Secretary Wilbur Plans Tour of Shenandoah Park
Secretary of the interior Harold L. Ickes is to lead an inspection party through the Shenandoah Valley area slated for government acquisition. Park Service director Horace Albright said the tour would likely occur in two to three weeks with Wilbur MacDonald Carson and other park service officials joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Horace M. Albright
Park Service
Messrs
Wilbur, Albright
Thomas H. MacDonald
Public Roads Bureau
William E. Carson
State Conservation Commission
Little Theatre to Stage Just a Love Nest at Capitol
The Little Theatre will present a short one act comedy Just a Love Nest at the Capitol Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings April 25 and 26. Fred Hunt and Ella Hunt play a young married couple with supporting roles by Johny Weems Eliza Tucker A Lee Coble and Harry Hanst. The show runs twice nightly before the feature Sky Devils and between shows with Virginia Smith Brinkerhoff directing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Little Theatre Organization
Capitol Theatre
Fred Hunt
Ella Hunt
Johny Weems
Eliza Tucker
Samuel
Gardner
Messrs
A. Lee Coble
Harry Hanst
Virginia Smith Brinkerhoff
Social Calendar Highlights Thursday Activities
A busy Thursday schedule lists Circle No. 9 supper and music at Braddock Street M E Church South, a Girls Association tea on West Piccadilly, regular Circle No. 7 meeting with Mrs. Eva Miller, tap and ballroom classes at George Washington Hotel, a Hagerstown Shrine dance at the Masonic Temple, and various church and community events including Legion meetings, a play by Summit Point M E Church Ladies Aid, WRVA radio broadcast by Farmville State Teachers’ College Girls Orchestra, and Kiwanis and Lions gatherings.
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Circle No. 9
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Girls’ Association
West Piccadilly Street
Circle No. 7
Eva Miller
East Piccadilly Street
Stafford Pemberton
George Washington Hotel
Hagerstown Shrine
Masonic Temple
Otterbein Guild of
United Brethren Church
Winnie Anderson
American Legion Post
Geo, Washington
Young People's Choir
Braddock Street
M. E
Ladies’ Aid Society
Summit Point M. E
Old Maid’s Club
Géirl
Farmville State Teachers’ College
WRVA
Richmond
April Tea and Club Gatherings Highlight Local Calendar
Members of the Girls Athletic Association host an April tea from 5 30 to 7 PM in West Piccadilly club rooms with Miss Helen Ritter as hostess. The refreshment committee includes Virginia Piggott Marion Ewing and Philomena Larsen. The event honors Mrs Wyatt Richard formerly Miss Cornelia Gray who recently married.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Helen Ritter
Virginia Piggott
Marion Ewing
Philomena Laren
Wyatt Richard
Cornelia Gray
Literary Club
Promotion Announced Of Mr Roland
Promotion announced for Mr Roland formerly of this city now residing in Alexandria. He has been promoted to district manager of the eastern Virginia district including Winchester and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Roland
Alexandria
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Eastern
Virginia
Winchester
Roland
Miss Meredith Todd to Wed Emmett Stuart Jr in Washington
Miss Meredith Todd daughter of Mr and Mrs George Carroll Todd of Washington will wed Emmett C Stuart Jr son of Dr and Mrs Emmett C Stuart of Hawthorne in Washington on Friday May 27. Miss Todd studied at Madeira's School and Vassar College and is a Junior League member. Stuart a Johns Hopkins graduate now studying medicine at McGill University in Montreal.
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George Carroll ‘Todd
Washington
Meredith Id
Emmett Christopher Stuart, Jr
Miss Todd
Miss Madeira
Vassar College
Junior League
Stuart
Emmett C. Stuart
Hawthorne
Johns Hopkins University
McGill University
Montreal
Weekend guests at Fletcher home near Capon Bride
Visitors from the Trone section joined Mr and Mrs Leslie Fletcher at their Capon Bride residence. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles Sir bauh Miss Pauline French Mr Ray Lafollette Miss Cora Fletcher Mrs Richard Fletcher and Mr Hubert Fletcher.
