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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1933

Page

3

Wedding Bells In Virginia and Notable Local Events

Fairfax Worsley of Maurertown marries a Leetown bride at her parents home with Rev. John A Ross officiating. Colonel Henry Breckinridge guests at Virginians of New York dinner at the Plaza. Mrs. Wess M. Parsons weds John L. Lehman in Clarksburg. Mrs. Theodore Hoffman and daughter visit en route to New York after World’s Fair trip. Cadet Patton sprains ankle at Shenandoah Valley Academy. Ladies' Aid Society to meet tonight at 8 with Mrs. Goldie Fogle.

Fairfax Worsley Aurertown Leetown John Aross Ride Methodist Episcopal Church Laytonsville Shepherd State Teachers’ College Shepherdstown Marshall College Huntington Alpha Psi Omega Sorority J. 8. Carr Robert Worsley Maurertown Col. Breckinridge Henry Breckinridge President Wilson Virginians of New York Plaza Hotel W. Russell Bowie George Gordon Battle James P. C. Southall F. Graham Cootes Eghest .M. Stires Fielding Lewis Taylor Pau B. Berringer John Randolph Page John B. Henneman Walter Klingman Elliott Daingerfield Messrs Walter G. Dunnington Walter H. Marshall John S. Chapman, Jr J. E. B. Stuart Jr Wess M. Parsons Lehman Hampshiire County W. Va John L. Lehman Romney Clarksburg Hoffman Theodore Hoffman Migon Hoffman Grace V. Forney South Washington Street New York City Patton Donald Patton Shenandoah Valley Academy R. C. Patton West Piccadilly Street Ladies’ Aid Society The Church of the Disciples of Christ Io Goldie Fogle A. W. Russell North Cameron Street Spaid First Christian Church John Spaid Amherst Street

Social Calendar Highlights Community Meetings and Rehearsals

Numerous weekly events listed including Lions Club luncheon, American Legion post, Christ Episcopal Church choirs, Little Theatre rehearsals for Kempy, Mount Williams Debating Society, Rotary Club, Kiwanis luncheon, and Elks Lodge meeting. Also notices for accordant church and youth activities throughout the week.

American Legion Post Li Theatre Bove Episcopal Church Christ «Episcopal Church Christ Episcopal Church Carper's Valley Auxlary Christ Episcopal League Mount Williams Debating Society Friendly Grove Music Lovers’ Club Frank L. Buckley South Stewart Street Lions’ Club Little Eatre First Baptist Church Kiwanis Club Young Peoples’ Choir The United Brethren Church Little Theatre Winchester Lodge Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Grace Lutheran Church Church

W. O. N. P. R. Disbands At Dinner Party

The Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Repeal dissolves after a farewell rally at the Mayflower Hotel Washington led by founder Mrs Charles H Sabin. She asserts dissolution does not lessen members duty to liquor control laws as 400 women leaders from 43 states and DC attend.

Woman's Organization For National Prohibition Repeal Charles H. Sabin Mayflower Hotel Washington Sabin States District of Columbia Bone Virginia

Couple Secures Marriage License In Local Office

A marriage license was issued yesterday to Miss Minnie Esther Odom of Washington D C and Mr Edwin Lee Newman a grocer of Falls Church Va. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford Odom of Macon Ga and Mr Newman is the son of Mr and Mrs Calvin J Newman of Hansford W Va. Additional patronesses of the Music Lovers Club were named including Mesdames Baker Dieckman Bosserman Brooks and Misses Lola Mohr Harris and Marguerite Daughtery. The coopera tion promises a living growing club.

Corporation Clerk Minnie Esther Odom Washington, D. C Edwin Lee Newman Falls Church Va Clifford Odom Macon Newman Calvin J. Newman Hansford W. Va Music Lovers’ Club Mesdames Henry Baker Dieckman W. H. Bosserman S. C. Brooks Lola Mohr Francis Harris Marguerite Daughtery

Bearcke Couple Welcomes Daughter in Columbia

Mr and Mrs John M Bearcke of Columbia South Carolina are congratulated on the birth of a daughter Hunter Bearcke born December 5 Mrs Bearcke is formerly Margaret Kennedy daughter of the late Major and Mrs Robert W Hunter and sister of Cary Hunter of South Washington Street. Dr J A Richard ill with bronchitis confined to his home on South Stewart Street but expects to resume practice next week.

Bearcke John M. Bearcke Columbia 8. C Hunter Bearcke Margaret Kennedy Julia Hunter Robert W. Hunter Cary Hunter South Washington Street J. A. Richard Winchester South Stewart Street Richard Stephenson Club

Virginia approves land payment orders for Shenandoah Park purchase

Governor Pollard approved payments totaling 550000 to landowners in Rockingham Page and Rappahannock counties for the Shenandoah National Park Kelsey survey. Additional 567,? not clear. funds come from state and public contributions as arbitration hearings proceed in Charlottesville.

