Miss Mabel Loy and Mr Adam Shirley wed on Christmas Eve
Announcement states Miss Mabel Irene Loy daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles William Loy of Winchester married Mr Adam Preston Shirley son of Mr and Mrs Martin Shirley on Christmas Eve. Rev E A Lambert of Braddock Street Methodist Church officiated. Additional society notes follow about local residents travel and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Irene Loy
S. Charles William
Inchester
Adam Preston Shirley
Martin Shirley
E. A. Lambert
Braddock Street Methodist Church
South
Friday to Thursday Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Events
The schedule lists regular meetings and social events across Brad dock Street Methodist Episcopal, Winchester Memorial Hospital, and several venues. Highlights include young people's choirs, Christmas dinner dances, Lions Club luncheons, Kiwanis and Rotary gatherings, a Girls' Athletic Association practice, adult choir sessions, and an American Legion post luncheon at the George Washington Hotel and other local locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Kenmore
Betty Washington Lewis
Fredericksburg
Lions' Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
Handley High School
Kiwanis Club
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Wedding Dinner at Loy Home Highlights Christmas Celebration
Mr and Mrs Charles W Loy hosted a Christmas dinner at their Bethel area home honoring Miss Mabel Irene Loy daughter of the Loy family. The event featured a multi course supper and heirloom table pieces with a festive cake centerpiece and greens. The guest list included immediate families of the bride and groom and Mr and Mrs Adam Shirley. A later charity ball at the George Washington Hotel drew about 200 people with dancing to Red Bailey and His Collegians. The week’s church choir meeting at Braddock Street Methodist is scheduled for 7 pm and Miss Alice Clinger of Pasternock’s Beauty Salon in Philadelphia plans a weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Cather
Hilda Miller
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Samuel H. Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
North Braddock Street
Charles W.loy
Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church
Winchester
Thee Anti-Tuberculosis Fund Association
George Washington Hotel
Red Bailey
Alice Clinger
Pasternock
Philadelphia
Mary Capper
Washington
Henrietta Capper
North
Loudoun Street
Petrie Family Hosts and Travelers Over Holidays
A stream of locals and relatives return or travel for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Students, cadets, and guests visit family homes in Maryland Virginia and North Carolina, with multiple mentions of Petrie relatives and regional hosts.
State Electors To Cast Ballots For President
Virginia prepares to vote its nine electors next Wednesday in Richmond for president with certified returns from November 28. The Democratic slate includes Ashton Covell and others. ballots will be certified, sealed, and sent to Washington to the Senate president for joint session on February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Electoral College
State Board of Canvassers
Ashton Covell
Wilbur C. Hall
Robert O. Norris
Daniel Coleman
Frederick W. Scott
F. C. Bedinger
Maitland Bustard
Robert A. Russell
N. M. Wray
Charles C. Catlin, Jr
William H. Rouse
Commonwealth
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Congress
Vague Critique of Taxes and Local Governments
A brief civic notice protests high taxes and criticizes five complete governments and five tax bodies within ten miles, reflecting local dissatisfaction with fiscal governance.
Fort Huachuca Slaying By Desperate Private
A black private at Fort Huachuca Appleton Ber Abernathy killed two U S Army captains and wives, wounded Lieut Matthews, and was shot dead by a guard. The motive linked to demotion from sergeant to private remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Provost Guards
Col
R.S. Knox
Peter Hardley
Joseph R. Wessely
Wessely
David A. Palmer
Amuck
United States Army
Harvie R. Matthews
Abernathy
Army Post
Dr Crawford to Practice Surgery in Farmville Virginia
Dr Francis Randolph Crawford son of Mr and Mrs C Grat Crawford of Kernstown returns from China with Mrs Crawford to open a surgery office at the Farmville hospital founded by the Commonwealth Fund of New York. He is Johns Hopkins Medical School trained and has long served in medical missionary work in China with the Southern Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Randolph Crawford
C. Grattan Crawford
Kernstown
Front Royal Man Suspected in Recent Holdups
