Admission Prices for School Show Spark Interest
The text notes school children pay 25 cents and adults 50 cents for a show as part of a school event, indicating a modest admission and expected strong turnout among families.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1933
Page
3
Local Social Calendars Highlight Rallies and Club Meetings
A sequence of weekly events includes the Ladies of the Ordo church social at 8:00 p.m., Kiwanis gathering at George Washington Hotel, Grace Lutheran adult choir at 8:30, Rotary luncheon at 1:00, Bryarly Community League at 7:30, American Legion noon meeting, and a youth choir at Brad dock Street Methodist. Music Lovers' Club concert opens a city series at Mrs. Harry C. Stouffer's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Oro
Saeed Aescate Church
Tenia
Aeyekiy
Ooaga
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Bryarly Community League
Bryarly School House
American Legion Post
Young People's Choir
Braddock Street
Harry C. Stouffer
Miss Gilpin Chosen for Baltimore Junior League
Debutante Miss Dorothy Dixon Gilpin of Lutherville is approved for provisional Junior League membership in Baltimore. The program includes hours of social and charitable work, with education at the club house and explorations of League branches before choosing a focus. The Civic League seeks period hats and balloon sleeve shirt waists for a fashion show to fund milk for under nourished schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Dorothy Dixon Gilpin
Donald Newcomber Gilpin
Lutherville
Civic League
A. S. Pennypacker
H. B. McCormac
Handley High School
Zimmerman Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated
Mr and Mrs Earl J Zimmerman of the Hotel Berkeley Coffee Shop West King street Martinsburg marked their fifteenth anniversary with a quiet gathering at their home on January 16 1918. The couple were wed at 8 o clock on Wednesday evening in the home prepared by the groom. Reverend Roy F Schmucker officiated. Mrs Zimmerman nee Emma R Whitacre of Gore was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Zimmerman
Berkeley
West King Street
Martinsburg
Zimmerman
Roy F. Schmucker
Winchester Avenue Christian Church
Emma R. Whitacre
Gore
This County
Plans for Sacred Heart benefit card party in Martinsburg
Plans are complete for a benefit card party by the ladies of the Order of the Sanctuary Society at Sacred Heart Church Martinsburg. Cards begin at 8p with contract auction bridge set, refreshments to follow and prizes to winners. Also reported is the Martinsburg wedding of Howard James and Eva LeHew at United Brethren Parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
Howard James
Eva LeHew
W. Va
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
W. J. LeHew
W. A. James
Music Lovers' Club Plans Two Rehearsals Ahead of Recital
The Music Lovers' Club met at Mrs. Frank L. Buckley's home to rehearse for the first recital. Additional rehearsals are set for 7 30 tonight and Thursday evening at Mr and Mrs Harry C Stouffer s home where the recital will be held at 8 30 next Monday evening January 23
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Lovers’ Club
Frank L. Buckley
Harry C. Stouffer
Miss Merryman and Family Visit Clarke Residents
Mrs Merryman and daughter Miss Helen Lane visit Clarke for several days to see her sister Mrs C B at White Post. Miss Merryman later joins her mother in Washington to resume studies at Wilson Training College for Teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rarvard Suet Neoregamen
Mo. D. C
Helen Lane
C. B
White Post
Clarke Ue
Two Miners Die in Scottys Run Mine Explosion
Morgantown West Virginia report says two miners Boyd Ware 27 and Herbert Pixler 40 were killed in an explosion at Scotty's Run coal mine. Rescue teams found their bodies after an hour of efforts following three miners who escaped through an air passage. The blast occurred about a mile and a half from the mine entry. other three men reached the surface safely two miles from the entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Scotty's Run
Boyd Ware
Herbert Pixler
Car Insurance Losses Double in Five Years
The Virginia commission hears that public liability and property damage insurance were so inadequate from 1926 to 1931 that losses absorbed both the 25 percent profit and invested earned premiums. William Leslie of the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters cites stock companies’ average loss rising from 3.6 percent (1926 31) to 8.4 and 9 percent in later years as rates are adjusted across Richmond Norfolk and the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virtion Commune
William Leslie
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters of
New York
Commission
Norfolk
Leslie
No Indictment Returned Against Young Ritchie
Fairfax Jan 16 a special Fairfax county grand jury refused a true bill against Lewis Ritchie 21 charged with felonious homicide in the death of former State Senator Walter Tansil Oliver Oliver was alleged to have abused Ritchie s sister The defendant waives a preliminary hearing and his father lamented the lack of a jury trial A habeas corpus hearing and divorce suit involving Oliver s wife and their two month old daughterFollowed by additional legal actions and bond set at 55000 with no eye witnesses to the quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Fairfax Cetter Court
Lewis Ritchie
Walter Tansil Oliver
Ritchie
A. C. Ritchie
Fairfax County
Oliver
Walter McCarthy
Canary receives surgery for broken leg at Greenwich hospital
