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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
5
The Ladies' Guild of Kernstown Methodist Church plans a lawn fete at the church on Thursday and Friday nights June 18 and 19. Proceeds benefit church programs as reported on June 11 1961.
For sale one brass bed with springs oil ed pa on stove with oven and reed baby stroll.
Miss Florence Keen became the bride of Harry Lee McCann at four o clock in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lb near Bluemont Loudoun county with Rev. W. C. Shawen officiating. Attendants included Miss Minnie Keen and Mr. Herbert Solenberger. The couple left for Virginia Beach for their honeymoon and will reside at Hillside near Stephenson. McCann, a prominent farmer and Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Society officer, hails from a well known Loudoun family. Keen is a Loudoun County graduate of Elizabeth College. Guests from Front Royal White Post Boyce White Post and other nearby towns attended.
Miss Helen Ebersole and Roy Carter were married at the First Christian Church parsonage last evening at 8:50 with Rev. J F Morgan officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by the bride’s mother and the couple have many friends who wish them happiness.
Miss Isabelle Gaunt entertained guests at a dinner party Tuesday evening. The social event highlighted her hospitality and hosted attendees in a refined setting.
Mr and Mrs Stewart Taylor of Dr Smoke's farm hosted a birthday dinner on May 31 for Mr Taylor turning twenty six. Attendees included the Taylors with two children Alvin and Eva, plus C C Shiley and daughter Minnie, Harry Taylor with two children Elma and Retta, C B Dawson and son Willie of White Hall, Berlin DeHaven and daughters Virginia and Elma, and Charles, Inwood West Virginia. They wished him many more happy birthdays.
Harold C. Sheets Jr of Winchester graduates with a bachelor of arts at Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia along with Albert Marvin Bryan Snapp of Mount Williams Frederick County who also earns the BA degree in an early week ceremony.
Mr and Mrs G W Riley and daughter Juanita Riley returned from Lynchburg Virginia where they attended the commencement exercises of Lynchburg College. Leonard Riley graduated this year and won the faculty gold medal in the oratorical contest. He will attend the Blue Ridge Conference before returning home around July 1. He is an ordained minister of the Church of Christ.
Mr. Fred J. Larrick, the railway mail clerk, continues to recover at home in Middleown from a badly infected leg and is confined to his room. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kiefer and their daughter Frances of Washington have returned home by auto after ten days with Mrs. William Wilson and Mrs. Virginia Simpson on South Braddock Street.
Capt. and Mrs. Henry Steere of the Virginia Valley Orchard Company in Winchester were among passengers sailing from Baltimore on the Merchants and Miners steamer Howard bound for Boston Massachusetts.
Allen R. Emmert of F. S. Emmert & Son left last night for Parkersburg West Virginia to address West Virginia retail merchants. The convention will meet two days with sessions at the Hotel Chancellor and the Country Club and Emmert will preside at an afternoon round table on day one.
Judge Henry McDowell of Lynchburg urged Roanoke bar members to publicize liquor dangers and aid prosecutions of buyers of bootleg liquor. He argued most buyers feel secure, and that convicting buyers could sharply reduce illegal manufacture and sale. He noted numerous illegal sales in Roanoke and urged officers to focus on buyers, outlining penalties and existing federal law.
In a discussion on federal liquor offenses, it is suggested that a purchaser who buys intoxicating liquor from a violator of federal sale laws is aiding and abetting the seller and faces the same punishment. Current view indicates imprisonment up to six months for a first offense and up to five years for a second offense.
The fragment notes celery requires rich soil and ample moisture to develop quickly. If deprived of ideal conditions it will languish, becoming tough and stringy, hindering top-speed growth and quality.
A fragmented OCR style puzzle listing Gruen watch related terms and cryptic clues. It mentions Gruen Watches, patent models, strap watches and wartime references, with scattered initials and abbreviations including Roman numerals and geographic hints. The text resembles a cryptic crossword style page item.
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