Weekly church and club events listed for community calendar
A sequence of regular weekly meetings and events is listed: youth and adult choirs at Uni Brethren, First Baptist, Grace Lutheran, United Brethren, and Braddock Street churches. Elks and Woman's Christian Temperance Union meetings. Opequon District Sunday School convention at Epworth near Middletown. Rotary luncheon. Market Street Methodist basket picnic at Golightly's Meadow. American Legion dance. Handley Library story hour. Music Lover's Club. Lions Club luncheon. Kiwanis Club meeting. with times spanning 6:45 p m to 12:45 p m Monday through Friday and into Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yaw People’s Choir
Uni- Brethren Church
First Baptist Church
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Friends’ Meeting House
Opequon
Epworth Methodist Church
Middletown
Rotary Club
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Golightly’s Meadow
American Legion Post
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Handley Library
Music Lover’s Club
Lion’s Club
Kiwanis Club
Entertaining Wedding Supper at Relief Home
Mr. and Mrs. J C Burkhart hosted a wedding supper at their Relief home in honor of their son and daughter in law Lester and Mrs Burkhart. Guests included the Byrds Hicks Nichols and Swartz and other local families with Lee references to travel plans and social gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Burkhart
Lester Burkhart
Philips Frye
Russell Robinson
Louise
Nelson Nichols
Ashbury Swartz
Jane Hawkins
B. B. Jones
Audley
Berryville
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Miss Smoots Concert At Hotel To Aid Nurses
Norfolk soprano Miss Mary Lily Smoot will perform with pianist Mrs. Edwin Feller at the George Washington Hotel next Thursday evening. Local baritone Robert J. McNallum Jr. assists as proceeds go to the District Nurse Association. Tickets are 35 cents at Baker and Boyd drug stores and Harper shop. Also updated, Miss Georgia Wakeman resumes duties as a student nurse at Memorial Hospital after a month long illness tied to blood poisoning, staying with her parents near Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the District Nurse Association
Mary Lily Smoot
Norfolk
George Washington Hotel
Edwin Feller
Georgia Wakeman
Middletown
Memorial Hospital
Miss Wakeman
Pearl H. Wakeman
Three Admirals To See Roosevelt
Three senior admirals W H Standley S M Robinson and E S Land flew to Hyde Park New York to confer with President Roosevelt reportedly about bids for constructing twenty one naval vessels. The exact saving between the commission system and gauge and distributors with armiesagents has not been determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Naval High Command
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
W. H. Standley
M. Robinson
E. S. Land
Commission
Sacred Music Festival Draws 2000 Voices to Massanetta Springs
Visitors from the Carolinas Maryland West Virginia and the District of Columbia travel to Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg for a two day interdenominational Sacred Music Festival. Dr John Finley Williamson directs the 2000 voice massed choir with soloists pianists and regional choirs from Roanoke Lexington Covington Staunton Waynesboro Woodstock Hagerstown Winchester and other Virginia towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas
West Virginia
District of Columbia
South
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Virginia
John Findley Williamson
Westminister Choir School
Princeton
N. J
G. A. Lehmann
Williamson
Annabelle M. Buchanan
John Powell
LoRean Rodapp
Mark Shull
Roanoke
School of Sacred Music
W. E. Hudson
Colgate- Rochester Divinity School
Rochester
N. Y
Raymond K. Hollinger
Hagerstown
Maryland
Lehmann
Irad B. Lower
Lexington
Gladys Copper
B. C. Tolley
O Covington
E. K. Emurian
Clifton Forge
T. C
A. D. Gasque
Floyd
Robert G. Lee, Jr
Fairfield
Campbell Heizer
Tri- State
John Finley Williamson
Leesburg
Newport News
Richmond
Lynchburg
Winchester
Scott and Balzac shaping modern fiction
The passage notes Sir Walter Scott as the first to popularize the novel for a broad audience and Balzac as turning the novel into a key literary vehicle of modern civilization. It also mentions African cobras and Moscow as centers of culture with notable art collections.
