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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1931
Page
3
Social and personal notices request submissions by mail or phone to Evening Star. Readers are advised to use the telephonic contact at number 33 for department inquiries rather than addressing individuals directly.
A list of social calendar items for Wednesday through Friday includes choir rehearsals at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches, District Nurse Association meeting, Rotary Club luncheon, W C T U social, Winchester Choral Society and Loyal Temperance Legion gatherings, Armel Community League, American Legion Post, and a Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel dance with Dan Gregory and His Victor Orchestra.
The Little Theatre held its monthly meeting at Handley Library with a plan for a Christmas play and cast selection set for Friday. Emma Ginn Baker was re elected president and Kathryn Funkhouser and Anne Brooke Kern named vice presidents. New play directors were chosen and a next meeting slated for November 3. Local social events and visits to Washington and Atlantic City were noted along with church and guild activities and several residents’ travels.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tierney of Bluefield West Virginia announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday October 6 at a Bluefield hospital. Mrs Tierney formerly Miss Kathryn Baker, daughter of Mr and Mrs W A Baker of South Washington Street. Mrs Baker visiting Bluefield.
Church Circle No 4 of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon with Mrs J H Myers at 400 West Cecil Street. Miss Anne Kern and Miss Susan Steck traveled to Washington for the day. Miss Mary Russell plans a Delaw are visit as house guest. Mrs B B Dutton hosts the weekly bridge club on Washington Street Friday. Garden Club met at Mrs Ernest Ely’s home with Miss Clara Wood assisting.
The council endorsed a plan to lay a sidewalk at the city’s expense for Mr. Barrie. It reported on the stone quarry output sold to the State Highway Commission and other buyers, noting jobs created. An ordinance amending parking rules on East Boscawen and Piccadilly streets passed, restricting truck parking and limiting parallel and angled parking to specified hours.
The council debated extending sewer and water lines to Greystone Terrace as Shryock Eaton and Rush offered to pay ten percent of the cost for three years. Health officials warned septic tanks over Rouss Spring threaten drinking water, prompting an ordinance to require state consultation. Police reported 76 September arrests with $1,078 in fines.
A Boston Herald columnist quips about not seeing the old fashioned grandmother who hooked rugs, suggesting her term may not be over yet and framing a light social stereotype.
A reflective line notes that people tolerate a noisy dog when they own it, implying discomfort or annoyance with unfamiliar dogs and highlighting ownership as a factor in irritability.
The Rev. P R Diehl spoke at the Winchester Lions Club luncheon marking his departure for Ridgeley West Virginia where he will lead the Methodist Episcopal Church South He served Frederick Circuit for four years and praised the club for supporting humanitarian work The event included tributes from Herbert S Larrick and a reminder of Charter Night in Cumberland Md October 13 and news of a new club member J R Alexander.
Nation honors Dwight W. Morrow at Englewood service in a quiet religious ceremony. Leaders Calvin Coolidge Curtis Stimson and many senators attend with diplomatic corps presence. Family requests no intrusion during interment at Brookside Cemetery.
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