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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
3
The social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller invites timely social items by mail or telephone for the next day submission. Call or telephone between 3 and 4 pm at phone number 33 for updates and notices from the community.
Word reached Winchester of the grave condition of Joseph F. Bean a Civil War veteran at the home of his son Joseph Bean Jr on Pa street northeast Washington D C He reportedly suffered a stroke and his health is described as grave Bean left Winchester about two weeks ago to visit his son He is aged 88 and was the only veteran in memorial exercises at Frederick County last May 30
Charles Eugene Aulick son of Mrs Rebecca Aulick and the late C E Aulick will marry Miss Katherine Bear daughter of Mr and Mrs Bear of Washington D C at 8 o clock Tuesday evening September 17 in the Presbyterian Church of the Pilgrims in Washington D C Miss Bear is a Mary Baldwin College graduate Mr Aulick a Handley High School and V P I graduate and a former Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company engineer now assigned to Charleston West Virginia where they will reside
Mr. J. G. Fosbrink is appointed as Baltimore and Ohio Railroad agent in Winchester and has arrived from Camp Meade Junction Maryland with Mrs. Fosbrink to oversee the freight office. They reside temporarily with Mrs. Spitler on North Kent street while Browning returns home to Laurel Maryland after months of relief duty.
Relatives attend the funeral of Mrs Elwell in Winchester after traveling from Clarksburg West Virginia to pay respects to the late Mrs William H Elwell. Among the mourners were Mrs Grace Conway and Miss Annie Jackson from near Baltimore and Mr and Mrs Jack Linkins Mr and Mrs Grover White and Mr Charles White from Washington.
Members of the Winchester Book Club gathered at Sunset Lodge on the Front Royal road for a Tuesday night dinner party. Sixteen members attended, and the hostess Mrs Collins served a delightful meal.
Mr. Frank Woodward a Fishburne Military School graduate of Waynesboro Virginia will attend this year's session of Virginia Tech at Blacksburg confirming continuing study plans with the university.
Seven girls compete for a silver medal at the recitation contest to be held at Hopewell Meeting House at 8 tonight. Entrants include Julia Whitmore Marie Stipe Elizabeth Huyett Ruth Whitmore Mary Jane Jolliffe Ruth Trimble and Martha Walker Lupton. The winner earns a chance to travel to Baltimore in late October to vie for a gold medal against children from Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. All are welcome.
Messrs John Warren Rice and Howard and Roger Col depart from Clarksburg for Lexington to resume studies at Washington and Lee University. They are guests at the Rice home on North Braddock Street and travel by motor with Rice’s father accompanying.
Miss Eliza Beverley Ramey daughter of Mr and Mrs John Thomas Ramey of Grafton near Upperville became the wife of Mr Richard Loren Gatewood of Atlanta Georgia in Trinity Episcopal Church Marshall Fauquier County on a Tuesday ceremony. The couple left for a wedding trip and will reside at 1178 Piedmont Avenue Atlanta after October 1.
Mr and Mrs Aubrey E Strode of Kenmore Amherst county announce the engagement of their daughter Mildred Ellis Strode to William Feimster Tucker Battle of New York. The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs era Smith Battle of Vancouver.
Announcement of a dance at the Winchester Golf Club from 8 30 to 12 Saturday night to follow Tri-State League golf matches. Teams are arriving from Alexandria Fredericksburg Martinsburg Boyce Staunton for the event.
Recent visitors at the Stephens City residence of Mr and Mrs J C Hizer included Clarence Quick and daughter Louise from Washington and Mrs Ivan Lillian Quick from Hinton Virginia along with Elmer Garrett Hizer of Broad Way Virginia.
David Crockett of Gray Bar Radio Company Diller of Brandes Radio Company and Smith of General Electric Supply Company all based in Baltimore. Minnick of Atwater Kent Radio and Taylor of Bar Radio from Washington were in town yesterday on business.
Messrs. H. R. Cooley and W. D. Davis of Richmond Virginia are guests at Hotel Jack.
John Fisher, son of Mr and Mrs W Lee Fisher and former Handley High School class president, will attend Roanoke College in Salem Virginia as the new session opens next week. Woolworth store staff and manager A G Elan enjoyed a weenie roast at Clevenger's in the county with a large fire and marshmallow roasting. William B Kern, Handley High graduate, will enroll at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg for the fall and winter term.
Mr Julian Lillis of the Richmond Western Union is vacationing with his parents on South Brad dock street. Mr J E Marsh from the Baltimore News visits on business. Mr Oliver F Faulkner of Martinsburg is a business visitor. Miss Lily B Maphis returns home to Warrenton Va after weeks with relatives. Peter Vredenburgh Jr stays with grandparents and heads to Williams College in Massachusetts.
Mr. Abram Zirkle of Stephens City graduates from Fishburne Military School Waynesboro Va and will enroll at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg for the upcoming fall and winter terms.
Mr. Raymond Curlin of the Handley High School class of 1929 will leave early in the week to enroll at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg Virginia. Dr and Mrs George Hardesty of Berryville were in town yesterday shopping. Policeman John Massie is home recovering from a knee injury from a fall last Thursday night. Dr George G Snarr and Mr Ben Snarr returned from Harrisonburg Virginia where their father is seriously ill.
At the Panorama Tea House at Thornton's Gap the West Virginians have been engaged to play for a dance on Tuesday September 17. Attendees are being organized from Winchester and Martinsburg. E C Harbaugh and R Paul Smith of the Potomac Edison Co of Hagerstown Md were here on business. Henry H Willis recently moved from Memorial Hospital to North Kent St home and is slowly improving. Thomson Sowers of White Post were here shopping. Jane Jolliffe of Boyce leaves soon for William and Mary College in Williamsburg Va. Edward W R Stevens of Belmont Mass is a guest at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs Joseph Newlin remains in critical condition at Memorial Hospital.
Miss Helen Payne of Front Royal Virginia underwent a tonsil operation at Niemorail Hospital yesterday. She is a graduate nurse of the local hospital.
Mrs Foster M Reeder of Maryland is staying with her aunt Miss Libby McCormick at her North Washington Street home as a guest.
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