Queen Ball to feature Tommy Tucker Orchestra at Apple Blossom
The final 1940 Apple Blossom Festival social, the Queen's Ball, will feature Tommy Tucker's orchestra Friday May 3 after last year’s success. The Blossom Ball Room on the fairgrounds hosts both dances with a $2.75 per couple in advance and $3.30 at the gate. Local managers and sponsors provide venue and parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Tucker
Glen
Casa Loma
Kenneth Robinson
Harry Kern, Jr
C. R. White
William Brockenbrough
Evans Product Co
Ridge White
A. C. Oates
Calendar of events Thursday at local organizations
At 7 30 p m the Frank McFaden Young Men s Chorus meets at Presbyterian School. 7 20 p m a special A A U meeting at Mrs Herbert Larrick s home. 7 30 p m Miss Nannie Cooper hosts Missionary Society at Fairmont Avenue. 7 30 p m Grace Lutheran Missionary Society meets at Miss Jennie Green s home. 6 00 p m annual mass meeting of Blossom Festival committee at George Ember FAID. 12 Eb meeting and luncheon of Woman s Civic League at the hotel. 7 00 p m first annual Sports Banquet at the hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McFaden
Presbyterian Sc School
A.A. UW
Herbert Larrick
Nannie Cooper
Missionary Society of Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Fairmont Avenue
Misionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church
Jennie Green
George Emer Faid
R. Y. Conrad American Legion Post
Woman's Civic League
Boyd M Steele Returns From Australia Vacation in Stephens City
Goodyear employee Boyd M. Steele, long based in Calcutta and Sydney, returns to the United States and spends his vacation with his mother in Stephens City. He married Amelia Miles in Las Vegas on March 20 and will sail next month for Australia for three more years. Betty Lee Ritter hosts a birthday party for her 16 year old brother Orin Ritter at the family home on the Front Royal pike with many relatives attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd M. Steele
Australia
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Calcutta
India
Sydney
Boyd Steele
Stephens City
Steele
Las Vegas
Nevada
Amelia Miles
Atlanta
New York
Mrs. Steele
Betty Lee Ritter
Front Royal Pike
Orin Ritter
Mr. Ritter
Elmer Laing
Harry Ritter
Elaine Carper
Jean Bell
Gladys White
Betsy Perry
Eleanor Laing
Zoe Lemley
Winnie Walker
Alen Easther
Martha Ritter
Bobby Carper
Gordon Laing
Ritter
Melton O’rear
George Lofton
Paul Clark
Jimmy Lofton
George Ritter
Narcissus Show to Feature Wide Participation in Alexandria
Virginia Garden Club announces the ninth annual Narcissus Show at the Alexandrian Armory on April 12 and 13 with classes open to non members and members alike. Virginia growers and eastern states will exhibit alongside Winchester area members with multiple cups and trophies to be awarded. Co chairs include Mrs William C Seipp and Mrs Louis S Scott with Miss Martha Harris assisting. National Guard officers host a dinner for Company I 116th Infantry with a new non commissioned officers club formed and officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Garden Club of Virginia
Alexandrian Armory
Virginia
Old Dominion
Garden Clubs
Winchester
National Guard
Company I
116Th Infantry
Virginia National Guard
George Miller
Asbury Jackson
Lewis Fries
Glenn Seabright
Lawrence Fries
James Kitchen
Edwin Lillis
Sager
Smallwood
Rush
Allen
Mason
Seabright
Warren Mason
Douglas Spillman
Princess Fairfax Pelham Manor to Represent at Apple Blossom Festival
Princess Fairfax Pelham Manor N Y will have M Clark as their representative in the 17th annual Apple Blossom Festival. Clark is a student at Fairfax Hall Junior College Waynesboro Va selected for beauty high scholarship and popularity. Mrs Edward Haines visits Mrs John Clowser East Leicester street. Mrs Michael DeCarlo White Plains N Y visits with parents Lewis and ? Fries and will travel with her husband to Peoria Illinois where he has a new position at St Francis Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham Manor
N. Y
M Clark
Fairfax Hall Junior College
Waynesboro
Edward Haines
John Clowser
East Leicester Street
Michael DeCarlo
White Plains
Lewis Fries
DeCarlo
Peoria
Til
St. Francis Hospital
Frederick Ladies Aid Meets Tomorrow in April 5
