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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News item states Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller will accept news by telephone between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. Contact phone number 33 provided for submissions.
Miss Lucy Strosnider became the bride of Newton Edward Snapp in a 7:30 am ceremony at Winchester district Methodist Episcopal parsonage on Fairmont avenue. The couple, witnesses from family and close friends, will take a two week wedding trip through southern Virginia and North Carolina before home at 21 North Braddock Street.
Mr. Peter Vredenburgh Jr. travels to New York state to oversee a large summer camp for boys in the Adirondack mountains. He previously served in the same role last summer and was praised by the camp managers for his efficiency and care of the boys.
An announcement states Miss Elizabeth Carpenter of Orange Virginia will marry Mr Robert R Williams formerly of Nokesville now residing in Winchester. The couple wed Monday June 3 in Nokesville and plan to live in Winchester as Williams becomes manager of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company at Loudoun and Boscawen streets.
Large crowds attended a dance at Opequon Lake Park last evening under the direction of Mr. Jack Schill of Martinsburg with music from West Virginians. Dancing ran from 10 to 2, praised park floors, and the event followed a day of cool recreation with picnics from Baltimore Washington Martinsburg. William Perrine serves as lifeguard. Night swimming is gaining popularity.
Dr Ralph B Snapp returned from Richmond where the State Board of Dental Examiners met to pass on licenses. Thirty three applicants were reviewed and all were accepted except three. Snapp, board member and assistant secretary, was chosen as one of three Virginia delegates to the National Board of Dental Examiners meeting in Washington in October.
Miss Lettice Lee Coulling of Leesburg and Baltimore and Mr William B Streett of Harford County Md plan a June 29 wedding at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Baltimore. A small breakfast will follow at Wyman Park Apartments with immediate family present due to mourning. Girls' Athletic Association hosts monthly tea June 20 from 5 30 to 6 30 at Elk's club room. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Hugh Solenberger on birth of daughter at Memorial Hospital last Saturday.
Lieut. Harry Weston of the United States Army, after a brief stay in Winchester with friends, left last evening for Boston to sail later this week for special duty in China. Weston has previously been stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.
Miss Lenore Louise Viett of Rockville and Mr Joh Randolph Bailey of Winchester Va prepare for marriage. A miscellaneous shower was given by the Cleaners Class of the Rockville Baptist Sunday School at Miss Blanche Corwin's home in Rockville. Additional notes mention church officers to be elected at Burnt Factory Church in Lenore and Miss Beverley Cline visiting Bedford Pa as a guest of Mrs William Diffabaugh.
Among those sailing from New York today on the Fabre liner Alesia were the Rev. Dr. C. A. Freed and the Rev. E. T. Clark visiting Palestine and Mediterranean ports with a small party. Many residents are guests or traveling for business or leisure, including trips to southern Florida, Johnson City Tennessee, Woodbury New York, Shenandoah county and Baltimore.
Mr and Mrs Lacy Braithwaite celebrate the birth of a daughter named Evelyn Josephine at their Fairmont Avenue residence. Bertha Chapman a student nurse at Hoffman Memorial Hospital Keyser WV has returned after visiting cousins Russell Lamp and Mrs Jack Williams in the area. Alfred Kramer, UVA alumnus, visits his parents for the summer. Mrs Paul Tomney, who had a serious operation at Memorial Hospital two weeks ago, can now sit up briefly at the hospital.
About twenty salesmen and managers of Chevrolet agencies in the Baltimore and Washington district gather at the George Washington Hotel for an all-day business meeting and luncheon.
Miss Dora Marshall of Cairo and others from Georgia visiting the George Washington Hotel. Mr. A H Jackson left for Warrenton Virginia on a business trip. Mrs T J Dale departed for Altoona Pennsylvania for two weeks with relatives, son Robert B Dale accompanying for a week. The Lutz family Ardelle and Miss Muriel Hayball of Detroit stayed with Mr and Mrs Oscar S Brown in Winchester. Miss Mary Lynn of Washington is guest at L D Arnold residence in Shenandoah Valley.
President Hoover calls for citizen help along the Canadian border to curb international crime and prevent firearms misuse amid rising bootlegging. Treasury reports show unprecedented bootlegger activity from Vancouver to the Atlantic seaboard, with border patrols strengthened.
The article argues that states compete to attract business investment as clear-minded entrepreneurs seek favorable tax environments. It emphasizes simplifying tax laws and fostering a pro-growth climate to lure millions of dollars in capital, noting Virginia as a focal example for future years.
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