Marriages and births in Stephens City community
Mrs Rebecca B Huber announces the marriage of her adopted daughter Evelyn Graham Huber to Norman W Bean. The ceremony was officiated by Rev C C Bush with a Lohengrin Wedding March. Guestsfilled the parlor as Mrs Bean and Mr Bean plan their home in Washington DC after August 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca B. Huber
Stephens City
Evelyn Graham
Bean
M. E. Church
South
Mr. Bean
James Bean
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Bean
Colorado Ave
N. W
Social Calendar Highlights From Clearbrook Presbyterian To Woodmen Picnic
Thursday events include a 5 PM lawn party at Clearbrook Presbyterian and a 6 PM tea for G A A at Mrs Ida Lycett’s Martinsburg Pike cabin. The day also features a 1 PM fifth anniversary program of Middletown M E Church South Service Class and all day Modern Woodmen picnic at Woodmen’s Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Ida Lycett
Martinsburg Pike
Middletown
M. E. Church South
Copp Rickard Reunion Program Is Announced
The Copp Rickard picnic program was announced for Saturday at Fishers Hill picnic grounds with welcomes, addresses, songs, recitations, and a history by local residents. Misses Berlin hosted a shower for Virginia Fritts with gifts and a dress party. Rain postponed Centenary Reformed Church Sunday school picnic. a new date will be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishers Hill
J. H. ‘Copp
George Hockman
Russia
Clark Copp
Frank Brumback
Virginia
Virgina Reger
Virginia Lee Snarr
Beulah Reger
David Rickard
Mr. Coffman
Sam Copp
W. L. Snarr
The
Rickards
Henry Hockman
Centenary Reformed Church
Williams Makes Excellent Headway After Major Operation
Prominent local attorney and businessman Mr. R Gray Williams recently underwent a major operation at a Baltimore hospital and is making good progress toward recovery. He is not expected to return home for about two weeks. The Boyce Methodist Church women plan a Friday cafeteria supper on August 17 at 5 o clock inviting public support. Miss Ella O Neal, formerly a Frederick County teacher now in Washington DC, visited Grace Miller at Wateredge on Cedar Creek grade last Sunday. Mr and Mrs Camillus B Stokes and family are to arrive Friday to stay with Miss Minnie Baker. Mrs George E Sillik of this city and Towson has hosted Mary Rogers and Nellie Ward at her Stephens City summer cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fietta Rosenberger
O’keely
Charles M. Rosenberger
Frederick County
James Robert O’keely
New York City
Miss Rosenberger
Handley High School
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Mich
New York
Williams
R. Gray Williams
Baltimore Hospital
Ella O’neal
Washington, D.C
Grace Miller
Cedar Creek
Camillus B. Stokes
Minnie Baker
George E. Sillik
This City
Towson, Md
Stephens City
Mary Rogers
Nellie Ward
Baltimore
Girls' Club Tea Relocated To Club House Tonight
The Girls Athletic Association tea moved from Mrs. Ida Lycett's cabin on Martinsburg pike to the Braddock and Piccadilly streets club house from 5 30 to 7 this evening due to rain. Miss Lois Virginia Kemp of Baltimore has left town after visiting relatives at Fort Collier Farm. Grace E. Miller of the county and Mary Gideon of Hagerstown are in Atlantic City staying at the Fredonia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Ida Lycett
Martinsburg Pike
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
Lois Virginia Kemp
Ds .P. Kemp
Baltimore
Hunter M. Stine
Fort Collier Farm
Town
Grace E. Miller
Mary Gideon
Hagerstown
Atlantic City
N. J
Fredonia Hotel
Brooks' Pharmacy Rexall Store Ad Highlights Beauty and Tissue Deals
Brooks' Pharmacy offers Jonteel foundation and face powder at 50 cents, Jonteel cream at 33 cents, and 200 sheet facial tissues for 19 cents. The ad promotes the Rexall Store as a convenient local drug and beauty supplier with multiple Mr. Brooks' promotions and a contact phone line 766 for orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Jonteel Foundation
Rexall
Truckman III of Talking Sickness Growing Weaker
Donald Campbell a 32 year old truck driver from Columbus Ohio, hospitalized in Mt Gilead with talking sickness for eleven days. He lies in a small farming community through dawn and night, shouting, mumbling, laughing and sobbing as the fever weakens him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
