Papers of Exceptional Interest Read At Century Club Meeting
At the Century Club event on December 1 Mrs. Durell read diary excerpts of Englishman John Davis who toured Charleston in 1799 and observed Ashley river planters and slave life. Other readings by Mrs. Stewart Bell and Mrs. Melvin Green covered Life in New England and Winchester society with letters from 1799. The Junior Auxiliary to Memorial Hospital meets December 8 at 3:30 P.M. at Mrs. Knight’s residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Fred L. Glaize
John Davis
Durell
Davis
United States
Charleston
South Carolina
Drayton
Magnolia Gardens
Ashley River
Pause Monte of Charleston Sociey
Virginia
New England
Stewart Bell
South
Melvin Green
The
Civic League
Handley Library
C. B. Organ
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Allen
Miss Charlotte Harding Weds Lieut Conrad in Juarez Mexico
Announcement from Winchester notes the marriage of Miss Charlotte Harding of New York City and Boston to Lieut. George Bryan Conrad of the U S Army on Thursday, November 3, in Juarez Mexico. The couple plan to reside at Fort Bliss near El Paso for two years while he is stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mexico
Winchester
Charlotte Harding
New York City
Boston
Mass
United States
Cleveland
United States Military Academy
West Point N. Y
Conrad
George Harding
Miss Bigelow
Hunter H. McGuire
Mrs. Conrad
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Sunshine Club Elects Officers At Ritter Home
The Sunshine Club of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South met at Mrs. A Taylor Ritter 215 East Cork street with assistants Mrs. Charles R Keeler Mrs. Ella Miller and Mrs. William H McIlwee. Officers reelected were Mrs. Keeler president Mrs. Miller vice president and Mrs. Edward E Peer secretary. Mrs. J Crider became treasurer. Planning a Christmas greeting and a talk on Martha Berry's Rome GA school were highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South
A. Taylor Ritter
East Cork Street
Charles R. Keeler
Ella Miller
William H. MclIlwee
Keeler
Miller
Edward E. Peer
J. Crider
Social Calendar of Kernstown church and civic groups
A compact listing of weekly meetings and events across Kernstown including Lions Club at George Washington Hotel Junior Auxiliary at Winchester Memorial Hospital Little Theatre Guild at Handley Library Kiwanis Club at George Washington Hotel United Brethren and Grace Lutheran church choirs Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel American Legion Post at George Hotel and Choral Club at First Presbyterian Church all invited and urged to attend with full attendance requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
B. M. Knight
Leicester Street
Little Theatre Guild
Handley Library
Kiwanis Club
Young Peoples Choir
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
American Legion Post
First Presbyterian Church
Little A
Howard Returns From Northern Virginia School Tours
Mr. Dowell J. Howard supervisor of agricultural education for Northern Virginia resumes duties in Wo Wester after extensive trips to Prince William and Caroline counties visiting Future Farmers of America events. He attended a Father and Son Banquet at Manassas and a similar banquet at Mica High School in Caroline county as a special guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell J. Howard
Northern
Virginia
Wo Wester
Prince William
Caroline Counties
Manassas
Future Farmers of America
Mica High School
Caroline County
Reliance U B Charge and Local Sermons Listed
Reliance Union Baptist charge outlines morning services at Reliance with 10 am Sunday School and 11 am sermon. Ridings Chapel and Stephens City schedule afternoon Sunday School and multiple sermons with parables illustrated by stere opticon pictures. Greenway offers 9 30 am Sunday School with cordial invitation. A remark on marriage theory follows.
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H & Richardson
Reliance
Ridings Chapel
Stephens City
Greenway
White Elephant sale and Notre Dame seek boost in 1930 notes
The column lists items and events from December 5 1930 including Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne gloomy about Southern California game prospects and a planned highway construction budget of nearly 1 million between Strasburg and Roanoke. It also notes a citizen protest against child gun use and agricultural overproduction concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
California
Strasburg
Roanoke
The
Star
Wife Preservers Salad Make Ahead Steps
Instructions describe making a salad starter by hard boiling eggs, separating whites and yolks, arranging crisp lettuce leaves in portions, and forming a nest of chopped egg whites with the yolk center as a garnish.
