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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1931

Page

3

Social and Personal News for Departin

A fragmentary social column notes marriages and arrivals. The text is incomplete with names and dates missing, leaving unclear specifics about who married whom and when the events occurred.

Virginia Music Festival set for Charlottesville

Miss Juliang of Norfolk helps prepare Virginia Music Festival to be held April 14 to 17 in Charlottesville. The event, backed by the Music Federation and Virginia State Music Teachers Association, aims to revive colonial songs with 800 to 1,000 voices and a national symphony orchestra. Also notes garden club tours, hospital charity dance, University of Virginia mid winter dances, and local civic visits.

Juliang Norfolk Ginia Federaton Virginia Virginia Music Festival The Music Federation Virginia State ‘Music Teachers’ Association Charlottesville R. F. Nelson State Chamber of Commerce Richmond Nelson Winchester University of Va University of Virginia Dave Harmon Jascha Heifetz Duke University P. E. Society

Missionary Guild Meeting Set At Centenary Church

The Girls Missionary Guild of Centenary Reformed Church is asked to attend a meeting this evening at 7 30 at Miss Lillian Grim’s home on South Kent Street. Miss Virginia Butsler has just returned from a week visiting friends in Washington D C.

Missionary Guild Girls’ Missionary Guild Centenary Reformed Church Lillian Grim South Kent Street Virginia Butsler Washington, D. C

Missionary Circles Split at First Baptist Church Divide

The Sadler Circle members divided the Missionary Society to form two new circles at the First Baptist Church in Martinsburg. Officers for both groups were elected, and meetings set for next month with hosts Mrs. W. O. Holliday and Mrs. Max Lewis.

Sadler The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church Clyde DeHart Senseney Road Circle No. 1 E. T. Clark Roscoe Funk Ethel Morrow C. E Burke Howard Grubb Circle No. 2 Katie Knight Walter Dent Jess Willey Lee Brown

Miss Mary Ellen Franklin to Marry Joseph Gillespie in March

Announcement of the engagement of Miss Mary Ellen Franklin of Norfolk to Mr Joseph Straus Gillespie of Tazewell. The wedding is planned for March at Leesburg. Friends in Norfolk have hosted many social gatherings in her honor amid local criticism.

Mary Ellen Franklin Norfolk Joseph Straus Gillespie Tazewell Leesbure Miss Franklin

Charles E. Elting Elected Class President at Mercersburg

Charles E Elting of Winchester and Mercersburg Pa attending Mercersburg Academy has been chosen president of the 1934 class. Announcement from academy authorities notes his parentage as Col and Mrs Stewart O Elting of Winchester.

Charles Elting Mercersburg Charles E. Eltine Winchester Mercersburg Academy Mercersburg Pa Eltine Stewart O. Elting

P. O. S. of A Plans Regular Session and Oyster Supper

Patriotic Order Sons of America Camp No. 5 will meet tonight in lodge rooms for regular session and initiation followed by an oyster supper. Full attendance requested. Gardner B. Hillyard of Baltimore visited town on business. Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Harker of Trenton are guests at the George Hirston Hotel.

Patriotic Order Sons of America Earl C. Harker Trenton George Ireshiiston Hotel

Local Social Notes Highlight Visiting Guests and Travel

Mrs. F M Hayes plans a departure to Pittsburgh after visiting her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Allen Bond. Mrs. Harrison of Hagerstown Md arrives on business. Heine family returns from Washington after attending a automobile show. Frances Page and Mrs Hunter McGuire spend day in Washington. Mrs R T Barton hosts a tea for her daughter Mrs Arthur M Field of master N Y. Mrs Earl Massey visits Harrisburg with sister Miss Dora White. Samuel Abrahams of New York City, with Robert Reese Company, staying on business. Mr and Mrs Harry Pappas guests of Gus Haknis at North Braddock street, Pappas former local resident. F M Boucher Warner Brothers theatres district manager visits on business. formerly Capitol Theatre manager. Mrs Lester Morgan of Berrysville shops in town. Miss Hilda Patton and Velma Pannett attend Mason Small funeral in Martinsburg W Va from Winchester. John Eddy Robert Glaize and Lyle Herrell return from Washington where Martin H Thurmond of Potomac Edison Co is here on business.

Harry Pappas Greensboro N. C Gus Haknis North Braddock Street Mr. Pappas

Rails Advance but Not Enough To Drag Others

New York stock market moved higher on rail shares but failed to lift the broader list. Bond market rallied on this week's ease in money rates while midweek statistics disappointed bears' estimates of fourth quarter steel earnings due next week. Call money renewed at 12 percent.

Associated Press New York

War Veterans Demonstrate for Cashing Comp Certificates

Several hundred American Legionnaires marched to the Capitol to press legislation allowing cashing of World War I veteran adjusted compensation certificates. Delegates from Maryland and other states attended and spoke, including Representatives Patman Rankin and Conery, all urging action.

