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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1933
Page
3
Cole and son Charles Cole Jr Lawrence Cole Miss Frances Kremes Mr John Shrine Miss Genevieve Fox appear in a sequence of social notes showing family ties and introductions typical of a community society column. The items emphasize names and relationships rather than events or dates.
Tuesday regular adult choir practice at First Baptist 8:00 p.m. Kiwanis Club noon meeting Wednesday 12:45 p.m. luncheon Young people's choir practice United Brethren 6:45 p.m. and First Baptist 7:00 p.m. Winchester Lodge of Elks 8:00 p.m. Grace Lutheran adult choir 8:15 p.m. Thursday Rotary Club luncheon 1:00 p.m. Girls Athletic Association watermelon party in West Piccadilly club rooms Evening. Dance at Hotel Drusilla Jordan White Sulphur Springs. Friday American Legion Post luncheon 12:30 p.m. Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church young people's choir practice 7:00 p.m. Little Theatre three act play Expressing Willie Capitol Theatre 8:30 p.m. Semi formal dance Winchester Golf Club 11:00 p.m. Lions Club luncheon 12:30 p.m.
The Girls Athletic Association plans a watermelon party Thursday August 31 at 5 30 PM on the lawn beside the club house and in the club rooms on West Piccadilly Street. A dance with Soddy Haines and His Virginians is set for Friday September 8 at the Rouss Spring Park dance pavilion. Invitations are extended to club readers and friends. Mr and Mrs Tom Cochran hosted a delightful anniversary party honoring Mrs and Mrs R E March who celebrated their forty fourth wedding anniversary with a meal and guests.
Miss Emily Miller and companions toured Stephens City Virginia over Sunday to witness Trinity Lutheran Church unveiling a new pipe organ. She recalls fifty year old organ replacement and notes she once served on a five member committee that funded the ancient organ by yard parties and church fairs, remaining its sole living member.
Mr and Mrs W H Cochran hosted a Sunday dinner party at their Albin area home for a large group of friends. The afternoon featured a multi course menu and lawn games with numerous guests from Kernstown Winchester Berryville Dayton Ohio and nearby areas attended by many Cochran and Lamp family members and others.
Mrs. F L Sandoz and daughter Nancy Sandoz of Washington along with Mr. Lawrence Wier of New York returned home after a visit hosted by Judge and Mrs. Thomas W Harrison on South Washington street. Dinner and bridge followed in their honor and in honor of Mrs. Joseph A Atkins and Mrs. Cushman of Fort Benning Georgia who were also guests. Miss Mary Theis will return to Fort Wayne Indiana to resume teaching duties at Fort Wayne High School after spending vacation with her sisters at Apple Blossom Camp. Theis sisters run the camp and will winter with her. M E Herndon of Baltimore has leased the camp during their absence.
Mrs M J Dunlap of Boyce is reported to be improving after painful injuries from a slip and fall on her home steps. She suffered arm and body bruises, spent time with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Robert C Green, and has returned to Boyce.
The Mary-Martha Class of Centenary Reformed Church meets tonight at 8 o clock at Mrs. W O Zinn's North Braddock Street home for the regular monthly session. A social hour follows the business meeting and full attendance is requested.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at 9 30 Thursday morning at the Friends Meeting House corner of Washington and Piccadilly streets. This will be the last meeting of the fiscal year and members who have not paid dues are urged to do so. Mrs L J McCartney and daughter Miss Kathleen McCartney have returned home to Stephens City after a week at the New Atlanta Hotel Colonial Beach.
The Little Theatre presents Rachel Crothers Expressing Willie at Capitol Theatre this Friday with Virginia Cover Russell star of Minnie praised for charm, stage instinct, and rapid mastery of lines, amid a strong amateur cast making its first appearance.
The Sun day School of Galilee Church will hold its annual picnic at the Pidgeon farm in Wadesville this Thursday, postponed last week due to storms. Local residents Mrs. L. C. Oates and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Fletcher with their children and Miss Geraldine Saville of Romney are guests at End less Caverns. Members of the Byrd family travel to Washington to meet Miss Margaret Byrd in Charlotte.
The Virginia Senate advanced a beer sales bill with amendments. Louisa County representative voted after delay, and Robinette helped modify costs and draft a referendum plan for October 3. Other changes set retail locations, Sunday transport limits, and lower the steam boat tax as part of the special session agenda.
The House advanced bills repealing Layman Act provisions on prohibition costs and delaying the Page bill while a proposed house commission on redistricting drew debate. Delegates Scott McMurran and English urged a commission. Ashton Dovell questioned its propriety given a Senate plan. Governor Pollard pressed expanded tax, borrowing, and prison manufacture measures amid recovery acts, with bills to loan literary fund funds and broaden rate investigations under consideration.
Whitey Kaufman will direct his orchestra of 14 at the Jordan Springs dance Thursday evening. The band recently completed a long engagement with Gilda Gray. Kaufman was in Winchester about two years ago and is well remembered. Local and visiting attendees are expected. Sponsored by Charles W. Shewbridge.
In New York on August 29 stocks opened upbeat but a heavy selling flurry after noon unsettled the market. Rail and utility shares showed resistance while many leading issues fell one to several points before a retreating rally formed. Sterling opened at 4.57 percent.
The old blacksmith shop at Gainesboro and Apple Pie Ridge roads in Albin reopens under John Ketteman formerly of Frederick Maryland. He will offer general blacksmithing and also grind feed and saw wood. Locals recall the shop as a county landmark and gathering place and farmers welcome its return despite Ketteman’s recent loss of $1300 in a Maryland bank failure.
Rev Wallace and family fled a Piney Point shore cottage as water rose about 2 1/2 feet during the hurricane. Tolious Beach Hotel nearby was wrecked and damage occurred to other cottages. Rev Brashears, pastor of Market Street Methodist in the city, leads Winchester ministers. Miss Bessie Thornton, a local resident, returned from a summer term at State Teachers College Harrisonburg.
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