Miss Janet Gordon Weds Homer Hammond in Riverhead
Miss Janet Carolyn Gordon and Mr Homer Humphrey Hammond married at Grace Episcopal church Riverhead Long Island on July 3. The bride daughter of Warren Gordon Riverhead, and the groom son of Clarence Hammond Garden City attended Cathedral School St Marys Sarah Lawrence and New York Military Academy Duke University. The couple now reside at Hilton Hall Garden City LI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Janet Carolyn Gordon
Homer Humphrey Hammond
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverhead
Long Island
Warren Gordon
Cathedral
St. Mary's
Sarah Lawrence School
Dobbs Ferry
New York
Hammond
Clarence 8. Hammond
Garden City
New York Military Academy
Cornwall
N. Y
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Hilton Hall
L. I
Social gatherings scheduled this week and Friday events
Thursday 7 30 p m meeting of Francis Asbury Union at the Riley home. Friday 2 45 p m meeting of Friday Club with Mrs Nelson Page. 3 30 p m benefit card party at Greenway Court home of Thomas Lord Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Asbury Union
Austin Riley
Nelson Page
Greenway Court
Thomas, Lord Fairfax
Martinsburg Couple Married In Early Wednesday Ceremony
Miss Rosalee Rita Quinn daughter of the late Harry and Fredericika Quinn wed Mr. Charles Bernard Minor in St. Joseph Catholic Church Martinsburg. The Rev F P Lackey officiated at the 6 30 mass. Attendants included sister Mrs John Dunn and best man William L Minor. The couple plans a trip to Portland Maine and will reside at 212 West Martin Street Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalee Rita Quinn
Harry
Fredericika Quinn
West Martin Street
Martinsburg
W. Vs
Charles Bernard Minor
Lee Minor
Mary A. Minor
East Jophin Street
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
F. P. Lackey
A. J. Smith
Clarksburg
W. L. Minor
Baltimore
Mr. Minor
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
Martin Quinn
Martinsville wedding plans and regional notices in Berryville
Social notes from Winchester district describe plans for a Martinsville residence after marriage. Invitations issued for Miss Nancye Marible Canter to Mr. Francis Ve Mahood in Berryville, with ceremony set for September 3 at 4 30 in the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Other items mention travels, church events, and local club changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancye Marible Canter
Francis Ve Mahood
Miss Canter
Winchester
Mahood
Roanoke
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Berryville
James H. Brown, Jr
Francis Asbury Union
Ige Riley
Lehring Staples
Union
Staples
Martinsville
Styles
Marriage Announced of Elizabeth Van Tine to Frank Eldridge
Announcement from Harrison New York confirms the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Van Tine of New York and Rumson New Jersey to Mr. Frank Pender Eldridge Jr. of New York. The couple resides at 11 East 75th Street New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth van Tine
New York
Rumson, N. J
Frank Pender Eldridge, Jr
Harrison, New York
Miss van Tine
Harold van Tine
Rumson
Chapin School
Junior League
Mr. Eldredge
Frank P. Eldredge
Horace Mann School
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Eldridge
East 75Th Street
New York City
Visit Notices and Social Events From West Palm Beach to Purcellville
A series of social notices reports Ada Swimley and Virginia Larrick visiting relatives in Winchester and Frederick counties and planning a Purcellville visit. Captains Winfield Scott and Mrs. Scott hosted bridge and tea events in their honor, with further hostesses and gatherings announced. Also covered are Fidelus Class outing, a wedding officiated by Rev. Stover, returns from Rehoboth Beach, a birth in Strasburg, a dinner party for the Novicks, and travel by Mr. and Mrs. Stimmel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geiday Bridge Club
Winfield Scott
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Philip Fowle
Ada Larrick Swimley
West Palm Beach
Fla
Virginia Larrick
C. M. Larrick
Lake Harbor
Winchester
Frederick County
Swimley
Robert Pancoast
Purcellville
Fowle
Leicester Street
J. B. Beverley
Hiram Stimmel
Clearbrook
Laura Yeakley
George Stimmel
Pifer
Baltimore
James
Floods Kill Scores as Korea Faces Widespread Damage
Heavy floods across south and central Korea after drenching rains have claimed at least 96 lives, with 21 people listed as missing. About a thousand houses were destroyed and more than 4,000 inundated across the affected regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Condition Of Shenandoah Rivers North River Clear
North River clear while Shenandoah River shows clarity improved. South River remains muddy with slow flow and reduced visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River
