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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1929
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller accepts news by telephone for the next day between 3 and 4 pm at phone number 33. Readers may mail or call to share items for the department.
The Woman's Civic League closed its summer meetings with an outdoor visit to Scabby, Mrs Henry B. Gilpin’s home in Boyce, then Carter Hall, and the Woodlawn Tea House in Berryville for dinner. Mrs Melvin Green reviewed the year’s work and others spoke on local flora and gardening education.
Edna E Grubbs daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Grubbs married Nelson A Haines son of the late Mr George H Haines at the Church of the Brethren parsonage on Berryville avenue. The couple left for Richmond and southern Virginia then will live with the bride’s parents. Frederick Lions Club hosted Ladies Night at Braddock Inn with Winchester guests listed.
Miss Lillian Jackson is honored at a gift shower hosted by Mrs Alice McKee and Mrs Helen Barr at Miss McKee’s North Avenue home. The event celebrated her engagement to Leverne Clauser of Reading PA, recently announced. The room featured a pink green and white color scheme.
The Dorcas Class of the Reformed Church held a Hat Social at Mrs. Charles Anderson's home on National Avenue. Members wore purchased hats, decorated with fruits vegetables and candy which were sold. business followed by refreshments and social hour.
A crowd attended a dance at Crystal Caverns in Strasburg last evening, the first of a summer series at the cavern pavilion. The Red Ramblers provided music and earned high praise from attendees. Virginia Jenkins, visiting Martinsburg, WV, from her Dodge Street home, will be joined shortly by classmate Mary Helen Brown for a visit. Jacob Randall left for Grimes to spend time on his farm run by son Ellis Randall. Mrs. Edward Jackson of Stephens City visited Miss Loretta Pomn recently.
Miss Ruth Bean of the Handley faculty has recovered at Memorial Hospital and is returning home to Harrisonburg Virginia for the summer after a period of illness.
Kenneth Henry and Vernon Engle return from Washington on a business trip. Hilda Sakolsky of Baltimore visits relatives on South Loudoun Street. Florence Shelton of Norfolk visits Miss Charlotte DeHart before heading to Harrisonburg for State Teachers College finals. The Northern Circle of Market Street Church plans an ice cream festival Friday evening June 14. Ada Hershman, from Shepherd College, travels home to Baker West Virginia for summer. Judy McGuire departs for West Point for June week.
Mrs Walter Oates of Whitacre has been ill for a week and has been moved to Memorial Hospital for an operation. Mrs H D Flood and her daughter Miss Eleanor Flood of Washington arrive to visit Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd at her Amheret street residence. Mr J P Haley Mrs Eugene Cooper and Mrs James R DusHane spent Tuesday at Riviera Beach near Baltimore. Mr C M Copper of Washington DC returned home after visiting his mother Mrs T Walter Capper and daughter Miss Mary Capper. Misses Salome Crisman and Lillian Jackson returned from Baltimore where they shopped. Miss Mary Barton of the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore is visiting Miss Cary Barton at the Washington Inn on South Stewart Street.
Distressing gas fullness and indigestion are claimed to vanish after a single dessert spoonful. The ad promises rapid heart relief, breathing ease, and restored vitality, offering a 10 day sale of one bottle for 1.00 at Baker's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
Mrs. Ernest C. Sloat, visiting with her mother Mrs. A. L. Ebersole, has departed to resume residence in Washington.
Mr. Granville Chapman of West Virginia visited town this week, staying briefly and touring local sites during his visit.
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