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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News section notes that items may be mailed or phoned to the social reporter Mrs Teabelle F Miller. Calls to news phone number 33 are accepted between 3 and 4 p m for the following day.
Mr. J. S. Braithwaite of Cross Junction celebrated his sixty fourth birthday with a surprise gathering hosted by relatives last Sunday. The event featured a picnic style dinner on the lawn and a 64 candle cake baked by Mrs. Floyd Luttrell. Many relatives attended, with greetings from numerous Braithwaite families and friends.
A large crowd attended the first annual flower show by the Frederick Garden Club at the Christian Association building in Frederick yesterday. About 90 exhibits were entered with strong interest in winning pieces. Judges from Leesburg Blue Ridge Summit Hagerstown and others selected winners including table decoration prize to Mrs Edward Cunningham with runners up Mrs Charles H Conley and Mrs Sam W Maples. About 200 special awards complemented garden club money prizes as several hundred visitors attended.
A playlet titled The Three Visitors will be presented at Gore Baptist Church next Sunday at 7 30 p m by the Baptist Young People's Union. The program includes roles for president and secretary positions with listed participants.
Ten tables reserved for a benefit card party starting at 8 o'clock tonight in the Girls' Athletic Association club rooms. Prizes will be awarded and refreshments planned by the committee. The events are popular with card enthusiasts. Rev Mr and Mrs Mitchell visit daughter in Pulaski Virginia with plans to travel to Kingsport Tennessee next week.
Improvement reported today in the condition of Mrs John F Rodman formerly Miss Frances Capper who suffered a severe scalp wound in an auto accident near Paris Fauquier county while riding with Mr Rodman and friends. She had been at Memorial Hospital and is now at the Capper home on North Loudoun street with the scalp laceration healing.
Miss Rosalie Bruce Nelson, debutante daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Robert B. Nelson of Winchester, will attend a tea hosted by Mrs. Alexander H. Rutherfoord in Baltimore this afternoon. Nelson plans to stay for the season with her cousins Mr. and Mrs. Rutherfoord after attending the first Bachelor’s Cotillon.
Invitations have been received for the wedding of Miss Edn Atkinson Carter daughter of Mr and Mrs Spencer Carter of Richmond and Romney to Mr Walter Armistead Williams Jr son of Mr and Mrs W A Williams of Richmond The ceremony will be Saturday November 2 at 6 pm at Grace and Holy Trinity Church followed by a reception at 2338 Monument Avenue Richmond
J W Robeson and James A Powers of the Baltimore Sun circulation department spend a day in town on business. Mrs Beech and Benton Beech of Washington welcome a newborn daughter. she is formerly Vivian Moore of Opequon. Reverend E H Clark to address Missionary Society. meeting postponed to October 17. Various locals and visitors noted at shops and hotels.
Miss Katherine Elizabeth Chrismore of this city married James Tilden Artrip on Sunday October 6 in Washington D C at the Waugh Methodist parsonage. The bride, an operator with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, wore blue crepe. The couple will reside in Washington. Witnesses were Mr Wade Hefflin and Mrs S Cameron among others. Guests linger at the George Washington Hotel while plans for the winter in New York are noted for Miss Mary Hyde.
Six members of Mr. Gardner family on Sulphur Springs road suffer typhoid fever. Mrs. Gardner in critical condition and five children aged 1½ to 13 years ill. Mr. Gardner not infected. Dr. H S Pifer sent their well water for analysis. report shows typhoid germs present near the barn. The Rev Norris A Lineweaver led a relief party to cut corn, planning to finish seven of fourteen acres this Saturday afternoon with volunteers.
The jury could not agree on the embezzlement verdict against Arthur G. Jones, former president of Jones Woolen Mills. Judge Williams urged further deliberations after a long, tense session that extended past midnight, with spectators packing the courtroom and many stockholders present.
Dr Willard J Fisher of Harvard calls on newspapers to broadcast a search for written records of Leonid meteor displays. He argues old logs and writings from ships Chinese Indian Egyptian literature Jesuit relations and other sources could help predict future showers slated for November 1932 or 33.
Fashion trends have moved onto golf courses as men increasingly adopt stylish looks on the links. The shift signals a broader embrace of coordinated attire and refined sport style among players and clubs.
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