Local Society News Highlights Debut and Weddings in Richmond
Mrs. Samuel Clay presented her daughter Miss Susan Clay to society at a Country Club of Virginia ball in Richmond. The event featured out of town guests and ornate decor, followed by notices of family birthdays, upcoming nuptials, and fitting social gatherings across several local households.
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Samuel Clay
Richmond
Susan Clay
Country Club of
Virginia
Clay
Miss Clay
Virginia Angell
Katherine Dudley
Roanoke
May Wiley
Agnes Stokes
Nancy Witt
Lynchburg
Marion Magnan
Chicago
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Pers
Mrs. Clay
Paris
Clarence Dillon
New York
Sumner Parker
Katherine Parker
Jameson Parker
Baltimore
Barbara Davis
Washington
Angelica Iglehart
Phyllis Langhorne
Albemarle County
John Peyton, Jr
Staunton
Virginia Carsorfi
Riverton
Harry Kern, Jr
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
John Scully
Monty Green
City
Social Calendar Of Winchester Area Events
A list of community activities includes 7:30 p m at Little Mountain Methodist Church Christmas pageant with public invited. 8 p m tap dancing classes led by Stafford Pemberton at George Washington Hotel followed by ballroom dancing. 11 30 p m watch night service by Winchester Christian Endeavor Union at Centenary Reformed Church. 1 Evening New Year’s Eve dance at Updykes Hall Front Royal, subscription dance open to the public. 10 p m Charity ball and dinner dance for Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital at George Washington Hotel. 6 30 p m Church in Christ covered dish dinner urged for all members and guests. Saturdays 7 p m Young People’s Choir practice Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Full attendance urged.
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Stafford Pemberton
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Christian Endeavor Union
Centenary Reformed Church
Updyke’s Hall
Front Royal
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington
Bolr
Church In Christ
Young People’s Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Warren County
Warren
J. S. DeJarnette
Western State Hospital
Winchester
Middletown
Common Council
Baltimore
District Nurses’ Association
Baltimore and Ohio
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Hortense Ropp
Roanoke
Stephens City
Patricia D. Morton
Eng
Shenandoah
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Thompson Funkhouser Nuptials In Lexington Church
Miss Louise Hottel Thompson became the bride of Howard Gray Funkhouser at Trinity Methodist Church Lexington with Rev. Dr. G. G. Martin officiating. Attendants included Miss Margaret Funkhouser music director, and a reception followed for out of town guests from Harrisonburg Cambridge Hagerstown Canton and Virginia universities.
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Trinity Methodist Church
Lexington
Louise Hottel Thompson
Howard Gray Funkhouser
G. G. Martin
Harrisonburg
J. A. Johnson
J. Harris Thompson
L. A. Law
Alberta
W. E. Dunkman
Columbia University
Earl S. Mettingly
Washington and Lee University
Philip Kriegar
Harry L. Thompson
Paul W. Hammack
Washington
Margaret Funkhouser
Shardy Hill School
Cambridge
Mass
Janet
Nancy Cavell
Lois
Katherine Funkhouser
Richard Funkhouser
George O. Funkhouser
Hagerstown
J. F. Hottel
Margaret Hottel
Canton
Martha Lee
Lewis A. Law
Marvin Pilley
University of Virginia
Madame Schlosshauer To Sing At Winchester Charity Ball
Madame Eleanor Reynolds Schlosshauer of Berlin and New York City will perform a seasonally appropriate song group at the Winchester Memorial Hospital Charity Dinner Dance tonight at the George Washington Hotel. She tours the United States with the Chicago Opera Company and recently sang at Christ Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Washington Hotel
Eleanor Reynolds Schlosshauer
Berlin
Germany
New York City
Madame Schlosshauer
G. B. Reynolds
Mary Garden
Chicago Opera Company
United States
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ann Arbor
Evanston
Canada
Christ Episcopal Church
Harry K. Russell
Lewis H. Hyde
Mrs Milton Bauserman Hosts Regular Bridge Club Night
Mrs Milton Bauserman entertained the Monday bridge group at her Braddock street home with a guest table including Mrs Joseph Weeks and Misses Virginia Pangle and Irene Headley. Prizes went to Miss Olga Meske and Miss Virginia Pangle and a Christmas color scheme styled the salad course. In other notes the Four H Club at Relief School held its monthly meeting before recess with seven members present and four absent. Miss Elizabeth Farrar taught darning and another January meeting was planned.
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Milton Bauserman
Braddock Street
Joseph Weeks
Virginia Pangle
Irene Headley
Olga Meske
The
Relief School
Elizabeth Farrar
County Home
Today's Crossword Puzzle Challenge and Clues
A cryptic list of Across and Down clues with partial words and garbled entries. Readable items include clues like Acknowledgment of lordship and Workmanship and God of Thunder, with mixed letters and missing letters in many lines.
