Social and Personal Civic League Meet at Mrs Melvin Green's
The regular monthly Civic League meeting will be held at Mrs. Melvin Green's home on South Washington Street at 3 30 PM Friday. A full attendance is urged as business will be discussed. The league's new book True Stories of Old Winchester will be delivered and distributed to members to raise funds for the public school milk fund.
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The
Civic League
Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Old
Winchester
Inters
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Social Calendar Highlights From Local Clubs
The week features Kiwanis lunch at George Washington Hotel on Tuesday noon, a Wednesday bridge club gathering hosted by Miss Ester Norton at 8:00 PM, and a Thursday Rotary luncheon at the same hotel. A White Hall School play titled A Mock Wedding of 1850 debuts for the public, while Friday includes American Legion Post luncheon and Civic League meeting at Mrs. Melvin Greens.
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George Washington Hotel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nurses’ Home
American Legion Post
Te Washington Hotel
Civic League
Melvin Greens
Informal Dance among 8S Shenandoah Valley cadets hosts
Shenandoah Valley Academy cadets hosted another informal dance, first after Easter, with many girls from Leesburg and the city attending. Couples include Ada Perry Gibson with Cadet Kahnemund and Tottie Orr with Cadet Rice among others. music by Red Bailey and His Collegians. Mrs Knight Chosen President of Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital. The Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital met and elected officers, with Mrs B M Knight Jr as president and plans to hold meetings on the second Tuesday each month, about 20 matrons in attendance.
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Shenandoah Valley Academy
Leesburg
Washington
Ada Perry Gibson
Kahnemund
Tottie Orr
Rice
Anne Tucker McGuire
Evva Stouffer
Bear
Baltimore
Jane Gray Stouffer
Crenshaw
Billy C.bson
Mary
Nancy Harrison
Turner
Sarah Harrison
Metzgar
Jene Mudd
Linson
Helen Cara Bell
Baer
Jannette Harrison
Turberville
Brookie Kern
Hugh Green
Lewis Neill
Kenneth Levi
Berryville
Red Bailey
Knight
Memorial Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Felows
B. M. Knight
Phillip Williams
Peyton J Marshall
Mrs Shannon Entertains Brother at Dinner Birthday
Mrs Alberta Shannon of Stephens City entertained Sunday at dinner in honor of her brother Mr B A Guard. The meal was at Mr Guard’s home, where six generations have been raised, with guests including Mrs J P Carbaugh Mrs mma Guard Mrs Rachel Miller Miss Emily Miller of Martinsburg West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Paul Malm and Miss Eloise Trussell of Newport News Virginia.
Field Trials of Shenandoah Valley Club Draw Large Attendance
The eighth annual Shenandoah Valley Field Trials at Massanutten Lodge near Front Royal drew a large crowd with 23 dogs entered. Florendale Lou’s Beau progeny and Misty Lou dominated Senior and Junior Puppy Stakes, while Misty Lem and Equipose earned top honors for their owners J. W. King of Richmond and C. K. Switzer of Harrisonburg.
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Florendale Ae
Baltimore
Tures
Shenandoah Valley Field Trials Association
Massanutten Lodge
Front Royal
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Misty Lem
J. W. King
Richmond
Matthew Trimble
Black Bonnie
G. D. Richardson
Weedonville
Ben
A. W. Valentine
Equipose
C. K. Switzer
Harrisonburg
Haw Branch Frisky
Fritz Sitterding, Jr
Stickley
Florentdale Lou
Misty Lou
D. M. Higinbotham
Uniontown
B. G. Ray
Happy Creek
Han
Ward Snarr
Frederick
W. Benton Snider Winchester
Norman Shepherd
Success
Alco Duke
H. D. Wolf
Rockbridge Alexander
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Great Alexander Patsy
Dr. W. H. Hopkins
Annapolis
C. B. Stickley
Captain Sand Man
J. H. Taylor
Winchester
de Val
F. V Clarke
Roanoke
Muller
Princess
Anne Lou
Otis D. Sargent
Gugenheim Byrd
E T. Whitworth
Fritz Sitterding
Misty Lom
A W. Valentine
V. P. Hawse
Staunton
Short Covering Lifts Stocks in Final Hour
The Associated Press reports a late day short covering rally in New York stocks on April 28 as investors anticipated a dividend declaration by United States Steel. United States Steel slipped earlier but recovered, with gains in Westinghouse, Bethlehem, Fox & Vanadium, and Allied Chemicals cutting a prior 10 point drop. Atchison and about 3 million shares traded.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel
United
Westinghouse
Bethlehem
Fox
Vanadium
Allied Chemicals
Atchison
Pollard Absent From Apple Blossom Festival
Richmond April 28 governor Pollard said state affairs would keep him from attending the Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester on May 5 and 6.
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Richmond
Pollard
Winchester
Nye Committee to Resume Probe of Bishop Cannon
The Senate campaign funds committee voted to resume its 1928 anti Smith campaign expenditures inquiry on May 6. Senators Nye Dale and Wagner, all present, backed the move despite Bishop James Cannon Jr challenging the panel’s authority. Nye withheld witness names for subpoenas and said Cannon would not be asked to appear next week.
