Social Calendar Shows Week of Club Meetings and Events
A weekly list of club gatherings and church activities. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Ladies Aid Society benefit luncheon at Centenary Reformed Church. Kiwanis luncheon. Junior Century Club at Miss Anne Brooke Kern’s home. DAR Fort Loudoun Chapter meeting. church choirs practice at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran. Rotary benefit supper at Mrs Dan Lupton’s home. American Legion Post meeting. Bradock Street M E Church youth choir practice.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Centenary Reformed Church
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Junior Century Club
Anne Brooke Kern
Fairmont,avenue
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Robinson
North Cameron Street
Young Je
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Daniel Lupton
North
Washington’ Street
American Legion Post
Young People’s Choir
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Virginia Tech Sectional Clubs Plan Holiday Dances
The Shenandoah Valley Club of Virginia Polytechnic Institute schedules two Christmas dances in Winchester and Harrisonburg on December 26 and 27 with Jack Baxter and his orchestra. The Alleghany Mountain Club stages a German Christmas event December 26 in Clifton Forge with Red Bailey and his orchestra. Club officers include Clifton Forge cadets M. A. Johnson, Cc. H. Humbert Jr., and Okley Vermilia. The Bachelor's Club hosts its third fall dance with music by the Southern Colonels cadet orchestra and attendees from Roanoke and White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Club
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Jack Baxter
W. P. Swartz
Vipi
Alleghany Mountain Club
People's Hall
Clifton Forge
Red Baily
Messrs
M. A. Johnson
Return From A Visit To Jersey
Mr and Mrs W E Huntsberry return to their North Loudoun street home after a stay in Camden New Jersey as guests of Mr and Mrs Homer E Guyer They attended the Army Navy game on December 3 in Philadelphia Mr and Mrs Guyer are former residents of this city Music Lovers Club To Meet Tonight at Mrs Frank L Buckley No 23 South Stewart street Local club holds 730 pm gathering to discuss business and begin Christmas carol rehearsals
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Music Lovers’ Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Jersey
W. E. Huntsberry
Loudoun Street
Camden
N. J
Homer E. Guyer
Huntsberry
Philadelphia
Mrs. Guyer
Mrs Jennings Improves After Thyroid Surgery
Mrs. Jennings is reported as improved after an operation at Emergency Hospital for thyroid gland trouble. Her husband Mr. Herbert H. Jennings returned home to West Boscawen Street from Washington where he spent the weekend with her. Mrs. Jennings remains confined to the hospital. The family was staying in Washington during her treatment.
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Jennings
Herbert H. Jennings
West Boscawen Street
Washington
Jennines
Armstrong
Frank Armstrong
West Weicester Street
Memorial Hospital
National Fruit Product Company
State Policeman Miller Taken Ill Suddenly
State Policeman George F Miller of Winchester was taken ill with grippe and confined to his parents home on North Braddock street. His condition was reported satisfactory the next day as the malady remained prevalent in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Miller
Winchester
E. W. Miller
North Braddock Street
Locals Brighten as Illnesses Improve Across Streets
Miss Colleen Over on South Loudoun Street shows slight improvement from grippe while Miss Edna O Leary returns from Washington guest visit. Mr William Doran on South Loudoun Street improves enough to go out today. Miss Lena Anderson returns from Frederick Maryland visit on South Cameron Street. Fort Loudoun Chapter DAR to meet at 3 PM Wednesday at 120 North Cameron Street. Mrs Leslie Carper rests more comfortably after illness. Mrs D D Crenshaw and daughter Mabel return from Washington weekend. Pem Lyman of Cumberland visits Lyman family on West Cecil Street. Miss Constance Buckley improves from influenza and goes out. Mrs Sarah Brooks of Winchester called to Washington for her son Harry C Brooks, whose condition is unchanged. Master Paul Tomney, ill with pneumonia, passes crisis and slowly improves at West Cork Street home. Mr Ivan Jackson of Norfolk arrives to visit relatives. Tuesday bridge club to meet at Mrs Harry K Russell on South Stewart Street.
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Miss Stouffer
Evva Stouffer
Harry C. Stouffer
Courtfield
South Stewart Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lewis M. Allen
Edna O'Leary
South Loudoun Street
Washington
Nina Elgin
Pem” Lyman
Cumberland
Homer G. Lyman
West Cecil Street
Sarah Brooks
Winchester
Harry C. Brooks
Brooks
Paul Tomney
West Cork Street
Engineer Drowned As Crane Topples Into Water
Baltimore December 12 Associated Press reports an engineer, James Lee, drowned when a railroad crane toppled through heavy planking into 30 feet of Curtis Bay water. Fireman Jack Lamon escaped by leaping clear as the crane failed, and foreman Clarence Murrell jumped from the pier and swam to a barge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Curtis Bay Pier
James Lee
Jack Lamon
Clarence Murrell
United States Backs Steps for Wider Disarmament Treaties
The United States plans to cooperate in the disarmament conference with aims to achieve substantial reductions and a future revision mechanism. Germany signals willingness to rejoin, with Britain France Italy supporting equality and security. A London meeting is eyed for mid January with possible Rus- sian and Japanese participation.
