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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1937
Page
3
Friday at 6 p m the Annual Parish Supper will be held at Christ Episcopal Church in the Parish House. Saturday at 3 p m the American Association of University Women meets at Mrs E T Clarks home.
Miss Mary Eleanor Russell and Ralph Merdith Hann married on December 27, 1936, in Greencastle Pa. The bride, connected with The Evening Star in Berryville, is a Berryville High School graduate. Hann, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hann of Charles Town, works in electrical trades there.
Master Charles Leslie Reiter Jr is ill with bronchitis and grippe. Mr and Mrs Chester Rite hosted a dinner for their daughter and son celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Mrs R E Byrd will stay at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington with Senator and Mrs H F Byrd. Mrs Ralph Snapp has been ill at home with grippe but can go out. Mrs J Mack Noonan recovering from long illness with treatments at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Henry Mitchell entertained at a dinner at the home of Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd. Mrs J Gray Beverley ill with grippe improved. Floyd Woodson visiting with Mr and Mrs Lester Arnold has returned to Baltimore. he is Mrs Arnold’s brother. Mr and Mrs H F Barr host Mrs E A Richard mother of Mrs Barr. Miss Polly Stone of Richmond visiting Mr and Mrs Raymond D Saxe. Miss Stone is Mrs Saxe’s sister. Mrs Robert Lonas hosted by Wilco McAboy at Kenilworth near Stephenson.
Yesterday the Girl Scout Council met at Mrs. Bosserman home to plan a Doll Congress sponsored by local troops. Members present included Mrs. Massey Miss Hunter Mrs. McFadden Mrs. Cooper Mrs. Scully Miss Kern and Mrs. Ellsworth Johnson. A $50 donation from Mrs. Gilpin will support a permanent headquarters. Mrs. Ellsworth Johnson offers her home for displays across the first floor. Students will attend with teachers, and Helen Walter will send a Girl Scout doll for a raffle. Frances Parkinson Keyes will speak on dolls and share travels with exhibits. Admission is 10 cents for children 25 cents for adults 50 cents for the evening lecture.
The Gainesboro 4 H Club held its monthly meeting at the Gainesboro school on Wednesday January 13. Plans were outlined to sponsor a debate by the Luttrell Debating Society with a date to be set soon. I Fred Stine spoke on the county supervisors meeting and gave a brief address. Short demonstrations covered Elevating the Kitchen Table Re finishing Our Kitchen and Tomato Culture. A social hour followed the business and demonstrations.
An advert for engraved visiting cards and engraved plates offered at The Home Print Shop located at 1211 S. Main St. The promotion highlights genuine engraving services and a selection described as 150 informals and 1100 visiting cards.
The column insists the date should never be omitted from any letter or note. It advises the groom’s father should attend as a guest if not assigned a duty when his wife helps receive guests at a wedding. It states that good serving is a chief essential for a successful dinner.
At the Handley Library yesterday the Woman's Christian Temperance Union read papers by Mrs. D S Mattison on The Twentieth Amendment and Miss Rebecca Pidgeon on the new Washington headquarters. Miss Mamie Robinson spoke on women members of Congress and Mrs. J F Bly described the Lillian Stevens Legislative Fund and its role in the movement. Lillian Stevens helped push early anti liquor legislation.
Berryville Virginia notices outline travel plans and visits. Mrs Joseph F Moore departs for Charlottesville then New York weekend. Mr and Mrs Charles Court toured Washington. Numerous local residents and guests visit relatives, attend concerts, or travel, including Philadelphians and Baltimore visitors. Col B M Roszel to speak on See and Education at Berryville High School Monday evening.
Funeral services for Mrs. Katie M. Shipe 31 wife of Russell Shipe of Rockland will be held Sunday at 11 A M from Rockland Church conducted by Rev C V Van Derlinden. She died yesterday in the Blue Ridge Sanatorium Charlottesville after a 15 month illness. Survived by husband six children interment in Rockland Cemetery.
Private Vernon Tharpe of the Front Royal Remount Depot died at 4 a.m. in Walter Reed Hospital after falling ill yesterday. Serving 16 years, he was the son of the late John Tharpe and is survived by his wife and eleven children living near Bellmont. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
The President's Ball will be held January 29 at the Royal Night Club in Front Royal. The venue has been enlarged and the music will be provided by the Royal Troubadours under the direction of Jimmy Doman.
FRONT ROYAL places show rapid work on a new automobile showroom complex at the corner of South Royal avenue and Shipe street. The property was bought from the heirs of the late Reuben Grubbs.
In accordance with Virginia Code section 3781 Consumers Utilities Company certifies its issued and outstanding common capital stock has decreased from 27440 shares to 12100 shares of par value 10 by surrender and cancellation of 15340 shares. Certificate of decrease issued by State Corporation Commission of Virginia. Dated December 31, 1936. C. B. Ziegler President M. A. DieI Secretary
Mrs. William E. Carson recovers from illness at home. Catherine Carter arrives from Washington to visit her mother Mrs. Walter Carter. Randolph Burner and family host weekend guests. Randolph-Macon Academy plans a key basketball trip to Waynesboro to face Fishburne. Henry Smith and family return from Fredericksburg with Mrs. Smith after two weeks away. Mayor J Frank Forsyth visits Woodstock. Virginia Young, recovering from flu, improves while Hadassah Dunn substitutes at Warren County High School.
Mr. Frank Beard of Boonsboro Md spends days in town with his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Bert Gilkey. Sam Kenner once ill with flu is again bedridden. Miss Helen Smith leaves for Winchester to visit Miss Millie Sirbaugh. Mrs Lyle Rohr and son Edgar Rohr visit relatives in Watertown New York. Col Cudhman guests of Col and Mrs Warren W Whitside at the Remount Depot. Rev and Mrs Emory Trainham hosted by Rev and Mrs Henry Davis and son of Orange Va.
Warren County High School hosts Woodstock girls at 2 30 P M tomorrow in the high school gymnasium. The Woodstock boys visit after, following last year’s results where Woodstock boys beat locals and the local girls beat Woodstock. Woodstock has a strong team this year.
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