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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1931

Page

3

Wedding at Kernstown Hears Mary Cather Play I Love You Truly

The bride and groom wed with Miss Mary Cather at the piano and Miss Osborne on violin. Attendants included Earl Clarke and Emmett Dorton. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home with family, friends, and out of town guests from Washington and nearby towns. The couple planned to reside in Kernstown after a wedding trip.

Lewis Peters Washington, D. C Mary Cather Miss Cather Miss Osborne Messrs Earl Clarke Emmett Dorton J. B. Parks Kernstown James B. Parks Handley High School Earl Parks Tokus Inn Grace Barrick Washington Barrick Phillip Barrick Edinburg Mary Barrick Rahe Auto School Kansas City Winchester Auto Sales Clifford Cameron Mitchell Dickson rMs. Tarrell Jack Harrell Charlotte N. C Virginia Beach Baltimore James F. Rehill Berryville Avenue Francis Craig

Social Calendar of Winchester Organizations and Events

Tuesday features Lions Club lunch at George Washington Hotel and Memorial Hospital junior auxiliary meeting. A Memorial Hospital student nurses dance at Jordan Springs with Dan Gregory and His Victor Recording Orchestra. Wednesday includes Kiwanis lunch and Garden Club meeting, choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches. Thursday offers Rotary luncheon and two George Washington Hotel events benefiting District Nurse Association tuberculosis fund.

Lion's Club George Washington Hotel Winchester Memorial Hospital Nurses Home Memorial Hospital Jordan Springs Dan Gregory Victor Recording Orchestra Kiwanis Club George

Miss Mabel Parks Weds Lester Barrick in Kernstown Church

Miss Mabel St. Clair Parks of Kernstown married Lester Guy Barrick in a Kernstown Methodist Church ceremony led by Rev. O D Lambert. The church featured candles and clematis with fern and palms as attendants wore blue and yellow gowns and a bride in ivory satin.

Mabel St. Clair Parks Lester Barrick Kernstown Methodist Episcopal Church South Lester Guy Barrick O. D. Lambert Stephens City Emmet Dettra Mary Cather Earl Clark Miss Cather Miss Osborne Thelma Dorton Betty Lou Barton

Virginia Mackay Smith Boy-Ed Plans Virginia Farm Estate

Mrs. Karl Boy-Ed arrives from Germany with daughter Virginia and will stay with Mrs. Alexander Mackay-Smith in New York. Her husband, Captain Boy-Ed, once German military attache, was killed in Germany. Mrs. Boy-Ed owns a large Clarke County Virginia farm and plans a residence near the Annefield estate once owned by First Families of Virginia. The land sits on the Blue Ridge western slopes hunting country.

Karl Boy-Ed New York Germany Virginia Boy-Ed Alexander Mackay- Smith Seal Harbor Maine United States Captain Boy-Ed Washington Boy-Ed Virginia Mackay-Smith Bishop Mackay-Smith Protestant Episcopal Church Clarke County Virginia Annefield

Nachman Family Returns Home From Holiday Visit

Mr and Mrs Junius Nachman and their children concluded a holiday visit with Mr and Mrs Philip Kramer and returned today to their Marshall Virginia home.

Junius Nachman Philip Kramer Marshall, Va

Benefit Card Party Planned by District Nurse Association

Arrangements are nearing completion for a District Nurse Association card party at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday night November 17. Prizes from local friends will add luster to the event, with tables reserved by Mrs. Russell Cathers committee. Funds support tuberculosis work at the association’s sanatorium.

District Nurse Association George Washington Hotel Russell Cather Friends of the Association

Local youths enter colleges and attend social events

A series of notes records students leaving for Roanoke College and Washington and Lee University, cadets and graduates heading to Richmond and Lexington for 1931 32 sessions, and social gatherings at Centenary Reformed Church and with families in Berryville Shenandoah region hosts and Amherst Street families attend gatherings with notable guests including Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd and Collected visits to Capon River and Cape May.

