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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1932
Page
3
Albany linked brass era figures recap as Mrs Maxwell’s family ties and ranching, hunting, and stock farm interests in Albemarle County amid French ventures. Measurements include Miss Thraves and others, marriage details, and travel tales. Sims plans return to England after a lengthy Winchester visit with friends in Frederick County and Stoney Street connections.
Saturday activities include first fall meeting of the Winchester branch of the American Association of University Women at Mrs. Alan Peery’s home. Regular choir practices at Christ Episcopal Church and Grace Lutheran. Clark family reunion at Chestnut Grove Church. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Dances at Hotel Drusilla. Kiwanis and Delphian Society events noted.
George Lascelles Maxwell of New York City and Greenwood marries Katherine Thraves of Charlottesville at 8 PM August 22 at Wavertree Hall near Greenwood Albemarle county. Ceremony by Dr John Scott Meredith. venue funded largely by Lady Astor. Bride’s lineage includes Thoroughbred breeders and Confederate soldiers. Maxwell family noted as prominent.
Plans are complete for the Christian Endeavor Society to lead the United Brethren Church services tomorrow at 7 30 PM in the main auditorium. Miss Mary Cather will preside with acts including Victor W Wheeler address Community Orchestra under George Jones, Charlotte DeHart organ solo Kenneth Windell accordion Eve lyn Cross piano reading by Elmer V Hodges scripture by Dorothy Cather Garnet Hamrick and a prayer by Rev George W Stover. The young people's choir also participates.
Mrs Linda M Huyette and her daughter Miss Louise Huyette of Berryville finish a three month visit traveling from the west to california. They toured the Grand Canyon San Diego Tijuana Agua Caliente Mexico and other points then sailed home by President Jackson stopping at Cristobal Colon and Havana. They spent time in New York City with Miss Aldyth Detwyler before returning home.
Dr and Mrs Hunter H Mc Guire depart for Montreal Canada to attend the annual convention of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. They will return in time for the doctor to be in his office Monday September 26.
Walter Flickinger returns to college at William and Mary after an appendicitis operation. Joseph Flickinger enrolls as a freshman. Brooks Flickinger, who has spent the summer in Williamsburg, will also return to classes at William and Mary.
Mr James W March will start his senior year at Dickinson College Carlisle Pa He is spending the summer with his parents on South Braddock Street Major is chemistry Mr Melvin Dunlap son of Mr and Mrs C F Dunlap left for Charlottesville to enroll at the University of Virginia for the winter session He starred in football and baseball at Handley High School
Frances K. Kelly as trustee for Joseph R. Kelly, a Clarke county World War I veteran, sues in United States District Court at Harrisonburg for $9,315 plus interest on a $10,000 war risk insurance policy after the Veterans Bureau denied $57.50 monthly total disability compensation from February 1919 to August 1932. The suit names Conrad and Conrad of Harrisonburg and Kelly and Nicolaides as attorneys.
The Los Angeles Examiner editorial argues movies provide rest from stress and a mental and physical boost during economic hardship. It says cinema offers a calming, restorative escape, helping audiences dispel discouragement and revive vitality as people regain confidence to spend.
Mrs. Crawford led the Fort Loudoun Chapter meeting with focus on high standards of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Delegates were elected to the Wytheville conference while the regent urged continued patriotic education historic preservation and genealogical research to honor ancestors and inspire descendants.
Francis Asbury first preached in Winchester on November 24 1772 when under one hundred Methodists lived in Virginia. By 1932 Winchester hosted a large annual conference with Bishop McMurry presiding and hundreds of attendees. The Braddock Street Church and Market Street Church histories trace growth from 1858 onward in Virginia Baltimore conferences with extensive hospitality plans for visiting delegates.
Berryville Virginia November meeting installs officers for local unit led by retiring president T W Whitaker. Officers named include Katherine Mesmer as president and M F Wisecarver secretary with Henson treasurer and Harris chaplain. dues reduced from 1.75 to 1.25.
A noted entomologist warns insects rival humans for food, but notes the real issue is how they regard people as part of the food supply.
The document outlines that employment phases of a project will be stressed and if the project promises substantial direct employment, the board will evaluate and emphasize those aspects in planning and approval processes.
The quote urges constant vigilance against personal vices and encourages ordinary care to avoid moral failure under life’s pressures. It frames weathering temptation as a test of character and advises steadfast honesty and discipline.
Italian scientists uncover a tomb enclosure at Tebtunis sanctuary of Seknebtunis housing a sacred crocodile, the first such discovery of its kind.
The fragment suggests a caution against accepting a proposal solely on its surface merit, urging critical evaluation regardless of apparent soundness. It reflects a disputable stance on judgment and decision making.
German university statisticians report that women study economics history and chemistry but are outpaced by men in mathematics. The finding highlights gender gaps in STEM and social science fields within higher education.
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