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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1936
Page
2
Community notes list visitors and illnesses across the area. Residence and hospital updates include Mrs. Fred Manue and a Berle visitor, plus W. A. Clark's return after hospital treatment and Virginia Painter seeking care at Johns Hopkins. Local events mention commencement exercises, Bible school coaching, and a school picnic and closing day activities.
Reynolds Store Notes from Virginia detail social visits on Sunday among residents and visitors from Winchester Berkeley Springs Hagerstown Staunton Big Pool and nearby areas. Families such as Omps Brannon Flow ers and Dick are listed with assorted relatives and guests. The item also notes a near deadly incident when I D Shade pursued cattle and fire from rifle shots occurred.
Reports indicate Mr Shade was near a fatal shooting incident when another individual killed a dog and a third party fired at them. The assailant is not yet identified and no arrests have been made.
May 29 Stephens City Virginia residents and visitors are listed in a social roundup. Guests at Mrs. Annie Williams include W W Haines from Mt. Lebanon Pa and A M Haines with spouses, plus R R Cox of Connellsville Pa and Rawlings of Clarendon Va. Also noted are travel updates and local moves involving Edwin Fritts family and Mrs. Boyd Steele.
Mt Pleasant Virginia May 29 Mrs Vennor Milhon and two daughters Freda May and Peggy Jean and Mrs Atha Dyke visited Mrs John Perry last Thursday afternoon. The Round Hill school program drew a large crowd and profits from refreshment sales aided the Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church. Lew Lamp of Winchester called on relatives in the area last Monday. The Ladies Aid Society will meet at the home of Mr and Mrs J A Boyce on Saturday night June 6 at 8 pm with relatives and friends invited. Sunday visitors at the Hamilton home included Theodore Hamilton and others from Winchester.
Bloom Brevities notes a memorial service at St Johns in Bloom, Va, set for the first Sunday in June at 2 p.m. The item also lists visits and weekend travels among local residents including families Lineweaver Clowser Green Richard and McDon ald with friends in Winchester Star Tannery and Zepp areas.
Hogue Creek Virginia residents report social calls with neighbors from Winchester and Augusta West Virginia. Mr and Mrs Ralph Cather and two sons visited Ollie Crowser on Sunday evening. Mrs Ralph Triplett and Woodrow Perry were guests of Luther Larrick earlier. Earl Wolfe and four children of Augusta West Virginia also visited. Frances Adams and Mr. are mentioned among attendees.
Charles Brown and Mr Vernon Uner hosted over Miss Pauline Clowser and brother Charles Clowser. Mr and Mrs Walter Miller visited relatives in Cumberland Maryland. Mr and Mrs Charles Rinker of Winchester were guests Friday of Mr and Mrs David Foster. Mrs Foster visited Mrs Silas Palmer Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Silas Palmer celebrate birth of a son with both mother and baby thriving. Mr and Mrs Ernest Whitlock and daughter from Baltimore were in town with John Nelson. Mr and Mrs Robert Foster welcomed a son Monday. both mother and baby doing well. Misses Mary Lee Martyn Miller and little Wayne Braithwaite also mentioned.
Green Spring Virginia May 29 Mr and Mrs Dale Davis of Miami Florida are visiting the sister of Mrs Davis. Mr and Mrs Nathan Shirley and children from Martinsburg West Virginia were guests of Mr and Mrs E P Nagley. Ernest Tharp and Harry Bowman families motored to Skyline Drive. Garnetta Wilson and Minnie Nagley suffered mumps.
Miss Elizabeth Colston recovering well after appendectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Stinson visited friends in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Charles Lanham of Briggs honored Mary Lanham in Boyce. Mrs William Cadwallader returned from Warren County visit. Mrs Rebecca Creamer improving from infected hand. Mr Ernest Hottel visited relatives in Winchester.
Mrs. C. D. Adams hosted a Sunday gathering with relatives and friends including Mrs. Ashton Miss Frances Ashton Flemington Ashton Mrs. Love and Mrs. Slanton all of Washington D C Virginia Mills Isa belle Rutherford Mr Dennis But Ea Pa Lgee. Rev B D Chambers delivered Emmanuel Chapel baccalaureate remarks praising a life of mature service.
In Chambersville Virginia on May 29 residents report visits from Winchester guests and family gatherings. The Round Hill school closed Tuesday and teachers from Mrs Homer and Miss Miller’s rooms held a spring cab with picnic dinner. Several local families hosted guests including the Spaits Spitlar Millers and Bradfields. Mrs Rogers and Mrs Ritter are noted as ill or traveling and church services were attended in Wardensville before returning home.
A Round Hill school performance last week drew a good crowd and delivered a fine program of entertainment and talent.
A program authorizing 57 more passenger cars to be air conditioned will give the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 480 air conditioned cars to meet heavy vacation season demand. The B and O began air conditioning in 1930 with a diner, followed by the first fully air conditioned train in 1931 and the first long distance sleeping car train in 1932. Records show an 1884 ice box cooling system was installed in a B and O passenger car.
Mayor Burnet R. Maybank announced negotiations with West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co to build a large paper mill in Charleston soon. Details remain confidential as talks wrap up.
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