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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1932
Page
3
Residents of Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South staged a farewell surprise for Pastor Rev Charles Wagner and his wife amid Sunday services. Gifts were quietly slipped into their parked car as they left, marking five years of service with warm appreciation. Wagner attends the Baltimore Conference meeting in Winchester.
Wednesday events include the young people's choir at United Brethren Church at 6 45 p m and Grace Lutheran adult choir at 8 30 p m Regular Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel at 1 00 p m Girls Athletic Association meets at 8 00 p m on West Piccadilly Street Tri County Odd Fellows' Association meets with Bentonville Lodge No 12 30 p m American Legion Post gathering at George Washington Hotel 3 30 p m Winchester Civic League fall opening at Mrs Melvin Greene home Evening Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church hosts a Christian Endeavor Society hob o party Music Lovers Club meets 8 00 p m at Mrs Frank L Buckley 23 South Stewart Street Harvest Home Banquet spon sored by Epworth League Braddock Street church 8 30 p m Saturday Harvest Home Banquet at George Washington Hotel Sunday and Tuesday Lions Club 12 30 p m meeting at George Washington Hotel Little Theatre annual officers election in Handley Library auditorium 7 30 p m
Secretary of labor W N Doak delivered the opening address on the theme Forces in America at War at the thirty sixth annual three day D A R convention in Wytheville Virginia. Speakers included Mrs W L Dunne historian general and Rev W H Bowman pastor of the Wytheville Presbyterian Church with Mrs Charles B Keesee presiding and host chapters Stuart and Wilderness Road.
Mrs Walter Austin and daughter Dorothy Austin of Dead Han Mass arrived to visit Mrs Lewis H Hyde at West Boscawen street. The United Church young ladies choir meets at 6 45 tonight for important business. Otterbein Guild meets Friday at 7 30 at Miss Frances Bush's South street home. Mrs Garland Hansbrough and daughter Margaret leave for Harrisonburg and Richmond as guests of relatives. Susie Reid visits Loudoun county. Charles J Blair shows improvement from a cold. Mrs Robert Y Conrad and daughter Bobbie relocate to Baltimore for the fall term. Mrs Alice Dunaway rests more comfortably after a wrist fracture. Garden Club of Virginia board meeting in Warrenton. Lawrence S Davis to attend. Thomas Elsen and family move from East Piccadilly to Berryville. Mr Elsen works as a pharmacist there.
Quotations provided by Legg and Company based in Baltimore with Chicago Board of Trade and Baltimore Chamber of Commerce members. Freight and market prices cited from 210 Chamber of Commerce Building Baltimore address and telephone listings Plaza 1498 and 1746.
Rom ney West Virginia October 5 Citizens of Hampshire and nearby counties plan an all day rally and reunion October 18 at Camp Walker six miles east of Romney on Route 50. The event promises the largest gathering in the region with free lunch a Romney Concert Band and speakers including Mansfield Neely and Jennings Randolph. Gene Tunney may attend.
An old advertisement markets a so called easy method to sculpt the chest and curves. It claims thin and skinny girls will gain male attention by using Vinci after a few weeks. Baker's Drug promotes the product in a brief ad.
The Church of the Sacred Heart in Winchester is named principal censor in the will of the late Charles Harbaugh, a retired Kentucky merchant. Probate was admitted in the Corporation Clerk's office with about $4,000 expected to go to the church. The executor Maurice M. Lynch is to convert debts to cash, pay just debts, and place the residue in a trust to benefit church expenses and masses for Harbaugh. Personal property goes to his sister Louise Ward. bond posted in $4,000. Appraisers listed include Sullivan, Reardon, Jamison, Lillis, and Shine.
Forest fires roared through western Oregon and southwestern Washington threatening three small towns. Wendling in Lane County faced a 2,500 firefighter effort to defend it as flames left ashes in one town and damaged several buildings in another. Amboy in southwest Washington was ringed by fire threatening six families determined to fight the mile wide blaze to save their homes.
Henry F. More paid a $100 contempt fine after causing a mistrial in the lottery trial of Senator James J. Davis. Judge Frank J. Coleman offered five days in jail as an alternative. A retrial is tentatively set for next week amid potential delay requests for Davis to campaign.
Uniformed Boy Scouts assisted visiting delegates at the Baltimore Conference hosted by Braddock Street Methodist Church South. Scouts including Donald Stewart Paul Hunter Jimmy Grove Forrest Jones Elwood Grim Wilfred Cather Riddick Smith Derek Hayley Colin Hayley and Charles Hurst helped with welcome duties and directing attendees. Some ministers and laymen praised the Scouts and expressed interest in starting Scouting in their communities.
Coast guard destroyers rushed to assist a seaplane reported down at sea 17 miles southeast of Shinnecock Light, Long Island. The plane’s identity was not known as destroyer headquarters reported the incident from New London Conn.
In Campico Mexico Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz Y Flores the papal delegate was expelled as a pernicious foreigner following Pope Pius encyclical controversy. His exile prompted a weather diverted flight to Brownsville Texas with plans to depart again. Vatican officials called the expulsion expected and not surprising noting Mexico pursues a policy of violence.
The New York stock market left its narrow trading range with a sharp down turn as selling swept through the list. Leaders fell two to six points with some recoveries later. Sterling cables quoted at 3.45 and call money renewed at 2 percent.
Two representatives from the state's attorney office flew to Toronto to aid in the arrest of Martin Insull. Indictments with his brother Samuel accuse embezzlement larceny and larceny in bailee related to the Insull Utility Systems Financing Company collapse.
Representative J Charles Linthicum of Maryland's Fourth District died today at Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore. The 51 year old lawmaker had served in the House since 1922 and played a key role on foreign affairs and public works. He had been hospitalized since yesterday after a stroke.
Federal Judge John M Woolsey appointed Calvin Fentress ancillary receiver in bankruptcy for the Insull Utilities Investment Inc in New York. He also issued a blanket injunction restraining all persons and corporations including Sheriff Marshall and five New York banks from interfering with securities or other assets covered by the receivership.
The term peace at any price emerged after Lord Palmerston mocked the Quaker statesman John Bright as a extreme pacifist.
The passengers recount the famous ocean liner Ike as it courses into a cloudy verge, holding steady against rising winds and turbulent seas. The vessel remains steadfast while the crew faces the threat of an advancing storm.
Council examined a county bill for six months of 1932 care at the city county farm and authorized settlement actions. A hydrant at Cameron and Boscawen streets was denied restoration in favor of an existing fountain.
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