Social Calendex Weekly Club Activities and Meetings
A compact listing shows weekly and monthly gatherings at local venues. Activities include Lions Club, Little Theatre, White Post Parish Hall performances, Kiwanis Club luncheons, Rotary Club meetings at the George Washington Hotel, Delphian Society at Handley Library, American Legion Post luncheons, and a joint Civic League and Old Stone Church Memorial Association event at Green Spring’s historic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
White Post Episcopal Church
School House
Berryville
Rotary Club
Delphian Society
Handley Library
American Legion Post
Local
Civic League
Old Stone Church Memorial Association
Historic Church
Green’ Sprine
Memorial Hospital Benefit Dance Planned at Jordan Springs Hotel
Memorial Hospital hosts a benefit dance Monday night August 31 at the Jordan Springs Hotel. Miss Lillian Anderson leads as sponsor with George Buyer’s Orchestra from Chambersburg providing ten musicians. Proceeds fund hospital equipment. patronesses listed among local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Clark
R. F. Cline
B. B. Dutton
Robert McC. Glass
A. T. Hawthorne
J. E. Harris
Hunter H. McGuire
H.I. Pifer
Davis W. Ritter
R. A. Shafer
E. C. Stuart
George G. Snarr
Fred L. Glaize
Philip Willem
Clark Cooper
Beverley Wright
James D. W
Douglas Davis
Alfred Kerfoot
D. W. Ritenour
Edward Kremer
Miss Frances Cabell to wed Mr Jett in Fairview ceremony
A late summer wedding unites Miss Frances Cabell and Mr Jett at Fairview with Rev T Carter Page officiating. The bride wore her mother's gown of white chiffon. her niece Miss Henrietta Sparrow attended. Best man was Major S R Millar Jr. A reception followed and the couple departed for a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francs Cabell
Samuel Gordon Ceol
Miller Jett
Fairview
T. Carter Page
Local residents return from travels and visits
Fred Forney and J Patterson with Mrs Vera Mi left for Columbus to visit relatives. Mary Hawkins is ill at her parents home on East Pissadilly. Walter Schmidt and Frank Duntley recently motored to Detroit Niagara Falls and Canada. Schmidt family and Vincent Kobolinsky head home to Boston after two weeks with Fred W Schmidt family on National Ave. Several others from Stephens City Harrisonburg Front Royal and Washington visit and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickley
Claude B. Stickley
Florendale
Vaucluse
Sesson
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg
J. S. Haldeman
South Washington Street
Vandalia
Ohio
Kappa Delta Pi
Stephens City School
Fred
W. Forney
J Patterson
Vera Mi
Columbus
Mary Hawkins
Nat Hawkins
Pissadilly Street
Walter W. Schmidt
Frank E. Duntley
New York
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Canada
Mayo F. Schmidt
Teressa Schmidt
Vincent Kobolinsky
Fred. W. Schmidt
National Avenue
Boston
Mass
Grace
Frank, Jr
Fred W. Smith
Mr. Duntley
W. G. Strickler
Front Royal, Va
Frank Buckley
Stewart Street
Jailor reports accused man confesses in Clarksburg case
Harrison county jailor Andrew Moore said Cornelius O Pierson 45 confessed to murdering a Chicago widow Asta Buick Eicher and her three children Harry 12 Greta 14 and Anabel whose bodies were found in his garage drain. Autopsy showed strangulation for the two girls and a two hammer fractures to the boy. Bones found at a nearby cottage were turned over to the coroner to identify as remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Andrew Moore
Harrison County
Cornelius O. Pierson
Moore
Pierson
Asta Buick Eicher
Chicago
Harry
Greta
Anabel
John Byrd
North View
Harry S. Powers
Charles O. Duckworth
Special Music Programs at Braddock Street Methodist Church
Morning service features solo The Publican and quartet The Lord Is My Shepherd led by Madeline Whitlock and others. Evening program includes duets anthems and trios by Helen Barr Hugh Hawkins Cecelia Miller Evelyn Creswell Taylor Barr and the young people's choir. Rev Talbert preaches on Ye That Do Truly and Earnestly Repent and Two Good Cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
the Publican
van de Water
Madeline Whitlock
Lord Is
Shepherd
Smart
John S. Sloat
Hugh S. Duffey
Robert Mc. Glass
W. O. Talbert
Helen Barr
Hugh Hawkins
Gabriel
Young People’s Choir
Sankey
Cecelia Miller
Evelyn Creswell
Taylor Barr
Barnby
Talbert
Stephens City M E South services invite community
Stephens City M E South led by Rev O D Lambert lists Sunday events including Sunday School at 9:45 a m Preaching at 11 a m Ep worth League 7:30 p m Crusade Union Boys Singers directed by Dr H E K Whitney perform at 8 p m with a 25 member choir. Newark NJ students touring the south. free offering. Kernstown Refuge and Fairview also host services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Loring C. Staples
Epworth League
Crusade Union Boys’ Singers
Whitney
The
Crusade Singers
South
Hoover
White House
Washington
Newark
N. J
Kernstown
Fairview
Local Showers Forecast Early Week Across Atlantic States
Weather outlook from the Associated Press expects local showers to begin in the north portion of the North and Middle Atlantic States on Monday. Otherwise fair through Friday with cooler mornings and warmer afternoons later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wek