The Frederick Circuit Ladies Aid Society will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening April 5 at 7:45 at the parsonage on Whitlock avenue led by Miss Gladys McKee. All members urged to attend for important business. Miss Doris Whitehurst elected New President of The Chanters Winchester choral group with four vice presidents and new secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Doris Whitehurst
Chanters
Winchester
Whitehurst
Valley Avenue
Mary Green
Mildred ‘Tidler
Hunter Barley
Joe Hodgson
Marshall Kline
Jeanne Ebert
Eugene Russell
Floyd Haines
Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs Nelson’s home
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Christian church will meet at 682 Berryville avenue tomorrow evening at 7 30. Division No 4 will lead. Braddock Street Circle No 8 to meet at 8 00 at Mrs Howard Shockey’s home 410 National avenue with Mrs Lynwood Hammond as circle leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
The
Congregational Christian Church
C. A. Nelson
Berryville Avenue
Division No. 4
Braddock Street
Howard Shockey
National Avenue
Lynwood Hammond
Teachers Present Ladies of the Jury at Handley Schools
The Handley Schools faculty will stage a three act comedy titled Ladies of the Jury written by Fred Ballard on April 19 with a cast including Mrs Bauer Deckert Miss Betty Martin Lois Burnette and several others. The play centers on a chorus girl accused of her husband’s murder and features a jury room trial with a six man six woman panel leading to a surprise ending. Tickets go on sale soon. Episcopal Church plans Valley Convocation at Grace Berryville April 23-24 led by Rev D Campbell Meyers with rector Rev Ernest H Williams. A new silver alms basin funded by the society will replace the one stolen in 1935 and be consecrated May 12 at Whitsunday service. contributors will be notified to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Jury
Fred Ballard
Handley Schools
Alice
Bauer Deckert
Betty Martin
Lois Burnette
Miss Dew
Ruth _ Solen r
Robert McNalley
Virginia McCue
Miriam Boyer
Anette Roberst
Garland Quarles
Luther Hale
C. D. Bennett
Hunter
Episcopal Church
Valley Convocation
Loudoun
Fauquier
Warren
Shenandoah
Frederick
Clarke
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
Ernest H. Williams
D. Campbell Meyers
Middleburg
Whitsunday
S. C. Williams
Cooking class opens series at Northern Virginia Power Co
Last evening the first in a series of free cooking classes was held in the Demonstration hall. Eligible young women may register by calling Miss Evelyn Early, Power Co home service representative. Attendees included Charlotte Campbell, Rena Daugherty, Mollie Glass, Rachel Jennings, Harriett Krise, Helen Massey, Lillian Oakes and Anne Kerr Russell. The Interme League of the Market Street Methodist Church will meet tonight at 7.30 at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Co
Evelyn Early
Home Service
the Power Co
Charlotte Campbell
Rena Daugherty
Mollie Glass
Rachel Jennings
Harriett Krise
Helen Massey
Lillian Oakes
Anne Kerr Russell
Death of Berryville Woman Sarah Eugenia Jones
Sarah Eugenia Jones age unknown died at 9 20 last night at her Berryville home where she lived most of her life. She leaves children Charles Philadelphia Willie Norfolk Catherine Mary E Silva Elmon and Etta Brown and sister Mary V Strother. Funeral services will be at Free Will Baptist church with Rev Johnson. date to be announced after all children are located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Eugenia Jones
Berryville
Louis W. Jones
Emma Strother Jones
Charles
Philadelphia
Willie
Norfolk
Catherine Jackson
Mary E. Silva
New York
Elmon
Mary V. Strother
Connellsville
Etta Brown
Free Will Baptist Church
Johnson
Enders Funeral Home
Surprise Bride Elopement Plans Hit Yuma
June Lan, 22, a blonde film actress, and John Roselli, 38, eloped to Yuma Arizona. Roselli previously served as bodyguard for studio head Harry Cohn. Miss Lang’s first husband was Vic Orsatti, a screen agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
June Lan
John Roselli
Yuma, Ariz
Roselli
Harry Cohn
Miss Lang
Vic Orsatti
Modern Friquette by Roberta Lee Q
In a brief Q and A style, the piece answers etiquette questions. It explains proper seating manners, explains the phrase a la mode meaning fashion, and advises that introductions are best handled by the hostess unless asked to assist.
