Sacred concert opens National Music Week in Shenandoah County
Winchester and Frederick county residents will attend a 2 PM concert at Crystal Caverns near Strasburg marking the Fourth District of Virginia Federated Music Clubs National Music Week. Rev Arthur Wake leads choirs from local clubs, schools, and towns including Woodstock and Edinburg with soloists and the Shenandoah County School Band.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Crystal Caverns
Strasburg
Virginia
J. M. Boles
Arthur Wake
The
Christian Church
Reat Shenandoah
Woodstock
Edinburg
Shenandoah County
Fourth District of Virginia Federated Music Clubs
Crystal Caverns Pavillion
Strasburg, Va
Kiwanis and festival events mark Winchester social week
The social calendar lists Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel and multiple festival activities in Winchester including royal coronations, pageants at Handley and Shenandoah events. Also scheduled are church choirs, parades, aerial shows, receptions, balls, and an open air music program at Crystal Caverns pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Hunter H. McGuire
Mile
Nella Veverka
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Frederick County
Veverka
R. E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Winchester Golf Club
Handley
Handley Scena
Admiral Byrd Airport
Queen Shenandoah XII
W. A. Baker
Washington Street
Hotel Drusilla
Jordan Springs
Festival Guests From Rochester Attend Mrs Dudley Field Event
Mrs Dudley Field of the Mc Cormac apartments will entertain during the festival with guests Mrs Howard L Prince and Mrs Seelye W Little of Rochester New York.
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Dudley Field
McCormac Apartments
Howard L. Prince
Seelye W. Little
Rochester
Diplomatic Officials Take Summer Homes Near Bluemont
Washington diplomats lease summer residences along Bluemont at Blue Ridge. The Netherlands minister and Mme Van Haersma occupy Mrs Charles Smith’s home. Italy’s Signor Augusto Rosso rents Frank Carpenter’s former house. British Commercial Secretary and Mrs Heywood stay at Mrs Rathbone Smith home. Papal delegate Amleto Giovannani Cicognani leases Valley Vista, home of Mr and Mrs Peter Drury.
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Washington
Bluemont
Blue Ridge
Netherlands
Mme. van Haersma
Charles Smith
Italy
Signor
Augusto Rosso
Frank Carpenter
Heywood
Rathbone Smith
Amleto Giovanna Cicognani
Valley Vista
Peter Drury
Twins Born to Mr and Mrs Robert L Fout in Frederick
Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Fout of 114 West Cecil Street celebrate the birth of twin sons on Friday morning April 26. William weighed eight pounds four ounces, Robert Lee Jr seven pounds three quarters. The mother and babies are reported doing splendidly. Mrs Fout, formerly Edith Palmer, hails from Frederick County. Mr Fout works in the sawmill business.
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Robert Lee Fout
West Cecil Street
William
Robert Lee, Jr
Fout
Edith Palmer
Frederick County
Mrs. W. A. Bakers Entertain Week End Guests
Weekend guests at Thorn hill Manor on South Washington street included Marshall Duer and daughter from Baltimore and numerous friends from Wheeling Haverhill New York and Buffalo.
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Thornhill Manor
W. A. Baker
South Washington Street
Marshall Duer
Baltimore
Alexander Glass
Baroness de Schoenwald
Russel
Wheeling
W. Va
W. E. Ellis
Haverhill Mass
Nancy C. Fitch
Florence Benedict
Skaneateless
N. Y
Bennett
New York
Harkness
Buffington
Buffalo
Mr. B. G. Headley Improves After Illness At Virginia Antique Shop
Mr. B. G. Headley in charge of a Virginia Antique Shop on Valley avenue is slowly improving after more than a month bedridden. A severe tonsillitis led to rheumatism, keeping him under care but gains in strength show progress. Local visits note extended families and friends visiting between Washington and nearby towns.
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B. G. Headley
Virginia
Valley Avenue
Mr. Headley
Coblentz Case Before Maryland Court of Appeals Again
Emory L. Coblentz, ex state senator and former Central Trust Company head, again faces the Maryland Court of Appeals. The appeal challenges a Howard County indictment for bank law violations, argued after previous reversals and rulings that would risk double jeopardy if retried.
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Annapolis
Emory L. Coblentz
Central Trust Company of
Frederick
Maryland Court of Appeals
George A. Salter
Baltimore
Howard County
Coblentz
Court of Appeals
Solter
Eli Prank
House of Correction
Cumberland
Notaries Appointed by Governor Peery for Four-Year Terms
Governor George E. Peery appoints three notary publics for another four-year term. E. Russell Hook Olive Smith and Louis Butsler have taken the oath of office posted a $500 bond each and qualified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Peery
E. Russell Hook
Olive Smith
Louis Butsler
Advertising to Be Discussed by Apple Raisers
West Virginia horticultural leaders propose a two state advertising program with Virginia to boost Eastern apples. A special committee led by Malcolm M. Brown will meet Virginia growers to plan newspaper radio and retailer promotions targeting key markets and a cost of about 1 4 cent per bushel to raise roughly $5 000 for the season.
