Social and Personal Notes from Winchester Area
Social and personal items describe a bridal shower for Miss Irene Goss hosted at 2 Kent Street in Winchester with gifts and flowers, and recognize Mr. Harry B. Carter as the groom. Also noted are birth congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Astor Are, two Winchester girls earning Madison College scholarship honors, and a game party planned for April 11 at a Fort Loudoun hotel with reservations and table setup details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosen
Goss
Kent Street
Mass
Irene Goss
Harry B. Carter
Ems
Miss Goss
J. Fred Goss
Mr. Goss
Winchester
Lacy Goss
Carter
Ana Carter
Reese Carter
Inwood
W. Va
S. L. Flickinger
Elsie Snapp
Clara Jackson
Bertha Wood
Robert Jones
India Faucett
George Forney
Emma Hartman
Richard Faucett
Aramela Hoover
Clarence Whitaker
William Brown
Virginia Fansler
Fred Goss
James Johnson
William C. Goss
Basil Cooper
George Erin
Archer Jenkins
Arguerite Whitaker
Lucilles Whitaker
Jane Goss
Virginia Goss
Astor
RB. E. Aytor
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Madison College
Mary Balh
Ethel Slomaker
DD. A. KR
Fort Loudoun
Mary Robinson
F. J. Marshall
Calendar of Monday church and lodge meetings
Regular 3:00 p m meeting of Woman's Auxiliary at Church House followed by St Agnes Guild at same site. Covered Dish supper and birthday party precede the 8 o'clock Order of Eastern Star in F and M Building. Bethany Circle meets at 7:30 p m in the Sunday School building. Madison Lodge I O O F holds an 8:00 p m weekly meeting at the East Boscawden street hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes Guild
Church House of Christ Episcopal Church
Order of Eastern Star
Madison Lodge
Hall
East Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival draws Farmville princess
Farmville's Miss Windham will represent Farmville State Teachers' College at the 17th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester on May 2 and 3 as a princess in Queen Shenandoah XVII's court. Other items note residents visiting relatives in Wilmington and Oberlin, and local social updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Farmville State Teachers’ College
Farmiville
Windham
Petersburg
Shenandoah XVII
Modern Etiquette Qs and As on Bridge and Ushers
A column of etiquette answers by Roberta Lee covers beginners at bridge asking partners or opponents for help, brides and grooms choosing ushers, and whether to use lighted candles at breakfast or luncheon. It advises playing one's best, using ushers who are of suitable age, and reserving candles for rooms lacking daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Berryville Baptist Pastor Returns to Pulpit with Baptism
Rev. L A Parker of Berryville Baptist Church resumes services this Sunday after a recent illness and will conduct a baptismal service Sunday night. Miss Margaret Clarke of Goucher College Baltimore visits Berryville with her brother in law Mr Justin Funkhouser. Others mentioned include W C Dunham of Glengary ill, and a stag party for David H Allen Jr at his parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hele Woore
Conservatory of Music
Oberlin College
Oberlin, D
Frank Woore
South Washington Street
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
Margaret Clarke
Goucher College
Baltimore
Justin Funkhouser
Fairmont Avenue
W. C. Dunham
Glengary, W. Va
David H. Allen, Jr
Middleburg
Berryville
Winchester
Joy Joy Ingram wins in New York Supreme Court
Actress Sun ny Joy Ingram celebrated as Justice Carew upheld her separation from broker Richard W. Krakeur. The court ordered Krakeur to pay back alimony of 1 876 dollars and continue 225 dollars monthly. The judge ruled the separation does not bar romantic integration with his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunny Joy Ingram
New York Supreme Court
Justice Carew
Richard W. Krakeur
Church House Meeting Announces Mrs Irvan O Connell
A church gathering is set with Mrs Irvan O Connell serving as chairman. The meeting location is the church house and the start time is noted as o clock.
