Miss Shenandoah Valley Beauty Winner Named
The beauty pageant selects Miss Shenandoah Valley 1938 with contestants from Winchester to Berryville. Winners tour Endless Caverns and host events as Martha Coffman returns as mistress of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mew Market
Mary Lois Bean
Winchester Handley High School
K. Denny
Joseph
White Post
Boyce
Helen Heath Venable
J. M. Ble
Stephens City
Dorothy Lee
Taylor Lee
Syville
Washington
Martha the Coffman
Woodstock
Endless Caverns
Endless Caverns Farm House
Maj
E. M Brown
Aeception
Timberville
Marjorie Broyles
Bridgewater
Jane Simmons
Staunton
Allene Weaver
Mr. Sidney
Betty Canada
Grottoes
Peggy Hammer
McGaheysville
Ruby Brill
Elkton
Evelyn Pamplin
Page County
Olivia Reynolds
Shenandoah City
Janet Updyke
Front Royal
Berryville
Mary Kay Denny
Lois Bean
Winchester
Amelie Boyce
Strasburg
Evelyn Keller
Jams Brook
Elizabeth Line
Jean Mitchell
Edinburg
Gladys Effler
New Market
Helen Venable
Josephine Wolford
Frances Wancless
Martha Alice Coffman
Calendar of events Friday to Sunday
Friday events include a silver tea by the Women's Auxiliary at the Episcopal Parish House and a Christmas Sale from 7 to 9. Regular Aid Society meeting at Mrs C A Nelson's home at 7:30. Frederick Circuit Aid Society meets at Whitlock Avenue parsonage at 7:45 with officer elections. Camp No 34 Woodmen of the World elect officers at Odd Fellows Hall at 8. Saturday opens with a Daughters of America meeting at Gorey Va lodge hall at 6. Sunday features an annual sermon and memorial service by the local Elks Club at 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Aid Society
Congregational Christian Church
C. A. Nelson
Frederick Circuit Aid Society
Whitlock Avenue
Woodmen of the World
Odd Fellows Hall
Daughters of America
Lodge Hall
Gorey Va
Elks. Club
Guests Add Names To Zelda Luttrell Birthday List
The Star lists omitted guests for Zelda Luttrell’s birthday party including Eddie Manual Betty Funk Patricia Funk Phyllis Ashley Allie Luttrell Nita Elsen and Betty Lee Sheetz. Other items note opening tea at Liberty Hall hosts C R Erbe Gertrude Erbe and attendees from Winchester and Frederick counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelda Luttrell
Eddie Manual
Betty Funk
Patricia Funk
Phyllis Ashley
Allie Luttrell
Nita Elsen
Betty Lee Sheetz
Local Social Guests Share Weekend in Town
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Langdon of Charles Town West Virginia and Mrs Margaret Parish of Gore Virginia plus Mrs N B Shingleton and Miss Nina Lee Buckman of this city were guests of Mrs Alice McKinister on South Loudoun street. Helen Massey and William Massey Jr return from Boston with Miss Martha Seabury as Massey guest. Mrs J A Richard has returned from Pougkeepsie New York after visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Chalmers Strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Paul Mellon
Upperville
Pittsburgh
Middleburg
J. Walter Cochran
Charlotte H. Noland
Daniel C. Sands
Henry Fairfax
Oliver Iselin
Noland
Walter Fred
Robert McConnell
Jack Skinner
Lea MacDonald
Harry Langdon
Charles Town
W. Va
Margaret Parish
Gore, Va
N. B. Shingleton
Nina Lee Buckman
Alice McKinister
South Loudoun Street
Helen Massey
William Massey, Jr
Boston
Mass
Martha Seabury
Miss Massey
J. A. Richard
Mrs. Chalmers Strain
Pougkeepsie
N. Y
Mrs Lupton Hosts Bridge Luncheon At Liberty Hall Tea Room
Mrs D W Lupton hosted her club with bridge and luncheon at Liberty Hall tea room on the Gainsboro pike outside the city. Guests included Mrs Reginald Haines Mrs Ray Robinson Miss Lydia Irish Mrs Grover Schlack Mrs Philip Gold Mrs Mable Cather and Mrs C A Robinson Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lupton
New Tearoom
D. W. Lupton
Bridge
Liberty Hall
Gainesboro Pike
Reginald Haines
Ray Robinson
Lydia Irish
Grover Schlack
Philip Gold
Mable Cather
C. A. Robinson, Jr
Modern Etiquette Q A Guide on Polite Introductions
A etiquette guide advises against saying pleas to meet you when introduced and prefers How do you do. It says guests need not say thank you each time a dish is passed, but should express thanks when appropriate and to always respond to any meal invitation.
