Descendants of George W Miller hold reunion in Park's Gap
The Miller family reunion gathered Sunday at a Park's Gap cabin in Berkeley County to plan the 1940 event at Hagerstown Park Maryland. Officers named were President Mrs. Bessie Miller Vice President Mrs. Harry Whiting Secretary Mrs. M. C. Hollida and Treasurer Mrs. N. W. Vickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Miller
Berkeley County
W. Va
Park's Gap
Hagerstown Park
Hagerstown
Harry Whiting
Bessie Miller
M. C. Hollida
N. W. Vickers
M. J. Billmyer
Thélma
Jacques Billmyer
Winchester
Harry Claggett
Opequon
County
Social News From Charleston Visitors and Parks Outing
Miss Anne Tucker Payne of Charleston entertained a small dinner party at Dickey Ridge on Skyline Drive with Eleanor Scully Betty Riley Mollie Glass Margaret Byrd Beall Bent ley Thomas Anne Kerr Russell and guests Tom Scully Joe Thomas H B McCormac Philip Claize and Bill Harris. A July 23 picnic at Catapon State Park near Berkeley Springs included George F Miller Lawrence Sutler Mervil Rowland Charles Dick Carl Dick Albert Brown Hugh Crim Effie Braithwaite Allen Crawford Ralph Brown Fred Swartz Martin Swartz Joan Stuler Ann Miller Martha Jean Swartz Amika Helen James and Victor Crim Charles Brown Monte Miller and Wallace Swartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Tucker Payne
Charleston
W. Va
the Pages
Dickey Ridge
Skyline Drive
Eleanor Scully
Betty Riley
Mollie Glass
Margaret Byrd
Beall Bentley Thomas
Anne Kerr Russell
Messrs
Tom Scully
Joe Thomas
H. B. McCormac
Philp Claize
Bill Harris
Catapon State Park
Berkeley Springs
George F. Miller
Lawrence Sutler
Winchester
Mervil Rowland
Charles Dick
Carl Dick
Albert Brown
Hugh Crim
Effie Braithwaite
Gerrardstown
Allen Crawford
Pikeside
Ralph Brown
Brucetown
Fred Swartz
Inwood
Martin Swartz
Bunker Hill
Joan Stuler
Ann Miller
Martha Jean Swartz
Amika
Helen
James
Victor Crim
Charles Brown
Monte Miller
Wallace Swartz
Family gathering at Dutterer home on Sunday
A July 30 lawn gathering at Mr. and Mrs. William Dutterer’s home featured basket lunches and Barmies. Attendees from Berryville and Winchester areas included the Wolvertons, Jenkins, Masseys, Dutterers, and Timbrook. Photographer Frank Turgeon will travel to New York for tri color work and magazine assignments. Mrs Mary Russell Miller wed Oscar C Miller in Strasburg on July 27 and plans to reside in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dutterer
Perry Wolverton
Mary Rebecca
David Wolverton
Samuel Jenkins
Ruth Jenkins
Berryville
George Massey
Lawrence Massey
Winchester
Cora
Sarah
James
Millard Timbrook
Frank Turgeon
N. Y
Miami
Fla
New York City
Gotham
Newport
R. I
Watch Hill
Social Spectator
Mary Russell
Oscar C. Miller
South Braddock Street
Senseney Road
Strasburg
Arthur Wake
Miller
Ohio
Beauty queen Mamie Joyce wins Fair prize in Borris
Miss Mamie Joyce arrives to collect her reward as winner of a beauty contest in Borris County Carlow for a trip to the World’s Fair. Mrs. W Nelson Page and two Charleston guests visit Washington while others return home from vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mamie Joyce
Borris
W. Nelson Page
Abney Payne
Anne Tucker Payne
Charleston
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Murder and a death by own action in auto near New Castle
Coroner Byers reported that Edward Dombroski a 25 year old former athlete and steel worker shot his uncle Ignatz 45 then killed himself in a car on a country road. A farmer found the two bodies after the car horn blared all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
C. Piper Byers
Edward Dombroski
Ignatz Dombroski
Dombroski
Byers
Contract Bridge Rules Unchanged
ASBURY PARK N J Aug 1 Contract bridge players can relax as no changes will be made to rules or scoring The present code of laws will be kept in force The announcement came from William K Kenney and Ely Culbertson following a special session of the American contract bridge league executive committee The national poll indicated players were not in favor of changes in the current scoring
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
William K. Kenney
National Laws Commission
Ely Culbertson
Laws Commission
International Contract Bridge League
American Contract Bridge League
McKenney
Culbertson
City and County Realty Transfers reported items
