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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1930
Page
3
The social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller will accept notices for the next day between 3 and 4 PM. Notices should be addressed to the social column and list personal events and society items for publication.
Miss Gertrude Elliott Miller will marry Calvin McKown Hoke in early fall. Miller, daughter of Martha Miller of Martinsburg, is a Kinder Garten worker and a graduate of Miss Sliman's School in Philadelphia. Hoke comes from a prominent Martinsburg family and works with the Commercial Arts Studio in Washington.
The Ladies' Aid Society of First Christian Church will hold its meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock with Mrs R L Williamson due to the annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Conference Friday. Several members plan to attend.
The marriage of Robert Melvin Jane and Jane Shade of West Virginia took place at 1 30 PM in the First United Brethren Church parsonage with Rev. officiating. Mrs. Branson Reynolds of Strasburg underwent surgery at Memorial Hospital and was reported improved. she is daughter of Asbury Farmer and sister of Mrs. Morris Conner of Winchester.
Local society notes cover Miss Cornelia Meigs of Keokuk Iowa visiting relatives in this city with plans to return to Iowa. Numerous visits by Miss Sylvia Zuckerman and other Norfolk/Harrisburg area guests are noted along with a swimming party at Shenandoah Beach and a tea hosted by the Levin family. A church Bible class, a pedestrian accident involving Tom Ritter, and various hospital and hotel stays fill the social roster alongside travelers from Rockville Maryland and Hagerstown Maryland visiting local residents.
Mrs. Mamie Pifer of Browningburg West Virginia visits Mr and Mrs M H Ebersole on National avenue. Several local residents travel for business and health matters including Garland Johnston of Northern Virginia Power Company and Dennis Hayley son of Capt and Mrs J P Hayley who underwent minor operations. Rose Mary is welcomed as the newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs C E Smith. Visitors and travelers include Miss Elizabeth H at Millbank East of town, Mr and Mrs F L Dovell of Philadelphia, and Mr Earle Painter of Wilkes Barre on vacation.
The body of Midshipman Francis H. Worthington, 19, who died by suicide during a Paris visit, was taken aboard the U S S Utah at Cherbourg after a dockside ceremony. Worthington will be buried at sea off the French coast as requested. The Annapolis squadron including the Utah Florida and Arkansas sailed from Edinburgh and will reach Norfolk by August 14.
A Baltimore family motor trip ended in tragedy when J S Wailes died of internal injuries after their car left the road near Chambersburg Pennsylvania and overturned. His wife and three daughters were hospitalized with minor injuries after the crash on the return from Ohio. A punctured tire caused the accident and burns from heated oil were reported.
Briand advocates a Pan Europe plan while critics note Senator Johnson often dismisses European efforts. The exchange highlights contrasts between Franco Austrian diplomacy and Johnson’s skeptical stance on European integration.
Gov. Richards announced W. L. Thornley of Moncks Corner confessed to being hired to shoot State Senator E. J. Dennis, who was fatally wounded in Moncks Corner. Authorities then arrested three men after the confession, with state constables and officers from six counties aiding the Berkeley County sweep.
New York stock market slipped after midday with bulls failing to break resistance levels set after the July 18 rally. An morning upturn gave way to a sharp decline and General Motors shares fell notably as call money held at 2 percent.
Funeral services for Adelaide Isbel Lippitt 78 widow of Armistead Selden Lippitt will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville. The deceased, died in Washington after a long illness. Interment is in Green Hill Cemetery. Survived by son Thomas Montague Lippett and daughter Mrs Frazier Guthrie both of Washington. She was daughter of Thomas Montague Isbel and Frances Allen of Cumberland county Virginia. Her grandfather was lawyer David Holmes Allen of Clifton Clarke county.
More than 1,000 garment workers resumed their benches after a week on strike. Of 24 firms affected by the walkout linked to a three year contract dispute, 12 signed with the union yesterday and two had signed previously. Four firms and union reps were to confer today. About 2,000 of the 3,000 needle trade workers in the area were outward.
In Sind, Pakistan, more than 100 villages were submerged as flood waters advance on Shikarpur from the west and north. About 150 square miles are reported covered by flood, leaving thousands homeless and seeking aid.
About 30 000 refugees have been evacuated as crop losses, cattle deaths, and destruction of houses and agricultural land mount. Advices from Khanpur report a 500 strong band looted vacant houses of wealthy merchants and stole valuable property and cash.
At about 1.45 in the afternoon a general alarm summoned Winchester’s entire fire crew to a field beside the Southern Chemical Company plant. Blazing grass and boxes menaced a house owned by Harry W. Butler and occupied by C. W. Sisk. Booster tanks were deployed and the blaze came under control within a short time.
A succinct observer notes the nation faces tight finances while preserving abundant resources and opportunities. The irony of scarcity paired with wealth hints at complex economic and social dynamics shaping daily life.
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