Associated Press Washington American Rankin Mississippi Connery Massachusetts

Tulsa Woman Shoots Alleged Home Wrecker

Mrs Asbury Endacott, wife of a Tulsa architect and former water commissioner, fired two shots at Miss Charlsie Caudell near the University of Tulsa campus. Caudell, 28, was wounded critically after Endacott accused her of breaking up her home.

Associated Press Tulsa Okla Asbury Endacott Charlsie Caudell University of Tulsa

Million Dollar Fire at Polish Alliance College

In Cambridge Springs Pennsylvania the Polish National Alliance College suffered a devastating blaze that destroyed the main building and its fine museum. Authorities estimate the loss near $1,000,000 with valuable relics including George Washington correspondence among the fire’s victims. No injuries were reported and the origin remains undetermined.

Polish Alliance College Cambridge Springs Polish National Alliance College George Washington

Noises Bring Protest From South End Radio Owners

South End radio owners complain of almost continuous bad reception over three weeks. They accuse interference and noise from locomotives to warlike sound effects, urging action by the City P&hares committee and the Wickersham report supporters to alleviate the nuisance.

South End Meee the Star P&thers Wickersham Committee Common Council Sinai

George Washington Hotel Announces Strong Year Profit

After the stockholders meeting adjourned, the board elected officers: Captain Lewis F. Coper president, W. A. Baker vice president, H. D. Fuller secretary, George H. Heist treasurer, with R. Gray Williams serving as legal counsel.

Lewis F. Coper W. A. Baker H. D. Fuller George H. Heist R. Gray Williams

Hergesheimer Quips On Writing Versus Digging Life

The writer Djo Joseph Hergesheimer asserts writing demands greater vitality than light digging. He emphasizes the energy required to create vivid fiction and meaningful prose.

dJoseph Hergesheimer

Prohibition Debate Stirred by Wickersham Report

Ohio Senator supports the dry cause while cautioning no direct talk with the President. Governor Pollard of Virginia warns against granting Congress broad power to regulate liquor if the eighteenth amendment is revised, calling for ongoing public turmoil and Congress supremacy in prohibition matters.

Ohio Prohibition Walsh Massachusetts Hoover Pollard Richmond John Garland Pollard Congress

Old copper cent yields $200 to Richmond man

J. D. Martin of Richmond Va. earned $200 for an old copper cent after Numismatic Co Fort Worth purchased it. The ad urges readers to request a large illustrated coin folder to learn what coins, bills and lamps carry big cash premiums and how to spot valuable pieces in everyday change.

J. D. Martin Richmond Numismatic Company Dept. 1023 Fort Worth Texas Martin Mr. Martin

Chicago Grain Closing Prices

Grain futures drifted with light trading as traders noted profit taking and fatigue in the pits. March wheat at 80 1/2, May 82 7/8. corn March 67 1/4, May 69 5/8. rye May 41 3/4, July 42 1/4. no sales in some positions and limited activity across the board.

Chicago Board of Trade Wickersham

Bavarian Officers Dead Under Snow

Seven of eight Bavarian stables buried in an avalanche near Munich were found dead under snow. The eighth was alive but seriously injured.

Associated Press Munich Germany

Galilee church to hold Sunday service in Grimes

Grimes Va January 21 preaching will be held at Galilee next Sunday evening January 25 at 7 30 by regular pastor C E Beckey who has been ill. Visitors Mrs Eva Miller and Misses Mary and Alice Newcome of Winchester were seen here last Sunday. Wade Brooks and Paul of Winchester visited A B Orndorff. R B Hensell has had a cold. William Groves of Martinsburg formerly lived here. A light snow fell Tuesday night with colder weather.

Stephens City High School Presbyterian Church Martinsburg S. R. Diehl Middletown M. .H. Wallace Greeneville Augusta Ee Va William D. Ion Berkeley County W. Va Hampwer County College Virginia Ropp Randolph Mace Woman's College Et ‘A Stephens City H. M Wallace, Jr Boyce Agricultural High School Oklahoma Grimes Galilee C. E. Beckey Eva Miller Mary Alice Newcome Winchester Wade Brooks Paul A. B. Orndorff R. B. Hensell William Groves

Van Arnam's Minstrels at Capitol with Sin Takes a Holiday

The Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre adds live stage attractions to film showings. Van Arnam's Minstrels opens today and tomorrow alongside Constance Bennett in Sin Takes a Holiday, with popular prices and urged attendance for maximum entertainment value.

America van Arnam Warner Brother Capitol Theatre Capitol Constance Bennett

Judge Orders 90 Days Jail For Public Drunkenness

Judge Donald L. Weems in police court yesterday afternoon ordered Blair March to serve 90 days in jail for public drunkenness. This follows a prior suspended sentence, which he violated, leading to the reinstatement of the original term.

Donald L. Weems Blair March

Sin Takes a Holiday shines in New York Paris tale

Review hails the picture as supreme merit with a dramatic tense plot set in New York and Paris. Miss Bennett shows a flair for romance while Kenneth MacKena Basil Rathbone Rita La Roy Louis Bartels and Zasu Pitts support the cast.

New York Paris Miss Bennett Kenneth MacKena Basil Rathbone Rita la Roy Louis Bartels Zasu Pitts

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