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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal notices instruct readers to mail or deliver material to the social reporter Mra teabeile BP Miller for same day or next day coverage. Contact details include a phone number for submissions and inquiries.
The notice covers a January wedding at Grace Church The Plains for Mr. James R Turner and the bride, with family details and bridesmaids. It also notes a Norfolk German Club Christmas ball chaperoned by Mrs Henry H Little, a Northern Virginia Club Christmas dance at VMI with Roy Ingraham Orchestra, and the marriage of Miss Margaret B Green to J Herman Ware in Hagerstown with a Rahway, New Jersey future.
A Christmas christening was held at Methodist South in Gainesboro for Avalon Lanier Fansler, the first child of Earl and Janet Fansler. Rev. Charles Wagner led the infant baptism, with a choir and original poem “Our Christmas Gift.” Norfolk residents Earl and Janet Fansler formerly lived in Winchester. he works for a large packing company, she formerly served on the Farmers and Merchants National Bank staff.
Mrs Violette Collins longtime tea room manager in Montreal Canada visits as guest of Mrs Bernice Willis and contemplates settling in Front Royal to run the Royal Club. She previously hosted at Sunset Lodge and made friends across Winchester Front Royal and nearby areas.
Little Louise Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs C R Wilson has been moved to her parents home after an operation for tonsil trouble at Winchester Memorial Hospital She has many little friends hoping for a speedy recovery Mrs Cooper Improving From Illness of a Week
Announcement notes the engagement of Miss Mary Elen Franklin to Mr. Joseph Straus Gillespie of Tazewell Virginia. The bride to be is the daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Willard Franklin of Leesburg. the wedding is planned at Leesburg Methodist Episcopal Church South in March.
Pleasant Valley plans its annual Christmas entertainment on Thursday night January 1 at 7 30 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend these services.
A Martinsburg marriage license was issued last Saturday to Robert Dunbar Willis, son of John and Mrs. Willis, native of Frederick County, and Edith Mae Talbot, daughter of R. S. Talbot of Berkeley County. The item lists a string of holiday visits and return trips by local residents and relatives from Easton, Wardensville, Washington, and nearby towns, noting hospital recovery and travel to funerals.
Richmond Virginia December 29 For age poisoning deaths among nearly thirty Frederick county horses are sporadic and preventable by keeping mouldy feed away. State veterinarian H C Givens says there is nothing unusual about the occurrence and notes forage poisoning is common in Tidewater Virginia though fewer deaths this year. Some farmers report seven horses lost in a few days as droughtstruck grass is pulled up by the roots and sometimes eaten with decayed apples. he warns to keep horses from orchards and to avoid mouldy feed.
July wheat and all corn deliveries posted new low price records for the year on the Chicago Board of Trade. Prices fell mid-session after heavy selling by commission houses with Liverpool weather aiding the decline in corn. Closing figures show March May July futures across wheat corn oats rye as listed by Hibbs.
Dr John Dewey of Columbia University chairs the League for Independent Political Action backing a movement to form a new political party.
Associated Press report notes Ellen Wilkinson known as the smallest woman in parliament will travel from London to the United States for a five weeks lecture tour. The item presents reflective quotes from Rev Thomas F Rider and G K Chesterton and Thomas Edison on beauty politics and unemployment.
A youth at the Paramount Theatre in Times Square robbed the treasurer of weekend receipts amounting to about $11,150. He escorted patrons and staff to search the cash, wrapped the money in paper, and left quietly, escaping via a fire escape or through the building. Police combed the scene.
A 1,700 year old stone tablet engraved with Confucian classics was installed at the national library in Peiping. Observers note aviation has made the world smaller, yet cautions remain about missteps despite global reach.
The Incas of Peru built remarkable stone houses and apparently did not use tables or chairs, according to this historical note.
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