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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
3
The Garden Club of Warren County will hold a plant sale on Thursday May 5 from 10 a m to 4 p m In the Murphy Theatre lobby on Main Street Mrs Beverley F Jr is chairman of the event.
Social calendar notes a Founder's Day dinner and program of the local Beta Sigma Phi chapter at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday at 6 30 p m. The schedule lists Friday luncheon and meeting of the R Y Conrad Post American Legion also at the George Washington Hotel and the eight o clock p m fourth quarterly conference of Market Street Methodist Church. On Saturday a 12 30 p m Civic League luncheon includes an address by Dr Heatwole at the same hotel.
G William Small plans to attend the coronation in London on May 12 with Dr G William Mall and As A Small also pursuing study at Oxford. Miss Mary Sullivan headlines a week of social events with teas, dinners, and a gown of guests, as families host visitors and entertainments in Winchester.
The Brucetown Home Demonstration Club held its regular monthly meeting at the Brucetown School. Miss Ethel Fisher was absent. assistant agent presided. Members discussed old and new business and progress on the Highway Beautification campaign.
Mr. W. W. Glass will teach the Open Door Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church this Sunday morning with exercises at 9 45 and the address starting at 10 o clock. The topic is Abraham a Man of Faith and members are urged to bring a friend. All are welcome.
The guidance advises thanking the host and especially the mother for her efforts in hospitality. It recommends tipping ten percent of the passage cost for ocean or lake trips. It explains soubise on a menu card means onions and warns about dishes marked with it when dining with a close friend.
Mr and Mrs Charles Harrison spent Wednesday in Washington with relatives. Mrs Hunter Williams has shown slight improvement after several weeks ill at her Millwood avenue home. Mrs D W Greenwalt, in Winchester Memorial Hospital for weeks, is much improved and plans to return to Euclid avenue this week. Mrs Isaac Lamp, confined at National avenue with grippe, is gradually improving.
Mrs Earle will attend the London coronation exercises despite Governor Earle’s mumps. She plans to sail from New York on the Kungsholm with her sister Mrs Anson Howard of Philadelphia accompanying her.
Front Royal plans National Music Week events from May 3 to May 8. A Glee Club concert is set for May 3 on the courthouse lawn weather permitting, or in the Masonic Temple. May 4 features Mrs. Gasque’s class recital at the Baptist Church. May 6 brings a Warren County High School Senior Glee Club and Junior Glee Club recital in the high school auditorium. Public invitation extended.
The Penders store in Front Royal shuts down after three years of operation due to lease expiration on May 1. Thomas L Biggs and his mother will relocate to Harrisonburg where Biggs will join the same company. Employee J R Drigger moves to Richmond, and his family plans to join him after schools close in June. Walter Lambert returns to Fredericksburg. Front Royal April 29.
Hershey Pennsylvania April 29 workers at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation voted to reject the John L Lewis committee and formed their own union. Charles Hallman was elected president of the Independent Chocolate Workers of Hershey, successor to the Loyal Workers' Club which had opposed the United Chocolate Workers Union in a recent sit down strike at the factory.
Mrs John Ruegg and son return to Reedsville N C after a week with Mr and Mrs Lyle Rohr. The Rueggs are former Front Royal residents and Ruegg is a silk mill superintendent. Several local families host or visit relatives in Red Lion Pa Appomattox and Washington scenes noted with travel plans and Gold Cup race attendance in Warrenton.
Major General C. E. Kilbourne newly elected head of the Virginia Military Institute was a guest of Col. Warren W. Whitside and left yesterday for Lexington. Mrs. Oden Johnson Jr. shows slight improvement after illness in Winchester hospital. Borden Wines improving in Winchester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Turner to move into their newly purchased home this week. Misses Mattie Brown and Annie Buck to spend the weekend in Washington with friends. Mrs. W. J. Kendrick and daughter Mrs. Robert Massie and Mr. Philip Ambler visited Mrs. Ambler in Charlottesville hospital and reported her improvement. Mr. Jesse D. Borden and daughter Cora and son Wilson could not attend funeral of Mrs. Cora Wilson in Chase City due to heavy rain.
Representative Willis Robertson of Lexington will be the guest speaker at an event announced in FRONT ROYAL. The notice notes his role as a U S representative and marks the date April 29 for the speaking engagement in the community.
The annual banquet of the Warren County Game Protective Association will be held Thursday May 6 at 7 p m in the Baptist Church social room. Invitations have been sent to the State Game Commissioners. Hugh H Bowman William C Deming and E T Whitworth lead the event.
In York on April 29 the CBS Descriptive program plans to reach Lott's Creek district Knott County with portable shortwave gear to connect to a telephone line. The Kentucky University radio center has set up listening posts for mountain residents to hear educational and recreational broadcasts. The schedule lists WEAF NBC and WABC CBS programs including matinee, variety, and tennis events with several time slots.
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