Historic McGuire Home In Alexandria Open For Inspection
Historic Alexandria home of the late Dr. and Mrs. Hugh McGuire will open for inspection April 22 to 27. Displayed are prewar era silver china glass costumes beds and textiles with emphasis on heirlooms from Washington's time and early last century. The house, once Alexandria Library known as the Old Lyceum, is praised by the Historic American Buildings Survey as a premier Greek Revival example in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturdy
Ieee
Aan
Richland
Luther H
St. Paul's Church
J. R. Worth
John M. Cook
Christ Church
Alexandria Library
Old Lyceum
Alexandria
Historic American Buildings Survey
Social And Personal Maids of Honor Named for Apple Blossom
PAT DUFFEY BEN DUTTON will serve as junior Maids of Honor at the Apple Blossom Festival Queen Shenandoah XVII procession. Miss Betty Pierce and Miss Louise Moore remain as Maids of Honor with escorts, honoring tradition while introducing a new age-matched pairing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Duffey
Ben Dutton
Betty Pierce
Louise Moore
Robinson
Miss Wingfield Weds Mr Curtis Grove in Winchester
Miss Lucille F. Wingfield and Mr Curtis C Grove married in a 3 PM ceremony at the Congregational Christian Church in Winchester. The couple, both alumni of Handley High, will reside at 23 East Monmouth Street with Grove employed by the city and Mrs Grove at Capitol restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Lucille F. Wingfield
Curtis Co. Grove
R. A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
E. FE. Wingfield
Wingfield
Grove
Gertrude Grove
Calendar of Thursday Evening Meetings in Frederick and Nearby
A Thursday schedule lists a Frederick District Quarterly Conference at Market Street Church at 10:00 p m All day. Rotary Club luncheon at the hotel 1:00 p m. Macedonia Ladies Aid meets at Mrs J R Heller s home Armel 2:00 p m. W C T A semi monthly business meeting at Handley Library 3:00 p m. Sunshine Club Braddock Street Church at church 3:00 p m. Frank McFaden Young Men s Chorus first meeting 7:30 p m at Presbyterian Sunday School. A A W meets 7:30 p m at Mrs Herbert Larrick s home. Missionary Society Lutheran Church of Our Saviour at Miss Nannie Cooper s Fairmont avenue 7:30 p m. Missionary Society Grace Lutheran Church at Miss Jennie Green s home 7:30 p m.
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Frederick District
Market Street Church
Rotary Club
Macedonia Ladies’ Aid
J. R. Heller
Armel
Handley Library
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street
Frank McFaden
Presbyterian Sunday School
Herbert Larrick
Nannie Cooper
Missionary Society of Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Fairmont Avenue
Misionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church
Jennie Green
Robert Harper Elected Editor of Law Review
From Winchester comes word that Robert G. Harper son of Mrs Lewis F Harper and the late Rev Harper of 312 West Boscawen street has been chosen editor of the Virginia Section of the Law Review. He is a Hampden Sydney College alumnus and current University of Virginia law student who edited The Tiger at Hampden Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Myerly
Bradtown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Myerly
H. L. Myerly
Baltimore
Southern Methodist Conference
Brucetown
Dudley Pierce
South Stewart Street
Winchester
Robert G. Harper
Lewis F. Harper
Harper
West Boscawen Street
Virginia
The
Law Review
Hampden-Sydney College
University of Virginia
Hampden-Sydney
Alfred Hummer Recuperating After Major Operation
Mr. Alfred Hummer a Millwood filling station operator and Memorial Hospital patient after a major operation is reported to be satisfactorily recovering.
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Alfred Hummer
Millwood
Memorial Hospital
Ham and Chicken Supper at Opequon Chapel
The ladies of Opequon Chapel sponsor a ham and chicken supper tomorrow evening from 5 to 10 o’clock to aid the new church building fund. Mrs. Ian C. MacCallum and her mother Mrs. Mary Heath plan a Florida vacation after wintering with Miss Nancy Coble. Several members, including Mrs. Edward Ayers and Mrs. J W Morrow, head home from Charlottesville after attending the 41st annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia Baptist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opéquon Chapel
Ian C. MacCallum
Mary Heath
Nancy Coble
St. Petersburg
Fla
Edward G. Ayers
J. W. Morrow
H.C. Jones
Jesse Willey
Lars Lee Brown
Charlottesville
Woman's Missionary Union of the Virginia Baptist Church
Modern Etiquette Q and A with Roberta Lee
A Q and A on dignity and manners notes anger affects dignity and offers dining room etiquette. It explains a polite response to a stranger asking to share a table and indicates the mother of the bride is last seated before the procession.
