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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
3
Department invites social and personal items by mail or phone. Call 33 or mail to The Evening Star. Addresses should be to the newspaper, not individual staff members.
Activities include Winchester VFW meeting at Sarah Zane Fire Hall and transport, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Girls Athletic Association hay ride, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Grace Lutheran choir practice, Warren Horse Show dances at Warrenton High School Auditorium with Husk O’Hare Orchestra, Rotary Club luncheon, Battle Inn dance with Dingie Trenary and Southern Serenaders, and American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel.
Amiscellaneous shower and dinner party honored Miss Louisa Hollis and Miss Virginia Rehall at Tokus Inn near Opequon with twenty friends. Gifts lay beneath a crepe paper flower as a wedding bell hung above the table. Separately, Mrs Louise Heiman and daughter Jessouise Heiman sailed from Liverpool August 20 aboard the Empress bound for Montreal. Local talent will stage the three act Kempy at White Post Parish Hall September 1 to raise funds for Meade Memorial Church furnace.
Invitations issued for a large charity dance at Jordan Springs Hotel Monday evening August 31 to aid Winchester Memorial Hospital improvements. The Winchester Memorial Hospital student nurses sponsor the ball with a popular orchestra. Proceeds go to hospital improvements and a large crowd is expected.
Miss Georgia Flory plans to re-enter Morris Harvey College Barboursville W Va for her senior year September 15 after a short visit to Augusta W Va and a stay with Mrs R C Hook in the city. Nearby social notes list regional visitors and local engagements.
Miss Ortha Wright returns from Washington where she visited relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carper and Mr. and Mrs. James E. Keffer come back from Belle Vernon Pennsylvania after a weekend with kin. R. M. Hook of Perry Business School returns to Edinburg Virginia from a family weekend. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Fuller of South Stewart Street spend time at the Chalfonte Haddon Hall Hotel in Atlantic City.
New York August 24 Russell Boardman and John Polando Bay State flyers who nonstop flew from New York to Istanbul Turkey and reclaimed the long distance flying record returned to a welcoming crowd. The city tug Macom met the flyers with mayoral and military representatives as spray from fireboats saluted them near the Battery Clarence Chamberlin once held the record until the new crossing.
Closing quotations in the Chicago grain markets show Wheat September 4 75, December 51 and May 56 4. Corn September 40, December 37 and May 41. Oats September 19 74, December 21 4, May 24 15. Rye September 2 and December 35 94, May 39.
The funeral of Charles Edgar Brooks, son of Edward Brooks, who died Friday in Memorial Hospital from injuries from an automobile accident, was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the family home at 817 South Cameron Street. Rev. Johnson officiated. Burial followed in Orrick Cemetery. Pallbearers were Samuel and Lucien Bannister, Frank Peters on, Henderson Cook and Floyd Finley.
The New York stock market showed a heavy tone in late trading, gradually slipping with listless activity most of the day. Overall sales for the session were under 1,000,000 shares and call money renewed at 1 percent.
Mrs Charles H Getchell aged 34 shot and killed her 8 year old son and 6 year old daughter in their Minneapolis home today then killed herself after an attempt to murder her husband Sergeant Getchell of the Minneapolis police traffic department failed. He said his wife appeared to be temporarily defanged.
Ad claims sleeping on the left side worsens gas and heart discomfort. It promotes Adlerika as a remedy to relieve gas and nervousness, promising sound sleep after one dose. Advertisement from Bakers Drug Store.
Distress warrant leads to a public auction of restaurant equipment at 12 oclock August 29 1991 located at 163% N Main St Winchester Virginia The sale includes an upright piano large range gas range oil stove radio highboy dresser tables chairs glassware silverware ice cream freezer refrigerators and other items. Cash terms. Auctioneers A G Swanson and Lee Barr.
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