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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1931

Page

3

Social and Personal Notes

Readable fragments show a social column with personal notices and local society items. Names, dates, and events are incomplete but indicate community engagements, acquaintances, and social greetings within the period.

Miss Childress To Marry In May Amid Family Plans

Notices describe Miss Childress delaying a May wedding pending her mother's return from a West Indies cruise. Her sister Miss Charlotte Childress and others in Washington society are noted, with reflections on past appearances and social duties.

Ington Miss Childress West Indies Washington Charlotte Childress Capital Society Gunston Hall District of Columbia Shenandoah Winchester Thompkins George Washington University Gate and Key Society Theta Delta Chi Omicron Delta Kappa Childress

Shrine Card Party Benefit Set For January Evening

Shrine Club and Eastern Star members host a card party on Thursday January 29 at 8 PM on the third floor of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building. Admission 50 cents. Proceeds aid the order with prizes donated by local merchants for high scorers. Contact Mrs. Lester Arnold Mrs. James H Bott Mrs. Tom Kremer Mrs. John Snyder Mrs. C P McVicar Mrs. William H Brown Mrs. Paul Beck Miss Mary Capper or Miss Cornelia Gray to play.

Farmers’ and Merchants National Bank Shrine Club Order of the Eastern Star Lester Arnold James H. Bott Tom Kremer John Snyder C. P. McVicar William H. Brown Paul Beck Mary Capper Cornelia Gray

Troop 2 Girl Scouts Meeting Postponed to Monday

A meeting of Troop No. 2 Girl Scouts is rescheduled for Monday evening February 2. Earl Hahn of Cumberland Md is a guest at the George Washington Hotel on a business visit. Willing Workers Class box social at Welltown Sunday School Friday January 3. Public invited. Mrs Weldon Ewing returns home after weekend with friends near Sperryville Va. Mr and Mrs W R Matthews of Princeton N J are guests at the George Washington Hotel. Mr and Mrs Linwood E Patton hosted a card party with three tables and refreshments. Mr C W Stover Norfolk and Western Railway agent en route to Strasburg on business. Kathleen McCartney Handley High School faculty ill but improving at home near Stephens City.

Howard Leslie Patton Faulkner Howard Leslie Patton, Jr Gladys Faulkner Martinsburg W. Va Williamsport Howard L Patton Fairmont Avenue Patton Loy East Piccadilly Street Alma Beavers John A. Beavers Larry Stegall Stegall South Main Street Mr. Stegall The Washington Times and Herald Girl Scouts Earl Hahn Cumberland Md George Washington Hotel Welltown W. R. Matthews Princeton, N. J Mrs. Linwood E. Patton C. W. Stover Norfolk and Western Railway Strasburg Kathleen McCartney Handley High School Stephens City

Martinsburg trio heads to New York for spring stock buys

Mr Allen Emmert and Miss Margaret Wyndham of Martinsburg West Virginia and Miss Henrietta Fuller of this city departed yesterday for New York City to spend time making purchases for the spring stock of the Emmert stores.

Allen Emmert Margaret Wyndham Martinsburg W. Va Henrietta Fuller New York City Emmert

Mildred Bruce Plans To Resume Cruise In Air

Miss Mildred Bruce the British aviatrix planned to resume her interrupted Pittsburgh Baltimore flight today. She and C B Brosman in an accompanying plane swerved off route and landed on a farm 18 miles north of Tappahannock as fuel ran low. No injuries occurred.

Tappahannock Mildred Bruce Aviatrix

Ambassador Culbertson Wings South On Chile Patagonia Tour

Ambassador William S. Culbertson departed Santiago in a two seat pursuit aircraft with Captain Ralph Wooten, the embassy’s military attaché, on a pioneering air tour across southern Chile and Argentine Patagonia. An expansive landscape of mountains and rivers awaited their route.

Associated Press Santiago Chile United States William 8. Culbertson Patagonian Argentine Ralph Wooten

Receiver Appointed for Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad

Baltimore attorney George Weems was named receiver of the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Electrical Railway by order of Judge Maurice A. Soper. A federal petition seeks a receiver for the Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company claiming insolvency and inability to pay debts including a $3,246 cross ties bill. Liabilities exceed $10,000,000, with a deed of trust securing $7,500,000 first mortgage bonds cited as chief item.

Associated Press Baltimore George Weems Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electrical Railway Maurice A. Soper Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company R. E. Duvall Company W. B. and A Washington Annapolis Cleveland Trust Company

Stock Market Loses Courage After Rally

In New York the share market slipped again amid quarterly earnings and dividend uncertainties. Merchandising shares led a noon rally before turning down on sharp Studebaker dividend cuts. U S Steel earnings due near close added caution while U S Steel common remained supported. Call money rose to 14 percent.

