Edna Schaeffer Leads Music for Massanetta Biblical Pageant
Miss Edna Schaeffer in charge of music for the Massanetta Springs pageant on August 20 21 and 23 has formed a hundred voice choir. She appointed ten sub chairmen to recruit voices and selected hymns and anthems to complement the pageant script. The choir and costumes will form a large cast for what is billed as a premier religious drama in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massenetta Springs
Miss Schaeffer
Miss Schae
Community Calendar Shows Weekly Club Meetings
A series of society gatherings outlined with times and venues. The schedule includes the Woman's Missionary Society at Street Methodist, Modern Woodmen Camp No. 15, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Garden Club at The Turbies in Clarke County, United Brethren Young People's choir, Winchester Elks and adult choir practice, Rotary Club luncheon at Winchester Golf Club, and American Legion and Lions Club meetings at George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Modren Woodmen of America
North Loeere Street
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Clarke County Garden Club
Lawyers To Dinner For Mr Walton In Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah County Bar Association plans a dinner at Narrows Passage Inn to honor M M L Walton of Woodstock for sixty years of active law practice in the Shenandoah Valley. Attendees will include attorneys from Staunton to Winchester with speeches by veteran lawyers and Walton’s lay friends. Walton has long been a practicing attorney and a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, often elected as a delegate to the General Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Shenandoah Valley
Mm. L. Walton
Woodstock
Shenandoah
Virginia
Additio
Paethodist Episcopal Church
Oath
Baltimore
Mrs. Colfelt Sustains Compound Leg Fracture
Mrs. W. J. Colfelt of Middletown fell at home about four yesterday afternoon and suffered a compound fracture of the right leg near the ankle. She was brought to the city for reduction and sent home. Her daughter Miss Julia Margaret Colfelt, a registered nurse, is visiting for a month and will care for her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Colfelt
Middletown
Colfelt
Yates Undergoes Amputation of Leg at Local Hospital
Mr W S Yates Baltimore and Ohio Railroad employe who suffered a badly crushed leg two weeks ago in the freight yards yesterday underwent an operation for leg amputation. Surgeons had hoped the fracture would knit but it failed and the amputation was performed. Today hospital officials said his condition was fair. his home is in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Yates
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Dr and Mrs Cline Return From Blowing Rock Trip
Dr and Mrs R F Cline returned to their West Clifford street home after a motor vacation at Mayview Manor Hotel Blowing Rock North Carolina with daughter June Cline. In Abingdon they joined by Cline's brother and his wife. The trip was by car. Miss Virginia Pifer Miss Freda Havermale Mr Charles Boyd and Mr Clarence Hausenfluck also motored to Berkeley Springs West Virginia Sunday for a day trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Pifer
Freda Havermale
Charles Boyd
Clarence Hausenfluck
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Delightful Birth Anniversary Surprise For Mrs Johnson
Mrs. Johnson surprised by a birthday dinner arranged by friends after a Christian Church meeting at Timber Ridge. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. W J Muse, Mr. and Mrs. M C Jackson, Miss Mary Virginia Johnson, Miss Margaret Constable of Gore, Avon Buckman Romney, and others from Winchester Gore Romney and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High View
Hampshire County
Winchester
Johnson
W. J. Muse
Trone
M. C. Jackson
Luther . Johnson
Mary Virginia Johnson
Margaret Constable
Gore
Avon Buckman
Romney
W. Va
A. C. Oates
S. M. Davis
Newton Grove
Bertha Ritter
Cora Fletcher
B. F. Line
Katherine Evans
Washington, D. C
Josephine Printz
Chalmers Gardner
Pittsburgh
Mount Airy Woman Chaperones Local Campout Party
Mrs J Albert Nice of Mount Airy Maryland oversees a camping outing in Fort Valley with a party of boys and girls. The camp site is owned by Julian Neville Major of Riverton. Participants include Claudia Harris Virginia Wilmer Arlene Guyton Eloise Gunn Courtney Norford Henry Runkles Wilmer Murray Marion Runkles all of Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Albert Nice
Mount Airy
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Fort Valley
Julian Neville Major
Riverton
Claudia Harris
Dr. Morris
Sykesville
Virginia Wilmer
Arlene Guyton
New Windsor
Eloise Gunn
Messrs
Courtney Norford
Henry Runkles
Wilmer Murray
Marion Runkles
Mrs. Nice
Upton L. Dorsey
Winchester
Grimes and Richardson
Front Royal
Giffin Family Birthday Dinner at Capon Bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Giffin hosted a small birthday gathering at their Capon Bridge West Virginia home on Sunday. Guests included Russell Lup ton Mary Emma Gill Elora Anderson Ada Gill Upton Pugh Russell Cooper Belle Hicks Baxter A Giffin Walter Cooper Harry Pugh Roy Giffin Jack Cooper and Raymond Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Giffin
