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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1923
Page
7
Miss Mary Bruce Kinsolving, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kinsolving of New York, will marry at O Selock with Dr. Kinsolving officiating and a wedding breakfast at their summer home. About 15 attend shortly after the ceremony. The bride will be given in marriage by Mr. Randolph Williams of Richmond.
A lawn festival at the Church of the Sacred Heart faced a drizzle and gusty wind but continued indoors in the basement as refreshment tables moved inside. Ice cream cakes and sandwiches sold well, and proceeds rose. The night featured a bed comfort raffle donated by Miss Nan Keating, with boys winning the main chance by 22 cents and Mrs. Albert Curl securing the comfort.
Mr and Mrs Walker McC Bond move into their West Water Street residence recently bought by Grace Lutheran Church on North Main Street. The former Water Street house, once home of Miss Kate MecVicar, will be razed for a modern parish house and nearby firemen’s hall site.
The Baltimore American notes Miss Jane Cover daughter of Mr and Mrs Loring A Cover formerly of Winchester now in Baltimore is among the youngest entrants in the tennis tournament at Green Spring Valley Hunt Club starting July 16. She is spending summer with her parents at their Green Spring Valley home.
Presbyterians from the Virginias Maryland and southern Pennsylvania meet at Pen Mar for their fiftieth annual reunion. Rev Dr Lewis S Mudge of Philadelphia will deliver the principal address on Presbyterianism and Progress. James McKinley Rose a lyric tenor from New York will sing. The Pen Mar Orchestra provides a 1 30 p m concert before the program.
A group of Winchester youths left today for Camp Shenandoah organized by the Harrisonburg Rotary Club at Island Ford in Rockingham County. Attendees include Tom Scully C M Henkle Jr Lenwood Fultz Fred L Glaize Jr John Scully and Redgely White.
Mr Thomas W Colbert and his bride Mrs Clara McVicar Whissen of Newport News Va have returned from their wedding voyage and reside at Point of Rocks Md The groom is a Baltimore and Ohio mail clerk The bride formerly Miss Clara McVicar of Winchester Her late father Charles W McVicar was a carriage maker and Confederate veteran leader in this city
Mrs. Joseph B. Newlin sails to Seabrook New Hampshire for July and August at her parents summer home in Lawrence Massachusetts. Miss Betha Alley returns from Baltimore. The editor notes visits to Washington Richmond and Staunton with relatives and business trips to Glyndon Woodstock and Staunton.
Virginia prepares a warm welcome for three military groups at their annual Norfolk reunion from August 26 to September 1. About 50 000 veterans are expected, with 20 000 from the Eightieth division, 25 000 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and 1 600 Thirty-eighth Infantry survivors. A fund of 100000 has been raised for entertainment, including 15000 from Norfolk. Notables invited include President Harding and General Pershing.
Pars reports the French Senate this afternoon ratified the Washington treaty for the limitation of naval armament, moving to implement the pact amid ongoing postwar disarmament efforts.
Twenty seven Industrial Workers of the World members were convicted in a Los Angeles Supreme Court trial. The case charged them with incorporating as a syndicate to further unlawful activities.
Seaman, Jenkins and Patton dominated the game with a string of innings ending in double plays and a late triple play. Seaman earned the win as Harrisonburg’s offense struck in the seventh, producing the lone run while Mattox Wise and Robbins homered for the visitors.
Results show Harrisonburg 9 over Chester 6 and Woodstock 7 over Twin Towns 2 with Front Royal at New Market canceled.
A Chinese boy pursues a treasure hunt alone after his guardian abandons the search. He naps on a rock then discovers gems in a sunlit crevice, sending rings to Miss Aldrich in Peking. An attack repelled by a woman’s improvised flag signals danger to a party of Americans.
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