Gypsy Party at Camp White Brings Camp Reflections
Girls at Camp White enjoy a Gypsy night around the campfire with fortune telling dances and songs. Visitors Miss Christy and Mrs. Legge praise the camp site and order. Planned hikes over the mountains and a Friday camp breaking mark the season’s end. Frank Boucher and Frank Shaffer run Warner theatres in Washington suburbs. Virginia Huntsberry and Helen Cris man plan a kindergarten school for ages 3 to 6 with backgrounds in Handley High and Farmville State Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Christy
Legge
Virginia Anne Huntsberry
Helen Crisman
Miss Huntsberry
Handley High School
Farmville State
Crisman
Philip Crisman
Handley
Farmville
Social Calendar Listings for Local Churches and Groups
Weekly and special events listed include choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran churches, Rotary luncheon at George Washington Hotel, benefit yard parties for Clearbrook and Greenwood School League, Girls Athletic Association meeting, Paxton Chapel and Presbyterian Sunday School events, American Legion luncheon, Braddock Street Methodist lair dance, Dan Gregory orchestra at Jordan White Sulphur Springs, Mount Pleasant United Brethren picnic, and Lions Club meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Some events note rain plans and alternate dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary of George Washington
Benefit Yard
Clearbrook
Presbyterian Sunday School
Girls’ Athletic Association
East Piccadilly Street
George P. Kern
Senseney Road
Greenwood School League
Paxton Chapel
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Young People
Lair
Ch. Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Dan Gregory
Victor Recording Orchestra
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mount Pleasant United Brethren Church
Trimble’s Woods
Fine Program Announced For Giant Choir To Be Heard
A 2000 voice choir concert is set for Massanetta Springs Rockingham county tomorrow evening. Dr John Inley Williamson will lead with Winchester church voices joining the local ensemble under Mrs. Frank L Buckley and Mr Floyd Haines. Tickets from Miss Elizabeth Crawford. Also notes on Mr Brady W Largent recovering from rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta
Massanetta Springs
Rockingham County
John Inley ‘Williamson
Churches of
Frank L. Buckley
Floyd Haines
Elizabeth Crawford
North Washington Street
Festival Choir
Palestrina
Antonio Lotti
David Hugh Jones
Richard Konitz
Hosanna
Christian Gregor
Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Fredrich Erhardt Niedt
Lvovsky
Bethlehem
Geoffrey Shaw
Anton Nikolsky
Alexander Dimitrivitch Katalsky
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
God
Jacksons Visit Crawford Home At Hilandale In August
The Rev. and Mrs. John Long Jackson and daughter Eleanor P. Jackson spend August as guests of Mrs. Jacksons parents Mr. and Mrs. C Grattan Crawford at their home Hilandale near Kernstown The Rev Mr Jackson is rector of St Martins Episcopal Church Charlotte NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long Jackson
Eleanor P. Jackson
Jackson
C Grattan Crawford
Hilandale
Kernstown
Mr. Jackson
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church
Charlotte
N. C
Choir Announces Final Rehearsal Before Sunday Services
The United Brethren Church young people's choir calls a 6 45 PM practice this evening led by Mrs Edwin Rittey as final prep for Sunday services. Also reports on society notices including a Harrisonburg trip and upcoming nuptials for Miss Margaret Macoughtry and Edwin Kilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Choir
The
United Brethren Church
Edwin Rittey
Girls' Athletic Club Plans August Activities
The Girls' Athletic Club holds a regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the West Piccadilly club rooms to discuss August events and entertainments. Mrs Stine of South Stewart entertained younger members at Tokus Inn near Opequon after a dinner with Mr and Mrs Edward Kremer at their North Braddock home. Mrs Stine married July 23 to become H Kathryn Dispanet. Mrs Keffer of East Piccadilly sails to Buffalo Niagara Falls as the sole local booster trip winner among 200 entrants from Larkin Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Piccadilly Street
Herman B. Stine
South Stewart Street
Set
Tokus’ Inn
Opequon
Tokus' In
Edward O. Kremer
North Braddock Street
Stine
