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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1939
Page
8
Calendar notes at 4200 p m Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital meets at Nurses' Home on Clifford Street at 4200 p m 3 30 p m Loyal Temperance Union meets at Braddock 8 00 p m Weekly Madison Lodge I O F meets at East Boscawen Street hall.
The seventh annual Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs convention concluded in Norfolk with officer elections and a luncheon in Virginia Beach. Re-elected president was Mrs. C A Seaton of Staunton, along with new and returning officers and regional vice presidents.
Genevieve Mary Grover and Russell G. Stickley were married by Rev. T. M. Swann in Reliance. The bride, in chartreuse with dark blue accessories, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Gruver. Both graduates of Middletown High School, they will live in Winchester.
Mrs Martin Wisecarver entertained yesterday at her Amherst street home with a buffet luncheon for friends visiting during the Apple Blossom Festival. Guests included Mr and Mrs J W Homer and Mr and Mrs Charles F Homer of Greencastle Pa. Mr and Mrs William M Stickley Sr and Jr. Misses Charlotte and Irene Stickley of Vaucluse. Mrs Samuel E Stickley of Strasburg. Miss Margaret Wohlford of Bartonville. Miss Ruth Omps. Mr Godfrey Prelip and Mr Herbert Russell of this city. The Homer brothers are related to the late Harry R Homer, a well known Winchester musician.
Miss Lillie Virginia Shimp, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Shimp of Martinsburg West Virginia, married Laurence W Showalter son of Mr and Mrs William Showalter on Thursday at the parsonage of Rev Dr S L Flickinger. The couple will live with the groom's parents for a few months.
Miss Nancy Greg Larrick and Miss Nelia Beverley travel to Washington D C for the annual Kappa Alpha Theta convention at the Wardman Park hotel this weekend. They plan to return Sunday night and will stay at the Shoreham while in the district.
Mr. David H. Allen, staying with his parents in Clarke County, will depart early tomorrow for Bonney Aire Virginia, where he now resides.
The guide says a practiced introducer should lead strangers into smooth conversation. It notes blue violets symbolize faithfulness and white violets modesty. It advises using a fork for French fried potatoes, not fingers.
Mr and Mrs Harry Lee Boxwell of Clarke county welcome a daughter born Tuesday morning at Winchester Memorial hospital. Mrs Boxwell is formerly Emma Shull. The couple also has two children Betty Jean Boxwell and Lewis Tappan Boxwell.
The Loyal Temperance Legion holds its regular monthly meeting at Braddock Street M. E. Church Monday at 3 30 pm. All children aged 6 to 14 are invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Harry W Butler entertained Thursday evening at their West Clifford street home with a buffet supper for about 75 guests many from out of town highlighting the festival kickoff.
The Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet Monday May 1 at 4 PM at the Nurses Home on Clifford Drive. Visitors include Allen T Hawthorne and a long list of regional guests who joined festival events at local homes and venues.
Mrs. E H Stokes returned from Alexandria where she attended a Methodist Woman's Missionary Society meeting held April 18 21. She stayed with Mrs H R Dinges. Miss Kitty Stokes will attend Ring Dances at V P I this week. The Young People's Department plans a three act comedy It's A Long Lane to be staged May 12 at 8 PM in Warren County High School auditorium directed by Eugene Tyler.
The Front Royal Glee Club presents a program May 5 at 8 pm in Warren County High School. The same program will tour to the New York World's Fair May 24 and the National Convention of Music Clubs in Baltimore. An accompanying group from Front Royal will perform in Baltimore and New York. Admission is 35 cents for adults and 25 cents for children to support the tour.
Mr. Lewis E. Allen will drive to Waynesboro today to meet Mrs. Allen and daughter Adeline returning from Fayette C where they stayed winter with Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen. Mrs. Grace Sutphin enters Johnson Nursing Home for treatment. The DeLashmutt family from Washington DC will visit with Mrs. De Lashmutt's parents in town. Mrs. Lottie West Whitehurst of Lynchburg to spend weekend with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hockman ahead of the Borden-Rader wedding. Rev. Francis Cockrell of Bethesda MD visits Miss Martha Brent Burruss and Mrs. Mary Murruss. Mrs. Lucy Leach returns home after winter in Fredericksburg with the Gale family. Mrs. Arthur Peterson of New York leaves for Richmond then Williamsburg before heading to Bronxville NY. Mrs. A. C. Carson hosts the Afternoon Bridge Club.
