Garden club notes and community notices in Shenandoah Monthly
The article records garden talks on hardscape, delphinium care, and lawn renovation led by H J Neale and Mrs Stewart O Elting. It also lists local social events, births, funerals, visits, and residents’ health updates across Shenandoah city, Waynesboro, Woodstock, and surrounding areas with multiple named families and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Town
H. J. Neale
State Highway Department
Allen Bond
Stewart O. Elting
Clark Smith
Clark T. Cooper
Gott
D. J. Howard
Social Calendar Full of Meetings and Luncheons
The week features a Lions Club lunch at George Washington, Kiwanis at the George Washington Hotel, Garden Club at 211 Fairmont Ave, Winchester Lodge Elks, Grace Lutheran Adult Choir practice, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, and Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion events throughout Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester and
Clarke County Garden Club
P. W. Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion
Kiwanis honor for Rev Dr Harry A Riddle in Lewistown
Rev Dr Harry A Riddle D D native of Chambersburg Pa and son of the late Mr and Mrs Harry A Riddle has received the ninth Kiwanis service award as Lewistown s most useful citizen for the past year. He is the first minister to win the honor and is praised for untiring civic and religious work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Riddle
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
Lewistown
Riddle
Dr. Riddle
Caroline Hunter
Winchester
Robert W. Hunter
Marriage License Issued to Herron and Thompson Couple
A marriage license was issued to William Donald Herron of Washington DC and Dorothy Thompson of Washington. The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs J W Herron and works as a clan. The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Donald Herron
Washington, D. C
Dorothy Thompson
Washington
J. W. Herron
Benjamin Thompson
Little Theatre Comedy Proves Great Success
Winchester's Little Theatre presented Aren't We All by Frederick Lonsdale at Capitol Theatre. Dr E C Stuart starred as Lord Grenham with strong supporting work and skilled scenery from Virginia Boyd and Mary Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Little Theatre Group
Capitol Theatre
Frederick Lonsdale
New York
Cyril Maude
Leslie Howard
Broadway
E. C. Stuart
Lord Grenham
Lonsdale
Little Theatre
Virginia Boyd
Mary Miller
Fenton Nelson
Nash Conklin
John Steck, Jr
Sam Laren
Helen Smith
Ruth Rutledge
Edith Cromwell
Anne Elizabeth Quirk
Mary McKenzie
Virginia C. Russell
Grace Bosserman
Jane Scully
Anne Brooke Kern
Lucille MacCallum
Année Brooke Kern
Stacy Lloyd
Paul Rhodes
Polly Harrison
Colonial Art and Craft Shop
Rainbow Ridge Gardens
H. B. McCormac
John M. Steck, Jr
Katherine Kern
Lewis Hyde
Fred Glaize, Jr
New White House Will Oversee Vast Job Relief Fund
The article details a proposed White House board to manage a large job relief fund, with undersecretary Ickes and Admiral Peoples as likely members. It recounts Hopkins Spender Hopkins’ past relief spending, outlines planned allocations for highways, rural aid, housing, education, and public works, and notes the transition financing and timelines culminating by June 30, 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secreta
Ickes
Christian J. Peoples
Treasury Procurement Office
White House
Hopkins
PWA
FERA
New York
Rckes
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Relief Administration
Dole
Public Works Administration
Works Fund
Fowle hosts buffet after Lutlite Theatre comedy
Mr and Mrs Philip Fowle hosted a buffet supper at their Lecester street home after the Lut lite Theatre comedy Aren't We All. A large group of amateur actors attended then joined a subscription dance at the Golf Club with Soddy Haines and his Orchestra providing music.
