Garden Week opens historic Virginia houses and gardens
The Williamsburg Garden Club and Bruton Parish ChurchWomen organize a tour with John D Rockefeller Jr leading restoration gardens open to the public. Sites include Bremo Ash Lawn Chippokes and Eastover while daily openings feature Raleigh Tavern Garrett House Archibald Blair House and others with president's house at the college on Friday.
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Eastover
James River
Jamestown
James
Colonel Paradise
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Garden Club of Virginia
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Garden Club
Bruton Parish Church
Virginia
Raleigh Tavern
Garrett
Archibald Blair
Lady Travis
Maupin- Dixon
Roper-Lee
Market Square
Kurcher
McCandlish
Cary Peachy
Randolph-Peach
Barlow
Katherine Rebecca
College
Cary-Peachy
Neal
Bracken
Miss Helen Pyle to Wed Mr W X Arey
An engagement notice from eastern West Virginia states Miss Helen E Pyle of Lancaster Pennsylvania will marry Mr W X Arey a Martinsburg Evening Journal circulation solicitor. No wedding date is set.
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West Virginia
Helen E. Pyle
Lancaster
W. X. Arey
Martinsburg Evening Journal
Miss Pyle
James I. Pyle
Stephens High School
Lancaster Business College
Sweet Sixteen
Rough Riders
Reading
Charles Town
Arey
Rough Rider
Social Calendar Highlights Local Evening Activities
The Berryville calendar lists tea at the Washington exhibit, theater performances at Capitol Theater, a subscription dance at Jordan Springs, social measurings at Relief Church, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, and regular choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches. Also noted are Rotary and American Legion gatherings, children's dance classes, a Local Temperance Legion meeting, ballroom dancing, a benefit card party, and a ladies auxiliary event. Public invited.
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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
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Ildren
Stafford Pemberton
Temperance Legion
Braddock Street Methodist Church
American Legion Post
Young Peoples Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South End Hose Co
Company Hall
Virginia Garden Week showcases famed estates to visitors
Garden clubs across Virginia host visitors for Virginia Garden Week with many historic homes opened to the public. Chatham near Fredericksburg, Oak Hill near Aldie, and Bremo Bluff on the James River are highlighted for restorations, interiors, and notable artifacts including a Lafayette coach and a temperance monument.
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Virginia
United States
Garden Club of Virginia
Chatham
Fredericksburg
Frank C. Littleton
Oak Hill
James Monroe
Bremo Bluff
James River
Forney Johnston
Lafayette
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Apple Blossom Ball Planned at the Shoreham Hotel
Announcement of the first annual Apple Blossom Ball to be held at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington on Friday May 6 under the direction of Mrs. Helen Hagner. Miss Anne Wyant is the ball queen with a twelve member court, and committees are formed by Laura Barkley and Arthur MacArthur family members. Tickets include supper and reservations are through Mrs. Hagner at the Shoreham.
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Shoreham Hotel
Washington
Helen
Ray Hagner
Russell Bennett
Gregg C. Birdsall
Harold Brooks
Barron P DuBois
Henry L. Gibbins
Theodore Gill
Arthur MacArthur
Arthur McElroy
Thomas W. Page
Benjamin C. Perry
W. W. Wirgman
Anne Wyant
Adam M. Wyant
Laura Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
Mary Elizabeth MacArthur
Cecil Perry
Jack Hayes
William S. Hoge
John M. Lynham
Hagner
Shoreham
Miss Lottie Burk and Edgar Seal Wed in Surprise Hagertown Ceremony
The marriage of Edgar Seal and Lottie Burk occurred Thursday April 14 in Hagertown Maryland. The couple privately wed and announced it today, with Seal of Welltown and Burk of the city. They will live in Winchester after a short wedding trip. Seal works for Gulf Refining Company in town.
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Lottie Burk
Edgar Seal
Hagerstown
Mr. Seal
C. W. Seal
Welltown
Marriage License Granted In Washington City Clerk Office
A marriage license was issued yesterday in the city clerk's office to Miss Louise Rosanna of Washington and Mr. Guy A. Shuttleworth of Washington. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rosanna and the groom is a widower and a merchant by occupation.
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Louise Rosanna
Joseph Rosanna
Washington
Guy A. Shuttleworth
Samuel A. Shuttleworth
Local Social Notes Highlight House Guests and Events
Mrs. Thomas M. Hiltzheimer visits Washington as a guest of Mrs. O T Wright. Mr. and Mrs. John Herman Ware and son Dicky arrive from Ralway New Jersey to stay with Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hillyard as Apple Blossom preparations begin. Brucetown High plans a miniature mock wedding of 1850.
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Thomas M. Hiltzheimer
West Cork Street
Washington
O. T. Wright
John Herman Ware
Dicky Ware
Ralway
N. J
James W. Hillyard
South Braddock Street
Ware
R. A. Green
Mary Hillyard Green
Brucetown High School
Back Creek Sunday Schools Meet May 27
The Back Creek District Council of Religious Education held its annual meeting in the Union Bank directors’ room with broad attendance. Tentative plans announced for the next convention at Gravel Springs Lutheran Church near Mountain Falls on May 7. Attendees included Harry Lamp and others from Mount Pleasant, Fremont, St. Johns, Bethel, Mount Olive, Mountain View, Gravel Springs, and Rev. C. H. Anderson of Winchester. The group thanked bank officials for cooperation. A historian notes the challenge of making wars engaging in narrative.