Crawford Berryville Elizabeth Crawford Frank Crawford North Washington Street Mary Baldwin College Staunton Misses Lake Yutte Carro Gen Mr Brown Front Royal Aining Richard Evelyn Byrd Thomas B. Byrd Amherst Street

Miss Katherine Anderson Returns to Wilmington Hospital Work

Miss Katherine Anderson returns to Wilmington Delaware after visiting her sister Mrs Howard March. She is connected with a large hospital in the city.

Katherine Anderson Howard March Wilmington Del

French Plane Blown to Pieces by Explosion

From Ufa, Tass Agency reports the Hyphen II plane carrying Joseph Lebrix and Rene Mesmin was ripped apart in mid air by an explosion in the motor. The wreckage scattered over a burned meadow, with parts of the ship littering the ground.

Associated Press Moscow Joseph Lebrix Rene Mesmin Ufa Tass Agency

Police Officer Shot to Death by Gunmen in Village Robbery

New York police Sergeant Timothy Murphy, 48, died after rushing toward a Greenwich Village speakeasy during a robbery. Patrolman Fred Knocke was seriously wounded when seven gunmen fled the scene. Murphy had served 25 years on the force.

Associated Press New York Timothy Murphy Greenwich Village Fred Knocke Knocke Murphy

Labor Speakers For Reopening of Beer Industry

Representatives of labor urged the legalization of beer at the American Legion unemployment conference to create jobs for more than a million men. M J McDonough of the building trades department estimated up to 1,250,000 could be employed within six months, with broader industrial benefits. Ralph T O’Neil opened the session noting unemployment as a wartime crisis and warning that racketeers threaten the government by drawing idle men into their fold.

Associated Press Washington American Legion M. J. McDonough Building Trades Department American Federation of Labor Ralph T. O'Neil Legion O'Neil

Mrs Collings To Be Taken To Yacht Again

District Attorney Blue of Suffolk County will escort Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings aboard the yacht Penguin to cross examine her account of her husband being thrown overboard by two men. Nassau County DA Edwards supports the investigation and plans to present the Schultz report and other evidence to a grand jury in pursuit of a John Doe murder warrant.

Associated Press Mineola N. Y Blue Suffolk County Benjamin P. Collings Elvin N. Edwards Nassau County Schultz Edwards John Doe

Rody Plane Sightings Reported Off Bermuda

Radio in Lisbon says an American steamship sighted the plane carrying Willy Rody and two companions off Bermuda. Bermuda stations report Bermuda on the lookout for the craft, which had not yet been seen this morning and no nearby ships had reported it.

Lisbon Portugal Willy Rody United States Bermuda Hamilton

Naval officer puts the list of dead at 500

A naval officer reports about 500 dead in a coastal disaster near Belize as a hurricane like storm moves westward toward British Honduras. The article notes strong winds and gales near the center and expects inland movement later in the day.

Belize Nothen British Honduras

Gandhi Sips Goats Milk at First Meeting

Mahatma Gandhi attended the first meeting of India's federal structures committee at St James Palace as a silent observer. He adhered to his day of silence while drinking goat’s milk from an American vacuum bottle amid a security presence and alongside Madam Sarojini Naidu.

Associated Press Mahatma M. K. Gandhi St. James Palace Federal Structures Committee India Sarankini Naidu

Heavy Selling Pushes Stocks To New Lows In Market

Intermittent heavy selling drove the stock market to new low ground today with several averages down. A weak closing zone followed a late rally that lacked vigor after a day of more than two million shares changing hands. Call money held at 14 percent.

Associated Press New York Call Money

Chicago Grain Closing Prices on Chicago Board of Trade

Prices in most options closed near Saturday's finish with rye leading gains. Wheat September 4834, December 5042, May 55. Corn September 4214, December 38 34, May 424. December 30% appears garbled. rye stood out with gains.

