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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1929
Page
3
Social and Arsonal News notes news can be mailed or phoned to the department. The social reporter Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller must receive items between 3 and 4 p.m. for the next day. Phone number available.
Forty members of the Girls Athletic Association enjoyed a Hallowe en banquet at Tokus Inn. Miss Helen Crisman served as toastmistress amid decorations by Mrs F Gladstone Crim and Mrs Thomas Sprint. An orchestra of ten girls provided music. Philomena Laren and Ella Brown performed. The event included poems, humor, and stories about first kisses, ending with plans for another banquet. Armistice Day plans were also outlined by the American Legion Auxiliary with poppy sales and a hearty supper featuring many chicken dishes and baked goods.
Relatives and friends gathered at Mr and Mrs H W Beatty home in Lovettsville to honor Rev Asa Richard on his eighty fifth birthday. Dinner for twenty four guests included families from Mountain Falls Mount Williams Chambersburg and Jefferson Maryland and Pennsylvania. Rev Richard longtime local Lutheran pastor celebrated age with good faculties and many gifts. A Red Cross lecture by Capt James McClintock will follow at First Baptist Church Washington and Piccadilly streets Thursday at eight oclock.
Winchester Girl Scouts hold their first public court of honor tonight at 8 in Handley Library Auditorium. Miss Adelaide Werner national regional director will present awards and speak. The event opens with a pantomime, followed by the opening ceremony and badge awards. Mr. J M McDowell of Chambersburg, Pa., is in Winchester on business.
Mr. Cyril Mee the Australian vocalist will sing at an eight o clock recital in Centenary Re formed Church directed by Mrs. Harry C Stouffer under the Mary and Martha Class auspices. An offering will be received with no admission. Violin solos by Miss Evva Stouffer and violin duets by Mrs. Pauline Shoop Cather and Miss Stouffer, students of a master violinist of America.
The Women’s Civic League plans a 12.30 p m Friday regular meeting with a luncheon at the Battletown Inn Kernstown. Members without cars will meet Mrs Melvin Green’s home South Washington Street to depart by 12.30 with transport provided. Miss Martha E Stowers Red Cross executive secretary will speak. Mrs Green will share impressions from a western motor trip last summer.
Mrs John G Walker of Winchester arrives in Richmond to visit Mr and Mrs Eppa Hunton at their West Franklin street home. She is the widow of the late Major General Walker of the Confederate Army and has spent time at Williamsburg with relatives.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church plans a big Hallowe'en party in the church parlor Friday at 8 o'clock. Members are asked to bring a friend. costumed attendees can expect many surprises. Shenandoah Valley Serenaders perform at Shenvalee New Market tonight with local attendance expected as the first winter dance at Shenvalee.
Church circle No 2 of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet Friday at 2 30 PM at the home of Mrs A L Pine on Fairmont Avenue. Full attendance requested. Guests include Mrs S D Robinson back from Baltimore and Mr George W Hoge of Washington visiting the George Washington Hotel. A Hallowe en social by Christian Endeavor will be held tomorrow at 7 30 PM in United Brethren basement.
The New York curb firm Lynch and Company suspended for failure to meet obligations following a bear market. Sembrot accused of misusing bank funds for stock speculation and alleged poisoning. Rosenwald pledged to guarantee stock accounts for 40,000 Sears, Roebuck employees amid the market drop. Americans rush home as Wall Street losses prompt faster travel.
Funeral services for Edward Lee Tabb of Berkeley county will be held Thursday at 2 PM at the McKown home in No. 541 North Loudoun street with Rev. Dr. F T McFaden officiating. Interment follows at Gerardstown WV. Pallbearers include Phil H Gold L D Miller Graham Wilson Robert Sherrard Lyle Campbell and Fred Staub. He died yesterday at his sister in law's home and would have been 64 in December. He had worked in cement and building operations and leaves two sisters and a brother.
Edwin B Parker 61 longtime arbiter of the American German mixed claims commission died in Washington He had a distinguished career as an umpire in settling international disputes The Associated Press report notes his death on October 30 19xx.
West Point Superintendent General Smith and Naval Academy head Rear Admiral Robison conferred in Washington but made no agreement on resuming athletic relations. The dispute centers on a three year eligibility rule, with West Point opposing its adoption at Annapolis.
Manila dispatch says six US destroyers and two protected ships will depart for Chinese waters under orders from Rear Admiral Charles R. McVay Jr. The moves follow renewed fighting in the Yangtze valley and the rebellion of the Nationalists against the People’s Army.
Mrs John Hayslett of Bruce town suffered a sudden lung edema attack yesterday at Mount Hebron Cemetery and was rushed to Memorial Hospital. She is reported today to be considerably improved and remains under Dr Anderson’s care at Memorial Hospital.
Snow blanketed the Rocky Mountain region from Montana to New Mexico with drifts hindering travel. Nineteen marooned people on Pike's Peak were rescued and brought to Colorado Springs along with fifteen others from Glen Cove who were also relocated.
Paris October 30 Etienne Clementel former finance minister and Senate finance committee chair accepted in principle the task of forming a cabinet to replace the Briand ministry He belongs to the radical Senate group and is seen as moderate with support from financial interests.
Kenosha Wisconsin ship sinking case reveals sixteen lives lost when the steamer Wisconsin sank after a storm. Harvey Lyon, the ship's pursuer, testifies at a federal investigation detailing the disaster.
A social at How ard Linaburg's Friday night November 1 is planned for the Red Bud church benefit. Refreshments of many kinds and hot coffee will be served. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ralph Fleagis, a bank robber, was condemned to death in Lamar Colorado by a jury that rejected a bargain offered by officers for his confession.
A report from Spezia Italy notes a successful test of an Italian submarine device. The craft reportedly descended to extraordinary depth around 34 units and surfaced with the hull intact. Hydrophonic communication linked the submerged unit to two observers on the surface.
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