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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1931

Page

3

Virginians Deliver Excellent Music in Valley Farewell

Social and Personal Virginians perform in the valley for the last time, delivering exceptionally refined music amid a warm reception and nostalgic mood.

Social calendar of weekly club meetings and events

A sequence of scheduled gatherings includes a Sunday Christian Endeavor meeting at Centenary Reformed Church at 3 PM. Monday hosts McKinley Chapter Eastern Star and a Nurses' commencement at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Lions Club lunch at George Washington Hotel on Tuesday at 12 30 PM. Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel on Wednesday at 12 45 PM. Rotary luncheon on Thursday at 1 PM. American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel on Friday at 12 30 PM.

Christian Endeavor Centenary Reformed Church McKinley Chapter Order of Eastern Star, Farmers, and Merchants National Bank Winchester Memorial Hospital First Baptist Church Lions’ Club George Washington Hotel Century Club Hom Louis Baker Kiwanis Club Rotary Club American Legion

Mrs Russell's Club Concert Highlights Scandinavian Music

Century Club meeting at Mrs Harry Russell's home May 19 featured a musical program arranged by Mrs Russell with Mrs Bryan Conrad giving a Scandinavian music talk. The program included Grieg numbers, dances, and performances by Mrs W Nelson Page Mrs F L Buckley Miss Evva Stouffer and Miss Georgia Conrad. The Riverside Tea Room dance near Edinburgh drew attendees Miss Helen Buckley and Mr Harold Sheetz among others.

Russell Century Club Harry K. Russell Bryan Conrad Conrad Germany Italy France Russia Scandinavia Hungary Sweden Jenny Lind Norway Grieg Ole Bull Denmark Ibsen Georgia Conrad Saint Saens Anitra Riverside Riverside Tea Room Edinburg Helen Buckley Harold Sheetz Jack Schill West

Marriages and campus honors highlighted in region notices

Miss Grace Heatwole wed Mr. Davis Ommert in Harrisburg with family and clergy present. The bride, a Winchester native educated at Handley and Columbia Business College, and the groom, a Lemasters native, will reside in Lemasters. Virginia track and golf letters awarded with Luc Jones and Aldrich Dudley noted. Miss Eleanor McCartney headlined spring events at Handley. Additionally, new marriage license issued to James Frye and Hester Scherer. Social teas and bridge events featured with local guests and decorations.

Grace Heatwole George Heatwole Winchester Harrisburg Davis Ommert Lemasters Warren J. Conrad Presbyterian Church A. M. Oyler Handley School Hagerstown Columbia Business College Winchester Milling Corporation Ommert Lemaster High School First National Bank Mercersburg University of Virginia Harry R. Kern, Jr William S. Dix, Jr Berryville Aldrich Dudley Middleburg Eleanor Mccartney Handley High School Ithaca N. Y Cornell University Mecartney Lupton Mecartney Alpha ‘Zeta Fraternity

High School Alumni Luncheon and Dance Planned

Handley High School alumni plan a luncheon June 12 from 12 to 1 30 in the school cafeteria with a small charge for meals. Alumni Day also includes a dance at Rouss Hall with Red Bailey and His Collegians. The organizing committee lists several local residents and graduates.

Kenneth Rice Handley High School John Kerr School Virginia Rehill Lord and Spencer Piccadilly Street Rouss Hall Red Bailey Collegians Richard Gray Sue Schlack Kitty Barnett Dorothy Rice Nat Hawkins John Glaize

Local Residents Headed for Visits and Gatherings

Mrs. James Anderson, improved after major surgery at Memorial Hospital in New Castle Pennsylvania, is mentioned among local health updates. A parade of relatives and friends travel between Edinburg Maryland, Charles Town West Virginia, Hagerstown Maryland, and Shenandoah area to visit family, attend weddings, or spend weekends at cottages and homes, including Mr. and Mrs. E W Cather, Mr. and Mrs. Layton Stockdale, and Miss Sarah Stanley Edwards.

