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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1937
Page
10
The ad warns that hot weather dulls digestion and causes symptoms like souring food gas belching and irritability. It promotes Calo tabs an improved calomel compound tablets as quick relief with a trial package ten cents and a family pack twenty five cents available at drug stores.
Millwood Virginia Aug. 25 Mr William Bailey hosted a Friday night dance at his home with guests including Margaret Della Meade Edith Beardall Anne Meade Margaret Dole Gertrude Dougherty Mary Dougherty Graham Dougherty Louis Meade Roland Mitchell Buddy Reynolds Richard Dole David Allen Dick Morrison Fraser Dougherty Charles Tucker Mrs Pinkney Weatherall and Virginia Jacobs won ribbons at Berryville Horse Show while Dr Allen and Mrs George Greenhalgh earned top prizes. New York visitors Mr and Mrs Congreve Jackson arrived to stay a week at Mrs Burwell Jacobs home near Boyce. Meade daughters Margaret and Anne planned brief trips to Henderson Kentucky and Edgewood guestships.
Sunday gatherings at Berryville and Leesburg fill the Clarke county social calendar. Guests include Miss Margaret Della Meade and Lieut. J. T. Posy, with parties at Rosemont for Cornelia Anne Larus. Dances, teas, and cocktail parties attract many locals and visiting friends.
Jones went to Mont Alto to visit Mr Courtney Jones at the Mont Alto Hospital. Miss Lily Garver guests of Misses Mary and Agnes Page. Mr and Mrs Daniel Dougherty returned to Philadelphia after visiting Mr and Mrs Graham Dougherty. Mr and Mrs Philip Burwell guests of Mrs Burwell Jacobs. Mr Burwell is her son. Mrs George Burwell of Yucan hosted Louis B Meade Jr, guest of Champe Conner Jr. Anné Meade visited Année Williams in Berryville for lunch and the horse show last Friday.
William R. Taggs naval flying cadet aboard the U S Ranger won the $100,000 first prize in the Old Gold contest. The 25 year old from Valparaiso Indiana is son of Lieut Col R L Staggs. Fifth and sixth prize winners earned $5,000 each and include Wilmer C. Anderson of Beaumont Texas and Mrs Emma Barlow of Washington D C. A list of 200 minor winners will be announced soon.
Arthur J. Linn Nite spoke at the Winchester gathering as G Robie Vill President of Purcellville National Bank and Virginia Bankers Association vice president addressed the group. John S. Sloat welcomed guests and H H Cooley presided. Shirley H Smith led Group 3 officers but no steps were taken to organize a clearinghouse.
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