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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1934
Page
2
Prof Alfred Dufour and family visit Charleston relatives for Christmas. Dozens of locals, including the Jollliffe sisters, Gardiners, Martins, and Rutherfords, host and enjoy Christmas dinners and gatherings across Clarke, Berryville, Luray, Martinsburg, and Winchester. Notable notes include a sheriff candidacy by J. M. Rutherford and illness of Annie Grubbs after a coal oil accident.
Middletown Virginia December 29 notes a Christmas Eve supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Keith in honor of their son George Gordon Keith of Beckley West Virginia. Attendees include numerous Middletown residents and relatives from Washington Clifton Forge Beckley Baltimore Martinsburg Winchester and Winchester. Also reported are Christmas visits by Harry Ramey and son to Woodstock and family gatherings in Martinsburg and Winchester. The sick list lists Sadie Harris Connie Sperry and Mrs Marvin Robinson. LeRoy Withrow and Sidney Larrick Jr. returned home Wednesday.
Minnie Wood Virginia December 29 Christmas program held at the church Thursday night by Sunday School and church members. Large crowd attended and a very attractive program was rendered. Services Sunday afternoon at 2 15 led by Rev J M Carr of Berryville. Sunday School at 6. Practice for the church program followed. A dinner was served at Miss Minnie Rutherford's home.
Miss Arthelia Richard of Han dley High School visits family in Bloom. Daisy Williams remains confined to her bed for over a week. Mrs. Alice Good of Winchester visits Mrs. A F Williams. John Randolph Cooper from Shenandoah College spends holidays with parents. Christmas services held at Mountain View Methodist and St John Lutheran. Jamesetta Glynn from Cumberland expected to visit parents. T S Cooper and sons attended the funeral of I D Wright in Winchester. Wright mourned by many relatives and friends.
The St John s Sunday School held a Christmas service on Christmas Eve with Rev C S Seas trunk delivering a brief talk titled The Difference in the Celebration of Christmas Now in Comparison with Nearly Eighteen Hundred Years Ago The offering benef its the Orphans Home at Salem Va Attendees included Mr and Mrs Minor Snapp of Forest Glenn Md and others visiting Winchester and Martinsburg for the holidays Notices also include Shenandoah Valley National Bank annual meeting for shareholders January 8 1935 at 11 A M in Winchester Va with books to close December 31 1934 and reopen January 9 1935 Harold G Brown cashier.
Grimes Virginia notes that hundreds attended the Galilee Church Christmas exercises on Christmas night and many were turned away for lack of space. The Hershman brothers of Marlboro sang several songs. Local residents share holiday travel and visits, with few visitors and quiet celebrations noted. Edgar Gordon has returned home from Memorial Hospital in Winchester and is improving. Several families, including Hensell, Orndorff, Bruner, Leight, Beckey, and McVay, are marking Christmas with relatives, some returning from Colorado and West Virginia.
In Richmond Virginia today Rev Ed J Richardson head of the Virginia Anti Saloon League announced January 20 to be Robert E Lee Temperance Sunday in Virginia He urged Sunday Schools to hold pledge signing programs to promote abstinence from liquor and moral health The league will send ready made programs to about 2000 Virginia pastors as part of a broad educational effort praised by religious educators and social welfare leaders as timely and wholesome for temperance.
Paris reports thousands of foreigners including many German Jews are being expelled from France due to working permit shortages. Poles and Italians are affected. over 100 Germans notified since November 1 to depart unless self supported. Premier Trandin’s policy cuts foreign employment, restricts new cards, and renewals. About 25,000 German refugees arrived, with around 11,000 in Paris, many seeking destinations in other countries.
James W. Price was named assistant to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad senior vice president. Price joined the road in 1906, progressed from auditor’s office to secretary to the auditor, then to the second vice president’s office, and most recently served as secretary and chief clerk to the vice president. He is 47, a Glenville, Pennsylvania native.
A British official, traveling incognito, extols the Skyline Drive as a transcendent engineering marvel along the Blue Ridge. He describes the approach past Elkton and Spottswood, the scenic vista, autumn colors, and valley towns from Harrisonburg to New Market, noting careful construction, rustic camps, and roadside workers. The letter concludes that the drive deserves gratitude from all visitors to Virginia.
Flash items report varied curiosities from U of Minnesota speech clinic methods for stuttering to a St Louis police fashion note about Hollywood uniforms. Pittsburgh sees a fingerprinted will signed by Rachael Delucia, while San Antonio notes J Daniel Terrell seeking a jail term to avoid idle time, and Columbus recalls Gov George White facing a Christmas pig misadventure linked to a stolen pig tale.
Captain William S. Day, 70, longtime Santa in Oakland California, has played the role for 41 consecutive years, officiating at 1 038 celebrations in a city where snow is an oddity.
Marie Bonner of Upper Darby testified that she and husband Robert Bonner clashed over political differences in 1928 including how she trimmed Christmas trees. Judge Albert Dutton MacDade granted Marie Bonner a divorce.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Shiley during the Christmas season included Miss Martha Fox of Roanoke and Mr. Hugh Shiley of South Covington.
December honor roll at Mount Airy School lists pupils including Oscar Bywaters Denzil Faw ley Retha Keckley Gladys Mc Kee Elsie Line Zantha Willis Ruthwright Elizabeth Brendle Marguerite Kingree Irene Lowe Beatrice Shell Gilmer Brendle Bly James Coffman Huseckley Courtney Lowe Betty Jean Snapp. Perfect attendance through Christmas includes Oscar Bywaters Denzil Fawcett Ruth Wright Elsie Line Gladys Mc Kee Zantha Willis Harold Fawcett Lucille Fawcett Catherine Bly Alfred Bly Lee Fawcett Huston Keckley Gilmer Brendle Elizabeth Brendle Irene Lowe Marguerite Kingree Beatrice Shell.
The Palace Theatre screens We Live Again Monday through Wednesday featuring Anna Sten and Frederic March. The film, a provocative Tolstoyan adaptation titled Resurrection, contrasts with Nana and showcases Sten in a role aligned with her temperament, alongside March in a standout performance.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction of about 615 acres known as the Turkey Knob Orchard near Mount Jackson Virginia. Located along the Southern Railway with a private siding and good road access, the property includes water supply, cooperage, blacksmith shop, housing for employees, and a large packing facility. Sale Tuesday January 22 1935 at 11 a.m. Terms: one fourth cash, balance in three annual installments with bonds bearing 6 percent interest, secured by deed of trust and policies of insurance.
A performer is cast as Prince Dmitri in We Live Again and plays Part in The Affairs of Cellini with Constan Bennett. He stars beside Norma Shearer and other Academy winners in The Barrette of Wimpole Street, delivering a busy season with multiple appearances.
Washington December 29. Albert Bushnell Hart 80 year old Harvard emeritus professor, here for the American Historical Association meeting, says he plans to rest after writing or editing 104 volumes of history. He believes he has done his duty to past present and future.
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