Episcopal Woman's Auxiliary to Meet Monday Afternoon
The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church will meet Monday at 3 o'clock in the church house. The meeting was announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Woman’s Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary
Christ Episcopal Church
Berryville Social News Highlights Local Visits
Berryville residents report trips to Staunton Waynesboro and Charlottesville. Mrs. Walter Wisecarver attended the Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia annual meeting in Charlottesville while Eva Massey returned to school after her mother’s illness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QO. Palmer
Berryville
Staunton
Walter D. Wisecarver
Waynesboro
Nicholas Morrison
Wisecarver
Woman's Missionary Union of Virginia
University Baptist Church
Charlottesville
Eva Massey
Berryville High School
Roanoke
Loring Rackley
Miss Massey
Stephenson Club Plans April 10 Meeting at Clear Brook
The Stephenson Social Club holds a regular meeting on Wednesday April 10 at the home of Miss Edith Jolliffe in Clear Brook with Miss Meta Frazier and Mrs Frank Martin as assistant hostesses. Mrs Victor Ridgeway leads devotions and Mrs Laura Anderson handles recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson Social Club
Edith Jolliffe
Clearbrook
Meta Frazier
Frank Martin
Victor Ridgeway
Laura Anderson
Bethany Circle Meets Monday Night
The Bethany Circle of the Presbyterian Church will meet Monday at 7 30 in room 100 of the Sunday school building. Mrs. Ronald Wilson is noted, and full attendance is urged as this is the first meeting of the new church year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Circle
The
Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Found Dead In Kensington Man Leaves Three Children
Charles W. Lonas age 29 unemployed father of three was found dead in his Kensington home last night. Montgomery County medical examiner Dr. C B Hawks ruled the death a suicide by hanging. The item notes a distress signal history and mentions an earlier signal before SOS was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington
Charles W. Lonas
C. BE. Hawks
Montgomery County
Army Day 23rd Anniversary Shows Army Modernization Progress
On Army Day April 6 Washington officials touted the U S army s ongoing modernization since 1939 with a compact trained force ready for quick action and expansion. Five divisions were in field training in the south as regulars and guards praised Roosevelt s emergency measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Army
Hawaii
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Woodring
George C. Marshall
War Department
Congress
France
Bell Nominated Berryville Mayor in last minute move
The Berryville convention nominated Bell for mayor for a two year term after a tight campaign. D. Blanton Allen won in the third ward over Harold Scheuer and A. Garland Williams, with Allen receiving 49 votes. Incumbent Leslie Russell led in Ward 1, while Whiting and Tappan were unopposed in Wards 2 and 4. George H. Levi was unopposed for recorder. The convention could be the last as a ballot motion to end it passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
J. Ed Thoma
Herbert Whiting
D. Blanton Allen
Harold Scheuer
A. Garland Williams
Allen
Williams
Scheuer
Levi
G. Kenneth Levi
Harris
Ralph Dorsey
George H. Levi
Convention Method Abolished For Nominating Town Cands
The meeting declared the convention method for town office nominations abolished and mandated that candidates file according to general law. Mayor H B Harris chaired, with Ralph N Ware as secretary and Harry Lee Boxwell Joe Avis and L C Lewis named election judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Committee
H. B. Harris
Ralph N. Ware
Harry Lee Boxwell
Joe Avis
L. C. Lewis
Two Men Dead After Being Hit Near Mount Rainier
Washington April 6 Clarion C Gray 54 an Internal Revenue Bureau official of Hyattsville Md and Leon Giles 60 of Brentwood Md died in Casualty Hospital early today from injuries suffered Friday night when struck by an automobile in Mount Rainier Md Frank F Lawton Hyattsville driver was jailed on charges of drunken and reckless driving Gray and Giles were standing in a street safety zone when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clarion C. Gray
Internal Revenue Bureau
Hyattsville
Leon Giles
Brentwood
Casualty
Mount Rainer
Frank F. Lawton
Princes Georges County
Gray
Giles
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Nettie Carbaugh
Brether
Mrs
Juart Montgomery
Falls Church
Peggy Carbaugh
Wilmington
Del
Montgomery
Brooks’ Pharmacy
PwWe
Alecia Beauty Salon
Winchester’s
N. Braddock St
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Woman's Auxiliary of
Church House
Bethany Cirle
Farmville’s Choice
Mrs. F. Grove. White
Wilmington, del
Virginia Gardner
Yonkers, N. Y
J. C. Gardner
W. W. Kremer
West Monmouth Street
M. H. Pierce Hav
Los Angeles
Calif
Isabel Keahler
Middletown
C. G. Laprad
Liberty Avenue
C. Fred Barr
West Boscawen Street
C. G. Dalgetty-Kerr
Edward Burton
University of Virginia
W. C. Perry
Ida Trumphries
South Kent Street
Lula
Rouse Windham
Hattie Taylor
Baptist Cemetery
Cape May Court House
N.J
Rachel
Wildwood
N. J
Penn State College
Roberta Lee
E. P. Bean
Miss Margaret Bean
Mary Baldwin Colege
Margaret Dortch
Evelyn Montgomery
Joe Schroth
South Hill, Va
Miss Dorth
Norvell Montague
Alice Dew
Fredericksburg
F. L. Sargent, Jr
Valley Avenue
Mary Kathryn Stryker
Memorial Hospital
Sunny
Social News
Tom Shepherd
Leonidas Carlisle and
Granville
Waynesboro, Va
Emily Powers
Samuel Bryarly
White Post
Daniel Elsea
Alberta Elsea
Thomas Elsea
New York City
Ethel Tansky
William Elsen
Billy Kerfoot
Alfred Kerfoot
Wilbraham Academy
Wilbraham, Mass
Llewellyn
Stephenson Club
U.S
HWA
AE Vane R
Equator
America
Texas
Florida
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Kitty Foyle
Doctor Hudson
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Underwood
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Evening Star
New York
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