Social calendar highlights for Riverton and Winchester area
Wednesday events include Junior Century Club at John Hedrick’s Riverton home at 8:30 p m Girl Scouts Leaders Association meeting at Mrs I Fred Stine 7 90 p m Christ Episcopal Church choir rehearsal Parish House. Thursday Rotary Club at George 1 00 p m Drama Study Group AAUW at Miss Nancy Gray Larrick West Clifford 7 30 p m Onward and Upward class Kernstown Church with Mrs Clarence Williams 8 00 p m Francis Asbury Union Winchester district SM Church Rest Church 8 00 p m Modern Woodmen semi monthly meeting at hall.
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John Hedrick
Riverton
Girl Scouts Leaders Association
Fred Stine
Christ Episcopal Church Choir
Rotary Club
George
Nancy Gray Larrick
West Clifford Street
Kernstown Church
Clarence Williams
Francis Asbury Union
Winchester
Southern Methodist Church
Rest Church
Modern Woodman of American
Hall
Grand Officers Entertained At Winchester Lodge Meeting
Winches ter Lodge No 21 Rebekah Assembly Virginia hosted visiting grand officers led by Viola Bateman Lynchburg state president and May Starwell Alexandria state secretary. Guests from Edinburg and Berryville joined Crescent Lodge Middletown in entertainment and talks. Refreshments and arrangements were coordinated by a planning committee.
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Winchester Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Virginia
Viola Bateman
Lynchburg
Dent
May Starwell
Alexandria
Parke Deans
Richmond
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of
The
United States
Claude B. Stickley
Vauc
Bessie Miller
David Hottel
Clemmie Wingfield
Cora Rogertson
Margaret Meister
Everett Kline
Lyda Chapman
Bateman
W.A. Everly
Middletown
Winchester
Final Plans For Annual New Year's Dinner Dance Announced
The Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital met at the Nurses' home to finalize plans for the New Year’s Eve dinner dance at the George Washington Hotel from 10 30 p m to 3 a m with a floor show by Mrs Edward Barr and a midnight dinner. Bob Riley and his orchestra will perform. Miss Virginia Boyd is general chairman. Reservations contact several committee members. The event caps a busy social season in Winchester with weddings, parties, and open houses. Lieut J B Lindsey and son Robert plan to visit during holidays at the McGuire home on North Braddock Street. Lindsey is stationed at Fort Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
George Washington Hotel
Edward Barr
Bob Riley
Virginia Boyd
George Smith
James Miller
H. P. Mitchell
Boyce
Winchester
W. P. S. Shenandoah Valley Club
J. B. Lindsey
Robert
H. H. McGuire
North Braddock Street
Lieut
Lindsey
Fore Meade, Md
Gift Headquarters Sale Ad Promises Every Penny Pur Chase
A bright retail notice invites shoppers to visit Gift Headquarters for complete assistance, displaying items and promising savings. The ad emphasizes shopping in store to save, urging customers to buy with each penny pur chase.
Modern Etiquette Q And A From Roberta Lee
A brief etiquette column answers questions on table setting and usher arrival times. Forks belong on the left except the oyster fork. the oyster fork is placed to the right. Ushers should arrive one hour before the ceremony. Open house invitations on New Year’s Day are not extended.
Local Students and Guests Return Home for Christmas
William and Mary students Ruth Trimble Douglas DuShane and Charles Mort head home for holidays. Richmond and Alexandria residents Virginia Cather Elizabeth Leake join family gatherings in Williamsburg Berryville and Newport News along with Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Hyde.
Christmas Mail Volume Booming
New York authorities predict Christmas mail will exceed 1936 volume by five percent as foreign holiday mail peaks tonight indicating strong seasonal demand and higher postal throughput.
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New York
Nine Perished In Alpine Avalanche At Pordho Pass
Alpine troops and civilian rescuers saved 12 of 30 student skiers buried by an avalanche in Pordho Pass yesterday. Nine bodies were recovered and nine others remained unaccounted for as of today in Rome reporting.
