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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1931
Page
3
The article notes Dr William H Squire, a University of Virginia medical graduate, will pursue further study in Europe after internships at Massachusetts General Hospital and Long Island College Hospital and work as assistant resident doctor in neurology at the University of Chicago.
A weekly schedule lists meetings and events across Martinsburg organizations. Activities include Ladies Auxiliary at Lou doun Street Presbyterian Church on Monday at 7 30 p m, Lions Club lunch at George Washington Hotel Tuesday noon, Century Club at Mrs Lewis M Allen’s Clifford street home 3 30 p m, Kiwanis Club lunch at George Washington Hotel 12 45 p m, junior choir practice at United Brethren Church 6 45 p m, adult choir practice at Grace Lutheran Church 8 30 p m, Rotary lunch at George Washington Hotel 1 00 p m, Rotary banquet and dance in Martinsburg evening, American Legion Post lunch Friday 12 30 p m, and Willing Workers chicken and waffle supper at First Baptist Church basement Friday evening with public invited.
Miss Julia Meem Harrison daughter of Mrs Julia Meem Harrison and the late Randolph Harrison married Dr James Winston Watts of Chicago at St Pauls Episcopal Church Lynchburg The ceremony was by Rev Carleton Barnwell with an elaborate musical program The bride wore her mother’s ivory duchess satin gown and a grandmother’s pearl necklace. The wedding linked the Harrison Meem and Watts families with notable Virginia and Shenandoah connections.
Cadets at Shenandoah Valley Academy host a Hallowe en dance in the school gym Saturday October 31 as part of the winter dance series. Chaperones include Col and Mrs Roszel and Miss Sarah Chew. Delegates from Leesburg Riverton Washington and a city attend. Mr Joe Anderson of Cumberland Md spent the weekend here.
Local society notes list residents and visitors returning to Lexington and nearby towns from colleges, hospitals, and trips. Names include Richard Eddy Washington and Lee University. Velma Pannett Garfield Memorial Hospital. Beverley Rice and Louisa Hollis. John Weems University of Virginia. Elizabeth Crawford Berryville High School. Charles Hirth Jr Pittsburgh. Yorktown Sesquicentennial attendees. Em erson School students and several out-of-town guests. Conditions indicate ongoing travel and weekend hospitality.
Miss Mary Himelright returns home in Hagers town Md after visiting Miss Bright Grove on Valley Avenue. Miss Clara Berry goes back to the Southern Inn apartment after a visit in Harrisonburg with her parents. Miss Anne Tucker McGuire leaves for New York City to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts Carnegie Hall. Miss Margaret Richards, George Washington University student, visits her parents on South Washington street. Richards and Irene Mathews attend the Covington Va Christian Endeavor district meeting. Miss Sybilla Crisman returns to Harrisonburg where she studies at the State Teachers College after a weekend with her parents. Mrs John T Roddey of Rock Hill DC visits at Hack's on South Washington street. Miss Mary McDonald and Mr Louis Wender plan fall and winter clothing purchases in New York City for Wender Apparel Shop.
The report lists prices for dairy feed, cracked corn, bran, middlings, and creamery butter, alongside wholesale and retail market figures. It includes scales for mixed feed, screenings, corn meal, and livestock items such as chicks, calves, steers, sheep, and pigs, with regional pricing and packaging notes.
Judge Williams rules the handwritten will lacks genuine signature and lacks witnesses, condemning holograph wills as dangerous. The novel dispute centered on Mrs Anderson disinheriting one son in favor of another, with the case drawing banker and business interest in the city.
John Lee Pratt of Fredericksburg and New York, vice president of General Motors, buys Chatham estate near Fredericksburg. The property, dating to 1728 and linked to William Fitzhugh and Sir Christopher Wren, has historic ties to George Washington, Martha Custis, and the Civil War era.
Services at the Baptist Church yesterday were well attended. Dr. T. C. Skinner of Lynchburg preached morning on And now why tarriest thou? urging immediacy in accepting Christ. Evening message titled And they supposing him to have been in the company went a day's journey warned leaders to ensure Christ’s presence. Deacons for the coming year were set apart including W. A. Sale and others. Series ends Wednesday with Dr. Skinner speaking at 7.45 on Preoccupation. public invited.
Hibbs & Company provides stock quotations as members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade from the Hibbs Building in Washington D C offering telephone access to market data.
A general decline occurred today on the New York Exchange security list with heavy selling driving prices to near weekly lows at 2.15 pm. The British pound remained firm at 3.93 dollars. Quotations included Allied Chem. & Dye 86 3/4, American Can 84 3/4, General Motors 26 1/4, Bethlehem Steel 25, Woolworth 56.
President Hoover lauded the early radio industry's choice to reject government demands and listener taxes as avoiding political and social peril. He delivered the praise in a nationally broadcast address from the White House to the National Association of Broadcasters gathered in Detroit.
The President cited his time as secretary of commerce noting licensing broadcasting channels to private enterprises under government oversight. He argued these and other decisions helped preserve free speech for the country.
The navy dirgible Los Angeles departed Lakehurst New Jersey at 8 30 a m for Atlanta Georgia to participate in a Navy day event the airship is scheduled to return to its hanger on Thursday
Grain prices at Chicago declined as profit taking pressed markets across December and May contracts. Oats and rye showed lower quotes with December and May positions sliding while July oats and rye activity remained limited.
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