MT. Gilead, O
Donald Campbell
Columbus, O
Work Begins On Two Destroyers At Norfolk Yard
Keels laid at Norfolk navy yard for destroyers Tucker and Downes as part of 14 ships funded by the National Recovery Act. The program aims to boost naval strength and employ hundreds of civilians, the first builds since postwar activity that included ships later scrapped under Washington naval conference terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Tucker
Downes
Navy Yard
North Carolina
Norfolk Milk Area Inquiry
A Virginia Milk Commission hearing was called in Richmond on August 16 to hear evidence from producers distributors and consumers of fluid milk and cream in the Norfolk area. The evidence will form the basis for potential commission action to enter and control the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia Milk Commission
Norfolk
Young Americans Display Nazi Flag in Paris Incident
Two young American college students unfurled a Nazi swastika flag from a Paris hotel window leading to a threatening crowd below. Paris police ordered the emblem withdrawn and dispersed the protesters. Authorities did not release the tourists' names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Fugitive Beck Captured After Florida Chain Gang Escape
Howard Beck, 29, captured in Chicago ending a year on the run after escaping from a Florida chain gang. He had married his young wife shortly after escaping in July 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Howard Beck
Chicago
Progress In Replacing Old Sidewalks On Main Street
City manager P. P. Pilcher reports strong progress replacing brick sidewalks with concrete on Main Street. Several property owners have already laid new sidewalks and more have contract plans for August completion, signaling broad public cooperation in the needed improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
P. P. Pilcher
Main Street
South Main Street
J. N. Funk
Louise O. Zirkle
Helen 8. Crisman
Margaret A. Conner
Thomas E. Kremer
G. H. Eagle
H H. Hable
Julia E. Woodward
C. W. Ritter
Little School Plans Meeting on August 25
The Little School at 19 North Washington street announces a public conference on August 25 on the development of the young child. Out of town and local speakers will discuss growth, welcoming parents, teachers, ministers, students, and other interested community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little School
North
Washington Street
Big Watermelon Shipment Draws Crowds at Valley Avenue
Frank Micciche of Winchester Market delivered over 1000 large watermelons by truck from near Richmond. The load, some green and some striped, was unloaded at the new Valley Avenue fruit store with storage space nearby while curious motorists viewed the unusual sight. Micciche indicated a 40 acre patch near Richmond supplied the melons and that top-quality fruit was brought to town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Micciche
Winchester
Richmond
Valley Avenue
Valley Pike
Micciche
Militia Trains For Review By Governor Peery
Virginia Beach dispatch reports a training review ordered for the Ninety first Infantry Brigade in final prep for Governor Peery's visit to the National Guard camp. He will arrive with Brig General S Gardner Waller at Fort Monroe, with Maj General Paul B Malone and Mrs Malone part of the official party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virginia Beach
Banks pledge to issue insured repair loans nationwide
The Federal Housing Administration announced 1,131 banks across 46 states and Washington, D C have signed contracts to provide insured character loans ranging from 100 to 2000 dollars for home repairs. Their combined resources total 8.1319 billion dollars, serving 87.3473 million people, with more institutions expected to join. The program aims to spur home improvement activity, boost business and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
District of Columbia
Twin Sister Growth May Be Patient's Twin Remains
Doctors in New Richmond plan an operation on Miss Daisy Violet Powell of Richmond Virginia after a surgeon in Calcutta reported an unusual growth believed to be a twin sister in the side of her body. The case involved hair tissue and bone and the physician died before a removal method was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Violet Powell