Front Royal Social Notes Show Travel and Visits
Local residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and friends in Front Royal and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. Ralph Gimmell Colleen Porter Miss Nannie Porter Rev T Emory Trainham and families. Travel spans Washington Roanoke Richmond Gloucester County Ocean City and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Ralph Gimmell
Colleen
Red Lion
T. Emory Trainham
Mr. Trainham
Mrs
W. R. Trainham
Richmond
Wilmer Gettier to sail for London as art rep
Distinguished Warren County artist Mr. G Wilmer Gettier will depart Thursday from Baltimore aboard the City of Baltimore for six months in the British Isles. He serves as art representative for the Riverton Lime and Stone Company of Riverton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Wilmer Gettier
Warren County
Baltimore
London
British Isles
Riverton Lime and Stone Company
Riverton
Roosevelt Busy With Government Matters After Conferences
Washington reports that Mr Roosevelt spent much of the time in the next weeks working overtime winding up government matters requiring immediate attention. A long series of conferences kept him busy until dinner hour yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Kentucky executes: 80 would be hanged as Bethea case continues
The report details the pending execution of death row inmate Julius Bethea in Kentucky. Sheriff Florence Thompson resists divulging her participation, while hanger Hanna prepares the scaffold for 80 potential victims. Bethea reportedly confessed to the June 7 murder of 70-year-old Elza Edwards, leading to a July 31 death sentence and ongoing legal delays from a federal habeas corpus writ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Thompson
Wavness
Hanna
Bethea
Elza Edwards
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Bethea Execution Blocked by Writ Denial
A permanent writ denial ends the appeal as Bethea awaits execution. Bethea, in Jefferson County Jail Louisville, is to be brought to the scaffold about an hour after the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manent
Bethea
Jefferson County
Louisville
Prominent Insurance Leader Agnew Dies in South Carolina
Illness fatalities continue as the death of Mr. Arthur Lloyd Agnew occurs. Born May 1, 1881 in Columbia, SC, he was a longtime figure in South Carolina insurance. Survived by widow Mary Miller Agnew, son Arthur Lloyd Agnew Jr., brother John Edward Agnew, and three sisters, the family prepares for funeral arrangements and arrivals of relatives from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
Columbia
S. C
John
Jennie Saunders Agnew
South Carolina
Winchester
Arthur Lloyd Agnew
Charleston
John Edward Agnew
Hendersonville
N. C
St. John Butler
Hounston
Tex
William Porter
Katherine Agnew
Springfield
Warren County seeks WPA funds for courthouse sewer
At the August meeting the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted to apply to the Works Progress Administration for funds to install a sewer line from the courthouse to a Crescent street manhole to drain the courthouse basement. H L Mathews did not vote. All others supported the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Warren County Board of Supervisors
Works Progress Administration
Court House
Crescent Street
H. L. Mathews
South River District
Warren Bridge Opens To Traffic At Front Royal
Front Royal Virginia Aug 13 and though the steel trusses have not arrived the South Branch Shenandoah river bridge at the Norfolk and Western station is open to traffic J Hilliard Stokes of Fork District was the first to cross the temporary structure The concrete center and end piers and approach spans are complete and resident engineer J Herbert Vaughan says traffic will use the false work until the steel arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Shenandoah River
Norfolk and Western
J. Hilliard Stokes
Fork District
J. Herbert Vaughan
Front Royal 1
Funeral details for Agnew and family members noted
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Stephenson and Dr. and Mrs. John O. Boyd of Roanoke attend as Mr. Agnew is laid to rest. The body of Mr. Agnew to be accompanied by his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Stephenson
John O. Boyd
Roanoke
Agnew
Townsend to Speak at Convention Debate
Townsend argues the national convention risks betrayal if even one of 1 200 delegates is a Judas Iscariot, comparing a lone defector to a single apostle in a provocative discussion continued from page 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judas Iscariot
Townsend movement faces internal clash over director Smith
