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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1936
Page
2
The county page lists numerous weekend visits and gatherings. Families hosted relatives from Winchester, Pittsburgh, Hagerstown, and Washington with trips to Waynesboro, Front Royal, and Hamilton. Notables include powers trips to Canada and local park events with games and birthday celebrations.
Mr and Mrs Walter Dailey hosted a birthday dinner at their Cross Junction Virginia home for their son Melvin with a picnic style service. Attendees included the Dailey and Whitacre families and numerous friends and neighbors.
About fifty family connections attended the Farmer family reunion at the home of Mr. Ashby Farmer on Sunday. Distants guests included Mr and Mrs Howard Summers and son Allen of Philadelphia. Leon Smith Master Nat Smith Gilbert Catlett and E E Bayliss drove to Washington DC on Saturday. Several from here went to the Chestnut Grove picnic Saturday afternoon. Little Miss Maxine Donovan, ill with pneumonia, is able to be out.
Middletown notes list visitors and residents including Julius Caldwell returning to Altoona after a week with Raymond Headley. Richards Romack spent the Fourth with his parents Harvey Romack and plans to return to Fort Meyer. Mrs Walter Stockton and party visited Mrs Frank Weirick and son John. Stockton stays with her sister Weirick. Emory Matthews departed on.
Mrs. Mary Sibert returns home from Frederick Maryland after visiting her son L L Sibert and family. Various locals travel to Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland for visits, funerals and celebrations including Mr and Mrs Carson Dettra in Winchester with Miss Elsie Reese Sperry, plus attendance at John Snapp funeral and a Ruth Sperry birthday party.
Miss Maude Wright, employed in Washington DC, is at home for a period due to illness and will not resume work soon. Miss Katherine Wright is spending her vacation here.
Mrs. Tamson Luttrell returns home after wintering in Martinsburg West Virginia with her son. A picnic at Howards Chapel is planned for Saturday afternoon July 25 with a Sunday School program at 3 pm followed by a yard party to benefit the Ladies Aid Society.
Reliability family and friends gather for Fourth of July visits and church society meeting. Fragments show Miss Frances Brumback visiting, Mrs C A Pence returning from Winchester hospital, and Ralph Judy recovering from spotted fever. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Werrick, Rev H E Richardson and family.
An advertisement touts ARAX as a universal stomach remedy that also aids the nerves blood and kidneys. It claims 75 percent of illnesses originate in the stomach and cites numerous symptoms and testimonials from local users.
A surprise party honored Miss Elsie Grover as her young friends hosted games dancing and refreshments Friday night for a memorable social event in the community.
Reynolds Store notes from Ryrnose Virginia on July 9 record visits by Ernest Batt and family at the West Clark place near Buck Point. Nearby families from Kester Chestnut Grove Martinsburg and Winchester drop in. Bear sighting noted near Capon Mountain and Sleepy Creek area.
Refuge Virginia on July 9 reports a Tuesday hail storm the strongest in sixteen years. Flat hail up to half dollars damaged gardens and corn and broke several window panes at F. H. Ritenour’s house. Local resident Willis Suddith visited nearby on Monday evening. Frank Huffman and family from near Stephens City visited relatives here on Sunday.
Mrs. Florence Grandel of Bruns wick Md visited Mr. and Mrs. James Orndorff on Sunday after touring with Mrs. Hattie Willis last week. Bernice Ferrebee of Washington DC stayed with her parents over the weekend. Yton Benhington visited Austin Conner’s family last week. Gretta Bray attends Massanetta Springs as a Refuge church delegate. Howard Leith spent several days with his parents in Middleburg. Thieves raided Albert Grim’s turkey house Sunday night and took forty five young turkeys.
Bracetown Virginia notes list local residents visiting relatives and traveling to Washington. Mr Russell Swimley and Mr William Swimley toured the area. Mrs Florence Galloway was sick Sunday. Triggs of Martinsburg and Mr Brill hosted relatives. Whitacre and Whitacre visitors from Winchester and Martinsburg called on friends.
Chambersville notes report the Bible School at Round Hill Presbyterian Church opening last Monday with a large attendance and a two week run. Local residents and visitors are listed visiting and attending events, including Mrs. P. H. Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Anderson, Mrs. Virginia Rogers, the Spitlers, Miss Myra Payne, Mr. Haven Wolfe, and Mt. Pleasant homecoming attendees Objects include neighbors from Winchester, Boyce, and other nearby towns attending family visits and services.
In Richmond Virginia on July 9 the fiscal secretary of recreation states it is unlawful to fish in inland waters outside a citizen’s own county or city unless a license is procured. Hable’s Palace.
James Dunn appears in Bad Boy at Hablé's Palace for its final showings tonight. The film highlights a dangerous charm and a brave girl who bets on him. The program includes a Fox News reel, a comedy, and a novelty. Navy Born also screens at the Palace Friday with Gargan and Dodd, plus The Adventures of Frank Merriwell and a new serial Flash Gordon with Buster Crabbe.
Warner Bros CAPITOL presents The Princess Comes Across starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. Lombard plays a charming American posing as a Swedish princess aboard the luxury liner Mammoth en route to New York. She falls for MacMurray, a swing-band maestro, as a murder plot and blackmail swirl around five international detectives and a tense dockside climax.
Mrs A D Frete's met on the ruly for the fourth consecutive time as fourth, a cat she owns gave birth to four kittens.
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