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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1929

Page

3

Social News From A Department Report

Social and personal notes indicate Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller will accept notices by mail or phone between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. The item requests cooperation and thanks readers for timely submissions.

Isabelle F. Miller Reenies

Every Virginia Ballads Book Gains Wide County Support

A new 634 page volume Tradit ional Ballads of Virginia edited by Kyle Davis Jr. chronicles 450 songs from 51 ballads with 148 melodies. Albemarle and Campbell lead counties in variants, while 92 Benny Barbara Allen variants show depth of Virginia lore.

Virginia Uf Kyle Davis, Jr University of Virginia University Ees Alphonso Smith Davis Fuller Virginia Folk Lore Society Pr. Smith Albemarle County Campbell County Rockingham Washington Roanoke Highland Franklin and Wise Benny Barbara Allen

Mrs Cummins Plans Winter Trip Through Lynchburg and Georgia

Mrs Archibald Cummins will spend the winter away from Clarke county at Lynchburg visiting her mother and then proceed to Georgia to join her husband Mr Cummins for the season. The couple plans to return to their Clarke county home next spring. Mrs George W Kuhn of Moorefield West Virginia recently underwent tonsil removal at Memorial Hospital and expects to return home. she was accompanied by Mr Kuhn and Mrs Baxter.

Tuberculosis, Association D. W. Ritenour Clarence ‘Hardy Winchester Archibald Cummins Caryswood Shenandoah River Clarke County Lynchburg A. P. Williams George W. Kuhn Moorefield WeVa If. Memorial Hospital Harry A. Schmidt South Washington Street Grace Lutheran Church Mountain Mission Congregation of Grace Church Frances Dyer Thomas Dyer McCauley W. Va Wardensville Memorial Hospital Ellie Dyer

Boyce girls basketball game set for tonight

Local basketball fans will attend the Boyce parish hall gym tonight as the Boyce girls face the Girls' Athletic Association at 7 30. The Boyce team has shown promise this season and fans hope for a strong showing.

Boyce Girls’ Athletic Association Boyce Parish

Niece of Lady Astor Has Brilliant Wedding

Miss Joyce Phipps niece of Lady Astor married Mr Reginald Grenfell at St Margaret’s in one of London’s fashionable weddings. The bride daughter of Mrs Paul Phipps of the Langhorne family, had sixteen attendants and Mr Grenfell is the eldest son of Lieut-Col Arthur Grenfell.

Lady Astor Associated Press London Joyce Phipps Reginald ‘Grenfell St. Margaret’s Paul Phipps Virginia Langhorne Grenfell Arthur Grenfell

H H Broach Becomes IBEW President After Nooman's Death

H H Broach of Oklahoma City is named president of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers succeeding J P Nooman who has died. Broach assumes leadership as the union continues its national activities and labor outreach.

H. H. Broach Oklahoma City The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers J. P. Nooman

Man Freed on Bond After Murder Trial Stay in Madsonville

Philip Lee, a country shoe teacher, is free on bond in Madsonville Tenn after a stay of execution involving Charles Young a farmer who was accused of whipping his daughter Ruby.

Philip Lee Madsonville Tenn Charles Young Lee Dan Ruby

Cystex 48 Hour Test Ad from Baker's Drug Store

An advertisement promotes Cystex to relieve bladder irritation and related pains. It claims quick improvement with a money back guarantee and urges readers to try the product at Baker's Drug Store for 60 cents. It emphasizes sleep disturbance, burning sensations, backache, and fatigue as symptoms.

Baker's Drug Store

Sun’s gravity would inflate a 200 pound man to 5400 pounds

A 200 pound man on Earth would weigh about 5400 pounds on the Sun due to its strong gravitational pull.

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