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Hayfield
Back Creek
W. M. Dyche
Mount Pleasant School
C. M. Rosenberger
Fremont
J. B. Snapp
St. Johns
W. J. Muse
Bethel
H. C. Moore
Mount Olive
G. Harry Richard
Mountain View
E. S. Orndorff
Gravel Springs
C. H. Anderson
Winchester
Curtis Believed At Sea Amid Lindbergh Kidnapping Probe
Hopewell New Jersey April 26 The Lindbergh kidnapping inquiry remained unresolved on day fifty six John H Curtis a Norfolk negotiator sought to recover the infant and was said to be at sea on a yacht A man and woman under observation at Downington Pennsylvania were cleared by state troopers Col H Norman Schwarzkopf head of the state police said Col Charles A Lindbergh had not reported fresh contact with the kidnappers.
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Associated Press
Hopewell
N. J
John H. Curtis
Norfolk
Downington
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
State Police
Charles A. Lindbergh
Utta Sentenced Four Months on Count in Smith Death
Judge Williams gave Utta four months on a homicide count in the Smith death case. He noted no fine due to poverty and warned the defendant to avoid leaving the scene after accidents. The judge spoke on rising auto accidents and the need for courts to heed the dangers and impacts on families.
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Utta
Smith
Williams
Romney
Winchester
Byrd Airport to compete in state air caravan tour prizes
Admiral Byrd Airport will compete for prizes in the state air caravan inspection tour of state flying fields. The apple fete story will be broadcast this week over radio station KDKA. Winchester Concert Band has sued Winchester Fair for 400 dollars for music at the last exhibition. Local radio programs on WJSV end this week. Miss Harriet Pearson of this city has been selected to represent Harrisonburg State College at the apple fete.
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Admiral Byrd
KDKA
Winchester
WJSV
Harriet Pearson
Harrisonburg State Tates College
Fourth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Opens With Queen
Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce to serve as queen as the festival begins tomorrow. Pure food authorities prepare to challenge products resembling butter. Miss Helen Ray Funk graduates from an embalming school in Philadelphia. Secretary of the Commonwealth B. O. James has died. Local buyers pay $1.20 per bushel for wheat and 20 cents a dozen for eggs.
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Shenandoah
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Boyce
Helen Ray Funk
Philadelphia
United States Plans Campaign Against Food Speculators
Six German submarines have been sunk by British vessels. Wheat sells for 2.83 dollars per bushel and corn at 1.65 dollars. Winchester Lodge Elks banquetted new members. A citizen's rally will express community support for President Wilson tonight.
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United States
London War Office
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Wilson
Death summons Mrs. Wiggington at Middleway
Mrs Mary Frances Wiggington 85 widow of Dr James D Wiggington died after a long illness at her sister Miss Elizabeth Barnes home in Middleway West Virginia She formerly lived in Summit Point and returned to Middleway Survivors include three sisters Mrs Mildred Janney Charles Town and Misses Elizabeth and Nettie Barnes Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church with Rev H H Leach officiating Interment followed in the Masonic Cemetery
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Mary Frances Wiggington
James D. Wiggington
Elizabeth Barnes
Middleway
W. Va
Wiggington
Nathan S
Mary Goodwin Barnes
Summit Point
Presbyterian Church
Mildred Janney
Charles Town
Elizabeth
Nettie Barnes
H. H. Leach
Masonic Cemetery
President of Defunct Bank Put On Trial
J Monroe Holland former president of the Chesapeake Bank was brought to trial in United States District Court on two counts of concealment of assets and false swearing in bankruptcy schedules. Judge W Calvin Chestnut overruled motions to dismiss the indictment after Holland’s bid to avoid trial failed.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
J. Monroe Holland
Chesapeake Bank
United States District Court
Holland
W. Calvin Chestnut
Hanged For Killing Merchant
Wallace Ramesbottom of Sarnia aged 18 was executed in London Ontario for shooting Samuel Weinstein a 65 year old London merchant during a hold up. The killer fled the scene without loot and faced the scaffold with calm resignation.
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Associated Press
London
Ont
Wallace Ramesbottom
Sarnia
Samuel Weinstein
Ramesbottom
Three Suretors to Pay Shortage of A. L. Warthen
The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company sought relief from its $43,000 bond on treasurer A L Warthen as he faced death by his own actions on November 8 1928. Warren county's treasury was insolvent at his death and litigation followed to determine liability among multiple sureties with Judge Williams noting the case reveals an almost fantastic situation.
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Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Warthen
Aetna
Williams
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Warren County
Treasury
Steck
Chancery Cause
Hollis Suit for 20000 Begins in Local Court
In a local court preliminary, George Snyder faced involuntary manslaughter charges after a fatal crash but the grand jury refused to indict. Bowley family sues John H Snyder and son George for 10000 over Raymond Bowley’s death following a 1931 trial that awarded 1000 damages to Bowley.
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Donald L. Weems
George Snyder
Corporation Court
Young Snyder
Bowley
John H. Snyder
George
Raymond Bowley
Snyder
Roosevelt delegates lead in Massachusetts primary at Mashpee
In Mashpee Massachusetts April 26 Roosevelt pledged delegates led by James Roosevelt son of the New York governor with fourteen votes and Mayor James M Curley of Boston with 13 as 42 ballots produced 22 Democratic votes in a heavy Democratic turnout.
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Associated Press
Mashpee
Mass
Roosevelt
Smith
Cape Cod
James Roosevelt
New York
James M. Curley
Boston
First Telephone Conversation Across Two Miles
The first reciprocal telephone conversation occurred over an outdoor two mile line between Boston and Cambridgeport Massachusetts. Earlier in March 1876 Bell had spoken with Watson in the same building.
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Boston
Cambridgeport
Mass
Professor Bell
Watson
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