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Giffin
Lula Cooper
Marshall Cooper
Gore
County
Russell Lupton
Mary Emma Gill
Elora Anderson
Ada Gill
Upton Pugh
Russell
Illness of Mrs Ida Finkbine Shryock Stirs Community
Mrs Ida Finkbine Shryock widow of Fred A Shryock is seriously ill at her son in law and daughter's home on South Washington Street after a visit to Pittsburgh. Her condition shows little improvement. Her brother Wilmer Finkbine of Annapolis has been here several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Finkbine Shryock
Fred A. Shryock
Frank Bailey
South
Washington Street
Birthday Picnic Honors Mrs. Lucy Hart on Shenandoah
A Sunday evening picnic on the Shenandoah River celebrated Mrs. Lucy Hart turning seventy seven. Attending were her children grandchildren great grandchildren and her brother Mr. John Galloway plus nephew and niece. F C Sonne from Washington D C joined with Mrs Hart's cousins Mrs Alberta McGowan and Mrs Alice Lester. Mrs Hart received vases of flowers and many gifts and greetings.
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Shenandoah River
Lucy Hart
John Galloway
F. C. Sonne
Washington, D. C
Hart
Alberta McGowan
Alice Lester
Duvalls Welcome Son Perrine Davis Duvall
Mr and Mrs Reginald Duvall receive congratulations on the birth of a son at Memorial Hospital on July 30. Mrs Duvall formerly Miss Marion Pine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jackson Pine of Clarke County. Mr Duvall works for State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance. Namesake: Perrine Davis Duvall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Duvall
R. Reginald Duvall
Memorial Hospital
Duvall
Marion Pine
Jackson Pine
Clarke County
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company
Perrine Davis Duvall
Brown couple welcome daughter in Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Virgil S Brown of Greenwood are congratulated on the birth of a daughter at Memorial Hospital on August 3. Mrs Brown is formerly Miss Mable Newcome, daughter of Mr S G Newcome and the late Mrs Newcome of near Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil S. Brown
Greenwood
Memorial Hospital
Brown
Mable Newcome
S. G. Newcome
Newcome
Winchester
Riley couple back from honeymoon in Atlantic City
Mr and Mrs J Howard Riley return to the city after their honeymoon in Atlantic City New Jersey They will live at 9712 South Braddock Street in the home of the bride s parents Mrs Riley is the former Miss Winfred Benton Anderson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Riley
J. Howard Riley
Atlantic City
N. J
South Braddock Street
Mrs Dalgetty Kerr Injured in Virginia Fall
Relatives report Mrs George A Dalgetty Kerr fractured her leg in a fall at University Virginia last week. She was taken to University Hospital where her condition is slightly improved though she remains laid up for some time. Formerly Miss Grace Wall she is daughter of the late W W Wall of this city and planned to attend her nephew Edward Barr and Virginia Hunter Boyd wedding in Winchester last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Dalgetty- Kerr
University, Va
University Hospital
Dalgetty- Kerr
Grace Wall
W.W. Wall
Winchester
Pre-nuptial entertainments honor Miss Virginia Hunter Boyd
A buffet supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Barr at their West Bos cawen street home and a luncheon by Mrs. Fred L. Glaize Sr at Winchester Golf Club marked the pre nuptial festivities for Miss Virginia Hunter Boyd prior to her marriage to Edward Wall Barr last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Hunter Boyd
Edward Wall Barr
Charles Frederick Barr
Barr
West Boscawen Street
Fred. L. Glaize
Winchester Golf Club
MacCallum Exhibits Drawings in Washington
Ian MacCallum of Winchester contributed eleven entries to an Association of Federal Architects exhibition at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. His Winchester subjects account for three drawings, three pieces show coats of arms for local families, and the rest are designs for furnishings in the offices of Attorney General Cummings Postmaster General Farley and Secretary of Labor Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacCallum
Washington
Association of Federal Architects
Ian MacCallum
Winchester
Smithsonian Institute
Cummings
Farley
Labor Perkins
Front Page Woman at Capitol Theatre with Bette Davis
Captiol Theatre presents Front Page Woman with Bette Davis and George Brent as rival reporters in a tense plot of love and professional rivalry. Thursday and Friday showings promise a realistic drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
Capitol
George Brent
Capitol Theatre
Mrs O Connell Attends Columbia Summer School
Mrs Irvan O Connell of Greystone Terrace spends the summer in New York City with her father Spencer Heath of Elkridge Md and New York. While there she attends Columbia University summer school sessions.
