School of Love Wedding Sparks in New York City
Miss Elinor Welch of Hartford Conn and Miss Katherine Bell of Savannah Ga plan a ceremony with Dorsey Washington Brown as best man and ushers Robert Le Fort Alexander Galt Booth James Glazebrook John Vincent Jamison Richard Alvey Jamison and Vernon N Simmons Jr. in attendance. The bride’s mother wore burgundy sequin with cape. groom’s mother pale green lace with gardenias. After a small reception the couple will reside in Louisville after a honeymoon.
Social calendar lists events in Winchester area
Tuesday 12 30 p m Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. 8 p m Elks lodge meeting. 8 15 p m choirs at Grace Lutheran and United Brethren. 10 a m Frederick county school children parade. 3 p m Coronation of Queen Shenandoah XII at Handley. 3 30 p m pageant at Handley School. 4 30 p m aerial show at Admiral Byrd airport. 9 p m reception for the queen at Thornhill Manor. 9 30 p m Apple Blossom Ball at Hotel Drusilla. 11 a m second pageant. 12 30 p m reception to queen at Mrs Lewis Hydes West Boscawen. 2 p m grand feature parade The Trail of the Pink. 9 30 p m Queen ball Shenandoah Valley Academy. 9 30 p m Apple Blossom Ball.
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Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Frederick County School
Shenandoah Xtii
Handley
Handley School
Admiral Byrd Airport
Shenandoah XII
South Washington
Hotel Drusilla
Jordan Springs
Lewis Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Valley Academy
American Legion
Miss Mavin Hamilton Weds Eli Huston Brown in Hagerstown
Miss Mavin Hamilton daughter of Mr and Mrs William T Hamilton Jr became the bride of Eli Huston Brown III of Louisville at St Johns Episcopal Church Hagerstown Maryland The ceremony was performed by Rev Walter Byron Stehl The bride is granddaughter of the late Maryland governor William T Hamilton and Mr Brown is grandson of Kentucky governor John Jay Crittenden The couple's families have a notable historical lineage and the bride wore Chantilly lace with a Duchess lace crown matching her mother's wedding gown.
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William M. Calder
United States
Calder
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert E. Lee
Mollie
Catherine Lee
Durham
N. C
Duke University
John C. Horn
Mary Catherine Ritter
C. Bruce Harlee
City
William J. Gochenour
Maurertown
Lee
Kitty Harloe
Julius C. Davis
William E. Harloe
Winchester
Winchester Society
Hagerstown
Mavin Hamilton
William T. Hamilton, Jr
Eli Huston Brown
Ill
Louisville
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Walter Byron Stehl
William T. Hamilton
Maryland
Mr. Brown
John Jay Crittenden
Kentucky
Eli Huston Brown Jr
Brown
Vassar College
Batchelors
Julia Hamilton
Virginia Crittenden Brown
Nancy Dorsey Black
Jean Preston
Janet
New Course At Warrenton For Steeplechasing
Warrenton Virginia April 29 racing fans travel here Saturday for five Virginia Gold Cup Association steeplechase events. The new course in a natural amphitheatre offers unobstructed viewing from hills and a center mound as horses jump high brush and timber barriers modeled after Aintree. Virginia Grand National and Virginia Gold Cup headline with a 1000 dollar purse each. other races include Broad View Warrenton Hunt Cup and Agriculture Steeplechase.
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Warrenton
Aintree
England
America
Brush
Miss Juanita Teets Weds Edward Jackson in Maryland
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Juanita Teets to Edward Cunningham Jackson took place in Hagerstown Maryland with Rev Snavely officiating. The bride, a Handley High School graduate, worked at People's Drug Store on North Loudoun Street, while the groom is with the Virginia Woolen Company. They plan to establish a home on East Piccadilly.
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Juanita Teets
L. B. Teets
Edward Cunningham Jackson
Jackson
Edward C. Jackson
Gray Avenue
Hagerstown
Snavely
Handley High School
People’s Drug Store
North Loudoun Street
Virginia Woolen Company
East Piccadilly Street
Mrs. Marshall Willis Reopens Rock Hill Home After Winter Visit
Mrs. Marshall Willis returns to her South Washington street home to resume residence in town. She is joined by her daughter Mrs. John T. Roddey and Roddey’s daughter Miss Mary Willis Roddy, who will visit for a period.
