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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
3
Department welcomes social and personal notices by mail or telephone. Mrs Miller eager to receive tomorrow's items. calls or messages accepted between 3 and 4 pm at phone number 33.
Newark papers report Miss Caroline E Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilbur B Davis of 7 North Mann Avenue Newark New Jersey wed J Wendell Stegner son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Stegner in Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church. ceremony followed by reception at the bride's home. Rev Paul L Tilden officiated with maid of honor Miss Margaret Davis bridesmaids Miss Florence Herman and Martha Stokes. Best man Mr John Kater ushers Rudolph Entenauer Orville Beal. After a two week Great Lakes cruise the couple will live at 805 Sanford Avenue.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Dorothy Russell of this city and Walter Julian St Germain of Bristol Rhode Island. The ceremony occurred July 10 at Holy Trinity Church Bristol with Rev Nelson Kellogg officiating. The bride, from Kent England, has lived in Winchester recently and will join her husband in Bristol. St Germain is tied to Kinder Brothers florists in Bristol.
The Rev and Mrs W O Talbert recently left for Lewisburg West Virginia to spend two weeks visiting relatives and friends. They are natives of Lewisburg and the Rev Mr Talbert is a well known retired clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Nurses from Winchester Memorial Hospital held a moonlight picnic last evening at Opequon Lake Park. Supervising superintendent Miss Gordon led a car convoy of nurses to the scenic site near the historic Opequon Creek. The cool air whetted appetites as lunch was mostly consumed and an hour of dancing to Victrola music ended the outing.
Mr and Mrs Charles H Robinson and their sons with Miss Ada Ewings of Kirksville Mo are visiting Mr Arthur Robinson in Wadesville Virginia. They plan time with Mrs D B Mattison and Mrs Samuel Brown of Albin. Mr Robinson left the area thirty years ago and now runs Ew ing and Company dry goods in Kirksville.
Mrs Wilbertine T Worden and Mrs Thomas Seeds of New York arrive at Jordan White Sulphur Springs for the weekend. They plan a Monday departure to tour Virginia around Alexandria visiting colonial estates linked to the Washington Mason and Lee families. Worden writes history and biography for major magazines and seeks material and color for new sketches. Her daughter Miss Helen Worden is society editor of the New York Evening World and recently joined the Jordan outing.
Mrs Eleanor Seldon Howard of Washington arrives in Winchester to stay with Col and Mrs Brantz M Roszel at the Shenandoah Valley Academy. She is the last surviving person born at Mount Vernon, daughter of the late John Augustine Washington, aunt of Mrs Roszel, and honorary vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mr. R Lee Stickel of Handley High School faculty will teach the Margaret Collins Bible Class at Brad dock Street Methodist Church South tomorrow morning at 9 30 oclock in the absence of Rev W O Talbert Stickel is an experienced Bible class teacher and should engage class members and friends Mr Irvin Marshall of Pittsburgh Pa visited Berryville over the weekend as guest of Mr and Mrs A B Wyndham He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh and recently accepted a chemistry instructor post at the University of Virginia
Mrs J T Holme and her daughter Mrs Benjamin Hickman and Mrs Baxter Bond with two grandchildren from Hannibal Missouri arrive in Stephens City to visit cousins Miss Katharine and Louise McLeod at La Grange and plan several Shenandoah Valley sightseeing trips.
Mrs. J. T. Cuppett of Jacksonville Fla. leaves Frederick Clarke and Shenandoah counties for home after July 4 visits. Her daughter Mildred and son Joseph stay to spend weeks more with Virginia relatives. Mrs. Cuppett hosted by sisters in Strasburg Berryville and Middletown. family reunion held at Joseph Hammack’s Reliance residence with many relatives.
Mr and Mrs M H Shagogue of Baltimore are congratulated on the birth of a daughter named Helen Louise. Mrs Shagogue was formerly Mildred Rinker of this city. Also noted is a visit by Mr and Mrs FE Krider and son from Madison Virginia to Toms Brook and Middletown relatives. Mrs John L Turner and daughter of Portsmouth Ohio plan return home after visiting here.