Transfers include Winchester acting trustee James P Reardon to Home Owners Loan Corporation for a North Washington street tract valued at 4500 and others to Northern Virginia Power Company with tracts in Gainesboro district for nominal sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
James P. Reardon
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Washington Street
Frederick David J. Kerns
Northern Virginia Power Company
Gainesboro
James Maylen Cooper
W. A. Henson
Callie D. Baker
Shawnee
Lucy L. Ritter
C. W. Barton
Kernstown
O. B. Shade
Commonwealth of Virginia
Frederick County
S. A. Kline
Clayton E. Pingley
Berryville Social News Highlights Local Visits
Berryville Virginia reports a round of summer social visits. Mrs Tom Peyton and Anne Peyton of Bethesda Md visited Goodwin H Williams at Oakley. Tc Peyton Jr stayed with his grandfather. Washington guests Henry Reynolds and Millicent returned from Glen Allen. Mary Virginia Crampton arrived from Buffalo to visit Ralph Staples at Dunbeath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville, Va
Tom Peyton
Anne Peyton
Bethesda
Henry Reynolds
Millicent
Washington
William Crampton
Mary Virginia
Buffalo
Ralph Staples
Dunbeath
Mr. Crampton
Pleas for Wallace Green Reach Governor Amid Execution Battle
Pleads for Wallace Green and accomplice Walter St Sauveur, both under death sentence for murder in Somerville Massachusetts of shopkeeper Miss May Green, 21. Governor Saltonstall urged to spare the boy as public executioner Robert G. Elliott’s illness strains five states’ legal killing capacity and may prompt reprieve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Green
Walter St. Sauveur
Somerville
Mass
Miss May Green
Saltonstall
Robert G. Elliott
New York
Local residents host guests across multiple towns
Mrs Henry Kercheval hosted her sister Miss Irene Sinkabine of Winchester. Maury P Richmond returns to Concord NH after weeks visiting Berryville friends. Miss Helen W Levi of Richmond weekend in Berryville with Charles and Mrs Levi. Bobby Thomas IV, from Pi Alpha camp Blue Ridge Summit PA, joined parents at Mrs Will Hardesty’s Rice Street home. Gordon Levi and family weekend in Washington, then returned with Mrs Eddie Joyce and Pat to Berryville. Garnett Levi came back from Washington Saturday after visiting sisters. Holmes Withers and children Dorothy Anne and Holmes Jr of Waynesboro VA were weekend guests of Mrs Walter Withers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Wright
Clarksburg
W. Va
Margaret Bean
Mrs. E. P. Bean
South Stewart Street
Fisander P. Lyon Jr
Harlan
Youngstown
Helen W. Levi
Richmond
Berryville
Mrs
Charles T. Levi
Bobby Thomas
Pi Alpha
Blue Ridge Summit
Will Hardesty
Rice Street
Gordon Levi
Washington
Eddie Joyce
Pat
Mr. Joyce
Miss Garnett Levi
Holmes Withers
Dorothy Anne and
Holmes, Jr
Waynesboro, Va
Mr. Withers
Walter Withers
Red Cross Lifesaving Course Enrollment Offered
Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Chapter invites members of the Winchester Country Club and American Legion Pool to enroll in a Red Cross Life Saving Course. Fill out the form with name address phone number age and select senior junior beginner or swimmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Pool
Winchester Country Club
Red Cross
Winchester- Frederick County
Red Cross Chapter
Wings Over Jordan Concert Today in Winchester and Douglas School
The Wings Over Jordan choir of 42 Columbia artists under Worth Kramer visits Winchester Friday August 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal, repeats at 9:15 p.m. at Douglas School auditorium. The group, heard Sundays on Columbia network, tours nationally and has drawn audiences totaling tens of thousands in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Service Council
John Mann Methodist Church
Jordan
Columbia Network
Winchester
Christ Episcopal Church
Douglas School
Worth Kramer
WGAR
Cleveland
Ohio
Findley
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
International Rotary Convention
Christian Endeavor
Wings Over Jordan
Columbia
America
South America
Canada
Wales
Nassau
India
South Africa
Baltimore
Washington
Modern Etiquette Q and A Column
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions on calling cards decorum and dining manners. A guest may leave a wedding reception after speaking with the bride and groom, and a man should defer to his companion when giving orders at a meal.
