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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1931
Page
3
The Winchester Chapter of the National Delphian Society will hold a meeting in Handley Library on Thursday September 3 at 2 30. The program will include a comprehensive study of art with guest speakers. Mrs Louis L Baker will lead an introduction to Renaissance painters and paintings.
Monday 19 30 large subscription dance by Memorial Hospital student nurses at Jordan Springs invites public. Tuesday 12 30 Lions Club meets at George Washington Hotel. 7 30 Little Theatre monthly meeting at Handley Library urged attendance. 3 15 Kempy three act comedy presented at White Post Parish Hall public invited.
Mrs Paul Gaylord entertained at a bridge luncheon honoring Mrs John M Steck Jr of White Plains NY whose marriage on July 18 was a mid summer highlight. Guests included Miss Elizabeth Stuart and out of town visitors Mrs Frederick Reif Kohl of Philadelphia and Mrs Horace Browne of Berry's Ferry.
Miss Bessie McNeer of Mediatown invites guests to a bridge party at Wayside Inn on Tuesday September 1 in honor of Miss Louise Rhodes an early fall bride. A formal dance at Winchester Country Club on Saturday September 5 honors Miss Elizabeth Stuart who will wed Maurice Trimble Jr of Pittsburgh on September 7. Many invited guests from Clarke and Warren counties are expected. Rev Henry Spangler and family visited Stephens City then returned home after he officiated at a Lutheran Church service last Sunday.
Miss Jane Scully and Miss Virginia Lupton, counselors at Camp Shenandoah for the girls session, returned home today along with camp nurse Miss Josephine Arthur. Local attendees from this city included Margaret Byrd Eleanor Scully Mary Scully Marion Myers Mary Elizabeth Ebert Nannie Tucker Payne Virginia Cather Eleanor Griffith Josephine Griffith Margaret Massey and Shirley Williams.
The piece notes Mrs Richard Evelyn Meek and Mrs Margaret W Davis of Md attending a late summer social at The Tulegries with many out of town guests. Includes license for Harold C Meek and details on the bride and groom and officiating minister. Lieutenant Leo W Cather is returning from New England to visit family before duty at Randolph Field Texas.
Miss Frances Lehew Cabell of Fairview Virginia will wed Joseph Miller Jett of Ninevah Virginia tomorrow at the Cabell home with Rev. T Carter Page officiating. Miss Cabell will be given in marriage by her father. Her gown is the one her mother wore at marriage. The maid of honor is Miss Henrietta Sparrow of Wilmington Delaware and the best man is Major S R Millar.
Messrs John Milburn and Fred Stryker Jr traveled to Cumberland Maryland to attend the Cumberland Fair. Miss Elsie Mathews is confined at home due to a slight illness. Mrs J H Yost hosted the regular Thursday bridge club on Handley Avenue. James B Russell, ill for some time, is reported to be steadily improving. Joseph and George Carson and Robert Turnstall of Ruxton Maryland recently arrived as house guests of Dr and Ann B Dutton on Washington Street. Mrs Richard E Byrd will host the regular Friday bridge club on Amherst Street. Dr and Mrs Hunter H Mc Guire return to their North Braddock Street home after a week in Nova Scotia. Mr and Mrs Edward Kremer left for Richmond to visit Mrs Kremer’s mother. The Rev and Mrs Robert B Nelson and daughter Miss Fenton Nelson returned from Cape May after spending several weeks.
Charles F. Moss a well known northern Frederick County farmer died at his Gainesboro pike home at 3 30 this morning after a two month illness with gangrene. Born June 26 1866 in Martinsburg West Virginia he was 65. Survived by wife Daisy Moss and brother of the late Mrs Washington Murnen. Funeral at nine Sunday morning at his home with Rev Wagner of Gainesboro M B Church South officiating. Burial in Grange Hall Cemetery.
Speedy a green lightweight hunter owned by Capt. Ewart Johnston from Clay Hill near Boyce won first in the large Warrenton show class. Cathode Bay owned by Miss Elizabeth Nesbit took lightweight hunter second with Red Tape from Clifton stables of Dr. L. M. Allen of Winchester placing after a strong showing. Cathode Ray later won the Warrenton grand championship after five blues and other ribbons.
A.P. reports two men died after a lightning strike hit a Chesapeake Beach pier during a fishing trip. Victims were Charles Ainsworth of Wilmington Delaware, 38, and William Newmeyer of Washington 45. Eighteen others were stunned but not seriously injured.
Ada Burroughs of Richmond the anti Smith Democratic group treasurer in 1928 declined to answer questions from the Senate campaign funds committee for a second time. She said she had a statement to make asked photographers be barred and invoked a District of Columbia court ruling as reason for her refusal.
Traders found little news to move prices on the Chicago Board of Trade with closing figures: Wheat September 47, December 51, May 56. Corn September 42 1/2, December 39, May 43 1/4. Oats September 21 1/4, December 22 1/2, May 25 1/4. Rye September 33 1/2, December 36 1/2, May 40. A humor item notes an Indiana baby born without thumbs.
Lee J. Cave of Stephens City Virginia announces his Independent bid for Supervisor of the Opequon Magisterial District for the November 3, 1931 election. He pledges fair elections, impartial service, quarterly reports, school standards, and direct road supervision using county trucks and workers.
Frederick County fruit growers are urged to attend a special meeting at the Court House in Winchester at 7 oclock Tuesday evening September 1. J H Meek director of the state division of markets will discuss grading and inspection regulations for the 1931 pack with other officials.
Charles Rosenthal a young broker and heir from Lawrence New York says he was kidnapped and held for more than two weeks, blindfolded in a Manhattan area flat. He was released after a ransom was paid. details of the payment were not released.
An advisory committee elected last night will work with local distributors to improve retail conditions. Members include Alvin Pease Goode Lee N Whitacre Whitacre Edward Stottler Cross Junction W O Baker and L H Ramey Hayfield. Seventy one people attended a social after business. A guessing contest awarded prizes to L L Roy Gainesboro Julian Larrick Gainesboro and Mrs Lee N Whitacre Bessie Bowers. The event was sponsored by the Leder orchestra. A statewide cooperative purchasing effort is planned with similar meetings in Middletown and other towns in the next two weeks.
A Sunday School picnic and festival will be held at PFeir View United Baptist Church near Nein on Saturday afternoon and night September 5 1931. Proceeds go to a good cause.
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