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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1929
Page
3
Social news details for the department are accepted by mail or telephone. The social reporter Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller requests calls between 3 and 4 pm for next day items. Phone number is 33.
Winchester residents from McKinley Chapter of the Eastern Star travel to Harrisonburg for a gathering hosted by Shenandoah Valley Chapter No. 76. Louise Beale leads Virginia o rder officials and several local members join the meeting as guests and officers. Also visiting are Dr. Joseph Quirk and daughter Anne Elizabeth from Dayton, Ohio, on a two week stay with Mrs. Darlington.
Miss Virginia Davidson of Charleston South Carolina arrives in Richmond as guest of Mrs G W Koiner. She will depart October 1 for Baltimore to resume studies at the Maryland Institute of Fine Arts. She spent summers at Bayhead New Jersey Rye New York and Greenwich Connecticut. She attended Mary Baldwin Seminary and was Princess Staunton at the first Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Staunton News Leader.
Mrs. William H Vaught of Point Pleasant state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution will speak at a graveside ceremony in Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery Charles Town. Bee Line Chapter marks Revolutionary War graves with markers in Jefferson county including Shepherdstown and Edge Hill. A tea at Old Cave Cabin will follow to entertain chapters from the eastern panhandle.
Mr. T. Marshall Winkfield departed from his parents home on National Avenue to begin his third year as a medical student at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He completed a two year pre medical program at Washington and Lee University after Handley High School.
Mary Martha Bible Class of Centenary Reformed Church holds its monthly meeting at Miss Mary Gray's home on North Kent Street this Friday evening at six o clock. All members urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Paul Yates of Alexandria Virginia recently moved to Athens Ohio where Mr Yates has been hired as biology instructor at the University of Athens. He is grandson of the late Dr W J Best of Brucetown in the county.
Mr. Wesley Greene formerly of Handley High School faculty has left Winchester to study administrative law and politics at the University of Chicago. He spent last summer at the University of Virginia pursuing a thesis and the Master of Arts degree.
Mr and Mrs E W Berry and daughter Mary Susan Berry have moved to Columbus Ohio where Berry serves as geology instructor at the University of Ohio They recently returned from a three year stay in Peru Mrs Berry formerly Dorothy Pidgeon of Wadesville is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Lewis Pidgeon Miss Mary Boyles leaves for Shenandoah Junction Va to visit friends Mr William A Collins of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank leaves for Atlantic City N J for vacation Several residents travel for business or visits including Messrs Lee Massey J P Miller and Mrs R Gray Williams Miss Margaret Kennedy Miss Esther Thomas Miss Julia Carlson and others in Washington Brunswick Md and Virginia Beach Also noted are hospital and personal health updates about Mrs William B Pingley Mrs Joseph B Newlin and others.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travels and plans. Fred Ritter visits Martinsburg on business for Lupton Orchard Supply. Miss Susan Steck leaves for Mount Holyoke College. Mrs. S. M. Wisecarver and son Herbert head to Baltimore and Washington to visit relatives. Several others depart for Hood College, Randolph-Macon, Columbia University, and the University of Virginia as summer ends.
Three crew members were injured when a Pan American Airways amphibian plane crashed on takeoff at the airport this morning. Radio operator Edgar Fatrouse suffered a broken arm and possible facial injuries. The other two crew members sustained lesser injuries.
William Miller 19 a Terra Alta sophomore at West Virginia University died from injuries suffered in an automobile wreck near Morgantown. The collision occurred Monday evening when the car driven by M H Campbell struck a telegraph pole and overturned. Miss Bloss and Mrs Simmons sustained minor injuries. Campbell is the university suident and the car owner was Miss Bloss. Prosecuting Attorney Albert Sherman investigated.
A. J. Zimmerman, merchant from New Market eight miles east of Frederick, presented another counterfeit $20 bill in Frederick on September 19 as the mystery currency circulates.
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss remedy promising rapid fat loss in three weeks. It claims improved energy, clear skin, brighter eyes, and youthful vitality with daily half teaspoon doses in hot water. The offer guarantees money back if no health improvement is felt and mentions a two cent two month supply.
A report states two more bills were passed in Lisbon Howard county and returned to Lisbon recently by a postal employee in Washington where it was sent with an order for stamps. Six of the bills have been found not counting the two reported in Lisbon.
Geneva Sept 18 The League of Nations Assembly moved to implement earlier proposals to straighten and facilitate international trade aiming to reduce customs duties while disarmament remains the main background issue.
The Assembly committee on tech nice organization outlines concrete goals to reduce customs barriers and remove impediments to trade. It envisions comprehensive international cooperation possibly including the United States, even though it is not a League member, alongside League members.
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