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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1933
Page
3
Grace Lutheran Church prepares its annual Vacation Bible School starting Monday at 8 30 a.m. with music worship and Bible study in two classroom sessions. The program features attractive literature and organized recreation under a competent director with no charge for attendees.
A weekly listing of community activities including luncheons by American Legion Post Lions Club Kiwanis Club Rotary Club and church choirs Story hours rummage sales and dances at local venues with times from Friday to Thursday at George Washington Hotel Handley Library Stephens City High School and local churches.
The Girls' Athletic Association announces a June 30 alumni dance at Jordan Springs welcoming all former members who pay a small admission. A reception committee of ex-members will organize, with out-of-town guests also invited. Soddy Haines' Orchestra will provide music and tickets are sold by listed members and spouses. Miss Hartman to spend summer at Eaglesmere after visiting Chambersburg and friends.
Mr and Mrs George H Miller entertained at their home near this city with a delightful dinner for Clarke county friends. Guests included John H Ritter and family from Berryville with Cadwalladers and Ritters. Also present were the Clevengers and their children Douglass Kenneth Charles Nancy Lee Patricia. The Richards sail from Europe June 17 and plan to return to Winchester June 26. Virginia Carson returns home from Virginia Beach after two weeks with friends.
A Chester Royal event honored Miss Eunice Alexander on her twentieth birthday. Seventy two guests from Front Royal Strasburg Winchester Culpeper and Washington attended. Dancing games and refreshments followed and the party ended with a Riverton beach bathing party. Music for dancing was provided by Miss Lorraine Bowman and Messrs Ernest Casarotti and Red Bailey.
The Martinsburg Evening Journal reports William Lenwood Fultz has joined the South Queen Street Drug Store in Martinsburg. A Winchester graduate in pharmacy, Fultz is son of Mrs. Clara Fultz and trained at the Medical College of Virginia and the University of South Carolina. Children’s Day program at Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church postponed to July 9 at 7 30 p m due to repair work. Everyone is invited.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Stine's Chapel will lead the service at Old Bethel Church near Albin at 7:30 Sunday with Mr. Bryan Stotler directing and special music. Everyone is invited.
Dr and Mrs Ralph B Snapp and their young son depart for Petersburg Virginia to be weekend guests of Dr and Mrs E F Hodges and Mr and Mrs Ulysses S Anderson of Capon Springs W Va The former known locally as the mayor spent today in the city.
The Rev. James A. Johnson of Lexington Virginia will lead the Refuge preaching appointment on the Stephens City circuit this Sunday, a return to the area for the preacher who served that circuit years ago. Edward Worsley continues to improve at home after an operation at Memorial Hospital, residing at 507 South Loudoun Street. Allen Norton of Washington, injured in an automobile crash, has recovered enough to be dischargeable from Memorial Hospital. Miles Dean and wife have closed their Hayfield home and plan summer travel to Maine and Philadelphia, with Mrs. Dean heading to Speepscott Maine. John H Snyder and his wife, both ill, show gradual improvement but remain largely at home on North Avenue.
Miss Mary Jones of Washington Inn South Stewart Street is improving steadily at Winchester Memorial Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Rev Dr Frank T McFaden pastor at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church is also reported improving at Winchester Memorial Hospital after surgery for appendicitis.
Mrs. Garland R. Quarles will lead the Weekly Story Telling hour at Handley Library tomorrow morning starting at 10 30. The event targets first graders and younger and lasts thirty minutes with an entertaining program. Parents are welcome to stay or let staff assist in selecting books.
Mrs Ida Wood wife of Stewart Wood paymaster sergeant United States Marine Corps died Tuesday at Port au Prince Haiti The body will be interred in Washington D C according to a message received by her father Harry L Wood
The Winchester Ministerial Association declines to endorse or cooperate with the church advertising scheme promoted in the city. R. L. Williamson serves as president and E. A. Lambert as secretary.
Winchester announced by Clifford Dinn the Winchester Playgrounds Association will open all playgrounds on Saturday July 1. Each site will be supervised by a trained playgrounds expert with parents reassured by staff skilled in teaching children to play.
The Red Cross offices will close Monday and Tuesday June 26 27 while Mrs Thurman C Mason acting executive secretary represents Winchester and Frederick County at a federal veterans administration and Red Cross training institute in Washington. The executive committee elected her at its last meeting to handle veterans claims filing under new legislation.
The Associated Press reports a market in indecision as stocks and staples moved within a narrow range. Prices drifted after an early rally, with leaders failing to sustain gains while sterling opened at 4.24 dollars and call money sat at 1 percent.
The Winchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a rummage sale on the lawn of Mrs. Robert M. Ward at South Washington Street, starting at 10 a.m. Proceeds fund the society’s work.
Mrs Susannah Leach widow of missionary Lester M. Leach who perished by lightning in Africa in 1932 will lecture at Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church Winchester Circuit Sunday at 11 00 a m and at Mt Pleasant Church W Va Sunday evening 745 Revivalist Rev Franklin G Senger announced She will show handicrafts from Rotifunk inland station near Freetown and share life of native people Public urged to attend both services.
The Rev. G. W. Shipley of Herndon Virginia will preach at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and evening in place of pastor Rev Dr F T Mc Faden who had an operation this week. Sunday School begins 9 30 a.m. and Bible classes at 10 a.m.
Closing quotations today show Chicago wheat for July at 71 9 in fractional terms, September at 25 6, December at 85. Baltimore spot wheat quoted at 79 with Winchester spot wheat at 75. Chicago July 79 , September 2034, December 83% provided by Winchester Milling through Sticker Sales Corp.
A plane carrying three Council Bluffs men returning from Macedonian Iowa crashed near Council Bluffs after catching fire. Pilot Dick Mason 21 James Hitchcock and Charles Fries were killed instantly. The craft plunged about two hundred feet then veered and crashed on John Lee farm.
Andrew Otha Wells, a former Charleston West Virginia resident, died yesterday at Millwood in Clarke County at his niece Mrs A B Layton's home. He came to Virginia in April hoping to regain health and remained steadfast through illness, reflecting fortitude and patience.
Christian funeral details show services at 11 am Saturday at Shiloh with Rev Eaylor officiating assisted by Rev Jim H Saunders. Interment in Love and Charity Cemetery at Millwood.
Washington dispatch reports emergency relief funds approved for Virginia. The aid package details include specific grant amounts and allocations to state agencies. The rollout aims to support recovery efforts in the state following a period of distress.
George T. Dunlap Jr the sole American survivor in the British amateur championship fell four and three to Hon Michael Scott in the semi final at Hoylake. Scott, veteran British internationalist, advances in the crown pursuit.
The sweet potato is classified in the morning glory family Convolvulaceae and its flower resembles that of morning glories.
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