City League Basketball Schedule Highlights This Week
This week features Ball Hawks against All Stars, Sunny Side versus Lions, and a full schedule through August and September. Key dates include August 7 South End Indians vs Post Office and August 31 Lions vs Post Office with numerous league matchups across venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Hawks
All
Woolen Mill
South End Indians
Sunny Side
Lions
Post Office
All Stars
Woolen
Old Timers
Woolen Mil
Va Woolen Mill
Sunnyside
Lions Club Eval
South
Pleasant social visits and church events in Mt Pleasant area
Mrs John Perry and sons and daughters visited Gerrards town West Virginia and others visited nearby farms. Many neighbors spent Sunday with families in Opequon Wardensville and Mt Williams. Sunday School at 2 p m and Christian Endeavor at 8 p m in United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Pleasant
John Perry
Woodrow
Edward
Louise
Lucille
Ruth
C. T. McCarty
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Arthur Smith
Lester
Sale Newlin
Opequon
Hazel Racey
Masters Clayton Lloyd Milhon
Ollie Taylor
Dorothy Lee
James Rosenberger
Venner Milhon
Pearl Cochran
Marguerite Snapp
Louis Meadows
Alice Cochran
Tom Byrd
Earle Rosenberger
Frisby Race
Zirkle Williams
Mt. Williams
Bessie Whitacre
James Russell
Dorsey Ritter
Christian Endeavor
United Brethren Church
Baseball Standings and Schedule for the American League
The American League standings show Washington leading with 61 wins and 36 losses, New York second at 60 and 36, with Philadelphia 47 49 and Cleveland 49 53 close behind. Yesterday St Louis beat Cleveland 5 2 while Chicago at Detroit was rained out. today Philadelphia visits New York and Boston plays Washington, with Chicago at Detroit and Cleveland at St Louis on the card for later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Clean Cemetery Cleanup Postponed to Tomorrow
The committee in charge of cleaning the colored cemetery along Valley Pike on the city’s southern edge announces the postponement of the cleanup date to tomorrow. Burials owners are urged to bring tools to restore their lots. The return of Jimmy Matern and the London delegates will influence Broadway ticker tape conservation news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Valley Pike
Baer
Jimmy Matern
London
Broadway
National League Standings and Yesterday's Results
The National League standings show New York leading with 57 wins and 38 losses, Pittsburgh 87 and 43, St. Louis 52 and 46, Chicago 54 and 46, Boston 49 and 49, Philadelphia 41 and 54, Brooklyn 39 and 54, Cincinnati 41 and 60. Yesterday's results: Chicago beat Cincinnati 3 to 1, Pittsburgh defeated St. Louis 9 to 3, Boston triumphed over New York 3 to 1. Upcoming games include St. Louis at Pittsburgh, New York at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Chicago, and Brooklyn at Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Italian Armada Held By Fog
In shoal harbor on August 2 reports say thick fog in the mid Atlantic stopped twenty four Italian sea planes bound for Ireland. General Balbo had ordered takeoff but recalled the order at breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoal Harbor
Mid- Atlantic
Ireland
Balbo
Davis Cup Returns to England Triumph for Britain
Britain regains the Davis Cup for the first time since 1912 after defeating France. Fred Perry and Bunny Austin starred, overpowering veteran Henri Cochet and rising Andre Merlin to lift the crystal trophy and saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
British Isles
Fred Perry
Bunny Austin
Henri Cochet
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Mrs. J. C. Burkhart
Miss Byrd
North Carolina
Margaret Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Charlotte
N. C
Wylie Moore
Moore
Mrs. Jones
Fishers Hill
Maurice Dean
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Rosemont
Senator
Harry F. Byrd
Ward Swank
Carolyn
Janice Swank
Harrisonsburg
Swank
Samuel Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
North Braddock Street
Miss Westwood
Beverley Byrd
Anne Froehling
Friday Bridge Club
B. B. Dutton
South Washington Street
William Stewart
R. Gray ‘Williams
Walton, Sr
Frank H. Brumback
Woodstock
Ripley S. Walker
Shenandoah County
City
Col
Mrs. Llewlyn Bull
Tubyries
Millwood
New York City
Gaynard Feathers
Norman Bakersmith
Marion Vick
Mildred Newlin
Kurtz W. Butler
Ridge Road
Ernest Flowers
Paul
George Reed
Miss Smoots
Huntsberry
South Africa
Moscow
Leningrad
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Demaris Rubright
Demaris
Bh. Wright
New Castle
Portersville
James Rubright
The
Andre Merlin
Jack Lords
DeuveRy Hurlers
ServoRa
Browns
the Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S. Postal Savings Depository
Anna - Belle
N. Cameron St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Big Joe
Lovett Shoe
Loudoun St
R. M. Swimley
Waldorf
Libby
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