Calendar of Local Meetings and Club Gatherings
Evening events include Winchester Little Theatre at Handley Library at 7 30. Girl Scout Leaders Association meets at 702 South Braddock Street. Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel at 1 00. W C T U holds a semi monthly meeting at 3 00. Modern Woodmen of America meet at Odd Fellows hall with J W Barnes. Onward and Upward class of Kernstown M E Church meets at 8 00 at Mrs Winifred Lupton’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Fred Ritter
South Braddock Street
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Handley Library
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
J. W. Barnes
Kernstown
M. E. Church
Winifred Lupton
Century Club entertains Little Theatre season finale
The Century Club hosted its final season meeting at Mrs. Louis Baker’s North Braddock Street home where 11 Little Theatre members performed Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Cast included Frances Beverley Anne Quirk Dew Aloise Brill Verner Griffith Largent March Glass Ryden. The mock broadcast adaptation ran about an hour and featured Mr Verner as announcer and direction by Mrs Schuyler Larkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Louis Baker
North Braddock Street
Little Theatre
Oscar Wilde
Frances Beverley
Anne E. Quirk
Miss Dew
Aloise Brill
Je Verner
Dick Griffith
Jim Largent
Jim March
W. W. Glass
Roy Ryden
Schuyler Larkin
Par rish Visitors and National Groups Headed to Washington
Mrs Lewis Lewis and daughter Betty of Battle Creek Mich stop in Winchester en route to the Daughters of the Revolution convention in Washington where Betty Lewis serves as page to the national treasurer. Herman Lee spends days in Clifton Forge and Buena Vista Va on National Federation of Post Office Clerks business as an officer. Anne Kerr Russell and Margaret Byrd travel to Washington for a matinee of Nazimoza in The Mother at the National Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. R. Page
Parrishes
Lewis Lewis
Betty
Battle Creek
Mich
Winchester
Earl Parrish
Montague Avenue
Washington
Betty Lewis
Thadius Jones
the Children of the American Revolution
Herman Lee
Clifton Forge
Buena Vista
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Lee
Anne Kerr Russell
Margaret Byrd
Nazimoza
National Theatre
Etiquette Q and A for Hosts and Guests
A modern etiquette guide offers that a bachelor host should include a chaperon for single guests, who may be a matron or widow, with the husband invited if she is married. Repeating phrases like Is that so is deemed annoying. A doctor’s card should read James Walker M D or Dr James Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. James Walker, M. D
James Walker
Dicks Welcome Son Bill Lee at Green Sprig Home
Mr and Mrs Leland Dick are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son at their home near Green Sprig on Monday April 17 The child has been named Bill Lee Mrs Dick was formerly Miss Mary Heflin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Dick
Green Sprig
Bill Lee
Mary Heflin
Community Notices and Personal News From Winchester Area
Members of Winchester Little Theatre meet at Handley Library at 7 30 for April session with a Lartin presentation of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest arranged for the Century Club. VMI Glee Club to sing in Leesburg on April 26 at 8 p.m. Local social updates include marriages and visits among residents and a Frostburg Junior Chamber dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. M. I. Glee Club
Leesburg
Northern Virginia
Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association
Robert Rutherford
Haddonfield
N. J
Albert Larrick
Gray Avenue
Rutherford
Dorothy Doughton
Larrick
Walter Knee
Irving College
Conner Petty Rites Held in Winchester April 8
Thelma Virginia Petty and Harvey Carlton Conner married Saturday at Rev. George W. Stover's home on National Avenue in Winchester. The bride, daughter of R. M. Petty, wore a grey wedding outfit with blue accessories. The groom, son of Harvey C. Conner, works as a cooper with F. L. Glaize Jr. After the ceremony the couple planned to live with the bride's parents near Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.C. Conner
Refuge
Frederick County
Carlton Jenner
Wincheser
George W.stover
Conner
Arie Petty
Anand Marie
Austin Onner
Garland Bray
Aubry Grim
Walter @Petty
Verrion Petty
Hazel Hawes
Hillsville
Gretta Bray
Vada
Dorothy Willis
J. Broy
Earl Huff
Ross’ Lillardnd
Earl Shirley
Ustin Conner
Arland Broy
Hansholder
North Braddock Street
Frederick
Warren
Thelma
Virginia Petty
Harvey Carlton Conner
George W. Stover
National Avenue
Winchester
Harvey C. Conner
R. M. Petty
Middletown
Middletown High School
F. L. Glaize
Clayton Sherman
Valley Pike
Visitors and weekend guests fill Front Royal
Front Royal and Warren County News reports multiple weekend visits. George Morton and Johnnie from Roanoke stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Weaver. C. N. Buck visited Charlottesville with Mrs. Buck’s parents, Hill. Mrs. R. E. Herr hosted Mrs. George Cone of Millwood. Susan Marshall of Arlington spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reid. Mrs. Lawrence Boerner and daughter Prudence of Baltimore visited Mrs. Boerner’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
