Reunion Draws 110 Descendants of Hancher Family
Descendants of Joshua Henshaw from Liverpool who arrived in 1651 gathered at Maple Hill Farm near White Hall for a reunion conceived by Dr. John W. Hancher. The event featured a lawn luncheon and group photos then visits to Old Mill once owned by Fairfax ancestors. A long list of attendees from families Hancher Henshaw Kuntz and related lines attended, with organizers Mrs. Joseph W. Hancher and others coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Henshaw
Liverpool
Eng
America
Maple Hill Farm
Joseph W. Hancher
Apple Pie Ridge
White Hall
John W. Hanchher
John W. Mason
Fairmont
W. Va
Ralph E. Slabaugh
Lancaster
Bunker Hill
Edwin C. Henshaw
Lord Fairfax
John W. Hancher
Washington
Emma T. Anderson
Winchester
Jane Finley
Kenneth Hancher
Mary Jane
Pelham
N. Y
John W. Henkie
John Porter Hinkle
Joseph W. Hancher, II
Virginia Hancher
Edith Henshaw Kuntz
Emogene Kuntz
James Kuntz
David Kuntz
E. E. Kuntz
Edward Koontz
Charles D. Kuntz
Brownie Kuntz
Front Royal Community Guest and Visiting List
Used to Live Alone Miss Virginia Smith travels to Pittsburgh for two weeks as guest of Miss Margaret Graham. Roanoke guests include Mrs. George Morton and son John White. Bonnie Ray Circle met at Front Royal Recreational Park for a picnic. Dozens of local residents host relatives and friends visiting from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Smith
Pittsburgh
Margaret Graham
George Morton
John White
Roanoke
Bonnie Ray
The
First Baptist Church
Front Royal
Eclair Definition Tennis Etiquette Ruby Anniversary
An eclair is a small oblong shell of baked paste filled with flavored cream and glazed. Pronounce a klar with first a as in ate and second a as in care. No street shoes on clay courts. only regulation rubber-soled tennis shoes. A fortieth is the ruby wedding anniversary.
Red Cross Lifesaving Course Enrollment Notice
Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Chapter offers Red Cross Life Saving courses for members of the American Legion Pool and Winchester Country Club. Enrollees fill a form listing name address phone age and choose Senior Junior Beginner or Swimmers. Mail the form to the Red Cross Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Pool
Winchester Country Club
Red Cross
Winchester- Prederick County
Red Cross Chapter
Miss Ramsburg Joins Alpha Tau Pi Honorary
Miss Charlotte Ann Ramsburg of Berryville has been elected to Alpha Tau Pi at Washington College Fredericksburg Where she studies and joined another student this quarter on the same honor. Ramsburg also made the Dean's list and honor roll last quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Ann Ramsburg
Berryville
Alph Tau Pi
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Alpha Tau Pi
Ramsburg
Surprise party honors Colleen Racey at Charles Street home
Mr and Mrs Harry Racey hosted a surprise gathering for daughter Colleen Monday night at 371 Charles Street. Guests included Kitty McCauley June Stultz Dorothy Shanholtz and many other friends. Elderly Pittsburgh couple wed in Winchester and plan to reside in Dormont. William Zeigler visits from Lewistown with relatives in Maurertown and Kernstown. Rest Methodist Missionary Society to meet Saturday with a wine on the lawn. F A Crisman and son Fred depart for New York for the World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Racey
Colleen
Charles Street
Kitty McCauley
Colleen Swisher
June Stultz
Dorothy Shanholtz
Elizabeth Rainsberger
Thelma Green
Esther Haines
Elia Pugh
Geraldine Fogle
Nancy Hill
Dorothy Lee Kern
Lucille Spillman
Hazel Racey
Helen Stultz
Marguerite Thompson
Pittsburgh
John McNeil
Bessie L. Snyder
Winchester
Charles D. Gilkeson
Wheeling
W. Va
McNeil
Presbyterian Church
Ireland
Dormont
William Zeigler
Lewistown
John Moyer
F. A. Crisman
Fred
New York
Calendar of events features concerts meetings and a picnic
7 30 p m Wings Over Jordan concert by famous colored chorus at Christ Episcopal Church 5 30 p m Groups leave here for Pifer s cabin river for annual Frederick and Winchester Young Democrats picnic 8 00 p m Regular weekly meeting of the W O W at Odd Fellows Hall 8 00 p m G A A meets United Food team in softball game on bicycles at The Park 10 00 p m Saturday night dance at the Winchester Golf Club with music by George Washington Orchestra
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wings Over Jordan
Famous Colored Chorus
Christ Episcopal Chu
Pifer's
Winchester Golf Club
George Washington Orchestra
Dance At Winchester Golf Club Dances Tomorrow
