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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1930

Page

3

Wedded to Mr BaF Ritter wedding scene in Winchester

The Brethren church on North Avenue hosted a quiet wedding of Miss Carpenter and Mr. Ritter. The bride wore chiffon with pink roses, is a graduate of Gradyndley High School, and worked at Emmett's store. Ritter heads the stenotyping department of The Evening Star. Attendees included out of town guests from Washington Baltimore and Virginia. A wedding trip followed by motor through northern states.

Baf. Biter E. F. Ritter The United Church North Avenue George W. Stow Sweet B. Henkel Carpenter East Piccadilly Ha Street Gradandley High School Emmett’s North Loudoun Street Ritter T. H. Ritter Lydia Ritter Evening Star John Hurley Charles Hurley Washington, D. C Laura Griffith Howard Tickner Howard Tickner, Jr Baltimore Garvin F. Bowles Telfair Bowles Clearbrook

Bible Classes Plan Annual Picnic at Anderson Home

Members of the Philathea and Win-One Bible classes of the First Christian Church will hold their annual picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin B Anderson near Bartonville tomorrow afternoon. Those wishing to attend should meet at the church corner of Clifford and South Braddock streets promptly at 4 p.m. transportation will be provided for those without means.

Philathea Win-One First Christian Church Franklin B. Anderson Bartonville Clifford South Braddock Streets

Apple convention visitor departs Grand Rapids bound for home

Mr. H. Taconis of Rotterdam Holland, managing director of N. V. Taconis Fruit Company, attended an apple convention in Grand Rapids last week. He stopped there on the way to New York to sail home.

H. Taconis Rotterdam Holland Grand Rapids Mich New York Taconis N. V. Taconis Fruit Company, Importers and Exporters

Virginia Guardsmen Head to Camp Perry Rifle Meet

Lieut George F Miller and Private Jonathan P Blount of Company I 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard depart for Camp Perry Ohio for two weeks of national rifle and pistol matches. Virginia team has 10 shooters and two alternates selected from the state encampment results.

George F. Miller Jonathan P. Blount One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry Virginia National Guard Camp Perry Ohio National Guard Cleveland State Union

Streett Family Relocates From Clifton Va Estate to Middleburg

The Baltimore Sunday Sun reports Mr and Mrs William B Streett have left their Clifton Virginia residence once owned by Dr and Mrs Louis M Allen and will move to John Hay Whitney's Middleburg Virginia estate where Streett will assume control of the property.

The Baltimore Sunday Sun William B. Streett Saratoga Clifton Clarke County Louis. M. Allen Middleburg John Hay Whitney New York Streett

Large Garden Party at Glen Welby by the Bairds

Mr and Mrs Charles Baird Jr entertained a large weekend gathering at their home Glen Welby near Marshall Fauquier County Mrs Baird formerly Ursula Harrison daughter of Fairfax Harrison Belvoir She has many friends in Winchester The couple hosted a Saturday afternoon garden party attracting a substantial guest list

Charles Baird, Jr Glen Welby Marshall Fauquier County Baird Ursula Harrison Fairfax Harrison Belvoir Winchester

Entertaining At Dinner For Miss McGuire

Miss Ann Brooke Kern will entertain tonight at her home on Fairmont avenue at a dinner party in compliment to Miss Judith McGuire whose engagement to Lieut. Julian Lindsey was recently announced. On Tuesday September 2 Miss Nancy Gray Larrick will entertain at her home at a luncheon in honor of Miss McGuire. Mr Wesley H Greene, formerly of this city but now of Chicago, has accepted a position under Dr Ridley at Public Management and as assistant to the foreign student advisor of Chicago University. He is the son of Mrs Virginia Greene, formerly of Winchester, and was a member of Handley High School faculty several years ago.

Ann Brooke Kern Fairmont Avenue Judith McGuire Julian Lindsey Nancy Gray Larrick Miss McGuire Wesley Greene Chicago Wesley H. Greene Ridley International City Managers’ Association Chicago University Greene Virginia Greene Winchester Handley High School

Katherine Brown Weds Winston Pine in Charles Town

Miss Katherine Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Brown Millwood Clarke County married Mr Winston Pine of the same locality in Charles Town West Virginia. The bride a graduate of Boyce Agricultural High School and Shepherdstown College will reside in Millwood with her husband.

