Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Community Meetings
The schedule lists Francis Asbury Union at Braddock Street Church Thursday 8:00 p m. American 3:30 p m meeting Friday with luncheon. Episcipal group rehearsals and theatre events fill Friday evening including Kempy at Capitol Theatre and a George Washington Hotel dance. The Winchester Branch AAUW meets Saturday afternoon. Lions Club and church choirs rehearse throughout the week with Elks and Rotary Club activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Asbury Union
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Little Theatre
Capitol Theatre
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Arthur Robinson
South Stewart Street
The
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Washington Hotel Hosts Haines Act Show and Virginians
Washington Hotel presents a dance with the remote Haines and His Virginians to entertain between acts. Patronesses include Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin and others. Nurses' Alumnae Association of Winchester Memorial Hospital to hold a Friday 3 PM meeting. George B. Womeldorph remains in serious condition after surgery at Memorial Hospital. Miss Marjorie Houston Trotter to wed Henry Charles Wood in early spring. Francis Asbury Union to meet tonight at Brad dock Street Methodist church with charity baskets. Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd to host dinner for Miss Charlotte Noland at her Amherst street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Glaize
Harry K. Russell
John M. Steck
Bryan Conrad
Hunter H. McGuire
Thomas W. Harrison
Nurses’ Alumnae Association
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
New Trotter
Mark
Herbert Trotter
Woodstock
Marjorie Houston Trotter
Henry Charles Wood
Berkeley
Cal
Francis Asbury Union
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Charlotte Noland
Foxcroft School
Middleburg
William Bell Watkins
Millwood
Clarke County
William Mitchell
Harry Frost
Daniel Sands
Samuels
Front Royal
Charles H. Consolvo
County Four H Council Elects Officers And Plans For Year
County Four H Council meets at Christ Episcopal ae house on West Boscawen street. Officers elected for 1934 include President Margaret Larrick and vice presidents Hilda Orndorff Isabelle Rosenberger Pauline Clowser. Plans call for leader training attendance achievement day county camp and state contests among others. Next council meeting in March and a county camp committee is named. A Little Theatre dance follows the play Kempy at Capitol Theatre tonight after the 8 30 curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Four-H Council
Ae House of Christ Episcopal Arch
West Boscawen Street
Margaret Larrick
Round Hill Club
Hilda Orndorff
Ryarly Club
Isabelle Rosenberger
Pauline Clowser
Jean Club
Mary Virginia Larrick
Carline Fout
Gainesboro Club
Louise Arper
Arriet Adams
Gainesboro
Mildred
Winchester insurance agent plans return to office Saturday
Mr. Frank A. Jacques of Winchester, ill with tonsillitis and confined at home on North Braddock Street, expects to be in his Court Square office Saturday after a relapse from going out too soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Jacques
Winchester Insurance
North Braddock Street
Court Square
Jacques
Seven Children Die As Freight Train Hits School Bus
Crescent City Florida December 14 a freight train crashed into a school bus six miles south of town killing at least seven children and injuring 15 to 20 more. The bus driver D R Niles was critically hurt as rescuers rushed victims to hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
Fla
Ween
Here
D. R. Niles
Palatka
Deland
Crawford in Middleburg on day before crime linked to Ilsley case
Testimony shows Crawford in Middleburg the day before Mrs Ilsley and her maid were slain. Witnesses describe notes and letters from Crawford, a stolen car, and Crawford’s access to the Ilsley cottage as prosecutors seek to block an alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilsley
Isley
Cost
J. E. Cauliflower Coal Company
Washington
Sisley
Potomac River Bridge
Crawford
Berda de Neal
Middleburg
Commonwealth
John Galleher
de Neal
Boston
Sweether
Mina Buckner
William Mitchell
Harry Frost
Winifred Maddux
Raymond Belmont
Boeing
Houston
Scene of Double Slaying Described by Coroner and Doctor
The physician and Dr John A Gibson the coroner described the crime scene. They stated Mrs Buckner was killed instantly by blows to the head while Mrs Ilsley struggled before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gibson
Leesburg
Post Committee To Consider Bid At Forced Sale
A special meeting of the Robert Y. Conrad Post No 21 American Legion executive committee is called after a Friday luncheon at the George Washington Hotel to discuss bidding on the Legion building on North Loudoun Street. The deed of trust sale follows missed payments. committee members include Commander Philip R. Fowle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
National Guard
Order of Eagles
Legion
Philip R. Fowle
H. S. Pifer
H. H. Darlington
H. M. Solenberger
B. M. Sullivan
E. C. Goss
Hugh Clark
T. Russell Cather
Virginia asks for breakdown of public works allotments
Governor Pollard and Senator Byrd demanded a breakdown of how Virginia’s public works funds, totaling about 82 million dollars, were allocated. They claimed most of the non federal portion was only eight million, while warship and naval yard projects boosted overall figures. Colonel Waite promised a project summary, amid discussion of delays tied to national funding actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Works Administration
Virginia
Pollard
Harry F Byrd
Old Dominion
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
H. M. Waite
Public Works
Woodrum
Roanoke
Ickes
Tennis Decline in England Amid 18th Century Bet Swindles
The text notes that by around 1750 professional tennis in England faced decline as betting and swindling on public courts led to widespread disrepute of the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Stanford
Alabama
Philco Radio Schedule and Holiday Store Prompt
Daily Philco radio guide for Thursday and Friday December 14 15 lists program times and stations WEAF WABC and WJZ with acts Lum and Abner Vallee Orchestra Capt Henry Show Boat Concert and more plus an interview on The Nazi movement in the United States by Rep Samuel Dickstein. The notice warns only eight days left before Christmas urging shoppers to buy a Philco set now before delivery cutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lum
Abner
WEAF
Ee Carter
WABC
Walter Dam
WJZ
Philadelphia
Orch
Leopold Stokowski
United States
Samuel Dickstein
New York
Philco
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pi Tancheto
Totary Club
George Womeldorph
George B. Womeldorph
Memorial Hospital
Womeldorph
Mrs
County Four-H
Kempy
Mr. Jacques
Edward Clatterbuck
John Cole
Rileyville
John Norris
Bob Abbot
Rileysville, Va
Red Bud
Bobby Conrad
Baltimore
Granville Shirley
Cumberland, Md
French Thompson
John Cather
Virginia Steck
H. Clay DeGrange
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Earl Boyer
Middletown
Landon Boyer
Mitchell
Miss Maddux
Alexander Grayson
Ilsley Furnace
Galleher
Bostas Nokas
Grayson
Tisley
Crawe
Post Committee
Legionnaires
Gruen
Elgin
Hamilton
Waltham Sport Watch
Elgin Pocket
M. B. Clowe, Jeweler
Loudoun Street
Star Job Office
Christmas Savings Club
Christmas Club
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
U.S. Postal Savings Depository
Brooks
Rexall
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
Everlasting
Wagner
Lovett
Margaret L
Hodgson
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