Hart Family Visits Patient at Blue Ridge Sanatorium
Mr and Mrs James Hart Sr and Mr and Mrs James Hart Jr and Mrs Howard Hart spent last Sunday with her husband a patient at the Blue Ridge Sanatorium near Charlottesville whose condition is somewhat improved according to reports from the facility
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hart
James Hart, Jr
Howard Hart
Blue Ridge Sanatorium
Charlottesville
Misses Haymaker Return From Martinsburg Visit
Elizabeth Ann and Margaret Louise Haymaker return home after a week with their aunt Mrs. O. A. Brandenburg in Martinsburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann
Margaret Louise Haymaker
O. A. Brandenburg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Misses Kerin Return From Visit With Relatives
Miss Dorothy Lee Kerin and Miss Gar netta Kerin along with Master Clark Kerin Jr. return to Coleman Falls after two months with relatives. Their cousin Miss Colleen Racey accompanies them and will stay two weeks as their guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lee
Garnetta Kerin
Clark Kerin, Jr
Coleman Falls
Colleen Racey
Park To Play Culpeper Saturday In Grudge Series
The Park and Culpeper renew a three game set with a Saturday afternoon meeting at West Point seguing from a split here last weekend. Park holds a 25 and 4 record and expects a Saturday game if a suitable opponent is found. Culpeper, the Valley League leader, travels for a critical clash after losing 3-2 to the locals earlier this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Invaders
Mallory
Winchester
Culpeper
Culpeper Club
Ionian Institute
Washington
Loudoun Man Injured In Crash At Berryville
John Leake of Bluemont Loudoun county was injured when a truck crowded him off the road in Berryville about 4 AM He crashed into two trees in front of the Misses Lake home on South Church street His car was demolished and the truck driver fled The scene drew Lucy Allen Dr Iden Hayward Leake Capt Frank Wray and Benjamin Crampton for help
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Berryville
John Leake
Bluemont
Loudoun County
Misses Lake
South Church Street
Iden
Hayward Leake
F. W. Tilford
Frank M. Wray
Commonwealth
Benjamin Crampton
Wife Quizzed About Shooting Of Her Husband
George A. Yakel was shot to death at his Belle Haven home in Alexandria Virginia. His wife Nancy Lee 24 an expectant mother was placed in the custody of her attorney. An inquest was scheduled to determine the circumstances of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
George A. Yakel
Belle Haven
Nancy Lee
Hortense Elliott
Ex Champion of Auto Dirt Track Killed in Blast
Louis Hoyt a 52 year old former dirt track racing record holder was killed in a garage explosion on New Main street Haverstraw New York. Authorities fear a bomb caused the blast a car with New Jersey plates was seen speeding away after the explosion. The blast shattered windows three blocks away and fire crews from eight towns battled the flames.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Louis Hoyt
Hoyt
New Main Street
Harvey Zorn
District Attorney’s Office
New Jersey
Main Street
Crowd Of Dranks Fined In Court
Four men and one woman were found guilty of drunk and disorderly conduct in the court of Trial Justice A J Tavenner. John Martin Delbert McKay Arthur Thomas and Marie Nichols were fined 10.26 each. Woodrow Payne received 25.25 for unlawful possession of liquor. The judge warned Nichols to leave Virginia as an undesirable.
