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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal news items may be mailed or phoned to the department. The social reporter Mae Teabelle Miller will handle notices and can be reached by telephone between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. Phone number 33.
Washington announces the engagement of Miss Gladys Bauserman formerly of Woodstock to Frederick Augustus Allnutt of Washington. The couple plans to wed in early autumn. Miss Bauserman, niece of the Bauserman family of Woodstock, is praised for character and beauty and has held a government post. Mr Allnutt, son of Mrs Allnutt and the late F A Allnutt of Montgomery county Maryland, is manager of the insurance department at Weaver Brothers Inc Washington.
Miss Dorothy W Russell daughter of Mr and Mrs W O Russell of Waterford married Clift W Berger of Washington at Catoctin Presbyterian Church. Rev F W Osborn officiated with maid of honor Miss Edith Laine and bridesmaids Miss Kitty B Valliant and Miss Charlotte Berger. Flower girl Ruth Lee Rusmiselle and ring bearer Billy Westover. Best man Harry Dowling. ushers W Schnauffer Jr and W S Detwilee. Couple to reside in Washington after trip.
Several dinners and gatherings occurred at Jordan Springs Hotel this week. I and Mrs Dunn hosted a Monday dinner for guests from Martinsburg. Virginia Davis held a Monday evening dinner for fifteen. Girls' Athletic Association and Lions' Club members enjoyed swimming parties and a Lions dinner. Miss Laura Smith of Washington visited her mother, Mrs Esther Smith, with weekend guest Clarence Thomas of Scranton Pennsylvania.
Eastern Star members host a lawn party at Fairfax Hotel on South Cameron Street from 7 to 11 p.m. Tomorrow. On July 25 McKinley Chapter O B S and Treadwell Chapter Berryville to hold a joint Jordan Springs picnic. Winchester residents attend Bible conference at Massanetta Springs Virginia with delegates from Kernstown Opequon Memorial Church and Reverend G M Morrow returning.
About 30 members of the Girls' Athletic Association met at Jordan Springs Hotel last evening. The group swam in cool water, then shared a supper described as quality and quantity in true association style.
A large crowd attended a dance at the Crystal Caverns pavilion near Strasburg with the Shenandoah Valley Serenaders Orchestra of Winchester performing. The group is engaged to play at Rosemont Park near Martinsburg WV on Thursday evening and again Saturday night this week.
An executive officers meeting of the district Rotary Club is in Staunton V A this afternoon with attendees from many cities and towns. From Winchester, J Victor Arthur president John Rodman Jr secretary Hugh S Duffey past president and Lester D Arnold attended.
A group of about 17 youths from Loudoun Street and Highland Avenue churches departed for Massanetta Springs to join the annual young people conference in session this week. Officials estimate around 400 Synod of Virginia youths will attend with the event concluding next Monday night. Mr Abner Huntsberry left for Reidsville North Carolina to visit friends.
Grand juries return eight counts against Arthur G. Jones for thefts totaling several thousand dollars from a woolen mill. Indictments detail sums stolen from Grace Fries and L D Grubbs among others, plus 2000 shares of stock. Krol sought but not captured. Trials likely delayed until September term.
More than 500 young men and women from Virginia Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia opened their annual conference at Massanetta Springs under the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia. Speakers include Dr James H Taylor Dr D W Richardson Dr John L Fairly and R H W McLaughlin. The event follows the Baltimore Conference Epworth Leaguers departure after its fifteenth annual session.
Firemen were summoned to the 1100 block of South Loudoun street to extinguish a porch fire at a dwelling. An alarm was sounded just before 1 PM for a motor truck fire on South Cameron street. William H. Bosserman of Moorefield West Virginia, recently hospitalized, shows marked improvement and has been sent home from Memorial Hospital.
A newspaper passage argues the state should support federal crime efforts, stressing the need for data and facts to understand crime as a problem. It notes lack of figures hinders investigations and reductions, highlighting data as a block to progress.
The Presbytery of Winchester met in the city church with about 15 ministers and elders. James R. Graham Jr of Hampden-Sydney College was examined for licensure and ordination as a foreign evangelist and received under care. a formal ordination will follow mid year as he plans to work in China’s North Kiangsi mission.
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