Day at Lover's Leap Ends With Notable Attendees
A local gathering visited Lover's Leap for a sunny excursion with views of a grand panorama. Attendees included J. M. Loy Sr and family, Clarence Patton, James Loy and kin, Dudley Carper and kin, James Tharp and kin, R. G. Tharp of Winchester, Joseph Scott of Alexandria, James Merriner and kin, Dolan, N. K. Larrick, Sherman Merriner and kin, all part of a larger group. Margaret Kibler, daughter of L. S. Kibler of Boyce, stayed at the Martha Washington Hotel in Virginia Beach with companions from Fredericksburg Harrisonburg and Franklin, awaiting a return home later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Pratt
Sol
Mr. Jones
James Tharp
R. G. Tharp
Winchester
Joseph Scott
Alexandria
James Merriner
Dolan
N. K. Larrick
Sherman Merriner
Hayfield
Margaret Kibler
L. 8. Kibler
Boyce
State Teachers’ College
Fredericksburg
J. G. Fines, Jr
Martha Washington
Virginia Beach
Kibler
Virginia Bolen
Harrisonburg
Helen White Daughtry
Franklin, Va
John Wright
Buddy Lewis
Miss Kibler
Social Calendar Highlights Local Gatherings and Reunions
The calendar lists a busy week of meetings and events. Choir, Benevolent Order, W C T U, Rotary, and church groups convene nightly and weekly at various sites. All-day reunions include Beatty family at Bear Den Park and multiple family gatherings near Cross Junction and Greenspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Choir
United Brethren Church
Winchester Are Benevolent Order of
Relatives Fete Mr J M Loy On His Seventy Fifth Birthday
Relatives and friends gathered on Rock Enon Springs campus to surprise Mr J M Loy of Winchester for his 75th birthday. Alexandria guests joined a Valley drive on Route 50. the day included playful induction rounds and a long veranda dinner with fried chicken and a 75 candle cake baked by Mrs James Merriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Loy
Winchester
Rock Enon Springs
Loy
Gore
Back Creek Valley
Jones
James Merriner
Clearbrook
Birth of James Glynn March in this city
Mr and Mrs Howard March of this city welcomed a son on August 13 named James Glynn March. Mrs March is formerly Elizabeth Anderson, daughter of Nina Glynn Anderson. Dr. and Mrs W A March note the newborn. Mr March works as a registered pharmacist at Bakers Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard March
Howard L. March
James Glynn March
March
Elizabeth Anderson
Nina Glynn Anderson
W. A. March
Baker’s Drug Store
Mr and Mrs McDaniel Welcome Daughter Lillie May
Mr and Mrs Herbert McDaniel of 47 South Cameron street announce the birth of a daughter named Lillie May McDaniel. Mrs McDaniel is formerly Miss Effie Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ashby Martin of Rappahannock county Virginia. Mr McDaniel is an electrician with the Northern Virginia Power Company in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert McDaniel
No. 47 South Cameron Street
Lillie May McDaniel
Local Notes On Vacations Visits And Moves In Occoquan Area
Misses Mildred Elizabeth and Margaret Tidler of Kernstown and Katherine Conner of this city vacation at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Several local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stanley and Mr. Charles Ritenour and family, spent Sunday with relatives. Mrs. S. Henshaw of Berryville recovering after surgery. A yard party August 16 and 17 at 522 South Cameron street for the Pocahontas degree. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Tait and son Edwin of Philadelphia are visiting the Bakers. James Baker of Somerville, N J, with the Bakers at Willow Brooke near Kernstown. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Thomas return from Salisbury N C after a week’s vacation. Kathryn Anderson of Delaware General Hospital vacationing with her mother and siblings. Mrs. Philip Klompus in New York purchasing merchandise for the Klompus store. Mr. E. C. Parker moves to McCormac apartments. County Superintendent of Schools Leslie D. Kline attending a Charlottesville conference. John S. Sloat, cashier of the Commercial and Savings Bank, on annual vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Elizabeth
Margaret Tidler
Kernstown
Katherine Conner
Chicago
More Rains Needed For Maryland Crops
Maryland crops benefited from recent rains but remain short of needed moisture. John R. Weeks chief of the weather bureau reported in the weekly summary that sunshine was deficient for the week ending yesterday while farming operations were favorable yet plant growth stayed dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
John R. Weeks
Weather Bureau
Gentleman Tramp Checks In At Geo Washington Hotel
Paul Livingstone of Tampa Florida and his wife travel in an old Model T Ford. They arrived in the city and secured a top room at the George Washington Hotel while claiming they can live without paying for lodging meals or goods. He has attended the World’s Fair and plans a book titled Damfitaintso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Livingstone
Tampa
Fla
United States
Livingstone
George Washington
Chicago
Moratorium in Cuba Extends to Private Business
