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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1937
Page
8
Saturday night social calendar lists a 10 00 p m regular dance at Winchester Golf Club and an 8 00 p m meeting of Madison Lodge No 6 I O O F at the lodge hall on East Boscawen Street.
Miss Harriet Claussa Bruce daughter of Mrs Robert Edgar Bruce of Greenwood Virginia and Mr Herbert Paul Rhodes son of Mr and Mrs M H Rhodes of Middletown will wed Friday August 27 at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Greenwood Virginia A reception will follow at the bride’s mother’s home Bruce a Fredericksburg State Teachers College graduate taught at Handley Rhodes a Rhodes Drug Company proprietor trained at the Medical College of Virginia also attended Roanoke College and Western Maryland
Residents report on tours by the V. P. I Southern Colonels Orchestra members in Venice and Hamburg then Europe. Several families and guests are listed visiting Atlantic City Washington Fredericksburg and Martinsburg with trips to Pittsburgh New York and the Chesapeake Bay area. A September wedding is anticipated and local travelers are noted for upcoming visits and homecomings.
Roberta Lee offers tips on tea service with soft cake and cream. Small forks belong on the tea table. A musi cale guest should stay quiet during selections as a duty. Including a card with a first invitation is customary.
Miss Dora Grim of West Germain street entertains at Mrs. E. H. Barnes home on Buchanan Street Washington DC in honor of Miss Janice Leigh Batton of Washington who will wed Mr. Lawrence B. Battley of Dallas Texas next Saturday Miss Batton’s friends bring gifts as the party is a shower with Miss Grim serving as maid of honor at the wedding.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Thorea Corinne Johnson and Mr J Bradley Vanorsdale in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Mrs Lafe Miller of Hagerstown Maryland and Mr Vanorsdale is the son of Mrs Virginia Vanorsdale of Berkeley Springs. They will live in this city where the bride’s room is employed at the Virginia Woolen Company.
The Rev. W. R. Hartzell, guest of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Flickinger, returns to Hagerstown Md. He serves as superintendent of Homewood for the Potomac Synod. Guests and locals attend a funeral for Mrs. Francis A. Brown and others plan visits to Washington and nearby towns.
The home agent Miss Elizabeth Farrar outlines a week of home demonstration and 4-H activities from August 9 through 14. Meetings include several 4-H clubs, county camp planning, yard parties, demonstrations on grooming and recipes, and public invitations for family participation across Star Tannery Gravel Springs Gainesboro Carpers Valley and surrounding areas.
Winchester and Frederick county Republicans plan meetings within a week or ten days to choose delegates and alternates for the state convention in Richmond on Saturday August 28. Delegates will be elected by the city county vote for Alf Landon last November. The convention aims to nominate candidates to oppose those chosen by Democrats for governor lieutenant governor and attorney general.
Funeral services for B. J. Hillidge were held in the Front Royal Methodist Church due to space limits at the Presbyterian Church. The service was led by Rev. H. W. Shannon with active pallbearers J. B. Harnsberger L. B. Rohr C. A. Kidd O. E. Gilkey G. W. Gettier and G. C. Ramsey. Interment followed at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
From afar came three sisters and numerous relatives to Front Royal for the funeral of B J Hillidge. Guests include Mrs Ernest Slate and Mrs Robert Cruikshank of New Hartford New Jersey and Mrs Frank H Bishop of Potsdam New York with others from Washington Dunalk Maryland and Durham North Carolina. Major Willis Robertson arrived to visit and fish.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jeanette Hamilton Bishop were held at 3 30 p m in the Front Royal Calvary Episcopal Church. The Rev Ronald Rowland of White Post officiated and interment followed at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included Lieut Martin Mustard Capt La Mar Capt Wisler and D R Carper, Thomas Johnston and Jack Beard.
Rev. Charles T. Warner of St. Albans Washington D C will deliver the sermon tomorrow at 11 at Meade Memorial Episcopal Church White Post. All are invited to attend.
Governor Jennings made an official visit to the Front Royal Rotary Club meeting at the Aston Inn. Three new members were added: Thomas Downing Walter H. Carter and Joseph M. Burke.
Kate Smith resumes a Thursday 8 to 9 PM variety hour this fall on WABC CBS with Atlantic Refining as sponsor. The schedule expands to 158 contests across 64 stations including Pa en repeats. Sunday through Monday lineups feature a mix of talks, music, and novelty programs across WEAF WABC and WJZ with guest speakers and orchestras.
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