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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1932
Page
3
Local singers prepare for Massanetta Springs Music Festival in August. Winchester aims to send a large state choir, following last year’s participation, with a first meeting at 8 pm at Mrs. Frank L. Buckley’s home on South Stewart Street.
Mrs Claude Kline hosted a bridal shower for her daughter in law Mrs Evans Kline formerly Miss Jeanne Hammock at the Martinsburg pike home. Gifts were placed in a basket and admired before a refreshment course was served.
A sequence of weekly and semi weekly gatherings is listed. Veterans of Foreign Wars hold regular Poe meeting at 8 00 p m Monday. American Legion Auxiliary meets at Mrs Carl Masseys home. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel Tuesday at 12 30 p m. Kiwanis Club Wednesday at 12 45 p m. United Brethren Church youth choir practice at 6 45 p m. Grace Lutheran Church adult choir at 8 30 p m. Rotary Club luncheon at 1 00 p m Wednesday. Loyal Temperance Union meets 7 30 p m at Braddock Street Church. Ladies Aid lawn party sponsored by First Christian Church. Braddock Street church choir at 7 00 p m Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. T. White returned to Baltimore after a weekend visit hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Hack on South Washington Street. The Hack home buzzed with a buffet luncheon entertaining Winchester society members. Miss Frances Lindsay journeyed from Wilmington Delaware to stay with Miss Mary Greenway Russell on South Stewart Street for ten days. While in town she attended numerous parties honoring Miss Lindsay.
Miss Lena Mazzullo and Miss Gladys Carver return to Washington after weekend with the Carvers on East Piccadilly. Several city residents, including Harold C. Sheetz Jr and others, plan two week trips to Atlantic City. Others host guests or travel to Staten Island and Washington for short stays. A child recovering from appendicitis shows slight improvement. Mary Katherine Aulick visits mother in Chambersburg area after Gent Camp. Frances Beverley returns from Upperville weekend. Wilbur Jenkins recovering at home after surgery.
The notice outlines a service to record expressions of sympathy from neighbors and friends and provides tasteful card options for thanks. It emphasizes assisting patrons with floral offerings and calls while leveraging its social usage expertise.
Mrs J A Richard of South Stewart street has gone to Baltimore Union Memorial Hospital for treatment and a complete test and expects to be away about two weeks. Miss Emily Lansford of Northern Virginia Power Company offices left Saturday for New York City for a week. Capt E W Miller departed for Carlisle Barracks to undergo two weeks of military training.
Staunton and Waynesboro will receive natural gas via a 20 inch line from Kentucky and West Virginia. The Virginia Gas Distribution Corporation sets new rates lowering costs per 100 cubic feet and announcing immediate work to install infrastructure and adjust local appliances for higher heat content gas.
The Virginia Gas Distribution Corporation finalized the purchase of Consumers Utilities Company in New York last Friday morning. Paul R. Taylor signed for Consumers Utilities with Raymond Cross and Frances B. Flahive signing for Columbia Gas and Electric and the Virginia Gas Distribution Corporation.
Official tallies show the grasshopper as the largest single outlay of the year while noting a rival in spending dubbed the political bee. The remark hints at shifting priorities and the sharp contrast in expenditure labels.
UTH Bend Indiana July 11 Associated Press Storey sought for slayer of Dr Martin Larking Toledo physician last Friday kidnapped John Hova of Toledo and Hovas nephew William, forced them to drive him here. He was wounded while attempting to escape police after arrest in a telegraph office. He broke loose during transport, fled through city streets, dived into the St Joseph river and was dragged from the river to a hospital for examination.
A reflective inquiry contrasts personal calm with broader anxieties about peers and recent events. The piece ponders shared modern concerns and how individuals perceive collective risk.
Floods on Paint and Armstrong creeks near Charleston, West Virginia, drown twelve people. Four bodies recovered from Paint creek and eight from the Kanawha river. Reports say more than 150 homes washed away. occupancy unknown. Evidence of havoc from a sudden rainstorm seen on the Kanawha river.
In Bellaire Ohio a picket named Steven Bowen aged 40 died from a bullet wound sustained during clashes at the Millfield mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Company. Bowen and other pickets were attempting to stop a miner from reporting for duty when violence erupted. Three men said to be reporters for a New York communist newspaper were arrested as fresh outbreaks occurred.
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