American history themes anchor Gainsboro club meeting
In a discussion led by Mr. Finley the club explored the utopian yet achievable American experiment and the ongoing class struggles shaping events from the French and Indian War to the Civil War. A music group then performed songs including In the Silent Night and Trees, as guests enjoyed a bountiful repast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian
Mr. Finley
Finley
P. Y. Brinton
McFadden
Mrs. Greene
Social Calendar of Events and Club Meetings
Tuesday activities include a free cooking class by Northern Virginia Power Company, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Stephenson Social Club, and choirs at Braddock Street Methodist Church and Grace Lutheran. Thursday features Rotary luncheon, Civic League meeting at Hawthorne Building, dancing classes at George Washington Hotel, and Red Bud church Workers Council gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Service Department of
Northern Virginia Power Company
Adult Woman's Missionary Society
Golden Rule
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Stephenson Social Club
E. W. Grant
Young Peoples
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Civic League
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Berryville
Hawthorne Building
Stafford Pemberton
Workers’ Council
Red Bud United Brethren Church
Floyd Brewer
Red Bud
Friendship Fire Company
Company Hall
East Cork Street
American Legion Post
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Centenary Reformed Church
Portrait of Mrs MacDonald to be presented to the DAR
Virginia will present a portrait of Mrs Marshall MacDonald of Clarke county the first treasurer general of the Daughters of the American Revolution to the society at the forty first Continental Congress in Washington April 18 and 19 The portrait will hang in the president general's reception room Constitution Hall Virginia plans include ticket distribution Virginia badges and state dinners in Richmond Willard Hotel Also colonial costumes and museum visits during the congress calendar includes Mount Vernon Arlington and the George Washington Memorial Temple
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Marshall MacDonald
Clarke County
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
General Society
Washington
Constitution Hall
Hampton Fleming
Richmond
Congress
Mount Vernon
Arlington
George Washington Memorial Temple
Pere Continental
Willard Hotel
Finley Addresses Century Club On American Utopias
At the Century Club meeting of April 5 guest speaker J N G Finley read a paper titled American Utopias. He described America as a fertile field for many utopias and discussed themes in the present social landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finley
Century Club
Katherine Glass Greene
J. N. G. Finley
America
Mr. Finley
Miss Opal Barnes Weds Mr. H A Kelican
A marriage license was issued in Martinsburg to Harry Anthony Kelican of Gore and Opal Beatrice Barnes of Berkeley Springs. They will reside in Berkeley County where Kelican works as a lumber grader.
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Opal Barnes
H. A. Kelican
Martinsburg
Harry Anthony Kelican
Gore
Opal Beatrice Barnes
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Kelican
Claude Kelican
Miss Barnes
Edward Barnes
Berkeley County
Ashwood Couple Welcome Son Ronny Ernest Ashwood
Mr and Mrs Ernest M Ashwood of Berryville announce the birth of a son on Sunday April 10 at the home of Mrs White in Relief The child is named Ronny Ernest Ashwood Mrs Ashwood was formerly Miss Glenna White of Relief Mr Ashwood works at the A P Company Berryville Branch Store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Flowers
Gainesboro
Miss Ruth Flowers
Mary Neal Flowers
Angelene Holliday
Janie Batt
Mary Heflin
Elva Shade
Katherine Luttrell
Madeline
Margaret Anderson
North Braddock Street
Paul Carper
Mabel Whitacre
Ashwood
Ernest M. Ashwood
Berryville
Robert Carson
Pleasant Valley
J. M. Bennett
Thomas Bennett
Harry Lewis
Leo Lewis
White Post
Holmes W. Lewis
Emmett Lewis
City
Ultte Theatre Plans Two Night Tryouts For Love Nest
The Little Theatre announces tryouts tonight at 7 30 at Handley Library Auditorium for The Love Nest to be staged Monday and Tuesday April 25 and 26 at the Capitol Theatre. Members who received a secretary’s card are urged to attend again for final cast selection. A double cast will perform on the two nights with different groups for each performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
