Personal Social Notes From Local Department
Social and personal news notes mention Mrs Miller and local residents. The column records small events and greetings among neighbors, with names and brief captions typical of community society pages.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal news notes mention Mrs Miller and local residents. The column records small events and greetings among neighbors, with names and brief captions typical of community society pages.
The article covers Sara Powell as bride of Mr H L owl nigmbpoen, with details of the ceremony at St Stephen Be iarce performed by Rev Dr Herb Parrish and notes on the groom Mencken, ages 49 and 32 respectively. It also mentions the forthcoming marriage of Miss Rebecca Holmes Tyndell and Mr Ryland Washington, plus family connections and home plans. A social note adds the First Christian Church Bible Class meeting under Miss Cain.
Mrs. Charles W Galloway longtime Baltimore and Ohio Railroad executive receives congratulations on his forty seventh anniversary with the system. The Winchester area social pages note prior service since 1883 starting as a telegraph messenger and rising to vice president in charge of open and maintenance.
Clarence T. Owen返回 home after travels near Norfolk Newport News and Virginia Beach involved with Registered Service International. He suffers an infected ankle from a prior sprain. Mr and Mrs F A Ramsburg and son from Springfield Ohio are guests at Hotel Jack.
Mrs. Byrd hosts luncheon for Judith McGuire and Sue Carson as Judith McGuire prepares to marry Lt. Julian Lindsey. Many local guests arrive from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dayton, and Martinsburg for gatherings at homes and the country club.
Miss Tayloe Boyd, visiting Roanoke and western West Virginia, returns home after a house party in Deer Park Maryland. Mrs. George Petley and her son, who stayed in Brooklyn New York, also return home. Mrs. Fred Glaizer and Miss Anne Brooke Kern depart for Charlotte North Carolina for an extended stay.
The article lists numerous cake entries and winners from the fair including Mrs. Charles Trenary and Mrs. A D Jones among cake winners. Poultry and apple pie contests are highlighted with multiple households from Kernstown Summit Point Stephenson Martinsburg and Kearneysville named as top prize recipients. Other sections note white wyandottes Rhode Island Reds and partridgeWyandottes winners with a grand champion prize of five dollars.
The family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs. Belle Barrett and thanks for the use of cars and the funeral arrangements.
A coroner's jury in Chicago ruled the deaths of Lieut John P. DeShazo and Louis Warner accidental after a naval flying plane crashed at the national air races. The verdict praised DeShazo for his self sacrifice in avoiding a greater catastrophe in the crowded bleachers.
A large audience attended the boxing bouts with plans for a headline clash between K. O. Mathews and Eddy Firpo Sharon in the main event. Other scheduled matches include Gunboat Smith versus Reds Keler and Myers versus Lewis, with improvements noted for rope setup before tonight’s events. Mr and Mrs C. E. Hawkins of Boyce visited for the day.
P N Bowers announces a public sale on Wednesday September 3 at 10 o clock. The sale includes all household goods beds mattresses stoves and related items. Located at 525 Fairmont Avenue.
In the United Brethren Church the Senior and Intermediate Christian Endeavor meet next Sunday at 7:15 PM for a special service led by Mrs Ada Hicks. After the service, the Ladies Aid Society will elect officers for the term. Members urged to attend before the annual meeting as union services with the nearby church are at 8 PM.
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