Oklahoma City attorney Gomer Smith, a Townsend movement board member, attacked Coughlin and supported President Roosevelt at the Townsend convention last month. Dr Townsend sought Smith's removal, but the board delayed action while Coughlin's open letter appeared in Social Justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomer Smith
Smith
Oklahoma City
Townsend Movement
Coughlin
Roosevelt
Odd Fellows to Attend Tri-County Meeting in Middletown
Front Royal and Bentonville Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will travel to Middletown for the Tri- County Odd Fellows Association gathering next Thursday evening. Sovereign Grand Master Park Dean of Richmond is slated to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
Bentonville
Tri- County
Odd Fellows Association
Middletown
Park Dean
Richmond
Roosevelt to Tour Flood Area with Federal Officials
President Roosevelt will visit flood plagued regions with Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsylvania and military aides including Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham and Capt. L. D. Clay. Accompanying figures also include CCC director Robert Fechner and WP official Harrington. The trip begins Friday in Binghamton New York with a Cleveland stop for a Great Lakes Exposition luncheon and a Chautauqua speech on foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Johnstown
Edward M. Markham
Army Enineers
L. D. Clay
Engineers Corps
Robert Fechner
CCC
Rington
Binghampton
Ftar
Sime
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Mr. Roosevelt
Cleveland
Chautauqua
N. Y
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Janet Gordon
Homer Hammond
Miss Rosalee
Rita Quinn
Mrs. Staples
Lohring C. Staples
Mrs. James
Howard L. James
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio
Virginia
G. W. Hiner
Lexington
Herbert Hiner
Emily Hiner
Fredericksburg
Petersburg
Hampton
Newport News
Virginia Beach
H. B. McCormac, Jr
J. Frank Littleton
Oak Hill
Reinia Beach
Massie
Joseph Massie
William Massie
St. Christopher’s School
van Tine-Eldredge
Mrs. Swimley
Capt
Mrs. Scott
Fidelus
First Baptist Church
E. G. Ayers
Mrs. Ayers
Margaret Palumbo
Gertrude Finchum
Elizabeth Ryan
Elsie McKee
Odetta Carpenter
Frances Grove
Alice McCormick
Rosalie Oakes
Jean Baker
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Thurston W. Bucher
Bendersville
Dorothy Conover
Ashers
Rehoboth Beach
H. C. Funk
Helen Funk
H. R. Grimm
Del
Ocean City
Groves
John Graham Groves
Strasburg
Memorial Hospital
Ina Katharine
Iona Ritenour
Mrs. Novick
Mrs. M. Stieglitz
A. J. Novick
The
Winchester Evening Star
Gussie McFall
Telephone Front Royal 149-R
Shenandoah Rivers
Front Royal News
Nannie Porter
Mary Burruss
Stephen Renalds
Dorothy Cox
Ronald
Duffie May
Ralph Hilker
Little Son
F. E. White
Helen Johns
William W. Wilkerson
Homer Borden
J. L. Borden
Philadelphia
Hanson Beale
W. C. Armstrong
Mr. Beale
Atlantic City
Frank DeVore
Frank, Jr
Hercelia Maddox
Mr. DeVore
William Buck
Messrs
Walter Carter
Joe Borden
Gloucester County
A. T. Bronaugh, Jr
Clayton Peck
Newton, Kansas
Henry B. Weaver
Loyd Edmonds
Mr. Edmond
Charles Edmonds
Brooklyn
Julian McCarthy
W. E. Carson
William Reynolds
S. D. Keatly
Edward
Bryan Stokes
W. J. Kendrick
Philip Ambler
William Armstrong, Jr
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Oscar Reid
Helen McCalmont
William McCalmont
N. J
Browntown
Nellie Estes
Lucille
Burlington, N. C
A. J. McKay
S. B. Downing, Sr
William Etherington
Miss Evelyn
Lexington, Ky
Smith Thompson
Winchester County Club
Frances Bolen
Markham
Hubert Shiner
James Shiner
Ida Smithers
Alexandria
J. L. Dickinson
George Rineburg
Elizabeth Leach
Harrisonburg
T. V. Leach
Elizabeth Gettier
Strayers Business College
Mrs. G. Wilmer Gettier
Massanutten Lodge
James Higgens
Charlottesville
Barbara Higgens
Virginia Crewes Borden
Cora Borden
Chase City
Charlotte Anne Dickinson
Chester Bass
Charles Legge
Evelyn and
Lois Legge
Charles Legge, Jr
Lorraine Updyke
Mrs. Ray Hunt
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Warren
Wenders
Warren Bridge
Townsend
WJZ
NBC Network
NBC
East
West
Clifford Stratton
Topeka
Kan
Capital
John G. Winant
Review of America
WEAF
Lamplighter
Rudy Vallee
Showboat
Bing Crosby
King’s Jesters
Sammy Watkins
WABC
CBS
Bob Hope
Portland Symphony
Mark Warnen
Chicago Philharmonic
Jimmy Farrell
Benny Goodman
Roy Shields
Great Lakes Symphony
Jacques Fray
Teri Lafranconi
Lucille Manners
Dorothy Dreslin
Salon Orchestra
RNE
Moscow
Berlin
2RO
Rome
EAQ
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Huntsberry
James Good
Bubbling Springs
W. Va
Permanents Beauty Service
Geo
Washington Hotel
Ree
V. Wolford
Florentines Macaroons
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Tavenner’s
R. M. Swimley
East of Geo. Washington Hotel
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