H. Kathryn Dispanet
James Keffer
East Piccadilly Street
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Larkin Company
Keffer
Social notes of guests and travels around town
Dr. Hunter McGuire and daughter Anne Tucker McGuire plan a Fort Knox visit with relatives Lieut and Mrs Julian Lindsey. Mrs Judith McGuire and Mrs C Marshall Baldwin are arrivals for a week of visits. Hunter Kennedy arrives to stay with Cary Hunter at Gray Gables Inn. Tea hosted by Mrs John Scully honors Mrs T M Tonnele of Montclair. Arlington-area visitors include Mr and Mrs Paul Anderson and Master Arles Riddelburger and Miss Nancy Funkhouser. Dorothy May Pangle, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Pangle, born in Chester. Various other guests and local hosting arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Harrisonbure
Samuel S. Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
Hilda Miller
Baltimore
Harrisonburg
Hunter H. McGuire
Anne Tucker McGuire
North Braddock Street
Fort Knox, Ky
Hunter Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Columbia, S. C
Miss Cary Hunter
Gray Gables Inn
South
Washington Street
John Riddleburger
Arles Riddleburger
Strasburg
Paul Anderson
Montague Avenue
Ray Pangle
Chester
Dorothy May Pangle
Three Missing After Collision In The Potomac
Three crew members of the Milton S. Lankford schooner are believed drowned after a collision with the State of Maryland near the Potomac mouth. Four others were rescued as a heavy sea and rain pounded the night crash. Skipper E W Midgett survived along with two rescued men. R H Midgett is among the missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Milton S. Lankford
State of Maryland
Potomac River
Maryland
Elizabeth City
N. C
E. W. Midgett
R. H. Midgett
Society of Friends relief work during and after World War
Society of Friends aided relief efforts in France Germany Holland Poland and Russia during the war and conducted extensive reconstruction hospital and destitute relief work after the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
France
Germany
Holland
Poland
Russia
City council weighs rabbit damages and street lights
Councilman Marshall reports state law bars payment for rabbits killed by dogs, citing the cog law and ruling by City Solicitor James P. Reardon. Other items include a new Old Town Spring pump, curb and gutter financing by Mason, a request for more Bond street lighting, and strict enforcement of an eight foot awning rule on main streets. The council filled two School Board seats, discussed codifying city ordinances, honored retiring members, and denied E F Smith gasoline pumps on East Piccadilly street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Claims Committee
James P. Reardon
Reardon
Harper
Water Committee
Old Town
Page
Arl Mason
Mary Mellinger
Beverley
Bond Street
Rosenberger
Warren Rice
Stewart Perry
W. M. Lupton
Dr. Allen
Forney
Thomas E. Kremer
Hollis
Messrs Rice and
Lupton
Messrs Perry
Kremer
Philip R. Fowle
Allen
F. A. Shryock
William T
Charles H. Harper
Lawrence C. Hollis
W. Nelson Page
Peyton J. Marshall
John H. Rosenberger
F. Amos Shryock
R. Frank Barr
Percy D. Miller
Veterans abandon Maryland camp under orders
Doak Carter announced the bonus expeditionary force will leave Johnstown soon and evacuate camps. Maryland state police prepare to evict camp Waters and register residents to arrange transportation home. Walter W. Waters promised a broader network of state camps and a national organization within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Walter W. Waters
Doak Carter
Waters
Johnstown
Albert C. Ritchie
Eddie McCloskey
Waterbury
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Edward McK. Johnson
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Johnson
Marylad
Washington
Maggie
Special Services In County Church
The Rev. C. J. Racey of the United Brethren Church will lead a week of services starting next Sunday evening at 8 o clock in Fairview United Brethren Church near Nain. Rural church work grows harder each year, and residents are urged to attend. Special music will be provided each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Racey
United Brethren Church
Fairview United Brethren Church
Nain
Wife Preservers Keep First Aid Kits Stocked Now
Seasonal bumps bruises and bites prompt readers to keep first aid kits ready. Practical tips emphasize stocking essentials and checking supplies for peak year safety.
