Social Calendar Highlights Local Events and Guests
The Clarke county scene features tea at Greenway Court for Golden Rule Circle and others, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, and several dances and choirs. Visitors Mrs Barrie and Miss Shock host dinners and bridge parties while Miss Olive Hart’s birthday party unfolds with many locals. Washington Loan Exhibit prep at Greenway Court engages Clarke bicentennial events. White Hall 4-H Club meets. reception planned for Miss Estes at Shenandoah Valley Academy campus with Circle C serving refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Golden Rule Circle of
King’s Daughters and Sons of
Berryville
Washington
Greenway Court
Charles Shewbridge
Jordan Springs
Epworth League of Relief Church
Russell W. Robertson
Clarke County
Frank Tappan
Samuel Chew Williams
Edward P. Berlin
Joseph Moore
Kate Powers
Annie Moore
Ralph Ware
C. H. Iden
Tea and Literary Club Meet in West Piccadilly Rooms
The Girls' Athletic Association hosted a tea on Thursday from 5 30 to 7 in West Piccadilly club rooms honoring Mrs Wyatt Richard formerly Miss Cornelia Gray. Mrs Layton Stockdale and Mrs Evelyn Cather attended with many members. pink and white decor and a salad tea menu were noted. A Literary Club meeting followed with reports on works by Shaw Reynolds Hull and Lewis. guests included Scout Executive Frank R Horton and Scout Rudolph Palmer who planned a weekend trip to a camp near Washington and Annapolis Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Wyatt Richard
Cornelia Gray
Layton Stockdale
Hagerstown
Stockdale
Evelyn Cather
E. W. Cather
West Boscawin Street
Evelyn Wright
Virginia Piggott
Marion Ewing
Mary Sullivan
Bernard Shaw
Irene Mathews
Elsie Mathews
Robert Reynolds
Chester Hobart
Helen Hull
Sinclair Lewis
Arrowsmith
Card Party Benefit For Hose Company Improvements
Announcement that the Ladies Auxiliary of the South End Hose Company will host a benefit card party in the company hall Friday evening April 29 at 8 o clock. Proceeds aid improvements to the hall. Reservations to Winchester 625 or 333 W. Ice cream and cake will be served and prizes awarded to high scorers. Local attendance notes Berryville dance guests from Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule Circle of
King’s Daughters and Sons of
Wington
Greenway Court
Berryville
Washington
South End Hose Company
Company
Hose Company
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Winchester
Berryville High School
Dorothy Jones
Alice North
Bernetta Sullivan
Alice Taylor
Virginia Mason
William Clevenger
Taylor Simpson
Frank Harris
Kenneth Strobridge
Dick Bowers
Delbert Wingfield
Frank Fisher
Big Garden Club Meet and Capitol One Act Play
Miss Emma Ginn Baker announces rehearsals for Just a Love Nest a fifteen minute one act playlet at the Capitol Theatre on April 25 and 26 with Sky Devils as the feature. The cast includes John W. Weems Eliza Tucker Lee Coble and Harry Hanst. Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr Mrs John M Steck and Mrs H B McCormac return from the Garden Club of America meeting in Atlanta accompanied by delegates from Garden clubs of the north and east.
