Social and Personal News of Two Virginia Weddings
A Berryville ceremony united Helen Briscoe Erb and Frederick R. Stryker Jr at Grace Episcopal Church. The couple, with Tidewater connections, planned a Atlantic City honeymoon and will reside near Berryville. Also noted are Wilma Lee Stutler and Frank Tucker Jr. marriage plans and a license for Robert Eagle and Eileen Guthridge, plus dancing teachers planning a class in Winchester and the arrival home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Woods from their Front Royal wedding trip.
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Helen Erb
Fred Stryker
Berryville
Frederick and
Clarke Counties
Grace Episcopal Church
Helen Briscoe Erb
J. C. Erb
Clarke County
Frederick R. Stryker
Fred R. Stryker
Stryker
Martha Washington
Handley High School
Hig Bride
Berryville High School
Atlantic City
Corporation Court Clerk
Frank Tucker, Jr
West Union
W. Va
Wilma Lee Stutler
Sherwood
Frank Tucker
Alvadora Stutler
Southern Methodist Church
Murray QD. Mitchell
Robert I. Eagle
Mias
Eileen Guthridge
George H. Eagle
Martinsburg Orchestra to play at Berryville dances
Jack Schill's West Virginians Orchestra of Martinsburg has been engaged by the Berryville committee to perform at the Jordan White Sulphur Springs dances tonight and tomorrow. An earlier Star report incorrectly said a Washington orchestra would play.
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Jack Schill
West Virginians Orchestra
Martinsburg
W. Va
Berryville
Saunders to Wed Syester in October
Mrs Lewis Duffield Syester of Cleveland announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Jane Syester to Mr William Coles Saunders Jr of Roanoke Virginia. The bride to be is granddaughter of the late Judge and Mrs Andrew K Syester of Hagerstown. Saunders a University of Virginia graduate and Phi Kappa Psi member. His father is a Norfolk and Western Railway official known in Winchester.
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Lewis Duffield Syester
Hagerstown
Cleveland, O
Jane Syester
William Coles Saunders, Jr
Roanoke
Andrew K. Syester
Saunders
University of Virginia
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Winchester
Social notes from city visitors and local residents
Mr and Mrs H C Sheetz spend weeks at Shaf fenaker s Inn near Yellow Springs West Virginia and will be joined by their son H C Sheetz Jr for the weekend Mrs G W Morris recently operated on at Memorial Hospital returns home improved Miss Theodore Franks of Topeka Kansas plans a visit to sister Miss Anna B Ford on West Boscawen street Capt Ewart Johnson of White Post Dr and Mrs George Hardesty Berryville Mr Lee Orndoff Clearbrook Mr L Frye Wardensville Mrs Edward Lindsey Berry s Ferry Mr C M Lamp and family White Hall Miss Mary Humston Berryville were here yesterday Mr and Mrs J S C Murphy and daughter Frances L Murphy of Richmond VA spent time in the city yesterday returning to Mount Jackson VA their former home visiting Mrs P S M Bird Mr Frank Forsythe Front Royal spent time in Winchester on business Miss Nellie Harold and Master Geo Cross camping with relatives at Lafayette Club Camp near Berkeley Springs W Va Messrs Eugene Creed C H Leathman and C G Wright of Hagerstown Md were here yesterday on business
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Leslie Neill Woods
Front Royal
Baltimore
South Braddock Street
Woods
Ardenia Jones
W. L. Jones
Anna Lupton Woods
William Hervey Woods
H. C. Sheetz
Yellow Springs
W. Va
H. C. Sheetz, Jr
Theodore Franks
Topeka, Kans
Anna B. Ford
West Boscawen Street
Ewart Johnson
White Post
George Hardesty
Berryville
Lee Orndoff
Clearbrook
L. Frye
Wardensville
Edward Lindsey
Berry’s Ferry
C. M. Lamp and Family
White Hall
Mary Humston
J. S. C. Murphy
Frances L. Murphy
Richmond
Mount Jackson
P. S. M. Bird
Nellie Harold
Geo. Cross
Lafayette Club
Berkeley Springs
Big Business Done In Huckleberries In Page County
Merchants in Page County report shipments of huckleberries totaling over 30000 dollars for the season. Grove Hill merchant Shram Huffman notes top market prices as mountaineer pickers reap profits. Berries come mainly from the Blue Ridge area, in land later proposed for Shenandoah National Park.
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Luray
Page County
Shram M. Huffman
Grove Hill
Mountaineer
Page
Blue Ridge Mountain
Shenandoah National Park
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show Opens Amid Rain
Berryville Virginia Aug 16 With an entry of 150 the Clarke County Horse and Colt Show drew a large enthusiastic crowd despite rain The day featured 17 classes from heavy draft foal 1928 to races with no accidents Judges were kept busy in light weight hunter and pony classes The handicapped jump class saw 33 entries with Miss Nancy P Hanna and Miss Anna F Hedrick among the few women riders The ladies hunters showcased both performance and manners while spectators filled boxes and grand stand all day.
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Berryville
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show
Clarke County Horse Show Association
Nancy P. Hanna
Washington
Anna F. Hedrick
Haymarket
Clair de Lune
Manners
Gasoline and the Motor Car in National Life
A historical reflection notes gasoline as a central national scent and the automobile as humanity's ultimate use of desire, quoting Don C. Seitz on enduring fuel dependence and car culture.
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Don C. Seitz
Valley Storm Causes Limited Corn Damage in County
Farmers report little damage to corn in Timberville and Darton areas while northern Valley sections show minimal harm. Statewide figures indicate about 49 percent crop damage due to wind and flood. Virginia’s corn crop value could drop to around 20 million dollars.
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Rockingham County
Timberville Broadway
Darton
Valley Pike
Shenandoah River
Sam Will
Garden of Eden
Virginia
Owen
Arbitration Plea by Judge Davies Targets Civil Jury Trials
Judge John R. Davies urged arbitration of commercial disputes at the Institute of Public Affairs, saying juries slow trials and fuel delays. He cited decades in New York City municipal courts and warned that jury verdicts can hinge on emotion, not justice, advocating arbitration as modern business practice.
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Charlottesville
Agu
John R. Davies
Municipal Courts
New York City
Institute of Public Affairs
Davies
North
America
Round Table
Roscoe
Nicaragua
Congress of
Washington
L J. Coax
Northwestern University
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Tavios
Don Tavios
Leslie N. Woods
Schit
Ruth Culberson
Gerald Young Smith
Gerald Culberson
Atlanta
Gerald Gordon Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
Culberson
Gertrude Burgess
Mary Syme
William C. Saunders, Jr
Miss Syester
G. W. Morris
Memorial Hospital
Frank Forsythe
Messrs
Eugene Creed
C. H. Leathman
Cc. G. Wright
Hagerstown, Md
Jed Harris
Grove’s
Berkshire
Bott’s Shoe Shoppe
West Water Street
J. C. Penney Company
J. C. Penney Co
Highland
Jesse L. Lasky
Clem Shaver
Toledo Blade
Harry L. Foster
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