Swartz Family Reunion At Dutch Wind Mill
The Swartz family reunion held Sunday at Dutch Wind Mill featured shoe pitching and a softball game with attendees from Bunker Hill Winchester Strasburg Martinsburg Ridgeway Hagerstown York and other towns. Separate notes cover visitors Mrs Arthur Leafe and Mrs Leslie Shepherd traveling to Atlantic City for a Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention and a new 12 pound son born to Mr and Mrs Hugh Hawkins at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dunn
Ella
Robert
Wesley Dunn
Winchester
Russell Herrell
Strasburg
Raymond Swartz
Anna
Martinsburg
W. Va
Howard Swartz
Rosa Swartz
Bunker Hill
W. Vas
John Swartz
Ridgeway
Ashby Swartz
Inword
Raymond Smith
Rolland Tharp
Russell Swartz
Richard Lee
Stewart Swartz
William Swartz
Hagerstown
Jack Middleton
Franklin
Leafe
City
Arthur Leafe
Leslie B. Shepherd
Dallas
Texas
Nellie Leafe
South Kent Street
Shepherd
R.S. Fansler
South Stewart Street
Atlantic City
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Hugh
Nat’) Hawkins
Memorial Hospital
Hawkins
Jane Flood
Handley Schools
Pennsylvania
Coca Cola
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Meetings and Events
Calendar lists weekly choir practices at local churches and lodge meetings at Winchester venues. Luncheons and club meetings include Rotary Club Lions Club Kiwanis Modern Woodmen of America and American Legion with events at George Washington Hotel Winchester Country Club and various halls. A concert by Mrs Susan Reid Stuart and colleagues is planned at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren
Winchester Lodge No
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Winchester Country Club
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Susan Reid Stuart
Mary Stearns Feller
Eva Stouffer Noel
Lions Club
Modern Woodmen of America
North Loudoun Street
Kiwanis Club
Winchester area families hold annual Clowser picnic at Brannon's Ford
Mr and Mrs Roy McKee Mr and Mrs William McKee and Mr and Mrs Hollis Clowser hosted an annual picnic at Brannon's Ford 17 miles north of Winchester with kin and friends enjoying a real dinner and music by Oats Brothers and McKee Brothers. Also noted Miss Gertrude Eddy Falls and Breaks A Hip while visiting in Kearneysville and Winchester apple broker visits Winchester from London England by Winfred Sims who attended Byrd apple picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clowser
Roy McKee
William McKee
Hollis Clowser
Williams
Brannon’s Ford
Winchester
Oats Brothers
McKee Brothers
McKees
Crowsers
Ruth
Frances Winifred
Josephine
Hilda
Zula Mae
Peggy
Lester
Joseph
Bobby Lee
Richard
Russell
Maynard
Helen
Emily
Die
Hollis Crowser
William Hollis
Paul Campbell
Paul, Jr
Joyce
Charlotte
Beulah Williams
Edna Fauver
Messrs
Hetzel
Elmer Oats
Charles’ Ward
Guy Fauver
Lawrence Dick
William Whitlock
Carl McKee
Gertrude Eddy
Miss Gertrude Eddy
Jess Carr
Kearneysville
W. Va
Charles Town
General Hospital
Miss Eddy
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Winfred Sims
London
England
Sims
J. O. Sims
Apple Brokers
Borough Market
Victor Sims
J. R. DuShane
Local residents enjoy visits and travels across states
A string of social notes highlights Richmond area residents returning home after visits with family in Berryville Lortent W Va Cumberland Md Towson Md Petersburg Parkersburg W Va and Youngstown Ohio. Several host and guest exchanges occur with trips to Baltimore Atlantic City Washington Philadelphia and Atlantic City reflecting postwar social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Martin Carper
Richmond
W. S. Carper
Berryville
James Neil
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Newport News
Alexander P. Lyon
Harlan
Youngstown
Ohio
Lyon
Howard Cather
South Washineton Street
Edward Page Tabb
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cather
Appointment of Judge Withheld for Eastern Virginia
Richmond observers expect a federal judge for Eastern Virginia to wait for Congress reconvening in January. A recess appointment is unlikely. the appointee would require Senate confirmation. Eleven candidates have been nominated for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
Congress
Senate
Redbud Tree Traits and Wood Value
The redbud grows 25 to 50 feet high with heart shaped dark green leaves. Wood is hard and heavy but has little commercial value.
