Social calendar items for local organizations
At 9 30 p m the W C T U holds a semi monthly business meeting at the Friends Meeting House on North Washington St. At 11 a m the Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital meets at the Nurse's Home on West Clifford St. At 1 p m the Rotary Club gathers for a regular weekly meeting and luncheon at the Winchester Golf Club. At 7 30 p m the Women's Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church meets in the Men's Bible Class room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Meeting House
North Washington Street
Woman's
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
Rotary Club
Winchester Golf Club
Women's Missionary Society of the
Grace Lutheran Church
Lancaster Social Notes and Engagements Highlight Local Life
Social news from Lancaster includes engagement of Miss Betty Brust to Henry Cordell Sumption, with wedding planned for September 25. Also covered are a church meeting at Old Opequon, receptions for visiting ministers, a West Virginia gathering, upcoming Hollywood California wedding invitations, and Lieut Col James Earl Noonan’s reassignment from the Philippines to Fort Belvoir with plans to visit Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ee A
Betty Brust
Ancaster
Neaster Sunday News
Betty M., Brust
John B
Lincoln Avenue
Henry Cordell Sumption
William M. Sumption
South
Cameron Street
Lancaster
Sumption
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Armstrong Cork Company
Far East
States
Winsoon
Kremer Couple Welcome Son Kremer II In Winchester
Mr and Mrs J Thomas Kremer welcome a seven and a half pound baby boy born last night at Winchester Memorial Hospital The mother Mary Ruth DeWitt is the former Miss Mary Ruth DeWitt The Kremer couple reside in the Coffman Apartments on North Washington street The child is named J Thos Kremer II Both mother and child rested comfortably this morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Kremer
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Thos. Kremer
Kremer
Mary Ruth DeWitt
R. C. Dew
Local Beauties Head to Virginia Beach for Week
Miss Virginia Cover Russell Miss Fenton Nelson Miss B Bent ley Thomas Mr John Scully Mr John Scully Mr Gilbert McKown and Mr Philip Glaize depart this afternoon for Virginia Beach to spend the next week They will join Mr and Mrs H R Kern Jr who are visiting the Princess Anne Club there
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Virginia Cover Russell
Fenton Nelson
B. Bentley Thomas
John Scully
Gilbert McKown
Philip Glaize
Virginia Beach
H. R. Kern, Jr
Princess Anne Club
F. G. Hoffman
R. E. March
Hoffman
Ich
Hilda
Washington
A. D. Scott
Cathaleen Scott
Full Choir Rehearsal Tonight at Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church invites all church members to the regular Wednesday prayer service at 7:30 followed by a full choir rehearsal. Rev Lowe will speak on When We Come To The Fork of the Roads and special music will be performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Lowe
Families travel plans and visits across towns
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gibson and three children pass through Winchester en route to the Pacific Coast with plans to visit Yellow stone Grand Canyon and other sites returning in six weeks via the northern route. McCormacs plan three to four weeks at Virginia Beach with son joining later from Lehigh University. Miss June Ryan and Mrs. Mollie Murray visit Sycamore Dale and Claymont Farm near Charles Town, first homes once owned by Bushrod Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Gibson
Mary Elizabeth
Nellie Josephine
Joe, Jr
Upperville
Winchester
George Washington
Ryan
Murray
Dinner Honor for A J Kline at Woodland Avenue
Mr and Mrs A J Kline hosted a dinner party Sunday at Woodland Avenue in honor of friends. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Arthur Slonaker Gordon Slonaker and others from Dillions Run Capon Bridge Cross Roads and Winchester. Nellie Sirbaugh married John DeHaven Saturday in Kernstown parsonage and will reside in Winchester. DeHaven works for Virginia Barrel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.B. Obaugh
George W. Stover
Carl Eier
Inwood
W. Va
A. P. Hovermale
Martinsburg
Hiser
United Brethren Church
Berkeley Springs
Winchester
Virginia’ Conference
Havermale
John Sawyer
Blairton
Sawyer
W. F. Grover
A. J. Kline
Woodland Avenue
Kline
Arthur Slonaker
Gordon
Billy Slonaker
Dillions, Run
Ralph Rogers
Detroit
Mich
Frank Kerns
Nell Kerns
Henry Slonaker
Capon Bridge
Melissa McKee
Cross Roads
Bertha Kline
John Haines
Louisa Racey
Pearl McKwee
Gordon McKwee
Nora Parish
Nellie Sirbaugh
John DeHaven
Sunnyside
Henson Sirbaugh
Kernstown
E. 8. McGavock
DeHaven
Virginia Barrel Company
Edmond van Hoe
Emiel Gde
Jeanette Vercammen
Detroit, Mich
Modern etiquette Q and A snippets on names and manners
A quiz column advises women to distinguish themselves after divorce by using maiden name plus ex-husband surname, suggests sending congratulatory notes promptly after birth announcements, and states corn on the cob should never be served at a formal dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
Jones Brown
Vacations and visits across towns and states
Multiple local residents plan trips or return home after visits to Indiana Maryland Virginia and New Jersey. Families and guests travel to Ocean City Atlantic City Baltimore and Clarke County with various companions and hosts noted.
