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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1935
Page
3
The Shawnee Garden Club will meet at Miss Lela Rosenberger’s home at 503 South Washington Street on Thursday August 22 at 3 o'clock. Miss Helen Massey will speak on Landscaping. Meanwhile local residents and visitors are noted at various homes and hotels in nearby towns during the week.
Tuesday 12 30 p m Lions Club luncheon at the Hotel of America Camp No 15 510 Loudoun street. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis at the George Washington Hotel 6 45 p m United Brethren Young People's choir practice 8 00 p m Winchester Lodge No 867 BP of O E at Ellis Home Piccadilly Braddock 8 15 p m Grace Lutheran adult choir practice. Thursday 1 00 p m Rotary Club luncheon at Winchester Golf Club 6 30 p m Joint meeting with Winchester Martinsburg Hagerstown and Shepherdstown WV Friday 12 30 p m Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel.
Reports from Memorial Hospital indicate Mr. Byrd Fugitt a well known Winchester painter is recovering satisfactorily from a hip fracture sustained after a ladder fall. Bones knitting well and early home return possible on East Cork street. Also notes on Grace Lutheran Bible Class picnic and local social happenings.
A new all steel 60 feet tower opens with steel steps and guard rails offering unparalleled views of the Shenandoah Valley and river bends. CCC workers widen paths, add slate paving and parking, while visitors from distant states register atop the tower. Nearby Fort Valley offers scenic drives to Elizabethtown and Elizabeth Furnace with National Guardsmen setting up a two week camp and leisure activities noted.
Lynching feared to forestall any mob action. Alfred Paine and two accomplices George O Wallace and H F Smith accused of slaying Police Chief Erskine G Fish of North Sacramento California during a gold mining expedition. They were moved to Folsom prison as authorities sought to prevent a lynching.
Miss Georgia Foreman suffered a fracture of the right arm near Rainbow Ridge Nursery on the Martinsburg pike Saturday night. The party included Miss Bessie Manuel Sol Belchie and John Lamb Jr. The car struck a stump dislodging a wheel. Foreman alone injured. She was treated by a local physician and returned home on North Kent Street.
Weekend DUI cases heard by Trial Justice A J Tavenner included four men who pleaded guilty and received one month in jail a $100 fine and costs and one year license revocation. Walter Fincham Ros Grady Ernest Orndorff Melvin Puffinberger Glengary W Va faced additional fines for driving without an operator card. Officer Bayliss reported a fifth possible DUI on Paper Mill road. Frank Amos Augusta W Va paid 10 dollars fine for reckless driving. Hut chinson DeHaven posted a peace bond after a disputed charge. Guy Woolfe case continued with testimony from officers and witnesses. Brannon received 60 days 250 fine and bond for illegal liquor possession. Washington and Milburn acquitted.
James Matthew Loy aged 76, a retired farmer and civic leader, was honored by relatives and friends at a birthday gathering hosted by his son in law and daughter in Alexandria Virginia. Local and out of town relatives attended, a picnic lunch was served, and the cake with 76 candles was prepared by Mae Scott of St Peters burg Florida. Grandchildren were not allowed to attend due to infantile paralysis concerns.
Mr. Loy resides at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Patton on Smithfield avenue Winchester. He keeps in touch with current events via The Evening Star and often hikes to his former Hayfield home to chat with old friends from bygone days.
A note states that one type of cress lepidium pisci- dium is native to the South seas where it is used to stupefy fish.
Senate takes up the Frazier Lemke farm moratorium measure while the House votes on the Guffey coal stabilization bill. A lobby inquiry touches rules committee revenues utilities. Judiciary committee opens hearings on the Walsh bill to compel contractors to meet NRA standards.
Dr. Logan Clendening reports hay fever can trigger asthma in some people. He cites spasm of bronchial muscle, pollen sensitivity, and environmental factors including fungi like Penicillium glaucum. Climate and air quality influence asthma incidence, with humid marshy regions often worse and dry inland areas better for some patients.
The Frederick County Farm Bureau will hold its annual basket picnic at Jordan Springs on Thursday August 29. All interested in farming are welcome to attend for an all day event featuring speeches a ball game and other amusements.
Several cases were tried in police court this morning with outcomes including Charles Sho walter for drunkness fined 10.25 dollars, Harry Cain for drunk and disorderly fined 15.25, John Oxford for drunk fined 10.25, Linwood Haymaker for assault fined 15.25, Ollie Lavender for fighting fined 10.25, Lovell Lavender for fighting fined 10.25.
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