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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1937
Page
7
Social calendar lists a 4 30 a m concert by the Winchester Municipal Band at Winchester Park or Handley School Grounds and a 7 30 p m service for V F W delegates at a church
The Little Garden Club hosted an invitation exhibit at the Country Club with Old Fredericktown Garten Club and Winchester Clarke county Gardens clubs. Prizes were awarded in five classes with named winners for blue yellow white small medium and large arrangements and honorable mentions noted.
The Rev. Robert B. Nelson announced memorial services of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to be held at Christ Episcopal Church at 5 30 o clock tomorrow evening replacing the regular service. The service is open to the general public and all are invited.
A reader asks how to handle visiting a sick friend and etiquette for church weddings and joint duties at receptions. The answers stress leaving a card, that church weddings depend on mutual desire and affordability, and husbands share duties mainly for evening receptions.
Local society brief notes guests and visits around Kernstown Winchester and Stephens City. Families including Henson Whirley Madagan Gibson Patterson Plank Good Grim and others are mentioned with travel plans and weekend stays across Clarke Frederick and nearby towns.
Jury finds acts of lawlessness aimed at the Elting family for their Scully trial testimony. The Eltings faced harassment and alleged tampering with a car wheel, with jurors concluding the persecution was to punish truthful testimony and not prejudice. Charles Elting’s 1937 assault is tied to mistaken identity of a key witness.
Dr and Mrs B M Knight Jr and Beall Knight return from V M I summer vacation and head to Camp Dix New Jersey to visit Mrs Knight's brother in law Col R S Knox and Mrs Knox. Knight will be in his office Tuesday while others stay until next weekend. Mr and Mrs John B Carr, who spent days in New York City, arrive here this evening.
Jurors condemn lawless acts and urge strong action to protect the Elting family and witnesses. They call for continued enforcement and punishment of revenge, threats, and intimidation related to the Scully case and future similar prosecutions.
Funeral services for Harry M. Harkness 73 formerly of the city were set for 2 PM Monday at the home of his sister in law Mrs George Forney 112 East Clifford Street led by Rev Ronald S Wilson Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named H C Sheetz Sr T Kinzel R Frank Barr Thomas E Kremer H D Fuper J W Stryker C Vernon Eddy W L Whisson Masonic rites expected at the graveside as Harkness was a member of a New York lodge
Louise Henry, Winchester’s leading actress, stars in The Hit Parade at Hable's Palace Theatre Monday and Tuesday. The musical romance features Frances Langford and Phil Regan. a showcase of Henry’s finest work to date invites local crowds to see Winchester’s own daughter shine.
Front Royal daily items note visits and arrivals including Dr. Karly Fox from Ashland staying with relatives, Mrs. William E. Carson judging at a Winchester flower show, and funeral attendance for Mr. Marshall Newton at Old Leeds Church. Others travel from Philadelphia, Richmond, Annapolis and Washington for family events, schooling, or vacations, with several plans to move or study in New York and Columbia University.
Front Royal, June 19. Faculty from the Pastors' School at Randolph-Macon Academy will join Front Royal Methodist Church services tomorrow. Rev. E S Shepp will teach the Men's Bible Class. The 11 o'clock sermon is by Rev. W A Smart of Emory and Henry University. Evangelist Pred Barnett will address the evening crowd. Mrs. Ethel H. Ooul will speak to the Young People's Society, with Alice Rhodes arranging the program. Music by training school members.
Mrs. M. McAhoy Hattie Denise Federer of Morgantown West Virginia and Mrs Thelma Elizabeth Sperry of Washington DC survive with twelve grandchildren. She leaves two brothers and several sisters. Interment is at Green Hill Cemetery Berryville Virginia with services at Mrs Russell's home on Sunday June 20 at 2 PM. The Rev Thomas Morgan and Rev J D Russell will officiate. Pallbearers include J M
Amelia Earhart landed in Rangoon at 6:35 a m Greenwich time after a 300 mile flight from Akyab as part of her globe circling journey. The monoplane touched down after two hours and 53 minutes in the air amid tropical conditions.
Review of the Little Theatre production Three Cornered Moon shown last night at the Capitol Theatre will appear in this paper on Monday June 21. The piece will be written by Mrs. Gertrude Ritter Peery a critic with substantial experience.
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