Local duo vacationed in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Mrs. James Huff and Mr. and Mrs. William Coffinberger returned here after visits to New Castle Pennsylvania Lewisville and Cleveland Ohio plus a stop at the Great Lakes Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Huff
William Coffinberger
New Castle
Lewisville
Cleveland Ohio
Teacher Dismissed Amid Controversy in Waynesburg Area
Mrs Laura Morris Elms a 44 year old rural school teacher near Waynesburg Pennsylvania is at the center of a national stir over allegations from pupils that she used a baseball bat and a stove poker for discipline and taught that humans descended from monkeys. She denies the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Morris Elms
Waynesburg
Front Royal and Warren County News items from Aug 11
Local notes cover visitors and residents traveling between Richmond Charlottesville and Washington. The column lists Mary Collins and Ruth Collins visiting, Ruth Collins husband Miss Ruth Collins, and various trips to Virginia Beach Winchester and Arlington. It notes appendicitis surgery for Mrs Lyle Hank and mentions several weddings and marriages of public figures and connections to presidents’ families.
Romance roots in Congress as lawmakers wed secretaries and staff
A August 11 dispatch catalogues marriages of lawmakers to their staff, noting that bachelors in the House and Senate are rare. It lists spouses ranging from secretaries to daughters of congressmen, with examples including Bland, Kvale, Murphy, Wood, McNary, LaFollette, La Guardia, Dickstein, Gavagan, and McAdoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Campbell
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Rep. S. Otis Bland
D-Va
Paul Kvale
FL Minn
Frank Murphy
Ohio
Reuben T. Wood
Missouri
Charles L. McNary
R-Ore
Robert M. LaFollette
Marie Fisher
Fiorello la Guardia
New York
Samuel Dickstein
D-N. Y
Joseph A Gavagan
Rescues Cousin in Shenandoah River Tragedy
Robert Simpson twenty of Martinsburg died after rescuing his cousin Stewart Gregory from drowning when their canoe overturned in the Shenandoah river east of Charles Town. Simpson was believed spent after the rescue. Gregory, unable to swim, survived only briefly. His body was recovered three hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
Robert Simpson
Martinsburg
Stewart Gregory
Simpson
Gregory
Shenandoah River
Here
Police Join In Hunt For Gang
Two Indiana State Police detectives arrived in Baltimore to aid in locating three Brady gang members wanted in Indiana for the murder of two officers and multiple bank robberies. They tentatively identified a medicine chest and a pistol the gang removed from officers during one homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Indiana
Brady
Meredith Stewart
William Spannouth
Three Quarter Wife Advice Ad Shows Lydia Pinkham Remedy
An old advertisement frames a wife as a three quarter wife and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease female life stages from girlhood to middle age. It touts the product as natural relief for discomfort during turning to womanhood, motherhood preparation, and approaching middle age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Coolest Place in Town Ice Cream Ad
An old advertisement touts ice cream deals with jumbo ice cream sodas and gigantic milk shakes priced at 10 cents each. It also markets double dip ice cream cones at 5 cents and old fashion plate ice cream at 10 cents.
