Gruver Golden Wedding Celebrated by Martins Family
Rev Dr and Mrs W F Gruver marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a large gathering at their Worth Queen Street home in Martins. Relatives from Washington and Virginia joined two children and extended family for Sunday and Monday celebrations with gifts totaling over 140 dollars and golden bouquets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Gruver
Worth Queen Street
Martins
Washington
Virginia
Gaskill
Thei
Paul Grover
Five Hundred May Dance At Scaleby Charity Ball
About four to five hundred people are expected to attend a charity ball in Scaleby on Thursday night to aid Finnish refugees. Tickets at $5 per couple are available in Winchester from the local committee and cover dancing supper bridge and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scaleby
Winchester
New Year Dinner Dance Attendees Named at George Washington Hotel
A list of local residents set to attend the New Year’s dinner dance at the George Washington Hotel Saturday night from 8 to 12 includes Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crenshaw, Mr. and Mrs. William Glover, Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hauser of Purcellville Virginia, Dr. and Mrs. Riley, and many others such as Miss Margaret Snyder, Beverley Wright, Miss Frances Montague of Lynchburg, Dr. Leon Slavin, Dr. Robert Nelson, and Dr. P. W. Boyd among many additional guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
Richard Crenshaw
William Glover
Fred Hauser
Purcellville
Riley
Margaret Snyder
Beverley Wright
Frances Montague
Lynchburg
Beall Bentley Thomas
Philip Glaize
Anne Kerr Russell
James Largent
Mary Virginia Steck
Joseph Thomas
Fenton Nelson
John Scully
Margaret Byrd
Joe Schroth
Charlotte Campbell
Joseph Hagley
Virginia Russell
Leon Slavin
Margaret Hansbrough
Jack Riley
Beau Knight
Seddon Nelson
Robert Nelson
Tom Scully
P. W. Boyd
L. M. Allen
Roy Cather
Christmas visitors and local residents noted in Stephens City news
Miss Brownie Samsell lies in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a December 18 fall. Visiting relatives include William and Mary Jane White, and Mary Louise White from Frederick, Maryland, plus Grove White’s family. John Carbaugh, aboard the USS Helena, joined family for Christmas and will sail to South America. Others include John Davidson of Sewanee University visiting home. Mae Montgomery and relatives from Fairmont, plus Miss Peggy Lemley and dancers at the Ewing Studio of Dance Art in Stephens City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Samsell
Stephens City
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William White
Washington, D. C
Mary Jane White
Mary Louise White
Frederick, Md
Mrs
Grove White
John Carbaugh
U. S
Helena
Annapolis
South America
Mae Montgomery
Fairmont
W. Va
C.S. Montgomery
Montgomery
Phyllis Montgomery
Messrs
Stewart, Sherman
Bob Montgomery
Falls Church
Peggy Lemley
Modern Etiquette Q and A Guidance Column
Roberta Lee answers readers on manners and social behavior. The column discusses laughing loudly as a sign of breeding or nervousness and proper card signing with nicknames. It also covers napkin placement when leaving the table to dance and other courteous practices.
W. C. T. U. Meeting and Social Highlights
A Thursday 3 PM W C T U meeting is planned at Handley Library with all members urged to attend. Social notices include a December 30 breakfast hosted by Mr and Mrs Graham Dougherty at Woodley near Berryville, plus various family gatherings and visits across Clarke and Winchester areas during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
Graham Dougherty
Woodley
Berryville
Blind Actress Lands Role in Kingsley Play
Miss Lillian Hillman, stenographer for the New York Association for the Blind, impressed playwright Sidney Kingsley on an amateur radio program. He wrote a part for her in The World We Make just before its New York opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Association For the Blind
Lillian Hillman
Sidney Kingsley
New York
Social Roundup of Clarke County Families and Visitors
Capt and Mrs Ewart Johnston hosted an informal gathering at Clay Hill in Clarke County. Numerous locals from Winchester to Norris Town joined, with relatives and guests traveling from Hagerstown and Somerville. Several residents planned trips to Virginia, Washington DC, and New York for holidays and visits with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Mrs. Ewart Johnston
Bloomington curfew law revived patrol plan with fire truck siren
Bloomington revisited an old curfew requiring under 16s to be home by 10 30 p m amid a juvenile crime wave but lacked a bell or whistle loud enough. The city finally adopted the idea of driving a fire truck into the street at curfew and sounding the siren to enforce it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Millwood Social Notes Highlight Holiday Gatherings
Mrs Earl Boy-Ed and Vaida head to Florida after Christmas while residents toast with dinners and teas at Clay Hill The Glen Red Gate Minturn Long Wood and Edgewood host guests including the Page siblings Harrison Mitchell and Meade families The Spinster's Masquerade Ball in Leesburg draws invitations for a pre party dinner and several guests spend Christmas across Baltimore Philadelphia and Wilmington areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Boy-Ed
Vinda
Florida
Millwood
Vaida
New
Miss Boy-Ed
Shhoo
Spinister