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Leslie Fletcher
Capon Bride
Charles Sirbauh
Pauline French
Ray Lafollette
Cora Fletcher
Richard Fletcher
Hubert Fletcher
Trone
Mrs Mary Davis Glover Visiting In Mount Ephraim
Mrs Mary Davis Glover of Mount Ephraim New Jersey is spending several weeks as the guest of her son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs John D Glover at their home on South Stewart Street Mrs Burr Powell Harrison and Mrs Beverley B Wright will entertain the regular Thursday bridge club at Judge Thomas W Harrison's home on South Washington Street this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian F. Ward
T. W. Harrison, Jr
Baltimore
J. Lester Shipley
Robert M. Ward
South Washington Street
Mary Davis Glover
Mount Ephraim
N. J
Inlaw
John D. Glover
South Stewart Street
Burr Powell Harrison
Beverley B. Wright
Thomas W. Harrison
Socials and travels of Greenwich area residents share Washington visit
Mrs E C Stuart and daughter Jeanne Stuart White of Hawthorne visit Washington as house guests of Mr and Mrs George Carroll. Mrs Frederick A Read Jr and her mother travel southern Virginia by car. Mrs Frank Butsler improves at Memorial Hospital and will return home Saturday. Mr and Mrs R Maurice Trimble Jr visit Dr and Mrs Emmett C Stuart at Northwestern grade. Mrs Mamie DeRouville returns to Albany after visiting Mrs Roy Gearing on Cecil Street. Mrs R F Nicholson and Maus H Barbour of Washington travel to Winchester to visit Capt and Mrs Edward H Durrell.
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Carper
Frederick Whitacre
South Kent Street
Paul Carper
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Mabel Whitacre
E. C. Stuart
Jeanne Stuart White
Hawthorne
Washington
George Carroll
Frederick A. Read, Jr
Athlone
Clarke County
C. Walter Smith
New York State
Virginia
Frank Butsler
Memorial Hospital
R. Maurice Trimble, Jr
Sewickley, Pa
Emmett C. Stuart
Mamie DeRouville
Roy Gearing
Cecil Street
Albany
N. Y
R. F. Nicholson
Maus H. Barbour
Code
San Francisco
Cal
Winchester
Edward H. Durrell
West Cecil Street
Residents and visitors noted in local movements and visits
Mr and Mrs Alfred Kerfoot of South Washington street visited Harrisonburg yesterday with friends. Miss Pearl Conner connected with Betsy Ross spent time with her parents near Vaucluse. Mr F Estes Kline attends a conference in New Market as delegate from Vaucluse. Dr and Mrs J A Richard of South Stewart street motor to Fleetwood New York to visit Chalmer Strain family. Mrs Strain was Mildred Richard. Mr Dave Hawthorne Coca Cola Bottling Works recuperating after tonsil operation. Miss Mary Cochran from Magee Hospital Pittsburgh visits parents near here. Misses Anne Brooke Kern and Mary Greenway Russell travel to Ithaca for weekend at Cornell dances.
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Alfred Kerfoot
South Washington Street
Harrisonburg
Miss Pearl Conner
Betsy Ross
Mrs. Joseph
Vaucluse
J. A. Richard
South Stewart Street
Fleetwood
N. Y
Chalmer Strain
Dave Hawthorne
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Amherst Street
Mary Cochran
Elizabeth Steele Magee Hospital
Pittsburgh
Walter Cochran
Anne Brooke Kern
Mary Greenway Russell
Ithaca
Cornell University
Funeral Rites At U B Church For Little Boy Hicks
The funeral of Darrell Gray Hicks 22 months old son of Mr and Mrs Harry W Hicks of Relief will be held tomorrow. Friends meet at the house at 2 pm to accompany the remains to Winchester where services will be at 3 pm in the United Brethren Church conducted by Rev H E Richardson and Rev G W Stover. Pallbearers include Briscoe Snapp Floyd Snapp Raymond Grove and Lester Burkhart. Flowers arranged by Louise Graves Virginia Branner Mary Branner Ruth Brill and O Leary Brill. He is survived by his parents two sisters Elressa and Darleen and a brother Dudley.
