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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal note says items may be mailed or telephoned to social reporter Mrs Teabillee Miller between 3 and 4 pm for the following day.
A social event features Miss Stickley and a groom accompanying a large cream and green umbrella centerpiece. Guests include Mrs. Machir, Mrs. Neal, and many Cooley and Brown family members. The article also mentions a Gainesville engagement, a veteran recovering colonel, and a Strasburg Garden Club meeting with fall plant talk and lily culture notes.
Miss Elinor Lyne hosted a bridge luncheon at Shenandoah Hotel Martinsburg West Virginia announcing the engagement of Miss Duvall to become Mrs Albert L Newman after November 1. Duvall is a home demonstrator for Northern Virginia Power and has many friends in town. The wedding is planned for November 1 at her Maryland home. Guests included Miss Duvall and Mrs J J Lyne Mrs Harrison Schley Mrs Wilbur Kriser Mrs Charles Lynch Miss Jack Engle Miss Mary Stockton Schley Miss Lea Manchester Miss Miller Wisecarver Miss Catherine Lyne and Miss Eligio Lyne. Colonel and Mrs Roszel attended a national American Legion convention in Boston and Col Roszel declined the national command race. Mrs March remains confined with injuries from a fall on a rough sidewalk and is slowly improving.
A marriage license was issued in the Corporation Court clerk's office on Saturday to Luther Paul Dolphin of Frederick county and Ola Elizabeth McFarland of this city. The groom is a laborer and son of Mr. and Mrs J. H. Dolphin while the bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs W H McFarland.
Mrs Louis L Baker sustained painful bruises and shock after falling on steps while leaving home to join Mr Baker for a New York trip He later improved and the couple canceled travel Also Rev Benjamin E Watson of Pasadena Cal preached at Church of Christ on West Cork Street before heading to Washington for a church convention He is Virginia born and brother of Mrs Dudley wife of Rev W L Dudley of the local church affiliation
Dr and Mrs A M Showalter of Christiansburg Va were in Winchester en route to Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons. Dr Showalter attends the meeting this week while in the city Master Walter Funk of Opequonhitis county fractured his arm above the elbow in a fall and is under Dr H I Pifer care.
Memorial Hospital reports Captain Perry Haddox is resting well after Tuesday's automobile collision. His nervous shock has lessened and his overall condition is stabilizing with good nourishment and nightly rest. The report notes his condition is favorable.
Miss Helen Virginia Carper entertained the Junior Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Ridge School youngsters with a Hallowe en party and weinie roast from 4 to 6 on Friday afternoon. The program included readings, songs, dramatizations and jokes by more than fifty children. Afterward the group roasted wenries toasted marshmallows and played games on the school grounds. Several visitors joined the event.
A small electrically run machine enables invisible mending of silk stockings. It invites women to start their own home business and earn money. Knitbac Service Company offers guidance, address 508 Fifth Avenue, New York City, for details.
The News and Observer reports Bailey campaign leaders plan to contest the Senate campaign funds inquiry led by the national committee. Hearings open in Raleigh with subpoenas for Cameron Morrison and other Bailey backers as the probe extends to Tennessee and Nebraska before November elections.
Public meetings on forest conservation and development in Virginia were tentatively decided at the new forestry commission's organization. C. H. Morrissett was elected chairman and William H. Shands secretary without compensation. Members include W. Stuart Moffett, W. H. Langhorne, Jacquelin P. Taylor, Ryland Camp.
A 1930 letter from R. Glass urges applying a classic hymn to life’s journey. It invokes guidance from God as Pilgrims cross a barren land with prayers for strength, healing, and safe passage to Canaan. The date October 11, 1930 appears in the closing.
The Department of Agriculture reports a general 19 percent rise in crop prospects for September. Corn production is forecast at 2,046,716,000 bushels, with wheat and oats also up from August estimates, though Missouri Arkansas and Montana show large declines. Pastures revived in most states but remain below historic October levels. Virginia corn forecast 16,138,000 bushels with oats at 3,876,000.
Virginia agriculture commissioner George W. Koiner said the Valley apple crop was inferior and buds threatened by drought, a claim denied by Valley orchardists who cite an exceptionally quality crop and larger yield than expected. They say 1931 buds are not menaced by the drought and Koiner was misinformed.
Frederick County Virginia Court refers matter to Master Commissioner to inventory James L. Gardner decd estate identify personal property settle creditor priorities and unpaid taxes and hear claims. Hearing set for November 4 1930 at Herbert S. Larrick office in Winchester with attendance and proof required. If not completed day by day adjournments follow.
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