Middle Atlantic
Virginia Gasoline Tax Collected With Administrative Cost Report
Virginia collected about 11.97 million dollars in motor vehicle fuel taxes for the fiscal year ended June 30 1931. The cost of collecting the tax was roughly 0.12 percent with 684 785.88 refunded to 49 504 applicants. Total motor vehicle funds for the year reached 18.03 million dollars including license titles bus lines and fuel tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
T. McCall Frazier
State Department of Motor Vehicles
J. Frazier
United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Public Roads
New Mexico
North Carolina
Washington
Maryland
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
the Director of Motor Vehicles
Frazier
Hog Calling Featured At County Fair Contest
The article notes hog calling as the main attraction at the county fair on September 10th. It mentions contestants from last year returning to defend the state championship at Winchester Fair and new entrants preparing to compete in front of the grand stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Fair Grounds
Channel Hikers Give Up Trial on Water Skiis
CAPE GRIS NEZ France August 29 Two Austrian men started to walk across the English Channel on water skis but abandoned the attempt this afternoon after making about half the distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cape-Gris-Nez
France
English Channel
Skiis
Wheat Prices Fall While Corn Oats Rye Rise on Chicago Board
Wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade closed lower with September at 46 12, December 50 and May 55. Corn rose fractions with September 42 34, December 39 42, May 43 7. Oats gained with September 21 53, December 23, May 25 54. Rye advanced with September 33 53, December 37, May 40 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Board of Trade
Color Sergeant Appointments in Virginia Confederate Veterans
Acadrew Bell named color sergeant of the Virginia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans under Commander Robert M. Colvin of Harrisonburg VA. Other division officers include Inspector William R. Duke Jr of Charlottesville and Adjutant William H. Keister of Harrisonburg. Brigade commanders listed: George M. Peed Norfolk first, Robert R. M. Rainey Petersburg second, O W Huddleston Roanoke third, J Edward Beale Remington fourth, Heirome L. Opie Staunton fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Bell
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Robert M. Colvin
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Colvin
William R. Duke, Jr
Charlottesville
Samuel R. Luckett
Alexandria
Robert C. Byran
Richmond
Ben. R. Hutcheson
Staunton
Andrew H. Bell
Winchester
B. F. Wilson
J. P. McConnell
Radford
Edward C.martz
William H. Keister
George M. Peed
Norfolk
Robert R. M. Rainey
Petersburg
O. W. Huddleston
Roanoke
J. Edward Beale
Remington
Col. Heirome L. Opie
Also Mentioned on This Page
RIBAS
Miss Schnieder
William Schnieder
Miss Ane Schnieder
Evelyn Nail
Gertrude Jones
Hilma Hottell
Dorothy McDonald
Peggy Schindel
Peggy
Mary Wemeldorf
Betty Lee Perry
Elaine Eagle
Marianne Walters
John
Dick Nail
Jacky Rudolph
Dick Schindel
Bill Sullivan
George Guthridge, Jr
Harry Carper
Paul
Henry Schnieder
Harry A. Funk
Holmes Grim
Colleen Mmn
Corning
N. Y
Huntsberry
Frances Lehew Cabell
Mr. Jett
Bride
Edward Goss
Thomas Yates
Dorothy Kremer
Emily Lansford
Goss
Yates
Marvin Griffin
Kathryn Barnett
Griffin
Elizabeth Smith
Handley Schools
Miss Barr
Elizabeth Barr
West Boscawen Street
Mildred Richard
Chalmer Strain
New York City
Elizabeth Stuart
Maurice Trimble
Pittsburgh
Richard
Stuart
Sadie Long
W. F. Long
Lottye Boyer
Helen Shull
Miss Hollis
Louisa Hollis
Beverley Rice
Edith Cornwell
Rosalie Cox
Baltimore
Dorothy Green
Burr P. Harrison
Stuart-Trimble
E. Wiley Stearns
Alexandria, Va
Mr. Ridgely
White
Atlantic City
Margaret Flannery
Mount Washington, Md
Jane Mudd
North Cameron Street
Messrs
W. F. Lemley
Braynard Campbell
Hudesville, Va
Joseph Hodgson
Gladys Haldeman
Paul M. Haldeman
Virginia Tharp
Consumers’ Utilities Company
Sutton Harris
Walter S. Nicklin
Genevieve
Kathleen Harman
E. W. Hinton
Hazel
Dorothy Clem
Front Royal
Eleanor Robertson
South Kent Street
F. A. Read, Jr
Cazenovia, N. Y
Paul Gaylord
Mage McCarty
Nancy Lee Coble
Harry Kern, Jr
Warrenton
Mr. Williams Mays
Walter Bosserman
Fairmont Avenue
Sue
Caroline Carson
Riverton
Lewis M. Allen and Son
Dodge Hotel
R. A. Green
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lucy Hiner
Edward H. Durell
West Eenl Street
Newport
R. I
Charles W. Trenary
Clarendon, Va
Catherine Dinges
Claude Grove
Anne Brooke Kern
John M. Steck, Jr
Mrs. Garett DeGrange Jr
Dover, N. J
Mrs. H. DeGrange
Washington Street
M. E. South
O. D Lambert
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
China
Mines of Trade E. Gt
Ett Telephone National
Acadrew
C. W. Ramsburg
Roland C. Ryan
Mgr
Knox
Margaret Hodeson
Lovett Bros
East OF Geo. Washington Hotel
Vade
Buy Bicker’s
Bickers Motor Company
Ford
Post Office
Buncutter Fire Co
Ss. Braddock
Coats
Arin
Hoeiery
Bell Clothes
Bell
Bell Clothes Shop
N. Main St
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