Social and Personal Harrisonburg Wedding Notes
Miss Ethel Athey Cooper and Miss Retha Carson Cooper journeyed to Harrisonburg Virginia this afternoon for the marriage of Miss May Gift to Mr Roland Erle Jones. The ceremony at the Methodist Church was followed by a reception at the bride’s parents home. Various local residents and relatives plan visits and travel arrangements, with hospital and social notes detailing to and from Washington Baltimore and other areas.
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Harrisonburg
Ethel Athey Cooper
Retha Carson Cooper
May
Roland Erle Jones
Walter J. Gifford
Garden Club Meeting At Mrs Bar ron Glover Home
The Little Garden Club meets Monday at 3 30 p m at the home of Mrs Bar ron Glover 131 Latane Street for an afternoon session.
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Little Garden Club
Barron Glover
Latane St
Garland Quarles Family Heads to Rehoboth Beach
The Garland Quarles family and accompanying relatives leave for a two week stay at Rehoboth Beach. Several local residents plan trips or visits to relatives in Maryland and New York, with miscellaneous travel and vacation plans noted for the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Quarles
Rehoboth
Nancy Redd Quarles
George Quarles
Mr. Quarles
G. W. Quarles
Rehoboth Beach
Clubs Yard Party at Macedonia Church Tonight
A yard party at Macedonia Church on Front Royal road begins at 7 this evening under Mr Les Sumption to raise funds for materials for a storage room. Food and refreshments will be served with auctions at 9 10 and 11 oclock.
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Macedonia Church
Front Royal Road
Les Sumption
Modern Etiquette Q&A Tips By Robert Lee
A Q and A style guide covers dancing refusals with polite excuses, and table manners including handkerchief use only when necessary. It emphasizes grooming as the core of a well dressed man and urges clean skin hair hands shoes and pressed linen and suit.
Miss Fenton And Mr Wolfe Win All Star Honors
Berryville reports Miss Lascille Fenton and Mr John Wolfe won All Star honors at the 4-H Club meeting in Blacksburg last week. Only seventy nine state winners earned the coveted honor. The article also notes visitors, travel, and local notices from Berryville.
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Berryville
Lascille Fenton
Will Fenton
John Wolfe
James Wolfe
Blacksburg
Bad Posture as a Beauty Sin in Walking Style
The article argues poor posture ruins beauty and offers a guide to proper stance and walking. It warns against slouchy shoulders and tilted chins, urging level heads, lifted chests, and straight toes. Walking is praised as exercise improving mind and body.
Local visitor plans week with Ann Beaver in Richmond
Miss Marjorie Massey returns from White Sulphur and Richmond and is joined by Miss Ann Beaver of Richmond who will stay as Massey's guest for a week.
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Marjorie Massey
White Sulphur
Richmond
Ann Beaver
Mrs Mitchell Forms First Aid Groups In Clarke
Mrs Henry Post Mitchell chair of the National Red Cross First Aid group seeks volunteers for Junior First Aid ages 12 to 16 a 15 hour course Standard First Aid ages 17 up 20 hours Advanced 10 hours instructor training 15 hours or 30 hours Anxious to form classes at once Also notes social visits and departures among local families and guests at Ocean City Virginia Beach and Rose Cottage with multiple households cited.
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Henry Post Mitchell
National Red Cross
Train accident claims two lives and neighbors
A report notes two fatalities after being hit by a train. Names involved include Ernest Meade and Hobson McGehee. The piece also lists several social guests and a church rector’s August plans in Richmond and Berryville.
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Liams
Ernest Meade
Hobson McGehee
Sparrow
William Fisher
Spartanburg
S. C
Frances Sparrow
Richmond
Carolyn Sparrow
Sweetbriar College
Kip Sparrow
New York
Youthful Firemen To Attend Convention
Fifteen young members of the Sarah Zane Fire Co. will be given a free trip to the Cumberland Valley Fireman's Association convention on August 15 in Greencastle Pa. The decision was approved at the regular meeting last night. Names of the travelers will be released shortly.
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Sarah Zane Fire Co
Cumberland Valley Fireman's Association
Greencastle
Measles Epidemic Prompts Nurse Visits Across City
The District Nurse Association reports July saw an measles outbreak among colored children prompting many nurse visits. The welfare department and a local surgeon removed tonsils from two white children and one colored child. Total July visits reached 380 across prenatal to adult patients with several hospital admissions and a maternity case.
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District Nurse Association
Welfare Department
Pearson
Gertrude Barton Nursery School
Building Permits Total 26300 for July
Building permits issued in July totaled 26300 per the Commissioner of Revenue C P McVicar. The largest item was a 14000 seven houses brick structure on National avenue for B H Hamman. Second largest was a 5500 brick dwelling by Dr George Smith on Academy street. Other permits include 300 for Paul DeHaven frame addition and 4000 for Hamman remodel, 500 for Minnie S LaMonde frame dwelling, 2000 for W E Bridgeforth brick dwelling.
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Office of
Commissioner of Revenue
C. P. McVicar
National Avenue
B. H. Hamman
Winchester
George Smith
Academy Street
Paul DeHaven
North Loudoun Street
Minnie
LaMonde
Miller Street
Observers Depart for Training at Nottingham Field Virginia
The 104th observation squadron will leave Derrick field Monday for three weeks of training at Nottingham Field near the A P Military Reservation in Caroline County Virginia. Most personnel travel by truck with five planes flown to join three ships already at the reservation tied to the 119th observation squadron of Newark New Jersey awaiting the main body of officers and men.
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Frederick
Derrick Field
Nottingham Field
A. P
Caroline County
Virginia
119Th Observation
Newark
N. J
Woman eager to fly planes across the Atlantic
Gladys O'Donnell, California born and married to pilot J Lloyd O'Donnell, is an Army flying cadet instructor willing to ferry bombers to Britain for six to twelve months. With 1450 flying hours and 29 race wins, she has long pushed for women to contribute to wartime aviation. Col Robert Olds asked her to serve as ferry pilot or co pilot.
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Long Beach
Calif
Britain
Gladys O'Donnell
Army
Robert Olds
Air Corps Ferry Command
England
O'Donnell
J. Lloyd O'Donnell
Army School of Aeronautics
Visalia
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Report
Treasury figures for July 31 show receipts of 24.3 million dollars and expenditures of 48.2 million. Gross debt stands at 49.51 billion with an increase of 31.27 million from the previous day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Republicans Of Clarke To Meet
Clarke county Republicans are notified of a meeting at Boyce on Tuesday Aug 12 at 3 PM. Delegates will be elected for one state convention in Roanoke. The meeting was called by E A Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Clarke County
Boyce
Roanoke
E. A. Lindsey
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International Apple Shipper Association
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Paris
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Stephens City
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Mr. Wolfe
Alfred Marshall
Clearwater, Fla
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Rye
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Underwood
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Haldeman’s Creamery
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