from Richmond, niece of the bride, married in a satin gown with heirloom pearls. Attendants wore rainbow organzas while music featured Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Charms. Reception followed at the bride’s parents home with guests from Baltimore Portsmouth Roanoke and Richmond. Honeymoon includes Washington Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes.
Mrs. Daniel S. Hughes of Charly Town and her sister Miller of Nineveh, Va., were injured in a town incident yesterday afternoon.
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