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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1935
Page
3
Mrs. George Sloane hosted a luncheon in Warenton for Virginia women’s club leaders from groups including the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Garden Club of Virginia. They backed a bill to tax billboard advertising along highways to fund roadside beautification efforts.
The Chester National Concert Association opens Monday evening November 4 with a grand reception directed by Mrs Burr Powell Harrison and Mrs Peter Yates Brinton. Tickets go on sale after the event and local workers will campaign to promote the season.
Evening gatherings include organ recital at Market Street Methodist Church and lodge, club, and church events across Winchester and Handley areas. Notable items: Kernstown League election, Brad dock Street M E Church Young Class home gathering, AAUW Winchester branch meeting, Stenandoah Valley Academy dance, Lions and Kiwanis luncheons at George Washington Hotel, BPOE Lodge at Ellis Home, Grace Lutheran adult choir, Rotary Club, Privatees theater opening and cabaret at George Washington Hotel, Handley High School dance.
Winchester observes Girl Scout Week with a church service at Church of Christ on West Cork Street led by Rev. George E. Owen on Sunday praising service in the valley. A Monday night entertainment at George Washington Hotel features a candle lighting ceremony songs and dramatizations without speeches.
Announcement records the September 7 wedding of Bertha Line of DeHaven to Woodrow Payne of this city. Rev. Carter, a Methodist minister in Hagerstown, officiated. Bertha is the daughter of Homer and Mrs Line, while Woodrow is the son of A J and Mrs Payne. The couple will reside with Woodrow’s parents at 216 South Kent Street.
Former Senator Harry Wake Harmer and Mrs. Harmer of Clarksburg, West Virginia, have returned to their home after visiting Mrs. Stanley E. Harmer at 110 West Cork Street.
Mr and Mrs Roger Jones of Berryville Clarke county welcome a son born Tuesday October 22 at Memorial Hospital Mrs Jones was formerly Miss Margaret DeHaven Conveys family announcement with birth details and parental names.
Members of the local bar attended the funeral services for the late Hon. M. L. Walton Sr. in Woodstock on Wednesday afternoon. Attendees included Judge Philip Williams and M. M. Lynch, R. Gray Williams, Herbert S. Larrick, Harry R. Kern Sr., John M. Steck, and State Senator T. Russell Cather. Local football fans plan to attend the Virginia Virginia Military Institute game in Charlottesville, with Allen Emmert J Victor Arthur H B McCormac and Judge Philip Williams traveling together after a luncheon hosted by Mr. Arthur.
Berryville Virginia October 25 the Clarke County Vocational Fair showcases Boyce and Berryville high schools. Fifty three classes abound from home economics to sewing to flower arrangement and agricultural displays. Prizes include cash awards and ribbons with officers led by President Monty Lane and Superintendent James Suddith. Clarke County 4 H clubs sponsor the event and compete against fathers and sons in several exhibits.
Miss Marian and Miss Louise Martin of White Post returned from Blacksburg after attending the Virginia Polytechnic Institute opening dances with Ca det Baird A Rucker Jr. They paused in Staunton to visit Mary Baldwin College friends on the way home.
Miller, 67, to be named King Harry 1st at Martinsburg Apple Show opening. He produced 150000 bushels from 600 acres last year, largest individual crop in the state, with a history of over 100000 bushels annually across ten years and a 4000-tree peach operation. Governor Kump to preside.
Miss Cora Fletcher of this city is recovering well after tonsil and teeth surgery at Memorial Hospital last Friday. She expects to be moved home soon. Mrs. L. D. Anderson of Star Tannery is convalescing satisfactorily after a serious Memorial Hospital operation ten days ago. Mr. and Mrs. S Donald McFadden will leave here tomorrow.
Miss Sylvia Rappaport formerly of this city and her Wynnefield cousin Sylvi Rappaport will visit Baltimore for the Notre Dame Navy game weekend. Col and Mrs. Llewellyn Bull of The Turbyries Clarke County will host a dinner tomorrow night for the guests.
In Salisbury Maryland on October 25 a cigarette started a bed fire at the Chantry House causing smoke to fill rooms. Guests fled in their nightclothes but the fire was confined to one bedroom and firefighters reported all well within minutes.
An explosion ripped out the rear basement of the State Theatre in Chattanooga Tennessee killing a Black man and seriously injuring a White man who had entered the basement before theatre hours to oil a furnace. Mrs Lynn Brugh plans to leave Thornhill Manor for Hagerstown Maryland. Miss Nellie Young has returned to Martinsburg West Virginia after visiting friends in the city and Ridgeway West Virginia.
Baltimore report of the death of George H. Wode, a well known salesman for Alphe Chemical Company, after a brief illness. Fred W. Forney writes from M. Tae Strom, noting Wode’s long service in Winchester territory and high regard from his company and peers.
Visitors will conduct a service in front of the C House at 7 80 o clock p m followed by a meeting in the hall at 8 o clock General George Marshall will address the gathering Adjutant General Secretary Bee Major James Mars in charge invites attendance
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