Sniping Intensifies at Dixie Bee Mine Siege
In Terre Haute Indiana, the Dixie Bee mine siege in Vigo County continued with desultory shooting as sixty non union workers and union pickets exchanged fire at daybreak. One picket was killed and four wounded while four defenders were wounded. Ambulances were turned away and non union reps sought a Capitol meeting with Governor Leslie hoping National Guard troops can end the hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Terre HA Ind
Dixie Bee
Vigo County
State Capitol
Indianapolis
Harry G. Leslie
National Guard
Troops Leave To Meet Bolivians
Five hundred Paraguayan soldiers, the first to depart Asuncion for the front in the undeclared conflict with Bolivia, began moving up the river today toward the Chaco. Earlier, 1,200 men reached the capital in response to the mobilization order. most are college students and schoolboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Asuncion
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco
Pastime traced to Italy the game of dominoes originated
A note traces dominoes to Italy where the game originated and was unknown until the fifteenth century. The name domino is said to derive from the ebony backing resembling the black cloak called the domino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Interesting Items For The Newsreel at Capitol Theatre
The Mc Namee News reports two items shown Friday at the Capitol Theatre. Forces troops expel a Washington briefing while a Newman page covers Berlin Tony. Both address national issues including bonuses and Berlin tensions under Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aan
Washington, D. C
Pauce
Uncle Sam
Capitol Theatre
McNamee News
Berlin
Hitler
Prosperous Spanish Port Majoren Nes Details
The island of Majoren Nes off the coast of Spain near Barcelona is described as a growing port with many fruit steamers calling there. It spans miles in length and reportedly has a population figure similar to the latest census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majoren Nes
Spain
Barcelona
Seomaee
Large Crowds Attend Galilee Revival Meeting
Rev F B Sapp leads revival at Galilee Church near Grimes drawing big crowds. Fifteen conversions reported with baptism planned Friday. Charles E McVay from Winchester directs two large chorus choirs. Meeting closes Sunday evening August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. McVay
Winchester
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Ysis Fqmal ZA
Mrs. Boucher
Frank M. Boucher
Atlantic
South America
West Indies
Boucher
Warner Brothers
Capitol
Colonial Theatres
Havana
Cuba
Warner Theatres
Frank Shaffer
Grace Lutheran Church
Lions’ Club
Largent
Brady W. Largent
Huntsberry
Margaret Macoughtry
William ©. Macoughtry
Middleway
Jefferson County
W. Va
Edwin Roland Kilmer
Martinsburg
Grace Episcopal Church
Shepherd College
Charles Town
Kilmer
Sue H. Kilmer
Boyd Kilmer
Hedgesville
Webber
Guy Webber
Fairview Avenue
Grace Fries
White Hall
Girls’ Athletic Club
Mrs. Stine
Mrs. Keffer
Trip
C. Marshall Baldwin
Victor L. Denny
West Cork Street
John 8. Scully
T.M. Tonnele
Montclair
N. J
Nancy Funkhouser
Capon Bridge
Mrs
Earl Grim
Gladys Funkhouser
Fairmont Avenue
Annie Hubbard
Tiffin
Ohio
James Gearing, Jr
Earl Spiker
Helen Jeanne Miller
East Leicester Street
Helen Gibson
Mountain Lake Park
G. B. Guthridge
Berryville Avenue
Potomac
Eben
Washington Star
Society
Shenandgah Valley National Bank
Ourpecials
Lovett
CROSS
Galilee Church of
Commercial & Savings Bank Dependable Bank
RM. Swimley
People’s Bargain’ Store
North Main Street
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
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