Engagement Brings Miss Kirtland and Mr Taylor News
Millwood Virginia notes report the engagement of Miss Marie Louise Kirtland daughter of Prof and Mrs Phillip Kirtland Exter New Hampshire to Mr Joseph Taylor of Philadelphia son of Mrs Harrison Taylor of Keswick Virginia and the late Mr A Merritt Taylor of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Clarke
Marie Louise Kirtland
Phillip Kirtland
Exter
N. H
Joseph Taylor
Philadelphia
Harrison Taylor
Keswick
A. Merritt Taylor
Local Social News Notes From Baltimore and Nearby Visits
Their daughter Miss Emily Good swin traveled to Baltimore for the day. Mr and Mrs Clarke Lloyd and Mr Phillip Brubaker spent Monday in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Neville Hansucker and their two sons Phillipa and David who have been guests of Mr Hansucker and his daughter Miss Jennie Hansucker returned to Charleston West Virginia Monday. Mr Phillip Brubaker returned home Sunday from Norfolk after several days away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hite
Persie
Besmarck
N. C
John Rogers
Berryville Avenue
Virginia
West Virginia
Wilmington
Del
Niagara Falls
Gettysburg
Skyline Drive
G. L. Hughes
Washington, D. C
Providence Hospital
H. F. Hughes
Bayard
J. R. Hughes
Boyce
J. W. Armel
White Post
Edna
Thelma Courtney
Winchester
William Byrd
Mildred Byrd
Roanoke
Percy Randolph
Wiley
Emily Goodswin
Baltimore
Clarke Lloyd
Phillip Brubaker
Neville Hansucker
Phillipa
David
Hansucker
Jennie Hansucker
Charleston
W. Va
Norfolk
Police Court Drug Court Trial Result for Withers
The case before Judge Donald L. Weems involved Robert Withers of Winchester cited for driving under the influence of liquor. He was fined 110 dollars and 25 cents and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Weems
Robert Withers
Winchester
Stewart Bell Jr Resumes UVA Summer Quarter Course
Mr. Stewart Bell Jr returns to the University of Virginia to continue his summer quarter course after a weekend at his North Cameron Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Bell, Jr
University of Virginia
North Cameron Street
Pattern and Pattern Book Offer at 25 Cents
Advertisement notes price of Pattern 15c and Pattern Book 15c, with one Pattern and Pattern Book offered together for 25c. Readers are instructed to send orders to the address in the box below.
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Hunter M. Stine
Boston
Mrs. L. M. Ives
H. B
Stine
Westwood
Mrs. Stine
Mr. Stine
Sarah A. Kemp
Fort Collier
Miss Kemp
H. B. Stine
Jack Herrell
Harrisonburg
Earl Sheetz
Robert Baker
Giles Se
J. Howard Cahill
August Cahill
LeRoy Cahill
Capon River
Bubbling Springs
Monte Bourjailly
Valley Mul Farm
Here
Jerod Myers
Pittsburgh, Pa
A. Z. Hunter
Morgan Street
Allen Carpenter
Allen, Jr
East Williston, N. Y
Bracy W. Largent
East Leicester Street
Carpenter
Louise Largent
Kenney
Cumberland
Homer Golliday
Front Royal Pike
Golliday
Edna Koch
Great American Tea Co
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Clinton D. Catlette
Memorial Hospital
Paul Snyder and Son
Martinsburg
C. L. Lofton
Wilbur Whitlock
Gen. Riley
R. B. Melton
Rocky Mount
Bay View
Greenville
Janet Welsh
Purcellvile, Va
John Woolfolk
Virginia Beach
Miss Payne
Cacapon Park
T. F. Timberlake
Lynchburg
Meadow Mills
Brooks’ Pharmacy
B&o
Harpers Ferry
Baltimore & Ohio
Haldeman
Alecia Beauty Salon
Anna Clark
Whitacre
Vernon Baker
C. K. Baker
This County
Pr. Kinney’s Shoe Store
Loudoun St
W. B. Snider & Son
Social News
Eleanor Webb
Colonel
Arthur Webb
Florence
Lula Shepherd
Kraft
James Duffy
Chicago
Martin
Salt Lake City
A. C. Cummins
Ruth Campbell
Ella Collins
Pine Mountain, By
W. T. Lewis
Frank Whiting
Squam Lake
N. A
Howard O’fallon
St. Louis
Miss Mary O'Fallon
Annie Stribling
South Church Street
Claude Fowler
Mrs. Fowler
Mrs. Downer
J. E. Ogden
Newton Smith
Baltimore, Md
Mary Webb
Eva Massey
Kathleen Morrison
Howard Morrison
New Market
May
Henry Kercheval
Irene Sinkabine
Maury P. Richmond
Concord
Weenee
The
Winches
Ter Country Club
Wings
Roberta Lee
Millwood Social Notes
E. K. Meade
Lorring Himelright
Fort Meade
James Himelright
Tom W. Meade
Richard Dole
Lang Island
Graham Dougherty
Long Island
Virginia Watkins
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Wild Cliff, Me
Polly Winslow
Rosiland Huidekoper
Long Branch
Miss Winslow
A-Bar-A Ranch
Wyoming
J. Delafield du. Boise
Nancy
Vineyard
du. Boise
Gibson
H. H. Shewbridge
J. L. Burnett
Mr. Burnett
J. T. Bova
Gwynne Harrison
A. A. Baldwin
Miss Harrison
Waltz Roesler
Mr. Baldwin
Saratoga
Ewart Johnston
Henry Post Mitchell
Stacy Lloyd
Ralph Richards
Hugh Powell
Agnes Mitchell
Roland Mitchell
Benjamin Harrison
Alexis Sommaripa
Goodwin
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
United Food Stores
San Francisco
Inclair
Sinclair
John C. J
the Evening Star
Barbara Bell
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N
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