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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1934
Page
3
Governor Pinchot inspects the Pymatuning dam in western Pennsylvania during dedication ceremonies. He predicts the 16 000 acre Pennsylvania and 5 000 acre Ohio reservoir will excel for sportsmen, recreation, flood control and water conservation. A motor boat tour showcases the massive dam wall as dignitaries observe.
Mrs O C Cooper entertained a miscellaneous shower at her No 830 street extended home in honor of daughter in law Mrs Strother Cooper formerly Miss Cecelia Margaret Miller. About sixty guests attended as pink and white decorations brightened the lawn summer house with refreshments served.
Mrs Worden and her daughter Miss Helen Worden of New York with friends visited Winchester days ago en route to the White Top Mountain Folk Music Festival at Marion Virginia. Miss Worden is society editor for the New York World Telegram and took the trip to collect material for festival stories. The Wordens have been visitors at Jordan White Sulphur Springs in recent years.
A compact list of events includes Modern Woodmen meeting at 510 in Loudoun street on Tuesday at 8 00 pm Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel Wednesday 12 30 pm Young people's choir First Baptist Church 7 00 pm Winchester Lodge Elks 9 00 pm United Brethren Church 7 00 pm Crace Lutheran adult choir 8 15 pm Mt. Olive Holy Reunion Rotary Club lunch 12 30 pm Golightly Park Braddock Street M E Church picnic 6 30 pm Francis Asbury Union Am erican Legion George Washington Hotel Friday 1 00 pm Am erican Legion luncheon and weekly meeting Gore Va community picnic Saturday.
Six couples received marriage licenses on Saturday. Among them are Rexford Brooks of Barton Maryland and Ethel Myers, daughter of Hugh Dunn. Raymond Grandstaff of Westernport Maryland and Mildred Crowe of Lonaconing Pennsylvania. Paul E Mullan of Piedmont West Virginia and Mary Shoemaker of Lake Maryland. Basil Clipp of Charles Town West Virginia and Ruth Hutton of Martinsburg West Virginia.
Mr. Clark M. Smith, clerk of the Corporation Court, returns from Virginia Beach where he attended the annual convention of court clerks a successful meeting. He was accompanied by Mrs. Smith. Margaret Hurst takes a two week vacation with time split in Washington. Frank Littleton hosts tea at Oak Hill for Mrs. Henry Fairfax of Middleburg with guests from Winchester. Winchester Society invited to luncheon with Mrs. Frank Tilford hosting and guests from this city including Mrs. W. Nelson Page and others.
A local bride Miss Katherine Allen wed Mr. L Ebert in the Lutheran Church of the Incarnation in Washington D C. The bride, a Wilson Normal School and George Washington University alumna, will reside in Washington with Mr. Ebert after a trip to the Adirondacks.
Mr and Mrs Charles Hirth announce the marriage of their daughter Elizabeth Anne Hirth to Mr John B Mallon on Friday August 17 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. Rev Father Czyz officiated with Miss Vivian Hershberger as bridesmaid and Cyril S Lawrence as best man.
Misses Frances Ruth and Hester Trimble, daughters of Mr and Mrs W H Trimble of Frederick county, returned from a motoring trip to Detroit Michigan where they visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs A P Herbert They were accompanied by Dr J E Herbert of Martinsburg West Virginia and also toured the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago.
Mrs Gibson Bradfield and two sons Ely and Edmund return to Barnesville Ohio after visiting her mother Mrs Ernest S Ely and sister Mrs B F Arthur Jr Ely plans to enter Episcopal High School Alexandria next month and join football squad during early season practice.
The Rev. E. T. Clark pastor of the First Baptist Church with Mrs. Clark and their two young sons journey to Middlesex county Virginia for two weeks along the Rappahannock river. They expect to return to Winchester by early September.
The Young People's Choir of the United Brethren Church will meet at 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. All members are requested to attend as final plans will be made for a forthcoming weiner roast.
A marriage license was issued yesterday in the county clerk's office to Lola B. Frye and Harold M. Baker. Lola Frye is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Frye, while Harold Baker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baker. Both couples reside on the North Frederick Pike north of the city.
Mr and Mrs Jack Widmyer returned Sunday from their honeymoon to Atlantic City New York New Rochelle and other places of interest Mrs Widmyer was the former Miss Lavelle Anderson of this city Mr Widmyer holds a position with Millers Drug Store here. Mr Walter H Hurdle and family of Detroit Mich who spent a week visiting Mrs H Elmer Griffin on National Avenue left yesterday for Washington to visit Mrs Hurdles father Captain Hayward Jeffries. Mrs W G George and daughter Miss Margaret George who have been visiting the Georges brother and sister in law at University Va have returned home.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports Munich archbishop Cardinal Faulhaber condemned Nazi anti Jewish policy and praised Jews for gifting the Bible saying no Catholic agrees with persecution. Nazis suppressed the speech and barred German papers from quoting it. He warned that persecution will not erase the Jewish people and urged Catholics to denounce racial hatred.
Robert C. Fadeley 54 of Columbia Furnace Shenandoah county died in Memorial Hospital after a week with a complication of diseases. He was a well known veterinarian survived by his widow Bernice Holler three sons Warren Richard and Robert Jr three daughters Mrs Florence Hawkins Mrs C C Mantz Edinburg and Mrs Leo Bowman Washington DC one brother Abraham Fadeley Col Furnace funeral services were held at Columbia Furnace.
The fifth anniversary of Middletown M. E. Church Service Class in Woodman Hall on August 16 drew a large crowd of 35. Miss Lauck gave class history noting 17 initial members in 1929, about 40 since, 13 marriages, ten births, and total contributions of 204.56 plus 61.54 from fundraisers. The program included readings, solos, and Rev. W P Saunders addressing service.
Miss Pauline Parry a 24 year old Waynesboro resident was struck in the head with a sharp weapon as she walked home from a friend’s house and remained critically injured at a Staunton hospital. Police backed by a $200 reward questioned several men seen nearby as they sought the assailant.
The Evening Star offers a low cost all expense trip to the World’s Fair departing Winchester Saturday at 4 PM. For 26.20 travelers receive transport meals a fair ticket and Chicago hotel accommodations with optional extra days. Reserve with Earl Baker Baltimore and Ohio agent. a $1 deposit holds a seat.
Philadelphia report says a pneumonia vaccine developed by Dr. John A. Kolmer of Temple University will undergo its final human trials over the next three months. Kolmer, also connected with a polio preventive, plans to demonstrate the vaccine’s effectiveness if tests proceed as hoped.
United States Senator David A Reed says he is willing to replace the late William B Vare as Republican national committeeman from Pennsylvania. A party representative conveyed his readiness from Michigan where he is convalescing from illness.
Mrs Sindie Hamrick of the Commercial and Savings Bank and Mrs A J DeHart travel on an annual vacation route to historic sites in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Yesterday they visited the battlefields at Gettysburg, Pa.
Mr George W Good an industrial engineer for DuPont returns to his New York office in the Empire State Building after spending two weeks with his parents at their Capon Lake bungalow in Hampshire County.
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