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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
3
Social and Personal News notice inviting readers to mail or call in items. Social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller requests news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the next day with the provided phone number 33.
The Shiley family gathered at Golightly Park on Sunday September 1 for their first annual reunion. About eighty descendants from John Shiley who moved from Pennsylvania to Frederick County in 1865 attended with numerous relatives and visitors from nearby towns.
Captain Frank M. Wray, a Berryville attorney, will marry Miss Margaret Gilkerson of Parkersburg today at the bride's parents home. Elder attendants from Berryville accompanied by Mrs Blackburn Smith, Mrs James Ritter, and Miss Annie Stribling. The couple will reside in Berryville after the ceremony. Wray is a southern Virginia native and former World War I serviceman.
The regular monthly meeting of the Woodbine Community League will be held Friday evening September 6. Several community matters will be discussed and full attendance of members is hoped.
Mrs William Rahauser and Mr Tom Wortz of Chambersburg Pa were guests of Miss Suzanne Nicodemus at her home last evening. They will be joined by Miss Nicodemus and Miss Inez Funkhouser and attend a dance Friday evening at the Rahauser home.
The Girls' Athletic Association schedules a regular meeting for tomorrow night at 7 30 with full attendance requested. Local social and travel notes list residents and visitors from Winchester and nearby towns. several individuals depart for trips or return after visits.
Local residents and visitors are listed with hotel stays and trips. Names include Mrs. Earl Massey and Dora White on a Laurel Ocean City and Wilmington motor trip. L A Boyle of Pittsburgh as a hotel Jack guest. and families from Frederick Hagerstown Baltimore Roanoke and Pottsville among others. Events include American Legion convention attendees and evangelist Cephas Fahnestock's Culpeper visit.
Elmer E Keyser a White Post farmer and former Frederick county resident died yesterday morning at 3 after a brief illness. Surviving: son Emory Keyser of Winchester, brother Carson Keyser of Kernstown, and three sisters Mrs Minnie Chrisman Mrs Emma Strickler and Mrs Maggie Mort all of White Post. Funeral from Mrs Chrisman's White Post home tomorrow at 11 conducted by Rev G M Morrow, burial Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church on South Braddock Street begins a sixtieth anniversary with a service tomorrow night featuring addresses solos a 60 voice choir mortal roll call and a citywide welcome. The event marks the first service since interior painting and continues Friday night and Sunday.
Announcement of the sale of the Noonan residence at 33 North Braddock Street to Dr Hugh Clark who has resided there for years. The seller C W Trenary held ownership for several years and the deal was negotiated by L C Janney.
Frederick Francis Proctor known as the dean of théatricals and vaudeville theatre chain owner died at his home in Larchmont New York after months of ill health. Proctor aged 75 built a prominent entertainment empire and influenced stage production across the era.
The Winchester Golf Club tourney advances to quarterfinals after second round with Weems to meet Kern and Howell facing Stone. Marshall nearly upset Weems 1 up in a tight round while Howell beat Paxton 5 and 4 and Stone defeated Nelson 4 and 3.
The first known attempt to counterfeit the new small size currency failed. Julius P. Ries, an Omaha traveling salesman, is under arrest in Cedar Rapids Iowa after a counterfeit ten dollar note appeared in Council Bluffs Iowa on August 29. W H Moran Secret Service chief said the note was crude and would not pass a money handler.
J S Caffee, formerly assistant manager at Bristol store, takes over Winchester Montgomery Ward to replace Laudig who resigned. A Virginia Tech graduate, he studied law at Washington and Lee, and brings ten months of Bristol store experience to the Winchester post.
New York stock market opened with heavy selling then rallied, early declines of one to ten points were trimmed, some specialties gained four to eight and a half points to new highs. Call money held at 9 percent. Total trading volume about 4.5 million shares.
Jewels and fur pieces valued between 150000 and 200000 were stolen from the home of Democratic leader T. J. Pendegast in Kansas City. The thief ransacked seven rooms and worked so quietly four children in the basement and a maid on the third floor did not hear a disturbance.
Associates Press reports a cool wave following a cloudburst storm that drenched Denver. Snow was sighted in Montara and on high Colorado ranges as autumn begins in the Rocky Mountain region.
The body of Frank Hunter, a 30 year old merchant in Ardmore Alabama, was found in a ditch early today. He had been stabbed to death and his lips sliced with his head bruised as officers search for clues.
Secretary Stimson reported a two hour session with President Hoover and officials to refine naval equality details with Britain. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald told the League Assembly that an understanding on 17 points has been reached, promising a treaty beyond ratios to establish peace.
Washington reports that women smokers materially increased U S cigarette consumption from 8 20 per capita in 1927 to 8 56 last year. Commerce department data show total cigarettes consumed reaching 102 765 000 000, the highest worldwide.
Miss Catherine Page from Roanoke Va moves to Atlanta Ga for nine months training at the Salvation Army Training College under Capt and Mrs F Lee Ritchie. She will serve as social worker at Children's Hospital Atlanta during training as local officers rally $100 for travel and expenses.
Bliss Forbush dean of the School of Religious Education in Baltimore will present the third and final lecture at the Friends Meeting House Washington and Piccadilly streets at 8 o clock Thursday evening. All are welcome and invited to stay for the social half hour after.
President Hoover sent to the Senate a slate of nominations including Federal Farm Board members and John W. Garrett of Baltimore as ambassador to Rome. The move comes as Hoover advances key appointments for the administration.
Five Trans-Continental Air Transport planes from Winslow search a 50 mile route toward Grants New Mexico for the liner City of San Francisco missing since yesterday. Bad weather and low visibility hinder efforts.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh land in Hicksville New York this morning after flying from Cleveland where they attended the national air meet They traveled in a bi plane borrowed from the Long Island Aviation Council chair within a week they completed the short hop home from Ohio to New York City area.
Minnehaha Council No 1 D ot P hosts a yard party in Mrs Brown's yard at No 12 N Kent St September 5 and 6. Sandwishes Coffee Cake Cream and Candy served. Committee 4-2 invites everyone to attend.
Two films headline Capitol Theatre with star Jack Holt Dorothy Revier and Mickey McBan in a tale of mistaken murder and family sacrifice. A hypocritical stepmother sparks conflict while Rin Tin Tin stars in A Dog of the Regiment at Colonial with romance and loyalty amid war duties.
Jerusalem reports calm as shops reopen and Jews return to work under police protection. Authorities pursue inquiries into Arab and Jewish unrest with arrests across multiple districts including 200 Arabs at Lista and 120 at Hebron. Yesod HaMalah attacked, two killed near Ishima Ja Yarden.
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