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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1927

Page

3

Social and Personal Dances At Martinsburg For Air Corps

Dances Monday night for Twenty-ninth Division Air Corps officers and enlisted men at Shepherd Field Martinsburg drew record crowds. Officers were entertained at Opequon Golf Club with Pat Dunn and Southern Syncopators. guests came from Winchester Hagerstown Cumberland Shepherdstown and Charles Town. Enlisted men attended a similar armory event with The Shenandoahans. Wednesday the officers attend a cabaret supper at the Golf Club hosted by the ladies committee with an orchestra and special entertainment program.

Martinsburg Air Corps Twenty-ninth Division Maryland National Guard Shepherd Field Opequon Golf Club Pat Dunn Winchester Hagerstown Cumberland Shepherdstown Charles Town Armory Shenandoahans Golf Club Avitation Club

Harmer Return From Rochester Update at Home

Mr and Mrs Stanley E Harmer return to their West Cork street home after several weeks in Rochester Minnesota where Mr Harmer was treated at a hospital and his son in law assisted under care. Harmer a longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train conductor, arrived home improved. Meanwhile Eugene K Davis and wife move into their West Seal street residence with Davis serving as assistant cashier at the Commercial and Savings Bank. United States Senator Lawrence D Tyson and Mrs Tyson sail from New York on the George Washington to Plymouth England with their daughter Mrs Kenneth Gilpin of Clarke County Virginia aboard.

Gaunt Roanoke Charles W. Gaunt Boyce Clarke Courtly J. Arthur Deyerle Raleigh Court Spencer Baltimore County Winester Claude Stickley Vauluse Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Virginia Baker Vredenburgh New York Mrs A. M. Baker South Washington Street Samuel Gershenak Mazie Louise Gershenak William McKenzie Stanley E. Harmer Minnesota Stanley E Harmer Rochester Minn Bristoe W. Warren Sager West Cork Street Harmer Baltimore and , Ohio Railroad Shenandoah Baltimore Davis Eugene K. Davis West Seal Street Mr. Davis The Commercial and Savings Bank

Local residents and visitors on social calls

The column lists numerous guests and visitors from Hagerstown Baltimore Morgantown and other cities. It notes tea at the Girls Athletic Association and various trips to Berryville Harrisonburg Capon Bridge Williamsburg New York and Virginia Beach among gatherings at homes hotels and rooms.

President Coolidge Not Seeking Reelection, Secretary States

Secretary Work says President Coolidge is out of the presidential race after westward talks. He asserts there is no doubt about the President meaning what he said and that he has signed off, appearing as happy as a boy out of school.

Associated Press Washington Coolidge Work West

Doheny Runs Out Of Gas In Desert Aids By Flivver

Fort Stockton Texas August 17 Edward Doheny oil magnate found himself without fuel 15 miles west of town while returning from Pecos county oil lands. A passing flivver helped by transferring a gallon and a half of gasoline. Doheny left thanking R M Burnet of Barstow who collected ten dollars.

Associated Press Fort Stockton Texas Edward Doheny Desert Plain Here Pecos County Doheny R. M. Burnet Barstow

Dempsey and Tunney Settle It at Soldier Field

Photo depicts Soldier Field on the lakefront Chicago where the heavyweight championship will be decided next month. The field, built as a war memorial, will host 161000 spectators with temporary seating. Tex Rickard promoter stands with Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey near the Field Museum backdrop.

Soldier Field Chicago Lake Front Loop District City of Field Museum Tex Rickard Gene Tunney Jack Dempsey Field Kaufmann and Farley Company

Miss Mary Chamberlin Dies at Age Eighty Seven

Miss Mary Chamberlin longtime resident of this city died suddenly at her North Loudoun street home shortly after midnight She was in good spirits earlier and retired after arranging to sleep She was born in Jefferson county West Virginia and survived by two brothers, several nephews and nieces Funeral services will be at 11 tomorrow at the house with ministers D M Mitchell and Geo W Stover officiating Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery in the family plot.

Mary Chamberlin Loudoun Street Miss Chamberlin Jefferson County W. Va Ormin Harriet Jenkins Chamberlin Robert P. Chamberlin North Loudoun Street John W Chaberlin Fairmont Avenue Mount Hebron D. M. Mitchell Geo. W. Stover

Dollar chasing in our own country says Arkansas Gazette

A brief editor's note remarks that for European critics the United States pursues dollar interests largely within its own nation, reflecting on economic policy and national focus.

Arkansas Gazette

Stock Market Nears New Highs Amid Mixed Signals

Speculators lifted more than a score of issues to new high records in New York trading as buying moved between groups. Merchandising and public utility issues showed strength while call money eased to 34% percent and overall turnover neared 1.9 million shares. closing was irregular.

New York Ballie

Billion Candlepower Searchlight Lights Monticello

The Thomas Jefferson searchlight exceeding a billion candlepower was officially turned on in Charlottesville, illuminating Monticello, the home of Jefferson, amid a small invited gathering on the Monticello roof.

Associated Press Charlottesville Monticello University of Virginia

Nurses of Civil War Still Carry On U S Pension List

Associated Press notes Civil War nurses remain listed on pensions. Clara Barton organized the American Red Cross. Dorothea Dix led female nurses as superintendent. Living survivors include Cornelia Hancock of Atlantic City and Wade McClellan of Carroll, Iowa.

Associated Press Clara H. Barton American Red Cross Dorothea L. Dix Cornelia Hancock Atlantic City Wade McClellan Carroll Iowa

Lighted beacon dazzles Virginia gathering at UVA

At the University of Virginia a large audience witnessed the beacon inauguration by Miss Carrie Smith. Henry J. Allen spoke as the light beamed overhead while a TV-5 airship circled and officials from New York City and Charlottesville presided.

University of Virginia Institute of Public Affairs Henry J. Allen Kansas McIntyre Amphitheatre Carrie Smith Jury Y. Brown Charlottesville Public Service Co

Allen Defends U S Debt Policy At University Of Virginia

Henry J. Allen former Kansas governor told the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia that European nations favor America’s debt collections due to a misread view of the United States generous attitude in settling Allied war debts.

Charlottesville United States Henry J. Allen Kansas Institute of Public Affairs University of Virginia

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