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Emma Ginn Baker
Theatre Guild
Capitol Theatre
Virginia Smith
Legitimate
Lee Coble
Harry Hanst
Howard Hughes
Fred. L. Glaize
John M. Steck
H. B McCormac
Atlanta
Garden Club of America
Glaize
Winchester and
Clarke County
Garden Club
J. Victor Arthur
Margaret Nelson
Augusta
Aiken
S. C
Washington
Georgia
Shenandoah Valley Academy Spring Informal Dance
The Shenandoah Valley Academy cadets host a spring informal dance in the academy gymnasium this evening at 8 30 with Col. and Mrs. Brantz M. Roszel Miss Sara West Chew and Mr. and Mrs. William D. Smith as chaperones Red Bailey and His Collegians will provide the music Invites go to Leesburg Washington Riverton and nearby residents for an engaging social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Academy
Brantz M. Roszel
Sara West Chew
William D. Smith
Red Bailey
Leesburg
Washington
Riverton
Local residents report status of several area residents
Mr. EB P Bean returned home on South Stewart street after a week in New York City on business. Mr. Charles Blair spends the weekend in Danville with his ill father recovering from surgery at Danville City Hospital. Mrs. L Watson of Summit Point West Virginia, critically ill for weeks, was slightly improved today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Moore
Charles W. Trenary
West Germain Street
Granville Shirley
Cumberland, Md
French Thompson
John Cather
Amherst Street
L. B. Resseguie
West Cecil Street
Grippe
EB. P. Bean
South Stewart Street
New York City
Charles Blair
Danville
Danville City Hospital
L. Watson
Summit Point
W. Va
Large Meteor Falls In Cohill Apple Orchard
A large meteor is reported to have fallen in the Cohill Stafford Hall farm orchard near Hagerstown. The hole, about five feet wide and eight feet deep, was found between two trees after a spray of fruit trees. Bluish stone chips line the sides and a solid object rests at the bottom as workers plan extraction and analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stafford Hall
Leo Cohill
Hagerstown
Cohill
Cahill
New Quarter to Be Minted With New Washington Design
The Treasury will place in circulation in about three weeks a new quarter featuring Washington. It replaces the old eagle and woman design believed to wear poorly. The change aims to extend coin longevity and improve durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Po tomac Synod Set To Open In Harrisonburg
The Po tomac Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States will convene next week starting Monday in Harrisonburg. Winchester visitors are expected. delegates include Rev. Dr. S. L. Flickinger and Allen E. Gray. Rev. Dr. Jacoby E. Rupp of Philadelphia will attend, deliver addresses, and preach at 11 o'clock tomorrow at Centenary Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
United States
Harrisonburg
Winchester
S. L. Flickinger
Allen E. Gray
Jacoby E. Rupp
Philadelphho
Centenary Church
Last Chance For Farms To Obtain Loans From Govt
W R Legge county chairman in charge of USDA loans for seeds and fertilizers announced farmers should meet him at the County Court House next Tuesday afternoon April 26 at 2 oclock. He said this would be the final opportunity to secure the loans for those interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.R. Legge
United States
County Court House
Democratic mass meeting to select delegates in Winchester
A public Democratic mass meeting will be held at Winchester City Hall on Monday evening April 25 at 8 o clock to choose delegates to the state convention in Richmond June 9. The Democratic Executive Committee urged every party member to attend and noted eleven votes are allotted to Winchester for delegate placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Richmond
Democratic Executive Committee
Mostly Fair Then Rain In Week Outlook
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers North and Middle Atlantic States with mostly fair conditions early, rain around Wednesday, and local showers toward week end. Cooler in the north early week, warmer late. the south remains moderate early, warmer later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
North
Middle Atlantic
Miss Mollie Jones Dead After Long Illness in Front Royal
Miss Mollie Jones age 70 of Front Royal died after months of illness. She leaves a sister Mrs G W Johnson of Front Royal and a brother J T F Jones of Berryville. A Methodist and longtime leader of the Whatsoever Circle of the Kings Daughters she also belonged to the Warren Memorial Association. Funeral services were held at her Cloud Street home conducted by Rev H L Fultz with interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Mollie Jones
G. W Johnson
J.T. F. Jones
Berryville
Cloud Street
H. L. Fultz
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Thirteen Arrested in Kidnapping and Bank Crimes
Chicago authorities arrested thirteen suspects in a coordinated operation led by Chief Investigator Pat Roche. The group is tied to the January kidnapping of Howard A Woolverton of South Bend and to twenty nine bank robberies, with confessions helping link the case to Racine Wisconsin and Hartford City Indiana. Firearms and ammunition were seized during searches at several homes in Chicago Heights.