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Marshall Willis
Rocky Hill
S. C
John T. Roddey
South Washington Street
Roddey
Mary Willis Roddy
Festival Parade Opens With 3000 Children
Three thousand children from multiple schools lead a winter and spring themed parade in Winchester and Frederick County. Units depict winter prologues sun heralds and full bloom spring with costumes of winds rivals and flowers. The final Miniature Festival features queen and 30 princesses on decorative floats.
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King Winter
Carper Valley
Railroad Union
Gore
Fairview
High View
Kernstown
Jack Frost
Bryarly
Round Hill
White Hall
Miller
Mount , Williams and Dicks
Rock Enon
Shenandoah Valley
Stephens City
Middletown
Welltown
Hampton
Whitacre
Gainesboro
Chestnut Grove
Stephens
Winchester
Frederick County
Banjo shaped harbor of Caracaos land in Willemstad
Willemstad harbor features a banjo shaped basin with a narrow entrance channel and a large circular anchorage area. A pontoon bridge crosses the channel and can swing aside to allow ship passage, with town buildings on both sides.
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Willemstad
Caracaosland
Mae West Marriage Rumor Linked to Broadway Disclosure
Broadway weighs a report that Frank Wallace of Wallace and La May admitted marrying Mae West on April 11 1911 in Milwaukee and remains in love with her. A certificate of marriage surfaced and Mae’s sister Beverly denied the rumor while later serving divorce papers in 1916 or 1917.
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Frank Wallace
Wallace & la May
Mae West
Milwaukee
Broadway
Mae
Wallace
Beverly
Japanese Diplomat Here For Festival Guests
Japanese diplomat Mr. Fuji, first secretary at the Japanese Embassy, and Mrs. Fuji visit Mrs. R. T. Barton on South Washington Street during the festival. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Lowry of York, South Carolina, visit Mrs. A. D. Hening on South Stewart Street. Mrs. Lowry is Mrs. Hening’s daughter and will stay through the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Fuji
Japan
R. T. Barton
South Washington Street
Fuji
Lowry
Winchester To Be Host To Va. Postmasters
The Virginia Postmasters Association will hold its annual convention at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester on Monday and Tuesday June 17 and 18. The event hosts about 300 attendees from roughly 1,500 state post offices and may feature an address by Postmaster General James Aloysius Farley. Planning began April 15 with local officials coordinating and inviting area postmasters to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Postmasters’ Association
George Washington
Big Jim
James Aloysius
Big Jim) Farley
W. 8S. Barrett
Dendron
E. 8S. Moore
Stafford
Eugene R. Branch
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Branch
Winchester
Shenandoah Spring Queen Kathleen Carpenter
The May queen Kathleen Carpenter is celebrated at Harrisonburg State Teachers College with song and praise for Shenandoah spring. The piece highlights apple blossoms, singing birds, blue skies, and the beauty of Shenandoah as part of the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Kathleen Carpenter
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Bermuda Hundred land in Chesterfield Virginia history note
Bermuda Hundred refers to a land tract in Chesterfield county Virginia once part of Bermuda. The area, still known by that name, was granted to the men who purchased the islands from Virginia.
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Bermuda Hundred
Chesterfield County
Virginia
Bermuda
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Germany
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Emma Louise
Robert Smith Dodd
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
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University of Virginia
Clarence E. Dodd
Parker
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University Hospital
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Rotary
Rotary Club
D. J. Howard
Richmond
Messrs. I. Fred Stine
R. L. Omps
William S. Huyett
A. W. Wright
M. J. Pease
P. H. Wakeman
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J. D. Huffman
E. L. Humston
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Pittsburgh
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Charles L. Hirth
James F. Ritter
Patricia Ritter
Brooklyn, N. Y
Fred M. Ritter
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Kathryn
Esther Dudley
W. L. Dudley
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New York
W. 8. Clark
Amherst Street
Paul McDowell
Carl McGuire
Granville Davis
Mrs. Willis
South Carolina
Meadowbrook
Clara V. Fultz
W. Boscawen St
Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
Harbor
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Wright Arch Preserver Shoes
Taver
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
THE
Knox “National
Panama
Margaret L. Hodgson
Farley
Hee
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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A. M. Swimley
Hamman
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