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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1935

Page

3

Community Christmas Events and Club Gatherings Listed

Social calendar lists events for the week including holiday dances at War Green Hotel Warrentown and Shenandoah Valley Club at George Washington Hotel, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, carol sing near courthouse, Kiwanis and Rotary affiliated meetings, and an American Legion luncheon at the George Washington Hotel with times from Monday to Friday.

Northern Virginia Club of Virginia Military Institute Green Hotel Warrentown Lions Club George Washington Hotel Shenandoah Valley Club Virginia Polytechnic Institute Winchester Lodge Ellis Cornet Piccadilly and Braddock Grace Lutheran Church Girds’ Athletic Association Kiwanis Club Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion

Miss Ropp Weds Frank Downey Jr at Falling Waters

Miss Mary Catherine Ropp daughter of Mr and Mrs Culler Ropp of Berkeley County and Mr Frank LeFevre Downey Jr of Martinsburg were married Friday evening in Falling Waters Presbyterian Church Spring Mills The Rev Dr J A McMurray officiated Music was by Pearl Shickle and Adah Turner The bride wore white satin with a train and tulle veil The couple will reside at 314 North Queen Martinsburg Mr Downey is the son of Mr and Mrs Downey and the wedding followed with a reception at the Ropp home.

Mary Catherine Ropp Frank Downey Falling Waters Culler Ropp Berkeley County Frank LeFevre Downey, Jr Martinsburg Old Falling Waters Presbyterian Church Spring Mills J. A. McMurray Pearl Shickle Adah Turner Nancy Ropp Douglas Bender Margaret Elizabeth Downey Johanna Hill Phi Chi Oak Grove School Opequon Downey

Stephens City High School Chief Marries Reba Rinker

The principal of Stephens City High School and Reba Rinker wed quietly at a Methodist church in Rockville Maryland in the presence of close friends. The bride, daughter of J D Rinker, wore a green crepe traveling outfit. Ayler, son of Rev R E L Aylar, is a UVA and Harvard MBA graduate and has led Stephens City High for ten years. After a brief Washington honeymoon the couple will visit Chatham and Danville.

Stephens City High School Aylor R. E. L. Aylor Chatham University of Virginia Harvard School of Business Administration Washington, D. C Ayler Stephens City Danville

Miss Conrad And Mr Griffith To Entertain At New Year Party

Miss Georgia Conrad and Mr Richard E Griffith Jr will host a cocktail party New Year’s Eve at Mrs Nancy Coble’s residence 202 West Boscawen Street. They will entertain friends before the Junior Auxiliary Memorial hospital dance at the George Washington Hotel.

Georgia Conrad Richard .E. Griffith, Jr Nancy Coble West Boscawen Street Miss Conrad Mr. Griffith Memorial Hospital George Washington Hotel

Christmas Candies and Gift Headquarters Ad

Norris Exquisite Candies 50c and 1.00 1.50 and 3.00 Kiddie Packages 25c Hard Candies in jars Chocolates cherries 32c Horton's Thin Mint Patties 49c Cottage Chocolates 69c Brooks Pharmacy Phone 766 Xmax Gift Headquarters

Norris Horton Brooks’ Pharmacy Xmax Gift Headquarters

Salvation Army to Stage Christmas Program in County Hall

Salvation Army Major James Mars announces a Christmas entertainment at 8 p.m. on Christmas night in the county courthouse hall. The public is invited. The item forms part of a round of holiday gatherings reported from Middletown and area.

Salvation Army James Mars County Court House Hall

Dimensions of the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon spans about 21 744 miles long with depths of 4 000 to 6 000 feet and widths from 1 to 15 miles at its rim.

Grand Canyon

Inter State Commerce extends B&O bond pledge period

The Interstate Commerce Commission extended the period through December 31 1937 for Baltimore and Ohio to pledge 5 million dollars of refunding and general mortgage six percent bonds series C as collateral for notes, extending the time from December 31 to December 31 1937.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Baltimore and Ohio

State-Federal Probe Of Fatal Bus Crash Continues

Rescue crews braced in a blizzard with ice coated ropes as Salvation Army workers and Red Cross nurses kept hot drinks flowing. Divers and captains recounted the crash on the drawbridge, noting the bus plunged into icy river waters and passengers cried out before the final submersion.

Salvation Army Red Cross Anderson Hopewell Irving Leets Brandon Klass Evarts Norfolk McNair Belch Ben Alexander Stanley James Gremsley

Opinions on fatal bus wreck implicate driver watching road

Commonwealth's Attorney described the driver as possibly not watching ahead. Skid marks traced back about 18 feet from an open draw span. John Q. Rhodes ordered Capt. H. B. Nicholas to prepare a detailed report on potential mechanical causes of the wreck.

Commonwealth Goodman Naney John Q. Rhodes Division of Motor Vehicles H. B. Nicholas

Virginia Bus Crash Draws Icy Pavement Probe

Rhodes noted uncertainty as Lacy McNair the bridge tender said the bus did not slow in the moments before the fatal plunge. H Lester Hooker of the Virginia Corporation Commission reported witnesses heard no brakes and that the bus approached the draw at under 20 miles an hour amid possible icy pavement factors.

Éonow Cove Alford Larkin Glazebrook State Motor Vehicle Division McNair Belch Rhodes Lacy McNair H. Lester Hooker Virginia Corporation Commission

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