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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1930
Page
3
Social and personal news mentions Teale PF Miller and Joe Sy Mahone arranged for communication between 4 p.m. and the following day. No additional context or details are provided.
A quiet Saturday evening ceremony at the bride’s Woodstock home united Miss Eleanor Fravel and Mr. John I. Brown Jr. under the Gunstonary Reformed Church ring rite. The couple plan a West Pittson home and a Pittsburgh bridal tour after a reception with family and friends.
The Rev Dr Charles Noyes Tyndell of St Stephens Terra Haute Ind officiated at St Annes Episcopal Church Annapolis where Miss Rebecca Holmes Tyndell daughter of Rev Tyndell and Mrs Tyndell joined Francis Ryland Washington son of Mrs Fanny Lackland Washington and late Lawrence Washington. Miss Tyndell given in marriage by her brother-in-law Peyton Jaquelin Marshall. The groom attended by his brother Ju Han Washington. They plan a brief honeymoon and will reside in Salisbury Md.
Miss Elna Furr of Weyer's Cave VA and Carl Brown son of Dr. and Mrs C D Brown of Strasburg were quietly married in the District of Columbia by Rev R Deal at a Methodist Episcopal Church South. Attending were Miss Julia Stickley and Kenneth Campbell of Strasburg. The couple plans a bridal tour to Atlantic City New York and Boston before settling in Strasburg.
Mrs Garvin F Bowles entertained about 50 guests at Rose Hill near Clearbrook in a pink and green decorated shower for Mrs Edwin F Ritter formerly Elsie Elizabeth Carpenter. Gifts included linen silver glass china and pottery as the guests wished the couple a long and happy married life.
Miss Dorothy Mae Ashton and Ernest Roy Clem were married Saturday evening at 9 o'clock at the Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church parsonage. Only near relatives attended the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O A Ashton and the groom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clem, is connected with Memorial Hospital. The couple, with relatives, planned a honeymoon to Washington and will return next week.
Mr and Mrs Frank Jacques hosted a refined dinner at their North Braddock Street residence last evening honoring Mr and Mrs Gilbert G Rosenberger formerly Miss Odelle Bean who are visiting from the Bean home. The Rosenberger party recently completed a motor wedding trip through New England and Canada. The Winchester Delphians chapter, newly organized, meets at Handley Library at 2 30 pm Thursday with Mrs Frank B Crawford directing the session on The Land of the Pyramids. Mr Garvin Bowles has returned to Norfolk after a weekend with Mrs Bowles and their young son Telfair at Clearbrook.
Miss Charlena Grim, returning from Harri sorburge Ve where she attended the summer session of the State Teachers' College, is confined at home with a sprained ankle suffered shortly before leaving the college. Miss Constance Buckley and Miss Helen Buckley hosted a tea for Miss Judith McGuire, whose September 16 marriage to Lieut. Julian B. Lindsey was announced.
The Mary and Martha Bible Class of Grace Lutheran Church Sunday school will meet in the Sunday school room at 7 30 o clock next Monday evening September 8 for its regular monthly session.
Mrs J Wilmer Biddle and her daughters Elizabeth and Stanley Gordon return from England where they visited Mrs Biddle's son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Howard Gwynne Keppel-Palmer at Henley on Thames and stayed in London. They will sail soon and spend autumn at Windsor Lodge in Virginia. A dinner for Mrs Biddle was hosted by the Marquess and Marchioness of Huntly, with the Marquess of Huntly as head of the Gordon clan in Scotland.
Miss Annie McFadden arrived Sunday to spend her annual vacation with her mother Mrs. Patrick J. McFadden on South Washington street. She has long served as superintendent of the Tennessee Iron and Coal Railroad Company Hospital at Fairfield Alabama and trained at Garfield Hospital in Washington. Mr. Frank B. Reardon and his son Francis of Baltimore were weekend guests at the McFadden home. Reardon is a son of the late Patrick and Mrs. Reardon of Winchester.
Several couples were issued marriage licenses in the Corporation Court clerk's office. Oscar D Geltmacht of Roseville Maryland and Katheryn Thompson of Boonsboro Maryland are a farm family with James Thompson as her father. Henry F Weaver of Morgantown West Virginia and Harriett V Harris of Winchester Virginia are linked to the Department of Agriculture via residence in Charles Town. William Franklin Fleming of Fairmount West Virginia and Caroline Rice of Bonmount West Virginia. H Clay McCulloh of Piedmont West Virginia and Susan K Crist of Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. March and Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Avey with their daughter Louise returned from a weeklong Canada trip. They visited relatives in Binghamton New York and Lancaster Pennsylvania and toured the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, a 52 year summer feature. The fairhouses show Canadian farm and industry products and foreign exhibits, with daily attendance of up to 260,000 and a grandstand seating 24,800.