Tapping The Shenandoah for Winchester Water Supply
Retired engineer Alexander Spottswood Dandridge argues in a Winchester Star letter that water should be drawn from the Shenandoah River about 1.5 miles east of Millwood in Clarke County. He cites distance, river junction, and the shared water with Washington as reasons to issue bonds and begin construction for a large, immediate city boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Shenandoah River
Millwood
Clarke County
Washington, D. C
Alexander Spottswood Dandridge
Miss Douglas Dies of Tuberculosis in Martinsburg
Miss Clarissa Althea Douglas 21 of 810 West King street Martinsburg died at home from tuberculosis after nearly two years illness. Born May 30 1910 in Virginia she lived in Martinsburg four years worked at Interwoven Mills. Survived by mother and siblings plus Seymour Douglas of Washington and Emily Douglas of Hopemont. Funeral Sunday 2 PM from home with Rev. W S Hammond M E Church South, interment Mount Hebron Cemetery Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Clarissa Althea Douglas
West King Street
Miss Douglas
Virginia
Laura
W. A. Douglas
Dr Landis Opens Winchester Veterinary Hospital
Dr. J Landis, longtime local veterinarian, returns to Winchester and opens a veterinary hospital at 6 West Cork Street. He will offer general practice with a focus on pets, dogs and cats, boasting one of the Valley's best equipped facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. @. Landis
Winchester
West Cork Street
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the Evening Star
Lieut
Mrs. Organ
Dr. Allen
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic Club
National Democratic Club of Washington
Samuel Herrick
Nilie Tayloe Ross
Democratic National Committee
J. Borden Harriman
Club
District of Columbia
Charles S. Hamlin
Ruth Bryan Owen
John Allan Dougherty
Wilson
A. T. Ritter
Pepee League of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Kernstown
Rotary Club
Huntserry
Huntsberry
Buaoor
Mr. Howard
Little Theatre
New York
Albert Seal
North Braddock Street
Canter
Garland Canter
West Boscawen Street
Church of Christ
Stella Virginia Hicks
Baltimore
Joe Archer
Forest Hills
Hicks
Long Island, NY
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Dixon
Hunter Davidson
Clayton Hartman
Wilbur Shade
Stewart L. Forney
Jessie Markwood
Woman's Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary of
Nurses’ Home
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Philadelphia
Amherst Street
E. D. Davis
Leesburg, Va
West Clifford Street
R. G. Spiker and Sons
Earl and Curtis
Ruth Jones
Washington
Frank Gearing
Courtfield Ave
Willing Workers’ Society of the First Baptist Church
Burchell Wiley
Milbourn Wiley
Alice Dunaway
Memorial Hospital
Cork Street
Thomas M. Hiltzheimer
Kathleen Sutton
Hiltzheimer
O. T. Wright
Edward G. Herman
L. L. Hockman
Washington Street
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Elks, Lodge of Sorrow
Charles Adey
Robert M. Ward
West Virginia
Electric
Fort Loudoun Seminary
Ernest C. Dove
John T. Noonan
Henry C McDowell
Harrisonburg
Matinee Daily
Ricardo Cortez
Mae Clark
Norman Foster
Warner Bros
Editor
Douglas
Dr. Landis
Ser
Thom Pene
Rouss Ave
the Commercial & Savings Bank
National Credit Association No. 1
Fifth Federal Reserve District
Margaret Hodgson
Stow
R. M. Swimlfy
Bell Clothes Shop
Lovett Bros
Frank Lovett
Funsra Directors
Buncutter Tire Co
Crisfield Oysters
G. QO. Snapp
Lou Bernstein
Loudoun St
Mack
North Main Street
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