Associated Press York Studebaker U. S. Steel U. S. Steele

Ex Kaiser Gets U S Greetings On His Birthday

Doorn Holland January 27 Former Kaiser Wilhelm II celebrated his seventy second birthday quietly at Doorn House in exile. Messages of congratulation arrived from Germany and from American friends as he tended his rosarium and chopped wood like a local laborer. Most of his family were present but Prince Oscar was recovering in a Berlin hospital.

Doorn Holland Willam Hohenzollern Doorn House Germany Prince Oscar Berlin

Tums for quick relief of sour digestion and heartburn

Quick relief for sour stomach indigestion and heartburn. Tums antacid. Only 10c.

Calisthenics Knowledge Compared With Cooking Skill

A speaker notes that a wife who can cook a kipper better than someone who knows calisthenics but nothing about cooking. The remark attributed to Dr. J. A. Fairer appears in a brief, unspecified context.

Dr. J

Death of Harry Chapman in Berryville Auto Crash

Harry D. Chapman 32, Chesapeake Ohio automobile dealer for Chevrolet, died after a Sunday evening crash near his home. His body was taken to Berryville for funeral services by Rev. Dr. Louis Tucker with interment at Green Hill Cemetery. His mechanic Frank Hodges injured. Chapman survived the initial scene but died en route to a Parkersburg hospital. Chapman leaves a widow, four sisters, and five brothers.

Berryville Harry D. Chapman Chesapeake Ohio Mildred Fries Louis Tucker Grace Episcopal Church Green Hill Cemetery Parkersburg W. Va Frank Hodges Chapman Chevrolet Motor Company Jesapeake John Chapman Yqgs Charles P Chapman Charles Haun Charles Pine Winchester R. R. Rumbarger Luray Va Calvin P Alfred Chapman Chesapeake, O Lynn Wilton Chapman

Local Visitors Tour Washington and Richmond Figures

Mr. Malcolm E. Williams of the Portland Cement Association in Richmond is here on business for several days. Mr. and Mrs. George Barr were in Washington yesterday. B T Wertzer H Pennybacker and T F Riddle of Fae are guests at Hotel Jack.

B. W. Hall Garden City, N Y George Washington Hotel Richmond George Barr Washington Estentay Messrs B. T. Wertzer A H Pennybacker T. F. Riddle of Fae Hotel Jack

Ex-service Men Stage Large Winchester Smoker in Rouss Hall

Some 150 ex service men gathered at Rouss Fire Company Hall in Winchester for a war era style smoker sponsored by Robert Y. Cnorad Post No 21 American Legion. Speeches and reminiscences from veterans and local figures highlighted the informal event with music and plentiful food and beverages supplied by regional firms.

Rouss Fire Company Robert Y. Cnorad No. 21 American Legion Hugh Clark Winchester Frederick County Clifford D. Grim T. Russell Cather Commonwealth E. C. Stuart B. M. Roszel Virginia Department W. A. Baker West Virginia Maryland Ruth Provision Company Washington Chase and Sanborn Nehi Bottling Works B. and C Berkeley Springs Bottling Company Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works

Admits Slaying Wife Aged 15

Terra Haute Indiana January 27 Lawrence Johnson 23 killed his 15 year old wife Mildred an expectant mother with an axe at her mothers home last night He then talked with relatives until police arrived Johnson said he killed her because he did not want her to have any children The slaying was discovered after the man stayed with family until authorities took him into custody

Associated Press Terra Haute Ind Lawrence Johnson Mildred Johnson

Min and Vienna Nights At Capitol In Color Film

Marie Dressler stars as Min in a dramatic tale at the Capitol today and Wallace plays a sea captain. Also on bill Vienna Nights in natural color with Maryland Collegians providing a second-stage attraction with solo numbers.

Marie Dressler Wallace the Beery Min Capitol Miss Dressler Wallace Marjorie Rambeau Dorothy Jordoin Donald Dillaway Maryland Warner Brothers Capital Maryland Collegians Keith Loew

Defeat of G. O. P. Senator Blamed on Forum Distribution

Gordon Huff testified before the Senate campaign funds committee that 100000 copies of a Kentucky edition of the Fellowship Forum issued by the Ku Klux Klan were circulated despite Republican leaders deeming them harmful. Forty thousand nine hundred copies burned before the election and 30000 after. Robinson was the only Republican who approved its distribution.

Associated Press Washington Kentucky Fellowship Forum Ku Klux Klan Robinson Senate Campaign Funds Committee Gordon Huff Louisville Huff Republican State Central Committee State Committee Craddock Langley

Labor-saving machines and worker reallocation idea

Senator James J. Davis argues that every labor-saving machine should include a plan to use the workers it frees. He suggests policies to retrain and reemploy labor as automation grows, highlighting the need to balance innovation with job opportunities.

James J. Davis

Chicago Grain Closing Prices Show Upward Swing

Wheat rose on improved tone in Winnipeg and Liverpool markets with July futures supported by lower moisture in the winter wheat belt. Corn advanced on short coverings as traders awaited May and July quotes. rye saw limited activity with small gains.

Liverpool Chicago Board of Trade

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