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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal notes can be mailed or phoned to Mrs. Isabelle F. Miller. She will be glad to include social news by telephone between 3 and 4 p.m. for the following day. Phone number 63.
Garden Club invited to join a planned October 5 visit to Gloucester historic sites including Toddsbury Elmington Airville Goshen and White Marsh. The itinerary features Warner Hall birthplace and graveyard where Washington ancestors are buried with information at Gloucester village and ferry landing and a return via Yorktown Jamestown Williamsburg.
Miss Mary Calvert Stribling Martinsburg was unanimously elected president of the West Virginia Division UDC at the state convention in Huntington. She has 27 years in state office including 16 as state treasurer and resignations pending. Berkeley County also gains a second state officer with Miss Hilda Lingamfelter chosen as state treasurer.
Richwood West Virginia businessman Floyd Artrip and daughters Ethel and Myrtle visit son W F Artrip in the county. After 35 years in business he considers retirement and a possible small farm purchase near Winchester. Myrtle Artrip runs the music department at Nicholas Hardware and Furniture in Richwood while the family visits relatives in Washington.
At the Winchester branch meeting held at Mrs D W Aitenourturday home the Needlework Guild of America decided to collect new garments in the coming weeks. The drive targets children six to nine years old and also asks for towels pillow-cases and sheets for the local Red Cross linen room. Directors anticipate a generous response to aid the effort.
Among local people at Calvary Church Keyser for the closing session of the Virginia Annual Conference United Brethren Church were Mr. and Mrs. Carl T. Craher and daughter, Mrs. John T. Brown and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Boyce, Mrs. Garvin Bowles and son, J., and Mrs. E. W. Miller, Mr. W. L. Poston, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Carpenter and daughter, Mr. Edwin Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. Lauderback and son, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Crossan and daughter, Mrs. Sadie Hamrick and Miss Hattie Stover.
A joint meeting of the Girls Missionary Guild and Women's Missionary Society of Centenary Reformed Church will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 at Miss Lovetta Anderson's home on National Avenue. All members urged to attend. Mrs Asa Crisman Miss Isabelle Crisman and others were in Washington yesterday visiting friends.
Miss Katherine DeChantel Evans became the bride of Persell D. Plank at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Winchester. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Thomas B. Martin. The bride wore a brown ensemble and pearls, and the couple left for Washington and Cumberland before returning to No. 508 North Kent Street.
Mrs Buckner of San Francisco is guest of Mrs Fred Barr on West Boscawen Street. Many locals host and visit relatives including Mrs Kate Mace and Miss Maude Mace in Hagerstown. Mrs Lambert Ada Steele and daughter Mary, attend Baltimore conference in Cumberland. Visitors travel to New Market and Endless Caverns. Dorothy Patton returns from Washington. Philip Kramer returns from Baltimore. Mrs Mauck returns from Baltimore and Washington.
Mr and Mrs W A Turner and Miss Louise Turner of Roanoke Virginia are guests at Hotel Jack Mrs Strother Sherman and Miss Mary Sherman have returned from Keyser where they attended the United Brethren Conference Miss Eleanor Childs and Miss Patrice Hewiss were weekend guests of friends in Washington
Two heavy rainfalls yesterday and last night near Dreath broke an extended drought that began in late June. A inch was recorded by Winchester Research Laboratory as showers continued today, reviving streams wells and cisterns. The rain will aid autumn grass late potatoes and apple crops while city water restrictions linger to conserve supply. Some residents watered lawns in defiance of the rule.
A dense listing of 1930s radio programs with stations WABC WMAL WEAF WJZ WGN and others, detailing show titles like Ellington's Band Uncle Joe and Pat and Grand Opera, plus times and affiliated stations for each slot across multiple networks and locales.
Residents draw buckets from a scant city supply while claiming they were following a directive restricting sprinkler use, signaling tension between water conservation orders and daily needs.
Rear Admiral J. M. Reeves of the navy today asked to appear before the Senate Geneva conference briefing. Chairman Shortridge granted the request and ordered Reeves to appear at an early hour for questioning.
Miller Huggins' body arrived in Cincinnati with Herb Pennock representing the Yankees. It was met by 3800 friends as relatives said the body would lie in state from 1 pm today until noon tomorrow.
President and Mrs. Hoover schedule a short weekend trip from the White House to their mountain fishing lodge in Virginia. They will travel by mid afternoon and stay until late the next day with a large guest party invited.
Physician endorsed purification promotes health through Calotabs taken weekly over weeks. Claims Calotabs are the greatest system purifiers and offers a family package with directions. Political bosses favor harmony under their management in Hillsboro.
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