Creed to join Consolidated Utilities as commercialier
Social and Personal notes report Creed of Potomac Re moving to New York based Consolidated Utilities Corporation as commercialier starting January 1. W LaVan Hyssong to succeed him as general merchandise manager of the Potomac Edison system. Hyssong, former Hagerstown district commercial head, is Winchester-born and the son of late local railroad engineer William Hyssong. Also noted are Mrs. Teen A Williams and Mrs. M C Frost of Middletown visiting Winchester for Christmas shopping and Frost’s family relocation to the Waverly estate near Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creed
Potomac Re
Northern Virginia Power ‘Company
Winchester
Consolidated Utilities Corporation
New York
Potomac Edison System
W. LaVan Hyssong
Hagerstown
Hyssong
William Hyssong
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Teen A. Williams
M. C. Frost
Middletown
Mrs. Frost
Miami
Fila
Mr. Frost
T. Y. Comway
Winchester Guests Attend Martinsburg Red Men Meeting
A party from Winchester visited Martinsburg West Virginia Monday evening for the Tippecanoe Council No 17 annual meeting. Officers were elected for the coming year and a social hour followed with sandwiches and coffee. Mr and Mrs W J Lupton entertained friends Monday evening in Kernstown for Cecil Lupton twenty first birthday with games and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Tippecanoe Council
No. 17
Degree of Pohontas
Order of Red Men
W. J. Lupton
Kernstown
Cecil Lupton
Mr. Lupton
Miss Mabel Baker Weds Perry Elliott in Martinsburg
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mabel Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Baker to Mr Perry Elliott son of Mr and Mrs Howard Elliott of Hayfield Frederick county. The ceremony was at 4 o clock Monday in Martinsburg West Virginia performed by Rev C L Miller with witness M H Rosenberger. The couple will reside in Frederick county where Elliott farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Baker
Elliott
Alfred Baker
Perry Elliott
Howard Elliott
Hayfield
Frederick County
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. L. Miller
Dunkard
M. H. Rosenberger
County Couple Pught Trotk At Local Parsonage
The marriage of Beecher L. De Haven and Elsie M. Taylor, members of Frederick county families, was held Monday at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North avenue. Rev. George W. Stover performed the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Luther and Mrs. Taylor, and the groom the son of Harvey and Mrs. De Haven. They will reside in Frederick county where De Haven works in farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pught Trotk
Beecher L. de Haven
Elsie M. Taylor
Frederick County
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
George W. Stover
Luther Taylor
Harvey DeHaven
Mr. DeHaven
Miss Taylor Hosts Birthday Party At Home
Miss Alice Taylor entertained at her parents' home on Berryville pike Monday evening for a birthday party with about twenty guests. Games were played and refreshments served. Miss Talvor received many beautiful and useful remembrances of the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Taylor
Miss Alice Taylor
John Taylor
Berryville Pike
Miss Talvor
Christmas Program At Kauffman School In Stephens City
A Christmas program will be given at the Kauffman School at Stephens City Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. The program is directed by Miss Charlotte Estep principal and Miss Jean Hamrick primary teacher. Mr Horace Brown and Mr J P Rodgers have returned from a business trip to Richmond. Mr C R McCann is in Richmond on business and will return Friday with his daughter Ruth McCann a student at Stewart's Business College in Washington. County commissioners Isaiah Roe and Lee N Whitacre have been in Richmond on business. James Cadwallader of Washington will visit his parents in Stephens City Saturday for the holidays. Mrs H N Deavers left for Baltimore to shop. Mr and Mrs Walter McCoy returned from Philadelphia. Mrs Charles H Grim, a Confederate veteran, is ill with pneumonia but slightly improved. Mr and Mrs Abney Payne and daughter Ann Tucker Payne of Charleston W Va and William McGuire Payne of Williams College are expected Friday to spend Christmas with the Payne and Page family on Amherst Street. Mrs Halstead has returned from Watsontown Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kauffman School
C. R. McCann
Richmond
Ruth McCann
Stewart's Business College
Washington
James Cadwallader
Stephens City
Charles H. Grim
Hooe
South Kent Street
Abney Payne
Ann Tucker Payne
Charleston
W. Va
William McGuire Payne
Williams College
Williams, Mass
Payne
W. Nelson Page
McGuire
Amherst Street
Miss Mary Helen Stine Visits Family for Christmas
Miss Mary Helen Stine of Goucher College Baltimore arrived to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Hunter Stine in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Stine
Goucher College
Baltimore
Mrs
Hunter Stine
Many visitors arrive for Christmas in Winchester
Local society notes list Miss Mary Hyde in New York and others visiting family here for the holidays. Students from Harrisonburg State Teachers College are home for Christmas with relatives on Braddock Street and North Avenue. Hospital patients and shoppers from Baltimore Washington and White Post are mentioned among frequent social activity.
