Community notices include baskets for Christmas and DAR meeting
United Brethren Christian Endeavor plans to assemble Christmas baskets for needy families with toys and non perishable foods. Donations of food and penny boxes are invited, with delivery by Santa Claus. Fort Loudoun DAR meets at Mrs Grover Cooper’s home on Cameron Street with Ellis Island shower contributions.
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United Brethren Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Society of Fish Unit
Santa Claus
Fort Loudoun
Grover Cooper
North Cameron Street
C. P. McVicar
Elmer Griffin
Melville Shirkey
C. Vernon Eddy
Eddy
Cooper
Daughters of the American Revolution
Grover Carson Cooper
Charles P. McVicar
Social Calendar Highlights From City Clubs And Lodges
Luncheons and meetings listed include Kowanis Club at George Washington Hotel 12 30 p m. Lions Club luncheon at same venue 12 30. Fort Loudoun D A R at Handley Avenue home 3 00 p m. Robert Y Conrad Post 21 at Handley Library 7 30 p m. Winchester Lodge 867 B P O E at Pitt Corner. Grape Lutheran adult choir 3 15 p m Thursday. Rotary Club luncheon 1 00 p m at George Washington Hotel. Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion 1 00 p m Friday at George Washington Hotel. Regular weekly meeting Tuesday 12 30 p m.
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Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Kowanis Club
Stepane Social Club
Meredith Anderson
South Braddock Street
Fort Loudoun
C. P. McVicar
Handley Avenue
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Handley Library
Winchester Lodge
American Legion
Miss Mathews to be Church News Reporter
Miss Elsie Mathews was elected church news reporter at the Congregational Christian Church. She will provide items on church and Sunday School happenings for the local press, with Saturday church notes excluded. The Rev Dr Charles Freed spoke in Grace Church to support Voigt Memorial professorship and then left for other Shenandoah Valley churches.
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Congregational Christian Church
Elsie Mathews
Miss Mathews
Charles A. Freed
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Columbia
D. C
Grace Church
Voigt
Shenandoah Valley
Freed
Ward Thresh
Martinsburg
W. A
Federal Charge May Be Placed In Auto Theft
Sheriff P C Yost arrested James Fitzgerald and Robert McMurtrie near Martinsburg after their car ran out of gas. The vehicle, owned by a Charles Town man, carried Pennsylvania plates and a Winchester Elks Lodge card in the name of Lawrence C Hollis. Authorities say driving a stolen car across state lines is a federal offense.
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Winchester
Pennsylvania
Department of Justice
Springs
Berkeley Springs
P. C. Yost
Martinsburg Pike
James Fitzgerald
Robert McMurtrie
Charles Town
Winchester Elks Lodge
Lawrence C. Hollis
H. , Ebert
United Brethren Missionary Society To Meet
The Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church will meet at 442 North Braddock Street on Tuesday December 10 at 7 30 p m Mrs C M Barrett will lead the program A full attendance is requested Mutters Harry K Russell and Mrs Joseph A Massie left for Baltimore Md to attend funeral services for the late Mrs Loring A Cover Also attending were Mr and Mrs J Steck Sr Mr and Mrs J M Steck Jr Mr Burr P Harrison Dr Robert McC Glass and Mrs R E Byrd
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Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
M. V. B. Snake
North Braddock Street
C. M. Barrett
Harry K. Russell
Joseph A. Massie
Baltimore
Loring A. Cover
J. Steck, Sr
J. M. Steck, Jr
Burr P. Harrison
Robert McC. Glass
R. E. Byrd
T. W. Harrison
Union Memorial Hospital
Loring A. .Cover
Peggy Nolley
Alexandria
Richmond
Tolar Nolley
Welcoming the New Minister at Red Bud Church
The Red Bud Church ladies present a play Welcoming the New Minister on Wednesday night December 11 at 8 o clock. Admission is by silver offering and the public is invited.
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Red Bud
Red Bud Church
Equal Rights for Women in Burma and India
The article asserts women in Burma and India enjoy equal property rights with men, noting husbands and wives live on terms of greater equality than in any other country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
India
Mrs Loring Cover Becomes Home Again After Illness
After a long illness Mrs Loring Cover has returned home to rest. She united sweetness and strength to form a generous welcoming spirit. Her husband and children adored the home she built and protected, earning respect for tolerance and steadfast standards.
Roosevelt Receives Farm Bureau’s Award for Distinguished Service
President Roosevelt today received the American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual award for distinguished and meritorious services to organized agriculture. Edward A. O’Neal, federation president, presented the honor to the chief executive, praised by O’Neal as a man whose labors for American farmers have earned world praise.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
American Farm Bureau Federation
Edward A. O'Neal
Federation
United States
Federaton
O’neal
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Mamie L Lewis
Funeral services for the late Mrs Mamie L Lewis 56 who died Thursday morning at 7 35 at Ridgeway from paralysis were conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Gerrardstown West Virginia. The Rev Mr Luce officiated. Survivors include her husband and five children Sabina Elizabeth Charlotte and John Jr at home and Mrs Hazel Grim of Winchester. A grandson Austin H Grim Jr and Mrs Lewis aged father and step mother Mr and Mrs C L Crim of Gerrardstown also survive, as do two sisters Mrs J T Detter and Mrs L S Cusic of Gerrardstown.