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A. J. Tavenner
John Martin
Delbert McKay
Arthur Thomas
Marie Nichols
Woodrow Payne
Frontier farming urged as Alaska super colony eyed
Anchorage August 6 The government considers a super colony on the Kenai Peninsula similar to Matanuska schemes. Mayor Don Brownell Seward says federal officials weigh transplanting 2000 families to the peninsula between Anchorage and Seward. Don L Irwin Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corp says 650 farmers from every state have applied to join the colonists in Matanuska valley.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matanuska
Kenai Peninsula
Don Brownell
Seward
Washington, D. C
United States
Don L. Irwin
Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Matanuska Valley
Four Thousand Candia Strikers Return To Work
Four thousand strikers in Candia returned to work today after the revolt was crushed. They won a 15 percent wage increase negotiated by Gen. Kapoulos who accepted the rebels surrender and helped settle strike issues. Casualties from yesterday’s street fighting totaled six dead and 51 wounded.
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Athens
Kapoulos
Candia
Five Killed In Raid On Mosque
In Phenhera village Champaran district Bihar province police fired 30 rounds at about 3 000 Hindus attempting to raid a Muslim mosque. Five were killed and seven wounded in the clash over a Hindu religious procession route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranchi
Bengal
India
Phenhera
Champaran
Bihar
Cremation for ex postmaster general Hitchcock
The body of Frank Harris Hitchcock aged 65 former postmaster general was cremated in Phoenix after dying in a Tucson sanatorium. His ashes will be sent to Cambridge Massachusetts for funeral services, escorted by his sisters Mrs. George V. Wendell and Mrs. F. M. Mann of Minneapolis, his only surviving relatives.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Frank Harris Hitchcock
Tucson
Cambridge
Mass
George V. Wendell
F. M. Mann
Minneapolis
German consul refuses visa for Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman
The German embassy in Washington said the St Louis consul’s decision to refuse a visa to Rabbi Ferdinand M Isserman of Temple Israel St Louis to travel in Germany is final. The consul is the sole official competent to grant or refuse a visa for residents in his district. This mirrors foreign service practice.
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Washington
St. Louis
Ferdinand M. Isserman
Temple Israel
Germany
Cee Foreign Service
Convict Camp Moves to Route 7 for Route 7 Project
The convict camp formerly on Route 50 has been relocated to Route 7 near Reynolds Store. Construction awaits survey stakes before starting. A $100,000 allocation funds Route 7 work this fiscal year. Clean-up remains on Route 50 east of Winchester for about four miles completed last year.
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Reynolds Store
Winchester
Gasoline Production Fields Across North America
Readable fields show gasoline produced without refinement in Calgary Canada and in Alberta as well as in New Mexico. The locations named indicate significant crude processing or byproduct refining activity in North American oil regions.
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Calgary
Canada
Alberta
New Mexico
Rhumba Star Jo Andrews Voted Best American Dancer
Miss Jo Andrews of Boston earns top honors from Mexico City English Club as best American rhumba dancer. She began rhumba studies last December and has since out-danced Mexico City's leading dancers at social events.
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Jo Andrews
Boston
Mexico City
Mexico
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Edna Schaeffer
Massanetta
Robert
Conrad Post
American Legion
Lions Club
Huntsberry
Mrs. Johnson
Mrs
George Dalgetty-Kerr
Barr-Boyd
Loudoun
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Hudson Webber
Tracy DeHaven
Paul DeHaven
Virginia Avenue
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Hitchcock
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Winchester, VA
BIG Joe
B&c
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
ASCO
Victor
Acme
Ly Stores CO
Geo. W. Kurtz
Haskell
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
Sanitse
Loudoun St
Kraft
REED
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
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