Social Calendar Activities and Meetings This Week
Tuesday 8 00 p m Mesing Modern Woodmen of America hall 209 North Loudoun officers to be elected. Wednesday 12 45 p m Kiwanis weekly meeting and luncheon George Washington Hotel. 6 45 p m Young Peoples choir practice. 8 00 p m Winchester Lodge 867 B P O Elks Hall Piccadilly Braddock 1 00 p m Rotary Club luncheon Washington Hotel. 1 30 7 00 p m Girls Athletic Association Christmas Tea Clubroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of America
North
Loudoun Street
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Young Peoples Choir
Winchester Lodge
Elks Hall
Piccadilly and
Braddock Streets
Rotary Club
Ashing Hotel
Girls’ Athletic, Association
Brugh Family Sails for Holland and Abroad
The Lynn K. Brughs Jr and family from New Canaan Conn sail from New York for Holland to spend winter abroad with Mr Brughs uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs William Singer. Other items note Mr Vernon Eddy and wife returning from Scotland and Paris trip and Mrs Burr Harrison improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Eddy
Girl Scout Leaders To Meet Wednesday
A meeting of Girl Scout leaders is set for Wednesday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs George Earl Owen on West Ger main Street. A new troop was formed for girls who moved up from Brownies. Mrs Harold Rowe is leader and Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton is assistant. All leaders are urged to attend.
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George Earl Owen
West Germain Street
Brownies
Harold Rowe
Sarah Margaret Lupton
Yardley Gifts Featured in London Style Sets
Complete Yardley assortment from London includes Old English Lavender preparations and gift sets. April Violet perfume and talcums, Dara Nome toilet sets and vanities, Evening in Paris Xmas sets, Norris Exquisite Christmas candies. Brooks' Pharmacy advertises a boys and girls contest with each penny purchase.
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London
Paris
Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Modern Etiquette Guidance on Engagement Announcements
A reader asks how to announce an engagement when the mother has remarried. The answer says to use both the stepfather’s and mother’s names, as in Mr and Mrs Edward Gibson announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Dorothy Marshall. The page also notes that hosts may carve the turkey at the table on Christmas Day and that watching a card game as a guest is not rude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Durand
Cordelle Hough
Mary Margaret Durand
Albert L. Durand
St. Martinsville
Louisiana
J. H. Hough
Winchester
Miss Durand
Southwestern Institute
Lafayette
Edward Gibson
Dorothy Marshall
Shawnee Home Demonstration Club Holds December Meeting
The Shawnee Home Demonstration Club met Friday December 11 with Miss Farrar and Miss Fisher present. New officers were appointed and Mrs Edwin Marker’s chairmanship resignation was accepted with appreciation. Ruth Bywaters became vice chair, and leaders for 1937 include Mrs Robert Hackman Jr Mrs John Bywaters Mrs Robert Snapp and Mrs George Bywaters as substitute. The 1937 project focuses on clothing with health program studies in cooperation with the State Health Federation. A chicken and oyster supper plans were made for January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee Home Demonstration Club
Robert Snapp
George Bywaters
State Health Federation
Shawnee Club
Fellowship Club
Evelyn Bywater
Miss Jar
Miss Flickinger
Museum of Fine Arts Seeks Exhibits from Local Areas
An announcement from Hagerstown invites entries for a regional exhibition covering Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Winchester Virginia and Cumberland to Frederick Maryland. Exhibits may be sent to the museum director in Hagerstown between January 1 and 15 and are to be prepaid and at the owner's risk. The fireproof building houses the Museum of Fine Arts created by Mrs. Ann Brugh Spencer of Hagerstown, wife of the noted artist William Spencer. Mr. and Mrs. Singer reside in Holland. she is aunt to Lynn K. Brugh Jr., who married Mary Stuart of this city.