Carter Wins City Street Work Contract For Tarvia
R K Carter, formerly of this city and now in Richmond, won a contract to apply stone and tarvia to several streets. The Standard Oil Co. bid for about 40 000 gallons of tarvia, matching the state bid. Work starts soon with stockpiled material on South Stewart street and one carload scheduled before the apple blossom festival. First treated avenues include South Stewart National avenue and Berryville avenue. Berryville will see heavier treatment due to new construction. Bids came from ten firms. tarvia and gravel aim to reduce minor bumps and begin by April 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Carter
Richmond
South Stewart Street
Standard Oil Company
Virginia Roads
Virginia
South Stewart
National Avenue
Berryville Avenue
Home Makers Return From District Federation Meet
Miss Elizabeth Farrar Frederick and Winchester county home demonstration leaders, plus more than 500 delegates, attended the first annual district meeting of the Federation of Home Demonstration clubs in Charlottesville. Frederick county participants included Mrs. Genevieve Stipe, Mrs. Erle Edwards, Mrs. Effie Derflinger, Miss Ruth Beatty, Mrs. R. R. Stickley, and Miss Farrar. State leaders spoke on current homemaker topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Farrar
Frederick County
Winchester
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Charlottesville
Genevieve Stipe
Stephenson
Erle Edwards
Albin
Effie Derflinger
Middletown
Ruth Beatty
R. R. Stickley
Farrar
Miss Virts Named Festival Princess
Miss Mary Elizabeth Virts of Charles Town West Virginia has been chosen by St Hildas Hall to represent the institution as a princess at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester this spring. Local papers call her one of the area’s most attractive young ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Virts
Raymond L. Virts
Charles Town
W. Va
St. Hilda’s Hall
Place
Winchester
Wirts
Mrs. Hiser Anounces Death Of Aunt In Columbus
Mrs J C Hiser of Stephens City learns of the death of her aunt Mrs Kathryn Jordan widow of James O Jordan in Columbus Ohio. Mrs Jordan leaves a daughter Mrs Thomas Jones of Columbus and several nieces and nephews in Harrisonburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hiser
Stephens City
Kathryn Jordan
James 8. Jordan
Columbus, O
Rhodes Hosts Visiting Friends From New York and Canton
Mrs. Clarence Tervill of Canton China along with Mrs. James Bryson and Miss Evelyn Mothershead of New York City visited Morgantown friends and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Rhodes in Middletown. They departed for New York via Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Rhodes
Clarence Tervill
Canton
China
James Bryson
Evelyn Mothershead
New York City
Morgantown
W. Va
Frederick 4-H Council Plans Parade Camp and Fair
A Frederick county 4-H Club council meeting at Christ Episcopal Church discussed festival parade participation, the country club camp at White Rock in late June, and the state camp at Blacksburg. They outlined plans for a proof fair and hobby show in Winchester likely in August. The council comprises officers from 16 Frederick 4-H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Chapel of Christ Episcopal Church
White Rock
Blacksburg
Winchester
Pred
Erick
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Zia Eza
Shawnee Garden Club
Holmes Withers
Waynesboro
Memorial Hospital
This City
Withers
Mary Gigoe
Walter Withers
Berryville
Clarke, County
Martinsburg, W. Va
J. W. Patterson
Clifton Emery
Mary L. Bowers
Walter Bowers
Second United Brethren Church
Rudolph
Magnus Rudolph
South Cameron Street
Novick Transfer and Storage Company
Virginia Haycock
Near Clearbrook
William Miller
East Piccadilly Street
Glaize, Jr
Patterson
Fred Gaize, Jr
Stephenson Social Club
Pingley
Loring L. Pingley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
University Hospital
Friendship
Irene Ring
George Ring
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Harry Shgard Martin
University of Virginia
Edward Mor
Elkton
E. R. Reidel
Conray Ring
Loudoun County
Rockingham County
Martin
Mrs
Herman Barr
Lions’ Club
Helen Miley
Guy Lewis, Jr
Helen Copp Miley
George Copp
Strasburg
Nell Gatten
Carl Miley
Lynchburg
Lutheran Parsonage
Williamsport
W. D. Huddle
Lutheran Church
Strasburg High School
Lewis
Clark and Lewis
Luray
Mr. Ryland Conner
Ryland Conner
Winchester Park Association
Conner
Mrs. Light
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock Street M. E. Church
South
J. H. Light
J. A. Hotinger
Columbus
Ohio
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Hotinger
Rotary Club
George
Stonewall
Reformed Church
Edith Jolliffe
Roy Duvall
G. A. Ebersole
E. W. Prince
I. H. Zinn
J. Ww. Stipe
Summer
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Clara V. Fultz
W. Boscawen St
Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
Swagger
Men’s Athletic Club
Paul
J. B. Redman
Paul Behrens
Hoye Riley
Handley School
R. A. Shafer
Tony
N. Loudoun St
Dobbs
Margaret L. Hodgson
M. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
A. R. Good
A. N. Griffith
Bessie Bentzell
West Gerrard Street
Carter
Standard Oil
Tarvia
South Stewart St
Meet
Miss Virts
Festival Princess
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Kelelo
Underwood
WJZ
Joe Penner
the Bakers
R. M. Swimley
FELT
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Maryland
RGA Grocer
Loudoun St
Sauer Kraut
Lovett Brothers
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