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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1930
Page
3
The department will be mailed or written to Mrs Teabeile P Miller and should arrive between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. The note provides a phone contact.
A group visited Morgan and Washington era sites including Saratoga and Carter Hall, viewing Blue Ridge vistas and colonial architecture. Notable stops included New Market, Annfield, Old Chapel, Fairfield, and a gala dinner at Gaylord Inn with hostesses praised for hospitality.
Recent guests at Jordan White Sulphur Springs included Misses Helen Russell Thelma Helvenstine Leslie Russell Elizabeth Ramsburg Mary Russell Regina Pifer Alexina Galloway Dorothy Levi Edith Morrison Emma Skelton Louise Huyette Virginia Morrison Nina Bromley Elsie Cadwallader Helen Garnet Levi of Berryville Sarah Watson of Charles Town Louise Van Lew of Roanoke Mrs Lina Huyette of Berryville and Mr J J Van Lew of Roanoke.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Watts of Canada are returning to their Winchester residence at 27 West Hilly Street this week. Watts has long operated in the apple exporting business and plans to meet friends and customers upon arrival.
Mrs. William A Merritt and her son Billy Merritt of Charleston DC arrived in Winchester for a weeks stay and are guests at the Washington Inn on South Stewart Street. Mrs Merritt is the widow of Captain Merritt a master in the United States Navy whose death occurred in Charleston years ago. Mrs Merritt was formerly Elise Oldham daughter of the late Mr and Mrs E C Oldham.
Mr. R. C. McKee, injured in a sand mine accident at Gore about three weeks ago, was moved Saturday from Memorial Hospital to his Gore home and is reported very much improved. The Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church will meet Tuesday evening July 15 at 8 o'clock. Members urged to attend, especially group leaders, as important business and year-end matters will be discussed. Mrs. William Cabell Brown of Richmond, widow of Bishop Brown, visits Winchester with daughters Margaret and Kate Mason Brown. Mrs. J Few Brown hosts a bridge party for Edwin C Luke of New York in Berryville. Former Governor Morrow of Kentucky and Isaak Walton League president visit Clarke county on the Shenandoah River.
The Shenandoah Valley Serenaders will provide music for a mid summer dance Thursday evening at Jordan in White Sulphur Springs. A large crowd is expected with about fifteen visiting girls staying at the hotel and many local and out of town dancers anticipated. Mr Louis J Barr of Washington spent the weekend with relatives.
Miss Mary Lou Steele was chosen district secretary for the ensuing year in the Winchester district. Miss Eleanor Molar of Charles Town will be superintendent of the district. The Junior Hi-League won the banner for all junior hi-chapters.
The eee. and Clarke County Garden Club meet Wednesday afternoon July 16 at Scaleby the home of Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin in Boyce. A practical program covers plant varieties seed-bed construction and sowing soil testing by Edward G. Butler and a questionnaire. The Cedar circle hosts, then adjourn to the house.
Social items include the Hawse and Eckley families returning from Massanetta Springs, births such as Alfred Ray Hummer, and attendance at a Woodstock cornerstone ceremony led by Cassell and the Masons. Also pictured are Girl Scouts seeking funds for summer camp, visits by Mrs. Herbert Robinson and other locals, and numerous weekend travel mentions including trips to Washington, Harrisonburg, Atlantic City, and Virginia Beach.
Several residents return from trips and visits with relatives in Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania and Maryland. People listed include Mr and Mrs Rhodes Hunts ary Mr and Mrs Arthur Thomas Nellie Wager E J Dunlap Miss Anne Robinson and Imar Jr Helen Renner Walter B Krebs and F H Krebs Dame Ward and Louise Eustler O F Jenkins and Massanetta Springs attendee George Lind and Baltimore trip companions.
Mrs. Stanley Herbaugh has been moved from Memorial Hospital to her home near Opequon. Georgie Groves, long patient at Memorial, is improving after a major operation and returning home to North Loudoun Street. Mrs. Lloyd Agnew of Charleston, DC, visits Gray Gables Inn on South Washington Street for the summer. Bert Dickerson family from Constantine Michigan and Ella O’Neal from Washington visited O’Neals. Ralph Brown and children toured to Baltimore to see son Richard Brown at the Children’s Hospital School. Ladies Aid Society of Frederick Circuit plans a yard party at 113 Whitlock Avenue on July 17 with music by the Relief band.
Mrs Goodwin Williams hosted a bridge party at Airlie in Berryville Virginia with guests including Mrs H B Harris Miss Emily Powers and several others from Mobile Alabama Atlanta and Washington. The Washington Post reported on the N L Lansbury Company sale to H G Smithy Company and Horace Smithy.
The text portrays the Lansbury Company's leadership with vice president and treasurer Smithy overseeing building operations. Smithy holds multiple posts including director at District National Bank and vice president at several real estate firms and boards. Additional social notes mention visits by various residents and church anniversary services in Berryville and Alexandria.
Residents and guests are listed visiting friends and relatives in Braddock Berryville and nearby areas. West visits family, Mrs Thrift of Sapulpa stays with Hobson relations, Ginns prepare to ship to Panama, Edwin Clifford Lake returns from New York, Smiths visit Springsberry, Harris clan hosts guest sister Poster, Foster joins from Washington, Muller stays at Woodlawn, Kerfoot and Henry visit Miss Crown, Payton family and Osborne travel from Birmingham by motor to visit Dr Osborne and Mr and Mrs Allen.
Mrs. Wyndham longtime resident of Clarke County dies. She is survived by a sister Miss Ide Wyndham of Winchester and a brother Ash ey Hammack of Middletown Virginia. Funeral is set for 3 p m Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Berryville with graveside rites in Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers include Walter Wise Carver Terrell Jones Frank Baughman Newton Smith Herbert Whiting and E O Russell.
John MacDonald, who recanted his 14 year old testimony that sent Mooney and Billings to life in prison for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, is released to his attorney. He aims to undo the wrong, with a California audience possible and private detectives watching him.
Six kidnappers snatched Samuel Hollander from his post as doorman at the Yeggole Grille in Newark New Jersey. He was held for ransom after being mistaken for Benjamin Geltzeffer owner of the grille who he resembled. The abduction occurred as patrons did not notice.
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