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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1931
Page
3
Social and Personal notices indicate mailing or telephonic arrangements with a time reference and an unspecified contact, mentioning a telephone number and a local meeting or event. The text is garbled but centers on correspondence logistics and scheduling.
Thursday Evening Yard party at Pax ton Chapel with Gravel Springs Band and public invited. Friday at 12 30 PM regular meeting and luncheon of American George Washington. 5 00 PM annual picnic of Young Christians Class of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South at St Jordan Springs.
Miss Dorothy Levi wed Mr. William Blythe at her Berryville home with a small ceremony led by Rev. L A Parker. The couple plan to live with the Levi family briefly after a wedding trip. Other items include engagements of Mary Stevens Hammond to Count Guerrino Roberti and Miss Mary Harrison to John J Wylde, with further notices of Ruth McNeil’s engagement to Thomas E McPherson and various society events.
Commander Frederick L. Reifkohl United States Navy and Mrs. Reifkohl arrive in Winchester from St. Thomas Virgin Islands to stay with Mrs. J William Riley on West Piccadilly street before departing for Philadelphia where he will join the navy yard. The Sunday School picnic at Golightly meadow is planned by Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Ella Peer Fisher and children Mary Jane and Le Roy of Gary Indiana plan six weeks in Kernstown with a reunion set for Sunday. Several relatives work in local post offices, and many will be unable to attend at other times.
Mr. Robinson and his wife and their son Frank of Rawson W Va sail today from New York for a West Indies cruise. The trip aids the elder Robinson’s health after an operation at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore. He is manager of the Charles Town plant of C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp.
A party of Canadian apple specialists led by A Fulton toured the Shenandoah Cumberland district and met local residents in Winchester. The group included Hamilton, an Ontario grower, and two Canadian Agricultural College faculty members.
A Sunday all-day gathering is planned at Shockeysville near the church. Rev J H Cooley announced the event with Rev Frank Steelman of Frederick District M E Church as speaker. Attendees are urged to bring lunch. services are set for 11 am and 3 pm. Eugene O Neill returned from Europe with a dramatic trunkful of his manuscript.
Closing prices for Wheat July 53 and half, September 53.44, December 57. Corn July 58, September 51.4, December 45. Oats July 24, September 26, December 28. Rye July 36, September 36, December 40. Values held near yesterday's final range with little news to move traders.
Friends gathered Monday afternoon at 422 Fairmont Avenue for Irving E. Price who died after a brief illness. Rev W M Brashears led the service at Market Street M E Church with the Twenty third Psalm as focus and a solo hymn by request. Burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers listed. among mourners were his parents Rev and Mrs C J Price of Cumberland Md and his six siblings.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Mrs Bert Price of Cannon West Virginia Mrs Chester Morris Mount West Virginia Mrs Grimes Cumberland Maryland and Bert Price Bloomington Indiana and Teresa Price with Robert Price among scattered references in an incomplete obituary segment.
A quotation attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, extols youth as timeless opportunity and vigor. The fragment reflects a focus on youthful potential and its value in society.
A brief quoted line notes a belief about human affairs and understanding attributed to Women's Home Companion.
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