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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1931
Page
3
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephoned any time. Telephone No. 33. If mailed, address The Evening Star, and not individuals of the staff.
Social Calendar lists a Friday 9 30 P M summer dance at Massa nutten Lodge near Front Royal. Saturday the Ladies Aid annual picnic at Trimble's Woods Mt Pleasant Va public invited. Tuesday 12 30 P M Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. 12 45 P M Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Thursday 1 00 P M Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel.
A summer social in Leesburg featured a fancy dress ball hosted by Billy Heaton and Louis Grammer. Meyer Davis Orchestra provided music from Washington. Miss Sidney Thompson of Washington won first prize for a Turkish dancer outfit, with guests including Miss Georgia Conrad in a bunny costume and escorts from Centreville and Berryville.
Miss Mary Sherman and Mrs. Strother Sherman hosted a July 24 party for Mr. Lester Pangle turning forty three at Round Hill. A crowd of about fifty greeted him on return from Winchester after a theater outing, with yard games and a late supper of refreshments.
Mr and Mrs Harold C March hosted a dinner at their South Loudoun home for Mr and Mrs Herbert Lawrence of Binghamton New York who are staying with Mr and Mrs Roy E Avey. The group later enjoyed a watermelon feast at Yorks Log Cabin Camp on Martinsburg Pike.
McKinley Chapter No 19 Eastern Star entertained about 100 guests at a Jordan White Sulphur Springs picnic. Afternoon games and swimming preceded a 7 pm lunch, followed by vocal selections from a quartette and a packed area of baskets at 9 pm, marking a successful outing.
Mr. George N. Whitehead of Manchester has returned to Winchester for the apple season and continues to represent T. S. Johnson and Company Limited of Liverpool. He recently made trips to France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Gothenburg, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Norway for the firm. Miss Cornelia Sutphin, a student nurse at Winchester Memorial Hospital, underwent an appendectomy last evening and is reported to be progressing well. She is the daughter of Mrs. Lula Sutphin of South Washington Street.
Dr and Mrs Davis W Ritter welcome a son at Memorial Hospital. Dr Ritter practices with Dr Charles R Anderson. Numerous social updates mention Miss Henrietta Fuller, Miss Margaret Wyndham, Mr Allen Emmert returning to Martinsburg from New York, and arrival of fall merchandise mid August. People visiting, hosting, and attending events across Martinsburg and nearby towns are listed with brief notes on guests, travel, weddings, and society gatherings.
Mr Randolph Shields and guest Mr Barnard Welsh of Rockville Md returned home from the Virginia state tennis tournament at Hot Springs where both played brilliantly though not winning all sets. Local social notes recount arrivals for weddings and guest days with families from Lexington Maysville Cumberland Wheeling and Spartanburg.
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company and five other major operators announced a reduction in the basic wage scale for several thousand miners. The new rate is 5.25 dollars per day, down 1.27 from prior pay, with officials saying the cut was driven by competitive reductions and overall market conditions.
A can of gasoline exploded during painting removal at the Federal Land Bank building at St. Paul and Twenty-fourth streets. Twelve bank employees and eight workmen fled as the top of the structure was soon engulfed in flames, which firefighters quickly controlled.
Sir Hubert Wilkins radioed from the Nautilus that he expected to reach the entrance to Bergen harbor tomorrow afternoon from England. The marine station prepared to receive the polar ship.
Paris July 31 Henry Cochet world ranking amateur tennis star said to friends he plans to turn professional about mid September. The note follows a business downturn highlighted by an economist who estimated ten billion dollars lost.
In New York City a gunman killed one man and wounded four others on a busy East 100s street. Police, naming the shooter gangsters in the garment district, ordered shotgun patrols and shoot on sight to curb the violence.
Mrs. Rhoda C. Wine, wife of John Wine, of the county, died this morning at Memorial Hospital after an operation for cancer last Tuesday. Born January 27, 1887, she leaves her mother, husband, two sons Newton and Robert, daughter Bessie Frye, and five brothers. Funeral services will be held Sunday with services at Pine Grove Methodist Church and burial nearby.
A field day at Trexler orchards in Allentown Pennsylvania on July 28 29 drew six hundred growers for demonstrations and machinery exhibits. Speakers from Winchester urged efficient practices and the group called for marketing only top quality fruit to protect prices.
New York traders faced a heavy tone as the market closed after a mid day decline and late pressure against J. S. Case. The final hour showed several declines from two to six points as selling persisted.
The Winchester Golf Club announces its ner championship for men with three flights and a separate ladies event later in the season. Each flight awards prizes to winner and runner up with consolation prizes in the first two flights. Matches must finish by set August dates with defaults awarded for unplayed rounds.
Bloom Brevities notes St John’s Sunday School in Bloom, Va will hold its annual all day picnic on August 15. Rev C E Seastrunk will preach at 8 p m. Other items include a Mount Williams group meeting Monday at 2 30 at Mrs Dorothy Sager’s home to demonstrate special dishes and a note of visitors from Staunton and Chicago.
July wheat fell with weak performance on the Chicago Board of Trade as month end trading concluded. Prices listed show Wheat July 48 1/4, September 58 1/4, December 54 1/4. Corn July 32 1/2, September 50 1/2, December 43. Rye July 33, September 33, December 38 1/2.
High View West Virginia locals report visits among residents including Mr and Mrs Fred Seldon and daughter Vivian. The Christian Church Sunday School plans a yard party at the church on Saturday August 8 starting at four o clock. Also noted are many Sunday visits among area families and a hospital discharge with steady improvement for Master Gardner Larrick.
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