Family News From Winchester Area Spans Illnesses and Travel
Young Donald Armel shows gradual improvement at home after pneumonia. Misses Jonedith and Dorothy Ann Henry and Mrs. Mahuel Mello return from Baltimore where Mrs. J. H. Henry had knee surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Ike Allamong to undergo treatment and possible minor operation in Cleveland Veterans Hospital. Dinner guests at Shutts home include Adams and Jenkins families from Gainesboro and Winchester, with visits to Millwood later that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonedith
Dorothy Ann Henry
Mahuel Mello
Winchester
Baltimore
J. H. Henry
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Henry
Ike Allamong
Cleveland
Ohio
Veterans Hospital
Hubert Shutts
Boyce
Harry Co. Adams
Mabel
Betty Lou
Bobby Lee
Mervin Jenkins
Gainesboro
Howard N. Adams
Local Church Hosts Frederick District Quarterly Meeting
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Market Street Methodist plans the district gathering at 10 AM Thursday with Mrs. Jack Hunter of Berkeley Springs presiding and a 12:30 luncheon. Attendees will include churches from Keyser Frederick Hagerstown Baltimore Berkeley Springs Martinsburg and other communities.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Market Street Methodist Church
Frederick District
Jack Hunter
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Keyser
Frederick
Hagerstown
Baltimore
DAR Card Party committees named for Fort Loudoun chapter
Fort Loudoun chapter D A R announces game party at the George Washington hotel on April 11 to raise funds for Washington headquarters renovation for summer public access. Miss Mary E. Robinson is general chair with tables, prize, and refreshment committees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
George Washington Hotel
Washington
Mary E. Robinson
F. J. Marshall
Howard Cather
L. O. Brumback
W. W. Duncan
J. A. Richards
W. R. Strader
Joseph Hodgson
Warren Rice
Clara M. Colbert
Garland Williams
Berryville
Philip Williams
Howard Benchoff
Woodstock
Charles P. McVicar
William Richards
R. F. Hatcher
Prospector Ends Life in Northwest
A Vancouver prospector Ryckman 58 and partner Coombs 24 were found dead at Vernon Lake 40 miles north of Vancouver island after a failed prospecting expedition. A diary on Coombs showed lines about starvation and a gunshot wound suggesting suicide to avoid a fate like their partner’s death. Pilot James Hames from Ginger Coote Airways assisted in the search.
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Vernon Lake
Vancouver Island
Coombs
Macedonia Ladies Aid Meeting Set for Tomorrow
The Macedonia Ladies Aid Society will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 2 PM at Mrs. J. R. Heller’s home in Armel. Mrs. George L. Waters will lead the devotional, and the president will handle all business.
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Macedonia Ladies Aid Meeting
Macedonia Ladies Aid Society
J. R. Heller
Armel
George L. Waters
Tragic Last Entries In Alaska Wilderness Squared by Death
A journal entry reveals Jim died minutes before, amid food shortages in a spruce and devil's club jungle near a lake. The writer notes high water makes escape futile and asks for forgiveness. The pair left August 12 bound for Vancouver with a March 15 return promise, carrying only dwindling supplies.
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Devil's Club
Coombs
Jim
Vancouver
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McGuire
Brown
Albin
Samuel E. Brown
Frederick County
Republican Committee
Mollie
Mary Anna) Robinson
Preston Lawrence
Josephs. Robinson
Isaac's Creek
Charles Coleman
Charles 'Town
Llewellyn Jackson
Hunter Robinson
Archie Robinson
Whitacre
Laura Bailey
Sarah Conner
Harrisburg
Emily Stotler
Amanda Marple
Nain
James E. Brown
Dudley Field
Mrs. E. P. Gooch
Pittsburgh
Brooks’ Pharmacy
C. B. Smalts & Son, Florists
the Plaza
Out Front Royal Road
Victor
RED Seal Records
Bluebird Records
Joselli
Johnson
Askout
RCA Victor
Needie Baker & Anderson
N. Braddock St
Ann Elizabeth Robinson
Ann Cover Barton
Delmar Robinson
West Leicester Street
Handley
Miss Barton
Lewis N. Barton
Mr.Duffey
Hugh Duffey
South Washington Street
Mr. Dutton
B. B. Dutton
Miss Wingfield
Mr. Grove
Frank Pierce
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Daytona Beach
Fila
Noble C. Pierce
RED Cross
Aristo
Huntsberry
Robert Harper
the Robinson
Opequon
Paradise Cares
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Roberta Lee
Donald Armel
Arthur Armel
Euterpian
Virginia Mackie
West Cork Street
Mrs. Baker
Little Garden Club
Thomas Gibson
Nancy Larrick
Woodhull Baker
Ritz Beauty
Loudoun ST. Winchester
Joe Sunshine
Northwest
Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
D.P. Spring
Delicious
Ause
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc
E. Gerrard ST
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