Social Calendar of Church Groups and Clubs
Meeting of Braddock Street Methodist Church board after prayer meeting at 8 00 p m. Annual weiner roast of Patriotic Order of Americans at Edgewood Cabins on the Front Royal road at 8 00 p m. Annual picnic of United Brethren Sunday School at Winchester Park at 1 00 p m. Rotary Club luncheon meeting at George Washington Hotel at 1 00 p m. Picnic and Theatre Party of Grace Lutheran Men's Class at 5 00 p m. Picnic supper of G A A at Ida Lycett cabin at 6 00 p m. Onward and Upward Class Kernstown M E Church with Mrs Arch Smith at 8 00 p m. Camp 15 510 Modern Woodmen of America semi monthly meeting in Odd Fellows Hall at 8 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Christian Education
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Patriotic Order of Americans
Edgewood Cabins
Front Royal Road
United Brethren Sunday School
Winchester Park
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Grace Lutheran Church
Ida Lycett
Kernstown
M. E
Arch Smith
Camp 15
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Returns From Visiting Her Sister In Hospital
Mrs. May McCarty returns home after visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Henkle in Pittsburgh hospital for injuries from a recent auto accident. Miss Mary Louise Gershanek accompanied her, also injured. Her condition is reported improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May McCarty
Mary Henkle
Pittsburgh
Mrs. Dunn Anniversary Honored At Bartonsville Party
Mrs. M T Dunn honored on her anniversary as Bartonsville hosts a birthday party for her and Linwood Dunn of Opequon. Lanterns, flowers, music, gifts, and games marked the evening with Rev M C McGavock and numerous friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Dunn
Gladen P. Dunn
Bartonsville
Opequon
Linwood Dunn
William Carper
Donald Patton
Charles Barton
Betty
Patsy Barton
Clarence Williams
Helen
Elwood Williams
Stanley Barton
Elwood Wolf
Bowman
Alice
Bailey
Hunter
Harold Baired
Reid
Courtney
Buddy Richard
Thos. Lofton
Margaret
Jean
Lillian Cornwell
Martin Wisecarver
Brooks' Pharmacy Ad Promotes Cool Treats at Low Prices
An old time ad for Brooks' Pharmacy touts ice cream sodas and milk shakes at ten cents each. It highlights jumbo ice cream sodas, gigantic milk shakes, double dip ice cream cones, and old fashioned plate ice cream with raspberry and lime sherbets. Phone number 766.
Modern Etiquette Q&A on travel and table decor
Roberta Lea answers readers about travel comfort expectations and home conveniences. She notes experienced travelers seek comforts when needed but do not dwell on them. The piece discusses punctuation on envelopes and candle use on tables as decorative, not lit, elements.
Harrises vacation on Eastern Shore of Maryland
Dr and Mrs J E Harris spend part of their annual vacation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland at the Bradley summer home in Philadelphia then plan to motor through lower Virginia visiting relatives in Norfolk and Richmond before returning to Winchester August 24.
Livestock and Produce Markets Roundup
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report mixed gains and declines in livestock and produce. Prices span apples potatoes butter eggs live poultry cattle hogs calves sheep and lambs across Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago with regional shifts and varying quality, from high to low grades, on August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
Quotations Va Livestock Market N Kent St sale Aug 17 1937
Receipts on all classes were heavy with cattle market steady to firm. Fat steers 11.50, good steers 9.00–9.50, plain fat cows 5.00–6.00, cutters 4.00–4.75. Hogs sharply lower top 12.40, light hogs 12.00 and down. Lambs firm top 10.40, feeder lambs 7.00–7.50, veal calves 12.40, bulk 10.50–11.75. Fresh cows and springers steady. stock ewes heavy running low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U. S. Dept. Afri
Local Markets Patchy Wholesale and Retail Feed Prices
Market list shows wholesale and retail prices for flour bags of multiple weights, patent brands, cracked corn and screenings, oats and dairy feeds, mixed feeds, shell eggs, butter, cattle and hog futures, and live poultry items. Notable entries include 98 lb patent bags at 5.60 wholesale and 6.60 retail, cracked corn around 2.50, butter at 0.30 per pound, and various chick and starter feeds with mixed price points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bdine
Leghorn
Leghorn Broilers
Oeesa
Rock
Broilers
Cl Geesses
Stetson
Cess
Cess Sweeee
Ssceere
Dak Vida Tessensee
Coccee
Ewato
Bruguet A
Ieee Superense
Stock Market Report Sees Soft Rails and Copper Strength
New York stocks opened higher then eased with cross currents. Late selling produced fractional losses across the list while steel demand rose on industry news and copper benefited from cable gossip. Foreign exchange edged higher for the pound and lower for the franc with listed issues including Allied Chemical Am Can Am Radiator and Am Smelters among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allied Chemical
Can
Am Radiator
Am. Smelters
Am. Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Baltimore and Ohio
Market Quotations Report Of Industrial Stocks
The list shows closing prices for major stocks including Beth steel Chrysler Consol Edison Corn Products GE GM Goodyear IH Gen Electric Johns Manville Kennecott Montgomery Ward NY Central Penn RR Southern Railway Standard Oil of NJ Texas Corp Union Pacific U S Steel Virginia Carolina Chemical Virginia Carolina Pulp Woolworth and others with varied figures in 1/8 dollar increments. Notable high values appear for Johns Manville and International Harvester while lightweight Virginia Carolina lines show lower quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth. Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Edison