A marriage license was issued in Rockville Maryland yesterday to Robert C Jasper and Elizabeth E Eagle both of Winchester. They were married by Rev Tyler of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and returned to their home in this city last night. The bride daughter of George H Eagle well known local businessman and Handley Schools graduate class of 1928. The groom a Culpeper Virginia native works with the A and P Tea Company stores here.
Labor Day automobile races at Altoona Pennsylvania attracted many of Winchester’s sporting circle who traveled to witness the event. Attendees included Lyle Herrell Herman Stine Robert Glaize Thurman Pierce Kenneth Rush W Benton Snider Walter Shade and Curtis Funkhouser.
Mrs Ada Steele and her daughter Miss May Louise Steele along with Miss Lenah Lichliter return home after a weekend in McKeesport and Pittsburgh Pa. Mrs Steele’s mother Mrs G A Lewis accompanies them and plans to visit her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs J H Lewis of McKeesport for several weeks.
Mr and Mrs Fred H Way of National Avenue welcome a daughter born August 29 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The child was named Batricia Suzanne. Mr Way works as a salesman with Miller and Anderson. Local residents attended graduation at State burg and returned with Miss Eula Affleck.
Cleveland dispatch reports two seasoned balloonists pacing the Gordon Bennett trophy course as the international races drift over New York state. Capt Ernest De Muyter of Belgium shows a huge silken bag near Earleville at 6 30 am reaching about 325 miles from the start. Edward J. Dill of the United States, piloting City of Detroit, observed at 7 30 am. a third balloon was tracked over Cortland at 8 10 am.
President Hoover and his party arrived by car from Washington to Baltimore to review the Veterans of Foreign Wars parade. Veterans who fought in campaigns since 1898 prepared to march, with drum and bugle corps, sailors from the Florida, destroyers, and Army and Marine units in parade dress. The President then planned a luncheon at the Maryland Club and a two mile parade to City Hall for the reviewing stand.
Special Commissioners will sell at public auction on September 18 1930 in Winchester Virginia a farm of 103 acres with a timbered tract and high grade silica deposit. The site lies in Back Creek Valley near Gore and has railroad and Back Creek access suitable for lumbering and mining. Terms require one third cash and two equal yearly installments with bonds, deed of trust, and insurance.
William Randolph Hearst arrived in London saying he had no complaint about France. He cited strained relations over the against publication of an Anglo French treaty two years ago by his newspapers. Hearst said officials were polite and that he chose to leave to avoid endangering France. Earlier in Paris the Havas agency reported an expulsion order requiring Hearst to depart France that afternoon with no reason given.
Chicago, Sept. 2. The Senate campaign funds investigating committee summoned officers and operatives of a Chicago detective agency hired to shadow its chairman Senator Gerald P Nye of North Dakota. Nye called it an answer to Ruth Hanna McCormick's question about what he will do. The panel subpoenas nine men and a woman, nine from the Gannenburg Detective Agency and the other witness, a cashier of Harris Trust and Savings Bank linked to funding the detective bureau.
Handley and Winchester schools announce registration for new students this week from nine to twelve on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. First time entrants this fall need not re register if already noted. others must report. Grades one to three go to John Kerr building. others to Handley building. Six year olds or those turning six in September enter first grade. younger admittees possible. High school entrants need a transcript. transfer students must show past records birth certificates and vaccination certificates. Those missing week long registration must wait several days after school starts.
Mrs Leslie Cage and her sons have returned to Brunswick Maryland after a brief visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Addison Henry of South Kent Street.
New York stock trading resumed after a three day shutdown as profit taking subsided. Professional participation lifted several issues, led by merchandising shares, with call money at 2 percent. The day closed irregularly after about 1.8 million in sales.
BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT Sept. 2 Evitt O'Dunne 19 son of Judge Eugene O'Dunne of Baltimore city died today from injuries after a car driven by his sister's fiancé crashed into a telegraph pole. The sister Kirby O'Dunne suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations. A brother Hamilton 16 and driver John P. Winand escaped injury.
Ace Douglas Howe has returned to his home in Brunswick Maryland after visiting Mr Clyde DeHart and his wife at their home in this city.
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