White Chief Invited To Tribe Rites at Wrangell
Wrangell Alaska prepares for the induction of Kudanake as Chief Shakes, the 76 year old design ate heir to Shakes Island, in a June potlatch attended by invited White Chief Roosevelt and top federal and military officials. The tribe preserves matronymic succession and honors the late 1916 chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrangell
Alaska
Kudanake
Wrangells
Shakes Island
Roosevelt
Kadanake
Shakes
George
Mary Shakes
U. S. Forest Service
Indian Bureau
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Secretary of Interior
Ickes
Miss Page on trip through North States
Berryville Virginia April 4 Miss Virginia Page left for Washington joining her aunt and cousin for a motor trip to Boston where the latter teaches at Shady Hill School After Boston she will visit Summit New Jersey with the Rev Dr Carl Grammer and Mrs Grammer Other society notes follow including travels of Mrs J M H Clagett Mrs J Gray Beverley and Mr John S Goldsmith and upcoming weddings and lectures
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Virginia Page
Washington
Frederick Whitehead
Roberta Whitehead
Boston
Shady Hill School
Page
Summit
N. J
Carl Grammer
Grammer
J. Gray Beverley
John S. Goldsmith
Roanoke
Elizabeth Broun
Charles M. Broun
Mr. Goldsmith
Hugh Henry Trout, Jr
Baltimore
Kate Powers
Pittsburgh
Phillip H. Powers
Miss Powers
Anderson Tavern Seeks Beer Wine License on Route 7
Edward N. Anderson proprietor of Anderson Tavern on Berryville Pike Route 7 at two miles from Winchester says he will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on April 14 1940 to obtain a license to retail beer and wine of more than 3.2 percent for consumption on and off premises. Delivery to Winchester VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Anderson Tavern
Winchester
Berryville Pike
Edward N. Anderson
Prop
Winchester City and County Realty Transfers Summary
Real estate transfer notices list numerous deeds including transfers from Winchester H W Ebert to Union Bank of Winchester on Atwell Avenue, Lucy E Hillyard to Virgie Plundeke on 104 North Avenue for $10, and various other parcels. Notable entries include 15 South Stewart dwelling sold for 7,625 to heirs of H B McCormac and Fred L Glaize to Arthur Bayliss on 687 Berryville Avenue for 4,100, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
H. W. Ebert
Union Bank of Winchester
Atwell Avenue
Lucy E. Hillyard
Virgie J. Plundeke
North Avenue
Orpha Lockhart
Charles Lockhart
Virginia Avenue
C. P. Bailey
R. Bailey
South
Loudoun Street
Homer B. Garber
Everett L. Molden
Shawnee Heights
Fred L. Glaize
Milton N. Luttress
Opequon Avenue
Clara A. Taylor
Charles H. Harper
B. M. Sullivan
North London
H. B. McCormac
C. R. Strader
South Stewart
Sam Ensogna
Gabriel Samuel Ensogna
Harris Addition
Tional Bank and Trust Company
A. C. Halvosa
Valleyagneue
Benjamin C. Cline
Arthur H. Bayliss
Berryville Avenue
Upton F. Ashley
Catherine M. Kopp
Highland Avenue
M. M. Lynch
Harry H. Lynch
Handley
Uncle Dies Fred Galebach in Lebanon Pa
Virginia avenue resident Harry Goshert reports the death of his uncle Fred Galebach in Lebanon Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning at 10 30. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 00 pm and Mr. Goshert plans to attend. Canada exported 206 894 gallons of maple syrup and 7 812 046 pounds of maple sugar to the United States in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Goshert
Virginia Avenue
Fred Galebach
Lebanon
Mr. Goshert
United States
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Glen Gray
Blossom Ball Room
Alice Dew
Mary Leigh
Mary Hobson Leigh
Lelia Palmer Leigh
Thomas Morrison
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mr. Galt
John Minor
Sabin Robbins 3d
Barkley Terrill
Ramsey Minor
Chicago
Catherine Mauck
Mr. Montgomery
M. M. Mauck
Catherine V. Mauck
Charles Montgomery
Girls’ Athletic Association
Lulu Mace
Hagerstown
South Braddock Street
Brooks’ Pharmacy
C. B. Smalts & Son, Florists
Plaza
Out Front Royal Road
Priscit
Huntsberry
the Robinson
Princess Fairfax
Joanne Clark
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Interme League of the Market Streetthodist Church
Abe Martin
June ‘Lang
By Roberta Lee
Wrangell Indians
Miss Page
North States
J. M. H. Clagett
Edgerton Chichester
Garden City
N. Aes
West Palm Beach
Pla
Springfield
Clarke County
Sally Libby
Charles Ashley
Cleveland
George P. Greenhalgh
Springsbury
Chevy Chase, Md
Shio Sakanishi
Library of Congress
Woman’s Club
Clarco Theatre
Louis Turker
Richmond
Grace Episcopal Church, Berryville
Robert Randolph Smith
Elizabeth
Louisa Smith
Richard Buckner Smith
Daniel Defoe
Review
Haldeman’s Milk
the Ritz Beauty Shop
S. Loudoun ST
Sunshine Cleaners
East Piccadilly
Canada
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Hardware CO
N. Loudoun
Eugene
Nestle
Rosemma’s
Wiener’s
Loudoun St
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