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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
3
A notice states Mrs Marlatlesbette Miller may be mailed or telephoned. she will receive care by mail between 8 and 4 p m for the following day.
The wedding of Miss Macatee to Mr. Repplier takes place with Rev. Henry Teller Cocke officiating. Attendants include Miss Macatee and a bridal party led by best man Ewing Repplier. After a family reception, the couple sails to Bermuda for their honeymoon and will reside in New York. A Jordan Springs Hotel dance features class dances and nuptial festivities hosted by Handley High School Alumni. Return from Philadelphia trip noted. junior choir practice canceled Friday.
Invitations announced the June 28 wedding at Highland Park Presbyterian Church with Miss Vir ginia Tayloe Boyd and Miss Virginia Hunter Boyd as bridemaids. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at 235 Prospect Avenue. The bride, a Dobbs Ferry School alumna, is connected to the Winchester Boyd family and Armour Leather of Chicago. Mr Benham hails from a prominent Kansas City family and will reside there. A number of Winchester guests are expected to attend.
Tuesday afternoon a recital by Miss Gladys Cochran and her class impressed listeners. The young pupils, though small, performed works by Beethoven Schumann and others with refined technique. Students included Peter Perrine Henry Ayer Franklin Purnell Loren Friganet George Burnett Henry Miller Cline Billy Forney Ruth Anne Craig Marian Hurst Elizabeth Pierce Lucy McClay Anne Hatcher Helen Hatcher Mary Walker Sarah Cline Helen Schlack Mary E Ebert Emalie Ewing and Jean Forney.
Mrs. M A Snodgrass of Martinsburg is proposed for state historian of the Daughters of the American Revolution at a joint meeting of Charles Town Shepherdstown and Martinsburg chapters hosted by William Henshaw Chapter. The Martinsburg event also observed Flag Day with the Children of the American Revolution program.
Mrs Frank Lovett and Mrs A Jones hosted a supper at America Coffee Shoppe on West Boscawen Street in honor of Mrs Clarence Rosenbloom of Philadelphia visiting her brother and sister in law Myer Hamburger. Two bridge tables, high scores to Miss Freda Klompus and Mrs Claude Grim, guest prize to Mrs Rosenbloom.
A Boston terrier donated to the District Nurse Association by Mrs. William Irwin for tuberculosis relief will be awarded to the winner in a contest at 9 o'clock next Monday evening, June 23, at the Capitol Theatre. Unsold coupon books should be returned by Saturday to Mrs. H. D. Fuller, president.
Mrs Edwin Snider entertained the regular Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club with two tables of play. High score went to Mrs Lester Us and second to Mrs C A Davis. Mr Richard R Hendricks, residing on North Loudoun Street, has returned to his parents in Germantown Pa and will rejoin Staunton Military Academy in Staunton Va next September.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Swank of Valley Pike announce their son C. J. Swank Jr earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at the Military Institute in Lexington Virginia. He plans to enter service with the Mississippi River flood control on July 7. Swank Sr graduated Handley High School in 1926.
Federated Church Women and the Federated Council of Church Women will meet at 3 30 o clock tomorrow afternoon at the Handley Library as the last gathering of the season urging full attendance. Miss Margaret Smith has returned home to Narrows Giles county Virginia for summer vacation. Mrs John O Boyd and daughter Katherine of Roanoke are due tomorrow visiting Mr and Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr and relatives on East Piccadilly Street. Miss Jessie Markwood improving after illness at her South Braddock Street home. Mrs Clarence Boyce of near Albin visited Mr and Mrs James Boyce Tuesday. Mrs Clarence T Owen, staying at Siwanoy Hotel Mount Vernon NY, now visiting Major Gombe and Fort Wadsworth Staten Island NY. Mr Clyde DeHart underwent tonsil removal operation and recovering at home in Shawnee Heights. Mr and Mrs George D Cochran Mr S P Luffer and Miss Mary Wood of Charleston are guests at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs Clay Shull and children of Harrisonburg are guests of Mrs Shull's mother Mrs Grace Barr Hollis. Mrs Pickering returning to England Saturday with daughter Mrs H M Parks. Master Maurice Cather Jr of Charles Town is visiting grandmother Mrs Blanch Shoop on South Loudoun Street.
Woodstock voters reelect Mayor Hugh Morrison with 217 votes to 184 for George Galladay. Treasurer C C Skyles is reelected with 242 votes. rival Mrs M E D Stickley, first woman candidate, gets 81 votes. Council winners: First ward Bowman and Fravel. Second ward Clark and Rader. voter turnout 401 of 501.
An escape attempt at Joliet Prison was halted as five convicts were found tunneling under the north end of the chair shop wall. They had dug within three feet of freedom before being captured and placed in solitary confinement. The group included William Evans, a 38 year old inmate long associated with the facility.
A damaged line mentions a satchel of nitro glycerine to blast an avenue to freedom for a person or group described as brains of the operation. No further readable details.
Winchester Park Association board outlines plans for Rouss Springs Park improvements. A new wading pool and a merry go round for children are proposed with a committee reviewing details for a timely report. The organization, barely a year old, has already developed an athletic field and baseball diamond with a grandstand.
New York traders opened lower as liquidation persisted in the fore noon. Heavy German bond subscription and a favorable tariff bill outlook offered brief relief, with losses narrowing and the market finishing firmer despite earlier selling pressures. Total volume around 3.8 million shares.
White Post notes record visits and summers spans of Marcus Gonzalez in Washington, Eva Massey and Marguerite Elliott, Mollie Hughes with Denny and Stuart, Ernie and Louise Meade with Mamie Hall, Fritz Conley’s family, and many others. It also mentions Mrs. McClaugherty’s injuries, Ruth Butler’s marriage in Hagerstown, and extended visits of Rev and Mrs Ribble and Prof Love Chrisman among regional families.
Handley High School seniors were guests of the Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon in the George Washington Hotel dining room. Club president J Victor Arthur led the meeting as secretary noted nearly 100 percent attendance with six members absent who planned to make up elsewhere. About 70 Handley students attended as guests.
Public auction of the Meredith L. Lockhart home lot No 503 on Fairmont Avenue Winchester Virginia will be held Saturday June 14 1930 at 12 o clock noon in front of the County courthouse. Terms require one third cash with the balance secured by two purchaser bonds and deed of trust plus insurance on the buildings. Special commissioners T Russell Cather James P Reardon and Shoney Sienefines.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia Smoot Stump and Norman Stump are named in a suit for divorce on grounds of desertion with general relief. Norman Stump is a non resident and must appear within ten days after publication to preserve rights. The order requires weekly publication for four weeks and posting at the courthouse front door before the next rule day.
Gar land R. Quarles the Handley principal and Rev Francis A. Brown of Woodstock Va attended as sponsors. Melvin He presided for the class and Miss Virginia Hunter Boyd presented with a large bouquet by the faculty and sponsors.
In Boyce Virginia the town held municipal elections yielding a mayor and four council members with a record low 14 voters. W A Heine elected mayor, C Van Deventer re elected recorder, and council members named were J B Coe L S Kibler S K Anders and J W Suddith. terms start September 1.
A Battle Creek physician says constipation causes much misery and introduces Rexall Orderlie tablets. The product allegedly draws water into the colon to soften waste for a gentle natural movement without habit formation. Chew at night for relief by next day. 24 for 25c at Rexall Drug Store, Brooke's Pharmacy.
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