The Cuban government extended April’s $53,000,000 foreign loan moratorium to private business and homes. Cabinet decreed moratoria on sugar mills farms and private homes with mills under full moratorium to 1936 and gradual repayment through 1942. Railroads and public services hold mortgages and bonds until 1942 with six months interest due annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Havana
Railroads
Public Service Companies
Men Charged With Murder Found In Mountains
Wounded by buckshot from a policeman's gun Lowell Massie and Roland Earl Allen were brought out of Nelson county mountains to face murder charges in North Carolina. Captured at Massie’s father's home after an all night vigil, Allen said he was from Atlanta where Massie recently served a federal prison term. Massie is seriously wounded and may die. The pair were fleeing when shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Lowell Massie
Roland Earl Allen
Nelson County
North Carolina
Massie
Allen
Atlanta
Canadian Highlanders Parade at Century of Progress
Winchester residents join the Evening Star World’s Fair tour to the Century of Progress to see the Forty-Eighth Gordon Highlanders parade the color. Photos show Louis Skidmore Rufus Dawes onry Ford Edsel Ford and Major Lennox Lohr watching the ceremony before the tour departs August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
The
Evening Star
Forty-Eighth
Gordon Highlanders
Louis Skidmore
A Century of Progress
Rufus C. Dawes
Onry Ford
Edsel Ford
Lennox Lohr
Century of Progress
Baltimore and Ohio
Held For Trying To Steal a Colt At Saratoga Spa
Pinkerton detective Capt Clovis Duhane detains Peter Barrie an international racecourse con artist after a groom suspects a female visitor requested delivery of the colt Easy Sailing Barrie previously evaded deportation and was sought since being barred from a Florida track Police filed an attempted grand larceny charge as immigration officials begin inquiry into his identity and status Barrie claimed London birth while police note a pattern of disguising good horses as inferior to attract bets
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Clovis Duhane
Pinkerton Detectives
Peter Christian Barrie
International
Ringer
Duhane
Barrie
London
Winchester Lions Aim for Attendance Trophy in State Contest
The Winchester Lions Club trails third in a Virginia wide attendance race announced at a George Washington Hotel luncheon. If they finish first for the year, a trophy will be awarded at the next summer convention in Ocean View. Bob Schenck presided. Jim Shockey and Ben Belchie led the program. Visitors from Front Royal and other cities spoke, and plans for a strong finish were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Ocean View
Bob Schenck
Sam Preston
Jim Shockey
Ben Belchie
Young Club
Front Royal
Rogers, Harrison, Kerns and Herring
C. M. Kastle
Hagerstown
A. S. Hott
Winchester
E. M. Bruce
Baltimore
C. R. Anderson
Lion Henkel
W. M. Brashears
Virginia
Meenan Death Taints Football Star's Return to Big Ten
Ken Meenan once a Western conference football star dies of blood poisoning after a motorcycle crash. Northwestern barred him from athletics for marrying Jean Rogers, sending him to Temple, then divorce followed. He later studied at Illinois where coach Bob Zuppke hailed him as a top backfield prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Meenan
Brooks Pharmacy ad listing Jonteel cosmetics and tissues
Local Rexall store Brooks Pharmacy advertises Jonteel Foundation Cream Powder and Face Powder at 50c and 33c, Jonteel Clens at 50c, plus 25c facial tissue 200 sheet for 19c in a compact buy notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Jonteel Foundation
Rexall
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Ida Lycett
Martinsburg Pike
Middletown
M. E. Church South
American Legion Post
Modern Woodmen of America
Woodmen’s Park
Fairview Uz. B.ae
Nain
Dailey
Ernest Dailey
Cross Junction
Grove
Dick Homestead
Angers Store
W. Va
Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Huntsherry
Clyde West Christian
Ginter Park
Richmond
E. A. Humston
South
Loudoun Street
Christian
Anne Katherine Smith
Marshall, Mo
Harry C. Funk
Helen Funk
Holmes R. Grim
Detroit
Mich
Toronto
Can
Corning
Mrs. McDaniel
Ralph Stanley
Charles Ritenour
Fishers Hill
Stanley
Mr. Ritenour
Lou Fauver
Mr. Stanley
Robert Stanley
Cameron Street
Edwin F. Tait
Edwin
Philadelphia
Pacific States
Joseph Baker
James Baker
Somerville, N. J
Mrs
Willow Brooke
L. A. Thomas
Salisbury
N. C
Kathryn Anderson
Delaware General Hospital
Wilmington
Howrrd L. March
Philip Klompus
New York
Klompus
E. C. Parker
Wolf Street
McCormac
North
Leslie D. Kline
Charlottesville
Sydney B. Hall
John S. Sloat
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. Washington Hotel
Saratoga Spa
New York City
Florida
Miami
Pinkerton
Jamaica
Havre de Grace
Lions
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Rinso
Norma Jean Prigmore
Wichita
Kas
Mr. and
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Salem
China
A. M. Swimley
Sunrise United Brethren Church
Are
Lovett Brothers
N. Main Street
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Rock Creek
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