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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1938
Page
8
The Sunshine Club will meet Friday at 7 30 p m at Grace Lutheran Church and then at the home of Miss Ruth Haines 125 West Boscawen Street. A regular Saturday night dance will be held at the Winchester Golf Club at 10 30 p m.
Snag Sargent, league president, announces rescheduled fixtures for the Winchester Soft- League as games postponed last season are set for July with doubleheaders and park diamonds listed. Managers urged to complete matches before next week or face forfeiture of standings.
Berryville Virginia July 15 The Berryville Basket Factory once led by C H Phillips E G Coiner and Raymond A Grubbs has been sold to Herbert M Smalley of Bridgeton New Jersey for an undisclosed price The plant has produced baskets for fruit growers since 1921 and will expand production with new machinery and Grubbs will become sales manager.
The City Welfare office calls for old bathing suits for children using the pools at Winchester Park playgrounds. Many kids have no swim wear, and donations are welcome at the Welfare office.
Brother Joseph Jerome, C. F. X., 30, a teacher at St. Matthew's School in Brooklyn, died at St. Agnes Hospital after a fall on a survey at Mt St Joseph College while attending summer school. He sustained a fractured skull.
A social evening featured string music and a delightful party. Attendees included many named families from Gerrards Town West Virginia Stephenson Inwood and Carpets Valley among others. The Sunshine Class of Grace Lutheran meets at 7 50 tonight at Miss Ruth Haines home. Guests of Mrs Henry W McVicar at Indian Hollow include Stump Barr Dabney and Dabney grandchildren of Mrs McVicar.
Mr and Mrs H W Austin and family return from a long trip visiting Toronto Calender Ontario and Dionne quintuplets then travel via North Bay Ottawa Montreal Quebec New York Holland tunnel Trenton Philadelphia and Washington. They spent their last day sightseeing at Mount Vernon reporting a smooth journey with no car trouble. Mr Harry A Schmidt and family leave for a northern New Jersey cottage with guests including Oliver Anderson Wilbur Krise and Harriet Krise before visiting the Decker couple at Ocean Grove. Raymond Fishpaw and Louise Cornwell welcome a son in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Audrey Carpenter and Dorothy Keckley spend time at Nebet cabin on the Shenandoah river. Sherman Dick and wife leave for a ten day vacation to Atlantic City and northern points.
An invention by Nora Darnell of Cincinnati claims to create dimples using dimplers worn five minutes twice daily. Instructions advise looking in a mirror and laughing to form a semblance line and to press the dimplers until dimples appear.
A 22 year old patient Edith Claire Dowling at a California state hospital in Napa drank poison and died at her mother’s feet. The mother then drank poison and died in the visitors' rest room. The double death by own action occurred in the hospital’s visitors area.
Mrs. Wiley Post plans to welcome Howard Hughes at Fairbanks Alaska as she travels to Barrow to help dedicate a memorial for her late husband and the humorist Will Rogers who died in a crash in the Alaskan wastes three years ago.
A busy schedule features a roast at a Smiths near Middletown with Margaret McCauley Anna Lee Grim Ollie Cline Iva Yates Caroline Cline and others. Mrs Frank Turgeon hosted a gathering on North Loudoun Street for Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson now in town from Detroit.
Q and A on party attire and breakfast departures appear alongside local social notes. The page lists travel, visits, clinic attendees, guests, and upcoming suppers with names such as Patricia Hurley, Belmon Plantation, Leesburg, Virginia, and various towns, reflecting a small town social roundup.
Front Royal and Warren County residents share visits and relocations. C W Clapsaddle returns to Roanoke after staying with O W Carper, John Hutton family, and Lucy Button of Warrenton. Dr R T Sanner leaves Front Royal for Baltimore to join Park Davis Company. Mrs Sanner stays locally. Guests Ernest Shawen of Richmond and the Maxwell families spend weekends at local lodges with Henry Weaver and others.
The Winchester All-Stars, a colored baseball team, meet the Front Royal Bob Cats at the Fair Grounds on Sunday at 3:30 PM. Gene Parker pitches for Winchester with Don Elliott catching, as both teams boast powerful hitters in a high‑scoring showdown.
Mrs. Virginia Gount Webster of Cumberland Maryland was granted a divorce from Cornelius H. Webster in the Circuit Court. The suit was uncontested and the court awarded custody of their children. Desertion over three years was charged. she was formerly of Berryville Clarke County Virginia.
In Brookfield residents report a mosquito net as a symbol of Chicago style civility. The swarms keep walruses from sleeping at night and transform nightly routines.
The column records the July 12 birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Henry Eckardt at Johnson Nursing. It lists numerous visits and travels including Larry Thompson joining the Citizens Military Training Camp at Fortress Monroe and Col and Mrs John C Boggs returning from Canada. Several local residents are hosting and visiting over the week and next month engagements and trips are noted among Miss Esther Hoskins and Miss Christine Curl among others.
An inquest into the death of William Warren Gantt a 55 year old bachelor resumes in Prince Frederick Maryland with two young matrons and companions accused of murder. Walter Stinnett Margaret Abell Bettie Bierer are absent as the inquest is set to continue at 4 p m and a preliminary hearing is planned for tomorrow or Monday. The three were arrested in Fredericksburg Virginia.
The Rev. M. L. Zirkle of Wardensville West Virginia will preach at Fairview Lutheran Church on Timber Ridge at 3 PM Sunday July 17. He is the churchs new pastor and will preach the third Sunday afternoon each month. All members and others are invited to attend.
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