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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1931

Page

3

Wedding of Maria Hollis and Beverly Rice in Loudoun Street Church

Miss Maria Louisa Hollis wed Beverly Nixon Rice of Washington D C at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in a formal ceremony with organ music and a satin egg shell gown. Guests include family of the bride and groom. the couple will reside at 1700 Q Street NW Washington D C after a wedding trip.

Maria Louisa Hollis B. N. Rice Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Beverly Nixon Rice Washington, D. C F. T. McFaden Morris Cather Victor Herbert Schubert Philomena Laren Stultz Cadman Louis E. Rice, Jr Edna Lamb Elizabeth Hollis Lawrence C. Hollis

District Nurse card party for tubercular patients in Winchester

An eight o'clock district nurse association card party will raise funds for tubercular patients with many local donors including Harper Method Beauty Shop and Northern Virginia Power Company. Attendees will receive a complimentary theatre ticket and a table lamp prize from NV Power. Garden Club discusses beautification plans for Berryville to Winchester road and other projects with Roll and Miss Massey highlighting landscape architecture studies.

District Nurse Association Winchester Society Harper Method Beauty Shop Mrs Coca-Cola Bottling Works Margaret Hodgson Gray and Sheetz Winchester Irwin Drug Company Wender’s Winchester and Clarke Garden Club H. B. MécCoffiac Roll State Highway Department Helen Massey Lowthrop School of Landscape Gardening Connecticut Berryville Opequon Bridge American Legion Harrisonburg Miss Massey Lowthorp

Virginia Marriage Quietly Ties Fries and Slagle Kin

A marriage occurred last Monday in Catonsville Maryland with vows at the home of Rev. Dr. S S Bowers. The bride and groom are attached to a Lutheran Church with the couple later honored at a wedding dinner by the Bowers. They reside at 378 National Avenue. The groom is son of the late G Casper Fries and has managed family business interests. the bride is daughter of the late Albert F Slagle, a well known building contractor. Friends extend best wishes for their wedded life.

Louis E. Rice Empress Eugenie South Loudoun Street L. E. Rice Emma Fuller Hollis Kew Gardens Q Street Northwest Washington, D. C Rice Hollis William L. Hollis Blacksburg Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Washington Elizabeth Hollis William H. Brown J. Andrew Kater Trousseau Virginia Catonsville S&s. Bowers Lutheran Church Bowers Fries National Avenue G. Casper Fries Albert F. Slagle Washington Ae Corporation Virgil B. Gerard Mary L Oatnes Kentucky James L. Gerard Olanthe Kansas Albert D. Wininger F. T. McFaden Presbyterian Church

Round Hill Church bids farewell to Rev Diehl and family

Members of Round Hill Methodist Church held a farewell surprise party for the Rev P R Diehl and his family at the parsonage on Whitlock avenue. Diehl, pastor of Frederick circuit for four years, is expected to transfer this fall to another charge. He asked members and friends to attend Sunday services for a special message.

Round Hill Methodist Church P. R. Diehl Whitlock Avenue Diehl Frederick Circuit Round Hill Round Hill Church

Marjorie Reid Weds Charles Dorton Jr in Winchester

Miss Marjorie Ann Reid, daughter of Mrs. Herbert Reid of Middle town, married Charles Dorton Jr. of Kernstown September 12 at Braddock Street M E Church South Winchester. Immediate relatives attended and the couple planned a brief wedding trip before settling with the bride's mother.

Marjorie Reid Dorton Herbert Reid Middletown Marjorie Ann Reid Charles Dorton Jr Kernstown E. A. Lambert Braddock Street M. E Winchester

Local social notes show Rita Ritter hosting and many moves

Mrs C W Ritter hosted a surprise dinner for her daughter Peggy with eleven guests including Evelyn Alma Ritter Bernetta and other locals. Several residents plan studies at the University of Virginia and nearby colleges while church and club events schedule for September and fall.

C. W. Ritter Peggy Ritter Evelyn Alma Ritter Bernetta Ritter Sylvia Grimm Ruth Jones Edith Jones

Local social notes and travels

Mr. Bobby Riley prepares to enter the center class at Rattan Don School for Boys in Washington. Miss Evelyn Wright departs for Baltimore for treatment at St University of May tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. J William Craven of Pittsburgh visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Cook at their Valley Pike home.

Hattie L. Eckley C. A. Eckley Bristol Virginia Interment College Daniel K. Muntzing H. E. Munting Stephenson Charlottesville University of Virginia Handley High School John Weems Donald Weems Weems Shenandoah Valley Academy Emma Ginn Baker W. A. Baker Bluefield Ridgely White Frank Hack White Tome School Port Deposit Workers’ Bible Class Burnt Factory Church William Carlisle Greenwood Bobby Riley Washington Rattandon School Evelyn Wright Baltimore St University of May J. William Craven Pittsburgh Charles H. Cook The Valley Pike

Long Called Liar by Texas Senate in Cotton Crisis

The Texas Senate labeled Governor Huey Long a consummate liar in a resolution after the House defeated a no cotton plan. The body argued Long’s claim legislators were bought was a lie, while 21 to 7 approved the measure against him. The House then favored a one third reduction plan, and Oklahoma talks of a special session followed a large farmers conference.

Austin Tex Texas House of Sentatives Huey Long Louisiana Senate Long Texas Coward Walter Woodful Houston House Carolina Oklahoma W. H. Murray Farmers’ Conference Oklahoma City Murray

Two Die in Morgan Street Hotel Fire in St Louis

Two men were burned to death and a dozen or more roomers escaped or were rescued in a Morgan Street rooming house blaze in St Louis. The dead include Sam Sansone about sixty and an unidentified man. Firefighters found the three story building a mass of flames and could not determine the fire’s cause.

St. Louis Associated Press Morgan Street Sam Sansone

Reference of estate case in Frederick County Virginia

Court orders reference to a Commissioner to inventory Aurelia V. Allamong estate locate real and personal assets and value. Creditors must prove claims by Sept 22 1931 at 4 N Loudoun St Winchester with daily adjournments until completion. James Allamong and others to be settled per executor M M Lynch at the September 12 1931 session.

M. M. Lynch Aurelia M. M. Lych Commissioner’s Office Winchester Virginia N. Loudoun Street Aurelia V. Allamong

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