Corn Products
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. Railroad
Southern Railway
Stand. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
Steel
Va.-Caro. Chem
Va.-Caro. Ptd
Woolworth
World wheat imports trimmed. Chicago prices tumble
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets slide after a British estimate lowers world import needs. Wheat futures fall from Sept to May contracts as traders price in smaller US shipments. Cash grain quotes show No 3 red wheat around 1.10 to 1.15 a bushel and corn near 1.04 to 1.15 depending on grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Baltimore
Winchester
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Ad
A fragment promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for women’s discomforts during adolescence motherhood and approaching middle age. It warns against nagging and urges women to “smiling through” with the tonic to tone the system and ease functional disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Carper’s Valley Church Benefit Planned for Aug 20
An Aug 20 church event is announced at Carper’s Valley Church with a rain date of Aug 21 at Benefit Church. The notice records the dates and locations for the community gathering and possible alternate plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carper’s Valley Church
Benefit
Radio schedulers pivot as Shanghai war events limit broadcasts
New York reports NBC and CBS ambitions to air from Shanghai hindered by ongoing Chinese Japanese hostilities. Only workable shortwave link is RCA Chengtu transmitter near Woosung fortress, which has drawn recent shelling. Station lists include WEAF NBC and WJZ NBC programs with music, theater, and talk, plus Thursday previews and Senate questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shanghai
NBC
CBS
Pacific
San Francisco
Chengtu
RCA
Woosung Fortress
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
North China
WEAF
NBC Music Guild
Tommy Farr
Archer Gibson
Wabc-Cbs
Henry Harmon Chamberlain
Senate
WJZ
NBC Light Opera Co
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Warren French
Apple Shippers
G. Warren French
Simons-French Company
International Apple Association
E. W. J. Hearty
Mary Quick Dechert
Berryville Avenue
Circle.No.1
the Reformed Church
Isabelle Cain
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Mack Cain
National Avenue
Miss Cain
George Kosh
George Koch
Sophie Baker
Frances Page
Koch
Virginia Vredenburgh
Naval Base
Norfolk
Rose Grim
South Stewart Street
Eva Braithwaite
Stone Church
W. J. Braithwaite
Clifton Lewis
le DeHaven
Otis
Virginia Lucille Rouzee
B. A. Bowen
Ben
Gore
This County
Benjamin Alonzo Bowen
Berryville
Clarke County
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Oscar Rouzee
Hampshire County
W. Va
Bowen
Benjamin Bowen
H. B. Dunlap
Herman Hable
Pl Palace
H. B. Buncutter
Aa M. Lowe
Lowe
iBace Lutheran Comeb
Arthur Whites
Saratoga
Arthur White
Middleburg
Bettina Belmont
Spa
Miss Belmont
Alma Nicoll
Delaney Nicoll
John Hay Whitney
Ridgeley
Luther Kaylor
Martinsburg
Bobby
Kathleen
Co. W. Foltz
Edna Kaylor Powell
Vernon
Harry Smeltzer
Jimmie Myers
Earl Grubb
Hannah Kaylor
E. R. Hott
W. W. Ruckman
Slanesville
D. E. Bowzee
Points
M. J. Wolford
Carol
Beverly Hott
Flint
Mich
Roy Kaylor
Augusta
Miss Hickerson
France
Caroline Hickerson
Conservatoire Americain
Fontainbleaux
Middletown
J. A. Hickerson
Lucy Jones
Washington Inn
Miss Jones
Memorial Hospital
8. C. Brooks
Hr Home
Morgan Street
John Russ
Washington, D. C
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Roberta Lea
Kathleen Chambers
Frank C. Butler
Frank C. Butler, Jr
Great Cacapon
Kathleen M. Chambers
G. H. Chambers
Berkeley Springs
North Avenue
Berkeley County
Morgan County
Evangeline Ebersole
Charles Town
Miss Ebersole
Grover Bush
Ollie Ebersole
Allen Bond
Lydia Irish
Edward L. Bond
Clarksboro, N. J
Joseph Wells
Dorothy Ann Reed
Margaret Jane Athey
Louise Miller
Sleepy Creek
John D. Kesecker
A. J. Tavenner
Membrs
North Beach
George Earle Owen
Friends
Tazewell
Church of Christ
Mr. B. F. Gilbert
Earl Fries
Bettye
Ideal Beach
Capon River
Lydia Barton
Bluemont
Mary Sherman
Marjorie Henkel
Mr. Miller Henkel
New Market, Va
A. D. Henkel
South Cameron Street
Harry. K. Russell
John B. Carr
Henry Bailey
William Groff
Asbury Park, N. J
West Boscawen Street
John Patterson, Sr
John Patterson, Jr
Henry and
James Patterson
Allen Russell
Potomac River
Richard E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Col
Llewellyn Bull
Tubyries
Thomas Woolfolk
Bridge
Thomas Baldridge
Lexington
State Theatre
N. Kent St
Carnation Beauty Shoppe
Mes
S. V. Lewis
Piccadilly St
The
Star
Sony
Stock Market Report
Cameron Street
Bailey Bros
Rox
DIEHL
Pifer Printing CO
N. Loudoun St
Clearbrook Presby
Terian Church
Thurs
Beauty Shoppe
Cor, Piccadilly & Cameron Sts
WABC
Charles M. Hay
Selinsky String Quartet
One Man's Family
Walter O'Keefe
Town Hall
Hit Parade
Alistair Cooke
London
Paul Whiteman
Cavalcade of Music
Ken Murray
Oswald
Frank Parker
Jessica Dragonette
Three Musketeers
Nola Day
Roy Shield
Mary Small
Frank Black
St. Paul
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Snyder
Pete Snyder
Charles Irvin Snyder
Sara Allem
Helen Miller
Messrs. Price and
Harold Allem
ASCO
Fairbanks - Morse
O’connell
South Braddock St
Brethren Church
Charles E. Sewell
Ablin
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly Street
A. — Yettleton
Cordovans
Huntsberry
Loudoun
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