Motz Advises Virginia Orchardists on Export Quality
F A Motz of the U S Department of Agriculture told Rockingham County apple growers in Harrisonburg that European markets show promise but face stiff competition. He blamed Virginia apples for past poor quality and scalding and urged better packing with purple wax paper to boost appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
F. A. Motz
United States Department of Agriculture
Apple Export Authority
Rockingham County
Assembly Hall
Europe
Virginia
Great Britain
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
England
South Africa
New Zealand
W. S. Campfield
Virginia Horticulture Society
Amerita
Congress Ends Session Amid Unsettled Problems
Washington August 27 Congress adjourned for a long vacation amid a mass of unresolved issues including NRA legislation neutrality cash bonus social security and farm relief. Senate filibuster by Long over the deficiency bill left the session with Critics labeling it wasteful and ill advised while Robinson praised enacted measures as easing human problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Long
Robinson
Dickinson
Associated Press
House
Republic
Water Plants as Food by Ancient Beasts
The text explains pond lilies with tuberous underground stems rich in starch fed ancient large mammals. It notes the moose and other aquatic plants as sustenance for extinct beasts that roamed Asia and North America, with cattails and swamp grasses also providing edible stems and roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
North America
Roosevelt Rejects Nationwide Census Survey Plan
President Roosevelt turned down a Works Progress Administration census project to hire 124,000 workers for a nationwide survey starting November 1. The plan sought 16 million dollars, but was disallowed due to likely delays in completing preparations by the start date. The administration presses for speed in the works program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Census Bureau
Works Progress Allotment Board
Money Expected To Be Found For New Agencies
Washington August 27 funds for eight new acts under the New Deal were expected to be saved after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. Leaders said money would come from the relief fund to start social security and other programs including railroad retirement bus and truck regulation alcohol control utility regulation and the Guffey coal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Senator Low
Ana
House
Roosevelt
J. R. McCarl
Labor Relations Board
Buchanan
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Huey Long
Robinson
Burns
McCarl
Interstate Commerce Commission
Treasury
Securities and Power Commissions
Bankhead
AAA
Guffey
NRA
Oklahoma City Infested by Cricket Swarms
Oklahoma City residents faced a cricket invasion described as sounding like two brass bands. For two days insects buzzed through the business district drawn to bright lights, swarming by night as merchants scrubbed with lye water and insecticides with only temporary relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bethel Sunday School Resumes After Closure
Bethel Sunday School will resume sessions on Sunday September 1 at 10 oclock. The reopening follows closures due to concerns over infantile paralysis affecting Bethel vicinity and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Bethe
Two Drunks Fined in Police Court
Two persons charged with being drunk were fined in Police Court. Carl Patton and Pete Wanzee of Stephens City each paid a total of 10 dollars and 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Patton
Pete Wanzee
Stephens City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nat” Hawkins
Mrs
Scott Cline
William Hollinger
Shady Grove
Emmett Dettra
Rosalees
Kernstown
Charles Myers
Reliance
Elmer Crabill
Edinburg
Walter Holsinger
Woodstock
L. A. Dettra
W.J. Cline
Neva
Ina Yates
L. C. Kenney
Winchester Golf Club
H. F. Byrd
Nat Carpenter
C. A. Robinson
Kemp
Charles Kemp
W. B. Anderson and Sons, Ltd
Liverpool
Byrd
New York
Virginia Beach
Gladys
Madeline Patton
Charles Ritter
Frankie Patton
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Beulah Hawkins
Dayton
Mrs. N. Hawkins
East Piccadilly Street
Archie Jenkins
Forestville
Ivan Lantz
Berea College
Melvin, Raymond
Guy Lantz
Richie
Timberville
Miss Ruth Lawyer
Charles Lawyer
Washington, D .C
Mrs. Loy Hook
Mrs. Loy Eaton
Mr. Lee Curtis
Jack
VOGUE
Huntsberry
Melvin Brown
Lortent
Cumberland, Md
Helen Davis
Stephenson
Catherine
Mildred Busey
Raymond Baby
Shepherdstown
A. C. Carson
Riverton
Louisa Clark Herren
Mary Herren
Baltimore
Marlin
Mr. Herren
Herren
Joseph A. Massie
Elizabeth Massie
Mary Rogers
Amherst Street
George E. Sillik
Towson, Md
Wilton Benson
F. L. Buckley
Front Royal
Mrs. Turner
Strickler House
B. F. Underhill
Stewart Inn
Mr. Underhill
Peter W. Gibbons
Mrs. H. H. Jennings
Mr. Jenning
J. Daniel Fry
W. A. Ponton
N. J
Lyle Herrell
South Loudoun Street
Walter D. Myers
Hayfield
Marcia Hart
Philip and
Hugh Hart
Hagerstown, Md
Harold Rowe
South Cameron Street
Dorothy Winkfield
The
Northern Virginia Power Company
Ralph B. Snapp
Ralph, Jr
H. M. Grove, Sr
Newbern
N. C
Pittsburgh
John Hoover
Charles L. Hoover
B. M. Neitzey
Glover Park
I. Fred Stine
Washington, D. C
F. Earl Parsons
E. W. J. Hearty, Inc
Apple Exporters
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Rice
John Warren Rice
Atlantic Cty, N. J
Redbud
Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Motz
Harrisonburgers
Campfield
U. S
Fortune Magazine
Savigs
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Hee l
Lovett Brothers
Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Loudoun
the Commercial & Savings Bank
BIG Joe
Geo. W. Kurtz
Victor
Acme
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun St
Monica
George Washington
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