A Saturday night dance series at the Winchester Golf Club continues tomorrow starting at 10 pm. Tom Scully chairs the dance committee and invites attending hundreds of local youths with George Washington hotel orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Tom Scully
George Washington Hotel
Mr Lee Fisher Visits Ohio for Aunt's Birthday
Mr. Lee Fisher is spending his annual vacation with his aunt Mrs. Annie Fisher in Ohio. Mrs. Fisher will celebrate her 84th birthday anniversary during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lee Fisher
Mrs
Annie Fisher
Ohio
Mrs. Fisher
Gardiner Headley Family Heads to New York World’s Fair
Mr and Mrs Gardiner Headley and their daughters June and Fay departed yesterday morning for New York to attend the World’s Fair, hoping for a day of exhibits and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner Headley
June
Fay
New York
New Garden Club At Middleburg Formed With Officers
Mrs. T Walter Fred was named president of the newly organized Middleburg Garden Club. Other officers include Mrs. J P Dudley as first vice president and Mrs H A Spitler as second vice president. The group welcomed guests Mr and Mrs Carlton R Sheldon of Baltimore and Mr and Mrs G A Newcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Garden Club
Middleburg
T. Walter Fred
Carlton R. Sheldon
Baltimore, Md
Richard Kremer
G. A. Newcome
Nooky Shendon at Atlantic City This Week
Front Royal reports Mr. Nooky Shendon is spending this week at Atlantic City. Miss Nannie Porter, who has spent a month with Mrs. Mary Burruss at Mapleshade, has returned to her home in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Nagel
Front Royal Hospital
Geneva Beatty
Lovell Jennings
Marshall
W. E. Carson
Killahevlin
Betty Bennett
Peter Bennett
Paul Rudacille
Front Royal
Nooky” Shendon
Atlantic City
Nannie Porter
Mary Burruss
Mapleshade
Washington, D. C
Berryville, Va
Newton Smith
J. E. Ogden
Baltimore
Berryville Social News Highlights Weekly Family Visits
Berryville Virginia report of residents visiting relatives and hosting guests. Mrs Newton Smith returns to Baltimore. the Blythe children stay with grandparents. Fleming Jr and Jimmy Wise carver visit Rixey Moore. Rev R H Thomas and son Bobby vacationed near Mineral Virginia. The Theenas leave for Waynesboro Pa. and the Ark. Dr L A Parker and Annie Laurie Parker back from Mississippi and North Carolina. The Morri son family return to Waynesboro. Lavelle duo back from West Point Mississippi. Coiner family hosts Dr E Grayson Coiner and Gordon. Har desty family hosts Chester Ogden and Jane Ogden from Roanoke. tea hosted by Rose MacDonald for Mrs William Horner and Mrs Wilson Hunter. Goldsmiths host Henry Patterson and wife from Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
John
Robert Webber
William Webber
Vivian
Hagerstown
Marie Webber
Brent Webber
Fayetteville
Edith Webber
Louise
Madia
Christian Webber
Arthur Webber
Gladys
Albert Webber
Loraine
Hazel
Mildred
Ruby
Roy Webber
Jackie
Chambersburg
Mary Webber
Brucetown
Earl Conn
Billy
Donnie
Jimmy
Carl Conn
Cumberland, Md
Hamilton Webber
Mary
Henry
Silver Mills
W. Va
Roy Miller
John Mong
Bunker Hill
William Mong
Anna Mong
Paul
Nimrode Mong
Virginia Webber
Mary Jacques
Glenville Barney
Earl Webber
Earl
Forbes Gregory
John Edward
Avie Webber
Martinsburg
Mary Allamong
Isaac Allamong
Evelyn Shade
Chester Webber
Charles
Sherman Dick
Winchester
Roosevelt Allamong
Waynesboro
Wesley Webber
Mary Jane
Blair
John Morrison
Dorothy
Doris Morrison
Asbury Morrison
Stephenson
Russell Morrison
Betty Lou
John Willam
Hunter Strobridge
Grimes
Ernest Milburn
Edgar Dick
Galen
White Hall
W. T. Hardy
Mervil Hardy
Edith Hardy
Charles Swain
Alice Payne
Hattie Huffman
Brownie Huffman
Wayne and
Lee Huffman
Edward Harman
Marie
Maurice Burleston
Wadesville
Richie
Philadelphia
John Koontz
Johnny
Ellie Abshire
Betty Taylor
Seeer
W. A
Winchester Drunk Driving Defendants Sentenced
Trial Justice A J Tavenn er and Leé Byrne of Winchester hear cases with Catherine Lonas an occupant of the same car. Drunken driving results in four months and 100 dollars plus costs. Lonas receives one month and disorderly conduct fine of 10 25. The user asks about American travel abroad noting peak year 1930 with 203 174 travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Tavenner
Leé Byrne
Winchester
Catherine Lonas
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1795 B for Smart Spring Frocks
Barbara Bell pattern 1795 B offers sizes 34 through 48 with optional short or long sleeves. The design uses chiffon georgette rayon and small-figured silks, includes a step by step sew chart, and is marketed as chic easy and economical to sew at home. Prices 15 cents pattern 15 cents pattern book or 25 cents for both. orders via box address.
