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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1930
Page
3
Isabelle P Miller begins to receive attention as Yale Gogartanest studies and vetogmosed topics emerge. RB Sime is noted in connection with the ongoing social updates and personal notices in the evening edition.
Two of Washington society’s leading debutantes Miss Barrine Drake and Miss Charlotte J Childress saw their engagements dissolved for unannounced reasons. Drake was set to wed Dr. Charles W. Bowers of New York. Childress with Lieut. William Wood reportedly split over temperament.
Adjutant Craig, Atlanta Ga., officially retires after 28 years of undivided Salvation Army service across the United States. She received a long service pin and admission to the Long Service Order, and has been visiting New England, Boston and Whitman Mass, with family ties to Frederick Craig of the Regal Shoe Company and Dr Howard Marine of Rockland.
The District Virginia Pa of Music Clubs will meet October 30 at Woodstock Episcopal Church with delegates from Arlington Culpeper Orange Rappahannock Warren Shenandoah Page Frederick Loudoun and others. Notables include Julia Fuqua Eva Taylor Eppes and Mrs. Buchanan among federation officials. Luncheon for delegates provided by Woodstock Music Lovers Club. Program details to be announced next week.
Dr Goodwin was elected factor at the May session of the Bishop’s Council held in Warrenton. A Virginia native from a long prominent family, he will lead the diocese. The consecration was presided by Rt. Rev. St George Tucker with assistance from Rt. Rev. Arthur Selden Lloyd and Rt. Rev. William Loyall Gravatt.
A large number of table reservations are booked for a church charity event with play to start at 8 o clock. Remaining players may attend and be assigned to bridge, 500, or pitch as needed. Prizes donated by local businesses and individuals include several notable gifts. Hospital Alumni plan a card party Oct 23 at 8 pm on West Clifford street to raise funds. Mrs Michael Colns handles table reservations by phone. Vincent Hollis leaves Memorial Hospital after two weeks of treatment for injuries from a September crash, still easing from nervous shock and a fractured leg.
The Little Theatre will hold a 7:30 PM meeting in the Handley Library trustees room to decide on the proposition from Mr. Waldman. Mrs. W. H. Reed is visiting Baltimore with relatives and friends.
The article lists officers elected to lead the club for the year, a roadside planting plan with a state landscape architect, and a report on the Seattle Garden Club and a Lake Louise visit. It also mentions Red Cross drive planning in Winchester and Frederick County, a birth announcement, Sunday school teachers meeting, and several local residents visiting or staying in town.
Several families attend the funeral of Richard R. Brown in Shenandoah Junction and Harrisonburg relatives visit. The report lists visitors from Altoona, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey, and notes Mrs. Hiltzheimer’s hospital stay and Mrs. Simpson’s improving health.
Boyce Virginia October 16 At the first meeting of the 1930 31 school year the Boyce High School Patrons League reorganized and laid plans for school improvement and closer patron teacher pupil relations. Officers elected were Rev B D Chambers president H J Martin vice president Mrs F L Largent secretary and Mrs R H Gardiner treasurer The league has spent about 50 on playground equipment and seeks funds for more auditorium chairs It will hold two meetings monthly with a business session on the second Monday and a social hour on the fourth Monday The first general get together is set for Monday October 27
The August records show every state hit 100 degrees or higher at least once while 19 states recorded freezing or below temperatures at some point. Idaho saw 111 degrees and 22 degrees, Virginia reached 102 degrees in September with a 32 degree low, and New England joined Virginia and Maryland in drier Septembers.
Lieut. William W Caldwell an army flier was reported missing after a crash 26 miles north of Laramie Wyoming. A aerial sighting and later reports suggested possible death or critical injury. Bodies were seen but not positively identified as Caldwell.
Colonel John Philip Hill protested in a letter to the attorney general that using Fort McHenry to jail dry law violators would be inappropriate likening it to placing a federal prison in Arlington cemetery. The Associated Press report from Baltimore notes the clash over federal use of the historic site.
Protests from patriotic societies and individuals arise as discussions continue about the fort becoming a national shrine. The Federal Business Association, a group of federal officials, plans to consider housing dry law violators at the fort at an upcoming meeting while Congress member scrutiny on the bill persists.
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