Chicago Board of Trade

Fisher to Enter Roanoke College Senior Class

John H. Fisher of Handley High School, son of Mr and Mrs W Lee Fisher, leaves for Salem today to join the Roanoke College senior class. He was president of the 1929 Handley High School class.

Wilbur Inskip George Inskip Stephens City Roanoke College Salem Robert Rosenberger Root Charles M. Berger Rosenberger Handley High School J. Thomas Kremer Lex Washington and Lee University Kremer Robert Kerlin Kerlin Harold Lucas Virginia Wall West Clifford Street Richmond University of Richmond Lucas Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre Lenwood Fultz Medical College of Virginia Fultz Baker’s Drug Store John H. Fisher W. Lee Fisher Fisher

Protests Over Barking Dogs In Sleep Disturbance

A reader asks how to abate a nuisance from barking dogs and avoid court action. The editor notes no dog barking law exists but cites city nuisance ordinances as potential relief.

the Star Arge Chas A. Cooper East Clifford

Cadet at West Point Moved to Quarantine for Paralysis

West Point officials report Cadet Waldeman J. Thinnes of St. Paul Minnesota is sick with infantile paralysis. A one way quarantine is in force at the post to stop tourists while cadets may leave and return. Cadet dances are canceled and chapel is held outdoors. The illness is described as light and Thinnes is not believed to be in danger, though after effects are uncertain.

Associated Press West Point N. Y United States Military Academy Waldeman J. Thinnes St. Paul

Four Die As Storm Rips Timisoara Ruins Homes

A severe storm swept Timisoara in western Romania tearing roofs from houses and uprooting trees. Four people were killed in the disaster and injuries were reported as residents sought safety amid the chaos.

Associated Press Bucharest Rumania Jared Timisoars

Also Mentioned on This Page

Po Et Rotary George Washington SS i Tuberculosis Fund Winchester Graham Richmond, Va America Huntsberry Kramer Albert Kramer George Washington University University of Virginia Bessie Kramer Church Circle Braddock Street Episcopal Church John S. Sloat Loudoun Street Armel Community League Armel Stanley Clowser, Jr Stanley Clowser N. Kent Street B. M. Carter Berryhill M. Carter Frederick County Yates James B. Yates Kennebunkport Handley Avenue West Virginia Corporation Court Clerk's Office William T. Sidell Riversville W. Va Myrtle E. Miller Fairmount Alexander Miller Ernest L. Ely W. O. Talbot Cape Charles, Va Charles Jordan Chloe Mudd R. E. Mudd Cameron Street Irene Sinkabine Emmett Store Raymond Kerlin Girl's Missionary Society of Centenary Reformed Church Thomas M. Hiltzheimer West Cork Street Robert C. Green Winston Grim Mr. Grim Mrs Floyd Grim Berryville Pike Marjorie Finkbine Annapolis, Md Boyd R. Richards South Washington Street Margaret Grattan Harrisonburg, Va Comdr Frederick L. Riefkel Philadelphia J. W. Riley Elizabeth Douglas Maurice Pifer Jack Riley Capon River Ralph Pifer Arabella Davies Mr. Harrison Davies Cape May T. W. Harrison Commodore Elmer Johnson Bennington, Vt B. F. Arthur Stewart Street Gladys Carver Barnesville Ohio Gibson Bradfield Lexington Roland Ryan R. Justin Funkhouser, Jr Columbus Otteree College S. C. Lantz W. B. Hicks Albin This County Lantz Andrew Lantz New Freeport Louise Rehill Petersburg Rody The Pathfinder Gandhi Chicago W. B. Hills & Company New York Stock Exchange Hibbs Building Telephone National Good Housekeeping Institute VOSS Good Housekeeping Swimley U. S. Military Academy Florshem Lovett Bros Buncutter Tas Co Braddock St C. W. Ramsburg Grocery Roland Bryan, Mgt J. Jos. Sullivan Margaret Hodgson Bell Clothes Shop
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