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Seiza
Guests Arriving Tomorrow At Home Of Miss Steck
Miss Harriet Jacobs of Atlanta and Boston and Miss Marie Lesh of oegas and Messrs Olsen one Albert Peterson of tomer Virginia Steck at the home of her mother Mrs H Clay DeGrange on South Washington street. Several entertainments have been planned in their honor by local friends. Lieut Albert G Martin U S N and Mrs Martin will arrive the latter part of this week to be weekend guests of Dr and Mrs B Mitchell Knight at their home on Leicester street. Mrs J Victor Arthur will entertain informally on Friday afternoon at her home on Fairfax lane in honor of her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs John M Steck Jr.
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Boyd Etsey
O. G. Ritter
Piccagully Street
Boyd Ritter
Nina Dyke
Helen Everhart
Goldie Dyke
Winifred Cooper
Lucille Winkfield
Margaret Price
Mildred Fauver
Beatrice Bremer
Kathryn Garber
Eleanor Robertson
Katharyn Dodson
Pauline Keller
Charlotte Himelright
Strasburg
Evelyn Minor
Shenandoah
Mildred Himelright
Star Tannery
Robert Ritter
Kenneth Cather
Kenneth Triplett
Wesley P. Hawkins
Laurence Pannett
Lawrence Sutler
Warren Mason
John Miller
Winchester
Lewrin Sibert, Jr
Hagerstown
John Mills
Washington
Neva Polk
Loring Himelright
Nelson Himelright
Cora Himelright
Mary Welsh
Rockville
William Bartlett
Exum Carter Hadley
Powell
Baltimore
Virginia
Paul R. Powell
Grace and
St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Anne Carter
James R. Mainning
Rutledge Carter
Bermuda
University Apartments
Baltimores
Mary Jarman
J. Wilson Jarman
Staunton
Manila
P. I
John English Nelson
Nelson
Baguio
Talliafero
Steck
Harry Talliaferro
Virginia Military Institute
Orange
John M. Steck, Jr
Cameron Street
Carl Massey
Merriman’s ‘Lane
Robert C. Green
Massey
Beverley B. Wright
Leicester Street
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Jack Engle
Clarke Cooper
Amherst Street
Harriet Jacobs
Atlanta
Albert G. Martin
Mrs. Martin
Chevy Chase
B. Mitchell Knight
J. Victor Arthur
Fairfax Lane
John M. Steck
Highlights of Winchester News in 1931 The Star Files
A retrospective of notable events in Winchester and area during 1931 as drawn from The Star. Key items include election of Fred W. Forney to the Friendship Fire Company presidency, local infrastructure fixes, tax receipts holding steady, Arthur G. Jones Woolen Company legal troubles, notable deaths and memorials, Kiwanis centennial, Handley High tributes, and Apple Blossom Festival preparations with civic actions, charitable drives, and local commerce milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
The
Star
Jay
Fred. W. Forney
Friendship Fire Company
Frederick County
Max Krol
Arthur G. Jones
Handley Library
Miss Mary Hyde Returns to New York City Student of Art
Miss Mary Hyde, who has been visiting her mother Mrs Lewis H Hyde at her Boscawen Street home for the holidays, has returned to New York City where she studies art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mayer
New York City
S. Rosenmeyer
Braddock Street
Mr Mayer
Gustav Mayer
Berlin
Germany
New York
New York Times
New York Herald-Tribune
Dennison Paper Company
Einstein
Gandhi
Berlin School of Art
Mayer
Mr. Mayer
Mary Smith
E. F. Smith
Saltville
Alice Wiley
Harry Brown
Mary Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde
Boscawen Street
Brown's Will Filed in Frederick County Probate Office
The will of Mrs. Sarah Ellen Brown dated March 17, 1925, admits to probate in Frederick County. Executor W. Z. Adams to sell the house and lot, pay debts, and divide the residue: one third to Retha Virginia Hubbard and the remainder to Mrs. Brown's other children, with a clause barring challengers. Personal property devised to Hubbard. witnesses C. T. McCarty and G. L. Crim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Ellen Brown
Frederick County
Retha Virginia Hubbard
Mr Mee to Sing On Monday Night Program
Local friends are invited to listen at 10 oclock next Monday over radio station WJS for a program of songs and an interesting story featuring Cyril Mee and Ester Lenor as soloists. The program titled Songs of Yesterday Today and Tomorrow invites comments on the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monda
WJS
Cyril Mee
Ester Lenor
Host Promises Song Requests On Show Occasionally
A radio host notes he will occasionally answer listeners requests for songs during his program. The statement underscores viewer engagement and the show's informal format as it invites audience participation.
Planes Used to Battle Malaria Mosquitoes in Panama Zone
Bombing planes have been deployed with notable success against malaria carrying mosquitoes in the Panama Canal Zone, aiming to reduce disease through aerial targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal Zone
Mummies of Dog Vets Found in South American Excavation
Archaeologists uncovered dog mummies dating about two thousand years old in the South, suggesting canine roles as veterinarians or healers for Indigenous communities. The find sheds light on ancient veterinary care and animal bond in early societies.
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Went
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