Christmas Shoppers and Visits Mentioned in Harrisonburg
Mrs G D Gray and her son G Don Gray of Front Royal road were seen Christmas shopping in town yesterday. George F Norton, confined at home on North Braddock streets, is reported as well. Fred Braithwaite of Bridgewater College will visit his parents B W and M Braithwaite at Cross Junction during holidays. Mrs Chester Gravely arrived from Winchester to visit her parents on North High street. Gravely, a traveling salesman, will join later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell Bean
Harrisonburg State Teachers
G. D. Gray
G. Don Gray
Front Royal Road
George F. Norton
North Braddock
Strees
Fred Braithwaite
Bridgewater College
B. W. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Chester Gravely
Winchester
A. M. Loewner
North High Street
Gravely
Harrisonbirg News Record
Funeral Services Are Held For Mrs Mary Elizabeth Miller
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Miller widow of Lewis Miller contractor and painter was held at 3 pm from her home 109 East Monmouth Street. Rev J L Neff and Rev Dr F T McFaden led a simple service with hymns Just As I Am and Rock of Ages. Floral offerings came from friends and the interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included J M Spurr B B Sartelle George H Hagle McKim Diffenderfer Merton W Kremer and John Ka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Miller
Lewis Miller
East
Monmouth Street
J. Luther Neff
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
F. T. MecFaden
Presbyterian Church
B.B. Sartelle
George H. Hagle
McKim Diffenderfer
Merton W. Kremer
John Ka
Sheriff Raid Seizes Fifty-Gallon Still Near Stephens City
Sheriff Pannett aided by State Traffic Officer Day raided a spring house on Hubert Galliday farm three miles west of Stephens City in this county. They seized a fifty-gallon still four barrels of mash and five gallons of hot liquor. Galliday was arrested and ordered to appear before Justice Tavenner in the county magistrate's court this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pannett
Hubert Galliday
Stephens City
Galliday
Justice Tavenner
Noted Composer Dies of Tuberculosis in Saranac Lake
Sylvia Hein a 49 year old noted composer died of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake New York His best known works include Yankee Girl The Matinee Idol Nancy Brown When Dreams Come True All Dressed Up and No Place To Go Molly Moonshine Also includes multiple legal notices from Winchester Virginia regarding Annie Hoover estate and a 1928 court order notice followed by brief syndicated news items from Indianapolis and New Orleans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Sylvia Hein
Nancy Brown
Prominent Man Slain by Neighbor in Bowie Maryland
Melvin Ryan a 30 year old member of a Prince George county family was shot and killed at a neighbor’s home in Bowie Maryland. Henry Kreitzer 36 was taken into custody and held without bond. Police say Kreitzer claimed the shooting was accidental after a confrontation over automobile papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Melvin Ryan
Prince George County
Ior Woos
Henry Krietzer
Plobe
Ryan
Kreitzer
Lisle Simmons
Bernard Walker
Robert Walker
Mitchellville
Simmons
Walker Brothers
Henry
No Organization On Ill-Fated Ship, Official Asserts
New York December 19 United States Commissioner Francis O Neill who led the federal inquiry into the sinking of the steamer Ves tris with the loss of more than 100 lives said in his official report today there was almost a total absence of organization on the ship There were no general orders to prepare lifeboats no instruction to move passengers to boats and no attempt to distribute them. He cited 14 recommendations as safeguards for lives at sea reflecting the grave negligence observed during the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Francis O'Neill
Vestris
Se A
Stock Prices Rise Broadly on Diverse Issues
In New York on December 19 the market advanced despite steady call money at 7 percent. Investors bought across a wide list including copper, motor accessories, steel, automobiles, and farm implements with many issues gaining 2 to 5 points and some 6 to 36 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Call Money
