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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1929
Page
3
Department social and personal notices may be mailed or telephoned. Social reporter Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller will take news between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone contact details follow.
The Winchester Christian Endeavor Union invites young and old to a New Year Social on December 3 at 9 p.m. in Centenary Reform Church Sunday school room. Father Time will greet attendees and distribute numbers for admission. A social hour, lunch, and a New Year talk by Rev. Emerson J. Rohart follow, with guidance by Miss Margaret Richards and Mr. Floyd Haines.
The Rev J B Hupman spoke on My Western Trip at the Armel Community League meeting held Thursday night in Middletown. Music by Don Gray and Cornell enhanced the event. Officers include Mrs J W Bell president Miss Susie Didawick vice president Daugherty secretary and A R Armel treasurer. The league has 21 members. Next meeting is January 8.
Maj Gen George Barnett former USMC commander during World War I has fallen ill again and is now a patient at the United States Naval Hospital in Washington. His condition has been serious for a week as he recuperates from an illness.
Mrs. John S. Scully entertained at her Sam Stewart Street home with tea. Daugh ter Miss Jane Scully assisted as guests arrived. Readers note a lengthy social page listing attendees from Winchester and beyond including Brown, Baker, Vredenburg, Dixon, Birmingham, Calvert, Noel, and others.
Under Secretary Ogden Mills reveals a plan to create a single border patrol authority and cap Canadian ports of entry to curb liquor smuggling. The move aims to simplify enforcement and tighten controls on cross border trade.
Miss Mary Louise Steele entertained at her South Braddock Street home with a turkey dinner. Guests included Miss Lorena Steele of Stephens City, Miss Zula DeHaven and Della Dunn of Martinsburg, Miss Letia Lichliter of Winchester, Edwin Fritts of Bartonville, and John D. Cammer of Kernstown. Other visitors included Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Norton of Port Chester New York at the George Washington Hotel, and Messrs. H. B. McCormac Russell Potts and H. C. Stouffer of the city at the Kavanaugh Hotel in Harrisonburg. Mr. L. E. Hoover of Norfolk is also staying at the George Washington.
In Frederick County Circuit Court on December 10 1929 Albert F. Huebner seeks a divorce a vinculo matri on adultery and desertion. Florence Craig Huebner is not Virginia resident and must appear within 15 days. Publication required in Winchester Star for four weeks and notice posted at courthouse. Clerk to mail copies and file certificates.
Trustee announces sale of a 75 acre farm with improvements located 2.5 miles southeast of Stephens City on Nineveh Road in Frederick County Virginia. The property, subject to a $1899.45 Federal Land Bank mortgage, will auction December 21 1929 in Winchester. Terms: one third down with balance in one to two years or mortgage assumption.
Found at last the famot Q-623 offers relief for rheumatism neuritis arthritis sciatica and lumbago guaranteed by a famous specialist. A few doses stop pain and many say it is worth its weight in gold with Baker’s Drug Store Winchester Gardner’s Pharmacy Boyce listed as reputable merchants. Our civilization might be even sillier.
The Winchester lawyer and public figure R. M. Ward dies after a long career in law and public service. He served as state senator for Frederick Shenandoah and Winchester, chaired the City School Board from 1914 to 1924, promoted modern schooling, and was active in farming and orchards. He died after spending the day in his law office. He married Emily Ridgway Funsten of Alexandria in 1899.
In a $350 million steel merger of five large groups, E. T. McCleary president of Republic Iron and Steel is likely to become president of the new company.
Funeral services for Mr. Ward will be held at 3 o clock Monday afternoon at Christ Episcopal Church with the rector Rev Robert B Nelson to conduct the rites. Interment will follow in the family lot at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Ward served in the Confederate Army and Congress and was a longtime vestryman and senior warden at Christ Church.
Mr. Ward is survived by his wife Mrs. Emily Funsten Ward and one brother Dr. Julian F. Ward of this city.
Marion Turple plans to defend her Pan American golf title January 21 in Biloxi Mississippi while on her honeymoon after marrying Robert C. Lake of New York on January 7.
The excerpt contemplates the poor lacking protection from the knees down, saved only by a film of silk. It uses a stark image to compare vulnerability with elegance and suggests moral or social critique.
A doctor prescribed remedy Thoxine claims to ease children's coughs and sore throats within 15 minutes. It’s marketed as safe for kids and adults, with no nasty taste and available in 8bc, 60c, and 1.00 dollar bottles through Baker's Drug Store and others.
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