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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1937
Page
6
The social calendar notes a 3 30 p m monthly gathering of the Little Garden Club at the home of Mrs Blackburn Moore in Berryville Virginia. A 12 30 p m weekly Lions Club luncheon is set at the George Washington Hotel.
Miss Eltha Edwards and Miss Elsie Edwards, twin daughters of Mr and Mrs William Erle Edwards of Albin, celebrated their fifteenth birthday at home last Tuesday August 24 with a weiner roast moved indoors due to rain. Guests included Dorothy Martin Mary Buncutter Louise Yeakley Hilda Stacre Ruth Statler Hilda Edwards Geraldine Hottel Ellen Butter Charles Smith Dawson Bargent Roscoe Edwards Peachie Russell Billy Williams Harry Sherman and Earl and Mrs Edwards. Refreshments were served and games enjoyed by all.
Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor star in Magnificent Obsession to be shown today and Tuesday at the Palace Theatre. The production cost a million dollars and critics praise the drama as ennobling with inspired direction and cast. Other local items note travelers, vacations, and community news including births and engagements.
The Winchester Clarke County Garden Club holds its regular meeting Wednesday at 3 30 p m at the home of Mrs R Y Conrad on South Washington Street. Mrs Conrad and her daughter Bobbie recently returned from Europe.
Mrs Edward Barr of Court Field invites guests to a luncheon tomorrow at 1 30 in the afternoon honoring her house guest Miss Katherine Huff of Roanoke.
Invitations issued for a luncheon Wednesday in Riverton by Mrs A C Carson honoring her sister Mrs Annie Little of Norfolk as guest for a time. District Nurse Association to meet Wednesday at 3 pm near the county Court House urging full attendance.
A column on proper introductions and guest departure etiquette. It advises introducing women first among themselves, then to men, with men to men last, and notes guests typically leave after lunch unless the hostess invites them to stay. It also covers hotel sign-in, recommending Mr. and Mrs. H J Adams instead of H J Adams and wife.
Richmond native Johnnie Webb left for home after a week with his roommate Edgar Koontz of South Washington Street. Local residents hosted from Baltimore and Hagerstown with trips to Atlantic City and Quaker Town. The Friday Bridge Club meets at Mrs. J M Steck Sr. on Fairmount Avenue.
The Winchester Frederick Red Cross chapter announces life saving classes postponed due to bad weather. Classes start Tuesday at 10 o'clock at the Winchester Golf Club pool with Miss Rebecca Kern as instructor. Registered students include Charles Whitney Caulkins Joe Campbell Leo Campbell Lester Arnold Edgar Smoke Dudley Ffield Bessie Conklin James Kern and Harold Schutte.
A Police Court session resulted in fines for several defendants on various charges. Names include Moses Myers and James Hicks for disorderly conduct, Arthur Shorts and Tasher Williams for drunkenness, and Oliver Brooks for attempted larceny and trespass, with amounts ranging around 7.15 to 15 days plus costs. Other cited offenders include Essex Moton Harold Parks Jack Loick John Jackson Willie Haines George Nickens and Clarence Rinker for drunkenness or related offenses.
Subscribers are reminded to call Postal Telegraph for prompt delivery in Winchester if the Evening Star is not received. No charge applies for this service.
Two veterans fell in the Winchester Park Tennis Tournament semi finals with Kenneth Robinson beating W A Baker and H K Green defeating Nelson Page to reach the A Division final. Green and Robinson will play Wednesday at 4 PM if weather permits.
Swimmer Zimmy, 37 pounds lighter, completed a Hudson River crossing from Albany to 98th Street in about three hours. He announced plans for a nonstop Key West to Havana swim, estimated at 85 miles, likely in November or December. He swam past the 127th Street pier at 8 40 p m amid cheering pleasure craft.
A two-vehicle crash near a mill entrance sent the Price family to the hospital after their car overturned three times. Mrs Price suffered a crushed left foot but no fracture. Dudley Hinson received six months for reckless driving and fines for DUI and lacking an operator's permit.
An old advertisement urges housewives to trust Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease monthly discomfort and restore cheerfulness. It frames common female ordeals as solvable with the product, appealing to shared experiences among women.
Special Officer Kitchen investigated multiple mishaps on Route 50 west and east of Winchester. Israel Slakter of Saginaw and Fred Berger of Cleveland collided. Slakter pays repairs and court costs. Garvin Walters lost control, crashing into Buff Lick Run bridge. vehicle to Winchester. J L Whitmore of Baltimore crashes at Buff Lick Run bridge. occupants escape. James F Kelly of Charles Town collides with A C Frye’s car on National Avenue. Kelly admits responsibility after claim of being crowded.
Secretary said 200 to 300 Americans remain in the city and may be evacuated if feasible with navy vessels, though no decision reached. Hull noted quieting in Shanghai area since Saturday as Yarnell reported shrapnel injuries aboard the liner President Hoover near the Yangtze river lightship. seven crew and two passengers severely hurt, hull holes above the waterline, ship proceeding to Kobe under its own power.
Robt Clevenger, a resident of White Hall, died aged 78. Survived by wife Ella Affleck and several siblings including Carrie McVay and Ernest B. Clevenger. Born February 7 1865 to James T and Constance Eward Clevenger. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Galilee Church of Christ, Rev Wilbur A. Reid presiding. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
R. L. Omps chaired the meeting with W. E. Edwards as temporary chair. J. W. Baker served as secretary and a nominations committee was formed with E. E. Chiles E. W. Braithwaite and William J. Muse. Resolutions endorsed James H Price for governor Saxon W Holt for lieutenant governor A P Staples for attorney general and E Blackburn Moore for House of Delegates.
An officer was injured and Porter was found in the car of William eegee on West Piccadilly Street and placed under arrest. Porter, after a stop at Lloyd Palmer's residence on West Boscawen Street, used abusive language when denied a quarter. He was fingerprinted and authorities await DOJ fingerprint report before proceeding.
A Japanese Foreign Office spokesman stated on page one that Japan seeks a speedy settlement and does not want third powers to sustain China's war effort by supplying munitions. He stressed that peaceful trade by third powers will be respected, and that Chinese vessels have no bona fide rights to engage in commerce.
Robert W. Bingham ambassador to England dismissed rumors he would not return to London as fabrications. He said he would stay two to three weeks, visit Washington to see Secretary Hull and the President, then return to his post in London after visiting his family. He noted his weekend with Dr. Hugh H. Young as an old friend.
Frank Feinberg and his party arrived at the George Washington Hotel after a grand tour of the London and Paris shows. He plans a period of rest and visits with friends before resuming business, and may split his time among Winchester Farmville and other residences now that his $150,000 Irish Sweepstakes windfall is taxed by Uncle Sam.
The article notes a man once active in business in Winchester and Farmville and possibly between Baltimore and Clarksburg, West Virginia. It adds that regardless of his home, he is known for a pleasing smile and sartorial perfection.
Eleven major agricultural events will be broadcast from coast to coast this fall and winter on Miltman Farm and Home Hour. Listings include the California State Fair September 8, Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse Show at Waterloo September 29 to October 1, and more from Atlanta, Columbus, Kansas City, Saline County Missouri, Harrisburg, Washington, Chicago, and other sites with dates ranging September through December.
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