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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 21, 1931

Page

3

Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Schedule in Town

The notice lists events at Hillside Lake Park Sacred Heart Church and local venues. Activities include a girls swimming party a Women's Missionary Society meeting a yard party supper a Rotary Club luncheon and a Pax ton Chapel evening gathering with music by Gravel Springs Band and an American Legion luncheon at the George Washington Hotel.

Girls’ Athletic Association Hillside Lake Park Women’s Missionary Society United Brethren Church Allen Sacred Heart Church Yard Sacred Heart Church Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Paxton Chapel Gravel Springs Imme American Legion Hillside Park Martinsburg

Natella Fletcher weds Robert Koontz in Winchester ceremony

Miss Natella Fletcher becomes Mrs. Robert Koontz in a high-spirited Sunday wedding at 4 pm with Rev. E J Rohart officiating. After a pink and white reception at the bride’s home, the couple depart for a Shenandoah Valley trip before settling at Kegnstown where Koontz runs Moonlight Service Station and Tourist Camp.

Natella Fletcher Robert Koontz Middletown E. J. Rohart Shenandoah Valley Virginia Kegnstown Mr. Koontz O. W. Fletcher W. L. Koontz

Winchester Shrine Club Ladies Night at Jordan Springs

The Winchester Shrine Club held its annual ladies night with a chicken dinner at Jordan Springs attended by about 70 guests. Prizes for bridge scores and dancing were awarded to members and out-of-town visitors. Speakers included former presidents and Baltimore guests. Luttrell family reunion set for August 8 at Collinsville. Brad dock Street church Young Christians Class to hold annual picnic at Jordan White Sulphur Springs with church transport provided.

Shrine Club Winchester Shrine Club Jordan Springs 8S. Porter House William Wagner C. Vernon Eddy Jack Hart Baltimore Crim Heidwolf Hagerstown Sargent Winchester William Richards Saxton William Buckles Martinsburg Stone Charles Town W. Va Luttrell Collinsville Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Jordan White Sulphur Springs

Lawn Festival At Church Of Sacred Heart

Ladies of the Church of the Sacred Heart hold a lawn festival this evening and tomorrow night in the rear garden at the rectory corner Loudoun and Cecil streets to benefit the church. They will serve chicken salad suppers along with ice cream cakes and other refreshments. Dr. Dewey L. Anderson Receives Internship.

Church of Sacred Heart Church of the Sacred Heart Loudoun Cecil Streets

Pearsall Family to Make Staunton Home in Winchester

Mr and Mrs K F Pearsall and family of Staunton Va will soon move to Winchester and occupy 111 West Monmouth Street to establish their home. Pearsall works with C L Robinson Company.

K. F. Pearsall Staunton Henry Walter Washington Virginia Wall

Community notices and social updates at Massanetta Springs

Weekly church and club schedules fill the page with meetings at the Friends Meeting House and United Brethren Church. Notables include Mrs Virginia Wall and Miss Margaret Hansbrough visiting from Harrisonburg and Fort Hoyle, with several guests and family travel updates. Includes light local commentary and miscellaneous notes.

Margaret Hansbrough Fort Hoyle Trevor Downer

Many Arrests Promised In Liquor Inquiry Large grand jury indicts 53

War rantsi for all but one of the 53 persons and corporations indicted by a federal grand jury were turned over to U S Marshal George W Collier. Service to begin immediately with warrants for arrest. One named, Al H Jaffe of Cleveland, was killed in gangster warfare before indictment returned.

Associated Press United States George W. Collier Collier al H. Jaffe Cleveland Ohio City

Baker's Mother Reaches Hospital to Aid Son

In Los Angeles on July 21 Herman W. Duker, Baltimore slaying suspect, lay gravely injured at County General Hospital. His mother arrived last night to be at his side as doctors said she may help him rally, while police dispute efforts to question him about the killing of John W. Anderson.

Associated Press Los Angeles Cal Herman W. Duker Baltimore Los Angeles County General Hospital Ducker John W. Anderson

Stock Market Edges Up On Bullish Push

In New York on July 21, traders aimed for a rally with bullish guidance. Trading stayed dull with small point changes. Rails led gains lifting New York Central Northern Pacific and Illinois Central about two points as volume reached about 1.1 million shares. Call money renewed at 142 percent.

Associated Press New York Rails New York Central Northern Pacific Illinois Central Call

Canterbury Notes from CANTERBURG social round

Local notes record visitors and homecomings in CANTERBURG and nearby towns. Names include Flemings Dovell Hale Painter Shryock Glass Woolworth Bly and Col. statements from Albert Perelli and Secretary Mellon on U S government finances.

John M Pyne Clarke Native Dies of Stroke at 78

John M Pyne a Clarke county native and Winchester bricklayer died of a stroke at his nephew James H Pyne’s home near Millwood. He was born March 22 1853 and survived by widow Jacqualine Pyne son John P Pyne and grandson John Wesley Pyne. Funeral services will be held at Millwood with Rev B Duvall Chambers and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.

John M. Pyne Clarke County Winchester James H. Pyne George H. Burwell Carter Hall Millwod Pyne Grace Lutheran Church Hunter B. Grimm James M. Pyne Jacqualine Pyne John P. Pyne John Wesley Pyne Wilkesbarre Millwood B. Duvall Chambers Christ Episcopal Church Mount Hebron

Air Mail Pilot Dies in Storm Crash near Centralia

F Edward Hamann an air mail pilot for Universal Air Lines on the Evansville St Louis route was killed in a plane crash during a blinding rain storm near Centralia Illinois. Farmer Robert Bachs heard the plane circle and saw it plunge to the earth. Hamann 27 had been flying five or six years and left a wife and two year old son in Evansville Indiana.

Centralia Ill F. Edward Hamann Universal Air Lines Company Evansville-St. Louis Here Robert Bachs Hamann Evansville Ind

Apple Buyer Sues For Wages From Watson Company

E C Shade sues H B Watson & Company apple brokers in Frederick County Court to recover 3000 dollars in unpaid salary. Shade alleges discharge after conflict over shipment instructions while serving as firm's representative in apple buying and shipping. Judge Philip Williams presides without a jury.

Cive Court Frederick County E. C. Shade H. B. Watson & Company Apple Shade Philip Williams T. Russell Cather R. Gray Williams H. S. Larrick Watson

France backs united force for League of Nations

Paris reports France proposes a united armed force among League members that can intervene to support the council's decisions in conflicts. France cites its own armament reductions as compatible with security and favors a mutual assistance scheme for all nations in aggression. The memorandum links to the 1932 Geneva disarmament conference as an avenue to organize this effort.

Associated Press Paris League of Nations League Council France Europe Geneva

Miner wounded by sniper at McKinleyville Mine West Virginia

Miners entering the McKinleyville Mine of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Company near Wellsburg were fired on by snipers. One miner was wounded as deputies hunted from wooded slopes. Operations resumed after a strike last month.

Associated Press Wheeling W. Va McKinleyville Pittsburgh and West Virginia Coal Company Wellsburg Steubensville Ohio Wellsburgh Charleston West Virginia Raymond City Coal Company Putnam County

Quote on Fear: Three Dollars a Week versus Three Thousand

A Richard Dix line contrasts fear levels between three dollars weekly and three thousand, highlighting a shift from economic worry to amplified anxiety about wealth. The remark frames money as a measure of fear intensity.

Richard Dix

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