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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal News section indicates items may be mailed or phoned in by 7 PM for next day coverage, with social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller accepting calls between 3 and 4 PM.
Elizabeth Steele h t of Bald and Raymond Dudley Rinker of Stephens City wed this morning in a Wright home ceremony conducted by Snyder Alleman. The bride wore tweed with accessories and carried American Beauty rose buds. Attendants included family from Winchester, Rockbridge Baths, and Washington. After a wedding trip, the couple will reside at the bridegroom’s father’s home.
Wagner's opera pieces featured a full choir with a mass Ave Maria sung by Rose Cunningham. A vocal trio performed with Rev Father Scanlon and George Smith and Charles Niedetnus. The Rev Father F P Lackey celebrated the mass. The bride, granddaughter of Maurice O Connor, wore ivory satin and lace with orange blossoms and a diamond necklace. educated at St Joseph's College Emmittsburg and Corcoran Art Gallery.
Mr and Mrs Garland F Potts formerly of this city now residing in Wilmington Del receive warm congratulations on the birth of a daughter Tuesday morning in Wilmington Mrs Potts formerly Miss Eunice Orndorff daughter of H R Orndorff a prominent dairyman and real estate broker of Washington and sister of Mrs Russell Hook Gore this county Mr Potts son of Mr and Mrs Harry B Potts of North Avenue is a teller at the Delaware Trust Company This is their second child both girls Catholic Crusaders Unit To Give Card Party
Mrs. Floyd Harris of Stoke near Middleburg visits Richmond hosted by Mrs. Henry Fairfax at 1400 Woodward Avenue. She plans calls on Mrs. William R. Massie at The Prestwould in Albemarle County. Informal entertainments mark her visit. Baby Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Hudson at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Hudson formerly Marie Clevenger noted in nursing circles. Student Nurse Miss Lucy Clem injured by a fall on icy sidewalks but receives only bruises. Miss Laura Anderson, after major surgery at Memorial Hospital, leaves for six weeks of recuperation at 552 North Loudon Street. Rev Dr E L Woolf to lead Braddock Street M E Church services 7:30 pm due to pastor M D Mitchell's cold. Southern Methodist Epworth League members hosted at pastor's home for their monthly meeting with a music program and about 35 members present.
The regular Tuesday Bridge Club met last evening with Mrs Kenneth Rice. Three tables played and high score prize went to Miss Emily Sanford with second prize to Miss Helen Keating. Mrs Hilda Summers won high guest prize. guests included Miss Katherine Barnett, Mrs R F Hatcher, Mrs Isabelle Sormpenent and Miss Virginia Barn. Mr and Mrs Clarence Bush visit the Bushs in Lovettsville Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Taylor Mrs. C Grubbs and Mrs. Ry land Canner returned from Washington after attending the Virginia Society entertainment and dance at the Willard Hotel Friday night. Mr. Taylor joined the society while there and Mr. Thomas B. Settle, formerly in Winchester recreation work but now a Washington lawyer, serves as president of the Virginia Society.
Recent visitors to the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Miller east of town included Mr Abraham Wingerter of Orrville Ohio who has many relatives and friends in Winchester and vicinity Mr Carl Hicks of this city Mr Joseph Hancher of White Hall Miss Elizabeth Wisman Miss Mary Rodgers and Miss Gladys Miller student nurse at Winchester Memorial Hospital and Mr and Mrs Asbury Eshel a son William of Greenwood.
Major V E Graves of the Virginia State Board of Education visited Handley High School and inspected physical education classes. The item lists numerous local residents’ health updates, travel, and social notes including visits, recoveries, and family events.
Mr. and Mrs. T C Pennypacker of Parkersburg West Virginia visit relatives and friends. Miss Hilda Patton is weekend guest of Miss Winifred Rogers in the county. Arthur Dunlap remains a patient at Memorial Hospital with a slow but hopeful recovery.
Handley High School basketball welcomes Charles Town High School to the Handley gymnasium for the first league home game of the season at 7 30 oclock tomorrow night. Admission is 25 cents.
The F F V Meet at Handley High School hosts twelve agricultural schools from the region on Friday night January 24. The first series of the Future Farmers of Virginia tournament begins at 8 o'clock as part of four district meets to decide who advances to Blacksburg for the state championship.
Washington and Lee freshmen held off a late Roanoke College rally to win 42 to 32 in Lexington. Violette and Cummmings paced the Generals with five field goals while Roanoke was limited to three. In another note, North Carolina State beat V. M. I. Cadets 29 to 22 behind Captain Johnson and forwards Hoar and Woodward. Kentucky Derby date set for May 17, 1930 with spring meet May 10 to May 31 at Churchill Downs.
Dr. R. H. Tucker, economics professor, elected acting president by the board of trustees succeeding Henry Louis Smith who retired January 1. Tucker will serve until a permanent president is chosen. Meeting attendance totaled eleven with February 2 set for the next trustees session. Tucker joined Washington and Lee in 1919 and holds multiple roles including chair of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce taxation committee and advisory council member for the Stable Money Association. The board added Judge Charles J. McDermott to aid in securing a new executive, and William G. Bean was named head of the history department succeeding the late Franklin L. Riley.
After purchasing 1930 tags, drivers are urged to fasten plates securely to avoid loss. Several tags have already disappeared and a truck tag sits at police headquarters awaiting its owner. Lost plates can lead to legal trouble, and a car with lost plates is treated as if it has none.
The article notes continued discussion on the value of a community hotel like the George Washington and reports the reelection of the present board of directors. It lists officers elected after adjournment: Lewis F. Cooper president and R Gray Williams legal counsel, with Baker, Bell, Cooper, Fuller, Grant, Glaize, Hardy, Heist, Haldeman, Robinson, Rosenberger, Sheetz, and Williams as directors. A quartette provided entertainment for stockholders, with Harriet Harris at the piano.
The article describes closed doors at a large store and continues with remarks about a man named Mr. Rouss who refuses an overnight bonus for the property. It recalls his early years as an apprentice in Winchester and a missed wage loss from a molasses mishap, with him noting blindness as a blessing against such losses. He would buy almost anything from jumping Mexican beans to...
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A garbled excerpt notes a person informing others via friends and newspapers. The fragment mentions observing, learning through the press, and a reference to Page Five with incomplete wording and unclear context. No clear names, events, or places are recoverable.
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