Leesburg Assembly Club to Hold Christmas Dance
Invitations have been issued for the annual Christmas subscription dance of the Leesburg Assembly to be held at Balch Hall in Leesburg on Monday evening December 28. Several young people from Berryville Front Royal Riverton and Leesburg will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg Assembly Club
Leesburg
Hadley
Paul Powell
Fremont Hadley
George Robert Carter
Middleburg
Baltimore
Paul R. Powell
Arthur Chilton Powell
Grace
St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Christmas Programs and Events This Week
The Social Calendar lists events at Gravel Springs School Round Hill Methodist Church and First Christian Church. Programs include a Friday evening Christmas program, a Sunday Epworth League meeting, and midweek church programs with public invitations. A Country Store also runs Saturday with Christmas items and refreshments offered.
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Gravel Springs School
District Nurse Association
Court House
Epworth League of
Round Hill
Sunday School
First Christian Church
Junior League
Pine’s Corner School
Yuletide Tea Hosted by Girls Athletic Association
The Girls' Athletic Association held its annual Christmas tea in the club rooms on West Piccadilly Street with invited guests including Mrs. Leonard W. Leech of St. Louis and Mrs. J. Andrew Kater of Clifton. Hostess Miss Marion Ewing oversaw decorations and refreshments as the committee arranged a festive tree and color scheme. Also noted are upcoming society items describing Mrs. Hadley's marriage plans, Admiral Byrd's visit to his Winchester mother, and local social moves involving the White family and Handley High School alumna Hortense White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls' Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Robert Noerr
New York City
Leonard W. Leech
St. Louis
J. Andrew Kater
Clifton
N. J
Marion Ewing
C. A. Hoshour
Helen Crisman
Philomena Laren
Elsie Mathews
Admiral Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Boston
Mass
Amherst Street
Winchester
Handley High School
Patricia Dacre, Morton
England
Shenandoah
Holiday arrivals and visits among local students and families
Miss West Beverley Byrd a Gunston Hall School for Girls in Washington arrives for Christmas with Beverley Byrd at Rosemont near Berry. Virginia Military Institute cadet Harry F Byrd will arrive next Tuesday for holidays. Local residents and students travel for Christmas to relatives and friends in Virginia Maryland and New York.
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Douglas Sale
New York City
W. A. Sale
National Avenue
Harriet Pearson
Chase City
Mrs
Lewis Pearson
Virginia Ann Huntsberry
State Teachers’ College
Farmville
W. E. Huntsberry
Loudoun Street
Miss West
Dod Beverley Byrd
Gunston Hall School For
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Indian Girl Weeps in Court After Guilty Murder Plea
A quarter blood Indian girl known as Maude Lowther sobs in Wooster Ohio court after pleading guilty to homicide in the murder of Mrs. Clara Smith. Her attorney Frank Marvin pleads before Judge George Stam. Tilby Smith, the dead woman's husband, was electrocuted for his part in the crime. Lowther sentenced to life after a prior death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Lowther
Clara Smith
Wooster
Frank Marvin
George Stam
Tilby Smith
Grace Lutheran Church Service Schedule and Christmas Program
Grace Lutheran Church on West Boscawen Street lists Sunday school at 9 30 a m with Carl Ritter and Cecil Lupton as superintendents. The 11 a m service features a sermon by Rev L A Thomas titled What Christ Does for a Person. Vespers at 7 30 p m includes a Dayspring From On High sermon, with Luther league at 6 30 p m led by Miss Elizabeth Cater. Martha Stine presents a Christmas pageant and The Light Brigade meets after the 11 o clock service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Aecene
Elizabeth Cater
Martha Stine
Light Brigade
Will contest in Shenandoah County ends with codicil dispute
Arguments closed in the Shenandoah County Circuit Court at Woodstock as both sides filed objections to portions of the will and the newly produced fourth codicil. Trustees include Herbert Trotter F S Tavenner Jr V L Vehrenkamp and Joseph Triplett. The $750000 endowment targets Mount Jackson business school with Judge Williams to decide the true will after briefs over 45 days.
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Triplett
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Virginia Court of Appeals
Philip Williams
Joseph Triplett
Florida
Williams
Mount Jackson
Herbert Trotter
F S.tavenner, Jr
V. L. Vehrencamp
New Expression Of Concern Over Rift In China
The United States, through Ambassador Forbes in Tokyo, conveyed to Japan a renewed, friendly but firm expression of concern over Manchurian tensions. On Stimson's instructions the nine power and Kellogg Briand treaty obligations were urged to be respected, with the assurance of American solicitude though no formal note was delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Forbes
Tokyo
Stimson
Foreign Office
Former officers tied to protection payments in graft trial
The Belle Grove Inn proprietor Herman Valenti testified that former Anne Arundel county patrolmen Harry Melvin and Reuben Grempler were paid up to 250 dollars weekly for protection of gambling and vice operations. The testimony opened the first of five graft trials in Circuit Court in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Annapolis
Harry E. Melvin
Reuben Grempler
Anne Arundel County
Grempler
Herman Valenti
Belle Grove Inn
Wealthy Woman Released by Kidnappers
A wealthy woman and Blair were kidnapped and later freed within an hour after captors confessed they should not have taken a woman. The ransom plot collapsed as the two were guided from a sack to a car before release.