Millwood Virginia April social notes recount boating on the James River by Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins and Mrs Earl Boy Ed returning to Clarke after a weeklong voyage. Luncheon honored Mrs Palmer of Richmond with guests Mrs George Burwell and others.
Social notes record a series of gatherings with Miss Genevieve Garner Queen Shenandoah XVI and two maids of honor. Attendees include Mitchells Post Mitchell Hubbard Johnston Mitchell Meade Clagett Beverley Watkins Greenhalgh Jacobs Weatherall Libby Ashley and others. Several guests travel for races and shows at Linchburg and Maryland Cup with dinners planned in Milton Valley Greenspring Valley and Orange New Jersey.
Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins Jr attend the dog show in Alexandria on Saturday showing their Griffon. kins were entertained at Annefield on Wednesday night in honor of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Lewis their son and daughter in law. Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Lewis Jr and Mr Ned Lewis attended.
Berryville residents report a week of visits and passages of guests from Avon-by-the-Sea New Jersey Madison Wisconsin and Baltimore as well as local hosts. The column notes families Mr and Mrs Robert E Lee Lewis Miss Rebekah Gold Mrs Nannie Berlin and others hosting and traveling between Berryville The Plains Fredericksburg and Laurel as part of ongoing social rounds.
Mrs Gladys Stickles of Warenton Virginia spent the weekend with her sister Mrs Francis Logan. Miss Alice Mesmer of Washington DC was a weekend guest of her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Edward Barnett. Mr and Mrs Charles Phillips returned from Dayton Virginia where they stayed with Mr and Mrs J B Grove and Mr and Mrs Harry Long. The Rev RE Vaughan and his wife hosted his mother Mrs A T Vaughan and her daughter Miss Ruth Vaughan of Lynchburg at the manse. The Misses Cornelia and Kate Moore had weekend guests. Mrs E C Paul and Miss Roberta Wallace and Miss Herme Wallace of Washington were visitors. Mrs Edwin A Palmer of Richmond is the guest of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs De Beverley at their home.
Mr Hunter H Dovell of Ur bana Ohio visited his sister Mrs J Ed Ogden Sunday. Ed Helvestine hospital patient at Memorial Winchester recuperating from operation. Mrs Ray J O'Brien and Mrs Albert Glassell of Shreveport La guests of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Moore Monday. Mildred Elsen hosted George Geyer and son from Pennsylvania. Ralph N Dorsey hosted Mrs Dorsey’s sister Mrs Walter Munster of Port Huron Michigan and Miss Lottie Meade of The Plains Monday. Mrs John B Neil plans to reopen her Crow’s Nets home on South Church Street around May first. Misses Bessie Pattie Luke hosted Rev John W Luke and wife and children Mary Frances and John W Luke Jr of Glendale Springs NC plus Mrs William Wysong of Charles Town WV and Mr Richard T Luke of Chicago.
Mrs. Powell Russell and Wanda Lee spent Saturday visiting relatives in Washington. Major Joel D. Griffin conducted business in Washington. Bernard B. Jones, recent weekend guest at Audley, returned with Griffin. Jaques Lenard of Washington and Robert R. L. Jordan of California and Washington also visited. Additional notes mention hospital treatment for Rev. W. Q. Luttrell and other local visits to Berryville, Arlington, and Woodbridge.
Mr. Grover Hillidge spent Monday in Washington D C as guest of his brother in law and sister Representative and Mrs Fred Van Ness v Badley.
Baltimore April 29 A mayor Howard W Jackson limousine was stolen from a downtown street while his chauffeur collected the mail A boy on the corner said two men drove the car away It carried license tag 63 000 The mayor seeking reelection borrowed his son’s car to attend James Kennedy’s funeral in Baltimore
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