Katherine Brown Pine H. E. Brown Millwood Clarke County Winston Pine Charles Town W. Va Boyce Agricultural High

Miss Dorothy Smith to Teach in Virginia This Fall

Miss Dorothy Smith of Clarksville Tennessee leaves tomorrow after a week with Mrs. Phil H. Gold of North Brad dock street. She will spend a week in Frederick Maryland then go to Richmond Virginia to teach this fall and winter. Mr. M Hamburger visits New York City to arrange fall and winter stock for the local Hamburger shop with buyers from Martinsburg West Virginia Chambersburg Pennsylvania and Frederick Maryland.

Dorothy Smith Clarksville Mr. M. Hamburger New York City Martinsburg W. Va Chambersborg Pennsylvania Frederick, Md Norma Gettier Orlando Fla Eliza Diffenderfer South Cameron Street Atlantic City New York Florida

Social Roundup Features Visitors and Weekend Guests

Local residents host a long list of visitors and return home after weekends in Winchester. Notables include Mrs. Roy Adams, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Kitzmiller of Elkins, W. Va., Miss Mildred Grove of Catawba Sanatorium, and international guest Henri Cordier of Paris. Hotel stays noted at the George Washington Hotel.

Henri Cordier Paris France Winchester George Washington Hotel George C. Smith Dorothy and Ethely Smith Dayton Beach Fila Rge Washington Hotel Isabelle Hammack Irene Reeser Washington Middletown

Germans Await Clear Weather to Continue Flight

Capt Wolfgang Von Granau and three companions reached Halifax after a staged flight from Germany via Iceland and Labrador. Fog forced a stop at Queensport yesterday. they resumed today at 6 50 a m EST, hoping for 80 miles of clear weather to proceed westward toward Halifax.

Germany Halifax Queensport Nova Scotia Wolfgang von Granau Iceland Labrador Marie-Joseph Halifa

Man and son die after Baltimore blast fire

John S. Kroeber of Glen Burnie Maryland and his three year old son Melvin died in a hospital after a machine destroyed by fire August 13 burned them while the driver lit a lantern to view a gas tank. The driver George P Wockersuss son Harold Wockersuss 3 died days later.

Associated Press Baltimore John S. Kroeber Glen Burnie Melvin Harold Wockersuss George P. Wockersuss Krobree Wockersuss

Elevator Goes Crazy at Gotham Hotel Killing Man

An elevator at the Hotel Gotham on Fifth Avenue in New York ran wild this afternoon. It shot upward then plunged to the shaft bottom and back to the top flooding the lobby and cellar. A man, Andrew Dublin, an assistant on the street level, was killed.

Associated Press New York Gotham Fifth Avenue Andrew Dublin

Modest Bull Movement Slips On Oil Selling

New York stock market opened with a modest bull movement, but oil shares dampened sentiment as prices weakened after early gains. Vanadium declined sharply, dragging the list lower while pivotal shares stayed fairly solid and call money rose to 2 percent.

Associated Press New York

Wheat and Corn Prices in Chicago on August 25

Closing prices on the Chicago Board of Trade show wheat values for September at 88 to December 83 to 94 1 and March 98 3 to 98 3 with May at about 1.1 to 1.01. Corn prices run September 98 14 to 3, December 93 to 3, March 95 5 to 34, and May around 97 to %.

Associated Press Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Today

Signals From Indo China Broadcast Reach U S Record

Signals from station Sargoin in French Indo China were rebroadcast in the United States for the first time. Westinghouse KDKA hailed the event as a new record in radio rebroadcasting with a transmission distance of about 22 334 miles.

Associated Press Pittsburgh Sargoin America Westinghouse KDKA

American Captain Grow Held by Peruvian Rebels

The American naval mission’s Captain Harold B. Grow, now Peru’s captain in the Peruvian navy, was captured by revolutionists at Camana on August 24. Grow, 39, from Greenville Michigan, resigned active service two years ago to lead Peru’s air forces and was not formally attached to the U S mission. The embassy seeks assurances of his safety through informal contact with the rebels.

Associated Press Washington American Armibassy Lima State Department Grow Peru Camana Harold B. Grow Naval Reserve United States Naval The Naval Academy Greenville Mich

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