Virginia Tech juniors hold ring dance at War Memorial Hall
Three hundred seventy Virginia Polytechnic Institute juniors celebrate the class of 1941 ring dance with Glen Gray and Casa Loma Orchestra. Cadet and civilian couples perform in sabre arches and flower corsages. Leaders and dates carry roses while guests wear evening gowns.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute Junrs
Col
Glen Gray
Casa Loma Orchestra
War Memorial Hall
J. H. Hayes, Jr
Bristol
Julia Warren
W. S. Phillips
R. P Snead
Renner Couple Welcome Daughter In Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Connie I Renner of Acorn Heights announced the birth of a daughter at Memorial Hospital on Monday April 22 Mrs Renner formerly Nellie Blue Mills daughter of Mr and Mrs M W Mills of Warren county The couple send congratulations and note family connections.
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Renner
Connie I. Renner
Acorn Heights
Memorial Hospital
Nellie Blue Mills
M. W. Mills
Warren County
Richard Good
Morningside Drive
Good
Evelyn Bywaters
Buffet supper honoring Queen Shenandoah XVII in Winchester
Miss Margaret Byrd invites to a buffet supper on Thursday night May 2 at Kentmere the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas B Byrd. The event honors Miss Lillian Somoza Queen Shenandoah XVII who will be entertained at Mrs R E Byrd's home during her two day Winchester celebration.
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Margaret Byrd
Kentmere
Thomas B. Byrd
Lillian Somoza
Shenandoah XVII
R. E. Byrd
Winchester
Cabaret-Style Dance At Winchester Club Before Festival
A cabaret style dance will be held at the Winchester Golf Club from 10 to 2 on the night before the Apple Blossom Festival. The George Washington Hotel Orchestra will play. Reservations are handled by H. B. McCormac and Joe Schroth. Local and out of town guests are expected, per the organizing committee.
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Winchester Golf Club
George Washington Hotel
H. B. McCormac
Joe Schroth
Local Plea For Attendees At Caverns Miss Somoza Event
Local residents are invited to travel to New Market tomorrow afternoon for the annual Queen Shenandoah celebration at Endless Caverns. Miss Lillian Somoza, 1940 queen, will be guest of honor after a cavern ritual and introduction to the Mountain King at the event hosted by Major and Mrs. Edward Browne.
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Somoza
New Market
Shenandoah
Lillian Somoza
Edward Browne
Endless Caverns
H. Clay DeGrange
J. Pinckney Arthur
J. Victor Arthur
Clarke T. Cooper
B. B. Dutton
George H. Smith
C. Ridgely White
Garland H. Quartes
Henry Covington
George Barnesly
Edward Barr
Roy Cather
Henry Goode
Tom Baldridge
H. B. McCormac
Gretchen Thompson
Woodhull Baker
John M. Steck
Horace Browne
James Miller
Dance To Honor Miss Watkins At North Wales Club
Millwood Virginia April 27 Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins plan a September 1 dance at The North Wales Club for daughter Virginia Stuart Watkins who spends winters in New York City and weekends in Clarke. Guests include Mrs Walter Roesler and Mrs Henry P Mitchell with many Clarke residents listed as attendees or hosts.
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Millwood
William Bell Watkins
North Wales Club
Virginia Stuart Watkins
Watkins
New York City
Clarke
Hugh M. Nelson
Prescott Huidekoper
Long Branch
Walter Roesler
Henry P. Mitchell
Burrwell Jacobs
Charles Consolvo
Ewart Johnston
R. G. Mitchell
Mary Page
Thomas N. Carter
Graham Dougherty
Kenneth N. Gilpin
B. O. F. Randolph
Edward Jenkins
Alexis Sommaripa
Francis Lewis
Percy Randolph
William Bell Watkins Jr
Agnes Mitchell
William Barrett
E. K. Meade
L. B. Meade
Joseph Lewis
Roland Mitchell
John Wilcox
Seddon Nelson
Ned Lewis
George Burwell
Maryland
Special Program At Mount Olive Church Seeks Reader Help
Attention of residents of the Hayfield section and others is drawn to a special program at Mount Olive United Brethren Church at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The event aims to encourage better reading and the offering funds will buy books. People may donate books Sunday night as their offering. The full program was published in The Star on Wednesday.
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Hayfield
Mount Olive
Miss Snyder Improves After Emergency Appendectomy
Hospital bulletin reports Miss Margaret Snyder is slightly improved after an emergency operation for appendicitis performed Monday.
