Social and Personal News Tells Of Local Entertainments
Mrs. and Mrs. Ware hosted a shower for their daughter Miss Wilma Love Ware whose September marriage to Julius P. Bush of Lenox New York will occur. A musical program by Miss Anderson and Miss Ware complemented flowers and a buffet supper for guests. A birthday surprise honored Mrs. T. L. Dunn with 69 candles on a pink and white cake for her 69th birthday. Out‑of‑town guests joined families from Chambersburg Doylestown Fredericksburg Morgantown and Martinsburg. Others note travelers and visits involving Kremer Babb Brill Galladay Maddox Painter Taylor Brown and several local residents. Members of the local American Legion plan attendance at Newport News convention September 5–8 with Winchester members listed. Several residents travel to Kansas City Baltimore Staunton and abroad to Scotland and England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs . Ware
J. E. Ware
Southwark Street
Wilma Love Ware
Julius P. Bush
Lenoir
N. Y
T. L. Dunn
W. N. Dunn
Anne Louise
Doylestown
Mary Charlotte Thorn
Fredericksburg
Grant Jacobs
Morgantown
Martinsburg
W. Va
Journal
American Legion
Newport News
Winchester
Col
B. M. Roszel
A. J. Novick
Edward Goss
Edmund Lupton
Wilbur Shade
Frai“ Lovett
Mr. Trahan
Prof and Mrs Ware Move to Summit Point for School Work
Prof and Mrs J Ware with their daughter relocate to Summit Point in Boone County West Virginia to resume teaching. Prof Ware becomes High School principal and Mrs Ware teaches in the primary department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Mrs. Ware
Boone County
J. Ware
Summit Point
Whitesville
W. Va
Richmond Romance Tied in Martinsburg Marriage
Cards received by relatives in Winchester announce the marriage of Mrs. Emma Marshall Tyree of Richmond Virginia to Mr. William L. Gaff of Martinsburg West Virginia. The ceremony occurred Wednesday in Richmond and the couple will live at 529 West King Street Martinsburg. The bride is sister of Miss Jennie Pritchard of 26 Peyton Street and has many Winchester friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Emma Marshall Tyree
Richmond
William L. Gaff
Martinsburg
W. Va
West
King Street
Martingburg
Jennie Pritchard
Peyton Street
Local visitors hosted by many families in town
Mr and Mrs George Doughten of Haddonfield N J staying at George Washington Hotel will spend weekend with Mr and Mrs R M Swimley on North Loudoun Street. Dorothy Doughten visits with Miss Charlotte Swimley. Carl Kremer and Peter Kremer of Bayside Long Island are guests of the Kremer family on South Kent Street. Phyllis Chamberlin of Greensburg Pa visits Grandfather Metz on North Adoun Street. George Rauscher of Philadelphia joins Mrs Rauscher and their son with the Bushes on National Avenue. Colleen Glass returns home after trips to Virginia Beach Wrightsville Beach Asheville Blowing Rock and Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Kremer
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Charles P. Kremer
Kent Street
George Doughten
Haddonfield
N. J
George Washington Hotel
R. M. Swimley
North Loudoun Street
Carl Kremer
Peter Kremer
Bayside
Long Island, N. Y
C. P. Kremer
South Kent ‘Street
Phyllis Chamberlin
Greencastle, Pa
Mr. Metz
North Adoun Street
George Rauscher
Philadelphia
Colleen Glass
Virginia Beach
Wrightsville Beach
Asheville
Blowing Rock
N.C
Roanoke
Miss Colleen Glass Hosts Guests Over Labor Day
Miss Colleen Glass plans Labor Day entertaining with house guests Miss Brinotn and Mr. Thomas Mahon of Richmond Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colleen Glass
Brinotn
Thomas Mahon
Richmond, Va
Dance Cards Displayed Ahead of Warren Hotel Opening
Cards are on display in local business places ahead of the opening dance scheduled for Tuesday, August 30. The event will be held at the Warren White Sulphur Springs Hotel between Strasburg and Front Royal, managed by Mrs. Kimmerling and Mrs. Cullen. The Virginia Ramblers will provide the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren White Sulphur Springs
Strasburg
Front Royal
Kimmerling
Cullen
Winchester
Virginia Ramblers
Mrs Gertrude Clevenger Returns From Philadelphia Visit
Miss Gertrude Clevenger returns home with sister Mrs Elsie Sumption and son after spending vacation with her sister in Philadelphia. They will visit relatives and friends for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
L. A. Clark
Kansas City, Mo
Gertrude Clevenger
Philadelphia
Elsie Sumption
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Ebert in Charles Town
Misses Helen Butler of Washington Hilda Higinbotham of Oxford Pa Juliene Feagans and brother of Chambersburg Pa and Wilder Feagans of Washington D C are guests of Mr and Mrs George Ebert at the St George Apartments in Charles Town West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Butler
Washington
Hilda Higinbotham
Oxford, Pa
Juliene Feagans
Chambersburg
Wilder Feagans
Washington, D. C
