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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1929
Page
3
The social reporter Mra. Isabelle F. Miller invites readers to mail or call with social items. She will take calls for reviving news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the next day. Phone number 33 is listed for contact.
General and Mrs. George Barnett entertain diplomats and officials at Wakefield Manor in Huntly Virginia with a new mountain spring pool a dog cemetery and weekend socializing. Nearby birthday festivities honor Mrs. Howard Linaberg at the C E Huntsberry farm near Red Bud with a large guest list and luncheon under willow trees. A party led by R M Hook visits Winchester for a Shenandoah Valley outing including Handley School and University of Virginia summer session attendees.
Mrs Stribling Miss Louise Stribling and Jack Stribling will leave Aug 1 for Berryville Virginia to visit Miss Annie Stribling before moving to Philadelphia. Mr and Mrs Rixey plan a Berryville motor trip for two weeks to visit relatives. Mr William S Broderick and daughter Mary Hope Broderick are visiting Winchester Virginia.
The President and Mrs. Hoover enjoy a needed break at their Virginia camp by the Rapidan river surrounded by guests. The Old Dominion area is rich with Civil War era lore and tales of ghosts and mythical folk, creating a nostalgic backdrop to their visit.
Mr and Mrs Abney Payne and their daughter Miss Nannie Tucker Payne of Charleston W Va arrive and will stay a month at the Christ Church rectory on West Boscawen Street rented for August They will be joined later by Mr and Mrs Payne s son Mr and Mrs William McGuire Payne Mrs Payne was formerly Miss Evie McGuire daughter of the late Dr and Mrs W P P McGuire
A large group from Winchester traveled by car at noon to Camp Shenandoah in Rockingham County Virginia. They spent several hours visiting the boys there for several weeks, including several local youths. The camp is managed by the Harrisonburg Rotary Club.
Mr and Mrs W J Jones and family of Milford Connecticut are visiting Mrs Jones father Mr James Amick on North Kent Street. The Joneses have been touring the south by car and stopped at Mr Amick s on their return north. Mr Jones was formerly Miss Kathryn Amick of this city.
The Shenandoah Valley Serenaders Orchestra of Martinsburg performed for dancing Saturday at Rosemont Park, prompting a repeat engagement Thursday and Saturday and a further appearance Friday at Hillside Lake Park near Martinsburg. Also, Orange horse show officials report over 500 entries from Virginia New York Delaware and Pennsylvania for a two day event drawing society folk. Dorothy Adelia Lloyd wed Howard William Mitchell in Annapolis on June 22 following Dorothy’s Martinsburg High School and Emergency Hospital training in Washington.
Mr and Mrs Louis L Baker of Winchester Virginia and Miss Martha Paxton of Florence Alabama stay several days in Washington at the Mayflower after visiting Annapolis Paxton will spend the summer with her aunt and uncle in Winchester
Mrs Royce, Protestant Episcopal Church missionary to Haiti, head of the Haiti girls industrial school, will discuss her work at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning at Mrs R T Barton’s residence on South Washington street. An exhibit of Haitian natives needlework will be shown and all interested in church mission work are invited.
Marriage licenses issued at the Corporation Court clerk’s office include Wylie Fleming Reeves and Lottie May Thompson of Morgantown West Virginia. They were married this afternoon by Rev. Dr. F T McFaden at the Presbyterian Church. Other couples named include John H Trautman of McKeesport and Louise Brandt of Greensburg, and Earl Grim of Frostburg with Aman Strausuer of Waynesboro, among others.
One of the season’s largest dances occurred Saturday at the Winchester Golf Club clubhouse east of town. The orchestra played a mix of waltzes and fox trots. Mrs. John M. Steck of Fairmont avenue hosted a supper party for her daughter Susie Steck before the event.