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Blair
Methodist Church to Hold Sunday Service at Little Mountain
The Little Mountain Methodist Episcopal Church will hold a Sunday service at 3 o clock in the afternoon with Pastor M A Keescker presiding. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend.
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Little Mountain Methodist Episcopal Church
Opequon Group Rev G M Morrow Services
The Rt Rev G Morrow leads activities at Opequon Memorial Kernstown and Istine Chapel with Sunday schools at 10 a m and 1 p m and preaching at 3 30 p m. Round Hill offers Sunday School at 10 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m. Burnt Church hosts Sunday School at 2 30 p m and preaching at 3 30 p m with a Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m.
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G. M. Morrow
Opequon Memorial
Kernstown
Round Hill
Christian Endeavor
Burnt Church
Opequon Union Chapel
Christian Beeceree
Istine
Chapel
Flood Threat Forces Residents to Flee in Arkansas and Mississippi
Flood conditions reached alarming proportions in northern Mississippi and the Eldorado area of Arkansas. The Ouachita river overflow swept Kenova near El Dorado and Smackover creek, sending residents fleeing. Highway and railroad traffic were disrupted and communication offices flooded and forced to close.
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Pussive Qearney
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Eldorado
Arkansas
Kenova
Ark
Ouachita River
Smackover Creek
Knights of Pythias to broadcast radio program
The Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias Virginia will sponsor radio programs on WJSV Alexandria. The first broadcast is Tuesday December 22 from 3 30 to 4 p m. George C Cabell of Norfolk says the fraternity is pioneering radio dissemination of its principles and aims. Members and friends are urged to tune in.
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Grand Lodge of Knights of "Pythine of
Virginia
WJSV
Alexandria
George C. Cabell
Norfolk
Order
Special Service Christmas Eve At Grace Church
Grace Lutheran Church will hold a Christmas Eve service on Thursday at 11 pm for one hour featuring music and a short sermon. A midweek Sunday School pageant presenting the Nativity in scripture will be directed by Mrs. E B Cooper.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Christ
E B. Cooper
Christmas Pageant at Mount Olive United Brethren Church
A Christmas program will be rendered at 7 30 o clock next Wednesday evening at the Mount Olive United Brethren Church. A pageant titled Holy Night will be presented. Everyone is cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olive
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Unis Department
The
Evening Star
W. W. Fraley
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Salisbury
N. C
Alice W. Herndon
Charles, Inc
Harper Method Shop
Garnet Harmick
Harrisonburg
Sadie Hemrick
W G. Hardy
Stewart Street
Valma Pannett
Garfield Hospital
Lee Pennett
Chandler Crisman
Theodore Hussey
Hussey
Isabelle Crisman
Asa Crisman
William J. Burcher
Bath
N. Y
United States Army
Philippines
James Mars
Salvation Army
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Elizabeth Patterson Glaize
Charlotte
Sylvia Grim
Hugh Grim
Odetta Carpenter
Piccadilly Street
Juanita Riley
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Va
George W. Riley
Valley Avenue
J. S. Roszel
Elsie
Bessie McFarland
Highland Avenue
Mary Hyde
Fred Hyde
Fairmont Avenue
Friday Bridge Club
Edna Lamb
Covington
John Lamb
Cork Street
J. D. Elliott
Philadelphia
B. M. Roszel
Southern Pines
Girls’ Athletic Association
Austin White
Hortense White
Edward Miller
Knoxville
Tenn
Miss White
Ano
Huntsserry's
W. G. Strickler
Front Ae
Frank Buckley
James Wiley
Shephy Valley Academy
Brooklyn
Wiley
Cary R. Jones
Martha Clark
John Lee Krider
Madison
Edward B. Lee
White Post
John Lee
Thomas S. Ferguson
Martha E. Tucker
Handley Avenue
Ben Saunders
Tappahannock, Va
C. H. Kuhmemund
Brooklyn, N. Y
Betty Hirth
West Monmouth Street
Grippe
John Weems
University of Virginia
Donald Weems
Charles Mort
Heiman
Margaret Beck
Paul Beck
North Avenue
O. B. Taylor
Fort Howard
Virginia Richards
William M. Richards
the Elms
Valley Pike
China
Claims
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. A. Keescker
Opequon Group
White
POST
Bird
Bill de Buz
Clarke County
Bill
Anna Denny
Joseph 8. Denny
Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge
Allegheny Chain of Mountains
Pythians
Grace Church
Harrison R. Hunt
Mugenics Research Association
Lve
Warner Bros
Mat
Arate
Eve
Analis Casares
Noah Berry
Homicide
Yipee
Ride ’Em, Cowboy
Tom
He-Man
Buffalo
Ort
James
Linda Watkins
Main St
Lovett Bros
Frank Lovett
A. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
Margaret Hodgson
Coats
Kauffman’s Ready TO Wear
N. Loudoun St
Fair Play Store
Pure Food Store
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
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