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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1929
Page
3
The notice states that Mrs Yeachelle P. Miller will be available for faniee news by telephone or mail between 3 and 4 pm for the following day, with phone number 33 provided.
Miss Matthews of Mannington W Va known as Queen Shenandoah VI will marry B Coleman Jr of Pratt at the parents home in Mannington Wednesday Sept 4 at 9 pm. The couple were engaged last May after a dinner at the Matthews home. Matthews is a WVU alumna and former Shenandoah queen. Coleman is WVU senior and Pratt native.
Belle Grove Inn hosted a Baker family reunion last Thursday with 350 attendees. G. F. Baker of Richmond and Rev. Harry F. Baker of Roanoke gave short addresses, music supplied by family members, and Minnie Strickler was elected president with Ruth Bucher as secretary-treasurer. The next gathering is slated for Shenandoah Caverns.
Mr and Mrs Arthur R Cockrell of East Falls Church Va welcome a son weighing eight pounds born at home Saturday August 24. Mrs Cockrell is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Loy, former residents of the city now living at East Falls Church. The child will be named Arthur Richard Cockrell Jr.
The Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden of the Presbyterian Church spends the week at Falling Waters Berkeley County West Virginia preaching a series of evangelistic services at the Spring Mills Presbyterian Church.
Mrs A C Welch entertains a party at her Fairmont Avenue home Glen Lee. Guests include Mr G W Owens and daughters Louise and Lois Owens of Brooklyn New York and Mrs T R Crawford of Philadelphia.
The weekly dance at Hill side Lake Park near Martinsburg will occur tonight with music by the Mason-Dixon Orchestra. Local residents plan to attend in numbers.
Miss Mary Yeakley hosted a delightful weenie roast last Tuesday evening at Jordan White Sulphur Springs. Guests included Misses Lois Hammond Bessie Hammond Genevieve Massie Dorothy Wingfield Helen Renner Pauline Smalls and Messrs Lou Larrick Carl Holks Harry Hammond plus Mrs Ray Hicks Mrs Harry Butler and son and Mr and Mrs George Yeakley.
Miss Edna Wisecarver and Mr Ray mond Penn have returned from Cape May New Jersey where they spent the past week as guests of Mr and Mrs Roy L Foster Mrs Foster was formerly Mrs Claire Dotterer of this city
Mr. A Meredith Woore of Miami Florida spent a day in Martinsburg visiting relatives and renewing acquaintances while on a western and Great Lakes trip. he plans to return to Miami to practice law. Portsmouth Fire Chief R A Foster and Mrs Foster visited Winchester en route to Lexington Virginia for the state firemen’s association convention. he addressed the Friendship Fire Company and toured local sites.
Mrs S Rosenmeyer and her daughter Miss Frieda Rosenmeyer of this city arrived in New York last Friday aboard the S S America. They have been in Europe for eleven months and expect to arrive here sometime this week.
Arrangements are completed for the annual Sunday school picnic to be held Saturday August 31 by members of the Little Mountain Church in the grove near the church.
Mrs. L. R. Markwood and daughter Jessie return from Charles Town West Virginia. Mrs. Robert L. Gray and three Grays return from Atlantic City New Jersey. Dorothy Anderson guests in Baltimore. Mayne Davis and Ste vens with V. Martin guests at Hotel Jack. P. B. Hicks Woolworth Atlanta district spends days on business. Leonard Riley of Chicago visiting his father on South Braddock street. Irwin Carper family and Gertrude Carper, with Margaret Shacklett, return from Virginia Beach.
Many residents host relatives and friends from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia. Guests include Mr and Mrs William C Stuart Jr and children returning to Newport News Va and Mrs W M Walsh heading to Bristol Va. Others vacationed in Atlantic City Virginia Beach and Albany with multiple hospitality hosts across town.
Mrs. C A Dean Hilda and Helen Dean Calvin Shade W T Birmingham and family Marshall Kremer and McCauley joined a Burlington Beach outing on Sunday. John Munhall Jr Edward Harris and L Marshall Baker traveled to Hagerstown for a day trip. L and Mrs Edward Harris depart tomorrow for Virginia Beach and plan to return late next week visiting Warren ton Va for a horse show.
Warren Packard heir to the Packard motor millions was killed in an airplane crash near Grosee Isle Michigan. Talbott Barnard Packard salesman piloting was seriously injured. The sea plane stalled at about 1000 feet and spun into a crash near the Detroit river. Packard was 35 and father of two. Barnard expected to recover.
At the National Air Races in Cleveland the day’s feature derbies include five events with two finishing this afternoon. The Portland Ore dash routed via Milwaukee and the Louisville to Cleveland leg were noted, while a nonstop Los Angeles to be flown any time before today’s finish drew attention. Lee Schoenhauer opened yesterday’s race by flying coast to coast in 13 hours 51 minutes 10.8 seconds.
The Graf Zeppelin prepared for takeoff from its Lakehurst base heading toward home in Germany with plans to cross the Rockies by moonlight. After a 16,880 mile record ten days aloft, the craft readied for another leg, aiming to advance lighter-than-air commerce amid praise for Nekener and the voyage. The Pacific leg marked the first nonstop Tokyo to Los Angeles crossing of 5,800 miles.
New York August 26 three present day conditions a falling birthrate restricted immigration and near stabilization of the death rate are leading this country toward a stationary or declining population. Dr Louis I Dublin and Dr Alfred J Lotka of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company compute that 1928s apparent natural increase of 7 8 per thousand was in fact a true rate of 2 3 per thousand barely enough to prevent decline. They warn fertility will continue down and without offset by mortality improvements the natural rate may shift to decrease.
W C Lauck of the News and Courier, once Hoover backer, argues Dr. Brown’s platform in Virginia favors minor tax relief and more direct elections but questions overthrowing the Democratic machine. He notes real estate and gas tax tweaks, income tax relief, and school officer elections as core issues while warning of coalition fragility and party loyalty.
In Gastonia Superior Court Judge M V Barnhill overruled a defense motion to amend the bill of particulars as to a severe restriction of state evidence in the murder trial of sixteen cotton mill strike leaders charged with killing Gastonia police chief O F Alderholt.
Winchester fair opens with shoe pitching, races, a greasy pig contest, and multiple acts. Clarke Brothers perform acrobatics while Troop E Fort Myer Cavalry provides school rides and monkey drills. Gates run 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. with daily free acts and band concerts.
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