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Mamie L. Lewis
Ridgeway
Presbyterian Church
Gerrardstown
W. Va
Luce
Methodist Episcopal Church
Sabina
Elizabeth
Charlotte
John
Winchester
Austin H. Grim, Jr
Lewis
C. L. Crim
J. T. Detter
L. S. Cusic
White Collar Jobs Funded For Relief Programs
Release of 14 112 442 by Comptroller General McCarl funds 13 bell ringing projects to provide white collar relief jobs. One major effort aims to assess which relief form dole work relief transient aid has the best impact.
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Washington
J. R. McCarl
Relief Administration
Ashanti Inheritance Rule Noted By Family Custom
The text states African descent among Ashantis includes female lines with the nearest heir at law not being a son but the sister's son, reflecting a matrilineal influence in succession.
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Africa
Body of Late Mrs. Cover Is Interred Here
The body of Mrs Grace Stayman Cover wife of Loring A Cover was interred at Mount Hebron Cemetery after a service at the family home Dunrobin Green Spring Valley Baltimore county The committal was led by Rev E B McGukin of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Family members and Philadelphia Winchester Baltimore relatives attended Numerous floral tributes filled the grave area She died Friday evening in Union Memorial hospital after an operation
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Grace Stayman Cover
Loring A. Cover
Baltimore
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Cover
Green Spring Valley
Frances F. Symington
James Piper
Thomas Cover 3Rd
Nelson Cover
Thomas Cover
Thomas C. Barton
Philadelphia
Winchester
Union Memorial Hospital
F . K. Russelbert McC
John M.greth
Harry Bern
R. Gray Williams
Stewart Bell
M. M. Lynch
H. D. Puller
T. B. Byrd
Burt Powell Harrison
W. Boyd
Harry Fyrd
Farmer Pays Penalty In Chair For A Murder
A Chester County farm hand, John Davis Jordan, was executed in Rockview Penitentiary for the 1934 slaying of Harvey Emery near Phoenixville. He blinked at guards, entered the death chamber, and died at 12 34 a.m. Officials said the sentence was carried out as scheduled.
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Bellefonte
Chester County
Rockeville
John Davis Jordan
Harvey Emery
Phoenixville
Mrs Randolph Dies Suddenly In Chicago Suburb
Mrs Mary Taylor Randolph widow of Isham Randolph a noted engineer died suddenly at her son's Riverside home in a Chicago suburb. The Richmond born widow long based in Chicago leaves three sons Col Robert I Randolph Rev Oscar DeWolf Randolph and Rev Spottswood Randolph. Funeral plans await word as the body is moved to Old Chapel Millwood for Wednesday burial.
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Millwood
Mary Taylor Randolph
Isham Randolph
America
Col. L Randolph
Riverside
Chicago
Randolph
George Taylor
Richmond
Robert C. Randolph
Congress
4 H Club Council Elects Officers For New Year
Miss Elizabeth Farrar discusses club programs and monthly meetings as the 4 H Club Council adopts 1936 goals. The executive committee will meet December 14 to map tentative programs and the new officers will be installed at the February meeting.
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Elizabeth Farrar
County Council
4-H Club Objectives and Council Plans
Goals outline responsibilities for club leaders to attend training, raise council funds, send delegates to State Short Course, and hold achievement days. Plan includes honoring 4-H members, pursuing contests, community service, and expanding recreation and parental involvement. Includes county camp and a late summer project fair.
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County Council
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L. D. Grubb
National Avenue
Grubb
Hirs. Grubb
Gladson Grubb
Washington, D
Mary Darr
C. J. Snapp
Clearbrook
Hiram Summer
James
Selma Hensell
Snapp
Katie Snapp
Ernest Lloyd Whitlock
Petersburg
Julia May Pitts
Whitlock
Hetzel Whitlock
Miss Pitts
Simon Pitts
Mite Society
Charles Hensell
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
White Hall
Grimes
Dr. Freed
Robert Harper
Hampden-Sydney College
Robert G. Harper
L. F. Harper
Harper
Philanthropic Literary Society
Handley High School
Harpers
Vogue
Margaret L. Hodgson
XMAS
Tle
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Boys’ & Girls
Berkeley County
United Brethren Missionary Society
Warren McFarland
Memorial Hospital
South Loudoun Street
McFarland
Donna Dean
Col. Warren
Dean
Washington, D. C
Jean Shryock
Willie Llyod, Jr
New York
John Lloyd
Marshall Hutchinson
Kenneth
Jessie Markwood
Burlington
Piedmont
Mrs. Loring
Farm Bureau
Old Chapel
4-H Club Council
Carlo Feltrinelli
Council of the Credito Italiano
Rome
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Merry Christmas
Commercial & Savings Bank
Gerrard Street
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Telephone
Big Joe
Loudoun
Stokely
ASCO
Victor
Acme
al Iwi
Clara V. Fultz
Shoppe
Lovett’s
R. M. Swimley
Simione
Lovett Bros
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