Call
Kellogg Treaty Moves to Emergency Senate Calendar
The Kellogg treaty to renounce war was ordered reported to the Senate by the foreign relations committee and will sit with the naval construction bill on the urgent-business calendar. It is not expected to be acted on until after the holiday recess. The action also recommended a modified interpretation of Senator Moses’s proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ashington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
Solitary Grandeur: Markle Buys 45-Room Fifth Avenue Flat
John Markle the anthracite king buys a 45 room Fifth Avenue apartment at Eighty Seventh Street for over a million dollars seeking solitude. The vast one man home includes a black and white marble case an art gallery and twenty six extension phones. He plans to live alone with his treasures avoiding publicity and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
John Markle
Robinson Crusoe
America
Markle
Fifth Avenue
Eighty Seventh Street
New York
Divorce Suit Seeks Vinculo Matrimonii In Frederick County
Nellie Virginia Clements files suit for divorce from Talmadge Beecher Clements on desertion for over three years. Defendant not a Virginia resident must answer within ten days of publication. Notice to publish weekly for four weeks in Evening Star Winchester and be posted at courthouse and mailed to address on affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
County OF
Frederick
Nellie Virginia Clements
Talmadge
Beecher Clements
Talmadge Beecher Clements
Virginia
Evening Star
Winchester
Co. C
Brannon
Leatherside House Lien suit in Stephens City Virginia
In Frederick Circuit Court a suit by Peoples Bank of Stephens Virginia against C E Gordon trustee R V Trussell and J W Trussell seeks to subject interest in the Leatherside property on Main Street Stephens City bounded by Church Malberry and Shade. A publication and posting order directs defendants to respond within ten days and a copy to be posted by the next Rule Day after December 17 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Lapien
Stephens Virginia
E. A. Gordon
R v . Trussell
J. W. Trussell
Stephens City
Virginia
Church Street
Malberry
É. Trussell and Jonnie Trust
Tain Trust
A. Garde
J. W
Ot” Sunta
Evening Star
Ju Oe
Brannon
Jas. P. Recriog
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eugene Creed
Talbert
Navy
James O. Talbert
United States Navy
Marburg
Asburg
Whitecotton
United States Army
The
Horace Brown
J. P. Rodgers
Messrs
Isaiah Roe
Lee N. Whitacre
County Commissioners of the Revenue
H. N. Deavers
Walter McCoy
Philadelphia
Daniel Grea W
Huntsberry
Mary Hyde
New York City
Lewis H. Hyde
Irwin Cather
W. P. L. Blacksburg, Va
E. W. Cather
West Boscawen Street
Sadie Finkelstein
State Teachers’ College
Ot Harrisonburg
Morris Finkelstein
South Braddock Street
Garnett Hamrick
Harrisonburg
Sadie Hamrick
Martha Funk
Elizabeth Krause
State Teachers’ College At
Jack Steele
Madeline Anderson
Walter P. Anderson
North Braddock Street
Howard Shockey, Jr
University of Virginia
William G. Dorsey
Otis Kephart
J. W. Brown
George Washington Hotel
Lawrenceville School
Lawrenceville
N. J
John L. Wissler, Sr
Mount Jackson
A. V. Farr
Helen Keeler
Shelby R. Keith
Frances Willey
Frances Beverley
Claude Handy
Annapolis
Edward Field
Pelham
James Keifer
Elizabeth Willey
Teachers’ College
Daniel B. Conrad
Memorial Hospital
J. Gray Beverley
John Mills
Pearl Purtlebaugh
Ida Mills
Washington, D. C
Mr. Mills
Reid Riley
White Post
George H. Burwell
Millwood
Eva Hodgson
Maurice Castleman
Castleman's Ferry
Dora Morgan
McMechin
Grace Larrick
J. O. Bauserman
Winchester Avenue
Martinsburg Evening Journal
Catherine Sponseller
Clumberland
Harriet Pearson
Sponseller
Miss Pearson
Horace McKinster
North Loudoun Street
P. J. Hammack
Strasburg
Oscar S. Brown
Loudoun Street
H. L. Keen
Bluemont
Harry L. McCann
County
Sherif
T.B
Corporation Court
M. M. Lynch
Annie D. Hoover
Robert H. Hoover
Rouse Ave
P. Harrison
C. C
Indianapolis News
Tokyo
Japan
New Orleans
Jie Hower
Piccadilly
International Illustrated News
Chick
Child
England
Florida
Lovett Bros
Sample Shoe Store
Endicott - Johnson’ Shoes
S. Kirson & Sons
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