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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1936
Page
3
Mrs Isabel Smith of Youngstown Ohio wins five thousand dollars for naming the radio baby in the Amos and Andy microphone skit Arbadella was chosen from more than three million contest entries submitted nationwide.
Monday 7 30 p m American Legion Auxiliary meets at Mrs Claude Grim home on North Washington street. Tuesday evening Shenandoah Valley Club of V P I hosts a Christmas Dance at the George Washington Hotel.
A flurry of social events fills Winchester society pages with Miss Lena Ryman wedding Mr. Charles Long in New Market Virginia, stag party for Mr. James P Reardon Jr at Tokus Inn, Christmas dinner at Hummer home Nineveh, and Reverend G E Owen traveling to New York for Alpha Kappa Pi convention. Also noted are births and engagements involving local families and frequent gatherings among Misses Rice Nelson Kerr Russell and other guests.
Grace Lutheran Church hosts New Year’s reception on New Year’s Day from 2 to 4 PM and 7 to 9 PM at the passage on South Stewart Street. The pastor wishes to meet every member during these hours as the church ushers in work and worship for the new year. A New Year’s Eve service is planned at 11 PM on December 31. Mr. Thomas Manuel spends Christmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. James Lillard in Washington, VA.
The V P I Shenandoah Valley Club will host its annual Christmas Dance at the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday December 29. President John Moore and treasurer R E Moffitt lead a floor committee including B F Davis Jr G R Baptist and J E Goode. Music will be by Roland Leveque and his orchestra from Fredericksburg. Tickets advance contact available through committee or the hotel.
This page lists several holiday gatherings in the Winchester area. Mr and Mrs Ray Robinson hosted a Christmas dinner on Stewart Street with many relatives including J L Robinson Mamie Robison and Gale and Lila Lee of Kernstown. The Century Club plans a December 30 meeting at Mrs Robert Barton s home to read The First Lady.
A RoBerta Lee etiquette column addresses theatre lateness and seating etiquette, luncheon course limits, and New Year calling customs. It advises waiting for intermission, limiting luncheons to four courses, and continuing social calls in larger cities to a reasonable extent.
Social rounds record visits and holiday gatherings across Balti more and nearby towns. Families hosted dinners dances and travel from Washington Front Royal Cumberland and Winchester with numerous relatives guests and friends.
Mrs. Edward O. Thomas left for New York to spend a week or ten days. L. H. Pence and the Golidays of Edinburg guests of the Lawrences in Woodstock. Grubbs Jr. of Winchester spent Christmas with Woodrow Carlisle in Berryville. McNallys in Baltimore visiting Mrs McNally. Sarah and Virginia Baker arrive from High Point North Carolina. G. P. Bond of Clarkesboro arrives to visit Howell Bond at Apple Pie Ridge.
Four thousand inmates at Jackson State Prison in Michigan now receive personal radios with headphones. Each prisoner can choose from three programs and listen for up to fourteen hours daily, under a new program reported by Central Press.
Front Royal residents and visitors recount holiday travels with relatives in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia Richmond and Charlottesville. Notable names include Catherine Carter Laura Boyd Elizabeth Clare Lillian McFall and Charles York with family and academic ties.
A stream of names notes visitors returning home after Christmas. Among them are Mr. Harry Oxenbaum, Mr. Warner, Miss Elizabeth Gilkey, Miss Annie Compton, Miss Ira Compton, General and Mrs. Gardner Waller, Mr. Pat Stoutamyer, Misses Margaret and Edith Miller, Col and Mrs John F Wall, Miss Helen Wall, Miss Betty Wall, Mr. Francis Collins, Mr. and Mrs Samuel Collins, Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith, Cannon Cooper and Mrs Thornton Leach with their relatives in the area.
Mrs. George W. Cooley of Front Royal announces the marriage of her daughter Katherine to Mr. James A. Hafer of Chambersburg Pa. The ceremony was held in Harrisonburg on December 16 with Rev. E L Woolf officiating. The bride is daughter of Mrs Cooley and the late G W Cooley. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs E C Hafer of Chambersburg. They will reside in Chambersburg where the groom works with his father.
Front Royal Virginia December 28 Captain and Mrs George W Riddick return to the academy from Petersburg where they were summoned by the death of Captain Riddicks brother William.
Riddick was the son of Mrs. W. H. Riddick and the late Rev. W. H. Riddick of Petersburg. He is survived by his mother, a sister Mrs. Ella Marks of Courtland Virginia, and three brothers Capt. Riddick of Front Royal Rev. R. P. Riddick of Lynchburg and J. D. Riddick of Roanoke.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Sloat from Washington spent the Christmas holidays with Mrs. Walter D. Sloat and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Sloat at their South Stewart street home and will remain until after New Year's Day.
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