Norristown Pa Dec 29 A Front Royal Virginia man Edward Henry 22 confessed to robbing a Keysville Virginia bank of about 1900 and implicated in holdups at Bridgeport and Norristown Pa He denied the Norristown Bridgeport series but admitted the Virginia bank robbery alias Ellie Rogers used by police. He was arrested after buying an automobile for 700 cash and wrist watches with 420 on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Bridgeport
Edward Henry
Front Royal
Keysville
Henry
Virginia
George Bennett
Richmond Va
Ellie Rogers
Predicted veto of measure 10 free Filipinos
The House passed the Philippine independence measure with a 71 to 16 vote and sent it to President Hoover, who was widely expected to veto. The 10-year transition and stability provisions were cited as crucial factors, while Manila officials offered mixed views on the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Hoover
Senate
Hurley
Philippines
Manila
Manuel Quezon
Insular
Independence Commission
United States
Underhill
Mass
Woodrum Seeks Deep Cuts to Farm Board Funding
Representative Woodrum of Roanoke pushes to trim the Farm Board appropriation to the lowest figure, aiming to reduce next year’s budget from 1 million to even less and seeking abolition via special legislation. He labels the board as an outstanding example of a bureau that could be abolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodrum
Roanoke
Farm Board
Virginian
Hoover
President Hoover sails for sailfish at Palm Beach
President Hoover, guided by Captain Herman Gray, begins a sailfish hunt from Palm Beach while Mrs Hoover leads an accompanying party aboard Captain Walter Giffens motorboat Miss Sally. Three sailfish were already reported caught from the same boat the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sailfish Club
Palm Beach
Fla
Hoover
Herman Gray
U. S. Sequoia
Lake Orth Anchorage
Mr. Hoover
Kilkenny
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Harry S. Guggenheim
Cuba
Sequoia
French Chamber Votes Big Loan To Austrians
The Chamber of Deputies approved a reconstruction loan for Austria by 351 to 187, authorizing France to advance about 14 million dollars. Critics argued France should not lend after postponing a 19 million dollar war debt payment to the United States. Premier Boncour defended the measure as needed for Central European stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Austria
France
United States
Herriot
Henry Haye
Louis Varin
M. Marin
Joseph Paul Boncour
Europe
Racketeers Seen Above the Law, Observers Say
The text claims top figures in organized crime seem untouchable because they operate beyond legal authority. It critiques law enforcement and prosecutors for failing to curb their power.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabel Loy
Mr. Shirley
Miss Seal
Mr. Butler
Frederick County Clerk's Office
Esther Belle Seal
Charles Seal
Leonard B. Butler
K. W. Butler
Frederick County
Mary Katherine Aulick
Sargent School of Physical Education
Boston
C. E. Aulick
South Braddock Street
Juanita Riley
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Va
George W. Riley
Valley Avenue
Messrs
Burr Fletcher
Lee Fridell
Virginia Avenue
Anne Brooke Kern
Fairmont Avenue
The
Tuberculosis Fund
Julian Lindsey
Fort Knox
Hunter H. McGuire
New York City
Mary Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Grand Central School of Art
Anne Tucker McGuire
Emma Ginn Baker
South Washington Street
E. D. Calvert
Woodland Avenue
Friday Bridge Club
Edward H. Durell
West Cecil Street
Garner Edmonds
Alfred Bland Tucker
Eliza and
Martha Tucker
Kenneth L. Rice
Sue Schlack
Alexandria
Lawrence Roland
Frank Martin
Martinsburg
William Ryan
West Clifford Street
Dorothy Anderson
Rouss Hall
Charles Shewbridge
Mr. Loy
T-B Fund
Young People's Choir
Gaytes
Huntsberry
Richard Petrie
University of Maryland
College Park
R. L. Petrie
County
Lewis Hyde
Seddon Nelson
Kenneth Petrie
Chevy Chase, Md
C. S. Brumback
Stephens City
Robert W. Green
West Leicester Street
Betty Brust
Mr. Cordell Sumption
Lancaster, Pa
Mrs. Hunter Gaunt
Morningside Drive
Maxine Cramblitt
T. L. Cramblitt
Cumberland, Md
Majorie Atwell
Nancy E. Smith
C. G. Smith
Strasburg
Clifford D. Grim
Peyton Street
R. Wilfred Ford
Norfolk
V. P. I. Club
Tom Yates
Suffolk
W. A. Huntsberry
Reidsville
N. C
Walter E. Huntsberry
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
William Bowen
Moorefield
W. Va
Louis Rice
West Cork Street
Shane
J. K. Luttrell
Kenneth Luttrell
Arthur Luttrell
Roger Luttrell
Ernest Luttrell
Lee Luttrell
New Market
Wilmer O. Luttrell
C. E. Brady
Silver Springs
Robert B. Nelson
E. T. Helfenstein
Chichesters
Piamond
Crawford
Farmville, Va
Florsheim
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Qut
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester, VA
the Commercial & Savings Bank
R. M. Swimley
Ine
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Nave
Loudoun and
Koscawen St
Lovett
N. Main St
Lars
Moni
Tya
Margaret L
Hodgson
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