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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1931
Page
2
At the theatres in Winchester, previews and reviews outline future and current bookings at local motion picture houses. The report highlights upcoming screenings, audience interest, and program changes across multiple venues in the city.
The Palace Theatre ends its two day presentation of Hionor Among Lovers with Claudette Colbert delivering a dramatic scene that spurs a makeup redo after a film misstep. Paramount’s The Fe Trail shows tomorrow with Chief Yowlache, an Indian medicine man, in Spanish Acres alongside Richard Arlen Rosita Moreno Mitzi Green and Durkin. Yowlache returns to Hollywood after two years studying voice and touring.
The Capitol Theatre shows Warner Bros Waterloo Bridge for the last time this evening. Director James Whale, famed for Journey's End, oversees the intimate production with a restrained style as Mae Clarke and Kent Douglass star in the Universal Pictures release. The program also highlights I Like Your Nerve starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr, a bold new role mixing Robin Hood and D Artagnan as he pursues love with daring adventures in Central America.
In Boyce Virginia W J Hottel of Winchester visited here. Mr and Mrs Fred Peebles of Wisconsin spent the weekend with relatives. Mrs A A Trussell and daughter stayed with Mr and Mrs C W Gaunt. Ruth Royston and R W Royston spent weekend at home. Robert Kerns of Berryville visited Albert Nicodemus. Marian and Louise Martin, Mary Baldwin College students, spent weekend with H J Martin. Children attended the tonsil and adenoid clinic at Berryville Friday and Saturday.
Names Bobby Hooker Andrew Peyton Irma Shepherd and Kenneth Peyton appear in a report noting they have returned home and are doing nicely after an illness or injury. The brief item confirms their recovery status and residence.
A 60 year old widower seeks a Protestant gentlewoman with means to marry and help pay a lien on his Shenandoah Valley estate in Martinsburg area. He desires to modernize his home and notes his value rests in county and city property with wife to inherit. Contact J A Beck Box 494 Martinsburg WV.
Capon Bridge notes report Mr. and Mrs. Porter Stalnaker and daughter Glenora of Elkins visited with Mr. and Mrs. E Grant Nine. Rosalie Lovett suffers a broken collar bone from a porch fall. the high school sends wishes for recovery. Rev. Wright, new Methodist minister, will lead first service October 18. Birth announced for C A Peacemaker’s son on October 13. Mrs. Florence Shuler, in Baltimore, visits friends here. Betty Jean Willey returns to Washington DC after summer with grandparents.
Sunday visits include Miss Ruth Hiett with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Eaton at Loom. Winchester guests A. T. Edwards and Bryan Haines, who fell and broke his arm during painting for L. Hiett. Mrs. William Green and daughter from Baltimore visit Mrs. O. W. Eaton. Ada Grace and son Harry of Springfield call on Mrs. Kenzel Oates.
Report notes the Ware machine securing a second victory in Philadelphia elections amid talk of aligning with Tammany Hall and the San Diego Union for a possible world series signing.
Aggressive ad promises Ru Ma relieves rheumatic pain within days with a money back guarantee. A $1 bottle allegedly frees muscles and joints from stiffness swelling and hobbling, with claims of immediate relief and widespread local use by Baker's Drug Store and others.
An aged notice from Countryside Broadcasting highlights the Opequon Group and preservation concerns for a local apartment project. Details are fragmentary but emphasize a potential preservation or redevelopment issue and community interest.
Rural column urges thrift and gratitude as drought strains bite families. Farmers praise abundant crops this year yet warn of cash scarcity and possible church funding cuts. It stresses contentment with country life and hints at plans to finance a country church.
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