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Barbara Bell
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Hancher
James Beverley Perry
Vivian W. Henshaw
Richmond
Alvin C. Barrett
Evelyn Hanshaw
Anna Mary Hanshaw
Inwood
Bruce C. Lanshaw
Margaret Hancher Larimer
Clearbrook
Peggy Ann
Mary Jane Larimer
Eugenia H. Warfield
Gaithersburg
Eva R. Henshaw
McLean
Bernard Henshaw
Winnie C. Henshaw
Bowling Green
Mary Scott Broaddus
Maxie G. Broaddus
Mary Henshaw Broddus
Sparta
Fannie Henshaw Conway
Frances Henshaw Seure
Dorcas Wilson Thatcher
George F. Henshaw
A. B. Rose
Virgil Hansher
Chicago
Ill
Winifred Willard
Garnetta Anderson
Mark Hancher
Maplewood
N. J
C. N. Hancher
Christopher C. Branegan
N. P
Walter T. Anderson
Wilmer A. Anderson
Rilla Anderson
Mary Carr Anderson
Martha Reese
Jean Ebert
Frances Sencindiver
Strasburg
Ruby Smith
Donald
Luther Bridges
Ethel Barrett
Fannie Sencindiver
J. A. Kiger
E. M. Henshaw
Kate Henshaw
Bertha Henshaw
Ella Henshaw
Rose Henshaw
Eva Frances Coot
Mary Linwood Hinkel
E. G. Cook
Isabel S. Ebert
Patricia Ann Ebert
Lucille Sencindiver
Rachel Hott Shepherd
Sonny Shepherd
Virginia Hott Grove
Allen L. McDowall
Herndon
C. Fred Barr
Mrs. Lloyd Edmonds
Mr. Edmonds
Mrs. C. R. Edmonds
Chester Street
R. E. Purdum
C. W. Paris, Jr
Susie Jackson
Davidson, N. C
J. M. Jackson
Mrs. Gwynn Coe
Lakeland, Fla
Mrs. Coe
G. A. Ford
Marjorie Pennypacker
Lewistown, Pa
Elaine Barraclough
Betty Russell
Jack Russell
Mrs. Russell
Leslie Keyser
Eula Fox
Mrs. Chilton Weaver
Reedville
Mrs. Brooke Weaver
Harold Smith, Jr
Harold W. Smith
Riverton
C. M. Stull, Jr
Arlington
R. E. L. Miller
O. W. Carper
Sue Walton
Charlottesville
Carper
S. F. Walton
T. L. Harlow
Alice Nesbitt
Anna Haley
Rennie Cory
New York City
Francis Collins
Harrisonburg
Mr. Collins
Sam Collins
John Donaldson
Triplett
Rectortown
Johnson’s Woman's Nursing Home
John Boyd
Marjorie Hillis
Thomas H. Roulston
Valley Forge
Ter Country Club
Charlotte Ramsburg
Nat'l Sorority
Brooks' Pharmacy
Alecia Beauty Salon
Mrs. Racey
Brown & White
McGregor
Ganther
Young Men’s Sport Shop
Geo. Washington Hotel
Webber
Dutch Windmill
Joseph Goethe
Black Penny
Millwood
Tony
Goethe
Denver
Colo
Denver Art Museum
University of Kansas
Virginia Sydnor
Ashland
Elane Anthony
Memphis
Tenn
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
South Stewart Street
Randolph Macon College
Lynchburg
Owen M. Foley
Herrodsburg, Ky
Cora M. Newcome
Kathleen Thompson
Clarke County
Dora Grim
West Germain Street
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Will
Social News
Blythe
Suzanne and
Warde, Jr
Chas. T. Levi
Fleming, Jr
Jimmy Wisecarver
Belle Meade
Rixey Moore
R. H. Thomas
Bobby
Mineral
Louisa County
Theenas
Will Hardesty
Rice Street
L.A. Parker
Annie Laurie Parker
Mississippi
North Carolina
Loyd Parker
Wake Forne N. C
Nicholas Morrison
Anne
Mrs. Morrison
Walter D. Wisecarver
Mr. Morrison
Howard Morrison
New Market
Boyce
Andrew Lavelle
West Point
Miss
Mr. Lavelle
E. G. Coiner
E. Grayson Coiner
Gordon
George N. Hardesty
Rose MacDonald
William Horner
Cleveland
Wilson Hunter
Louisville
William Wattles
Charles Town
John S. Goldsmith
Henry Patterson
Petersburg
Haldeman
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Loudoun St
Huntsberry
Bostonians
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Y&e
Loudoun St
Inting CO
the Evening Star
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N
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