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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal notes may be mailed or phoned. Mrs Teabelle B Miller the social reporter will receive news by telephone from 3 to 4 pm for the following day. Phone number 33.
Reports from Lynchburg and surrounding towns detail weddings and engagements. Edwin Anderson Alderman Jr. wed Miss Anna Cucullu at St. Pauls Episcopal Church with family and local dignitaries present. they plan to reside in New York City. Eleanor Duffey and Nancy Armistead Williams engagements are announced, with August 9 nuptials planned in Middleburg. Additional notes cover David Early engagement to Nancy Williams, garden club films, Saratoga racing cottage moves, and local residents relocating to Strasburg and touring routes.
Barrington E. B. Hall of Middleburg will marry Miss Mary W. D. Lloyd of Edgbaston Birmingham England at the bride’s home on August 14. Hall sails for England on August 2 after a bachelor dinner at the Green Spring Valley Club near Baltimore.
Mrs. M. T. Dunn hosted a Paxton Chapel Sunday school primary class party last Thursday afternoon. Attendees included Ethel Stine Frances Stine Katherine Cornwell Helen Cornwell Thelma Gladys Cecil Teets Elizabeth Penn Emilie Mowery Wade Dunn Ruth Lucille Virgie Mowery and visitors Mary Bywaters Georgie Bywaters Irene Edmondson Leroy Snapp Oscar Bywaters. Five members could not attend. Games ran from 2 to 4:30 with refreshments served. All reported a good time.
Mr. C. F. Giffin reports from the county that his brother Frank Giffin, of Keyser West Virginia, had another paralytic stroke several days ago at his home. His condition is described as extremely grave.
Mr and Mrs Gibson Bradfield of Barnesville Ohio are due to arrive by car Sunday to visit Mrs Ernest S Ely the Bradfields sister in law and brother in law Mr and Mrs B F Arthur Jr at their South Stewart Street home, bringing a family gathering.
Mrs. John B. Neill and her son Lewis Neill of Berryville travel by car to New York and New Jersey to visit Mrs Neill’s sons with Capt Baldwin Neill and Donald Neill joining them in those states before returning. Rev W L Dudley pastor of the Church of Christ left for Seattle to attend the annual national convention of the Church of the Disciples of Christ, away for about two weeks and most of August.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Dorothy May Woodward to Mr True man G Giffin of Washington DC. The ceremony occurred in Washington on March 2 with Rev L I McDougle officiating. The bride is the late Frank Woodward's daughter of this city.
The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club will meet at 3 30 p m tomorrow afternoon with Mrs Louis L Baker at No 429 North Braddock Street The guest speaker is Mr F J Schneiderhan from the University of West Virginia extension department speaking on pest and beetle control.
Miss Nancy Bernard of Grafton West Virginia returned to Winchester after visiting her aunt Mrs Mary Cooper in Washington. She will visit relatives in Winchester.
Mrs. Irene Hurdle and her daughters Irene May and Betty Jo travel to Washington to visit Irene Hurdle's father. Several locals visit relatives in Martinsburg Chambersburg Hagerstown and Virginia Beach while others plan motor trips to southern Virginia.
The Star lists wholesale prices from local buyers with Wheat at 6.50 to 7.00 and corn meal around 3.86. Butter Fat No 1, Creamery butter, hogs at 12 percent, and lambs at 13 appear among varied commodity quotes.
Pittsburgh tests from Bettis Field show a shutter air service between Pittsburgh and Washington is feasible. Col Harry Fry sponsors the flights using an A. Stimson Detroit mono plane with 300 horsepower, performing three round trips daily for six days to traverse the Allegheny mountains dubbed the graveyard of the air.
Blossburg Pa July 30 The Miners National Bank here shut its doors by order of the directors. The bank shows a capital and surplus of 125000 dollars.
In the Frederick County Circuit Court on July 26 1929 Bessie B McCann sues Edmonia S Baker et al to construe the will of John Harman and quiet title to 132 acres and approve a sale agreement, with defendants to appear within ten days. Publication ordered weekly for four weeks in Evening Star Winchester and posting at the courthouse by July 15. J W Baker deputy clerk Ward Larrick attorneys.
By decree dated July 10 1929 in the Frederick County Circuit Court E A Gordon as executor offers 90 acres of limestone land in Frederick County near Stephens City for public auction at 12 noon on Saturday August 17 1929 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia. Terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in one and two years with bonds bearing 6 percent interest secured by deed of trust. Described by plat on file. Apple Belt location suitable for orchard.
Extract from the June 29 1929 decree in Frederick County Virginia directs Master Commissioner Warren Rice to report on ownership and interests in realty known as The White Sulphur Inn He must examine deeds leases trusts and liens including several deeds of trust and the 1927 lease to Crum and the 1927 assignment obligations plus unpaid rent. A August 6 1929 hearing is set to compel attendance with records.
Circuit Court of Frederick County orders Elizabeth A. Ramsey to appear within ten days to protect her interests in the suit by Cohen & Son to attach her property at 117 West Monmouth Street Winchester Virginia to satisfy a debt of 180 dollars and 30 cents with interest from October 19 1928. The order calls for publication in Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse front door by August 5 1929 with mail to defendants as listed.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes that the United States holds two thirds of the world’s radios and four fifths of its automobiles, leaving ample concern over maintenance and supply to keep these sectors in order.
Assistant Secretary Lowman said the Florida Mediterranean fruit fly quarantine has increased hardship for rum runners and forced smuggling routes to shift, with stronger Coast Guard presence at the Buffalo division and new entry attempts along the Canadian border. Cars leaving infested areas are sprayed and searched to enforce compliance, complicating illicit traffic.
A fragment explains a policy limiting liquor transport by rail or ship. Demand for liquor in Florida ran low while imports were mainly shipped northward, suggesting diversion away from southern routes.
Opequon Lake Park hosts a square dance Thursday night August 1 with Sunset Orchestra promising good order and lively music. Event dated 7 29 21.
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