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Darrell Gray Hicks
Harry W. Hicks
Relief
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
United Brethren Church
H. E. Richardson
G. W. Stover
H. S. Myerly
Darrell
Elressa
Darleen
Dudley
J. D. Rinker
Stephens City
E. J. Hicks
Louise
Alma Graves
Virginia
Mary Branner
Ruth and
O'Leary Brill
Briscoe
Floyd Snapp
Raymond Grove
Lester Burkhart
Admiral McCormick Buried at Arlington in Private Rites
Berryville Va April 21 The funeral for Admiral A M Dupuy McCormick who died Tuesday night at his Washington home will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at St Thomas Episcopal Church. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery beside his wife. He was born at Berryville March 27 1866 and educated at Potomac Academy Alexandria and the University of Maryland. He served from 1888 rising to rear admiral in 1918 and retired March 27 1930. He saw action in the Spanish American War and held key medical commands in the Atlantic fleet and at Mare Island. He received multiple medals and was a member of several professional and social organizations.
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Berryville
A.M. Dupuy McCormick
Washington
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Ernest Smith
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac Academy
Alexandria
University of Maryland
McCormick
Navy
Guantanamo
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Pacific Coast
Mare Island
Calif
Board of Medical Examiners
Naval Examining Board
Naval Retrenchment
The pessimist doubts cheer. London Tit-Bits warns otherwise
A London Tit-Bits note laments gloom but argues cheerfulness oils the wheels of life and helps weather daily strains. The line contrasts a somber outlook with a practical push toward optimism to keep things moving.
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London
Death of Wade H. Smallwood A Virginia Farmer
Wade H. Smallwood 54 of Summit Point died at home after a six month heart illness. He was born near the Shenandoah river July 16, 1877 and survived by his widow Carra Lee Shull, three sons Durward Garnett Philip, and four daughters Frances, Mrs. Eastham, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. McDonald, and others. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at home with Rev. C E Kirby. interment Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Pallbearers named.
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Smallwood
John W
Virginia Flemming Smallwood
Shenandoah River
Carra Lee Shull
Durward, Garnett
Philip Smallwood
Malcolm Eastham
Front Royal
Charles McDonald
Summit Point
John McDonald
Berryville
Frances Smallwood
C. E. Kirby
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Green Hill Cemetery
Early Williams
John Marshall
Clarence Roberts
Otha
Civic League Urges Clean Town Ahead of Historic Garden Week
The Civic League calls on all members and women of the community to join a city cleanup this week led by City Manager ra ne. With thousands of tourists visiting Virginia for Historic Garden Week and the Apple Blossom Festival, Winchester aims to present itself in apple-pie order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
The
Civic League
R ‘ Ane
Virginia
Winchester
Japan's Proud Position Declares Low Literacy Among Japanese
An editor states that literacy is practically nonexistent among the Japanese people, asserting a paradox of cultural pride and educational deficiency. The claim frames a national narrative about reading ability and societal advancement in Japan.
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Japan
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Shenandoah Park
Little Theatre
Capitol
Lions’ Club
Kiwanis Club
Young People’s Choir
Virginia Pangle
Elizabeth Hollis
South Loudoun Street
Wyatt H. Richard
Rockville
Richard
Cornelia Smith Gray
Robert L. Gray
Courtfield Avenue
Girls’ Athletic Club
Carlisle
Young Ladies
Congregational Christian Church
Hilda Carlisle
South Braddock Street
Miss McCabe
Mr. J. M. Mason
Frances Tyler McCabe
Louisville
James M. Mason 3d
Charleston
W. Va
Epworth League of Relief Church
Russell W. Robertson
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
New Market
E. A. Rhoads
E. Headley
Lomax Parker
Cora Barley
J. C. Hiser
John Steele
Alva Steele
Ida Steele
Mary Terault
Austin Conner
Fishel
Mary Fishel
Mary Louise Steele
Mr. Roland
High View School
Messrs. Luttrell
Winchester Debating Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Ridings Chapel
Willing Workers’ Society of the First Baptist Church
Libby McCormick
North Washington Street
Mary?Martha
Century Reformed Church
Herman H. Hable
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lee Coble
Philip Williams
Donald Weems
Mary Miller
Caroline
Susan Carson
A. C. Carson
Riverton
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester, VA
Mr. E. C. Stuart
F. Estes Kline
Kline
U. B. Church
Little Boy
Adm. McOrmick
Arlington
U.S. Navy
Columbia River
Campbell’s Pork and
Wheaties
Blue Label Tomato Juice
Haxton
Sma
Lee
Lge
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Princess Mary Shoppe
Loudoun St
Wade Smallwoo
Wade H. Smallwood
Jefferson County
Wilson Henry and
Ned Lancaster
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Margaret L. Hodgson
R. M. Swimley
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
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