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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
8
Regular weekly meeting of the R Y Conrad Post American Legion at the George Washington Hotel Friday at 1 00 p m. Dance at the Winchester Country Club Saturday at 10 00 p m.
A reunion supper for Handley High School class of 1932 brought together alumni including Robert Bass Miss Elizabeth Bywaters Miss Charlotte Campbell Mrs. Evelyn Grimes and Mr. Grimes James Darlington Ferman Duvall Miss Frances Forney Lewis Fries Edwin Glaize Robert Grove and Mrs Grove Allison Hartman Jo Hawse Peachy Hockman and Mrs Hockman Miss Mary Glenn Lupton Lorena Mae Melsinee Mrs M Ogden Fogle and Mr Fogle Rudolph Polk Jr Mrs M Ritenour Kater Miss Mary Rosenberger Mrs Esther Lee Kater Miss Mary Scrivener Miss Marjorie Scrivener Miss Mildred Sirbaugh George Snider Dorothy Stouffer Mrs Bernadette Spillman Mrs Dorothy Swariz Davidson and Mr Davidson Courtney Taylor and Mrs Taylor Mrs Alan Peery Mr W R Legge class sponsors and Mr Garand R Quarles superintendent of public schools also attended.
Mr and Mrs Harry M Sartelle return to North Washington after summer at Lake Webster Indiana with son Harry M Sartelle Jr and visitor Paul Jennings. Josephine Arthur leaves for Episcopal High School Virginia after serving as nurse at Columbia SC. Community groups meet including Sky Congregational Aid Society Ladies' Aid UDC and Bryarly School Yard Party with plans for state convention and winter events.
The guide states men should always shake hands when introduced unless conditions prevent it such as being across a table. It says women should not sign their full names with prefixes, use (Miss) Edith Morgan if necessary. It lists common foods to eat with a fork including meats oysters fish chicken vegetables salads and pastries.
Miss Eva Bean and Elsie Mc Kee recently returned from a week in Atlantic City. Margaret Gibbons resumed home duties after visiting Upperville and Purcellville friends. Mrs Thomas A Gibson expects to return from Philadelphia late this week. Mrs Paul Sibert and her newborn daughter moved from Memorial Hospital to their West Cork street apartment. Virginia Lupton and Alene Ryan plan to return from New York to North Washington street. Caroline Carson of Tot Riveron visited Anne Brooke Kern on Fairmont avenue. Marie Woolfolk of Baltimore visited John and Mrs Woolfolk on West Cork street. Holmes Conrad Smith of New York City travels in Europe for several weeks. Mrs Albert Renner improves after appendicitis operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital. formerly Miss Eva Kline of Strasburg. Clarence LeFrois leaves for Fairport New York to visit Mrs LeFrois, then returns to Mrs Nancy Cable's apartment. Mrs Fred Read Jr returns fromCasnovia New York to stay with her mother Mrs Smith. Mrs Charles Consoloyo returns to Baltimore after a Clarke county visit at Eventide.
Sheriff Fred L. Ray of Welch West Virginia notified Cecil county authorities Brad Mayberry, one of seven escapees from Cecil county jail on August 11, was captured.
Grace Jones Miller sister of Alice Jones former wife of Leonard Kip Rhinelander seeks an uncontested divorce from Albert J. Miller, a white New Rochelle man, in White Plains as the case echoes the 1926 landmark Rhinelander v. Miller affair.
Shirley Repass, nearly three, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Repass, ate paste insecticide kept for roaches. A physician was called, and by this afternoon her condition was not dangerous. The family had just moved to the North Loudoun apartment and did not know the insecticide was accessible.
The Navy Department reported the death at Pensacola Florida of Lieut Claude W Hughes from injuries in an airplane crash at the naval air station on September 7 He was 31 a native of Mineral Arkansas a 1930 Naval Academy graduate His wife and one child survive.
Brooks Pharmacy the Rexall Store offers prescription drugists and a full line of school supplies including pens pencils tablets notebooks and fillers for the new term.
Chairman J Warren Madden in a radio address defended workers right to join any union including CIO or AFL and said employers cannot block the labor relations act via litigation. He linked last winter strikes to employer obstruction and warned against lynch law style vigilantism.
SMITH ISLAND M d Sept 9 The twelve motorists on this Chesapeake Bay island seek road upgrades for three miles of single lane trails They ask Somerset County Commissioners to hard surface and widen sections They argue a mile or two of improvement would help though traffic is light and current paths are hardly highways.
Secretary Hull announced that the United States will not withdraw troops or naval vessels from China while the Japan China war continues. He stated the U S responsibility endures during the danger period and that about 8 000 Americans remain in China, gradually leaving the country.
Willard C. Ferguson charged with assault on two girls sought a postponement to gain political influence. Magistrate Elmer H. Miller pressed for a jury trial as Ferguson requested one. Bond set at 2000 dollars on each charge.
The Spirit of Jefferson condemns bookmaking as a threat to finances and morals. Citizens are urged to act, citing the Farmers Bank defalcation and potential arrests as broader risks to youth and business in Charles Town and nearby areas.
Times investigators traced the Metcalf brothers to German fascist networks. John Metcalf built a base in Yorkville New York City and promoted Amerikadeutscher Bund before becoming a New York storm trooper. James Metcalf joined the Deutscher Volksbund in Chicago as a member.
The article describes British plans for a naval zone system to curb submarine attacks amid tensions from the Spanish civil war. It notes Italy's alleged piracy accusations toward Soviet ships, potential shifts of the Nyon conference to Geneva, and varied reactions from France and other powers.
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