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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1939

Page

8

Social and Personal Calendar and Local Weddings

Breakfast meeting at Tokus Inn and church circle gathering mark the social week. The page notes multiple weddings and engagements including Alexina Galloway to Robert Riddleberger Jr and Virginia Baker to Dr John Heck with ceremonies at Christ Episcopal Church and a busy posting of guests, travel, and family events across Berryville Winchester and nearby towns.

Virginia Baker Anne Kerr Russell Samuel Bryant Baltimore W . Burton James Shea Alfrea ‘Werner Balthus Brownin George Dewson Clifford B Richard Beever Eleanor Scully South Stewart Street John Heck Christ Episcopal Church Kenneth Robinson James P. Reardon, Jr Ralph Hardy Douglas DuShane Roy Ryden, Jr Alfred Werner Betty Zeigler Fenton Nelson Mollie Glass Margaret Byrd Betty Riley Jane Bickers Rachel Jennings Nina Heck Mary Scully Messrs Henry Baker, Jr High Point N. C Thurman Potts Joe Henry Baker Miss Virginia Baker Christ Church

Circle No. 3 Meeting At Presbyterian Church In December

Circle No 3 of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church will meet December 18 at 7 30 pm in the church assembly room. A Christmas program will be presented guest speaker Mrs D E Leatherman. An offering for Ministerial Relief will be taken. Members and friends invited.

Presbyterian Church Woman's Auxiliary The C. Vernon Eddy D. E. Leatherman

Committees For Christmas Ball Are Announced

Berryville Virginia announces committees for a Christmas bene fit ball to aid the Finnish and Poland relief fund and the Red Cross war work hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin at their home Scabby on December 28. The arrangements group includes Mesdames Jenkins Dougherty Lloyd Watkins Beverley Burwell Butler Price Berlin Moore Burwell Watkins Page Arthur Street Perkins Vickers Stryder Cushman Marshall and Miss O Fallon plus A Mackay Smith and W B Clagett. Also noted are travel updates for guests at Rose Cottage Old Westbury and Rockcroft and departures for Chicago Brevarde and Chattanooga with various Osborne and Cummins household movements.

Berryville Kenneth N. Gilpin Poland Red Cross Mesdames Edward Jenkins Graham Dougherty Stacy B. Lloyd, Jr W. B. Watkins, Sr William Beverley G. H. Burwell E. G. Butler Clifton Price E. P Berlin J. F. Moore J. T. Burwell D. B. Watkins, Jr Nelson Page J. W. Arthur William Street Amory Perkins Robert Young Vickers Warren Stryder Charles Cushman Samuel Marshall Miss Mary O’fallon A. Mackay Smith W. B. Clagett

Holiday Visits And Library Job Take Center Stage

The text lists several families planning holiday visits and departures. Miss Cabell Williams leaves Monday for Washington to take a position at the Mt. Pleasant branch of the Washington Public Library. Others, including Miss Ruth Campbell and Miss Maria Williams, will visit relatives in New York and Pittsburgh respectively, with Donna and William McD Neill Jr accompanying Mrs. Neill to White Plains for a winter stay.

Henry Schneider Ruth Campbell New York Maria Williams Cummins Pittsburgh Peter Williams John B. Neill William McDonald Neill Donna William McD. Neill, Jr White Plains Anne Cabell Williams Washington Mt. Pleasant Washington Public Library Miss Williams Samuel Chew Williams S. C. Williams Balti

Notable Graduate Ties Local Lineage Across States

She graduated this past June at Bryn Mawr College and is also a graduate of St. Hilda's school in Charles Town and St. Catherine's School in Richmond. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Moore Jr. of Berryville and the niece of Dr. William Cabell Moore of Washington.

Alexina Galloway Robert Riddleberger, Jr Charles C. Gallosway Berryville Alexina’ Vance Galloway Robert H. Riddleberger, Jr Robert H. Riddleberger Strasburg Eon A. O. Lyons Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Dorothy Riddleberger Mr. Riddleberger Benjamin Cramps Mapa South Church An Galloway Berryville High School Washington College Fredburg James Galloway United States ‘Naval Academy Annapolis Riddleberger Massanutten Academy Woodstock Lynchburg Business College Lynchburg du Pont Viscose Front Royal Miss Galloway Hawthorne School Clarke County Bryn Mawr College St. Hilda’s School Charles Town St. Catherine’s School Richmond A. Moore, Jr William Cabell Moore Washington

Jolliffe Home Hosts Weekend Guests in Boyce Virginia

Miss Dora Reid Jolliffe and Rose Costello of Washington visited the Jolliffe home near Boyce. Other locals hosted and guests named include Mrs. C. B. Carr, Gray Hume, Mrs. Ernest Adams, John Cooper and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peyton, Russell Carper, Mrs. Knight, H. L. Lowe, Mrs. Braxton Strode and Barbara Anne, and Mrs. Roger Strode.

