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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1925
Page
3
Social and personal notes list guests and visits across venues including George Washington Hotel and Memorial Hospital. Notable names include Foster Branson Miss Isabel Miller Edgar Langley Mrs Ross Swimley and Miss Frances Gones, with travels between Martinsburg Harrisonburg Strasburg and Washington.
Mrs and Mrs German Smith return to Washington after visiting relatives and friends. Continued improvement is reported for Mr William Grim, agent of the American Railway Express Company, who has been ill with pneumonia for the past two or three weeks at his North Braddock Street home.
Mr and Mrs Frank Gear ing expect Mrs regen from Baltimore tomorrow. Mr Gear ing chose De Pax taecane for high store on Last Piccadilly street. Conrad Roberts and her young daughter Bolbie spend a week at Atlantic City. John J Ridgeway of Ridge way West Virginia spent the day in town. A meeting of twenty dealers of the Ford Motor Company was held at the George Washington Hotel at 10 o'clock with luncheon served afterwards.
A fragment notes an individual treated at Memorial Hospital and released by Dr McGuire after an injury. Details are incomplete, but the event centers on medical handling following the incident and the doctor’s involvement. The readable names include Memorial Hospital and Dr McGuire.
Mr. James Diffendat has returned to Winchester after spending time in Blacksburg Virginia and in Washington District of Columbia. He visited Blacksburg and Washington briefly before coming home.
Mrs J H Pistier of Marlboro Virginia spent the day here on business. Mrs Herbert Smith of South Carolina is registered at the George Washington Hotel. Miss Elizabeth Barr will entertain at Morse at her home on Wes. Mrs R Gray Williams is the guest of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William C Stuart Jr at their home in Newport News Virginia.
Mrs Myrtle Lemon and her daughter reach their home after an unspecified incident, with residents noting their safe arrival and minor distress. The report emphasizes the family’s relief and swift recovery from the episode.
Mr Robert W. Smith spent the weekend with friends in Washington and has returned.
Members of the Christian Church hold a St Patrick's Day event tonight at the home of Mr and Mrs en Cather on West Water Street to raise funds for a carpet for the Sunday school room.
The Girls' Athletic Association plans a card party tomorrow in their reading room at the American Legion building.
A. G. Matthews of Hagerstown is listed as a guest at the Jack Hotel according to the society column.
Oliver Irwin Snapp describes preparations for the Peach Blossom Festival in Fort Valley Georgia. The pageant remains $1 with free other entertainments including cavalry exhibitions band concerts fireworks and air plane flights. A free barbecue is planned with a 50 cent plate. The event is funded by subscriptions and program advertisements. About 15 hundred participants are expected with 70 to 80 thousand visitors anticipated to view the festival and its peach belt promotion. A Huff Deland plane is being sought for festival use.
The Personal section mentions Robert and Seddon Nelson of Rescoval High School visiting parents Rev B Nelson in town. Mr A G Weaver of Front Royal stops by town, J J W Calahan of Ridgeway spends day with friends, and a young daughter returns home after visiting her parents.
AP reports Deputy U S District Judge Kennedy allowed the government to proceed in the Teapot Dome scandal case by compelling M T Everhart a Pueblo banker and Albert B Fall’s son in law to testify about an alleged Liberty bond deposit for Fall. The ruling held Everhart’s refusal to testify might protect a third party.
Miss Thelma McAboy was feted Sunday at her mother Mrs M B McAboy s home in Wadesville for her fifteenth birthday. Guests included J M McAboy and wife with daughters Frances and Pheneth McAboy, Mr and Mrs Fyfes pp and son, Mre Pe fi Russell and Maurice Sas Mrs J P Stine, Mary Robinson Elizabeth Hirth Ottie Anderson, Legg and Hoat.
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