Rhodelle Whitacre celebrated her fifth birthday with a party at her Brucetown home. Guest children included Dorothy Swimley Emma Gold Swimley Lillian and Margaret Russell Helen Pine Doris Adams Samuel Swim ley Jr Clark Purcell and Harold Adams. Refreshments were served and gifts were presented.
Mr. Charles L Bowly departed for a week on business after spending several days at his home Willow Lawn on the Valley Pike.
Alabama National Guard units were mobilized to escort Lester Bouyer a suspected killer to Clayton for grand jury action. Governor Graves issued the mobilization at Barbour county authorities request to maintain order as tensions rise following the slaying of Jack Hines and an assault on Beatrice Clark. Bouyer allegedly confessed after arrest in a case that unsettled workers in the cotton mill district.
Walter A. Lacey was held for the action of the Frederick County grand jury on an embezzlement charge filed by Theresa Milburn. He posted 3500 bond for October term court appearance.William Lindsey of Paris Va is his bondsman. Milburn testified she signed for a bond she believed covered faithful performance but it secured a land bond with her farm as security. foreclosure suit against Milburn is pending.
The thirty seventh annual Virginia State Veterinary Medical Association convenes at the George Washington Hotel this Thursday and Friday. Clinics at the fair grounds invite residents to bring sick or injured animals, with separate times for small animals and poultry and for large animals. Specialists from Pennsyl vania New York and Virginia lead the sessions.
Chief speculative interest shifted from the stock market to the grain market with wheat rising 3 to 4 cents a bushel in Chicago and up to 6% cents in Winnipeg. Credit conditions eased as call money renewed at 7 percent for the first time in about two weeks amid a plentiful supply. Motor stock weakness and heavy railroad profit taking contrasted with gains in public utilities and electrical equipment issues on the New York Exchange. total f our million shares traded on the close.
Fred Britt and Ada Hunter, both colored, faced police court for drunkenness and disorderly behavior after a heated dispute over rent and alcohol. Each was fined $17 plus $25.25 on a morality charge and sentenced to four months in jail. Ada will serve the summer in a building. Fred will work on a state convict road force for roughly the same period.
The sea plane New York landed at 1.85 p m in New York harbor from the liner Bre men after being catapulted from its deck. Baron Gebst Von Studnitz piloted the craft to Pier 4 Brooklyn where Thea Rasche greeted the flight. A mail truck and police escort sped parcels to Manhattan post offices.
In the county magistrate's court Saturday John R. Kerns a visitor from Washington D C was fined 15.25 including costs for fishing without a license He was in Back Creek vacation fishing but caught no fish when arrested Tony Renner paid 10.23 fine and costs for an improperly licensed female dog.
President Hoover returned to Washington from his Virginia fishing lodge after spending the weekend away. The trip marks a swift return to national duties as the administration resumes its routine schedule in the capital.
Reports from North Anatolia say earthquakes and landslides have killed about 1000 people and left ten thousand homeless. Turkish Red Cross rushes aid as press appeals for international help. floods in Surmene and Rizer worsen devastation.
Former Mexican president General Plutarco Elias Calles crossed into the United States at Laredo Texas and boarded a train to New York after inspecting Fort McIntosh troops. He planned to travel to France to regain his health despite a welcoming crowd and chamber of commerce invitation.
At Winchester Golf Club courts the consolation round concluded with Betsy Rice defeating Virginia Boyd 6-4 6-3. Anne Tucker McGuire captured the girls championship, runner up Emma Ginn. Other first round results included Virginia Dover Russell and Susie Steck byes, with Betsy Rice beating Fenton Nelson 6-0 6-1 in the second round.
Miss Virginia Boyd won by default while Mise Rice beat Boyd 6 4 6 3. Virginia Cover Russell lost 8 6.
Bridgeport Connecticut July complaint in the 500000 dollar breach of promise suit filed in Superior Court. John Fogarty alleges ex heavyweight champion James J Tunney stole the affection of Mrs Katherine Fogarty while she was legally his wife. Both suits are returnable at the September term.
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