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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News informs readers that items may be mailed or phoned to the department. The social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller will provide next day notes by telephone between 3 and 4 pm. Phone number is 33.
Joseph M. Cropper presided at the fourth district meeting in Berryville with representatives from seventeen counties. Orange was absent due to flood-related travel problems. officers were elected for the coming year and a immigration restriction stance was reaffirmed.
The Shenandoah Valley Serenaders are booked for a dance at Pilaster's Hall Bluemont tonight with many Winchester attendees expected. Tomorrow night they perform at Crandall's Hall Martinsburg West Virginia.
Invitations issued last week for the marriage of Miss Esther Murray of Baltimore to Mr. R Taylor Coleman of Richmond were recalled after the bride's father, Rt Rev John Gardner Murray, died suddenly. The notice also lists local residents and travelers visiting Winchester and nearby towns, with brief movements and arrivals noted.
The Winchester Gan Club convenes at o'clock this evening at R T Jones and Company to act on new business. A practice shoot is planned for 3 pm tomorrow at Rouss Park, with shooters in classes by averages. Recent scores: Singles BH Cuthbert 45 50, Seabright 45 50, Brannon 44 50, Goss 36 50, Jones 35 50. Doubles Jones 17 24, Seabright 17 24, Brannon 16 24, Goss 15 24.
Advices from Moscow said missing French aviator Dieudonne Coste reportedly landed sixty miles from China in Siberia about 400 miles east of Irkutsk. A search was ordered as coast guard cutters in Sitka Ketchikan and Seattle were sent to locate the missing Russian plane Land of the Soviet after it failed to reach Seattle.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh leaves Guatemala City at 11 15 a m for Belize and British Honduras to survey Maya ruins according to a Tropical Radio dispatch.
Cor Cameron and Boscawen Streets Pastor Rev C H Anderson invites all to Sunday School at 2 p m and preaching at 7 30 p m In addition preaching at Capon Springs at 11 a m and at Shiloh at 8 30 p m A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Twenty one people were injured at Cedar Creek on the Louisville and Nashville line in an unusual wreck. One victim is reported seriously hurt as crews investigated the incident near Sanford, Kentucky on October 4.
A train derailed eight miles from here when a broken rail shattered by the engine caused five cars to leave the track. The cars dragged 250 yards, one struck a bridge abutment and broke away, overturning, but the abutment kept them from plunging into Cedar Creek.
A fragment notes mood and seasons in Boston with reflections on September cold versus August heat, describing melancholic days and a transcribed script sentiment.
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