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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1934

Page

2

Front Royal Socials Highlight Engagements and Visits

Mrs. M. O. Simpson announced the engagement of her daughter Nancy Burgess Simpson to Lieut. Paul Clarke U S N with a September wedding planned. Miss Alice Clarke’s personal shower honored ahead of her Washington wedding to Frank Hopkins. Local residents and visitors from Richmond Washington Sperryville Flint Hill and Hertford attended events and fellow guests at Pine Crest and the Roy al Club in Front Royal.

Fron Royal M. O. Simpson Pine Crest Evelyn Kendrick Alice Clarke Frank Hopkins Washington, D. C Washington Phoebe Lillard Meade Hite Peggy Hite Thomasville N. C Hugh D. Hite Royal Club Rappahannock County Robert Massie T. C. Lee Washington, Va Alice Clark

Clocks on Eiffel Tower Use Lights Without Hands

Two enormous dials atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris lack hands as time is signaled by a special lighting system. The installation replaces conventional hands with illuminated indicators, guiding visitors and marking the landmark's modern timekeeping approach.

Eiffel Tower Paris

Elks Conclude Annual Meeting With Grand Ball

Elks from Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia wrapped up their fourteenth annual convention in Hagerstown after a mammoth parade and a grand ball. Lodges from Waynesboro Baltimore Gettysburg Havre De Grace and others competed for 500 in prizes with Frederick winning best float and Hagerstown finishing second.

Hagerstown Tristate Maryland Delaware District of Columbia Burg Baltimore Gettysburg Waynesboro Havre de Grace Frederick Frederick Lodge Hagerstown Lodge

Double Feature At Colonial Theatre This Saturday

Colonial Theatre offers two features for 10 and 25 cents. Fight Hero stars Tom Tyler as a broncho buster guarding a treasure and saving a girl. Private Scandal with Zasu Pitts and others follows a murder mystery told with humor and unusual characters. Also in the program is the seventh chapter of the serial Vanishing Shadow.

Colonial Theatre Zasu Pitts Phillip Holmes Mary Brian Ned Sparks Lew Cody Tom Tyler Express Company

Hable's Palace Presents Call It Luck Last Showings

The Palace screens tonight feature Pat Patterson and Herbert Mundin in Call It Luck with Charles Starrett and Gordon Westcott. Buster Keaton appears in The Gold Ghost plus a Fox MovieTone News and a cartoon. Monte Carlo Nights stars Mary Brian and John Darrow Friday only with Fate spins the wheel motif and the Lost Jungle serial begins Clyde Beatty. Free ice cream cones for children 10 to 3 Saturday courtesy Garber Ice Cream Corp.

Pat” Patterson Herbert Mundin Palace Screen Charles Starrett Gordon Westcott Buster Keaton Fox Movietone Monte Carlo Mary Brian John Darrow the Palace Monte Carlo Casino Kit Karson Clyde Beatty Garber Ice Cream Corp

First American Fraternity Founded at William and Mary

The first American college fraternity traces its origin to 1750 at William and Mary College in Virginia. The organization formed to socialize students and promote mutual aid in early collegiate life.

William and Mary College Virginia

I W Iglehart Dies After Heart Attack in Baltimore

Iredell Waddell Iglehart prominent financier and former Baltimore Trust vice president, treasurer of the Baltimore Mail Line, died after a heart attack at Union Memorial Hospital. Survived by widow Alice Whitridge Iglehart, his mother Mrs. Charles Iredell Iglehart, three children and a brother.

Associated Press Baltimore Iredell Waddell Iglehart Baltimore Mail Line Old Baltimore Trust Company Union Memorial Hospital Maryland Club Elkridge Kennels Alice Whitridge Iglehart Charles Iredell Iglehart Alice Waddell Iglehart Iredell Waddell Iglehart, Jr Anne Calhourn Iglehart Francis N. Iglehart

Flamingos Link Herons and Ducks in Bird Studies

Ornithologists view the American flamingo as a connecting link between herons and ducks, noting its long legs like herons and webbed feet like ducks. A separate note discusses Arctic telephonic communication benefits from cold air and smooth ice. Also mentioned: West Mt. Lassen as an active volcano while others may erupt, and a health officer’s claim that rat-borne diseases have caused more deaths than wars since 500 BCE.

B. C Oakland Calif

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