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the Star
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia Horticultural Society
John Y. McDonald
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia Horticultural Society
McDonald
Malcolm M. Brown
Harry W. Miller
Paw Paw
A. Bruce Eagle
Winchester
America
Delegation Sets Talks Over Freight Rates for West Virginia
The committee authorized Robert T. Bly Charles Town and John M. Willen Martinsburg to meet in Washington with railroad heads to discuss freight rates in the South and to protest a proposed weight increase for peaches from 50 to 52 pounds. The action could raise rates by about 4 percent. Willen may proceed Tuesday to press the protest and an additional rise in icing costs would follow, with West Virginia ice for refrigerator cars rising from 4.50 to 5.75 per ton, adding about 8 dollars per car to refrigerated peaches and apples.
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Robert T. Bly
Charles Town
John M. Willen
Martinsburg
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Mr. Willen
West Virginia
New York
Willen
Puckett Opens Soda Shop At Old Union Bus Depot
Curtis D. Puckett opens the Piccadilly Soda Shop in the old Union Bus terminal at Piccadilly and Braddock streets. Sherwood Puckett will be assistant manager while Curtis remains manager of a new bus terminal further south. The corner storeroom is renovated to house a refreshment and newsstand with The Star and other papers.
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Mr. Puckett
Old Union Bus Depot
Piccadilly
Curtis D. Puckett
Union
Piccadilly and
Braddock Streets
Puckett
Braddock Street
Sherwood Puckett
Star
Modern Equipment Planned For First Floor Use
The owner intends to install entirely new equipment and to utilize the building's first floor for the establishment. This plan indicates a full retail or service use on the ground level.
Arch Wilson Lodged In Jail For Lumber Theft
Arch Wilson of Wardenaville West Virginia is jailed on charges of stealing a truckload of lumber from John Co. Burch of the same neighborhood and selling it to L. A. Clark Son Inc. in this city. Burch says the lumber bore his trade mark and was unloaded west of Gore on Route 50. Wilson allegedly loaded it onto a truck, sold it here, and cashed the buyer’s check. The case is set for trial Saturday morning May 4 at 10 o clock.
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Virginia
Shenandoah Valley Highway
Winchester
Osburn
Kernstown
Arch Wilson
Wardenaville
W. Va
John Co. Burch
L. A. Clark & Son, Inc
Wilson
Burch
Gore
Same
Victoria Falls stamp issued by South Africa in 1905
The passage notes Victoria Falls in Rhodesia as a famed cataract discovered by Livingston in 1855. It describes the falls as plunging about 400 feet where the river narrows from one mile to 300 feet, and mentions a bridge spanning the gorge below the falls.
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Victoria Falls
South Africa
Rhodesia
Livingston
Roosevelt Addresses Nation Amid Senate Reform Debate
President Roosevelt spoke to the nation as Congress threatened to delay reform measures urged by the administration during a tense session. The address came as lawmakers considered delaying key political and economic reforms.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Huey Long Booed at Drake Relays Des Moines Visit
A photo shows Senator Huey Long autographing programs for Boy Scout ushers as he entered the stadium to watch the Drake relays after speaking at the National Farm Holiday association convention. The 18 000 crowd booed during the moment.
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Huey Long
Des Moines
Drake Relays
National Farm Holiday Association
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B. M. Roszel
R. T. Barton
Melvin Green
Barton
South
Ferdinand Veverka
B. B. Dutton
Lewis Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Mountain Homes
Mrs
Robert L. Fout
Mrs. W. A. Baker
Huntsberry
Isabelle Miller
Alice North
John North
Warwick Street
Robert Gardner
Scottsville
Wade H. Marshall
Marshall
Washington, D. C
Francis Marshall
Pembroke
Irvin Snapp
Oliver
Fort Valley, Ga
G. O. Snapp
Fairmont Avenue
Mrs. Koonce
Mrs. Keller
Robert Lonas
Greenwall Avenue
Frederick Bush
Bethlehem, Pa
John Bush
National Avenue
Appeals
Plainfield
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Greyhound Grill
Edward D. Talbert
Blue Moon
John Gosnell
Meadowbrook
Clara V. Fultz
W. Boscawen St
Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
APPLE
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Buck Shad
Roe Shad
National
Panama
Margaret L. Hodgson
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Huey
Commercial & Savings Bank
A. M. Swimley
Hamman
Dollar Store
Lovett
Lovett Brothers
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