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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1930
Page
3
A fragmented social notice mentions Mr Teabtle FP Miller handling social reporting and a reception window between 3 and 4 pm. The text is garbled with unclear names and dates, but indicates arrangements for the following day and a mailing or telephone option for submissions.
Miss Mary Kurtz wed Perry Boston in Huntington W V on November 10 1923. The ceremony took place at Trinity Church Martinsburg pastor Rev Dr R Tyler officiated. The bride a Winchester native daughter of the late Charles A Kurtz has kin in Shenandoah Valley and England. Heavily involved in public health nursing she recently supervised Hancock County W Va health work. The groom a Holden W Va coal company executive is an Island Creek Coal Company assistant manager. The couple will reside in Holden after a visit to Martinsburg.
Mrs Maude L Lockhart wife of Mr Candy S Lockhart was taken yesterday to John Hopkins Hospital Baltimore for treatment by an eminent specialist for acute eye trouble. She traveled in the Friendship Fire Company ambulance recently acquired.
The Winchester Rotary Club sponsored its fifth weekly radio program on station WJSV with high quality renditions by local BS teams and soloists. J Victor Arthur, president of the Winchester Rotary Club, spoke on Winchester's advantages despite some static interruptions. A quartet including Mrs Nelson Page and others sang several pieces, followed by solos from Mrs Roy Cather and others, completing a pleasing afternoon musical program.
The Maryland garden clubs plan a May 4 pilgrimage from Baltimore to historic houses and gardens in Maryland. Sites include Hampton Montpelier Belmont Mount Clare Glenelg Dougboregan Manor Homewood Tryconnell Holly Beach Farm Tulip Hill and Bouton gardens in Roland Park plus Wye House Anchorage Radcliffe Manor Hope House Wilderness North Bend Marango Rich Neck Canterbury Harwood Brice and Rideout Houses in Annapolis.
Miss Virginia Tayloe Boyd daughter of Dr P W Boyd of West Boscawen street is among Boston School of Fine Arts and Crafts students showing work during Arts Week. The freshman’s drawings reflect the dynamic symmetry class. Mr and Mrs Linden Sumption and children of Philadelphia visited Mrs Sumption’s mother Mrs Louie Clevenger and left for home. Miss Garnet Hamrick of State Teachers College Harisonburg visited her mother Mrs Sadie Hamrick on North avenue over the weekend.
Word was received that Mrs Vernon B. Garton formerly Miss Mary Martin of Nain has shown marked improvement after three weeks illness at her Martinsburg home. Garton was associated with The Star for years before joining the Journal at Martinsburg West Virginia.
Frank Micciche proprietor of the Winchester Fruit and Vegetable Exchange Inc has recently returned from a two week pleasure trip along the Atlantic coast He visited many points of interest and spent considerable time in Miami Florida.
Mr. Felix J. Schneiderhan, long associated with Winchester Research Laboratory and currently with Berkeley County Research Laboratory in Martinsburg, entered Memorial Hospital this morning for treatment. He is well known to a wide circle of friends who wish him a speedy recovery.
Despite heavy rain, Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church members and friends gathered at the Massie home west of Stephens City for a chicken and oyster supper. The Woman's Auxiliary reported satisfaction with money raised from fancy articles, candies, and suppers.
Mr Cooper travels with Mrs Cooper and daughter Dorothy to Washington for a banquet marking twenty years of Boy Scouting in the United States where President Hoover will speak. He will return tomorrow while the others visit relatives in New York.
The Workers' Council of Redbud United Brethren Church will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday night March 13 at the home of Mr Howard Lineburg on the Redbud road. Refreshments will be served following the meeting. Everyone is invited to be present.