Miss Stuart Kiza Stuart Maurice Trimble Pittsburgh William D. Smith Shenandoah Valley Academy Lynn K. Brugh Hagerstown Stuart Meredith Todd Washington, D. C Milton Bauserman Memorial Hospital Braddock Street Bauserman Ella Brown James Anderson Newcastle, Pa Morris Cather Morris, Jr Betty Charles Town W. Va E. W. Cather Blanche Shoop Layton Stockdale Stockdale Evelyn Cather Sarah Stanley A C. Edwards Nesday Kenmore Manor Richard E. Byrd Joseph A. Massie

Air Defense Air Show Delayed By Weather In New York

The Army of the Air postpones its New York defense air show three hours due to drizzling rain and thunder storms. Five hundred seventy two planes on Long Island bases will now depart at 3 30 p m EST. Weather hampers the event but planes remain undamaged. Thousands head to Fairchild Mitchel Roosevelt and Curtiss fields in anticipation.

Associated Press New York Army of the Air Long Island Lower Manhattan Brooklyn Fairchild Mitchel Roosevelt Curtiss

Chicago Grain Closing Prices

Prices from W B Hibbs & Company show Wheat May 86 should be 86 1/2, July 58 5/8, September 58 1/2, December 60. Corn May 65 1/2, July 65 3/4, September 53 5/8, December 47 Oats July 27 59, September 26 3/4, December 29 Oats July 38, September 38

Chicago

American Agent Banned From Geneva Labor Conference

Secretary Doak cabled Miss Mary Anderson director of the women s bureau not to attend the international labor conference starting May 28 in Geneva. The State Department advised that no one officially or unofficially should go. Anderson was sent as an observer from the United States.

Associated Press Washington Doak Mary Anderson Women’s Bureau International Labor Conference Geneva Labor State Department League ¢. Nation Miss Anderson

Work Done In Behalf Of Rural Children Reported

Richmond May 22 Representatives from Virginia Rural Child Welfare agencies conferred here to review progress and defer a public campaign until after the governor's November conference. They outlined aims to boost interest and responsibility for rural child life and press for more support for necessary measures and agencies.

Richmond Virginia

Wife Of Farm Board Official Falls To Death

Mrs Angie Ridgway 37 wife of Farm Board director Fran Ridgway died after falling from a fifth floor window in their Connecticut Avenue apartment She had gone to call her 8 year old son Charles who was playing below and investigators said she became dizzy while recovering from an illness

Associated Press Washington Angie Ridgway Fran Ridgway The Farm Board Connecticut Avenue

Stocks Drop Still Lower In Quiet Session

In a quiet New York exchange session on May 23 the market drifted lower amid speculative apathy. Liquidity continued to slip away, depressing several prominent issues one to three points after rails led briefly in early trading.

Associated Press New York Rails

Scientist observes microscopic creatures split every 16 hours

A scientist watched a single family of microscopic creatures for five years and noted that they multiply by splitting into two complete living parts once every 16 hours.

Ocean Salinity and Niagara Flow Time Factoid

Article notes the Pacific and Atlantic water volumes with rough figures and claims the entire world’s sea water could flow over Niagara in about two million years. No clear source events or dates provided.

Pacific Ocean Atlantic Niagara

Grandson Of Garfield Found Dying Of Wound

John N. Garfield grandson of President Garfield died from a bullet wound at his Mentor Ohio home. Sheriff Maloney found a gun near the body and the cause of death remains uncertain. Survived by widow and five children, he served in WWI and was connected to steamship interests. Burial planned at Mount Hebron with Odd Fellows and Presbyterian church members as pallbearers.

Associated Press Cleveland John N. Garfield James A. Garfield Mentor Ohio James Maloney Lake County Mr. Garfield M. Lohr Capper Elttord D. Grim L. C. Janney Edgar Mason J. Henry Moling, Jr John H. Myers B. C. Ritter H. C. Sheetz L. H. Stokes Robi. McC. Glass

Chas W. Ramsburg Dies In City

Business leader Chas W. Ramsburg died last night after a long career shaping local commerce. Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden of the ministry delivered remarks at the wake and funeral plans were announced by Ramsburg’s family.

Three youths convicted of first degree murder in McGreevy slaying

In Greensburg Pennsylvania three juveniles, Paul E. Boggs Russell Wentz and John Greenwald, convicted of first degree murder for the February holdup slaying of barbecue stand operator Francis J McGreevy. They were serving Cambria county jail terms for another robbery at the time. McGreevy's wife lives in Hancock Maryland.

Greensburg Francis J. McGreevy Paul E. Boggs Russell Wentz John Greenwald Cambria County McGreevy Hancock

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