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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephoned any time but the social reporter, Mrsabelle F. Miller, will be glad to receive news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone No. 33.
The article notes the premiere of Yolanda of Cyprus by Clarence Loomis and Cale Young Rich in Richmond with a large attendance anticipated. It highlights the event as a key musical occasion, the opening of the season, and mentions others in the program and guest attendance.
A revival of Christmas spirit aims to bring first holiday joy to about 100 residents living remotely near Bear Mountain Virginia two weeks from now. Rev Kenneth Killinger leads Grace Lutheran Church efforts in Winchester with Rose Grimm and Mrs. Hunter Grimm coordinating gifts including fifty dolls and 300 total gifts prepared for mailing.
Mr Fred D Maphis cashier of First National Bank of Strasburg visits Memorial Hospital. B A Rowland returns home from nursing Frank Costello in Vaucluse after severe pneumonia and heart trouble. India Mason returns from Baltimore and Washington. Judd and Barrett from John B Rodgers Producing Co return after two weeks in town staging Page The Prince. Minetree Folkes travels to Richmond then Woodstock. William F Harrison of Washington arrives on a business trip. Benjamin C Cline heads to Washington with W H Harrison Co. Roy I Haines of Potomac Edison visits. Mrs W P Plundeke of New York expected Friday to spend holidays with her parents. Mrs C W Gaunt of Boyce remains seriously ill at Memorial Hospital. E A Lindsay of Boyce in town on business. Mr and Mrs B Z Brown with Mrs P J Hammencki and Mrs Fulton Venable of Strasburg were here yesterday shopping.
The New York market started higher under utilities and oils but swung irregularly as selling pressure resurfaced on U S Steel and General Electric. Volume rose above yesterday with professional activity noted. Call money climbed to 4 percent.
Preston Madagan and his wife Margaret, both of Lynchburg Virginia, jailed thirty days in York Pennsylvania after they allegedly robbed Orpheus Butcher and tried to plant a stolen gold watch on Mayor Jacob E Weaver and police Chief Michael Schwint. The woman admitted placing the watch and slipping cash under a rug during a police search. Madagan had prior arrest in Harrisonburg for stealing a car. Margaret is a native of Winchester.
J E Jolley of near Reynolds Store Frederick County has probate in Circuit Court. He left his estate to his wife Mrs L C Jolley for life with full power to dispose. No beneficiary named for remainder. The will dated April 9 1928. Jolley died recently after illness. his wife walked miles with a lantern to summon help and stayed at his side till death.
W. R. Orndorff leaves his entire estate to wife Mrs. Maggie Orndorff in fee by will probated in Frederick County Circuit Court. Executor W. M. Richard qualified and gave a $1,000 bond. Will dated October 6, 1928 and witnessed by T. R. Cather and R. E. Beyliss.
Government aims to design adhesive stamps but delays persist as tariff framers manage the plan. Officials argue the process has become bogged down and needs expert handling to restore efficiency.
In Kansas City on December 11 a young unmasked man armed with a sawed off shotgun robbed the Blue Valley Bank, making a neat haul before escape. Police pursued leads but few details about the bandit's identity or getaway remain clear.
A robber confined five people inside a vault and fled the scene in an automobile, authorities report a bold breakout during the incident in a Leeds suburb.
The Telegraph reports the British bishop of Manchester warns of a looming clash between men and a mysterious force. He states he does not know where it originated and notes the danger has lingered for some time.
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