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Miss Snyder
Margaret Snyder
Girl with the most beautiful eyes seeks divorce in Los Angeles
Irene Glass appears in Los Angeles court seeking a divorce from Dr. Edwin B. Glass. She is described locally as the girl with the most beautiful eyes and presents a cheerful demeanor during the proceedings.
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Irene Glass
Los Angeles Court
Edwin B. Glass
Townsend says recovery plan ready to ride either party
Dr Francis E Townsend declared in Boston that his Townsend plan is ready to ride either the Republican or Democratic presidential candidate, depending on support for the plan, and he ruled out forming a third party dark horse.
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Boston
Francis E. Townsend
Blue Devils in Norway Join Allied Effort
Paris reports France's Alpine Chasseurs known as the Blue Devils are fighting with the Allied expeditionary corps against Germany in Norway. Photos show the blue berets aboard transport ships. The troop contingent landed on April 19 and is now on the northern front.
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Paris
France
Norway
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee
Q A hostess hosting a buffet may ask intimate friends to help clear dishes if no maid is available. Q Accepting a bridge invitation you must depart early is unfair to the hostess. Q Minimum tip for a Pullman porter is twenty five cents per passenger.
Engagements on Western Front Reported by French
Paris reports spirited engagements between French and German patrols along the Western front with both sides suffering losses in scouting encounters east of the Moselle. A German raid against a French outpost west of the Vosges was repulsed with some losses. Adverse weather reduced aerial activity.
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Paris
Western Front
War Ministry
Moselle
Vosges Mountains
Allies Deny Any Intent To Invade Norway
London reports on April 27 say British officials dismiss Ribbentrop’s German denial of invasion plans as deliberate distortion. An official British statement accuses Germany of justifying aggression with documents they did not know about. Paris reacts by calling the German White Book and address much ado about nothing.
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London
Ribbentrop
Paris
Odd Fellows Lodge Plans 131st Anniversary Observance
Members of Madison Lodge No. 6 S of O F announce a special meeting next Monday night to observe the 131st anniversary of Odd Fellowship.
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Odd Fellows
Madison Lodge No. 6
Odd Fellowship
Household Budget Booklet 1940 Appeal Sparks Thrift
An Erie urged guide promotes budgeting to reduce financial worries. It offers the Household Budget Booklet 1940 for ten cents postpaid, via mail to Washington D C Information Bureau directed by Frederic J. Haskin. The ad urges readers to start a workable budget now.
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Wise
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McKinley Chapter
Chapter Hall
Presbyterian Church
Madison Lodge, I. O. O. F
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Lurena MeeIiwee
C. A. Coe
Handley School
Inia
Wilbur Kern
Assolo
Herbert Larrick
Wilmington
Del
John B Hoffman
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rica Ee
Royal Road
Miling
Pifer Printing CO
N. Londoun St
John Foster Burchell, Jr
Holmes Hardesty
Berryville
Lola
Sybil Price
Manassas
Philip W. Cochran
William R. Price
George W. Cochran, Booth
W. O. Luttrell
Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Clarke County
Philip Carper
Washington, D. C
Edward Tavenner
Aliquippe, Pa
J. 8. Grubbs
Alice Dew
Fredericksburg
Abney Payne
Anne Tucker Payne
Charleston
W. Va
W. Nelson Page
Amherst Street
W. E. Renner
H. P. Boyce
Rose Hill
Pittsburgh
Lenora Stafford
Newark
Spang Chalfant Company
Henry Schneider
National Avenue
Chicago, Ill
C. W. Garrison
Isner
Margaret Isner
Cedarville
Jane Huffman
Baltimore
White Post
Kathleen Haymaker
Luther C. Kremer
South Loudoun Street
Kremer
Taylor F. Hahn
Zelma Carper
F. C. Littleton, Jr
Middleburg, Va
Oxfords
Just
Huntsberry
Va. Watkins
North Wales
Mrs
W.B. Watkins
A.A. Baldwin
Saratoga, Ky
Richard E. Dole
New York
Powhatan
Robert Randolph
Philadelphia
Great Neck
L. A
Howard Bunch
David Donovan
Honolulu
Mr. Donovan
Mary Dallam
C. P
Phonephoto
Dr. Townsend
Blue Devils
Toni Noviska
America
Land of Liberty
Hollywood
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Roberta Lee
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington ,D. C
Berkeley Springs
Charles Comasky
APPLE
N. Loudoun St
F.D.R
Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Douglas Chandor
Clark M. Smith
Smith
Commercial & Savings Bank
Fred S. Boyd
R. Bruce Slonaker
J. H. Funkhouser
Sea
North Kent
Haldeman’s Creamery
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