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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
3
The wedding plans center on Pensacola Florida where the groom serves with the Naval Air Force. The bride wore a brown rough crepe traveling dress with matching accessories and a fur coat. Guests from Richmond Lexington and other cities attended the pre ceremony gathering and birthday surprise for Mrs. Sadie Anderson and her son Paul Anderson near Hayfield.
Friday schedule includes an American Legion Post luncheon at Geo Washington Hotel and a Brad dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church choir practice at 7 00 pm. Evening features Winchester Memorial Hospital Junior Auxiliary Christmas dinner dance in the Gold room of the same hotel. Monday night lists the annual New Year’s dance at Rouss Hall hosted by Mr Charles Shewbridge.
Miss Alice Lee McCaw of Norfolk becomes bride of Ensign Alfred Bland Tucker in Christ Church Olney Road Norfolk with Navy officers in full dress uniforms. A reception follows at Norfolk Country Club before the couple begins a southern wedding trip.
Christian Endeavor Society members and about 25 guests met after church for a festive Christmas party at the Richards home on South Washington street. They played games, popped corn and pulled taffy, ending with carols by the fire as cake cider and hot chocolate were served.
Janet Loree Lupton won a large doll in a Christmas Eve contest at the People's Drug Company in Strasburg. Daughter of Cecil and Mrs. Lupton of Kernstown, she gathered 14,200 votes aided by her Strasburg post office connection. She is granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lupton of Kernstown and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Funk of Strasburg.
Lafayette Shiley of White Post Clarke county marked his 74th birthday and Christmas with a turkey dinner and a candle decked cake. Kin from White Post and Clearbrook gathered with Mr and Mrs Shiley including Samuel and Clinton Shiley and children Marguerite Arthur Buckley Monroe Ralph Harvey Shiley and others.
Mr and Mrs John M Steck Sr of Fairmont avenue announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Susan Cover Steck to Dr James A Miller son of Dr and Mrs Casper Miller of New Market Shenandoah county Virginia The engagement was announced at a Christmas tea hosted by Mrs J Victor Arthur at Fairfax Lane residence Miss Steck attends Mount Holyoke College and is to graduate next June Dr Miller a University of Virginia medical school graduate has served as resident physician at Winchester Memorial Hospital since September 1931.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Mary Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs D F Baker Valley avenue to Mr Dennis Hellems of Unionville Orange county Va. The ceremony was Tuesday evening December 27 at the bride's home performed by Rev Cephas Fhanestock of Frederick county. The bride wore brown velvet. The couple will reside here after a short wedding trip with attentive family and friends present.
Social roundups recount bridge parties gift showers and family visits in Winchester Berryville Brucetown and Martinsburg. Engagement of Miss Elizabeth Fritts to Dr John Sparks is announced with wedding planned next month. Also noted are Admiral Nulton nearing navy retirement and residents recovering from illness as holidays continue in the region.
A thick morning fog blanketed Winchester and surrounding areas causing slow traffic rates and windshield icing. Despite the hazard no serious accidents were reported as visibility fluctuated with the fog lifting around midday.
Frederick County real estate transfers admitted to record include James A. Hancher to B F Strother et ax for 124 acres near White Hall at 6000 dollars. Ernest T Carper et ux to Royal Unger et ux property in Stonewall district. H R Kern special commissioner to Orlin DeHaven about 61 acres in Gainesboro district for 200 dollars. Botha G Dailey executrix et als to Orlin DeHaven Gainesboro district for 500 dollars. Fred C Inskip et al to George H Inskip property near Stephens City for 700 dollars. J W Baker Tr to Julia S Morgan 165 acres in Gainesboro district for 190 dollars.
Ice of excellent quality stored across Shenandoah Valley farms as mild winters left empty years ago. Sub zero cold along the Shenandoah river and tributaries formed five to six inch thick ice. Farmers with ice houses seized the chance to stock up for warmer weather.
Government wheat unloads at Riverton to mill into 100 barrels of flour for the needy in Warren county Va. Red Cross relief chairman Lloyd C. Willey notes the 100 cords of firewood from Walter C. Carter for distribution. Associated Charities receiving second hand clothing. Similar wheat allocation at Charles Town WV for the same purpose.
In New York, Amos Alonzo Stagg was lauded as he neared retirement while a Sportsmanship Brotherhood luncheon urged colleges to end subsidization of football. NYU professors warned the sport could fade into professionalism within ten years without genuine sportsmanship and faculty oversight.
Mrs Joseph Grantham 78 of Jefferson county died at her Middleway home after a period of failing health. Born Katie Fry in Jefferson county she was the last of her family. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Jessie Sibole of Philadelphia and Edith Grantham, and three sons Lynn of Kearneysville Amon of Middleway and Earl of Washington. Funeral services were held at 1 this morning at the home with Rev Mr Witherspoon Presbyterian pastor at Shepherdstown and burial followed in Middleway. She was aunt of Mrs Stanley E Harmer of Winchester.
The Norfolk and Western Railway posted net operating income of 2 759 185 dollars for November, up from 1 778 581 dollars a year earlier. The company also showed a surplus after charges of 2 543 816 dollars versus 1 586 309 dollars in November 1931, as gross revenues only slightly declined from the prior year.
Hable presents Sax Rohmer's The Mask of Fu Manchu at the Palace for final showings. Boris Karloff Myrna Loy Karen Morley Lewis Stone lead the cast in this sensational film.
Warner Bros. Capitol presents a youthful romance featuring Jane Ganor and Charles Farrell in Tess of the Storm Country. The film delivers charm and charm as the standout entertainment value of the feature.
Federal prohibition agents report the Christmas season as the driest in their knowledge with few arrests and seizures. They note reduced demand for liquor, fewer drunks at dances, and successful disruption of a rum running gang. Coast guard activity in Hampton Roads and county still reductions further cut shipments to Virginia cities.
Checks totaling 1 471 000 are being prepared for payment of salaries, Confederate and retired teachers pensions, interest on bonds and highway certificates and incidentals about the first of the year. John M Purcell treasurer said about 425 000 is due as interest on century bonds and the gold 4 per cent refund of the Riddleberger bonds. Highway certificates 650 000, 250 000 will be interest to holders of bonds part of the unregistered debt, 66 000 quarterly payment from retired teachers fund, and Confederate pensions 80 000.
Local column from Reynolds Virginia notes Christmas gifts at Dicks School and multiple Sunday visits. Families from Winchester, Ridge WV, and nearby towns are mentioned including Crossen, Kerns, Brannon, Hovermale, Whitacre, Stotler, Anderson, Largent, Ley, Luttrell, Peacemaker, Moore, Dick, Yost, and McDaniel. A Sydney Australia steamer set a wheat loading speed record by discharging 7 965 tons in seven hours.
Joe E Brown returns to the Colonial in Fireman Save My Child with Evalyn Knapp and Dickie Moore. The comedy casts Brown as a volunteer fire chief and promises a grand, nonstop laugh from start to finish.
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