Gasque Addresses The Lions Club
Prof. Q. D. Gasque spoke to the Front Royal Lions Club on the Proposed Program of the Virginia Educational Association. The club will hold a picnic in September with date and place to be set by the program committee and committee of special outside activities led by Percy L. Rogers and Browning Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Q. D. Gasque
Front Royal Lions Club
Gasque
Virginia Educational Association
Percy L. Rogers
Browning Collins
Building Boom In Front Royal Area
Several homes rise in Front Royal as Aug. 11 plans unfold. J. B. Stokes breaks ground on a new house near Luray avenue. Stewart Payne’s home nears completion with move-in in about two weeks. Ernest Shiner’s residence near Luray avenue also near finish. Grayson Rudacille erects two houses on High street. Rev. C. A. York and wife near moving into their completed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Stokes
Luray Avenue
Stewart Payne
C. A. York
Radio Highlights New York List May Include Louis Farr Fight
Radio program listings detail the August 26 ring meeting between heavyweight champion Louis and challenger Tommy Farr. Tonight’s schedules feature WABC WEAF WJZ with talk, music, variety shows, and special broadcasts from London and America, plus tomorrow’s lineup including theater, senate questions, and aviation factory broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aew Louis
Tommy Farr
WABC
CBS
James L. Palmer
University of Chicago
WEAF
NBC
Uncle Ezra
One Man's Family
Walter O’keefe
Town Hall
Alistair Cooke
London
Paul Whiteman
Gang Busters
George Hamilton
Wjz-Nbc
Nola Day
Roy Shield
Ernest Gill
St. Paul
Music Guild
Archer Gibson
Harvard
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Edna
Sarah
Cora Barrews
Cora Cutterer
Sarah Dutterer
Fairview Beach
Bessie Manuel
Vic Eutsler
Esther Eutsler
Alice Taylor
Georgia Foreman
Louise Butsler
Potomac River
Fredericksburg
Betty Barr Simpson
Louis Avery Barr
Arthur Raymond Hill
Northwestern Avenue
Hollywood
Calif
Louis J. Barr
Messrs
J. Madison Spurr
Robert Barr
Lutheran Church
John Butcher
Colleen Steele
Senseney Road
D. W. McKnight
Colleen Jackson
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Ida Cain
Shirley Manuel
Howard Riley
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Valley
Maryland
Mr. Emerick Copenhaver
Coshocton
Colleen Racey
Ralph Mooers
The
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Richmond, Va
Phyllis Whitmore
Atlantic City
Hunter Moss
Parkersburg, W. Va
Minnie Baker
North Cameron Street
Rodney Taylor
Mildred Sirbaugh
Aubrey Smith
Ocean City
Lee Brown
Billy
Cantonsville
Baltimore, Md
Catonsville
Mr. Brown
James Streit
Ada Trussell
J. R. Mack
White House
N. J
C. R. Cover
Washington, D. C
Charles Consolvo
Eventide
Clarke County
Loring Cover
Green Spring Valley
John M. Steck, Sr
Fairmont Avenue
Mary Byrd
Evelyn Byrd Shipley
H. F. Byrd
Rosemont
Julian Gregory
Lee
Stephens City
Richard Dole
Margaret
Richard, Jr
Princess Anne
Robert Jones
William Eshelman
Vincent Noon
Jones Florist Shop
Nelson Page
Amherst Street
J. Victor Arthur
Virginia Boyd
P. W. Boyd
N. Loudoun St
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Telephone
Royal 149-R
Landon Uts
Emory Trainham
Morial Hospital
Richmond
John Hargrave
Sam Simpson
Samuel Coffman
R. T. Epes
L. B. Dutrow
Newell Chadwick
New Jersey
Roy Collins
Chadwick
Miss Ruth Collins
Lyle F. Hank
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Hansborough
Percy Hines
Ralph Estes
Howard McFall
Cumberland Fair
Frank Clark
J. B. Williams
James Golden
Mary Lou Hitt
Virginia Smith
May LeRoy
Frank Baldwin
Red Lion, Pa
William and
Charley Baldwin
Harold Collins
Two Childr
New York City
Katie Owens
William Legge
Town
Jane Richmond
Arlington
Janet Willey
Jack Richmond
B. Ney Schurer
Wilson
Doris Cross
Nicholas Longworth
Alice Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Larry Borener
Roger Paynes
Charles Timberlake
Colorado
Roberta Wood Elliott
Timberlake
Jerry O’connell
D-Mont
Aaron L. Ford
Miss
Gertrude Castellon
Dau Ghater
Florida
Fred Morgan
William A. Smith
Episcopal Eye
Ear and Throat Hospital
O. L. Jamison
Washington Street
Smith
Mount Airy
Princess Strother
Capitol Hill
Huntsberry
Loudoun St
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance CO
W. W. Bird
Agt
Fairbanks-Morse
O'Connell
South Braddockk St
Ffer Printing Co
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Lions Club
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Colonial Beauty
George Washington Hotel
Nina VY. Wolford
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
Riley’s Market
Valley Ave
R.G. A. Stores
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