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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1931

Page

6

Blue Ridge Hunt Meets At Greenway Court South of Winchester

Millwood Virginia December notes the Blue Ridge Hunt gathering at Greenway Court home of Thomas Lord Fairfax. The master William Bell Watkins led the field with the grey hunter. Mentions future meets at Page Brook Moorings Scaleby and ties to local families. A social whirl follows with theatre outings and debutante events among Randolphs, Page, Gilpin, and Burrwell families.

Millwood Blue Ridge Hunt Greenway Court Thomas Lord Fairfax Leeds Castle Kent William Bell Watkins George Washington Fairfax Virginia Page Brook Philip Walker Spencer Carter Richmond Maude Adams Otis Skinner Roland G. Mitchell Mary Carter Randolph Agnes Page Mitchell Henry Post Mitchell Hermine Watson Benjamin Harrison Longwood John Z. Burwell Ton Tech Nelson County Cary Harrison N. B. Page Washington Hugh M. Nelson Geo “H. ‘Burwell Prescott Huidekoper Ruxton Robert C. Randolph N. Y Charles Lee St. Simons Island Page Saratoga Margaret Burchard Baltimore Mary Thomas Burchard Hannah More Academy Virginia Episcopal Lynchburg Charles Consolvo Consolvo the Belvedere Edward C. Browne Cambridge Mass Kennedy Edsall Edsall George H. Burwell B. Duval Chambers William B. Watkins Agnes R. Page Eleanor Alcocke Everard K. Meade Ewart Johnston Richard P. Whiting C. B. Jones Agnes Kennedy Alexander Stronach Great Neck Long Island

Meehan Accepts Athletic Post At Manhattan College

John F. Dick Meehan, ex NYU football coach and president of the Football Coaches Association, accepts the post of director of physical education and football coach at Manhattan College. He succeeds John Law and left NYU after seven seasons that elevated the Violet program.

New York John F Meehan New York University Ing Manhattan College Football Coaches Association John Law Notre Dame

Whitacres Gather in Gore for Christmas Service

Ebenezer Virginia notes report W W Whitacre and Leslie Whitacre visiting J R Whitacre. Gore quartette performed at Sunday service and a Christmas enc service is planned for December 27 at 10 o clock.

Twins in Brownings divorce case emerge in New York

In a New York divorce case Peaches Brownings accuses her husband Daddy Browning of improper conduct with two blond twins. Browning testifies he taught the twins dietetics only and not pestering while taking them for rides. An inset shows Marion Jenis and her sister Evelyn. The postmaster general proposes a three cent letter rate and a public rush to mail may occur at any moment.

Peaches Browning New York Marion Jenis Evelyn

Death of W. H. Williams Casts Gloom on Mount Williams

Mount Williams Virginia notes the death of W H Williams as the central event. The community and many friends mourn his loss while others visit relatives and share local gatherings and familiar town life details.

Mount Williams W. H. Williams Ethel Fauver Palmyra A. B .Fauver

Rock Enon Notes Brighten Local Circles

Rock Enon Virginia notes report Howard Good visiting Turner Lockhart Sunday evening. The Rock Enon Telephone Company is repairing lines in the area. James F. Good is visiting Harry Ohn dorff at Stephens City. Mrs. Lida Morgan and others are mentioned in scattered items.

Rock Enon Howard Good Turner Lockhart Rock Enon Telephone Company James F. Good Harry Ohndorff Stephens City Lida Morgan

Social Notes From The Neighborhood

Mamie Foreman spent Sunday evening at Mrs. J A Good's home. Mrs. Katie Larrick and Miss Eliza Good visited Mrs. Martha Orndorff. Mrs. George Good remains ill and not much improved. Miss Gladys Householder stayed with Miss Dorothy Larrick. Mrs. Mary E Good visits her brother M H Rosenberger at Hayfield. Mr. Roy Hoak is very ill with rheumatism. Mr. Householder has been ill for some time. Miss Dorothy Hanlin returned from Keyser after a brief visit with her sister.

Ebenezer W. W. Whitacre Leslie Whitacre Gore J. R. Whitacre Ira Clark Marchfe Mae Clark Daugh Tinsburg Martinsburg W. Va T. K. Oates Iva Whitacre A. C. Whitacre Whitacre Ida Opal Whitacre Messrs Bill and Alva Kerns Linwood Amick L. G Hoge Bessie Baker Raymond Wilda Baker Winchester Pauline Miller Mamie Foreman J. A. Good Katie Larrick Eliza Good Martha Orndorff George Good Gladys Householder Dorothy Larrick Mary E. Good M. H. Rosenberger Hayfield Roy Hoak Mr. Householder Dorothy Hanlin Keyser

Revolutionists Not Recognized by U S Government

The American government has refused to recognize the revolutionary regime of President Martinez in Salvador. In Georgia, W H McCann reports extraordinary Christmas trees on his farm as polar weather has fooled peach trees into full bloom for weeks.

Associated Press Washington Martinez Salvador Moultrie W. H. McCann

Italy and Jerusalem Notes in Historical Travel Texts

The article surveys early notes on dining with forks in England citing Thomas Corg, discusses the Mount of Olives in Christian tradition, and describes Venice’s geography and waterways with details on the Grand Canal, islets and bridges.

Italy Thomas Corgate James I England Mount of Olives Tacitus Christ Temple Mount Jerusalem Venice

Boston girl vows marriage to debt-paying suitor

A Boston girl declares she will marry the man who pays her father's debts. The piece suggests interested parties learn who indebted the father. It then notes cucumbers run cooler, explaining the phrase cool as a cucumber.

Boston

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