Capitol Theatre
Handley Library
Governor attends Bicentennial events and returns to duties
Governor Pollard travels to Lexington and Washington for the George Washington Bicentennial at Washington and Lee University and the Jefferson Day dinner in Washington. He returns to the Richmond executive offices after a weeklong vacation, disposing of accumulated work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ernor Pollard
Capitol
Lexington
Washington
Washington and Lee University
Southern Pines
N. C
Norman Wall
Frank Bane
Public Welfare
Norman Call
Board of Visitors
Mount Vernor
Eppa Hunton
Washington Shrine
Labor Federation protests wage cuts for federal workers
The Virginia Federation of Labor filed a strong protest against any federal employee wage reduction. J. Fred Cheery, president, sent the message to Virginia's two senators and ten representatives in response to reports of a proposed wage cut as part of a national economy plan before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia Federation of Labor
Congress
J. Fred Cheery
Federation
Mrs Davis Returns Home After Visit in Martinsburg
Miss Mary Davis has returned to her Martinsburg home after several days with Miss Louise Rehill at her Berryville Avenue residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Cornwell
Peyton Street
Farmville
Henrietta Cornwell
State Teachers’ College
Mary Davis
Martinsburg
Louise Rehill
Berryville Avenue
Oxygen Sent To Help Victims Of Eruptions
Buenos Aires reports volcano ash and gas from Andes craters causing asphyxia risks in Mendoza towns Malargue and San Rafael. A cavalry regiment aids severly afflicted villages as oxygen supplies are requested. Ash covers 400 mile long area, 700 miles wide, with widespread darkness and light outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Mendoza
Ministry of Interior
Andes
Malargue
San Rafael
Pampas
Argentina
Salado
Tiuel
Montevideo
Uruaguay
Clergymen and Laymen to Hold District Meeting
Bishop G. D. Batdorf of Harrisburg and Rev. VU. P Hovermale will lead a district meeting in Winchester at the United Brethren Church Friday April 15 from 2 to 4 p m. The event will include preachers and their laymen such as Rev. L. A Racey Edinburg Circuit Rev. S. R. Lud wig Toms Brook Circuit and Rev. H B Richardson Reliance Circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Batdorf
D. D
Harrisburg
VU. P Hovermale
United Brethren Church
Winchester
L. A. Racey
Edinburg
S. R. Ludwig
Toms Brook
H .B. Richardson
Reliance
District Meeting Urged by Winchester Circuit Clergy
Rev. L. A. Racey Rev. J. R. Hinkle and Rev. George W. Stover urge laymen to attend a district meeting in Winchester Station. The two hour session runs from 2 to 4 pm, with GEO. W. STOVER as pastor and group leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Racey
Winchester
J. R. Hinkle
Wen Frederick
George W. Stover
Winchest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Flowers
Mrs. Carper
Greenway Church Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Greenway United Brethren Church
Charles Hall
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
F. T. McFaden
Courtney B. Jones
Millwood
Pifer
Charles Nicodemus
Loring Funkhouser
Lawson L. Hockman
A. R. Schmidt
C. Preston Pifer
Pikeside
Ulttte Theatre
Robert M. Glaize
Washington Street
Alexandria
Charles E. Sewell
Delmar Sewell
Baltimore
Sewell
Emerson Hotel
United States
Ross DeHaven
Albert Clark
Near White Post
C. E. Clarke
Nain
Holmes Lewis
Jake Bean
Margaret Byrd
Memorial Hospital
Amherst Street
H. B. McCormac
Handley Boulevard
Garner Edmonds
Stuart H. Edmonds
West Leicester Street
T.E. White
Ralph Brown
South Cameron Street
Master Richard Brown
Children’s Hospital School
George Bennett
Virginia Carson
William E. Carson
Riverton
Cathedral School For Girls
Virginia Military Institute
Anne Brooke Kern
Dabney Harrison
Pagebrook
Bowie
State Art Commission
BE. R. Combs
Col
Peter Saunders
Commonwealth
John R. Saunders
J. H. Bradford
Samuel Gardiner Waller
R. A. Gilliam
The
Conservation and Development Commission
George Bowles
Cervantes
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Geo. W., Stover
Herbert Evans
University of California
New York
Florsheim
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
General Motors
H. D
Gibson Baker
Miller-Hoover Motor Co
Broadway
Sally O’neil
Arthur Loew
Sally O'Neil
Marcus Loew
Nate
Europe
Mesha
Moab
Israel
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Lloyd
R. M. Swimley
California
Margaret L. Hodgson
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