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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News for the department may be mailed or telephoned any time with the social reporter Mra. Isabelle B. Miller accepting reports by telephone between 3 and 4 p.m. for the following day. Phone No. 33.
A Federated Council of Church Women committee awarded prizes for yard and garden entries north of Highland Avenue. Winners include Mrs. Virginia Pope for nearest yard, Mrs. Frank Ward for best vegetable garden, Mrs. Lemuel Cullers for best flower bed, and Mrs. John Shanholtz for best flower box. Honorable mentions listed for several entrants. Dispatch from Charles Town reports a telegram noting the marriage of Miss Laura Tabb and Elmer Clipp, with plans to return to Charles Town next week.
A party of young people including Bruce Hutzler Leslie Cox and Misses Ollie Gladys Hutzler from Washington Martinsburg and Winchester enjoy a week along the Capon river near Largent chaperoned by Mrs Lawrence Slonaker. Visitors over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Gilmore Watson Paul Shriver Lester Shriver and others. Berryville Horse Show dances at Jordan Springs Hotel tonight and tomorrow feature West Virginians Orchestra directed by Jack Schill with Mr Jet Spates organizing?.
Camp Shenandoah near Harrisonburg closes this week. Logan Hammond family drives there with sons Lynn Jr and Kirk. Dr and Mrs J O Boyd bring their sons John O Jr and Billy to Winchester to visit relatives.
Dr and Mrs H H McGuire depart tonight for New York City to sail tomorrow for Amsterdam and The Hague where Dr McGuire will attend the International Congress of Ophthalmology in both cities. They plan to return October 1 and may visit England and other places during absence.
Mr and Mrs B C Carper entertained at dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs E W Pope of New Oxford Pa. Those present included Mrs B E Pope and Master Vernon Pope of New Oxford, Pa, Mr and Mrs J W Carlisle and Virgil Brown of Greenwood, Mr and Mrs S G Newcome and Miss Mable Newcome of Lenore, and visitors Mr and Mrs McClung and three children of Greenwood.
Mr. and Mrs. George Riley depart today for Harrisburg Pennsylvania to attend a Church of Christ convention and spend the coming week. The trip reflects local church activity with travel to a neighboring city.
Mrs. William Massey will entertain at tea at the Winchester Golf Club tomorrow afternoon in honor of her mother Mrs. Farley of Boston who is spending the summer here. Rev and Mrs T B Yeakley of New Kingston Pa are visiting relatives and are guests of Mr and Mrs G H Yeakley on National Avenue. Miss Mary Sutphin of Kings Daughters Hospital Martinsburg Va is vacationing here with her parents on South Washington Street. Mrs W D Garvin of Berryville was here yesterday shopping.
Miss Ruth Racey returns home from Shepherd College in West Virginia to attend family events at 25 National Avenue. Many visitors and travelers are noted from Virginia and beyond, including relatives from Berryville, Winchester, Harrisonburg, Martinsburg, and Washington, with trips to Toronto for the International Apple Shippers Association meeting and tennis matches in Mount Jackson.
Short note urges readers to place small ads in The Star to sell goods while sleeping. It promotes a method for efficient time use, claiming hourly blocks will be properly employed and no time wasted.
Delegates at the Hague pursue funds to satisfy Britain’s reparations demands under the Young plan. The financial committee adjourned to Saturday for informal talks as British and French delegates urge concessions while noting deliveries in kind are costly but unavoidable. Evacuation of the Rhineland slated for Christmas pending plan acceptance.
The funeral for Bert Frye, who died Monday noon, was held at 4 pm yesterday at Opequon Church in the county. Rev. officiated as tributes were laid on the casket. Burial followed in Cedar Creek Cemetery with pallbearers Dr. A. D. He bel, Charles Headley, R. S. Bates, J. B. Singhass, Hugh Rinker and W. M. Bayliss.
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