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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1931
Page
3
Social calendar lists regular meetings and luncheons at the George Washington Hotel for Lions Tuesday Kiwanis Wednesday Rotary Thursday yard party at Pax ton Chapel with Gravel Springs Band Friday American Legion gathering Public invited to all events.
Announcement of the July 8 wedding of Esther Coblentz Sams to Frank G. Englesing in Christ Church by the Sea Balboa Canal Zone. The bride, daughter of Maryland senator Emory L. Coblentz, was given in marriage by Capt. E. A. Hyde. Englesing is a chief engineer and Rhodes scholar with a notable engineering career.
About 500 Lutherans from Virginia and nearby states will attend Massanetta Springs July 200 for their annual conference and training school. Rev. Charles P. Wiles of Philadelphia leads Bible lectures with other noted pastors and educators addressing teacher training courses and church work discussions. The event features music by the Hampton Institute Quartet and includes recreation beside a golf course and pool.
Attendees for the Taliferro Steck wedding at Ivanhoe White Plains include Mary Fielding Taliferro of Orange Virginia and John M Steck Jr of this city. Early guests will visit the summer home of Miss Taliferro’s uncle Walton H Marshall near Atlantic City. A Payne family reunion is planned for August 20 at Big Springs near Martinsburg with local organizers named. Ford Luttrell and spouse depart for St Louis then Columbus for International Bible Students’ Association session with Judge Rutherford addressing July 26.
Mr and Mrs Fowle entertain tonight with a buffet supper in honor of Mr and Mrs Gibson Bradfield of Barnesville Ohio who are visiting Mrs Ernest Ely. About forty guests invited marking the Fowle wedding anniversary. Frances Carr Kline of Washington DC visiting the Kline family on Fairmont Avenue.
Mrs. Klena Hoshour entertained the G A A council at her home with three tables of bridge. Guests included Mrs. Ivan Vanney, Louise Hollis, Dorothy Anderson, and others. a green and white salad course followed a tasteful event. Mr. and Mrs. C B Lowry celebrated their daughter Marjorie's birthday with a large party and pink and white decorations.
Rev Dr 8 L Flickinger pastor of Centenary Reformed Church returns from Frederick Maryland where he attended a conference of the Reformed Church at Hood College and reports an interesting and enthusiastic meeting. Mr Clarence Houchins of the local Western Union telegraph office leaves tonight for North Carolina for his annual vacation.
Miss Marie Cammer and relatives are mentioned with health updates and guest stays. Mr Maurice Deane, from Richmond, is visiting at Rosemont near Berryville with Harry F Byrd Jr. and family. Various locals, including Mrs Clarence T Owen and Miss Alma Bean, are noted for illnesses, travel, or hosting guests in Washington and Virginia Beach.
Countryside broadcasts urge personal prohibition to curb liquor’s social costs. Emphasizes milk over alcohol, taxes saved, and the value of farming and 4 H clubs in Frederick County. Sees farms and educators shaping virtuous citizens and a dignified agricultural future.
Miss Olga Meski of F. S. Emmerton Co. hosts Virginia Fuller of Hagerstown in town. Guests include Mrs. Dabney Harrison Jr. at Cork street apartment and many others visiting relatives and attending camps and events in Berryville and nearby towns.
Prices for all grains on the Chicago Board of Trade closed higher amid a firmer outlook for Liverpool markets and ongoing Board stabilization discussions. Wheat led gains with July at 52 5/8, September 53 4/5, December 58 8/5. Corn July 59 1/2, September 54 1/4, December 46 7/8. Oats July 2 65/64, September 2 7/8, December 2 97/100. Rye July no sale, September 3 64, December 4 0.
Senator Reed criticizes stabilization limits while the Farm Board defends its policy and urges farmers to hold grain and reduce acreage. The board warns it cannot resume stabilization or alter future sales, offering limited relief through nonintervention guidance.
The Third Institute of Rural Affairs in Blacksburg Virginia runs July 28 to 31 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Dr Carl C Taylor will discuss farming as business and living in the Southeast. Dr E C Branson will cover high grade farm life in Denmark. A McCormick centennial pageant is planned.
Civic League urges strong action against the common house fly in Winchester. The piece describes the fly’s unsanitary habits, spread of diseases like tuberculosis and typhoid, and calls for fly traps, fly killers, and covering food to protect babies and households. It emphasizes a decisive wartime stance: death to the common house fly.
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