Mr John H Enders of Berryville is much improved after illness. Dr H Burks N&W agent in Berryville is recovering from pneumonia with slight improvement. Carl Campbell joins United States Remount Station near Front Royal as bookkeeper. Roger Brown and Mrs Snyder visited Baltimore. Mrs J R Bennett and Mrs Amelia Bennett of Fairmont WV stay at George Washington Hotel. The Slonaker family from Washington visited and stayed with local relatives on Piccadilly Street and North Avenue.
The Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren Church will hold a regular monthly meeting at 7 30 p m Friday evening at Miss Dorothy Cather s home on North Loudon street. The gathering includes the important officer election and all members are urged to attend.
Across the weekend many visitors and residents were noted in town. Names include Harry R. Cain, G A Miller, Asa Rosenberger, Miss Freddie Moore, and J S Bell among others. Several patients remain under care at Memorial Hospital with varying conditions.
Chicago officials announce the arrest of 15 men tied to a kidnapping ring extorting thousands from Cook County victims. One suspect was nabbed entering a Michigan Boulevard gown shop while attempting a $25 000 ransom for Theodore Kopelman of Chicago National Life. Five others were seized nearby as they waited in a car. Kopelman alerted police who set up a staged meeting at his sister's gown shop with detectives positioned behind dresses.
In Baltimore on March 10 a police guard was posted at the home of Mrs. John S. Sippel, head of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, after an anonymous call threatened bodily harm if she testified on repeal of prohibition before the House judiciary committee. Several club women split on her appearance, with some saying she could not speak for all members.
Relatives from several states gathered at 503 North Loudoun Street for a funeral service for Mrs. Mary E. Metz wife of Daniel R. Metz Jr. Her death in Memorial Hospital resulted from intracarditis. The service included prayers by three pastors and hymns performed by a quartet. Mount Hebron Cemetery interment followed after a large floral display.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Woodhull Baker died Friday and was buried yesterday from the parents home at 21 South Washington Street. The Protestant Episcopal service was led by Rev Robert B Nelson and Rev Dr W D Smith with pallbearers named. Relatives and friends from Clarke and Jefferson counties attended along with guests from Maryland and Virginia.
Newell Gibson a 24 year old chemistry instructor at the Carnegie Institute of Technology died from bullet wounds after a party at Walter Krebs home. Krebs and E H Bane were held on bond and expected to be rearrested as investigators weigh the accidental shooting claim. Two women at the scene corroborated key statements.
St. Petersburg March 10 Babe Ruth signed a new contract and the New York Yankees took a two year lease on his services at 80 000 dollars annually.
Natural heat from Kilauea is utilized to warm the superintendent’s office in Hawaii National Park. The plan aims to use geothermal heat from the volcano to reduce energy costs and showcase sustainable cooling and heating methods.
Congress faces renewed clashes over tariffs on sugar cement and other duties. Senator Nye leads a bid to reconsider a 2 cent per pound Cuban sugar rate, aiming to restore higher levies while allies push to maintain the existing free list on cement and related products.
Dr Frederick A Cooke a former medical explorer was released on parole from Leavenworth Penitentiary after serving five years of a 14 year nine month sentence for using the mails to defraud in an oil promotion scheme. He plans to pursue a cure for narcotic degeneration and continues his scientific work.
In Johannesburg 29 people died when a cage with 28 native miners plunged 1,600 feet to the shaft bottom at Crown mines. Two European and six natives were injured in the incident today.
A note states that about thirty to forty leaves are required to supply the food needed to make one apple.
The Golden Bridge Hunt Club of New York and the Blue Ridge Hunt Club of Clarke county held a second joint chase of a six event series today at Clay Hill, with captains Gibson and Ewart Johnson hosting. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Gibson, Capt Ewart Congreve Jackson, Miss Stevens of Short Hills, and others from the two clubs. Social events followed at Clay Hill and The Moorings with planned dinners for visiting members during the week.
An eccentric note cites Dr Alfred Adlex a VI praising psychoanalysis while mocking addictions and describing a cheap pastime game. The fragment hints at a bet or wager with stakes described as a tenth of a cent per point.
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