Social and Personal News from Winchester Virginia
Social notes describe entertaining guests in Front Royal and Winchester including Miss Winnie Davis Weaver and Miss Audrey Long. Teas and weddings planned for Miss Virginia Rehill and Jack Harrall with visits from Miss Julia McCarthy of Richmond and others attending dances and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Davis Weaver
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
Weaver
Audrey Long
Winchester
the Plains
Virginia Dover Russell
Sally Paxton
Louis L. Baker
Westwood Byrd
Thornton Bryarly
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Philip Glai
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings
The calendar lists events at area churches clubs and lodges. Regular Rotary and Legion luncheons are scheduled at the George Washington Hotel. Turnout urged for United Daughters of the Confederacy Braddock Street Circle and Ladies Aid at Ridings Chapel. Tea honors for two brides to be hosted by the Girls Athletic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Rotary Club
George Washin Hotel
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of Confederacy
Herbert Larrick
West Clifford Street
Girls’ Athletic Association
Virginia Rehill
Louisa Hollis
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
T. J. Gatewood
Shawnee Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ridings Chapel
U. B. Church
Arthur Walters
East Piccadilly Street
Willing Workers Society
First Baptist Church
F. O. E. Lodge
Warrenton Horse Show Dances Attract Big Crowd August 26 27
Warrenton hosts its annual horse show dances August 26 and 27 at the High School Auditorium under Tom Frost. The floor is waxed and performers Hulk O'Hara and his recording artists will provide music plus the Husk O’Hare led orchestra. Dances run 10 30 p m to 3 30 a m with debutantes and visitors from distant cities expected to attend. Mrs Duncan Elliott, wife of a Turkish embassy attache, will visit New York and Washington on route to Winchester Virginia to enroll her son in school before sailing back to Turkey in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenton
Tom Frost
Hulk O’hara
Chicago
Husk O’hare
Turkey
Washington Post
Duncan Elliott
Col
Elliott
Istanbul
New York
Theodore Baldwin
U.S. Air Corps
Baldwin
Washington
Emma Perleyincoln
Mintwod Place
Community News: Local Residents Return and Travel
The Rev. Dr. Luther A. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas with their children return from North Carolina. Several others, including Mrs. Lewis M. Allen and family, Miss Antonie Elizabeth Schwartz, and Mr. Harold Shirley, are visiting relatives or have returned from trips. Multiple residents report weddings, hospital stays, vacations, and house guests across Bluefield, Cumberland, Radford, Charlottesville, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Thomas
North Carolina
Harold Shirley
Cumberland,Md
John Cather
Shenandoah Junction
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Report
Grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade showed little news impact as speculators remained in control. Closing figures included 68% for July soybeans, 53 May, 58 December, 43% December, 38% May. oats 20.44 September, 22.35 December, 29% May. rye 34 September, 37% December, 41% May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Oni Deunten
Cember
December
France Leads in Planes but Britain Fails Sea Control by Waiting
France has the most aircraft, but Britain did not secure sea dominance by delaying for favorable weather. The remark implies aerial superiority did not translate into maritime advantage through cautious timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
The Champion Golfer Joke and the Boss Parade
A reflective comment notes a champion golfer is defined by absence of Bobby. It argues no land feels secure under rulers who parade, hinting at leadership critique and social unease.