Minnie Hall Bags 130 Pound Deer In Woods Chase
In Lehighton Pennsylvania on December 2 a woman named Minnie Hall left her beauty shop with a rifle and hunted in the woods. She returned with a deer estimated at 130 pounds challenging male bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehighton, Pa
Minnie Hall
Woodmen Hold Open Meeting in Odd Fellows Hall
Modern Woodmen Camp No. 15510 held an open session in the Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday night December 1 with State Manager V J Barnes of Staunton as principal speaker. He reviewed the order's work since its founding using illustrations and highlighted member protection. Several visitors and locals spoke briefy as did Harry Windle and Thomas Walters who provided music. Delegations from nearby counties and West Virginia officials attended. Prizes for the membership campaign were displayed. A further meeting is set for January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Hall
V. J. Barnes
Staunton
Harry Windle
Thomas Walters
West Virginia
Willing Workers Circle to Meet in Front Royal
Local social notes list December 5 gathering of The Willing Workers Circle of The King's Daughters at Miss Martha Brent Burruss home. Various residents and visitors from Front Royal and Warren County are noted, including travels, visits, and an announcement of State Traffic Officer A. O. Hallett's marriage to Mary Nunn in Rockville Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Circle of the King’s Daughters
Martha Brent Burruss
A. O. Hallett
Mary Nunn
Rockville
Mrs. Hallett
Frederick Circuit Ladies Aid Society Meets Tonight
The annual election of officers of the Frederick Circuit Ladies Aid Society is set for this evening at the parsonage on Whitlock avenue at 7 45. Mrs. Retha Carper will lead the meeting and all members are urged to attend as other business matters will be discussed. Mr. and Mrs. E H Grove have returned home after visiting their son in law and daughter in Hichmion Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrer-Martin Nuptia
Winchester
Louise S. Martin
Ivan Rohrer
Hagerstown
Boyce Baptist Church
Virginia Cather
Hollins College
T. Russell Cather
South Stewart Street
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
Virginia Sydnor
Randolph Macon College For Women
Lynchburg
H W. Ebert
Cather
Miss Ebert
James Goode
V. P
Harry Ebert, Jr
Randolph Mace
Ashland
Kenneth Robinson
Barbara Lee Higgins
Royal Hotel
Front Royal
Martin
Rohrer
Grace Lutheran Church
Ellen Sargent
Massie Hawthorne
Elizabeth Lichliter
Martha Arnold
Nancy Butler
Peggy Chapman
Anna Kerns
Jacqueline Eagle
Eleanor de Grange
Amy Willis
Jean Manuel
Leigh Rosenberger
Mary Sencindiver
Linette Spicer
Robert McNalley
Mary Boxley
National Council
Heidi
Bluebeard
Cinderella
Congregational Christian Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid Society
Congregational Christian Church
C. A. Nelson
Woodlawn Avenue
Division 4
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street Methodist Church
South
E. P. Bean
L. K. Dellinger
Hoye Riley
Bean
William G. Hardy
Harry Butler
Walter Duncan
H. Clay Manuel
Frederick
E. H. Grove
Reginal Mapp
Hichmion Va
Strikes and Tensions Rise as French Workers Discharged
Workers in St Nazaire defy orders after a Wednesday walk out claiming all were fired and forced into lower wage contracts. Clashes erupt between police and workers as Daladier plans to seek a confidence vote in Parliament to renew decree powers, push a 1939 budget, and adjourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nazaire
Daladier
Mass Funeral Set After Utah Bus Train Crash Tragedy
Survivors recounts of the collision describe driver Silcox stopping at the crossing and engineer Rehmer applying brakes. A mass funeral is planned as high school classes remain suspended and a list of identified victims from Jordan South D Jordan Bluffdale and Crescent is released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silcox
