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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1926
Page
3
Mrs. A G Swanson who fell ill with acute indigestion while visiting Takoma Park Maryland has improved enough to return home this evening accompanied by her son and possibly other relatives. A long distance message says she appears out of danger as she nears return.
Mrs Lewis N Barton hosts a large card party at Shenandoah Valley Academy to honor Mrs W Woodhall Baker formerly Bryson Smith who wed Mr Baker last month in Richmond. Mrs Paul Gaylord plans a large tea at South Washington street in honor of Mrs Baker and Mrs H H Baker hosts five tables of bridge in Baker's honor tomorrow night.
The annual banquet of Handley High School football team will be Friday evening at Shawnee Inn on the Valley pike. Team members and several others are expected to attend. Earlier, the Lions Club held its weekly Shawnee Inn meeting at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening, with the menu prepared for them by Mr and Mrs Bowers.
Miss Claire L. Nanney of the Virginia State Board of Health has returned to Richmond after spending two weeks assisting nurses of the District Nurse Association in tuberculosis clinic follow up work. She stayed at the Shawnee Inn on the Valley Pike during her visit.
The Federated Council of Church Women will meet at Handley Library at 3 30 tomorrow afternoon for the annual election of officers and other important business. A full turnout is hoped.
Miss Frances T. McFaden daughter of Rev. Dr and Mrs F T McFaden returned home on North Braddock street after a two week trip visiting relatives and friends in Richmond West Point and Urbanna Middlesex county She attended the state executive committee meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society in Richmond and joined the wedding of a college friend Birthday Sector Philathea Class of the First Baptist Church will host at the Rotary Club tonight at 730 with refreshments
Mr James R. DuShane and Mr Ed ward Calvert of Winchester attended the annual convention of the State Horticultural Society held in Charlottesville this week. DuShane will return home in a few days while Calvert plans to move to Roanoke, Virginia. Calvert, a well known apple broker, has many Winchester friends from his years there.
Winchester residents attended the Eastern Star gathering in Berryville last evening. Worthy Matron Mrs. Bush of Richmond led the affair with a banquet in her honor and remarks by Worthy Grand Matron. Local entries included Mrs. Rice Levi and Miss Sadie Hamrick with a flag drill by Mrs. Elmer Hodges. Other chapters from Upperville Front Royal Sperryville Middleway and Strasburg participated.
Mrs. Marshall Willis departed this morning for Rock Hill South Carolina to visit her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John T Roddey. Her other son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Frank N Hack will stay at her South Washington street residence while she is away.
Major R T Barton arrived in New York from Europe and reached Richmond where he stayed with his mother on South Washington street to attend the Fairfax memorial service at Christ Episcopal Church. He helped locate the Fairfax grave previously and is expected to be joined by Mrs Barton soon. Adolph Ochs of the New York Times donated 1000 to the Lee Mausoleum Committee in Lexington Virginia in honor of his mother Bertha Levy Ochs.
Local society items list visits and stays of numerous people in Winchester and nearby towns. Names include Mr. Ochs and Henry Morganthau, Mrs. Manning, Mrs. Franklin, and many others visiting hotels, shopping, or briefly staying with relatives in Virginia and Maryland.
Edward L. Doheny told jurors he loaned 100000 to Albert B. Fall as a personal gesture to help a friend, denying any link to Elk Hills or Pearl Harbor contracts. He later received stock as security in 1925, and described a long friendship with Fall as they faced prosperity.
The American Farm Bureau Federation adopted 28 resolutions at its Chicago convention urging Congress to pass farm relief laws. A federal farm to an board would levy an equalization fee by commodity to cover surplus handling costs and expand fertilizer supply at low cost. The group also backs financing tax surplus refunds to reduce the national debt and opposes a proposed child labor amendment.
Tokyo dispatch reports Emperor Yoshihiro showing bronchial pneumonia symptoms in his right lung. The ailing emperor has endured bronchial trouble for weeks, with Empress Sadako at his side as physicians battle to stabilize him. Crown Prince Hirohito acted as regent since November 1921 due to the monarch’s illness.
Princeton Indiana December 9 Rescue crews at noon predicted the death toll from the Francisco mine No 2 explosion would reach about 20 as only half of the 69 men inside the shaft had been brought to the surface Rescuers planned to withhold judgments until all the wounded were evacuated and treated and the final count could take hours to confirm.
New York December 9 stock prices rose again on favorable trade news. Revival of activity and strength in railroad shares stood out as many rail issues gained two points or more from yesterday’s close. Call money renewed at 5 percent.
Dr. Edwin Mims, of Sewanee University, told a Southern Society dinner in New York that the South faces a civil conflict between progressives and conservatives. He says the Solid South is breaking as business and professional men align with conscience and patriotism for reform and national renewal. The speaker notes divisions in politics and society, including varying views on lynching and reform.
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