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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1931
Page
2
Mount Pleasant Virginia notes list visits among local families and relatives from Strasburg Winchester Front Royal and Round Hill with church events and boarders. Residents report Sunday visits from Sagers Raceys Milhons Adams and Perry families and others. Some illness and indisposition noted with local social calls and church attendance.
Milldale Va October 22. Mrs Robbie Shipe and daughter of Woodberry visited her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs George Stickley. Lewis Brown and family and Grover Brown and daughter Phillis Ann of Martinsburg spent time with Mrs W B Brown. Ben Corder of Woodberry visiting friends. Lyle Oliver and Philip Rogers of Front Royal paused in Milldale. Many residents attended Front Royal Saturday. Sunday School at 9 30 am everyone invited.
A colossal apple pie in Birmingham England measured 12 feet by 10 feet by 2 feet and weighed enough to produce about 3 000 portions. It used 450 pounds of apples 150 pounds of flour 50 pounds of lard and 28 pounds of sugar.
The Washington exhibit presents gowns worn by mistresses of the White House with authentic coiffures. The focus remains on the garment while the faces on the figures resemble King Lear's daughter.
Hable's Palace presents The Royal Bed a director actor vehicle at the Palace Theatre set on a mythical North Sea island. The queen Nance O Nell and princess Mary Astor wear lavish gowns none matches royal couture while male costumes feature miles of gold braid and glittering medals. Alan Roscoe required three hours makeup and Sherman wore a Hussar uniform taking three hours and three assistants.
The all talking outdoor romance Call of the West screens at the Palace Theatre tomorrow. Matt Moore stars as the virile Westerner with Dorothy Revier as the heroine, joined by Buff Jones Tom O'Brien Nick De Ruiz Ford West and Vic Patel in authentic outdoor scenes versus Gay White Way night life. Albert Ray directs.
Miss O'Neil stars as the slangy Bowery girl in The Brat at Capitol Theatre with Frank Albertson Allan Dinehart and Virginia Cherrill in supporting roles. John Ford directs this lively screen adaptation of Maude Fulton play poised to boost ONeil's stardom.
Leon Janney and Junior Coghlan play Penrod and Sam in the First National picture coming to the Capitol Theatre tomorrow. They still enjoy baseball and other sports but are getting a kick from chess and often play between takes. Director William Beaudine also plays, and the Penrod and Sam cast includes Dorothy Peterson Matt Moore Zasu Pitts and Duke the dog.
A Richmond Times-Dispatch line contrasts a quoted note praising the Great Wall of China with its own Wickersham report coverage, implying a sharp comparison between ancient engineering and modern investigation.
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