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Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Winchester
Cumberland
Frederick
Museum of Fine Arts
Ann Brugh Spencer
William Spencer
Singer
Holland
Lynn K. Brugh, Jr
Mary Stuart
E. C. Stuart
Red Bud church Ladies Aid holds meeting at Mrs Strother Boyd home
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of the Red Bud United Brethren Church meet at the Berryville Pike residence of Mrs Strother Boyd this evening and elect new officers. Also notes include Washington visit of Mr and Mrs Mason Herre sprier and Mrs H K Greene leaving January for Hot Springs Arkansas with Miss Betty Crawford. Virginia Russell hosts a bridge party at her South Stewart street home with Bent ley Thomas Nelson Betsy Rice and others attending.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Red Bud
H. K. Greene
Fort Lonacun
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Greene
Betty Crawford
Virginia Russell
Bridge
South Stewart Street
Bentley Thomas
Fenton Nelson
Betsy Rice
H. R. Kern, Jr
Virginia Steck
Mary Warden Boyd
Resseguie Wins Apple Sale Judgment in Perishable Goods Case
L 8 Resseguie of Winchester Virginia sued A LaMantia of Blairsville Pennsylvania for failure to pay $395.85 plus interest for 258 bushels of Rome Beauty apples sold May 25 1935. The respondent did not answer and the order awards the full amount plus interest for violation of the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Resseguie
Winchester
A. LaMantia
Blairsville
Rome
Glass Car Located Recovered Stolen Vehicle Of Former Mayor
The automobile of former Mayor W. W. Glass, stolen several months ago, has been located by authorities. The discovery ends a lengthy search and brings closure to the case involving the mayor’s missing car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Glass
Fewer Barreled Apples Held In Cold Storages
The December 1 1936 report from the Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics shows U S cold storage apple barrels at 305 000 versus a five year average of 1 233 000. November 1 holdings were 313 000 and December 1935 holdings 950 000. Eastern box apples total 11 466 000 on December 1 with November 1 at 11 763 000 and December 1 1935 at 12 814 000. Western box apples show December 1 1935 at 16 200 000 and 1936 at 13 509 000 with November 1 at 12 743 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Bureau Ofcultural Economics
County Grange Wins State Prize in Booster Night
Friendly Grove Grange of Frederick County won the first prize in the Virginia State Grange Boosters Night contest nine months after its founding. The award recognizes excellence in Booster Night programs with strong growth in membership and service, as reported from Washington D C. An abandoned automobile was found on a street there.
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Friendly Grove Grange
Frederick County
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Radio Highlights From New York Prison Broadcasts
A Maryland State Prison convicts speaks on crime prevention in a live WJZ NBC broadcast, with his name withheld. The other air event comes from New York on Friday afternoon. Listings follow for WEAF and WABC programs tonight and tomorrow with music, talk and variety acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maryland State
Wjz-Nbc
WEAF
NBC
Leo Reisman
Wayne King
Fred Astaire
Roy Campbell
Glen Gray
WABC
CBS
Ken Murray
Rupert Hughes
Mark Warnen
Ted Fiorito
WJZ
Jimmy Braddock
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Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Winter Park, Fla
Philip Fowle
West Leicester Street
Scott
Harry Kimmer
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
C. Vernon Eddy
Scotland
England
Eddy
Grand Lodge of Masons
Edinburgh
Duke of York
Edward VIII
Grand Lodge of Scotland
Mrs. Brugh
Ann Spencer Brugh
Mary Stuart Brugh
Lynn K. Brugh
New Canaan
Hawthorne
Brughs
Brumback
Belle Grove
Middletown
J. H. Brumback
Ellen Brumback
Eldon Brumback
Kathryn Shaffer
Kathleen Snapp
Clara Manual
Mattie Manuel
Arreta Wakeman
Edna Brumback
Charlotte
Jean
Joyce Baker
Raymond Brumback
William Star Harry Warren
Fer
Ray Barley
Ize
Ray Brumback
Ashbert Brumback
Malcolm Man
Rox Snapp
Garland George Shepard
Christ Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Peter Yates Brinton
Canal
J. B. Beverley
Richmond
Nelia Beverley
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Beverley
Nan Dupuy
Girls Athletic Association
Ansel B. Solenberger
R. J. Rea
Eunice Hammond
Doris Cunningham
Margaret
Katherine Sullivan
Philomena Laren
Marie Fries
Michael de Carlo
R. E. Byrd
H. D. Flood
Shoreham Hotel
Washington
John Downing
Front Royal
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Margaret Byrd
Gunston Hall
T. B. Byrd
Amherst Street
Brad Beverley
William Massey
St. Christopher’s School
W. P. Massey
Lewis Allen
Fred Allen
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Lewis M. Allen
West Clifford Street
William Bell Watkins
Clarke County
Berryville
C. D. Johnson
Maryanna
Charles Town
W. Va
Boyd Bean
Freda Sowers
Marshall Goliday
Stephens City
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Yardley
Brown Lovett
Juanita Riley
Mrs. Lovett
Brown Jr
Milly
Ruth
Ralph Bailey
Romney
Lou Hopewell
Edinburg
Victor L. Denny
West Cork Street
G. G. Snarr
Sol Rye
Mrs. Mason Herrespier
Loudoun St
Mr. Resseguie
Apple
County Grange
PRTC
Seley Dem
AAA
Pantie
Margaret L. Hodgson
Nina V. Wolford
Edward Tomlinson
Cardinal Coppelo
Argentina
H. V. Kaltenborn
Samuel Guy Inman
Music Guild
Henry Busse
Meet the Orchestra
Manhattan
Curtis Musicale
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
C.U. B
Alecia Beauty Salon
Alice W. Bentz
N. Braddock St
Winchester, Va
Cee
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
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