A London woman pleaded for help after her pet canary broke its leg in cage wire. At the seaman's hospital Greenwich the surgeon faced unusual difficulties but succeeded in setting the leg after about an hour of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Seaman’s Hospital
Greenwich
No New Move Made In Case Of Former Attorney
Federal authorities contemplate no further action in the case of Robert H. Talley former District Attorney now under indictment in state and federal courts. Our present view is there is nothing more we can do and doctors feel no cure can be effected. If he were deemed sane again he could be tried, a decision to be reached by March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Talley
Mr. Kear
Talley
Kear
No Special Compensation For Slain Warden
The Texas Supreme Court refused a writ of error for Lucille Chapman Cox and other dependents of J. L. Cox, a state game warden killed amid a dispute over removing a car from a highway. The Industrial Commission had denied compensation, ruling Cox’s death arose from a domestic dispute not connected to his official duties, involving the dynamiting of fish. The defendants include the State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries and Wise County officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Supreme Court
Lucille Chapman Cox
J. L. Cox
State Industrial Commission
Cox
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Board of Supervisors of
Wise County
Motor Police To Pick Up Drivers Of One-Lights
Richmond expects patrol to remove drivers of one-light cars after snow and bad weather damaged wiring. T K Sexton, head of the state motor patrol, says inspectors will watch for one-eyed machines and urges motorists to check lights before night trips. A new motor code inspection window from May 15 to June 15 covers all autos for mechanical defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
T. K. Sexton
State Motor Waike Op
Sexton
Boston’s Short Street Franklin Avenue in downtown Boston
Franklin avenue in Boston is only about 35 feet long, linking Brattle street with Cornhill in downtown area. Despite its brevity it bears a shiny name plate akin to the city’s longer routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Franklin Avenue
Brattle Street
Cornhill
Senator Bailey for repeal fights for liquor evils
Washington a profile of Senator Josiah W Bailey of North Carolina a staunch dry who leads anti saloon work and supports statewide prohibition while opposing blanket repeal He portrays himself as aiming to reduce and eventually eradicate the evils of drink separating local from national dictates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Josiah W. Bailey
Bailey
North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League
North Carolina League
The
Biblical Recorder
Tarheel League
Purple Heart Order Bestowed On Virginia Vets
The Purple Heart will be awarded to three World War I and Spanish American War veterans in the Richmond capitol old House of Delegates chamber. Henry Schiebeluth, Robert Smeaton, and Charles E. Fox receive the honor with Lt. Gov. James H. Price to speak and Adjutant General S. Gardner Waller presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
House of Delegates
Capitol
Henry Schiebeluth
Sixth
United States Infantry
San Juan Hill
Robert Smeaton
26Th Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
Charles E. Fox
116Th Infantry
Center I
Alsace Lorraine
Meuse-Argonne
James H. Price
Adjutant General
Gardner Waller
Insull Applies To Become A Greek Citizen
Samuel Insull has filed to acquire Greek citizenship after fleeing arrests in France and Italy. A Greek court declined extradi tion extradition to Chicago over larceny and embezzlement charges related to failed utility holdings. He has resided in Greece since October 9 and faces a three year residency typically required for naturalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Samuel Insall
United States
Insull
France
Italy
Chicago
Compensated and Complementary Bids in Contract Bridge
This column explains strategies for opening bids in bridge with unbalanced hands. It defines compensated bids as balancing strength across quick and probable tricks and complementary hands as when partner support completes the hand. It notes that weak quick trick strength may require higher rebids to safeguard overall trump length and honor distribution.
Old Bridge Ideas Reappear in Strong Opening Bids
A bridge column notes fashion repeats in bidding with players pushing high quick trick values. Wearne advises openings by dealer or second hand on 2% or 8% quick tricks, depending on strength in major suits, and warns against overbidding in no-trump scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wearne
Goats Prefer Good Feed Over Tin Cans Says Breeders
Goats nibble at tin cans seeking salt content but breeders say a proper diet keeps them from small items. They note goats sometimes show interest in cans rubber or cigarettes yet with adequate feeding the animals ignore tin containers.
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Memorial Hospital
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Mary Houston
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Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Mary Patterson
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Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Stonewall Avenue
Hubert M. Cather
South Stewart Street
Joyce Helena Campbell
Paul Campbell
Highland Avenue
Charles W. Grimm
Ruth Sheetz
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