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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
3
The article details the McKinley Chapter installation with officers named and ceremonies held. It then describes the World Contract Bridge Olympic to be played globally tomorrow at 8 01 PM with 356 gold and silver prizes, Culbertson trophies, sealed hands, and broadcast by Ely Culbertson. Proceeds fund new hospital curtains.
Relatives report Master Billy Hanna remains in serious condition after several weeks at Memorial Hospital. His aunt Miss Elizabeth Wright, a nurse from New York, assists his mother Mrs Frances Hanna in caring for him. Mrs Grover Schlack and daughter Helen, also patients at Memorial, have been moved home after eight weeks of typhoid fever and are improving.
A list of evening meetings and events includes Loyal Temperance Legion in Brad dock Street Church offices at 7 30 p m. Young People's League session at Martinsburg Presby terian Church. Kernstown Civic League April Fool s party at Kernstown school house. Adult tap and ballroom dancing at George Washington Hotel under Stafford Pemberton. American Legion Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Dr Grant of the State Board of Health to speak at Civic League luncheon in Frederick Tea Room. National NBC hook up broadcast by Ely Culbertson on World Bridge Olympic. Winchester hosts World Bridge Olympic game at Mrs John M Steck Sr s home Fairmont avenue. Northern Virginia Power Company free cooking lessons and ice department classes at home service hall. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Second class free ice lessons at home service hall.
McKinley Chapter No 10 Order Eastern Star met in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building with 103 members present. At an April 11 meeting they celebrate a third anniversary as officers were publicly installed with guests from state chapters and Oklahoma.
The wedding of Miss K Eckert of Washington to Mr. William Littell of Staunton Va took place Saturday in Rockville Md. Canon Rudd officiated at Frederick Episcopal Church. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin V Eckert and a Beaver College graduate. The groom, son of the late Brig Gen Littell A S A and Mrs Littell, is a Lehigh University graduate. They will reside at 2726 Connecticut Ave Washington.
The Fairview Four-H Club met on Thursday March 24 at 10 30 with ten members present two absent. Two new members enrolled. Improvements were made in the club room before the meeting in charge were the assistant leader and the president. A discussion on dress styles and colors for the spring fashion show was held.
Circle No 4 of the Women's Service Guild of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church plans a baked food sale Saturday morning April 2 starting at 9 at Solenberger's hardware store. Funds support church patrons and activities.
A lengthy list details residents returning from Easter holidays to Harrisonburg Charlottesville Philadelphia Richmond and Washington. People include Miss Ruth Berry Miss Jenny Lind Hockman Miss Carolyn Quantz Mr James Davis Lieut William Turpin Mrs J W Riley Mrs J Wilmer Biddle and families with several house guests and visitors. A birth is noted for Floyd Dodson and Margaret Brill.
Johns Hopkins Hospital nurse Miss Frances Moulden travels to Rest County to visit relatives for several days in Baltimore.
G L Rothger of Stephens City Va weighs taxes and public spending citing 1914 federal taxes at 1 098 602 065 and 1931 costs at 4 821 374 569 with population rises from 97 927 516 to 124 070 000. He urges universal labor duties and criticizes salaries and road policy while recalling a minister and a star-route comparison.
Howard A. Whetzel 38 son of the late Alexander W. and Carrie Funkhouser Whetzel died at 7 30 p m Sunday in Arizona after a period of illness. He had lived in Arizona for health reasons and recently visited Martinsburg with his sister Mrs Cora Shipper. Surviving are his son Howard A. Wetzel Jr two sisters Mrs Cora Shipper and Mrs Lillian E Tharpe and one brother C W Whetzel with others in the area. The body will be brought to Winchester Saturday April 2 for funeral at 3 30 p m from Mount Hebron Mortuary Chapel with burial at Mount Hebron. Rev E A Lambert of Braddock Street Methodist Church will officiate. Pallbearers are close relatives.
The proposal suggests using public funds to lend individuals the money to pay their taxes and offering a bonus as incentive. It emphasizes persuasive means to improve tax collection and compliance.
The Star presents a daily market report noting corrected figures and emphasizing no assumptions about typographic errors. Readers are advised to focus on actual price movements and observed volumes across major stocks.
Some economists claim all business woes end with more borrowing for distressed firms. The remark suggests Congress should remember Franklin on the value of pennies and fiscal restraint.
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