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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News section invites readers to send items by mail or telephone Mrs. B Miller will accept notices by phone between S and 4 pm for the next day’s column Phone No 33
The Lamp family plans its third annual reunion on Sunday September 1 at the Lamp House in Clearbrook. Speaker will be Mr. Andrew Bell secretary of the Chamber of Commerce with former Mayor William W. Glass expected to attend. The committee says guests from many branches will come and a temperance menu will be served with singing and old friendships renewed. Contact Mrs. N. J. Edwards Martinsburg WV or Mr. Lee M. Lamp Winchester for details.
Mr C T Harris, last survivor of General Ashby’s 3000 man unit, visited Winchester with his sons. He fought in 13 Civil War battles, was twice wounded, and recently attended a Massanetta Springs Bible camp about Ashby’s final stand and a monument there. Also reports of Kathleen Keating and Henry Karpf wedding in Washington with European honeymoon plans.
Rev Dr C A Freed arrives in New York aboard the California after a long tour of Europe and Palestine. He will preach at Grace Lutheran Church Winchester Sunday and teach the Men’s Bible class before joining family in Waynesboro and then moving to Columbia D C to serve a Lutheran church and teach at the seminary.
Mr. R. M. Hook visits his mother Mrs. R. C. Hook at Amherst Street home between university term ends and his school term begins. He serves as principal of Halifax County High School and will lead an educational research project in Halifax county schools under the University of Virginia School of Education supervision.
Arrangements are made for a midnight dance at Jordan White Sulphur Springs starting one minute after midnight Sunday and running until early Monday morning. The Mason-Dixon Orchestra, already active in Winchester, Hillside Lake Park, and surrounding areas, will provide the music. Local attendees praise the orchestra, and a large turnout from Winchester and out of town is expected for Labor Day night.
Marshall McCauley and Ivan Jackson traveled to Warrenton for the annual horse show dance. Ted Weems orchestra secures a two day engagement. Mr and Mrs Edward Harris attend the show and dances. Tonight the second dance occurs at the Country Club and High School gym. Mrs Virginia Du Shane guests of Mrs J Wilmer Biddle for dinner.
Pasadena resident S L Newcome and his mother Mrs David Newcome plan to return home soon after a pleasant Winchester visit. They will travel along the Santa Fe trail stopping at the Grand Canyon and other points.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson on a world tour arrived in Shanghai last Saturday and has departed for Nanking. She will continue to Peiping and then Japan as part of the trip.
Mr. James Mrier and his daughters Katherine and Josephine Trier of New York City are spending the week in town as guests of Mr. Lewis Trier, their grandfather, at his home on East Clifford Street. Mr. Trier is connected with a large printing press building firm of New York.
Mrs. Ella Thomas hosted a dinner at her East Piccadilly home to celebrate daughter Miss Ruby Thomas's birthday anniversary. Attendees included Miss Alma Bean Miss Mary Thomas and Mr. John Seabright from this city and Mr Edward Willey from Front Royal. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Waldo Anderson of Louisville Ohio and Mrs Simpson of Salem Ohio with Mr and Mrs Douglas Anderson and child from New Castle Ohio. The hostess Georgie Anderson of this city welcomed sister Mrs Zeb Vance Harris of Washington DC as guest.
Dr. R. B. Snapp and Dr. C. B. Harlee came back last night from a Canadian tour extending to Quebec and returning via the White Mountains and New England. Mr. Stanley L. Hohe, guest of Ernest C. Tharpe of 551 North Loudoun street, departs today for his Chester, South Carolina home.
Miss Sadie Long and Miss Helen Shull of Middletown stay with their uncle and aunt Dr. and Mrs. E W Miller on North Braddock street. Mrs L D Grubbs and daughter Elizabeth, Mrs Maude Prince and daughter Justa, and Miss Virginia Tharpe spent yesterday in Alexandria and Washington.
Mrs. Garvin Bowles leaves for Norfolk Virginia to spend time with Mr. Bowles. Mr. Harry C. Millman from Baltimore returns home tomorrow after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lovett on North Loudoun Street. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cather and daughter Mary Cather with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parks spend a week at Willow Cabin on the Shenandoah River.
Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd has returned from Lonehurst near Charlottesville Virginia where she was a guest of Mr and Mrs Ashton Starke.
A procession of residents and guests are listed visiting family homes and local hotels in Winchester. Names include Reynolds Hartung Alabaugh Moon Webb and many others with trips to Warrenton, Hagerstown, Baltimore and Martinsburg, plus club and hotel engagements.
Mr Robert Johnson Mr Harry Johnson and Miss Bertha Johnson from Washington visit local friends. Mr and Mrs Cecil Bailey with daughter Isabelle Bailey Miss Nellie Johnston and Mr Frank Johnston return home after a week in Cumberland Md as guests of Mr and Mrs Lou Bailey.
Mr A G Rutherford formerly of Fredericks county now living in Baltimore is spending the week visiting friends and attending the Winchester Fair. Mrs Nellie Rush returns to Baltimore to work at Mercy Hospital after a vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs H L Rush at Berryville. Evans Feltner, sick with summer flu at his Ridgeley West Virginia home of his parents Mr and Mrs David W Feltner, shows slight improvement today.
Mrs Charles Consollvo of Baltimore has returned to her Belvedere Hotel apartment after spending several days at the George Washington.
Mr. Cy MacDonald of Washington is a guest at the George Washington Hotel. He has many friends in this city after playing professional baseball here for several years.
Mrs C W Little and her daughter Miss Jane Little who have been visiting the former's parents Mr and Mrs B D McDonald of National Avenue have returned to their home in New York.
Dr C R Anderson Dr E Stuart and Mr Albert Norton travel to New York to meet Mr Charles Anderson returning from Europe as the Winchester Area Boy Scouts representative for the Boy Scout Jamboree. Warrenton horse show dances last night featured Mrs Donald Walter Miss Helen Jean Miller Miss Marion Levi and Messrs Raymond Sirbaugh Edmund Spates Franklin Anderson Harold Sheetz and Mr Sowers.
Miss Winifred Ward has returned to her home in Capon Bridge after spending some time away.
The Winchester fair drew the largest crowd in years with large attendances in city, dairy cattle from Handley, Middletown, and William counties and beef cattle from Handley and Stephens City. Individual class results list names from Strasburg, Mount Jackson, and Middletown among dairy cattle and corn winners. Horseshoe contest attracted 32 competitors. H O White led followed by R B Sager, Alvin Dicks, J H Thomas, and J W Cammer overseeing. Mrs Zula Hortense Smith won the rolling pin contest after a close tie. she previously served as a Frederick County supervisor and Baptist missionary worker. Racing summaries include special pacing and various 5- and 6-furlong events with multiple winners noted.
The schedule lists Friday events from 8 a.m. to night at Winchester with gates, livestock and exhibit visits, band concerts by the Citizens Band, free performances by the Monkey drill and Clark Brothers acts, Fort Myer Cavalry troop shows, auto race, and continuous midway activities through the evening.
The famed aviatrix was crushed in a fall after a display at the air meet. The day opened with the Shuttle endurance plane refuelling piloted by Capt Ira Baker testing air to air refuelling for the mail service with Post Office cooperation. Col Lindbergh and two Navy pilots added thrills as they joined daring stunts. Loren Mendell won the Oakland to Cleveland derby by under three minutes over Joe Barrows with Donaldson finishing third. Mendell earned a $25,000 first prize.
The report notes Darrows earning 12503 dollars and Donaldson 750 in the Philadelphia Boston Cleveland derby. Wesley Smith of Philadelphia wins the light plane prize of 6000 dollars, with other prizes and several awards across the event.
In police court today Tiurtialt and Eimer Mason were fined on a charge of fighting on the grounds last night. They were arrested by Officer Fred M Thomas, who detailed the event at the fair grounds.
Lucy Ellen Ritter died this morning at her home after an accident. She leaves one daughter, Annie Ritter, and was daughter of the late George HL Maria Summell Ritter. Her remains are at Parlett's Funeral Home and will be taken to Welltown Missionary Episcopal Church for the funeral Saturday afternoon with burial in the churchyard. The Rev. J. D. Russell and the Rev. C. D. Kert will conduct services.
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