Notable Winchester Residents on Visits and Tours
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Maxwell Field arrive in the city for a visit to Mrs. Field's mother Mrs. Robert T. Barton on South Washington street. Esther Dudley and Kathryn Dudley visit their father Rev. W. L. Dudley and plan trips to Gloucester after a stay here. Virginia Pharmaceutical Association hosts 500 attendees with local participants S. B. Brooks and William DiZerega. Rev. S. R. Ludwig takes a two week vacation with family in Rio W Va and Winchester. Boy Scout Troop No 3 spends a night at Opequon Lake Park under Scoutmaster William Brown. Mary Glenn Lupton returns from Woodstock and several Salem guests also depart. L. R. Smith and family return from vacation to South Cameron street after trips to Gates N C and Norfolk Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Maxwell Field
Rochester
Robert T. Barton
South Washington Street
Field
Gertrude Barton
Enin Engineering
Winchester
Common Council
Esther Dudley
East Orange
N. J
Scarsdale
N. Y
W. L. Dudley
Church of Christ
South Cameron Street
Kathryn Dudley
A. M. Showalter
Christiansburg
Dudley
Gloucester
Mass
Virginia Phamaceutical Association
Old Point Comfort
Associated Press
Newport News
S. B. Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy
William DiZerega
Baker’s Drug Store
Mr. Ludwig
S. R. Ludwig
Rio
W. Va
Opequon
Boy Scouts
Opequon Lake Park
William Brown
L. R. Smith
Messrs. F. S. Emmett, Son and Company
Mrs Wall entertains Washington and New York guests
Mrs Virginia Wall hosted relatives at No 423 West Clifford Street inviting Mr and Mrs Stewart S Jacobs of New York City and Mr and Mrs Henry Walter and children from Washington Mrs Walter is a Wall niece. Miss Martha E B Stowers resumes Red Cross duties in Winchester and Frederick County after a Texas visit. Mr George H Burwell of Millwood was in town on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall
Washington
New York
Virginia Wall
West Clifford Street
Stewart S. Jacobs
New York City
Henry Walter
Walter
Miss Stowers
Red Cross
Martha EB. Stowers
Winchester
Waco
Texas
J. B. Stowers
Frederick County
American Red Cross
George H. Burwell
Millwood
George de Bier
Philadelphia
Miss Gertrude Ritter Personal Shower Hosts in City
Miss Gertrude Ritter received bridal gifts at a personal shower hosted by her cousin Miss Helen Ritter at 218 South Braddock Street. Mr Alan Peery of this city is to marry Miss Ritter next Monday at East Cork Street home of A Taylor Ritter and Mrs Ritter. About thirty guests attended and five tables of bridge were played with an elegant supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Ritter
Ritter
South Braddock Street
Gertrude Ritter
Alan Peery
Miss Ritter
A. Taylor Ritter
East Cork Street
Miss Gertrude Newlin Weds Nolan C Orndorff in Hagerstown
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Gertrude L Newlin of this city to Nolan C Orndorff of Atlantic City New Jersey. They were married in Hagerstown Maryland on Saturday June 29 with Rev Raymond Lowbray officiating. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert J Newlin and the groom son of Mr and Mrs George L Orndorff of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude, L. Newlin
This City
Eorge L. Orndoff
Winchester
Marriage of Isabel McCann to D W Alexander announced
Announcement from Hagerstown Maryland confirms the marriage of Miss Isabel McCann daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles R McCann Frederick County to Mr D W Alexander of Hagerstown The ceremony occurred last Saturday in Washington DC They plan to reside in Hagerstown upon returning from a brief wedding trip Alexander formerly connected with Winchester airport as an aviation pilot and more recently with Kreider Reisner Aircraft Company in Hagerstown
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
D. W. Alexander
Isabel McCann
Charles R. McCann
Frederick County
Washington, D. C
Alexander
California
Winchester Airport
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company
W C T U to Meet Thursday Afternoon in Handley Library
