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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1928
Page
3
The Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3:30 PM on Thursday at the home of president Mrs. Herbert S. Larrick 403 West Lifford Street. The social gathering will include tea and a silver offering.
Mr. D. M. Zirkle formerly of Mount Jackson Virginia and long time Fairfax Hotel manager in Washington has been appointed manager of the George Mason Hotel in Alexandria Virginia succeeding Roger Creel who departs Saturday for the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston West Virginia. Announcement also reports the marriage of Kuwaru and Miss Inila Staubs of Charles Town West Virginia last week in Rockville Maryland. They plan to reside in Winchester where Mr. Magaha heads the Northern Virginia Power Company sub station.
Mrs. Melvin Green returns to her home here next Sunday after spending a month with her father Montgomery Meigs in Keokuk Iowa. Her sister Miss Cornelia Meigs the novelist is in Boston for a conference with book publishers and underwent a minor operation. Mrs. L K Mooers of Staunton Va continues to improve after surgery at King’s Daughters Hospital and her daughter Mrs Charles W Trenary also shows steady recovery at home on West Pall Mall.
The Girls' Athletic Association outscored Boyce High 29 to 17 on last evening’s game at Handley High School. All players urged to attend practice. A Dec 13 Thursday session prepares for Dec 14 away game with Upperville High. Also note Tri-State League gathering in Baltimore Jan 24 with Red Men and Pocahontas officers to be elected.
Mrs Mason, previously Nellie Boxwell, was honored at a Degree of Pocahontas meeting shower at Red Men's Hall on Reuss Avenue last evening. The event followed a prior Rebecca Lodge and P O of A giftings including a chair and numerous gifts.
Roy Wilson Bishop and Lewis Ashby Bowers Jr. of Martinsburg enlist in the U S Navy for four years. They will train eight weeks at Hampton Roads in infantry artillery seamanship and boat drill before possible assignment to a navy trade school. Mr and Mrs Roy Richards and Mrs Evelyn Shryock return from Baltimore visiting Mrs Richards mother Mrs Dalcour.
Charles Blair of Danville Virginia visits Washington, staying with Edward M. Harris at the Washington Inn. Blair, a VPI classmate, attends a horticultural convention at the George Washington Hotel. Miss Steck returns to National Cathedral School after a weekend in Annapolis with Mrs. Robert L Burwell, joining Naval Academy hops.
Harrisonburg residents and out of town guests were seen around town. George R. Lineweaver of the Harrisonburg News-Record reported on Otto Fisher case in Keyser West Virginia while en route home.
Surgeon General Cumming urged closing schools to curb influenza spread after 21,238 new cases were reported in 26 states. He estimated nationwide totals reach about 200,000 with underreporting, and suggested rural closures may help while urban closures offer little extra value.
In a case tied to dental practice, the jury found the physician guilty of performing an illegal operation. The state's argument centers on corroborated testimony from Miss Wessels and other witnesses to support the chain of circumstances.
Prosecutor Lee told jurors the state may drop the case if stronger evidence is lacking against Dr. Fisher beyond Miss Wetsel testimony. He noted other witnesses corroborated most details, except a few.
President Coolidge may visit the south during the Christmas holidays but has no definite plan. He will travel to Mountain Lake, Florida, to dedicate a bird sanctuary, then return to Washington with a possible longer stay if schedules permit.
In Lugano Switzerland on December 11 the League of Nations Council sent a cablegram urging conciliatory settlement of the border dispute between Paraguay and Bolivia.
New York December 11 The stock market advanced further as short covering and looser credit conditions spurred gains. Several high priced specials rose 5 to 15 points with utilities commerce motor and rail shares leading the rally. Trading remained moderately heavy and call money moved from 8 to 7 percent with little loan activity.
Cooper, Harden and Company, Winchester apple exporters, had ten carloads of apples aboard the Steamship Celtic when it ran aground off the coast of Ireland yesterday morning. In total 1865 barrels were on board destined for English Christmas markets. The cargo was insured and salvage efforts to refloat the vessel in foggy conditions were unsuccessful.
Kiwanis Club hosts its regular Friday luncheon at 12 45 PM in the George Washington Hotel with Jules Brazil of Canada the official entertainer for International Kiwanis conventions attending. Brazil is in town for the Virginia State Horticultural Society convention and will also entertain at their banquet tomorrow night.
Scouts Will open their season Wednesday at Handley High School gym with a double header against Shenandoah and Irront Royal. The Shenandoah game starts at 7 30. The squad includes Sirbaugh Norton Taylor Walter Flickinger Joe Flickinger Simpson Cather Anderson Baker Mudd and Kern as manager Bill Grove organized a tough schedule against Strasburg Woodstock Shepherdstown Martinsburg Berkeley Springs Capon Bridge High School and others.
Report of committees on membership legislation resolutions nominations and election of officers. Prof Motz Blacksburg presents pruning methods and round table discussions on Our Railway Rate Situation. Dr Krause Chicago on Bordeaux Mixture. S W Frost Penn State on Peaches and Oriental Moth. Demonstrations at exhibit hall. Banquet and entertainment.
The program includes Dr. E. J. Krause of the University of Chicago discussing maintaining tree vigor to boost apple yields. Other speakers include Prof. Barrett of Cornell and the New York Cooperative Packing Association, Ralph Reese of the American Pomological Society, and Prof. S. W. Frost, all credible figures from Virginia’s notable horticultural community.
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