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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal notes note that time of events is canceled and Mrs Isabelle F Miller will file news by telephone between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone number 33 provided for contact.
Miss Madeline Peyton of 1502 North Sixth Street Harrisburg Pa won Miss Williams Grove at the fifty sixth Grangers picnic at Williams Grove and joined the Baltimore pageant. Miss Emma Stith Mechanicsburg Pa won second prize and accompanied Peyton to Baltimore. Peyton and Stith appeared during the picnic week. judges included William H. Wilson Mechanicsburg Harry Day Carlisle and Charles S. Williams Carlisle. Peggy Linn Harrisburg entertained at a pre contest fancy dress ball. Peyton met Baltimore mayor during her stay and has relatives in Winchester including Mrs T W Walters Glen Burnie Farm B F McFarland and Mrs Lee Rodgers. Peyton and her mother recently motored from Harrisburg to visit Walters.
The last regular meeting was held Wednesday afternoon at Miss Nan Thomas’s colonial home near Berryville with President Miss Rose MacDonald presiding. Mrs. John M. Steck presented a paper on Peonies and members admired Thomas’s antiques. The next meeting is planned for September 18 at Miss Lucy F. Kurtz’s South Loudoun Street home.
Mrs. Gladys Gillett announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Gladys Broughall Drysdale Gillet to Dr. Benjamin Mitchell Knight Jr of Winchester. Owing to a bereavement the marriage will be quietly solemnized. In other news Charles Anderson of Winchester remains seriously ill with pneumonia after returning from the Boy Scouts World Jamboree in England.
Mr and Mrs Harry N Deavers with Mr and Mrs F B Peters and son and Mr David Dove of Harrisonburg Va were visitors in town Thursday. Deavers recently moved from Winchester to Harrisonburg where he is employed as a trainman for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which transferred him to that city.
The Gainesboro Community League will meet at Mr. Walter Adams home on Tuesday September 10 at 8 p m. All members are urged to attend.
Walter Smith travels to Washington tomorrow morning to visit relatives and will return home with his mother Mrs. Esther Smith who already spent last week there. Mrs. Smith had gone to Washington to see her daughter Miss Laura Smith for Labor Day but sprained an ankle and remained under treatment. she is now much improved.
Mr and Mrs Charles Riley and family moved to Martinsburg West Virginia where Mr Riley has a new posting with Mutual Life Insurance Company The Rileys home on West Monmouth Street was purchased by Rev S J Goode of this city for their future residence.
Mrs. Pliny Wilson and her son Master Lawrence Herrell Wilson will depart tomorrow for Johnstown Pa after spending several weeks with Mrs. Wilsons parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Herrell. They will be joined by Mr and Mrs Garland Johnson who will spend a week in Johnstown with the Wilsons.
A parade of visitors and residents in Winchester includes Mr and Mrs Harry N Deavers relocating to Harrisonburg by B&O Railroad, Handley School faculty members staying with Mrs Cather, and multiple locals traveling for medical recovery tennis tournaments and social visits.
Miss Christina W. Cook returns from Pittsburgh visits. Mr. Oscar C. Miller and son Melvin from Greenwood spent Labor Day in Washington. Ellen Lloyd returns from a week in Charles Town. Families and friends across Harrisburg, York, Atlantic City, and Winchester recount summer trips and visits. Numerous residents travel to see relatives, attend events, or visit homes in Charles Town, Norfolk, Raleigh, and beyond.
Mrs Abney Payne Mrs W A Baker and Miss Frances Page were recent guests of Mrs Foster Reeder at Mount Victoria Maryland Miss Lucille Jackson has returned from a month with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs L H Clauser at Reading Pennsylvania and with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Allen Jackson in Philadelphia
Rev C J Racey and Mrs Frye of Winchester were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs K S Orndorff. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited, including the McCormicks, Larricks, Clowsers, Cornells, Heflins, and Wymer families, with updates on Ina Cornell's health and local social visits across Hogue Creek Virginia.
Vermillion South Dakota September 7 Associated Press reports Jim Tomilson has not spoken in 56 years and cannot hear read or write. Yet the fisherman uses pictorial gestures to recount legendary fish tales from the Missouri river to friends who praise his storytelling skill.
President Hoover plans a late October tour leaving Washington. He may travel by river packet between Cincinnati and Louisville to inspect docks on the Ohio River and attend the Edison laboratory opening in Detroit around October 21. A possible swing to Texas for the Gad den purchase celebration is mentioned.
Dr. Hugh Eckener, skipper of the Graf Zeppelin, said a German airship terminal for trans Atlantic service may be established in a city south of Baltimore, likely Washington or Richmond. He cited favorable weather bands and noted the weather shift line north of Baltimore makes southern landing sites preferable.
Torrential rain drenched New Orleans causing one of the worst floods on record. Pumps overflowed, floodwaters reached up to six feet in places, and authorities deployed boats and police to rescue marooned residents.
The text notes removal of the sick and aged and delivery of food to homes cut off water. Traffic halted for hours after dawn as cars struggled through flooded streets. Debris and damaged pavement blocked many routes while gas service and other utilities suffered reach into the scene.
In Frederick County Virginia the court orders Ralph F Boose to appear within ten days of publication to protect his interests in a divorce suit filed by Delilah O Boose. The order will be published weekly for four weeks in the Evening Star and posted at the courthouse and mailed to the defendant. Deputy Clerk J W Baker signs the notice.
In the Corporation Court of Winchester on August 24 1929 Bessie Hoffman Higgs sues Harry J Higgs for divorce on willful desertion without cause. Defendant to appear within ten days of publication. Publication ordered weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star. Copy to be posted at courthouse and mailed to defendant.
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