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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1929
Page
5
Virginia figure Bascom Slemp is expected to be offered and to accept the governorship of Porto Rico, succeeding Horace M. Towner. Sources say Hoover administration officials approve the selection and a White House announcement may come soon.
Mr. Charles Whitacre spent the weekend in Winchester with friends. Visitors to Mr. and Mrs. ER. S. Johnson on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Oates, Mr. and Mrs. Candy Nelson and family of Winchester, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Oates and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Oates. Mrs. William Lupton and children Thomas Erma and Nanie Berle of Highview also spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Lupton hosts visitors Mr. C. B. Whitacre and son H. D. Whitacre spending summer with the Larricks in Winchester. The Bethel Sunday school reorganized with a 10 am service and an open invitation to all. LaFollette suffers flu and measles. Bunner and Whitlock families visited.
The Star Monday incorrectly stated their home as Waverly. They actually reside at Montemavista, former Heater family home just south of Middletown. Waverly is the old Miller homeplace north of Middletown.
Mrs William K Routt Jr and her son Billy have returned from a two week visit to her parents Mr and Mrs A L Ebersole in Winchester and Waynesboro Virginia
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