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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
3
Margaret Orndorff led a gardening talk with Mr. Deitrick presenting tips. Club girls performed a rendition of Come On Ye Club Folks, adding musical interludes to the program.
A busy slate of community events includes yard parties at 327 Valley Avenue hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary of South End Hose Company and notable meetings and performances across Braddock Street Methodist Church Handley Library and local clubs such as the American Legion Lions Club Kiwanis Rotary and Elks.
The Bryarly 4-H Club held its July 17 meeting in a school room. Miss Farrar spoke on the Ball Canning Contest set for mid September and members chose room and home improvement as next year’s projects. A joint August picnic with another club was discussed. The program at the Bryarly Community League last Thursday included songs by members, a reading by Madeline Orndorff, dramatized ads by members, and performances of Romeo and Juliet, Molly Malone, The Crocodile, and a bag of tricks.
Announcement of the engagement of Miss McDougall, a Canadian-born Virginia aide to governors, was made by her mother Mrs Ellen McDougall in Richmond. Governor Pollard and Miss McDougall indicated a quiet wedding likely in a Presbyterian church with plans pending full details.
Mr and Mrs D F Hawn of Shepherdstown announce the marriage of their daughter Grace H Hawn to Mr John M Colvin of this city. The ceremony occurred Wednesday August 10 1932 at Virginia Beach officiated by Rev Frank Scattergood. The couple reside in Albin.
The auxiliary hosted a benefit birthday tea on Tuesday from 5 to 7 pm at Mrs. Robert T. Barton Sr.'s South Washington Street home. Patrons enjoyed sandwiches iced tea sherbet and ice cream with a decorated cake table featuring gladiola baskets. Proceeds will be donated to Mountain Missions.
Inclement weather forces the Girls Athletic Associations swimming party to be indefinitely postponed with a definite date to be announced soon. Also notes guests visiting local residents and youth choir meeting at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church scheduled for tomorrow at 7 PM.
Letters of support applaud the Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital for planning a diphtheria immunization clinic for Winchester children. Prominent figures urge public cooperation, noting prior outbreaks and the value of toxin antitoxin vaccines for preventing diphtheria.
Mrs Minnie H Barr travels to Colorado Springs to join her son Mr James Taylor after two weeks as guest of her sister Mrs Carrie K Spates on East Clifford Street.
Edwin H. Eastham, prominent Flint Hill farmer in Rappahannock County, died in Memorial Hospital after 300 hours in a coma from head injuries believed caused by being thrown from a horse. Born May 26, 1886, he married Fannie Pullen in 1914 and leaves seven children, a brother F D Eastham, and sister Mrs J E B Keyser. Funeral arrangements were expected to be from his late home with Rev. Abernathy and Rev. Chelf assisting, burial in the family ground.
Describes methods for entering the United States Military Academy via congressional appointments, presidential selection, or from the army and National Guard. Also notes Tadpoles characteristics with eggs and toads details.
Millwood Virginia residents share a busy social scene with visits from Washington and New York. tours to Hot Springs for tennis, yacht guest hosting, family gatherings, and dinners. Notables include Miss Lucie Hansucker in semographic work, and George C. Peery praised as a future Virginia governor at Ballietown Inn.
Shenandoah Association Baptist churches from Clarke Warren Frederick Page counties in Virginia and Berkeley Jefferson counties in West Virginia attend a memorial service and forenoon sessions led by Rev. Goodwin Frazer Rev Julius B Rushing and Dr George T Waite. Afternoon sessions feature Sunday School work and missions reports with the Baptist Young People’s Union hosting evening programs.
A county grand jury returned an indictment charging kidnapping in a case tied to racketeering and violence in business. The document marks a bold state effort against organized crime and its impact on legitimate commerce. Dr Squires, once an arbiter in the cleaning industry, now serves similarly in hosiery trade. Sapiro led an early US cooperative marketing push and arrived in Chicago to advise the Laundry Owners Association, which he left last June 2 by order of the state's attorney.
The open market is a free market for securities outside exchange floors. It refers to the public as the market, contrasted with member-restricted trading on an exchange.
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