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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1938
Page
8
Social calendar lists rehearsals Monday at 3 30 p m and 7 30 p m for the Elks Club Minstrel Show at the George Washington Hotel.
Virginia Bruce and director J Walter Ruben visit the Whitney estate Llangollen in Middleburg with John Whitney Whit ney and attend many parties through Thursday. The romance began during filming and the engagement is announced. other social events include a New Year hunt breakfast and various informal gatherings by local families and notable guests.
Miss Nancy Swimley returns to Blackstone College Virginia after Christmas with father Ross M. Swimley. She is accompanied by sisters Mrs Albert Larrick and Miss Betty Swimley. Larrick, an alumna, last visited the college years ago.
Community notes include etiquette Q A by Roberta Lee on condolence replies and gifts for a fifth wedding anniversary. Local residents like Mr William Starkey and Mrs Audrey Shank are mentioned with travel, health and hospital updates amid church and school activities in Braddock Street area.
Quicksburg notes report Mrs Norval Kirby and her daughter in law from Mangahela Pa visiting Miss Annie Kirby. Mrs Paul Fadley and three children are ill at home. E S Moore and sister Eliza Dick of New Jersey visited Staunton. Mrs Paul Jenkins staying with her parents at Moores Store. Raymond Alexander left for Farmville to work in a mill. Mrs E A Baker from near Solomons Church arrived Friday.
Local residents including Maggie, Mrs. Ernest Nesselrodt, and families in Mountain Falls and Edinburg welcomed relatives visiting for New Year. Guests came from Hyattsville, New Jersey, Washington and Riverdale, sharing meals, outings, and attendance at the New Market Theatre to see Will Rogers in Judge Priest.
The Rev Edwin D Zeigler of Middlebrook will lead services at Gravel Springs parish on January 16 with St James at 11 am St Johns at 2 pm and Bethel at 730 pm Rev and Mrs P H Williams accompany.
Mr and Mrs Lester Carroll honor Mr and Mrs Ashby Nethers on their recent marriage. Families from Washington Staunton Hagerstown Point Marion Martinsville Baltimore and West Point appear in weekend visit notes. Mrs Ernes tine John dies of pneumonia at 72 with services tomorrow at Maddox parlor conducted by Rev John Owens and burial Prospect Hill Cemetery.
During the Christmas season several local families hosted relatives and friends. Daisy Williams visited, as did N B Williams and James Patterson families with Mary Elizabeth. Other visits included the Lineweaver and Wallace households, and T S Cooper homes hosting Elbert Cooper Warren Himelright Grover Rudolph Lucille Himelright Anna Jane Cooper.
Mrs Henry S Wagner will depart for New York to join her sister Mrs Frank Russell who is coming back from a six month stay in Scotland and Ireland Mrs Russell went abroad in July to be with sister Mrs Paul Morgan and her husband who fled Majorca due to aerial bombing and submarine warfare in the Mediterranean Mrs Russell will travel with Mrs Wagner to Front Royal Virginia
Eve Curie presents a rousing biography of Marie Curie, detailing her radiance from poverty in Poland to double Nobel laureate, through hunger and governess work to scientific triumph. Translated by Vincent Sheean, the book honors a simple yet remarkable life and is available for loan at Handley Library.
Church officials sought today to determine the cause of a disastrous fire that destroyed St James Episcopal Church in Cartersville Virginia a 92 year old structure. Workmen were installing a new Corinthian column at the front when the fire occurred and investigators probed the scene.
Flames swept the rear of a church built in 1845 at Littleton parish four miles south of Cartersville. Pews chairs and pulpit items were saved along with installed columns. Officials suspect sparks from a rear trash fire started the blaze before the 1882 dismantling and reerection at this site.
New York January 8 radio highlights announce the premier of Piano Time on WEAF NBC at 6 35 p m January 21 with solo dance band keyboardists. Frank Black will direct the Lucille Manners Friday night concerts on WEAF NBC beginning in February replacing Rosario Bourdon who led the orchestra for ten years.
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