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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1930
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs Isabelle PF Miller will take calls by telephone between 2 and 4 pm for the following notices and engagements.
A Sunday morning wedding at United Brethren Church united Miss Odell Bean and Mr. Gilbert Gray Rosenberger with a pipe organ program and a wreath of ferns. The bride wore shell pink chiffon and carried Columbea roses. Afterward the couple left for a northern wedding tour of state capitals and Canada.
The Little Theatre will stage Seaweed and Barrie's Twelve Pound Look with an interlude on Monday at Handley Auditorium. Cast includes Anne Tucker McGuire Susan Steck Constance Buckley Anne Quirk Richard Gray Georgia Conrad Monty Green and John Finley directing.
The twenty ninth Berryville Virginia horse show will be held August 21 and 22 and is expected to attract its largest following yet. Noted horse lovers Mr and Mrs William F R Hitt will attend, signaling Washington fashion interest in the event.
Mrs. Ernest S. Ely and Miss Mollie Wood entertain at luncheon for Mrs. Thomas Simms Lee of Washington and Mrs. Rush Rowland of Philadelphia. The Girls Athletic Association announces a golf tournament with reduced rates at Jenny Wrenn Miniature Golf Course. first game tonight followed by a meet at 8 o'clock at the club rooms and motor trip to the Valley Pike links.
The annual flower show run by the Augusta County Garden Club will open September 1 in Staunton at the Coliseum, regarded as a premier Shenandoah Valley attraction. Manager Mrs. B. O. Blackford is assisted by Mrs. J. F. Clemmer Miss Violet Green Miss Mae Murphy and Mrs. H. S. Greene.
The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club announces no August meeting. The next gathering will be September 3 at Milton Valley, home of Mrs. Frank Tilford, with speaker Mrs. Richard Wheelwright of Richmond. Topic: Holly and Other Shrubs.
Miss Jane Scully and Miss Georgie Conrad sent out cards for a tea in honor of Miss Judy McGuire on September 3 at Miss Scully's home. Miss Edna Lamb of the State Teachers College Harrisonburg spent the past weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lamb.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wickline of Clifton Forge enjoys Pocahontas of Virginia duties with the Great Prophes tess Virginia W. Simpson visiting Taylortown Stephens ny and Alexandria. Former Governor Morrison and Mrs. Morrison tour Shenandoah Valley and dine at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester.
A parade of visitors is noted in Berryville and nearby towns. James Rich and Fan ee ade ene te Pa. host Mrs. M A Shelton and Miss Billy Fisher of Roanoke. Judy McGuire of Winchester is honored at a bridge party in Berryville. many residents from Reading, Wilmington, Cumberland and Scotland are mentioned as vacationers, shoppers, or hosts.
Senator Byrd visited Elk Garden in Southwest Virginia where he conferred with former Governor Henry C. Stuart and more than 100 cattle breeders and dealers from nearby counties about the reported 100 million dollar crop loss and its impact on cattle interests.
A coast guard patrol boat found an open launch drifting and nearly submerged in Long Island Sound near Port Jefferson. The boat carried the clothes of two women and a man, leading rescuers to believe the occupants may have jumped into the water and were drowned.
A trail of blood led police ten blocks in Baltimore before they found 40 year old Andrew Clemmens with a fatal throat wound on a street corner. He was taken to a hospital. Three men were arrested for questioning. A robbery motive was ruled out when $1179 was found in his clothing.
Richmond Aug 18 J J Owen assistant commissioner of agriculture and immigration endorsed a drought response plan for Virginia farmers. Suggestions include fall gardening to restore food supply, sheltering and baling straw, grazing management with one acre per head, early sowing of rye Abbruzzi with clover or rape, wheat and vetch for next summer hay, and delaying cattle sales until spring.
A detailed Virginia relief plan was devised at a commission conference after its governor appointed it. Chairman Byrd said the plan would not be released until it went to Secretary Hyde for tomorrow's submission. He then traveled to the southwest to meet cattle breeders suffering from drought and will head to Washington tonight to join other subcommittee members for a 10:30 a.m. conference tomorrow.
Julian W. Baker acting clerk of the Circuit Court displays the second issue of Gruber’s Hagerstown almanac for 1823. Printed by John Gruber and Daniel May on South Potomac Street, it bore the title American Farmers' Almanack and includes recipes, court terms, and distances from Hagerstown to eastern towns. Baker owns an almost complete Gruber almanac collection, missing only two Civil War years.
Baltimore dispatch reports 2,800 workers at the Mount Clare shop told to close from Thursday to September 2. The move aims to trim the operating budget as heavy repair units join idle periods, following prior three week shutdowns and a five day week since June 1.
Mrs. Harrison Taylor of Keswick visits Winchester guest of Mrs. Joseph A. Massie and shares dinner and bridge. Dr. Randolph’s son A C Randolph Jr. and golf career noted at Blue Ridge Country Club with local praise from Roy Rutherford. Also mentions visits of Mrs. Ford Holt and Miss Elizabeth Holt of Lynchburg to Long Branch and other regional social rounds.
About 400 orchardists from West Virginia Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania will gather August 21 at the West Virginia University Experiment Station near Martinsburg for the annual summer meeting of the West Virginia Horticultural Society.
A gathering few miles east of Martinsburg will feature Gov William G Conley who is expected to address the fruitmen. Speakers include representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture and leading growers from the tri state district.
Mr George Dyke of Strasburg visits his brother War ner Dyke and family in Mt Pleasant. Miss Madilee Carpenter of Winchester returns home after visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Harry Lamp. Mr and Mrs Herman Adams call on Mr and Mrs John Perry. Misses Vivian Lamp and Geraldine Lamp guest with Miss Nina Lineburg for Sunday supper.
Mr Roy Brill and family spent Sunday with Mr Will Brill and family near Mount Williams. A good many attended the St last Saturday. There will be a yard party at Lamp's school house Thursday night August 21 if raining come Friday night. Miss Mary Perry was guest of Miss Mary Renner day evening. Mrs Ollie Taylor and daughter Dorothy Lee spent Saturday night with her parents Mr and Mrs James Rosenberger. Miss Ruth Bucher of Winchester spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Will Lamp. Mr Joan Perry and Jee Marple called on Rosenberger Sunday evening.
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