George Ebert
St. George Apartments
Charles Town
W. Va
Local Hosts Return from Fredericksburg and Baltimore Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor wrap up vacation travel in Fredericksburg Virginia and Baltimore Maryland and return home. Miss Gertrude Mudd of East Orange New Jersey and Mr. F DeSales of Bryantown Maryland have left Mr and Mrs R E Mudd’s residence after visiting. Mr E W Armstrong of Cumberland Maryland remains for several days of business in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Mudd
East Orange
N. J
F. DeSales
Bryantown
R. E. Mudd
E. W. Armstrong
Cumberland, Md
Grace Johnson Returns After Summer Course in Harrisonburg
Miss Grace Johnson has returned home today from completing a summer course at the State Teachers College at Harrisonburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Johnson
State Teachers College
Harrisonburg
Various Visitors and Residents Spotted in Winchester Area
Miss Lulu Rush of Shenandoah Valley National Bank vacations with friends at Capon Bridge. Mr W W Ritter of Dennison Ohio arrives to visit relatives. Mr H G Ellison of Ft Wayne Indiana stays at Hotel Jack. Charles Rubel and A K Landers of Washington DC visit on business. Isabelle McCann of Washington DC visits with the McCann family in Stephen son. Mrs Marshall Kline and Ivan Kline travel to Brucetown to see her sister Mrs H S Russell. Mrs Russell hosts sisters Mrs O B Stewart of Panama and Mrs D L Hall of Washington. Lillian Jackson of State Teachers College Harrisonburg returns home after summer studies. The Vanderlinden family and Mr Nelson of Baltimore visit Gainesboro. Ernest Unter of Biglerville, Pa., stays with G W Grubbs. Mrs Justa Conner and Maude Prince to Washington with Mrs P F Havey. Katherine Yost accompanies home. Mr and Mrs Blair Hahn of Staunton visit family in town. Mr Hahn recovering from illness. Dr William F Greene returns from New Rochelle and Mt Vernon NY. Charles D Menor of Morgantown stops at G F House. Mr and Mrs C C Finfrock hosted a birthday party for son Ollie Finfrock of Cleveland Ohio at Oakshade near Clearbrook. Mr Ciartes Stockton of Charles Town spends night at Hotel Jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Kline
Ivan Kline
Brucetown
H. S. Russell
Russell
O. B. Stewart
Panama
D. L. Hall
Washington
Winchester
Modern Youth Has An Able Champion In Bishop Candler
In Atlanta on August 27 Associated Press reports Bishop Warren A. Candler, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, celebrates his seventieth birthday while defending prohibition and remarking on youth. He notes reduced whiskey drinking, sees no moral decline in youth, and suggests the revolt comes from elders not the younger generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlanta
South
Warren A. Candler
Methodist Episcopal Church
America
Tself
Well Digger Caught When Wall Collapses On Him
In Worcester Massachusetts a cave in trapped Fred Lenau of Auburn for 27 hours. Rescue crews struggled to free him as a new wall collapse deepened the peril and cast doubt on survival despite initial optimism. The operation shifted to preventing further cave-ins while working toward the shaft where Lenau’s head had been seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Fred Lenau
Auburn
Lenau
Resecuers
Recital Draws Large Audience in Stephens City
A very large audience gathered at the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Stephens City for an organ recital by Mrs. Paul Malm of Newport News assisted by Mrs. D. B. Woolfe Miss Bessie Seeley and Floyd Haines of Winchester. The program featured Entree du Procession Autumn Glory Traumerer One Sweetly Solemn Thought and other pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Methodist Episcopal Church
Malm
Roma
Mr. Haines
Mansfield
Old Church
Woolfe
Miss Seeley
Traumerer
Schuman
Ambrose
Haines
Wely
Rev Dame To Talk To Children At Christ Church
The Rev Nelson P. Dame of Richmond will conduct 11 o clock services at Christ Episcopal Church tomorrow and will speak to the children before the hymn. Parents are urged to bring their youngsters. Dame, a former Christ Church rector and current diocesan missioner, has acted as rector during the absence of Rev Robert B. Nelson, who returns next week from a month's Adirondacks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson P. Dame
Richmond
Christ Episcopal Church
Dame
Christ Church
Robert B. Nelson
Adirondacks
Forging a Check Costs Man One Year In Road Force
Howard Hockman pleaded guilty to forging a check for ten dollars and fifty cents drawn on Holmes B Nail. He was sentenced to one year on the state convict road force. He had prior larceny of an automobile with six months on the roads already served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hockman
Holmes B. Nail
Hockman
Potts Visit to Frederick County Father in Siler