Boyce Dora’ Reid Jolliffe Rose Costello Washington, D. C Jolliffe C. B. Carr Baltimore Gray Hume Ernest Adams Lawrence Garver John Cooper Carl Peyton Russell Carper Knight H. L. Lowe Express Company Luray Braxton Strode Barbara Anne Franklin Luxford Washington Roger Strode Stanley Carper Mary Lanham Mae Paul Racey Bowser Lillard D. C Ernest Hottel Alvin Wenzel Winchester Chambers Southwest Virginia George Rodgers William Samuel Rodgers Rebecca Chambers Boyce High School

Bray to Move After Nearby Property Sold

Reliance Virginia December 16 Henry Bray plans to move this week as the current residence has been sold and the new owner expects to occupy soon. Mrs Herbert Cummins has recovered from illness and is noted as much better at this writing. We announce with regret the

Reliance Henry Bray Herbert Cummins

Modern Etiquette Q A Guidance On Taxi Payments And Greetings

Roberta Lee answers readers questions on etiquette. She advises arranging taxi payments in advance or letting the escort pay, says waitresses should not listen to table conversations, and notes women may shake hands when introduced if they wish.

Sudden Death of B H Gruver Sinks Local Quiet

The community notes the sudden death of B H Gruver who had lived locally before moving to Washington D C. Attending the funeral were Mrs D N Gruver Mrs C H Gruver and Mrs C C Bowen. Relatives and neighbors visited and assisted with errands and small tasks around the time of the loss.

B. H. Gruver Washington, D. C D. N. Gruver C. H. Gruver C. C. Bowen Lucian Brumback Marlboro F. L. Derflinger Lee Hunt Woman's Missionary Society H. E. Grucer Long Meadow Harry Edmonson Oranda Edmonson F. D. Willey Fredda Orville Willey, Jr William Stickley Carl Stickley

A Concise Booklet On Parliamentary Law

A 32 page handbook on parliamentary procedure for citizens involved in group meetings. It explains organizing associations, presiding, elections, and reorganizations with a model constitution and by laws. Send ten cents postpaid to The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau.

Winchester Evening Star Frederick J. Haskin Washington, D. C

Also Mentioned on This Page

Tokus’ Inn Circle No Presbyterian Woman's Auxiery Madison Lodge, No Hall Mrs. White Bridge CC. Ridgeley White Merriman’'s Lane Henry P. Mitchell Agnes Mitchell Virginia Mary Warden Boyd Mary Virginia Steck Minor Hudson Hugh Powell Florida Carolina L. V. Watson William C. Brubeck H. R. Kern, Jr Elizabeth Barr Orlando Fla C. Fred Barr West Boscawen Street Cathedral School Dorothy DeGrange H. Clay DeGrange South Washington Street Roy C. Hockman Lynchburg College L. L. Hockman Alexander Gordon R. E. Byrd Amherst Street Paul Hunter University of Virginia Carol Hinkle Samuel Gershank Horace Davis Harold Darlington West Clifford Street Chauncey Jerome Cleveland, C Maury Trimble Jerome Frances Trimble Mrs. W. H. Trimble Woodlawn Avenue Ruth Trimble Grundy High School Grundy Elinor Griffith Alfred Kerfoot Elizabeth Bageant Kenneth Owens Engle Bageant W. Va William Owens Martinsburg R. S. Shumacher North Braddock Street Goode West Virginia S. J. Goode Madeline Ruckman Cecil Woodrow Brock Delray Kenzel Oates Capon Bridge Brooks’ Pharmacy Pifer’s N. Loudoun &T Betty Shop Water St Beauty Service Alecia N. Braddock St Business College Winchester Business College George Washington Ralph Bowman Kenneth Wisecarver Robert Creamer Martone Lupton Elaine Sheetz Isabelle Pyle Mary Ellen Flanagan Ruth Mee Sally Tavenner Ralph Richardson Rose Cottage Chicago Mr. Richardson Capt Ewart Johnston Cornelius Rathbone Old Westbury S. I Georgetown S. C A. P. Osborne Francis Osborne Chattanooga Tenn J. S. Bromfield Brevarde Archibald Cummins Caryswood Elizabeth N. J the Plaza E. Piccadilly Russia Constantine A. Oumansky White House Oumanskys N. Loudoun St W. B. Snider & Son Your United Food Roberta Lee C. B. Smalts & Son National Ave Membrance Huntsberry Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Bond Brothers N. Cameron St Underwood Underwood’s Bakery Barbara Bell Barbara Bell Pattern Service New Tore N.Y
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