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a 3 PM meeting Thursday in Handley Library auditorium. Members are urged to attend in full force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library Auditorium
Local Social Notes Highlight Harbaugh Family Guests and Community Moves
Baltimore residents Mr and Mrs Dean C Harbaugh and their children Philip and Emma visited Mrs and Mrs Gordon Aiken at their Opequon Lake Park cabin during the Fourth of July. Guests included Mrs William Walton and her son John from Maylen Pennsylvania with plans to return to the park next week. Lester Kerlin, promoted to manager of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company store in Loudoun and Boscawen streets, succeeds Robert R Williams who transfers to Warrenton VA. The notes also mention visits from Miss Lillian Kirby of Minneapolis and Mr Frank Lewis of Charles Town, Inez Funkhouser of Harrisonburg leaving for New York, and Mr and Mrs John C Meredith from Kansas City staying at the Washington Inn. Further items cover Mrs Brooke Hodgson and daughter visiting Parsons WV, Virginia Glass Dove visiting Berryville, Miss Booker returning to Harrisonburg, and trips involving Mr and Mrs E M Hicks and granddaughter Mary Lee Hicks with others to Aldridge WV and Culpeper VA for the horse show. Mr and Mrs J Thomas Boyd return from a motor trip to Ohio and resume police duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Kerlin
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Loudoun
Boscawen Streets
Robert R. Williams
Warrenton
Kerlin
Stock Market Heads Up After A Brief Check
The stock market moved irregularly higher in early trading then faced brief selling, but recovered to rise impressively by early afternoon. Call money stayed firm at 9 percent as a strong close was reported with about 4 million shares traded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Call Money
Aviator Wives Share Confidence Amid Rome Flight
Mrs Williams and other aviator wives discuss their husbands journeys to Rome. She says she is confident in him after three years of preparation and would not join the voyage, citing concern from her mother and her own caution from seeing such occurrences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mams
Rome
Humidity Running High In Baltimore
One heat prostration reported to police as Baltimore sweltered in the nineties. The victim, Harrison D Hoff man, 29, a fire insurance collector, was treated at a hospital and later sent home. Humidity stood six per cent above normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
Harrison D. Hoffman
Canadian alcohol exports to U S plunge in Windsor port
Treasury data show a drastic drop in Canadian exported alcoholic beverages to the United States via Windsor in June 1929. The department estimated a loss of 357,156 gallons from the prior year, highlighting a sharp decline in cross border trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Canada
United States
Windsor
The
Treasury
Young Farmers Outperform Elders in Corn Yields in Illinois
In Illinois farm youth averaged 50.99 bushels of corn per acre versus 88.4 state average, with youths also surpassing state wheat and oats yields. The study covered 442 farm boys using class project planting in 187 schools and credited seed selection and University of Illinois recommended corn varieties for improved yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois
University of Illinois
Markers Planned on Civil War Battlefields in Virginia
Virginia officials announce markers for Civil War sites in Bedford Campbell and Appomattox counties along highway 10 near Lynchburg. They will mark Hunter Early retreats Poplar Forest Jefferson home Goode and Daniel homes Chestnut Hill Mount Athos Old St Stephens Church and the McLean House where Lee's terms of surrender were arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Bedford
Campbell
Appomattox
H. J. Eckgnrodey
State Conservation and Development Commission
Highway No. 10
Lynchburg
Hunter
Early
Otter Road
Lynchburg Poplar Forest
Thos. Jefferson
John Goode
John W. Daniel
Chestnut Hill
