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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1929
Page
3
The notice states donations and social news can be mailed or telephoned at any time. The contact person Tasballe B Miller will be glad to receive news by carrier or telephone and telegram for the following day. Phone number is 33.
Miss Genevieve Hawkins and Dr Harman wed July 2 at the Unitarian church in Parsons with the Rev. officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H M Wilson, is a Wardensville native and former Handley High and Shepherd College graduate. Dr Harman, of Parsons, is Louisville dental alumnus and Mooresfield resident with plans to practice after a honeymoon in Atlantic City Philadelphia New York. Governors Gardner and party visited Winchester en route to Raleigh after unveiling a Confederate memorial in Gettysburg.
Miss Elizabeth Siler, recently training as a pupil nurse at Flushing Hospital, Flushing Long Island, arrived in Boyce Clarke County to spend two weeks with her aunt Miss Ethel Cooper. On the way south she spent a week with her aunt Mrs George Shakeljan at East Quogue Long Island.
The Rev. Sewell J. Goode and his wife Mrs. Goode with son James arrived in Winchester this week and will reside on South Braddock street. He recently accepted a call to pastor the Capon Bridge and Ebenezer churches and will continue evangelistic work alongside his duties. Mrs. Goode, formerly Miss Minnie McIlwee of Frederick County, is introduced.
Floyd Flickinger of this city is named to the William and Mary College faculty for the coming September. He will teach American history and is a son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Flickinger. He graduated from Shepherd College and Lafayette College and did post graduate work at the University of Virginia. He earned the Society of Cincinnati medal for a thesis on Major General Daniel Morgan and the Southern Campaign.
Holmes Conrad Smith, formerly of Winchester and now of Washington, sails from New York on the Arabic to study a year at the University of Grenoble. He is the son of Rev. Dr. W. D. Smith of St. Mark's Richmond and the late Elizabeth Conrad Smith, and grandson of the late Major and Mrs. Holmes Conrad.
Mr Walter Harden of Connellsville and Miss Marguerite Dickerhoff of Scottsdale were married this morning at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North avenue by Rev George W Stover. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs James R Dickerhoff and the groom son of Mr and Mrs David Harden.
Miss Rosalie Bruce Nelson, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Robert B. Nelson, travels to New York for a six week course in athletic directorship. She is accompanied by her mother who visits in East Orange New Jersey. Nelson was valedictorian of Handley High School class of 1929.
Mr. Owen Knight son of Dr. B Mitchell Knight Sr returned yesterday from a month with relatives in Kansas City and St Joseph Missouri and left this morning for Fort Hoyle Virginia to attend the Officers Reserve Corps summer training camp. He is accompanied by his older brother Charles Knight of the Virginia State Highway Commission engineering force on a short visit.
A marriage license was issued in the Corporation Court clerk's office spring Md today to Daniel E Yetter of Hagerstown and Miss Margaret Wolf daughter of John Wolf. The bridegroom is a stonemason and is a son of Calvin Yetter of Clearspring.
At Jordan Springs Hotel over the weekend are Thomas M Seeds Jr and daughter Mise Alise Seeds of New York City Dr Edward B Gilford and son Paul Gilford of Philadelphia Mrs S M Williams and Mise B Pennybacker of Broadway Va. The new pool is filled and open for swimming. Mixed social notices follow listing many visitors and brief travel plans among Winchester area residents and guests from Akron Ohio Chicago and Martinsburg among others.
Special to The Star Harrisonburg Virginia July 6 James T Buck editor of Cros Bycton Tex Review writes he is gathering data for a family history. He seeks data on Buck Love Perry Cheatham Caruthers Newman Draper and related families including a Virginia line tied to Mary Draper and a racer about Indian captivity rumor. He traces Bucks back to Rev Richard Buck a Church of England minister who came to Virginia in 1610.
Three men robbed the Dauphin National Bank in Dauphin Pennsylvania after blacjacking cashier Harold F Cobaugh as he opened for business. Officials estimate theft at about 25000 dollars. Suspects fled in an automobile and state police pursued in the surrounding mountains.
C D O Conor Goolrick former Fredericksburg state senator claimed G Walter Mapp a gubernatorial candidate backed a joint resolution in the Virginia General Assembly to end public school superintendent elections by the people and hand the choosing power to the legislature. He cited Senate Resolution No 1 filed January 14 1920 as the first move toward a shorter ballot.
The Chicago Tribune plane Antin Bowler remained weather-bound at Great Whale Hudson trading post after landing in bad conditions. Messages said it landed with poor weather and the crew included Parker D. Cramer, Robert Gast, and Robert Ward.
An advertisement offers Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound at Baker's Drug Store Winchester Virginia. It markets relief for nervousness tiredness and digestion issues with a money back promise and a 10 days sale price of $1.00 per bottle.
A local ad invites customers to visit and be impressed by affordable rugs. It promises surprising beauty and low cost, encouraging shoppers to come in and explore the selection.
Three street cars burned on Canal Street during unrest in New Orleans amid ongoing demonstrations. A car destroyed yesterday and others damaged as police used tear gas and water cannons to quell the disturbances reported by city authorities.
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