Springfield Ohio visitors Mr and Mrs John Phares stayed with Mr and Mrs Luther Pannett and planned visits with friends and relatives. The We Do Things class of the Church of Christ held an annual Jordan Springs picnic taught by Miss Gertrude Clevenger. Many residents and guests from nearby towns attended events and trips across Maryland West Virginia and North Carolina with multiple hotel stays and weekend visits noted.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kiser of Miami Florida are guests at the George Beach in Washington. Mr. C M Boyer and Mr. P E Line berg of Stephens City were here yesterday on business. Lee Jackson Crone and Strickler with Crone's son from Baltimore visited here last week. Miss Hortense White and Lois Bates, delegates from Opequon Chapel, spent the week at Massanetta Springs for the Presbyterian Young People's Conference. Mr. and Mrs. A W Kinney of Lakeland Florida arrived recently and are guests of Misses Elizabeth and Katherine Kern on Amherst Street.
Grimes Virginia reports Galilee church events drew people from nearby counties for the annual children day program. The community mourns the death of E S Rubeck of near Grimes after a Martinsburg hospital passing. Baltimore visitors Vernon Rodgers Glenwood Rogers stay with relatives James A Grimes. A motor trip to Nebraska is planned by Charles E McVay Cecil, with a 3000 mile round trip. Glenn Allamong loses a horse during haymaking.
Reported troop movements near Kar in and 15 000 soldiers near Harbin fuel worry of clashes between Chinese and Russian forces. Stimson urges both governments to uphold Kellogg pact and renounce war as policy, with communications routed via France to Moscow.
Paramount presents Redskin starring Richard Dix at the Capitol Theatre next Monday. Filmed largely in natural color with a grand score, the epic follows Indian traditions in Arizona and New Mexico with Gladys Belmont in a leading role.
Toledo dispatch says a aircraft fell five miles south of Perrysburg this morning and caught fire in a field. Three persons were reported burned to death with the plane's identity and occupants not yet determined.
El Paso a border patrol inspector I B Scotten 28 was shot and killed when a six man patrol was ambushed by a large group of ram runners on San Elizarro Island in the Rio Grande near El Paso Texas.
Dr W L Lingle, who has accepted the presidency of Davidson College, resigns from his post at the Presbyterian General Assembly's Training School for Lay Workers. The board met in Richmond to accept the resignation effective September 1 and plans an acting president and expanded teaching staff for the coming season. A committee including Dr W B Hill R E B Magill and Dr F T McFaden will search for a suitable successor.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States. Generally fair conditions with local thunder showers later in the week. Temperatures rise to normal by Wednesday then exceed normal Thursday and Friday, returning to normal Saturday.
Captain Ross G. Hoyt of the United States Army flies the New Alangka from New York to Nome Alaska after landing in British Columbia due to bad weather. He refueled yesterday and stayed overnight in Vandenolf Hazleton reports prompted the delay.
An _adv._ offer promises quick relief from gas indigestion and dyspepsia with one dessert spoonful of Lee's Compound Cathartic. The ad claims ten minutes for gas relief, promotes long term stomach comfort, and markets a 10 day special bottle for $1.00 at Baker's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
The St Louis Rob in endurance plane completed seven days in the air at 7 17 am marking 168 hours aloft. Pilots Jackson and Forrest O Mhe attempted a new world endurance record as the aircraft refueled and continued. The Missouri Robbin also hit seventy hours of flight and was refueled.
Rev. David E. Hepburn head of the Anti-Saloon League Virginia urged Virginia Democrats to vote in the August 6 primary and support any candidate they prefer in the general election.
Paris dispatch says the Chamber of Deputies finished the general debate on the Mellon Berenger settlement. Finance Minister Oberon urged entering resolutions proposed by members. A final vote was anticipated by noon Sunday with sessions planned late into the night.
Court continuation set for July 2 as defense seeks more time after a lunacy report. The suspect, Jase Abrams of Knoxville, is linked to the murder of Edward BH of New York City. The case concerns a traveling lane slayings series and hinges on sanity findings.
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