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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1929
Page
3
Mrs. Isabelle F Miller invites social updates by mail or telephone for the next day between 3 and 4 p.m. Phone number 33 is provided for callers.
Miss Selma Stickley Funk became the bride of Cecil Boyd Lupton at the Funk home in Strasburg on Tuesday evening. Rev J D Hamaker officiated with Alma Funk as maid of honor and Robert Riddleberger as best man. A buffet supper followed and the couple planned a southern wedding trip.
June Martindale Virginia Mason Cardell Shade Beulah Shultz Virginia Hawkins Nina Dyke Virginia Reddish Catherine Fawcett Virginia Mrs William Newton of Edinburg and Mr Owen Mason listed in local social notices.
Warrenton announces the engagement of Miss Pauline Mosby Coleman, granddaughter of Col John S Mosby, to John Davenport Blackwell son of Mrs Blackwell and the late Prof B S Blackwell of Bethel Academy. Blackwell works as an ag engineer in Warrenton.
Mr. H B Duffey will address the Epworth League of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Kernstown tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Special music has been arranged for the occasion. Mr. L R Smith and family begin their annual vacation departing tomorrow morning by motor. They will visit Gates North Carolina and Norfolk Virginia.
Word arrives of the engagement between Miss Medora Riggs Smith of Lebanon Tennessee and Mr A Bruce Arnold of Keyser West Virginia. The wedding is planned for August and the couple will reside in Keyser. Arnold is active in business and social circles and a leader in the Meadow Lark Gun Club. Miss Smith has taught at Keyser High School for six years.
A large crowd attended a square dance at Opequon Lake Park Thursday evening. The event, sponsored by a local committee, featured an orchestra from Charles Town, West Virginia. The pavilion was filled with dancers preferring traditional square dances to fox-trots. Another similar event is expected soon.
Dr and Mrs Ralph B Snapp lease their West Clifford street home for the summer. Mrs Snapp and her young son left for Bennett Springs Virginia where they will stay at their cottage while Dr Snapp remains in practice locally.
Mrs. J. P. Haddox and her daughter Mrs. Mary Louise Ryan returned from The Plains Loudoun County Virginia after attending the funeral of Henry Arthur Middleton age 80. Middleton’s widow, a sister of Haddox, survives. The services were held at the Episcopal Church in Middleburg with Masonic members in charge. Mr. Alexander Barrie has left town for San Diego California after a week here.
Judge and Mrs Thomas W Harrison hosted a reception at their South Washington street home for their son Burr Powell Harrison and his wife Polly Brinton Harrison formerly of Richmond Virginia. Mrs Peter Y Brinton assisted with other out of town guests and Winchester residents attended. The home featured summer flowers and greens.
The Corporation Court clerk in Winchester issues marriage licenses for James H. McDaniel and Gwen Dolyn Lee of Baltimore Md. The groom hails from Howard County Md. The bride is Clifton Lee’s daughter and from Clarke County Va. Also noted are Walter Harden and Marguerite Dickerhoff, with Harden from Connetteville Pa and Dickerhoff’s daughter. Frank Waters described as Marines Arm Officer’s Widow. Washington announcement states Mrs Mary Reed of Washington married Mr Frank Waters, a DC-based Army family member, in a quiet ceremony June 15 due to a recent death in the bride’s family. Waters is a brother of Mrs G O Miller of North Washington Street.
Mr and Mrs W S Carper Miss Isabelle Carper and Mrs W E Henson and son Master Billy Henson of Clarke county left this morning for Washington to attend the wedding of J Martin Carper and Louise Lyzette of Richmond Va Mrs Carpenter entertained at her home on East Piccadilly street last evening at a birthday surprise for her mother Mrs Henkel Carpenter about fifteen friends attended and presented many gifts.
Dr. Davis Ritter recently completed the estate board examinations in Richmond Virginia and will spend a few days with his parents before leaving for Reading Pennsylvania. He will undertake a one year internship at St Josephs Hospital starting soon. Mr W S Taylor remains in Memorial Hospital recovering from a serious automobile accident with several wrist bones still to be set. Miss Lea Dunn of Jersey City New Jersey visits with Mr and Mrs Eugene Branch at the George Washington Hotel and plans to return home tomorrow accompanied by Mrs Branch who will visit relatives in Jersey City and elsewhere in New Jersey.
Mrs P H Dowdell and her son Donald of Charlotte North Carolina arrived today to stay with Mrs Horace E McKinster on North Loudoun street. Mrs Dowdell formerly Miss Josephine Hodges of this city also visiting. Mrs Donald Walter and son from Washington arrived today to stay with Mr and Mrs Dunn at Charm Court on East Piccadilly Street.
A parade of travelers and locals arrives and visits in Winchester and Berryville with cross town movements from New York Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Notables include Mrs Keith Morris and son Keith Jr at Washington Inn, Mr G Reginald Haines returning from Vermont, Dr Julian Ward from Atlantic City, and Miss Lavella Anderson en route to Harrisburg for vacation with relatives.
Dr. Harry Levine of Baltimore joins Mrs. Levin who is staying with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Philip Klompus. Miss Meda Dick returns for a motoring trip to Philadelphia and New York. Mrs. L B Ressiguie and children depart for Miller New York to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R T Ryland of ay kerton Va are guests at the Ge Washington Hotel for several days. Miss Olga Smith of Reading Pa stays with Miss Mary Katherine Ritter on Valley Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carper and daughter Miss Ernestine Carper, Mrs. George Simpson and daughter Miss Isabelle Simpson, and Mrs. Rose Hawse leave for Manchester Md for the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Chamberlain. Miss Ruby Thomas visits Washington with sister Esther Thomas. Mrs. William A Merritt and son Billy of Charleston Dc arrive to summer at the Washington Inn on South Stewart Street. Mrs. Stintey FE Harmer returns from Washington. her husband is a patient at George Washington University Hospital and her husband's condition improves. Mr. C T Owen of Registered Service International returns from a trip to Roanoke and Staunton Va. Mr. and Mrs. N H Carpenter and goes depart today by motor for Coshocton Ohio to visit relatives. Dr. and Mrs. A W Wright of Albany N Y are guests at the George Washington Hotel.
Six persons were seriously injured and 22 others cut or bruised when a Nevin Line bus carrying passengers from Pittsburgh to Detroit struck a culvert and toppled into a ditch near Youngstown Ohio. Two drivers blamed an oncoming car for forcing the bus down a steep hill. Eugene Pasquala of Sharpsburg Pa was among the serious cases with a dislocated and fractured spine.
A Watertown Times item notes France will need over 40 million dollars to repair roads destroyed by heavy automobile traffic in the past year. The column lists individuals with injuries in Cleveland and Pittsburgh including fractures and dislocations amid a local humor quote.
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