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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal notes indicate Mrs Isabelle Miller will be telephoned between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. The notice appears in a department section and references a time window and personal outreach.
Miss Frieda Rosenmyer and Claude M Grim wed at 11:50 AM in the Lord Baltimore Hotel Baltimore in a ceremony led by Rev Marvin G Spencer. Attending were family and friends from Winchester and Baltimore, with Mrs Emma Rosenmyer and relatives from Winchester among mourners. After the wedding the couple will reside with the bride’s mother on North Braddock Street in Winchester. They expect to be home after January 27.
Mrs. Robert S. Spilman of Huntington West Virginia chaired the Robert E. Lee memorial fund business session and later spoke at a similar gathering in Charles Town.
Members of the Girls' Athletic Association basketball team will travel to Alexandria Virginia tomorrow night to face the Knights Buddies, a local girls team. The 8 o'clock armory game will feature Ruth McCann Nellie Slotaker Emma Graves Elsie Mathews Irene Headley Mary Sinkabine Rebecca Eddy Margaret Kelchner Ruth Berlin Revan Berlin Mary Cooper Virginia Rehill Evelyn Cather Ella Brown Jane Mudd and others, with departure from Winchester around 5 15 p m.
Winchester Shrine Club held its regular meeting at the Farmers and Merchants Bank building with about 35 members attending. A dinner was served by a committee from the local Eastern Star Chapter and enjoyed by those present.
Dr. and Mrs. B. Mitchell Knight Jr. have returned from Newport News where they visited the latter's mother Mrs. Charles S. Gillett for two weeks. While there Mrs. Knight attended the wedding of Miss Maryrd Buxton to Mr Hughes Butterworth of Washington, D. C.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans its regular semi monthly meeting at 3 pm Thursday at Handley Library, followed by a special Victory Day program. All members are urged to attend.
Clarke County Horse and Colt Show in Berryville is highlighted as a leading Virginia circuit event. The article notes a strong stockholders meeting with improved finances, names R Powell Page as chief executive and J T Lindsey as vice president, plus J H Bell as manager. It lists a prominent board and delegates Warden and Levi heading to the Virginia Horse Show Association meeting in Washington. Breeders like Tilford, Burwell, Gilpin and Johnson are noted for thoroughbred and hunter stock, with Gilpin’s Kentmere and Dunlin producing progeny including Sam Fiddler, a stakes winner.
Fairfax Splawn admitted writing a $45 spurious check passed by Boyd Taylor at Hamman’s Store on December 7. In police court yesterday Taylor, illiterate, received six months on the roads while Splawn was released. Investigators traced the check to Splawn after Taylor claimed he was misled by her.
Vernon L. Engle a local typewriter repair man was moved to Washington D C by Detective Thompson to answer a charge of passing a worthless $60 check. He had been held by Washington authorities before transfer.
In Frederic county Circuit Court an absolute divorce was granted to Wilmer J. Nail from Mrs. Virgie Nelson Nail on statutory grounds after Nail's cross-bill. Mrs. Nail’s desertion suit was denied, and Nail received custody of Mary and Robert Fail with controlled mother visits. The husband pays all costs and attorney James P. Reardon’s fee.
Mr J W Harris of Baltimore is a guest at the Hotel Jack. Mr A P Leverty of New York was in Winchester today on business.
The revival at Pal Church draws growing attention as Rev. Lineweaver speaks on trusting God, using wisdom, and helping others. He contrasts two pictures of safe refuge and rescue, urges light to guide wanderers, and warns against church hypocrisy while inviting all to deepen religious life during upcoming sermons.
Berryville Virginia reports the marriage of Dorothy Cooley to Thomas C R T De Beck in Washington last Friday. The bride, a Berryville High School graduate and former faculty member, will live in Washington where the groom works for a French importing firm. The piece also notes retirement plans of Rev T Carter Page and various local motions and travel of residents in Berryville.
President Hoover attends the London arms conference opening in the White House basement, joined by Mitchell Stone and others, as naval disarmament efforts begin. MacDonald hosts receptions with Stimson addressing delegates. aims center on transforming armament into mutual limits for lasting peace.
Jacob Lamp aged 63, a long time Martinsburg resident and invalid for over 50 years, died Sunday morning at his sister Mrs Irene Gall’s home on North College Street from complications of his illness. Born in Frederick County, Virginia, he was the son of Mrs Mary S Lamp and the late John W Lamp, and leaves his mother in Martinsburg, a brother Nelson Lamp, four sisters Mrs Emma Price Shepherdstown, Mrs S S Edwards Martinsburg West Martin Street, Mrs Gall Martinsburg, Mrs Laura Mason Gano Town, and two half-sisters Mrs Anna Stokes Pikeside and Mrs Thomas Chambers Martinsburg. Funeral from the Methodist Episcopal Church South Thursday at 10:30 with Rev W S Hamond officiating. Interment in Rosedale Cemetery.
Judge Yip Williams of Frederick County Circuit Court granted a broad injunction at the request of all interested parties. The order restrains Anna Belle Price Emma Clinger Alice Clinger and John Clinger from assaulting or molesting each other or trespassing over the disputed land while the case is pending decision.
Oscar Ryerson, a former leading race horse trainer, was laid to rest at Mount Hebron Cemetery at 10 am with Rev. Robert B. Nelson officiating. He died Saturday night at Memorial Hospital after treatment from Audley Farm near Berryville where he had worked. Once an esteemed race horse manager for major eastern farms, he spoke little of family, and his illness followed the death of his wife in 1919, leaving his memory impaired. Despite dying among strangers, he received a burial befitting a well known citizen.
A brief thought from The Literary Digest echoed in Weston Oregon’s Leader, noting the paradox about perception and sound. The quip implies that color may be felt when noise is strong enough, a playful line on senses.
At a Clifton Forgs meeting in February 1926 Miss May Hawkins a state Red Cross representative now with the Public Welfare Board lauded Winchester for its combined Red Cross and welfare efforts. The annual report for November 1 1928 to October 31 1929 lists Ex Service Junior Red Cross Volunteer Service Civilian Relief expenditures and activities including 11 percent aid to ex service men 62 percent junior school groups 370 newly made garments 84 mended garments 224 civilian relief cases 100 family cases 13 homeless children 32 delinquents 54 transients 2422 25 in support funds total cases 342 4537 phone calls 3576 interviews 1549 visits. Respectfully submitted Norris Lineweaver Treas and others.
Serious work engages lawmakers of the assembly at the Polytechnic Institute as urged by the Burruss commission. Efforts continue to persuade Tax Commissioner Morrisett to rescind his March 1 resignation. Gov Pollard and Morrisett confer on withdrawal to practice law with Leon Bazile and Alfred Kersh in Richmond.
Winchester and Frederick County lift the Junior Red Cross program with exhibits from fifteen foreign nations. Miss Lucy Coleman praises the chapter as the best in Virginia. Local volunteers sew garments for emergencies while Miss Stowers coordinates public welfare and delinquency cases, aiding the needy.
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