Gov. Pollard Richmond Rockingham County Kelsey Survey Shenandoah National Park Conservation Commission Associated Press Page County Rappahannock Rockingham Front Royal Circuit Warren County National Park Area General Assembly John M. Furcell Purcell Als Virginia Augusta Albemarle Greene Madison The Gov. Poll Price Park Area Lemuel L. Smith Joseph A. Glasgow Phillip Williams Winchester Charlottesville Arbitration Board Warren Page Bote

Reed Will Give President Full Finance Support

Philadelphia report on Senator Reed praising President Roosevelt and opposing direct inflation, urging unity with the President on monetary policy and criticizing NRA as an emergency measure. Johnson of the NRA defends Roosevelt programs, argues the dollar is sound, and criticizes partisan critics and gold fixation.

Philadelphia Congress U. S David A. Reed Roosevelt Philadelphia Board of Trade The Manufacturers and Banks Club Pennsylvania Republican Reed NRA Johnson New York Hugh 8 National Association of Manufacturers New York Herald-Tribune Chicago Tribune Chicago Daily Mews United States

Philco Radio Program Listings for Friday and Saturday

Radio schedule from Miller and Anderson lists Christmas themed promotions for Philco sets plus program lineups on WCAO and WEAF including Boake Carter and Grantland Rice. Prominent figures mentioned include Jessica Dragonette Christy Walsh Lawrence Dennis John Dewey and NRA leaders with institutional ties to the era.

Alfred E. Smith Boake Carter WCAO Jessica Dragonette Grantland Rice WEAF Christy Walsh Gar Davidson Army Gladys Rice Foreign Policy Association Lawrence Dennis Dept. of State John Strachey NRA

Chicago Grain Market Prices and closing quotations

Closing quotations today show Chicago December 82 1/2 percent May 35 44. July 83 percent. Baltimore spot wheat 88 Winchester spot wheat 85. Prices supplied daily to the Star by Winchester Milling Corporation via Stickel Sales Corpora tion dealers in cash grain and futures in Hagerstown Maryland.

Chicago Baltimore The Star Winchester Milling Corporation Stickel Sales Corporation Cash North Washington Street Hagerstown

Four Million Set Aside for Shenandoah Great Smoky Parkway

The Public Works Administration allotted 4 million dollars to begin a national parkway linking Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountain Parks. The route through Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee will be chosen by the Public Roads Bureau with a right of way 200 feet wide. The project aims to create vacation sites for eastern residents and will connect to Skyline Drive with an expected length of 350 to 456 miles. An initial cost estimate was 16 million, with further funding anticipated after the initial allotment. Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee governors and state officials backed the plan.

Washington Shenandoah Great Smoky Mountain National Parks Public Works Administration Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Public Roads Bureau Ickes Pollard Ehringhaus McAlister Appalachian Mountain Range Shenandoah Park James A. Anderson Virginia Public Works Engineer Henry G. Shirley Virginia Highway Interior Department Byrd Shirley Anderson Skyline Drive Otter Bedford County

Annapolis Bank Rifled for About $400

Burglars last night drilled the safe at the West River Bank in Galesville, a branch of the Annapolis Banking and Trust Co. They escaped with about $400 in cash and contents of several hundred safety deposit boxes. President John H Hopkins confirmed the loss and said owners would be reimbursed.

Associated Press Annapolis West River Bank Galesville John H. Hopkins Annapolis Banking and Trust Company Hopkins

Thoughts and Tongues Across Private and Public Life

A reflective piece on inner thoughts and outward speech. It contrasts private deliberations with temper in families and behavior in society, urging mindful self control of words and feelings in all settings.

Opinion on Negotiable Securities Content Questioned

A statement expresses that the document contained little negotiable securities and raised questions about its financial contents and redeemable value.

Stones Reveal Seventeenth Century Post Offices in Africa

Excavations at Cape Town reveal that stones used to hide letters functioned as early post offices. Veterans recall how ships’ crews gathered mail on muddy beaches while the world wore uniform colors during World War I.

Cape Town Africa

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Rotary Club Russell Grove St. James School Margaret Byrd Miss Byrd West Boscawen Street Haines Soddy Haines Virginifans Pitt Sylvia Rappaport Wynnefield Philadelphia Isabel Rappaport Mrs. Allen Pennypacker West Cork Sree Richid VICKS N. Loudoun St Loudoun St America Philco A. A. Beale, Jr Agricultural Adjustment Administration Continental Hotel John Dewey Sidney Goldstein R. A. McGowan National Catholic Welfare Ed. L. Israel Colston E. Warne Amherst College U.S Parkway Over Road Annapolis Bank U.S. Postal Savings Depository Gleun Mowrey’s Jewelry Store W. Piccadilly St Big Joe Winthrop R. M. Swimley Geo. Washington Hotel Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Reserve System Brooks’ Pharmacy Rexall Lovett Shoe Margaret L Hodgson
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