Death ends embezzlement fugitive’s flight in New York
Walter C. Davis, 50, president of the City Savings and Loan Association of Colorado Springs, fled a $1,000,000 embezzlement charge and was found dead by hanging in his New York police cell. Davis disappeared from Colorado Springs six months earlier as the association faced receivership. Eva Terry, former secretary, said Davis supported her in a Denver apartment for years.
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Associated Press
New York
Walter C. Davis
City Savings and Loan Association of
Colorado Springs
Colo
Davis
Detective Story
Eva Terry
Denver
Police Describe High priced Car and Diamond Rings
Police cited a suspect’s items including a high priced motor car valued at $350 a month and several diamond rings as part of the case.
Prohibition repeal bills sent to subcommittee chair Blaine
Washington December 12 The Senate judiciary committee at its first meeting of the session referred all prohibition repeal legislation to a subcommittee headed by Senator Blaine a Republican of Wisconsin leading national prohibition. He said hearings likely unnecessary and the committee would begin work soon.
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Washington
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Blaine
Wisconsin
Population skew in octogenarians noted in report
A statistical report finds for every four men over 85 there are seven women. The Atlanta Journal begins with a remark about being too late, hinting at demographic insights and urgency.
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Atlanta Journal
United States fleet prepares for final year sea drills
SAN PEDRO Calif December 12 Moving out to sea today under overcast skies ships of the United States fleet within the next three days may reach the goal for which they have been striving for the past decade the successful operation of the fleet air force with the surface squadron at night The three day exercises will be the last tactical maneuvers of the year of the ships numbering nearly 100 combatant vessels It will be climaxed here by simulation of a general action between two great fleets The fleets will return January 3 for final gunnery practices at sea before the war game which begins January 23 in Hawaiian waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
United States
Fleet Air Force
Hawaiian
Frogs and Toads and Rain Association in Antiquity
The text notes that frogs and toads proximity to water earned them a reputation among primitive peoples as custodians of rain, reflecting a historical belief linking amphibians to weather phenomena and rainfall.
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Bride
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John Edward Wilkins
Washington, D. C
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John Julian Pickeral
Middletown
J. W. Moore
University Chapel
Arthur D. Sales
C. H. Hooley
Johanna Hill
H. E. Pickeral
Manassas
Monticello Hotel
Pickeral
Western View
University of Virginia
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Federal Farm Board
J. H. Pickeral
Steck
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Fairmont Avenue
Mary Marshall Steck
Mary Fielding Taliaferro
Harry Tinsley Taliaferro
White Plains
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Orange
John M. Steck
Virginia Apple Storage, Inc
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Tan Crawford MacCallum
So. Braddock Street
State of
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Agnes Snyder
Teachers' College
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Thomas Alexander
Teachers’ Training Department
Teachers’ College
Fitzgerald and
Beck
Alexander
Snyder
Columbia
Lions’ Club
Vigina Tech
Daniel Green
Virginia Anne Huntsberry
Alexandria
Frankie Smoot
Miller
Roland Mitchell
Master Mitchell
R. G. Mitchell
the Glen
Boyce
Clarke County
Circle No
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Edward B. Sartelle
Frank Butsler
Stephenson Social Club
J. M. Gore
Clearbrook
M. P. Ebert
Ebert
West Clifford Street
Menoe
Bernice Willis
Cork Street
Harper Method Beauty Shop
Harry Wyatt
Martha Busey
West Piccadilly Street
A. G. Mason
Virginia Macon
Morningside Drive
Washngton
Owen Mason
Vicks
Vicks VapoRub
Colleen Over
Grippe
William Doran
Lena Anderson
Prederick, Md
Annie Harper
South Cameron Street
Leslie Carper
D. D. Crenshaw
Mabel Crenshaw
Constance Buckley
Ivan Jackson
Norfolk
Harry K. Russell
The
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Geneva
Norman H. ‘Davis
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Arthur Henderson
Mr. Davis
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Baron von Schleicher
Berlin
J. Ramsay MacDonald
England
John Simon
Joseph Paul Bencour
Baron von Neurath
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations
General Commission
Norman H. Davis
Hague of Nations
United Tes
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
the Commercial & Savings Bank
the Bell Clothes Shop
Santa
Mother
Hamman's
Mary Jane
Hamman’s Toyland Basement
Hamman’s Dollar Store
de Ainten
Smaple
Loudoun and
Koscawen St
Just
Lovett
Main St
Air Force
Funeral
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