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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1923
Page
7
Three Yale students were arraigned in police court after a disturbance that drew over 60 police reserves to Berkeley Oval. A freshman dropped a water-filled bag from a dorm window triggering missiles and a midnight melee with about 500 students in pajamas celebrating sophomores.
Overnight reports from Ohio show one person dead and a woman and a man prostrated by a four day heat wave that nears record temperatures. Three other drownings are linked to the heat across the state.
Camp Shenandoah openings begin June 26 with EK L Fletcher chairing the Harrisonburg Rotary Club camp committee. Over 300 booklets and applications were mailed to former attendees and early responses are expected. Queries have come from Chicago Parkersburg W V Brooklyn N Y Petersburg Norfolk and Charlottesville. The 1923 season is expected to be the camp’s most successful yet. Dr Tim Auyung the camp physician and dietician arrived from Syracuse University where he interned. The second term starts July 10 the third July 26 and the girls camp runs August 10 to 24.
A yard party for Minnie Wood is planned with a rain date of June 9. The notice repeats the same details and references The Star from June 5, 1931.
The 14th commencement of the Winchester Memorial Hospital training program honored five nurse graduates before a full Handley library audience. Mayor Glass spoke, Rev Nelson addressed public health nursing, and a dance followed at Rouss Hall, noting the school’s 20 year history since 1908.
The Shenandoah Valley Academy ends the year with a series of events. Alpha Phi hosts a dance at Hotel Jack tonight followed by Sigma Nu tea-dance at White Sulphur Inn tomorrow afternoon and Lambda Sigma annual dance tomorrow night. After graduation in Handley Library auditorium, the final ball will be in the academy gym. Parents and alumni plan to attend, renewing the school spirit.
Roscoe C. Arbuckle former silent film comic returned to public view in Chicago at the Summer Garden. He received a rapturous reception from a capacity crowd and thanked supporters, noting it was the first real smile he had in a long time. Floral tributes lined the foyer and telegrams covered a bulletin board. Chicago was Miss Virginia Rappe’s birthplace.
Mayor Hylan forwards Hirshfield’s criticism on American history books to the Board of Education. He notes British propaganda in the condemned volume and calls for continued investigation despite a separate positive report. He condemns Muzzey’s American History and warns against un American history in schools.
A Ku Klux Klan gathering at the Junior American Mechanics Hall was dispersed by a mob in Perth Amboy New Jersey last night. Police prevented a serious disturbance as the crowd stormed the hall and ended the meeting.
Engagement announced of Miss Bruce Kinsolving daughter of the Rev and Mrs Arthur Kinsolving of Baltimore to Charles Macgill James son of Mr and Mrs Norman James of Baltimore. Debutante Miss Olivia Cover of Philadelphia to be featured next season in the Quaker City. Shrine Party travels from San Francisco to Seattle with stops in New York and Chicago. Several social notes from Charlottesville Shenandoah Valley and nearby towns.
Vice President M C Kennedy of the Pennsylvania Railroad arranged a solution to bring the Seagrave service truck to Winchester in time for the parade. The truck, delayed by tunnel size in Lancaster, Ohio, arrived today after Kennedy and Traffic Manager Lee worked with railroad tunnels and routes to ensure delivery.
The marriage of Carl H. Cather and A Lucile Heltzel occurred Monday at the Baptist parsonage with Rev. Charles Adey officiating. Cather, son of Mr and Mrs Henry K Cather of Reading Pa, is WVU graduate. Bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs A R Heltzel Wardensville W Va. They will live in San Antonio after a Washington DC visit.
A June 16 event at 830 p.m. features the Comical Country Cousins, graded school program at Rosenberger’s. The affair is presented by the Winchester Luther League of Fairmont Lutheran Church.
George W. Good of this city received his B A degree today at Washington and Lee University during the 141st annual commencement. The class ranks among the largest, with 100 degrees and six commerce certificates awarded as the college year closes amid dances ball games boat races alumni reunions and other activities.
Representatives of Red Men tribes and Pocahontas councils from several states met in Baltimore to organize a reunion at Pen-Mar on August 2. Eleven tribes and five Pocahontas councils joined in a permanent committee structure with Great Sachem John W. Wood as chair and James C. Littleton as secretary. Rivas L. McDonald heads publicity with two appointees, Florence H. Rowe leads the program committee, and Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware and District of Columbia members will be invited to join Maryland for a likely large event.
A severe hail storm tore through Sharpsburg and Rohrersville in Washington County Maryland on Sunday night. Damage to homes farm buildings wheat corn and fruit orchards is estimated between 150000 and 200000 with some forecasts at 250000 after full assessment. Fields of wheat were flattened and apple and peach orchards stripped along a 15 mile by 2 mile swath from the Potomac River near Sharpsburg to the slopes of South Mountain above Rohrersville.
Mrs Emma House Wilhite of Emporia Kansas visits Kent Street to be present at Confederate Memorial day exercises. A daughter of the late James House a prominent community member she has not attended since the Sixth of June events in years.
Police say over a hundred prominent communists and socialists were rounded up in Tokyo on June 5 as part of a crackdown on a movement aiming to establish a communist state. A separate classified notice sought a sixteen year old boy to work around a house.
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