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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1934
Page
3
Miss Elizabeth Ashton Luck of Middleburg is engaged to Hall Hammond of Baltimore. The couple plan October nuptials. Luck is granddaughter of Dr William G Luck and Judge Charles Henry Ashton. she studied at St Hilda’s Hall Sweet Briar and Paris. Hammond is a Johns Hopkins graduate lawyer in Baltimore and member of the Maryland Club and the Bachelor’s Cotillion.
Monday features multiple group meetings at Christ Church Parish House Farmers and Merchants Bank George Washington Hotel and other venues including Lions Club Ladies Aid Society and Jewish Woman's Club. Thursday Rotary lunch George Washington Hotel and Friday Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel and Handley High School alumni dance at Jordan Springs.
Round Hill 4 H Club held its regular monthly meeting with pledge, minutes, and roll call. Members elected to represent the club at the state 4 H Club camp at Blacksburg and at Camp White Rock. A yard party is planned for July 11 and a dress contest judged by Miss Pierce featured winners Peggy Pangle, Bunny Larrick, and Isabelle Rosenberger. The next meeting is set for June 21. Spiker Jenkins wedding announced and Miss Gladys Jenkins and Charles Roy Spiker wed in Hagerstown. Mrs Woodrow Wilson visited Winchester en route home with Jesse H Jones and Mrs Jones.
Peter Vredenburgh formerly of Winchester signs a contract to broadcast on station KFI Los Angeles this summer. He is a talented musician with training in Europe and is known as a skilled pianist organist and baritone.
Try outs for the Little Theatre play to be produced next month will be held again tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mr John Williams Amherst street. All interested are invited to come and try for a part.
Mrs. Allen Bond welcomes Shawnee Garden Club for an afternoon gathering at her home. A.B. Groves of Winchester Research Laboratory discusses the culture of roses. New members were elected. membership stands at 27. July picnic planned at Ice Mountain on July 5.
The last dance of the season will be held in the bank building at Stephens City on Thursday June 14. Music by Soddy Haines and His Virginians. Dancing from 10 to 2. Chaperoned by members of the community league.
Mr and Mrs Walter Lee announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Virginia Lee to Lloyd Milton Coffelt son of Mr and Mrs D O Coffelt both of the city. The ceremony took place Saturday afternoon at St Pauls United Brethren Church in Hagerstown Md with Rev F Berry Plummer officiating. Witnesses were Eva Hummer and Mr and Mrs Boyd Lineburg. The couple will reside in this city.
Miss Judith Haliaferro Beverley daughter of Captain and Mrs J Brad Beverley of The Plains Virginia and William Gordon Lewis son of Mr and Mrs William Aquilla Lewis were married Saturday in Grace Church The Plains The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr Edmund L Woodward of Shrinemont assisted by Rev Sanford L Rotter They will reside at Elkton
The Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church will meet at 533 North Cameron Street on Tuesday evening June 12 at 8 o’clock. A full attendance is urged as important matters will be discussed and gifts for the Quincy Orphanage are requested. Mrs Emerson Brown will conduct the program.
The Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the nurses' home on West Clifford Street.
McKinley Chapter No. 19 Eastern Star holds its regular monthly meeting at 8 PM in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building. Social updates note guests and visitors from Washington and Virginia areas, with many military and church-related engagements planned around town.
Mr and Mrs Isaac Mason announce the engagement of their daughter Dixie Dutchess Mason to Frederick Joseph Kelly of Walton Massachusetts The couple's backgrounds include Handley High School Johns Hopkins Training School nurses Columbia Medical Centre and Walton High School The wedding is planned for late June in New York City Also noted is Maurice E Cather Jr and Betty Cather visiting relatives in Charles Town with their grandmothers.
Mrs. Lewis Dinkle of Elkins visits siblings on Gray avenue while F A Read Jr flies to Richmond on business and plans to return tonight. Dozens of locals, travelers, and guests are listed with weekend stays and upcoming meetings including the Stephenson Social Club.
Marriage licenses have been issued to two couples. The first couple are both locals, Mr. B. H. Bradfield and Miss Violet G. Kackley, daughter of prominent families in this place. The second couple are Mr. Wendell C. Shankle of Buckeystown Maryland and Miss Eva Mae Ponton of Cumberland.
Mr. David Yost, elder brother of J. H. Yost, reported better after illness. He is known for work with Cooper Merchandise and Oil Company and other interests. He serves as president of the First National Bank of Strasburg and is a respected local figure.
The article suggests classic Father’s Day gifts like cigars pajamas photos handkerchiefs and garden plants. It notes June 17 as the date and recommends an outfit with shorts for outdoor activities. Timberlake’s offers pique shirts and shorts from 1 to 1.39 dollars and skirts at 2.95 dollars.
Mr. Howard Ferguson, formerly of this city, now a Baltimore resident, is spending a week with his mother Mrs. J W Affleck at her South Cameron street home. Mr and Mrs Roland F Bean announce the birth of a daughter on June 7 at their home 217 Shawnee avenue. Miss Westwood Byrd and Mr H F Byrd Jr will travel to the University of Virginia Tuesday for the finals.
Hodgson and Brown Jewelers announced wrist watch contest winners among Handley High School graduates. Miss Elsie Locke, daughter of Mr and Mrs A M Locke of Glaize, was named a winner.
The clock at the school stopped at seven minutes to seven Saturday evening displaying the portrait of Mr. Ritter and the hour hand on Miss Locke during the class day exercises. Hodgson and Brown started the clock contest ten years ago.
Clothes lines have been multiplying in Winchester as families seek home laundry options during hard times. Many housewives, feeling the pinch, equipped themselves with washtubs or other methods to wash at home.
Washing machines and clothes lines bring a rainbow of garments to line yards. The league offers prizes to residents who install attractive drying yards replacing old lines. Plans and photos from magazines guide construction, with Mrs. McCormac providing shrubbery to soften any remaining lines.
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