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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1930
Page
3
Department notes social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller handles notices by mail or phone anytime. Requests for information should be sent or called between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. Phone number not provided.
Miss Henrietta King Page daughter of Mrs N B Page Washington DC and Millwood Va wed Mr John Farrar of Pittsburgh Pa in a ceremony at the Frederick Presbyterian Church manse with Rev Charles E Wehler officiating. The couple plans a bridal tour and two week visit to Clarke county Minturn home before settlement.
Miss Charlotte Estep daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Estep of Martinsburg West Virginia wed Horace McKee son of Mr and Mrs Purcell McKee of Winchester in a Saturday ceremony. The bride a Handley High School and Shepherd College graduate taught for three years and was principal of the Kauffman School at Stephenson Virginia. The groom a Handley alum and Shenandoah Valley Academy attendee works with Walker Bond civil engineer and surveyor. They left for Martinsburg on a northern wedding trip and will reside in Winchester afterward.
Mr and Mrs William G Hardy attended the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Dallas and visited Fort Worths W J Cook Memorial Hospital where Miss Angelica P Didier formerly of Winchester Memorial Hospital is superintendent The cadet corps dance at the George Washington Hotel Staunton Academy in camp here was postponed with a new date expected tomorrow
Announcements report the engagement of Ella Virginia Coleman to S. E. Brown with a June 21 wedding at the bride’s home in Ranson West Virginia. Other items note J Luther Maphis and Ursula Beall wed in Washington DC and now reside there. Juanita Riley named Lynchburg College sophomore class vice president. WCTU meets at Mrs C M Ebert’s home. Estelle McCarty and James C Evans wed in Hagerstown and will live in Pennsylvania. W T Anderson serves on Virginia Tech advisory board. remodeling plans approved. Mary Greenway Russell and Ann Brooke Kern visited Washington. Mrs F L Buckley returns from Prince Royal weekend.
Mrs. William L. Irwin will motor to Detroit Michigan for a visit with relatives who wintered with the Irwins. Mrs. Herbert S. Larrick travels to Baltimore for Goucher College commencement where daughter Nancy Gray Larrick is in the senior class. Local business men J H Henry E L Henry and John TI Sloat depart for Pittsburgh to handle affairs, with other residents visiting family and attending events in Maryland West Virginia and Virginia.
Colonel Roscoe Turner left Roosevelt Field New York with his lion cub mascot Gilmore on a one stop flight to Los Angeles to set a new speed record from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The current east west record is 19 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds set by Frank Hawks. Turner plans a Wichita stop.
In Cumberland Maryland Judge Albert A Doub sentenced three men tied to fatal crashes. William C Dundee received two years in the house of correction for Miss Gertrude Harris's death. Francis Schriner must pay 25 dollars monthly for three years to Evelyn Becker's family. John H Ridg e baugh got five months in jail for Emma Alburtis's death.
W A Fraser announces that thirty thousand Woodmen of the World veterans have received twenty five year service medals. The 30000th medal was given at Fort King Camp 14 in Ocala Florida as WOW marks forty years. The order reports assets over 128 million and about half a million members. It cites War Memorial Hospital in San Antonio and WOW radio in Omaha as key ventures and hopes to issue 100000 pins.
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County on May 3 1930 a suit to settle the estate of Charles O Williams deceased and determine heirs at law. The court orders defendants Pearl Dinges Virginia Barbour Lloyd Wedlock Mary Williams and unknown heirs to appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests. Notice to publish weekly for four weeks in Evening Star Winchester Va and to post at courthouse front door by May 19 1930. Copies mailed to defendants. A Copy Teste J W Baker Deputy Clerk Herbert S Larrick p q.
Car cleaning service offers thorough interior and exterior cleaning using modern equipment. High pressure greasing provided. Cars called for and delivered with no extra charge. N Braddock St address and contact number listed.
In Texas Maryland on May 27 a premature dynamite explosion at Henry P Campbell and Sons rock quarry killed Lewis Burr and critically injured his helper Raymond Poe. Burr was instantly killed when the dynamite he tamped exploded possibly from a hammer spark. Poe, severely injured, was taken to a hospital and not expected to survive. Officials said both men worked alone on a hillside and the blast shook nearby workers.
The Graf Zeppelin moored at Havana after a long voyage from Rio de Janeiro. Nearly 8000 miles had been covered with a 500 mile hop remaining to reach Havana as preparations continued for the return leg toward the South American coast. Dr. Hugo Eckener announced plans to reach Germany by June 5.
Associated Press photo features Alexander Simpson running as a Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in New Jersey.
Testimony before the Senate lobby committee attributes Hoover’s win to church groups and temperance forces. Pickett, research secretary for the Methodist Temperance Board, cites poor Republican organization and a fight driven by churches and liquor interests, with a $35,000 budget noted for the campaign.
The annual report by Treasurer A. M. Baker for the year ending January 3 is recorded. It shows Handley fund balances and school and library investments, with library fund $139,507.28 and school fund $1,022,070.87, plus other figures.
In New York on May 27 the market pressed rises but faced setbacks from unfavorable outlooks for the highway and farm implement sectors. Heavy session volume closed with about 35,000,000 shares traded and call money at 3 percent.
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