Sergeant's sale of Red Robin Tea Room assets in Winchester
By distress warrant C R Anderson vs Mrs Gladys Emmans trading as Red Robin Tea Room. Public auction at 163 N Main St Winchester Va August 29 1931 at noon. Items include piano ranges stoves radio furniture tables chairs glassware silverware two refrigerators and other articles. Cash terms. Lee Barr sergeant. Swanson auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Anderson
Gladys Emmans
Red-Robin Tea Room
N. Main St
Winchester
Lee Barr
Alfalfa Bill Murray Seen Eyeing 1932 Democratic Nomination
Charles P. Stewart discusses Oklahoma Governor Murray, alias Alfalfa Bill, as a potential Democratic presidential contender. He notes Murray’s bold stance against federal authority, oil policy shifts, and support from small oil operators, while warning big companies may resist. The piece projects Murray’s growing prominence for the 1932 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
D. C
Bill” Murray
Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Bill
Mississippi
Washington
Murray
Cheese dessert habit linked to gall bladder tests
A medical column notes middle aged people instinctively end meals with cheese, likening it to a fat stimulus used to empty the gall bladder for diagnostic X rays. It says gall bladder issues rise after age 85, with 40 percent of those older showing stones or infection, while cheese acts like a tested method to ease heaviness after meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
W. D
Wanted first class baker for bakery position
A classified ad seeks a first class baker with at least five years of experience. Applicants must provide references and salary expectations. Address to Bakery c/o Star. The item notes a separate line about Mayor Jimmy Walker and a trip to Germany causing ovations, unrelated to the job posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Jimmy Walker
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the Evening Star
Minneapolis
Bismarck
N. Dak
Luvella Anderson
Olga Meski
Milton Bauserman
Jack Harrall
Sacred Heart Church
Miss Rehill
Christian Endeavorers
Winchester-Frederick County
Christian Endeavor Union
Presbyterian Church
South Loudoun Street
C. E. Carper
Hagerstown
A. R. Lichliter
Molly Hudson
Bluemont Club
Blue Ridge
Bluemont
Red Bailey
W. Abner Huntsberry
Richard Gray
Harrington
Bluefield
W. Va
Marshall Sinclair
Anne Brooke Kern
Messrs
H. R. Kern, Jr
Robert Harper
Richmond
Mr. Harper
Charlotte
Bryan Conrad
Stewart Street
Louisa Carson
Virginia Beach
Riverton
R. F. Hatcher
Baltimore
Miss Anne Hatcher
Phyliss Palmer
John Kerr School
Greenville
Sue Schlack
L. R. Smith
Allen Emmert
John Kern
Martinsburg
New York City
Emmett
Anina Dereng
Geneva
N. Y
Mary Warden Boyd
Fairmount Avenue
Sydney Thompson
J. W. Riley
West Piccadilly Street
Washingon
Virginia Carson
Julia McCarthy
Mary Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde
Paris
Berengaria
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Huntsberry
Jack Widemyer
Memorial Hospital
Lewis M. Allen
Spen
Cape May
Antonie Elizabeth Schwartz
Rockaway Beach, L. I
M. H. Friedrich
Lawrence Tierney
W. A. Baker
Washington Street
Emma Gina Baker
J. Golden
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Store
Richard Griffith, Jr
Margaret Worthington
Sarah Kendall
Virginia Baker
Granville Shirley
Johnc. Cather
Amherst Street
Cumberland
Mrs. T. Morgan
Radford
Avis Funkhouser
R. J. Funkhouser
Washington St
Sallie Paxton
Florence
Ala
North Braddock Street
Charlottesville
E. M. Page
R. A. Shafer
J. G. Scott
Petersburg
Jimmy
C. D. Beard
Harrisonburg
George Snarr
Lelia J. Zerkel
Mount Jackson
Anna
Louise Zerkel
Luther Leonard Tusing
Ivan Vanney
West Monmouth Street
Pittsburgh
Ellie ‘Page Mason
Charles Town
Carl Massey
Merriman’s Lane
Massey
Stewart Bell
Billy Bell
Buffalo, N. Y
Bell
Harry Stevenson
Randolph Shields
Sophie Baker
Frances Page
Maryland
Mountain Lake
H. Clay DeGrange
Robert T. Barton
Arthur Fields
W. Nelson Page
Philadelphia
W. B. Hibbs & Company
Bobby
Sergeant’s Sale
A. G. Swanson
Charles P. Stewart
Stary
Interfor Department
Commerce Department
Bureau of Mines
Mark L. Requa
W.W. H. Murray
Chenille
Margaret Hodgson
Clendening
A. W. B. Everett
Masa
Santos
Swift
Ruth
C. W. Ramsburg Grocery
Roland C. Ryan
Mar
Bell Clothes Shop
Post
Red
Baker’s
Florida
Pt. Jar
Sauer’s
Pekoe
Armour’s Corn Beef
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Lh Price
Lovett Bros
Staunton
RM. Swimley
Coats
Kaufman's
Kine Vera
N. Loudoun ST. Var
MR. Farmer
J. Jos. Sullivan
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