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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1929
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs. Isabelle PF. Miller requests social news by mail or phone for next day updates. Calls accepted between 3 and 4 p.m. Phone number provided as 33 for immediate reports.
Mr and Mrs Powell C Heiskell of Morgantown West Virginia recently wed and spent several days touring Virginia. They visited Winchester and Endless Caverns then stayed with Mrs M K Hutchinson in Winchester before returning. Heiskell is an Appolone Oil Company manager and son of N C Heiskell. Mrs Heiskell formerly Hazel Morris a Morgantown teacher.
Mr Marvin H Stipe of this city and Miss Edna May Hartley of Stephens City were married in Hagerstown Maryland on Saturday May 18 by Rev Gilmer of the Lutheran Church Their families and friends learned of the wedding today The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hartley and a Handley High School graduate Mr Stipe is son of Mr and Mrs Steward Stipe and with the George Washington Hotel staff A dinner in their honor followed at the George Washington Hotel with Mr George J Frazier as host The yellow and white color scheme was noted
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Stine hosted a surprise birthday party at Potter Hill Fruit Farm on May 23 for Mr. Stine turning sixty five. About 50 relatives and friends attended, and Mrs. Walter Evans Barr baked the pink-capped white birthday cake. Guests left bearing gifts and best wishes for many happy returns.
Tonight a church social in the Centenary Reformed Church social rooms features novel games and a box social. Ladies prepared fancy boxes containing edible dainties and the name of the maker, sold to attending men who are expected to share the lunch with the corresponding lady.
Handley High School cadet battalion hosts an annual dance this evening at the George Washington Hotel with music by the Original Shenandoah Valley Serenaders. Admission is 1.50 per couple. Capt. Thomas E. Kremer Jr. chairs the arrangements. The event is chaperoned and alumni are invited.
Mr. Davis W Ritter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ritter, graduated from the Medical College of Virginia with a doctor of medicine degree and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Medical Corps. He attended Handley High School, Roanoke College for premed work, and the medical college, and will intern at St Joseph's Hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Mr Abner Huntsberry a Washington and Lee University student arrived for a short visit with his parents in Lexington Virginia. He will return with his sister Virginia Ann Huntsberry Miss Mildred Landis and Mr William Hollis to attend the Washington and Lee finals from May 31 to June 5. Mary Anna and Madalee Carpenter daughters of Mr and Mrs Russell Carpenter are ill with measles.
The Civic League of Stephens City met at the Lyric Theatre on May 23 for a program of music drills and recitations. The treasurer reported $394.76 spent on school improvements with $64.77 on hand. Prof. R E B Ayler led as president this year, and 104 members were urged to join again for continued support of the school system.
The Women's Civic League plans a summer finale dinner Friday June 7 at Woodlawn Tea House Berryville. Members will caravan from Winchester to tour Mrs Henry B Gilpin's Scabby gardens in Boyce before a 6 pm dinner. Mrs John D Richardson Fairfax will speak and Mrs Green will report on Garden Club of America tours.
Garden Club of Virginia set for its annual convention in Winchester June 11 to 13. Local Winchester Clarke County Garden Club met at Mrs. John S. Scully’s home to discuss the program, prize list for floral exhibits, and public details to be announced by Miss Rose MacDonald of Berryville. Local notices also cover a Spotswood Garden Club show on June 11 and a family motoring trip to New Jersey, plus VMI monograms for cadet athletes and Martinsburg illness news.
Mr. D. J. Howard, supervisor of vocational education in several northern Virginia counties, travels to Richmond for a multi day staff conference with supervisors and department heads. Federal and Virginian agriculture departments are represented.
Mr and Mrs C J Dunn of Hanover Pa guests at Hotel Jack. Mrs Myrtle Miller leaves C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage for Bickers Motor Company. Miss Themla Richard registered nurse and cousin Mr Phillips Cammer from Fairmont W Va visit E A Richards family at Mountain Falls. Beverley Rice of Washington arrives to visit. accomplice Charles M Carty heads home to Crozet Va for vacation.
Miss Edna Lamb of State Teachers College Farmville Va is expected Friday to spend vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs John Lamb. Master Billy Green son of Mr Mreé Stewart Green of South Dock Street, previously ill for two weeks, shows slight improvement.
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