Mount Athos
Old Quaker Meeting House
Wheat prices rise as yield prospects weaken in US and Canada
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports wheat futures up 10 to 12 cents for the week ending July 6 due to unfavorable spring grain prospects in the United States and Canada and poor seeding in the southern hemisphere. Winter wheat prices remain firm while new crop supplies enter markets, with soft winter wheat close to hard winter prices in Kansas City and St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Washington
Bureau of Agriculture
Heconomics
United States
Canada
Canadian
Northwest
Argentina
Kansas City
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
King George Suffers Relapse. Night Passed Quietly
London dispatch reports King George ending a comfortable night at Buckingham Palace after a relapse in his left lung condition. Doctors say sinus in the lung shows unsatisfactory progress and X rays for further treatment are not promising. visit to Sandringham postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associate
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Britain
Summer Palace
Sandringham
Infant Son of Seabright Dies of Malnutrition
Elmer W. Seabright aged eight months, son of Elmer and Virginia Giffin Seabright, died at 4 p m yesterday at 728 South Cameron street from malnutrition. Survived by parents two sisters Jaquetin and Nancy. Funeral at 4 p m today from the house conducted by Rev Louis F Harper Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. Seabright
Elmer
Virginia Giffin Seabright
South
Cameron Street
Jaquetin
Nancy Seabright
Louis F. Harper
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Two More Named To U. S. Farm Board
President Hoover nearing completion of the Federal Farm Board appointments with William F. Schilling of Northfield Minnesota accepting as spokesman for the dairying industry. Six of eight seats filled, two vacancies to be filled before Monday, then board to meet first time at the White House with all appointees present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associate
Washington
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
William F. Schilling
Northfield
Minn
White House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rostonians
Huntsberry
Miss’ Helen Ritter
Gertrude Newlin
Mr. N. C. Orndorff
M. D. Mitchell
Staunton
Murray D. Mitchell
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Mitchell
Frank 58. Black
Jordan Springs
First Christian Church
Capon River
Virginia Purtlebaugh
Jeanne Halsted
Iva
Carrie Slonaker
Arnold Slonaker
Newton Hutzler
Vernon Lewis
Newton Droke
Martinsburg
Slonaker
Elizabeth Cougill
Middletown
Massanetta Springs
Hazel Lodge
Culpeper, Va
Mrs. Stringfellow
C. J. Swank, Jr
Virginia Military Institute
Fort Myer
C. J. Swank
David W. Mills
Sevral
Colleen Elizabeth
C. V. Sillings
Jo Sillings
John B. Grove
Petersburg
Hotel Jack
George Barr
Atlantic City
Lola Stotler
Pittsburgh, Pa
Conrad Stotler
J. T. McCauley
Romney, Va
Jack
Mrs. Lee Fisher
Norman Graber
Myrtle Fuller
Paul Fletcher
Harrisonburg
Charles Town
Mr. Price
Waynesboro Electric Company
Waynesboro, Pa
Douglas Cain
Audrey
Cain
Katherine Sherman
Ida Cain
Maggie Padgett
North Kent Street
Pitsburgh
Grace Slifer
E. P. Slifer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Memorial Hospital
R. Gray Williams
Rappahannock County
Mrs. Aiken
Lillian Kirby
Minneapolis, Minn
Frank Lewis
Inez Funkhouser
Suzanna Nicodemus
South Stewart Street
John C. Meredith
Washington Inn
Meredith
William C. Marshall
Brooke Hodgson
Edward C. Goss
James McFadden
Parsons
Virginia Glass Dove
Gina’s
Millwood Pike
Lucy Vorous
Berryville
Clarke County
Miss Booker
E. M. Hicks
Mary Lee Hicks
Mallie Adams
Aldridge
Jack Tharpe
William Bailey
Stewart Jacobs
Homer Rouzee
Culpeper
J. Thomas Boyd
Ohio
Mr. Boyd
Chicago Tribune
King
Elmer Seabright
U. S. Farm Board
Pspers
Lorain
R. M. Swimley
Hotel Jack Coffee
R. Seckler
Arthur W. Fansler
Lovett. Bros
Voiles
Dimities
Washington Hotel
Miller
Patton
Laize & Bro
North Market St
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