Mr and Mrs Walter B Potts of Washington arrived last evening for a two week visit to Mrs Potts father Mr Robert Shade at his home in Siler Frederick county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Potts
Washington
Robert Shade
Siler
Frederick County
Monoplane Pride of Detroit Seeks Trans Atlantic Hop
At Harbor Grace Newfoundland Aug 27 the monoplane Pride of Detroit piloted by Edward F Schlee and William Brock prepared for a Croydon Eng departure as part of a world circumnavigation record bid. The Stinson Detroit craft carried potent crews with refueling completed after a Cur tiss Field start and Old Orchard leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Field
Nav
Phil Wood
Detroit
Duke Schiller
Selfridge Eld
Mich
Windsor
Ont
Eng
Edward F. Schlee
William Brock
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Croydon
Eny
Royal Windsor
Croyon
Stinson-Detroiter
William
Brock
Old Orchard
Brack
Schlee
Edward S. Evans
Linton Wels
Curtiss Field
N. Y
In Memoriam Frances Rhodes Orndorff
In loving remembrance of Frances Rhodes Orndorff who departed this life August 27 1926 at Garfield Hospital Washington DC one year ago today. Her sister Mrs Oscar Brill notes she is not forgotten and waits for the day they meet again with faith and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Rhodes Orndorff
Garfield Hospital
Washington, D. C
Oscar Brill
Monument Proposed for Dole Flyers at Golden Gate
The San Francisco Examiner urges a sea memorial near the Golden Gate to honor seven Dole air race flyers missing in the Pacific. A memorial at sea is planned for September 16 with flowers aboard the Maui to be cast into the Pacific 700 miles west of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
Dole
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
Pacific
San Francisco Examiner
Matson
Maui
Oakland
Hawaii
Oil shares tumbling as marketwide selling starts
New York stocks ended heavy after an early run of gains for General Motors General Electric and United States Steel. Renewed selling attacks on oil shares in the final hour dragged Pan American and other issues to multiyear lows. Volume neared one million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
General Motors
General Electric
United States Steel Common
Star Staff Presented Peaches by Gainesboro Grower
The Star staff received a generous supply of peaches from Mr. Sheridan Luttrell, manager of the Taverner and Eastham orchards at Gainesboro. The orchards have shipped several thousand bushels of Belle of Georgia and Elberta peaches this season and earned unusually good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
STAR
Sheridan Luttrell
Taverner and Eastham Orchards
Gainesboro
Belle of Georgia
Elbertas
Chuan-Fang Claims Capture of Nanking
Peking Aug 27 General Sung Chuan Fanges Shantungese army claims capture of Nanking the former seat of Chiang Kai Shek nationalist regime first report from Associated Press says Sung Chuan Fanges forces captured the city in Shantung campaign with no independent confirmation available at press time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peking
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sung Chuan- Fanege
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C. E. Babb
Elkins
Genevieve Massie
Carl Hicks
George Cather
Kansas
Virginia Cather
Gore
Whitacre
George E. Brill
Middletown
Mary Simpson
South Braddock Street
Pauline Galladay
Baltimore
W. H. Maddox
Walter B. Barnett
Thomas A. Painter
Pulaski
Ort
Mrs. Winthrop Taylor
St. James, IL
I. Ey
Scotland
England
Mrs. Taylor
Mrs. J. Few Brown
City
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Gibson Bradfield
Barnesville
Ohio
Gold Club
Virginia Barr
Cypress Chapel
Virginia
Roscoe White
Chicago, Il
B. Thaw, Jr
Pittsburgh, Pa
Katherine Grant
Frank Lovett
M. Finklestein
Sadie Finklestein
Forest Park
F. W. Eaton
Margaret. Eaton
Garland Eaton
Cecil. Gilkeson
M. C. Eaton
Staunton
Mr. Gaff
Mrs. Doughten
Red Cross
Huntsberry
ReiCrass Line
Warren Sulphur
Howard Taylor
Baltimore, Md
Lulu Rush
The
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Capon Bridge
W. W. Ritter
Dennison
H. G. Ellison
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Hotel Jack
Messrs
Charles Rubel
A. K. Landers
Isabelle McCann
R. McCann
Stephenson
Lillian Jackson
State Teachers’ College
C. V. Vanderlinden
Inlaw
Norman Vanderlinden
Nelson
A. P. Holland
This County
Ernest Unter
Biglerville, Pa
G. W. Grubbs
Justa Conner
Maude Prince
Edward Johnson
P. F. Havey
Katherine Yost
Blair Hahn
Staunton, Va
Taylor Hahn
R. S. Smith
Mr. Hahn
William F. Greene
New Rochelle
Mt. Vernon
Charles D. Menor
V. Va
G. F. House
C. C. Finfrock
Oakshade
Clearbrook
Ollie Finfrock
Cleveland, O
Ciartes Stockton
Jacky
Bishop Candler
Well Digger
Wall
Mr. Dame
Georgia
Brunswick
Paul Redfern
South America
Dole Fliers
Chuan-Fang
Fda Faust Poe
Poe
Elleguis
Shenandoah County Fair
Woodstock
Gorgeous Midway Higgins
J. Walter Bailey
Secy
Woodstock, Virginia
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