Social Calendar Highlights Village Clubs and Daughters of the American Revolution Events
A dense schedule lists tea at the Washington exhibit in Greenway Court and several performances at Capitol Theater. Meetings include Lions Club at George Washington Hotel and Kiwanis Club at the same venue. The narrative covers various weekly gatherings, dances, rehearsals, and a large DAR congress in Washington with Virginia officers, state dinner, Arlington Mount Vernon visits, and election results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Golden Rule Circle of
King's Daughters and Sons of
Berryville
Washington
Greenway Court
Little Theater Organization
Capitol Theater
Charles Shewbridge
Jordan Springs
Epworth League of Relief Church
Russell W. Robertson
Harry R. Greene
William B. Davis
Fort Loudoun
Winchester
Virginia
Willard Hotel
Nathaniel Beaman
Arlington
Mount Vernon
George Washington Memorial
Alexandria
Eleanor Washington Howard
C.A.S. Sinclair
Russell William Magna
Marshall
Oklahoma
Beaman
Charles B. Keesee
Hampton Flemng
Green
League of American Pen Women
Papers Read At Century Club Meeting By Mrs Conrad And Mrs Barton
At the Century Club meeting on April 20 Miss Sara W Chew joined Mrs Conrad as she read American Watering Places detailing Poland Springs Maine the oldest American resort and Saratoga Springs New York with many springs. Mrs Barton discussed Women s Rights tracing the movement from its inception and noting early figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Sara W. Chew
Bryan Conrad
Poland Springs
Maine
America
Saratoga Springs
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
South
Edward
Prince of Wales
Robert T. Barton
Civic League Meeting at Greenway Court and Lord Fairfax Office
The Civic League of Clarke county plans its monthly Friday gathering at Greenway Court with tea then a visit to the little stone Lord Fairfax office. The ladies will view a collection of Washington and Custis treasures before returning home. Admission is 25 cents. Cars depart Mrs. Melvin Green’s home at 2:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League
Greenway Court
Clarke County
Lord Fairfax
Washington and Custis
Melvin Green
Martha Anderson Oppenhimer to Wed Horace Munson
Miss Martha Anderson Oppenhimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. St Julian Oppenhimer, will marry Horace Henning Munson of Cincinnati next Saturday at 3 p.m. in St Pauls Church Richmond. A small reception at 1029 West Grace Street will follow for bridal party and out of town guests. The bridal party includes maid of honor Katherine Oppenhimer and matron of honor Mrs Grayson Dashiell with bridesmaids Mrs George Tucker Smith and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ge Martha Oppenhimer
Martha Anderson Oppenhimer
St. Julian Oppenhimer
Horace Henning Munson
John Banks Munson
Cincinnati
St. Paul's Church
Richmond
West
Grace Street
Miss Oppenhimer
Katherine Oppenhimer
Grayson Dashiell
George Tucker Smith, Jr
Anne Oppenhimer
Katherine Montague Watkins
Social nuptials list at wellford wedding
Miss Rosalie Noland and Mrs. Joseph Hurt attend a wedding ceremony with Dr. B. Randolph Wellford Jr. as best man. Groomsmen include Joseph Jacobs Beverley Shields Massie and St Julian Oppenhimer Jr. Flower girls are Alice and Virginia Wellford, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Wellford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Noland
Joseph Hurt
Oppenhimer
Munson
B. Randolph Wellford, Jr
Joseph Jacobs
William Beverley
Stewart Shields
James Massie
St. Julian Oppenhimer Jr
Alice
Virginia Wellford
B. Randolph Wellford Jr
Miller receives Infantry Reserve commission in letter
War Department announces First Lieut. George F. Miller of Company I 116th Infantry Virginia National Guard has also been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve. Miller recently promoted from second to first lieutenant in Company I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Washington
George F. Miller
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Virginia National Guard
Infantry
Miller
Leutenant
Loyal Temperance Legion Meeting Put Off
The Loyal Temperance Legion’s regular Thursday evening meeting is postponed as members choose to attend the Walter L. Main Circus. The meeting will be held at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Temperance Legion
Legion
Walter L. Main
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Informal Dance at 5S W Academy Delights Cadets
Shenandoah Valley Academy cadets hosted an informal dance in the gym with chaperones Miss Sara West Chew Col Brantz M Roszel and several teachers. Dancers included cadets paired with local residents from Leesburg Roanoke Staunton and Washington in themed pairings. Alumni and guests mingled as local families motored to Washington to see the cherry blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Sara West Chew
Brantz M. Roszel
W. D. Smith
James Wiley
Fenton Nelson
Philip Glaize
Margaret Hansbrough
Trevor Downer
Ruth Howe
Washington
Robert Turner
Eleanor Flood
Herring
Baldwin
Bodwell
Patterson
Elliot
Thompson
Robinson
Pennypacker
McGill
Taylor
O. B. Hansbrough
Whetzell
Messrs
Peter Perrine
John M. Steck, Jr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Pinkney Arthur
Mr. Fortune
Local People and Visitors Reach Across Cities
Mrs Blance Shoop visits Charles Town hosted by her son in law and daughter Morris and Mrs Cather. William G Hardy attends Methodist Episcopal Church South board meeting in St Louis and plans to return Wednesday. Granville Shirley returns to Cumberland after visiting Amherst Street relatives. Joe Anderson returns to Cumberland after weekend with friends. Reverend Eugene Witherspoon drives to Richmond for business. Margaret Nevins visits briefly from Berwick where she is nurse supervisor, after previously teaching at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blance Shoop
Charles Town
Mrs
Morris Cather
William G. Hardy
St. Louis
Board of Finance
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Granville Shirley
Cumberland
French Thompson
John Cather
Amherst Street
Clergymen and Laymen Meet for Annual Synod Sessions