George Morton
Johnnie
Roanoke
R. E. Herr
George Cone
Millwood
Susan Marshall
Arlington
Harry Reid
Social notes from Front Royal region residents
Mrs Frances C Wood and children return to New York after visiting Mrs Hester Maddox. Miss Nannie Porter goes to Washington DC from Virginia. Several residents report illnesses visits and travels including Gen Browne in Washington and Baltimore. A birth announced for Elizabeth Augusta at Johnson Woman's Nursing Home Front Royal. Loretta Clark returns to Brooklyn after guesting with Col and Mrs Whitside at the Front Royal Remount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances C. Wood
Nannie Porter
Washington, D. C
Mary Burruss
J. W. McGee
Riverton
Elizabeth Augusta
Johnson Woman's Nursing Home
Front Royal
Loretta Clark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mrs. W. W. Whitside
Millwood Social Notes Highlights From Middleburg Races
A stream of social guests from Millwood and Orange attended Middleburg races and related events. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin and Mrs. A. R. Dunning with local and visiting guests, plus prize bingo winners Judy Beverley and Missy Randolph at the Berryville bazaar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
George P. Greenhalgh
Billy Jacobs Weatherall
Morris S. Clarke
Orange
Chris Grier
Middleburg
Tyson Gilpin
Kenneth Gilpin
Princeton
John Hay Whitney
William B. Watkins
William B. Watkins, Jr
Meiggs
Philadelphia
Mackay- Smith
Carl Boy-Ed
Graham Dougherty
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Ned Lewis
Burwell Jacobs
Pinkney Weatherall, Jr
A. R. Dunning
Judy Beverley
Missy Randolph
Berryville
Firemen’s Bazaar
Miss Beverley
Miss Randolph
Thomas Atkinson
Richmond Clarke Couple Welcome a Daughter
Mr and Mrs Walter Williams of Richmond and Clarke are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter Friday. Miss Helen Ellett, guest of Miss Anne Meade, returned to Richmond with Mrs Frank Wray of Berryville. Mr and Mrs Stacy Lloyd host Mr and Mrs Charles Dickey and Mr and Mrs Charles Cheston of Philadelphia. Mrs Kenneth N Gilpin will travel to Boston for a few days before returning to Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Clarke
Mt. Kisco
N Y
Kenneth Gilpin
Walter Williams
Richmond and
Clarke
Helen Ellett
Anne Meade
Richmond
Frank Wray
Berryville
Stacy Lloyd
Charles Dickey
Charles Cheston
Philadelphia
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boston
Mass
Clarke County
Highway Signs To Be Checked In Virginia
Richmond April 19 state director H J Neale said a May 1 start date is set for a statewide checkup of billboards and large highway signs to ensure permits under a new law. He also reported 88300 snipe and tack posters removed from highways through April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
H. J. Neale
Neale
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B Society
Winchester Little Theatre
Umbarton Oaks
Nell Hawkins
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Business Woman's Circle
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Gordon Whitham
Harry Ridgeway
J. A. Hotinger
Mildred Duncan
Linda Morrison
Mae Duncan
Mary Boyer
Girl Scout
Howard Allen
Lewis M. Allen
West Clifford Street
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry's
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Mrs
Library Tonight
Tom Baldridge
Kenneth Robinson
Joe Thomas
Ridge White
Tom Kremer
Frostburg, Md
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert H. Chapman
Sophie Baker
Frances Page
West Cork Street
England
L. K. Dellinger
Bessie McNeer
Mrs. Alston Specht
Bradford
Mable Evans
Gainesville
Everette Holsinger
Naonal Avenue
Washington, D.C
Buddy Poppy
Roosevelt
Ruth Firebaugh
White House
Mary Smith
Tabb, Va
R. J. Rose
Southern Inn
Charles Price
White Post
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Pontiac
Smith
Gerrard St
Blackwell Cary
Mrs. B. J. Hillidge
A. D. Cone
James Bennett
Beatrice
Lewis Allen
Adeline
Fayette, O
Mrs. Allen
Biggs
Eighth Street
Percy Rogers
The
King's Daughters
E. W. Latimer
L. I. Board
Gen
B. F. Browne
Baltimore
Freeman Kennedy
Staunton
Ellie Byrd Eastham
Luray
Mrs. Kennedy
Miss Eastham
P. B. Eastham
Bernard Clem
Winisie Turner
Ben Bernie
Tommy Tucker
N. Kent ST
Bob Riley
Howard L. James
Progress
Piccadilly
Millwood Social Notes
Jamison
New York
McGee Tyson
Greenhalgh
Morris Clarke M. F. H
Montpelia
Mr. Inslee Hopper
John Gravatt Goodwin
Robert Goodwin
University of Virginia
A. B. Bevan
Conrad Lewis
Lewis B. Meade
George Greenhalgh
Toledo
Capt
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. West
Percy Randolph
Tom Byrd
H. Powell
Petersburg
George Harrison
Henry Post. Mitchell
Roland Mitchell
Jr. Chamber
Saturay
Alecia Beauty Salon
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Haldeman’s
W. B. Snider & Son
Loudoun St
Sunshine Cleaners
Bobbie
Stewart
Idgeway Oller Ink
Bavi
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