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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News section invites notices by mail or phone. Social reporter Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller welcomes updates by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the next day. Phone number provided as 33.
The Shenandoah Garden Club of Woodstock held an annual flower show at the courthouse, featuring over 75 wildflower specimens from the Valley and miniature gardens by children. Centerpiece was a lake and castle on rocks. Officers and judges named prize winners.
Elizabeth Crawford daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank B Crawford returns home from Mary Baldwin College Staunton where she has been active in student activities. She will be a junior next year and served as treasurer for the 1929 1930 student government.
Sees of Winchester including Mr and Mrs Carskaden Misses Virginia Rehill Sue Schlack Meda Dick Hazel Lodge and Messrs Crisman Hockman Earl Grim Chester Hobert Edward Krem er Charles Sniders and Richard Butter attended a dance at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Charles Town last night. Schill's Orchestra of Martinsburg provided music. Mr and Mrs Robert J Maher of New York City guests of Mr and Mrs J H Bott will depart tomorrow for Washington en route home, accompanied as far as Washington by Mr and Mrs Bott and their son James Bott who will return to Winchester tomorrow evening.
Mrs. W. B. Barnett and family are expected to return today from Bristol Tennessee where they motored several days ago. They will be joined by Miss Virginia Barnett a Virginia Intermont College student returning with them.
The city Christian Endeavor Union will close its contest on Sunday June 16 with a ceremony on the Handley School steps at 6 30 PM. Each society strives to win the prize as the winner’s banner is awarded.
Dr and Mrs A W Johnson and family of Milwaukee Wisconsin are guests at the George Washington Hotel. Mr and Mrs W Preston Gibson of Washington are spending the week end in Winchester.
Paris fashion editors report that summer wardrobes are built around sun kissed skin. Designers showcase sun colorings like mandarin shades with white blue accents and bold blues while evening wear favors amber biscuit and creams.
A fragmented listing shows Pittsburgh WHAM WLW Detroit WSB and others presenting varied programs. Items include scores, studio programs, orchestras, organ recitals, dance music and bylines noting WIZ WEAF WJZ across multiple times.
Mrs. Catherine V. Orndorff leaves for a visit to her daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Clarke E. Kern near Lynchburg Virginia. She plans to join the Kern couple to visit her son and daughter‑in‑law Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Orndorff at Altapaes North Carolina where Mr. Orndorff manages Holston Orchard. Also mentioned are Mrs. Valley V. Fritts and daughters visiting Post, and Mrs. J. R. Strode and Mrs. Lucy Levi of Boyce shopping in town.
Taylor Ewart and Company investment brokers with offices in eleven cities ceased operations as banks called in loans. Headed by B F Taylor and C B Ewart the firm reported assets around 6 million dollars and loan calls totaling nearly 4 million split between New York and Chicago banks.
In Chicago on June 1 two thousand iron workers walked off the job over wage demands. The strike halted riveters and derricks on major building sites while cement men and carpenters remained at work in the downtown district with no signs of additional strikes.
The funeral for Miss Ruth Fuller, formerly of this city and daughter of Ellis Fuller, who died Thursday at her Washington home, will be held at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the Mount Hebron Cemetery chapel. Rev. S L Flickinger will lead services, followed by family interment.
Associated Press reports Van Lear Black of Baltimore flying from England to Tokyo passed over Constantinople at 1040 a m without landing and disappeared toward Remid in Asia Minor.
The Associated Press reports a $425 payroll stolen from a Pratt Street printing firm in Baltimore. Burglars opened and closed the safe, leaving no trace. police suspect entry via fire escape as no forced entry was visible. The theft was discovered when Maurice Lesser, head of the company, opened the safe.
London reports Premier Stanley Baldwin traveled to his country home for the weekend after his party suffered a general election defeat and parliamentary stalemate. Next week he will confer with party leaders to decide the government’s course and may resign to allow Liberal leader Ramsey MacDonald to form a new administration.
London June 1 An official bulletin said King George's condition remains satisfactory but progress will be tedious The abscess is following its normal course The thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey scheduled for June 16 to thank the king for recovery has been postponed indefinitely by the dean of Westminster
Sunday school at 3 p m with Clifford D Grim as superintendent and Miss Bettie Green teaching the Bible Class. Preaching service at 8 p m. You are invited to attend these services.
Mrs. WM Smith owns a Jefferson desk labeled as used by the man. Smithsonian expert Charles Woolsey Lyon reports the mahogany lap desk owned by Mrs Smith appears genuine while federal officials debate the Philadelphia museum desk reproduction claim. The label on Jefferson desk was confirmed ink written on old uncalendered paper. The National Bureau of American History notes the label is not a photographic copy.
Reverend Louis F. Harper leads Nineveh Presbyterian with Sunday school at 10 30 a m and a sermon recalling Sir Walter Scott on the Bible as the sole sacred book, inviting parishioners to attend.
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