Delegates and visitors gather for a regional church synod with plans to discuss union between the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. Local committees handle entertainment registration and sight seeing as Massanetta Springs hosts the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta Springs
Massaneton Caverns
St. Stephens
W. M. Menefee
Frank Switzer
J. A. Bosserman
Edgar Kersh
Wade Menefee
E. J. Will
Percy Rhodes
C. H. Huffman
Fred Switzer
J. R. Switzer
Reformed Church
United States
Evangelical Synod of North
Bill Cody Arrives for East Coast Travel and Kiwanis Dinner
Film star Bill Cody arrived Sunday from Hollywood after a delayed cross country trip to finish Casey of the Mounted. His train, cowboys, Indians and horse Chico traveled ten days with a two day stop at Hot Springs. Cody rests at the George Washington Hotel and attends a Kiwanis Club dinner Wednesday. He will tour the East as a Walter L. Main Circuit special feature opening in Winchester Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cody
Hollywood
Casey
Mounted
Chico
Hot Springs
Cody
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
East
Walter L
Winchester
Church Synod Sessions Schedule Highlights
A detailed timetable lists Tuesday to Thursday devotional services and business meetings. Activities include committee reports, minutes reviews, educational and benevolent institution reports, prayers, elections, and addresses by named speakers from Salisbury Allentown Philadelphia and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Documenta Ty
General Synod
Banks J. Peeler
Salisbury
N. C
J. M. Mullan
Philadelphia
Jacob G. Rupp
Allentown
Roy W. Limbert
Dover
Hobart McKeehan
Huntington
Eugene L McLean
Ralph E. Hartman
Frederick
Henry L. Stahr
Nevin Cc. Harper
Eastern Theological Seminary
Wa. R. Strettelmeir
Baltimore
Edgar F. Hoffmeier
Hanover
Docket clearance and church reports set for Thursday
At 11 30 clearing of docket and appeals with synodical archives. Thursday afternoon 2 00 p m miscellaneous reports and other business ministerial necrology resumption and close final roll adjournment.
Washington and Lee students stage mock party convention
Special to The Star. Lexington Virginia April 25. Washington and Lee University students plan a sixth mock Democratic convention with Claude G Bowers opening as an official observer and keynote speaker. The event aims to forecast the Chicago convention outcome using its own party laboratory and past selections from 1908 to 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Claude G. Bowers
Houston
Bowers
New York
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Bryan
Hughes
Davis
Smith
Clark
Wilson
Judson Harmon
Students urged to study politics at convention
The article notes a 1916 Republican leaning expectation as Wilson is seen as the Democratic choice. Jouett Shouse, as National Committee chair, forwards commendation and cooperates on points. Morison, president of the student body, receives letters from Roosevelt and Ritchie praising student political engagement and the value of earning by doing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Jouett Shouse
National Committee
H. Graham Morison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Morison
New York
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Hiss Veteran Opposes Cash Bonus Before Committee
Fred C. Reynolds of Baltimore, a war veteran, faced boos from fellow veterans as he opposed the cash bonus before the House Ways and Means Committee. Reynolds said he spoke for a group opposed to full payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fred C. Reynolds
Baltimore
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reynolds
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Soma
Afae
King’s Daughters and Sons of
South End Hose Company
Young People’s Choir
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Stafford Pemberton
George Washington
Braddock Street Methodist Church
American Legion Post
Young Peoples Choir
Braddock Street
England
Elizabeth Fry
Newgate Prison
Abigail Adams
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Carrie Chapman
Congress of
Conrad
Barton
Century Meeting
Lieut. Miller
Biddle
Annapolis
J. Wilmer Biddle
Rappahannock County
Joseph F. Dalgren
Douglas H. Gordon
St. John’s College
Boyce
B. Duvall Chambers
B. B. McKay
R H. Gardiner
F. L. Sargent
R. L. Moore
J. H Locke
Middletown
Boyce High School Patrons League
Master Allen Gaunt
Boyce School
Boyce League
Robert Harper
Indian Alley
Memorial Hospital
Hugh Clark
Harper
Juanita Riley
Lynchburg
Lynchburg College
G. W. Riley
Valley Avenue
Martha A. Stine
W. B. Stine
Berryville Avenue
Frank R. Horton
Rudolph Palmer
W. R. Painter
West Boscawen Street
Louis Wender
South Stewart Street
Sarah Wener
Lester Forney
F. W. Forney
East Clifford Street
Forney
Lyda Chapman
Kathleen Kline
Lois Cross
Mr. Edmund Spates
James R. Graham
China
Martinsburg
Dee
Frank T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
North Braddock Street
Isobel Rappaport
Leicester Street
Sylvia Rappaport
Overbrook
Misses Rappaport
Elizabeth Williams
Kathleen Sutton
West Cork Street
Jack Blackburn
Frederick Ritter
Pittsburgh
5S. W. Academy
Lloyd Carper
Howard Schindel
N. E. Snapp
Tuesday
Kenneth L. Rice
East Piccadilly Street
Jeanne Snow
New York City
Claire Luce
Miss Snow
Mitzie Green
Robert Rea
Mount Jackson
Mrs. Griffiths
Sykesville, Md
Mr. Griffiths
Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Corporation
Kitty Boyd
John O. Boyd
Roanoke
Staunton, Va
Stuart Hall School For Girls
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Joe Anderson
Eugene Witherspoon
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Margaret Nevins
Miss Nevins
Berwick
Broadway
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Goodyear
Buncutter
S. Braddock St
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Camilla
W.L
Claude Bowers
Hiss
Associated Press
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Meadowbrook Launches
Margaret L. Hodgson
M. Swimley
Your
T. J. Simmons Boyce, Va
R. W. Emerson
Runeral Directors
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