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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1931
Page
3
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephon ed any time. Telephone No. 33. If mailed, address The Evening Star, and not individuals of the staff.
Handley High School Class of 1931 entertains at senior banquet and dance in the Handley School facilities. Wom en, Kiwanis, Rotary, and American Legion events fill the week with meetings, luncheons, and a pilgrim age to Mount Hebron Cemetery. Alumni luncheon and formal dance cap the schedule with Red a Rileys Collegians providing music.
Washington social notes announce the engagement of Meredith Todd daughter of Mr and Mrs George Carroll Todd to Emmett Christopher Stuart Jr son of Dr and Mrs E C Stuart of Hawthorne. Meredith a graduate of Miss Madeina's Washington and Vassar and member of the Washington Junior League. Stuart a Johns Hopkins graduate and McGill medical student in Montreal. A date has not been announced.
Billy Merritt son of Mrs Elise Oldham Merritt and the late Capt William A Merritt earned top marks at Gaud School in Charleston 008 C He placed second in overall studies first in Latin and history second in algebra and English and led all students with 35 points in a year long competition His family mentions include great grandfather Edward C Bruce Winchester painter and journalist The school season closed with a 21 to 16 Good ball victory for his team and a junior senior Handley High reception followed by various social events in Winchester
A roundup notes residents returning home and visiting relatives in Winchester and nearby towns. Trevor Downer returns to Fort Hoyle Maryland after a week here. Margaret Flannery of Mount Washington visits Miss Jane Mudd. Thalia Hayward and Virginia Egolf of Hollins College travel to Lexington for Virginia Military Institute dances. Others include illnesses at home, vacation arrivals of Richard Eddy and Dick Williams, a Christian Endeavor chorus rehearsal at the Presbyterian church, and summer plans for Grace Miller and Margaret Beck. A birth is announced for Charles David Rinker, son of Alfred and Catherine Rinker, near Relief, with Mrs. Rinker previously miss Godlove. Ted Fix of Roanoke visits John F. Fisher in Winchester.
Charles Mort, son of Mrs. R. L. McCarty, is among locals invited by Miss Patricia D. Morton of Winchester England to visit her home when in the English city. The piece notes Newburyport mayor Bossy Gillis closed schools for a circus, a move adults do not understand, yet youths support.
Statler, driver of a Buick with Maryland tag 89-733, was fined 50 and costs by Trial Judge Walter E. Blount in Berryville for reckless driving after his car collided with a Willys Knight at the Berryville Lee Jackson highways intersection. Three passengers Norman Ashby of Boyce Marshall Hummer of Bluemont and Fred Thomas of Upperville were injured, treated by Dr. Henry C. Smith, with multiple stitches required. The Willys Knight was destroyed and the Buick damaged.
Rome reports Italy sent a concilialy toned reply to Pope Pius XII regarding two notes protesting the dissolution of lay Catholic clubs and anti Catholic denominations. Delivered by Count Vecchi to Cardinal Pocelli, the note touched on insults to the pontiff, extra territoriality, punishments, and the closing of Catholic clubs.
Stenographers and typists not yet employed by the Winchester Fire Department are asked to volunteer for the Firemen's Convention in August or to assist the committee. Names can be left at convention headquarters in the Hable building on North Loudoun Street or by phone 904. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE notes progress on produce and hints at upcoming asparagus work.
Herbert Miller of the Flower Shop was principal speaker at the Lions Club luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. His informal talk covered the history and cultivation of well known flowers. New officers take office in July. A stag party on the Shenandoah River by the Lions Club of Charles Town, W Va was planned for this evening.
Forthcoming Warner Brothers projects and current bookings are noted. Clara Bow headlines Kick In at Capitol Theatre today, a Willard Mack talkie about ex convict Regis Toomery trying to go straight despite detectives and underworld pressure.
Rev Mr Franks receives a doctor of divinity from Washington and Lee University at commencement, amid gifts of five other honorary degrees. He fills the vacancy left by Rev Churchill J Gibson and has won popularity among Washington and Lee and VMI students for his work. Archibald Rutledge, Maj Gen John A Lejeune, Marlin Pew, Governor Frank O Lowden, and William T Reed receive other honorary degrees.
A special meeting of the common Council is set for 7:30 pm at City Hall with President Glaize presiding. The agenda centers on straightening the Fairmont avenue segment where it meets West Piccadilly near Angerona Terrace, a area being subdivided into building lots fronting new streets.
A brief ad style note highlights Bisulated Magnesia delivering quick relief for stomach burn indigestion and gas. It claims sourness and acid indigestion ease with a general worldwide preference and demand for stomach ills relief.
Harrisonburg will host the state Sunday school convention June 11 to 14. George Harnsberger chairs arrangements and promises lodging options at $1 per night with breakfast. Entertainment chairman T C Martz says ample rooms will be available and youths 15 to 23 may stay free with local hosts. Meals are 25 and 35 cents.
Reports of additional moisture over the spring wheat belt of Canada pushed Chicago Board of Trade prices lower with selling noted throughout the session. Closing figures show Wheat July 57% September 57% December 61 44% Corn July 56 September 52 44 December 46a Oats July 2644 September 265% December 29's Rye July 36's September 377% December 4144.
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