Richmond
Calcutta
New Richmond
Conduct Rites For Miss Wilson At Wardensville
Funeral services were held yesterday for Miss Lucie Wilson of Wardensville who died Sunday evening at her sister’s home in Edinburg. The Rev Friddly of the Methodist Church officiated with pallbearers from Wardensville and nearby towns. Burial followed in the family plot near Wardensville. she is survived by a brother, a sister, and a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Wilson
Thomas B
Caroline Wilson
Wardensvile
Maggie Clinehiart
Edinburg
Henry M. Wilson
Friddly
Methodist Church
H. C. Baker
J. M. Harman
Moorefield
Perry Heltzel
Miller Frye
Ward Orndorff
John Thorp
Stanley Warder
Wardensville
W. B. Snider
Winchester
Henry W. Wilson
Maggie Clinehinst
Dr. Harman
Possession of More Than Gallon Will Be Tested
John Cleek of Gate City Virginia was fined 25 dollars and costs for possession of illegally obtained ardent spirits. He planned to appeal the decision arguing the state liquor law does not forbid having more than a gallon of liquor in one day. Trial Justice Martin Compton ruled the gallon-plus possession, bought legally from an ABC Board store, illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gate City
Aus
John Cleek
Trial Justice Court
Martin Compton
Cleek
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Richmond
G. Stanley Clarke
The
Liquor Board
Compton
Rev Morgan to Preach in Winchester and Timber Ridge
The Rev. J Frank Morgan a former Winchester Congregational Christian Church pastor and Friendship Fire Company chaplain will preach at the Congregational Christian Church corner Braddock and Clifford streets Winchester Sunday August 19 at 11 am He also will speak at Timber Ridge Christian Church Sunday at 3 30 pm The firemen recall he wrote their company hymn to Old Black Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta Springs
J. Frank Morgan
Winchester Congregational Christian Church
The
Friendship Fire Company
Morgan
Winchester
Congregational Christian Church
Braddock and
Clifford Streets
Mr. Morgan
Joe
Timber Ridge Christian Church
Judge Harrison Speaks at Kiwanis Club Luncheon
Judge T. W. Harrison delivered the principal address at the Kiwanis Club luncheon in the George Washington Hotel. He reviewed Winchester’s trust history over the past 50 years and discussed conditions and prospects for the next half century. Visiting Kiwanian T. A. Wilson of Miami, Florida attended. President H. Sheetz was ill but improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Harrison
Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Judge Harrison
Winchester
Ansell Solenberger
H. ©. Sheetz
Sheetz
T. A. Wilson
Miami, Fla
Handley Library Work To Resume Under CWA Project
Friday plans for resuming Handley Library work begun under the CWA program. The city expects to provide a finisher helper and mixer operator. From four to eight men will likely gain employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
CWA
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Gape A. Noa
Evelyn Huber
Norman W. Bean
G. R. Bly
Mr. Bly
S. A. Bly
Willie
Bernard
Annie
Louise
Emma
Raymond
Catherine
Alfred
Leonard
Opequon
Clara Bly
Elmer Cook
Henry and
Darbeen
Herbert Bly
Stell
Lebanon Church
Elmer Bucher
Mount Williams
Athey Sargent
Susan Reid Sargent
Sargent
Edna Reid
French Reid
Maggie R. Reid
Samuel Sargent
H. L. Gardner, Inc
Hedrick
John Hedrick
Memorial Hospital
Susan Carson
A. C. Carson
Riverton
Jack Harrell
Gray Avenue
Church of the Sacred Heart
Angers Store
Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
First Baptist Church
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Berlin
Ruth
Reva Berlin
Berryville
Virginia Fritts
Edward Berlin
Catherine Funkhouser
Ruth Royston
Virginia Baker
Mary Lou Fritts
Louise Ramsburg
Nannie Berlin
C. W. Fritts
Alfred du Four
Philip Grim
Harry Haskett
George Riddick
Chamblin Funkhouser
Huntsberry
Boyce
Truckman III
Norfolk Yard
Norfolk Milk Area Inquiry
Little School Plans
Peery
Miss Wilson
Frankie Bailey
Broadway
Secore
Frankie
Ridge
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Aia Hak
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Salem
China
A. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
Are
Lovett Brothers
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun St
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