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Rome
Pordho Pass
Former Newsboy Named U S Circuit Judge in Seventh Circuit
Walter B. Treanor of Bloomington Indiana, once a newsboy who swept a law office, has been named by President Roosevelt to the U S circuit court of appeals for the seventh circuit. He is praised as the Justice Holmes of Indiana for his logic and dissenting opinions.
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Walter E. Treanor
Indiana Supreme Court
Roosevelt
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit
Walter B. Treanor
Bloomington
Ind
Holmes
Indiana
Local Front Royal News Highlights Christmas Plans and Obituary
Mrs Violette Collins spent today in Washington while Mrs Welch aged 77 leaves four sons and three daughters. Cantata by Front Royal Baptist Church features The Heavenly Message directed by Mrs Gasque. Lions Club welcomes Aubrey Beeryman and forms Christmas committee to aid community basket distribution.
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Front Royal
Violette Collins
Washington
H. W. Shannon
Presbyterian Church
Welch
William Samsan
Culpaper County
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Front Royal Baptist Church
Edward W. Norman
Q. D. Gasque
Arthur Davidson
Strasburg
Northern Virginia Daily
Front Royal Lions Club
Aubrey Beeryman
Messrs. W. C. Deming
Johnny Marchi
A. V. Scott
T. M. Kern
Uniform Trend Is Toward Gaiety
National Uniform Manufacturers Association reports a definite trend toward gay colorful and garish costumes for workers in many fields as American uniforms become louder. The convention in New York notes a shift to brighter outfits and more extravagant uniforms across industries.
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New York
America
National
Crane family secretary admits embezzling from heiress in Chicago case
Howard P Bishop a 75 year old secretary for the Crane Plumbing family faced a federal bankruptcy hearing in Chicago after allegedly confessing to pilfering 450000 dollars from the safe deposit box of Mrs Emily Chadbourne Kingston New York heiress to the Crane fortune.
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Crane Plumbing Family
Howard P
Bishop
Chicago
Richard Crane
Emily Chadbourne
Crane
Kingston
N.Y
Film Star May Get Chickenpox
Hollywood reports Carole Lombard may contract chicken pox soon after publicity man Terry Delapp, who she met three hours earlier, had to leave his office with the illness. Lombard has never had chicken pox.
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Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Terry Delapp
What-So-Ever Circle Plans Christmas Eve Tree Program
The What-So-Ever Circle of the King's Daughters met at the Masonic Temple and finalized plans for a community Christmas tree on the Court House lawn Christmas Eve at 7 30. Mrs Claude A Stokes reported on the tree committee and special music was arranged inviting all ministers church choirs and residents of town and county to attend and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
King’s Daughters
Masonic Temple
Claude A. Stokes
Court House
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Welch in Frederick County
Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock for Mrs Mary E Welch former resident of this county who died yesterday at her home in Frederick county. Services will be held from the funeral home of Scott and Stokes conducted by.
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Welch
Mary E. Welch
Frederick County
Scott and Stokes
Fire Claims New Ohio River Home For Crews Family
In Cincinnati Ohio last January the Ohio river flood displaced Edward Crews and his family. They rebuilt a new house but a furnace fire last Saturday destroyed the finished home before they could move in.
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Cincinnati
Edward Crews
Window Washer Survives Pet’s Shattering Breakthrough
Mrs Peter Karthuser of McCook Nebraska, a skilled window washer, finished a front room wash when a stray dog leaped through the window and tumbled into the parlor amid broken glass, unharmed but startled.
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McCook
Neb
Peter Karthauser
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C. E. Heard
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New England Conservatory
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Ovesse
Tetsesewvence
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Loudoun St
Daniel Green
Croom
EME Journal
Huntsberry
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
Boscawen Street
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