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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1934
Page
3
Mrs Harry Byrd hosts a tea in honor of Senator and Mrs Byrd. Mrs Lewis M Allen of West Clifford Street also entertains informally for a group of friends.
Regular weekly meetings and luncheons occur for multiple groups including Music Lovers Club Lions Club Century Club Rotary Club and American Legion Post at venues such as George Washington Hotel Gray Gables Inn and First Baptist Church Chiefs include adult choirs and various youth choirs with times from 12:30 p to 8:15 p on weekdays plus Friday events.
Burnt Factory Sunday School presented a Christmas program in the church last week with a song by a hidden choir, devotions by Rev. Thomas Morgan, recitations dialogues and music, a Bethlehem manger pageant, and a talk to children. An offering was taken for the Home of the Aged at Gaithersburg, and baskets of candy and oranges were distributed under a Santa Claus tree.
Clarke county hosted a grand ball at Carter Hall by Gerard B. Lambert honoring Stacy and Mrs. Lloyd with guests including William Belle Watkins B O F Randolph and Harry K Benham. Frank Pitcock near Opequon hosted dinner for relatives Miss Brumback engaged to Russell Helms from Patrick Springs Peoples Life rep Helms. Mrs C S Hurn recovering after tonsil surgery at Memorial Hospital. Jane Mudd returns from Baltimore Towson and Philadelphia visit.
The county clerk issued two Maryland marriage licenses on Saturday. Beatrice Schmidt of Hagerstown weds Frank Summers of Boonsboro while Eloise Holliday of Crissytown weds Clement Myers of Crissytown. Senator Harry F. Byrd and Mrs Byrd of Rosemont near Berryville have invitations to dine with President Roosevelt at the White House Tuesday.
Brooks Pharmacy offers Compound Syrup of Tar with Extract of Cod Liver and Menthol for coughs and throat irritations. Price is 50 cents.
Music Lovers' Club to meet at 7 30 tonight at Mrs. R E Griffiths 320 West Clifford Street. F L Buckley to preside and only two rehearsals remain before the next concert. Also listed are various society meetings and notices about residents visiting or traveling.
Miss Mary Lyman and Mr Pem Lyman return to West Clifford street after a weekend in Baltimore. Midshipman George Fuller from Annapolis arrives to visit friends. Sydney Edmonds, holiday guest of Mr and Mrs Stuart H Edmonds on West Leicester street, heads back to Hagerstown for St James School. Nan DuPuy returns to Richmond after visiting relatives on West Clifford street. Mr and Mrs James A McFadden return to Parsons West Virginia after Christmas with relatives.
Miss Harriet Pearson returns this week to Chase City Virginia where she serves on the high school faculty after visiting her father Mr Lewis Pearson on National avenue. Miss Constance Buckley of South Stewart street also goes home this evening after a weekend in Front Royal with Mrs W G Strickler.
A Buchanan county grand jury indicted eleven persons in the November lynching of Lloyd Warner a black man. The panel recommended removal of Sheriff Otto Theisen and that police officials who yielded to the mob be held accountable marking a high profile probe by Prosecutor Frank L Kirtley.
The sheriff and aides surrendered Warner after a long clash with damage to the jail. Warner, 19, faced charges of criminal attack on a young white girl and was hanged in a tree near the jail as local tensions rose following the incident.
Colorado Springs announces Adm Byrd joins the Adaman Club roster as the group kicks off the New Year with a fireworks display on Pikes Peak. The Adaman Club, known for annual snowshoe pilgrimages to the summit, marked its eleventh such ascent.
The organization inducted a new member yearly and this morning broadcast a New Year greeting from Admiral Richard E. Byrd using a portable short wave set.
The coroner's jury here will hear evidence in the case of Robert H. Wiles convicted kidnapper and slayer of 15 year old Herbert H. Harris Jr. The inquiry opens today following the murder and kidnapping verdict.
Francis A. Michael former speaker of the House of Delegates and Mrs Michael suffered cuts and bruises when their car collided with a milk truck in Baltimore on January 1. Injuries were not serious.
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