Leesburg
Marie Baird
Delaplane
Social Guests Include Randolphs and Harrison Circle
Mr and Mrs B O F Randolph hosted Beverly Nelson of St Louis as their guest over the weekend. On Sunday night Miss Gwynne Harrison and Mr Benjamin Harrison entertained guests Mr and Mrs Walter Roesler and Mr and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland G. Mitchell
Gwynne Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Walter Roesler
Henry Post Mitchell
Mrs DeHaven's Sister Ethel Bell Ruble Dies at 76
Mrs. Ethel Bell Ruble 76, wife of W Jackson Ruble, former Martinsburg resident, died Monday evening at her daughter's home in Hagerstown Maryland. She leaves daughter Lona Morriss of Hagerstown a sister Laura DeHaven of Gainesboro Virginia a grandchild and two great grandchildren. Funeral held at First Methodist Church Martinsburg with burial in Martinsburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bell Ruble
W. Jackson Ruble
Martinsburg
W. Va
Oza W. Morriss
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hagerstown
Berkeley County
Ruble
First Methodist Church
Lona Morriss
Laura DeHaven
Gainesboro
A. K. Coffman
East Antietam Street
Services For Mrs. Massey
Mrs Catherine Curran Massey aged about 60 died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday afternoon at her home 126 C Street 8 S E Washington She was a Martinsburg native daughter of the late John and Mary Ann Curren sister of Father John Curran and granddaughter of Michael Goheen Surviving are her husband Frank J Massey two sons Curren and Francis Massey Funeral services were held in St Peters Church Washington and the body was brought to Martinsburg for a brief service before interment in the Catholic Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
Catherine Curran Massey
C. Street
S. E
Washington
John
Mary Ann Curren
John Curran
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Charles Catholic Church
Arlington
Michael Goheen
Goheen
Frank J. Massey
Curren
Francis Massey
St. Joseph’s Church
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Mrs. Orndorff
Statton Orndorff
Stephenson
Orndorff
Charles Parish
Maggie Parish
Lida Morgan
Charles Parish, Jr
Delwin Parish
Gore, Va
Mellin Adams
Wilda Adams
Holbert Berryhill
Peggy Berryhill
Holbert Berryhill, Jr
N. B. Shingleton
Pearl McIilwee
Nora Parish
Nina Ruckmann
Arsené McIlwee
Charles Adams
Robert Anderson
Donald Anderson
Julia Delevan Prince
Fred. Laise
Leon C., Prince
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
J. Fred Laise
Wash
Frederick
An. Laise
William and
Elizabeth Clendenning Laase
Bunker Hill
Dickinson College
Earl Gardner
George Henson
Prince
Mrs. Allen Cooper
Nebraska
Allen A. Cooper
Campbell
Neb
Cooper
Richert
Fred Robinson
Carrie Harvey
Red Clod
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rexall
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
N. Loudoun St
Miss Samsell
John Davidson
English
Sewanne University
Tennessee
C. H. Davidson
Dorothy Ewing
Ewing Studio of
Betty Shop
Water St
Roberta Lee
Joan
Frank
George Snarr
South Stewart Street
Yesek
Mae Good
North Loudoun Street
Julia and
Elizabeth Reed
Purcellville, Va
William Dorsey
White Hall
County
Ray Campbell
Wadesville
Montgomery Green
Clarke County
David H. Allen
Benny Blue
Lorenzo Lewis
Laurence Castleman
Ralph Snapp
Allison Cooper
Westhampton College
Ewing Studio
Otis Sargent
Westernport
Herbert Bean
Lelia Leigh
Maurice Dean
Richmond
Byrd
Eleanor Flood
Robert and
Jack Portner
Richard Bolling
John Steck, Sr
Fairmont Avenue
A. B. Grove
W. S Hough
Winchester Research Laboratory
American Association For the Advance of Science
Columbus
Ohio
Edward B. Jenkins
Red Gate
White Post
W. B. Snider & Son
Loudoun
Anna Clark
Whitacre, Va
N. T. Dunn
Opequon
Philomena Laren
Geraldine Fogle
Rhoda Bowers
Norristown, Pa
Frank Marston
Richard Bowers
Maurice Bowers
Somerville, N. J
Harry Bowers
Fairfax Inn
Forrest E. Paulette
Forrest, Jr
Anne Lupton Paulette
Scottsville, Va
Paulette
Dudley C. Lichliter
Valley Avenue
David Marshall
Raleigh N. C
F. J. Marshall
Cedar Creek
Wade H. Marshall
Baltimore
William C. Lickliter
Netta Jordan
Alexandria
Walter Douglas
Dr. Taylor Perry
Eleanor Perry
Charles Town
Virginia Russell Mary Margaret Truitt
William Harris
Joe Thomas
H. B. McCormac
C. Ridgely White
R. E. Byrd
H. D. Flood
Shoreham Hotel
Millwood Social Notes
Lapt
Edward Jenkins
Burwell Jacobs
Archibald R. Dunning
Strasburg
George Greenhalgh, Jr
Edwad B. Jacobs
Eloise Randolph Page
Tom W. Meade
Essex,Md
E. K. Meade
Edgewood
Edward G. Butler
Margaret and
Betty Browning
Buffalo
Louis B. Meade, Jr
Tom Clagett
Hamilton
Louis B. Meade
Fairview
Mary Dougherty
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Roland Mitchell
Richard Dole
Tyson Gilpin
Reno
Chelso
Margaret
Betty Brown
Jeanette Wright
William Wright
Mrs. E. K. Meade
Margaret Della Meade
Hamilton Page
Robert Page, Jr
Ardmore, Pa
Henry P. Mitchell
Minturn
Robert Randolph
Peter Page
Philadelphia
Ardmore
Glen
Laura Crease Bunch
Mr. Tilghman Bunch
Hugh M. Nelson
Long Branch
Etle Belle Ruble
Mrs. Massey
Agnes L. Willis
Ebert
James A. Miller
M. D
W. Boscawen St
Koen
Haldeman
Loyso
Huntsberry
the Plaza
Royal Road
White House Coffee
United Food Stores
Cc. B. Smalts Ane Son Florists
The
Evening Star
ESSO
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Underwood’s Bakery
Underwood
Barbara Bell
Patert
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
N. Y
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