Rehmer
Alfred Elton
Harold E Wallace
David E. Whitter
Witter
Mr. Hunt
Albert J. Hunt
South Jordan
George
Dyard
Rosa Larson
Wilwert
Naomi Webb
C. N. Jensen
Jordan
L. W. Neilson
Trom Riverton
Utah
Farrold T. Silcox
Nealensley
Robert Egbert
William Glaizer
Naomi Lewis
Rae Miller
Virginia Nelson
Blaine Page
Kenneth Peterson
Harold Sandstrom
Carol Vincent Tephenson
Wilbert Webb
Naomi
Ole Peterson
South
George Hunt
Helen Lloyd
Dean Winward
Helen Young
Lois Johnson
Bluffdale
Byard Larson
Rosa
Crescent
Duane Parkinson
Viola Sundquist
Requiem Mass Celebrated For Mrs McFadden
Funeral services for Mrs Annie McFadden widow of Patrick J McFadden were held at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Rev Charles Comaskey officiated with Revs R E Hannon and Michael Molloy assisting. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery with pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie McFadden
Patrick J. McFadden
South Washington Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Charles Comaskey
R. E. Hannon
Michael Molloy
B. F .Arthur
B. B. Dutton
M. M. Lynch
O. L Jamison
James P. Reardon
Jacob H. Yost
Bernard M. Sullivan
Thomas J. Trier
Abductors of Girl Counted On Ransom
Mary Brown described an abduction by three rough looking men on a lonely road near their home. She was not gagged and returned by automobile after a failed ransom attempt. Major Munshower and Maryland State Police pursued the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington
Elmer F. Munshower
Maryland
Mary
Brown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard Largent, Jr
University of Virginia
Cty
Valley Avenue
C. R. Erbe
Gertrude Erbe
Frederick County
Erbe
Miss Williams
Comrade
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock Street
Nina Williams
Julia Rosenberger
J. M. Light
Girl Scout Troop
Dorothy Anderson
Frank Anderson
Gray Avenue
Ethel Hartman
Washington, D. C
Mrs. S. Hartman
Vernon Myers
Hartmans
Miss Hartman
Philadelphia
John Richardson
Gaylord
Ralph Richardson
Gwynne Carrison
Polly Winslow
Jane Brooks
Gertrude
Mary Dougherty
Billy Jacobs Weatherall
Jary P. Mitchell
William B. Watkins, Jr
Tom Scully
A. J. Baldwin
William Clagett
Ned Lewis
James S. Goode
Martin-Rohrer
Blacksburg
Mrs
S. J. Goode
Wilmer F. Shryock
Agt
Haldeman
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Alecia Beauty Salon
W. B. Snider & Son
Qafig' N Hospital
D. E. Wright
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
Daniel E. Wright
Rockefeller Foundation
Greece
Turkey
Woodmen
Roanoke
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Isabel Gore
Johnson Nursing Home
Grant Preston
Harrisonburg
Robert Fritts
Charles Urquhart Buck
George N. Buck
Edgewood Park
Charles Basg
Houston Grubbs
Baltimore
John P. Neu
Texas
John Lake
Ida McCuen
Ann Walker
Charlottesville
Eleanor Haley
Seaman Borden
Willard Melvin
Wilmington, del
Charles Reeves
Eugene West
Charlotte
Mr. West
Mark B. Turner
Mrs. H. C. Coe
Miss Muriel Coe
Mrs. Franklin Forsyth, III
Hague, Va
Mrs. Forsyth
Mrs. Arnest
Portia Spencer
Portsmouth
Carrie Spencer
Franklin
James Spencer
E. B. Jackson
Strasburg Rotary Club
Dr. Jackson
Mrs. Sweetser L. Green
Park View
Charles Carson
Mrs. L. R. Treat
Bedford, Va
R. W. Payne
Bonnie Ray
the Baptist Church
S. Byrne Downing, Jr
Robert C. Rives
Memorial Hospital
Anne Mathews
Nica Ey
Prise
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ridgeway
Square Dancing
Don P
Paul Jones
Atton’s
Inwood
Beauty Shoppe
Piccadilly
Cameron
Huntsberry
Loudoun St
Pifer Printing CO. Gift
N. Loudoun St
Ellis
Howard L. James
W. Piccadilly
Mamburgers
Undi
Underwood
Big Joe
United Food Stores
Philco
Philcoystery
Anderson
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