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Chicago
States Attorney's
Pat Roche
Howard
Woolverton
South Bend
Ind
Racine
Wis
Hartford City
Chicago Heights
Cable slips injure six on Frederick bridge
In Frederick Maryland on April 23 two men were seriously hurt and four others slightly injured when a cable on the Cerésville bridge slipped, dumping six workers into the mud filled river bed. Collier Miles of Frederick suffered a fractured leg while Alexis Parent of Richmond Vermont sustained a brain concussion and possible other injuries. The bridge under construction shifted its course 25 feet into the mud and six men fell from the bridge into the river bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Frederick
Monocacy River
Cerésville
Collier Miles
Alexis Parent
Richmond
Liberty Pike
Christ Episcopal Church Rev Robt E Nelson Services
The rector Robt E Nelson leads worship at Christ Episcopal Church Boscawen and Washington Sts. Sunday School at 9 45 a m Morning prayer and sermon at 11 am on The Abuse of Religion Evening prayer and sermon at 8 pm. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt.e Nelson
Boscawen
Washington Sts
Body found in vacant lot on Long Island grisly murder
Unidentified man about 46 with head crushed found in a vacant lot at Twenty third Street near Thirty sixth Avenue Astoria Queens. A shirt tied around the neck and no coat or shoes noted. It follows two prior bludgeon killings in the area at Garden City Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Twenty-third Street
Thirty-sixth Avenue
Astoria
Queens
Long Island
Edward Brinker, Jr
Mir Rose Welk
Garden City Park
If we were the Filipinos we’d stick with Uncle Sam longer
A 1916 American Lumberman editorial notes the Philippines situation, urging continued U.S. support and involvement amid ongoing events in Shanghai. The piece argues American backing benefits stability and economic interests, framing the United States as a steady ally for Filipino self-rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Uncle Sam
Capone Denies Making Offer in Lindbergh Case
Capone denies offering help or making any deal in the Lindbergh kidnapping probe. The report notes he remains under investigation by a major police agency as authorities pursue the missing Lindbergh infant. Friends of Inspector T Galardi corroborate ongoing inquiries and public statements are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
Lindbergh
Scotland Yard Official Aids US Search For Lindbergh Baby
Lacher of Scotland Yard has been in the United States for two weeks at the invitation of US officials to assist in the search for the Lindbergh baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacher
Scotland Yard
United States
Babson Sees Business Recovery as Turning Corner
Roger W Babson asserts that statistics indicate business has turned the corner, signaling renewed optimism for commerce and markets. His remark frames a cautious but upbeat view of the economic trajectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W. Babson
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Kiwanis Club
George Washington
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Stafford Pemberton
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Alexander Barrie
Corohada Beach
Cal
Hyslop
Miss Sheck
Philadelphia
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Byrd
Barrie
Miss Shock
A. C. Scholler
Bluemont
Raymond J. Funkhouser
South Washington Street
Bridge
A. C. Carson
Miss Hart
George Miller, Jr
M. C. Hart
Boyce
Olive Hart
Arthur Streit
Lee Copp
Leah May Copp
Woodrow Copp
Hinkle Lamp
Douglas Lamp
Eva Thomas
Frances Kremer
Pete Hausenfluck
Clarence Hausenfluck
Ruth Hausenfluck
Dennis Cole
Mary Cole
John Cole
Lawrence Cole
May Lillian Hart
George Miller
Jennie Lou
Buddie Miller
Stephenson
Ruth Hart
Raymond Hart
Anna Racey
Cecil Hart
White Hall
Frank R. Horton
Rudolph Palmer
Annapolis
Little Theatre Guild
Capitol
Big Garden Club
Lawrence Tierney
V. A. Baker
Bluefield
Miss Baker
Tierney
Lewis M. Allen
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel
Atlantic City
Victor L. Denny
C. Marshall Baldwin
Katherine Boyd
John O. Boyd
Roanoke
Stuart Hall
Staunton
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Emmett C. Stuart
Jeanne Stuart White
W. H. Withers
Bartow, Fla
W. A. Withers
Margaret Byrd
Memorial Hospital
Nancy Swimley
R. M. Swimley
L. R. Smith
East Clifford Street
Cohill Apple Orchard
Church Synod
Miss Jones
Christ Episcopal Church
Admiral Byrd Airport
Warner Bros, Capitol Winchester
Cial
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Goodyear Speedway
Buncutter
S. Braddock St
Goodyear
N.B.C
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
POLA
East Boscawen St. Warren
SS. Grim
Famous Police Agency
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Inspector T. Gal
Chamber of Commerce
Lgres S
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Margaret L. Hodgson
Cee Noxzema
Yao
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