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Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
James Cannon, Jr
Nye
North Dakota
Dale
Vermont
Wagner
New York
Suppoenas
Cannon
Old Age and Wisdom Versus Stereotypes
A short Grit quote argues age does not define value. wisdom and experience come from gray matter, not gray hairs, and the world should not shelve those who reach fifty.
Doctor Held A Week As Captive In St Louis
Dr I D Kelley a wealthy eye ear nose and throat specialist was kidnapped a week ago and released unharmed near East St Louis according to the Post Dispatch. He described being lured by a telephone call and driven to a country location where he was blindfolded and guarded by masked captors before being turned over to a reporter without any known ransom payment.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
I. D. Kelley
East St. Louis
John T. Rogers
Kelley
Pessimists Carlyle and Schopenhauer Suffer Digestive Ailments
A brief note from Amerinen Magazine states that two famed pessimists, Thomas Carlyle and Arthur Schopenhauer, endured poor digestion throughout their lives, reflecting on how bodily woes accompanied their philosophical intensities.
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Carlyle and
Schopenhauer
Amerinen Magazine
Remedy Drafty Doors With Felt Hat Strips
For draughty doors, cut old felt hats into inch wide strips from the brim. Stretch and tuck the strips into the gaps where drafts enter, starting at the brim edge and working inward. The strips can be tucked to seal the openings effectively.
Abduction case notes ransom figures and denial
The Post-Dispatch reports a letter from Dr. Kelley to his family dated Sunday stating captors demanded 250000 to 100000 dollars for his release. William D. Orthwein, representing the Ke family since the abduction, says no money was paid to anyone for the physician’s release to his knowledge.
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The
Post-Dispatch
William D. Orthwein
Edward DeHaven Hurt In Crash
Edward DeHaven was injured when his car struck a telephone pole on the Pughtown Pike. He was found in the wreckage by taxi driver H. F. Mason and taken to Memorial Hospital where Dr. H. J. Pifer treated a lacerated nose and injuries to three fingers before he was released the next day.
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Edward DeHaven
Memorial Hospital
Pughtown Pike
DeHaven
H. F. Mason
H. J Pifer
Chicage Grain Closing Prices From New York Board
Market closing prices show a reaction in Chicago trades aided by short covering and house buying. Wheat May 82.5 July 61.25 September 61.75. Corn May 55.34 July 57.75 September 57.4. Oats May 86.5 July 27.5 September 23. March 23. Reflects slight gains and cautious trading on wheat corn and rye fractions.
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Liverpool
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Virginia C. Whisson
Great Council
Pocahontas
Grudere
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Miss Whisson
Great Council of
Virginia
L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Boyce Hall
White Hall
Boyce
Clarke County
Emmanuel Chapel Bible Class
Miss Richards
Margaret Richards
Margaret Grattan
Miss Grattan
Mary Rhodes Lineweaver
Willoughbyee Brown
Winston-Salem
Helen Faggitt
the Crusade
Sacred Heart Church
Helen Fuggitt
Martinsburg
W. V
Miss Fuggitt
Faulkner
Charles James Faulkner
W. Va
Boydville
R. E. Byrd, Sr
Joseph Massey
Carrie Hunter
W. Nelson Page
Margaret Nelson
Arthur
J. Victor Arthur
Georgie
Miss Nelson
Parthea D. Morton
England
Dabney Harrison, Jr
Harrison
Marion Cornwell
Charles B. Mann
Orpha Wright Brill
West Clifford Street
Calvin Grim
Stephens City
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Charles J. Faulkner
W Va
Samuel G Spangler
Caralyn Weigle
Gettysburg
J. A. Spangler
York, Pa
L C. Kremer
Taylor E Hahn
Childrens
Huntsberry
Valley Club
Shenandoah Valley Club
J. H. Bott
Philadelphia
Botts
Winifred
Ward
Maribelle Pearfock
Capon Bridge
Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliary
Carolyn Jansen
J. William Sibert
Peyton Street
H. L. Riley
Valley Avenue
J Warren Hyndley
Mrs
A. S. Pennypacker
B. B. Dutton
Patrice O ‘Iorton
Queen Shenand
E. H. Grove
Vallevenue
H. B. McCormac
Ftae
Handley Boulevard
Edward G. Butler
Millyond, Va
Luneheon
Walter Greacen
New York City
Lewis Hyde
Mr. Louis Wender
Ississ Mary McDonald
Wendas Apparel Shop
Mary Baldwin College
Elizabeth Smith
Helen Wilson
Elizabeth Ravenscroft Smith
Ridgeway
Helen McLean Wilson
Easton
Miss Smith
Wallace Hurley
Mercedes
Tex
Farmer Boy
Nye Comittee
Southern Methodist
Panama
Bagatelle
Dobbs
Margaret Hodosan
Buncutter Tire Co
S. Braddock St
Bach
WJZ
N.B.C
Enna Jettick
Enna
Jettick
NA Jetio
Lovett Bros
Jos. Sullivan
WB Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Hs Taco Board
Prades — Hibbs Walding Washington
Telephone National
Riley & Son
Phree Stores
VEE Kane O
Bik
Coats
Mans
Loudeun
Dinamo
Devulis Evias
Bell Clothes Shop, Inc
Spienberger’s
Alexander Smith & Sons Arminsters
R. M. Swimley
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