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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1937
Page
8
All day reunion at the Old Stone Church with a noon dinner and 1 p m services. At 10 00 p m a dance is held at the Winchester Golf Club.
A social schedule from Clarke County notes a buffet supper at Glen Allen after a Berryville horse show. Guests included Miss Anne, Miss Marguerite Kerfoot, Colleen Carter, and others from Winchester and nearby areas. Separate items mention visits, weddings, and moves involving local residents and guests across Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Marvin Haines of Inwood West Virginia returned from visiting friends to find a large gathering of relatives and neighbors at her home in celebration of her birthday. The lawn featured long tables laden with food as guests, including Elmer Shade and family, John Collis and others, shared well wishes and gifts.
The Busy Bee Class of Old Opequon Church entertained friends at a weiner roast on Thursday night August 19. Rain moved the gathering to Mr and Mrs Joe Bakers Kernstown place. Attendees included Roy Bayliss Hilda Boyd Sarah Dutterer Ada G Baker and many others with Rev McGavock and extended guests.
Mrs. C. Irvine Cather and Melville Shirkey returned from Baltimore where they visited sister Elizabeth Ramsey convalescing after the Chesapeake Bay steamer City of Baltimore fire. Rev. Albert P. Shirkey recovering from appendicitis in Sibbley Hospital Washington.
Guidance on how a maid should answer phones and identify residents, and etiquette for men stopping women on streets. Cards advise simple greeting with no immediate identification, brief exchanges, and walking with the person if a longer chat is desired. The column also states cream should not accompany demi-tasse.
Upper floors of the Broadway Mansions apartment hotel in Shanghai are occupied by Japanese forces as an observation post. British managers protest the seizure and call for international attention.
Dr E C Stuart foiled William Fuller in his car on West Boscawen street at 8 31 pm. Fuller fought back injuring Officer Strosnider and was captured with Stuart's aid. Avery Wells of Goshen NC was later arrested as a Fuller associate. Fuller faces charges of attempted larceny panhandling and assault.
Fred Mason is in custody over several fires he allegedly confessed starting. Fire Marshal L R Travers and City Sergeant Taylor Barr questioned him for hours and he signed a statement admitting five blazes near the Postal Telegraph Office Capitol Theatre a private garage the Faulkner building and the Henry building next to Reuss engine house. A commission may review the case and Mason is expected to be committed for observation and treatment.
Ambassador Robert W. Bingham sails to Washington to confer with President Roosevelt on the international situation. A spokesman says the details are to be kept private while Bingham reportedly will relay Britain’s view on Sino Japanese tensions and discuss Anglo American trade talks and war debts prospects.
Brooks' Pharmacy advertises Ice Creams and treats including Jumbo Ice Cream Sodas for 10c, Gigantic Milk Shakes for 10c, Double Dip Ice Cream Cones for 5c, and Old Pas. Plate Ice Cream 10c with Raspberry and Lime Sherberts, listing phone 766.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the North and Middle Atlantic States. Local showers are expected in the Middle Atlantic early week and in the North Atlantic around Tuesday. Additional showers Friday or Saturday with cooler conditions along the coast and a warmer spell Tuesday.
The death notice remembers a longtime Braddock Street Church member with extensive family ties including Mary Louise Steele and O H Lewis among survivors. Funeral services are set for Monday at 4 PM from 709 Braddock Street with burial at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Rev Hubert Ydenstricker and Rev W W O Talbert to officiate. Active pallbearers listed.
The list of bearers for the ceremony includes Dr. A. D. Henkel M. M. Lynch O. L. Jami son S. R. Willey G. W. Lind W. G. Hardy C. R. Keeler and R. Frank Barr.
The man nicknamed Uncle Frank, who quit Winchester to cler k in Farmville, toured Ireland London Paris and other cities. He spent a few dollars on long distance calls from New York and plans permanent residence in his first love. Estimates say Uncle Sam will take about 65 000 from the purse in taxes and New Deal outlays.
The CBS network plans to enter experimental television and appoints Gilbert Seldes as picture program director starting September. A television program center will be built in New York's Grand Central Terminal across from the Chrysler Building, with studios under construction fall and a transmitter unit ready for experiments in about a year.
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