Royal Family Milestones From Queen Victoria to King George V
A long recap traces the British royal lineage from Queen Victoria to King George V, noting births marriages and key events at Sandringham Buckingham Palace and Windsor. It covers Prince Georges and Princes Mary, the 1919 two minutes silence, royal weddings including Miss Lichliter and Mr Costello, and church community entertainments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
York Cottage
Sandringham
Prince George
Princess Mary
David
Prince of Wales
Bertie
Queen Victoria
Prince Henry
Edward VIII
Duke of York
George V
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
India
Princes of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Wilson
Prince John
George
United States
Dominions
Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Princess Victoria
Social Calendar for Winchester Clubs and Groups
Tuesday events include a New Year's dinner dance by the Junior Auxiliary at 3:00 p m and a Century Club meeting hosted by Mrs Nancy Cobl with Mrs Henry B Gilpin. Wednesday features Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel and Winchester Lodge 867 at Ellis Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Century Club
Nancy Cobl
Henry B. Gilpin
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Lodge No
Ellis
Piccadilly and
Braddock
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Robert Y. Conrad Post, No
Erican Legion
Lions Club
Kitchener of Kartoum and the British Royal Family Read
At a Century S Club meeting Mrs. Gilpin described Kitchener of Kartoum with details of his Irish birth and rise to power from Woolwich to Egypt and Sudan. Mrs. Glaize recounted the British Royal Family, including Victoria era lines and the Duke of Clarence’s ill fated engagement and royal succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilpin
Switzerland
Woolwich
Chatham
Aldershot
Hanover
Great
Palestine Exploration Fund
Gordon
Cyprus
Egypt
Kitchener
Sudan
England
Queen Victoria
Zanzibar
Francis Greenfell
Kartoum
Ondurman
Baron Kitchener of
Nicholas
Lord Kitchener
Ssia
Hampshire
Grand Fleet
Victoria
Duke of Clarence
Mary of
Teck
T Ce George
Miss Hamrick Christmas Carol Featured In Harrisonburg Program
The carol A Shining Far In the East by Garnet Hamrick was included in a local program and praised by friends. Billy Barnes played the piece in a Harrisonburg studio and offered an offertory at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Hamrick
H. W. Gray Company
New York
Billy Barnes
Harrisonburg
Eunice Lea Kettering
Miss Hamrick
Miss Kettering
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
H.T.C
Sunshine Club Meet At Mrs Reed Home For January Session
The Sunshine Club of Braddock Street Methodist Church will gather at 224 South Braddock street Thursday afternoon January 2 at 3 o'clock. Assistant hostesses will be Mrs John I Sloat Mrs L B Resseguie and Mrs Philip Crisman. First meeting of the year calls for full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
William H. Reed
South Braddock Street
John I. Sloat
L. B. Resseguie
Philip Crisman
Mrs. Lucy Grubbs Undergoes Major Operation
Mrs. Lucy Grubbs of Kerns town underwent a serious operation at Memorial Hospital last Saturday. She has been bedfast for almost two years. It is learned she may remain in the hospital for two or three months. Friends hope for a speedy restoration to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Grubbs
Kernstown
Memorial Hospital
Miss Rebecca Tavenner Enters Memorial Hospital
Miss Rebecca Tavenner daughter of A J Tavenner and Mrs Tavenner of Albin entered Memorial Hospital over the weekend for a chronic diabetic condition. She was critically ill but improved today. The item also mentions Christmas Day visits and social notices from local families and a Shawnee Garden Club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Tavenner
A. J. Tavenner
Tavenner
Albin
Memorial Hospital
Holiday Parties For Visitors In Clarke County
Clarke County notes recount a series of social gatherings hosted by local families for visiting relatives and friends from New York Washington and Baltimore. Guests include prominent residents and debutantes with multiple tea dances casual afternoon entertainments and large wreaths of hospitality reflecting holiday season hospitality in Berryville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Lewis Allen
Page Stephenson
Charles Town
David Cloyd
Front Royal
James W. Suddath
James Riddle
Tessier
Blackburn Smith
Mary Margaret Joslyn
Baltimore
John B. Neill
F. L. Ayler
H. B. Whiting
Annie Moore
Farmers Harvest Natural Ice For Summer
Northern Virginia farmers stored ice from streams that froze six to seven inches deep last week. They filled on farm icehouses with high quality natural ice, reducing reliance on city icemen for summer supplies.
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Virginia
Clear Streams Show Solid Ice After Freeze
Most streams stayed clear as the freeze hit, yielding ice that is largely crystal clear and solid. Straw and sawdust are used in packing the ice.
Numbers Racket Leads To Killings In New England
In Boston on December 31 a gun battle linked to the numbers racket killed James E. Buckley and wounded Frank T. Sundberg. Police suspect the same group carried out both shootings and may be entering a broader pool war. Buckley had a police record. Sundberg was identified with the racket. A black sedan with red wheels transported Buckley’s body to the New England Hospital steps. the same car was tied to Sundberg’s earlier shooting. Detectives questioned James E. Haggerty after driving Sundberg to a hospital. Margaret Monahan, a nurse at the hospital, witnessed two men dragging Buckley’s body to the steps and leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James E. Buckley
James Sheehan
Frank T. Sundberg
Buckley
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Sundberg
James E. Haggerty
Margaret Monahan
New England Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Lichliter
Costello
Lillie Lichliter
Walter Lichliter
Strasburg
Arthur Costello
Vaucluse
Robert Costello
Allen Jones
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Kilmer
Wilbur Costello
Martinsburg
W. Va
Mr. Costello
Loudoun
William Wallace McIntyre
Clarence L. Beard
Hamilton
Loudoun County
Harry Carter Marsh
Charles Tanquary
Romney
Raymond B. Claggett
Betty Wells McIntyre
Ladies Aid Group
E. W. Cather
Ladies Aid of
The
Congregational Christian
Aid Society
Ewing
America
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Mr. Barnes
George Cochran
Geo. Cochran
Gertie Lamp
North Main Street
Cochran
Stanley Ginn
Floyd
Relief
Richard Ginn
Hagerstown
Fred Cochran
Shawnee Garden Club
McSherry Lupton
McCormac Apartments
North
Cameron Street
William Payne
Washington
Graystone Terrace
Peter Yates Brinton
West Cork Street
Garland Williams
J. Hunter Williams
Millwood Road
Berryville
Rosalie Nelson
Robert B. Nelson
John Milburn
Theresa E. Milburn
Martinsburg Pike
Evelyn Ennis
Nellie Rogers
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Avalon Inn
Clearbrook
Garnett Melvin Frye
Long Island
Nyse Lt
Mrs. Read
F. Allerton Read
Read
George Thompson
South Church Street
Richard E. Byrd
H. K. Russell
Nelson Page
Victor Arthur
L. M. Nulton
Frances
Joseph Massie
Walter Crawford
Frederick Spencer
Edward Stribling
Annie Stribling
F. M. Tappan
Tappan
8. C. Williams
Charles F. McIntosh
F. W. Tilford
William Beverley
W. T. Lewis
F. M. Wray
Wray
Morgan
Emma Ginn Baker
Ted Jones
William Dix
N. B. Jones
Thomas Scully
John Scully
Virginia Steck
Mary Warden Boyd
Phyllis Méem
Robert Glass
Westwood Byrd
Harry Kern, Jr
Margaret Byrd
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Aliene Brown
Shepherdstown
Ada Perry
Gus Nelson
T. S. Crockett
Crockett Smith
Margaret
Nannie Crockett
Questover
David H. Allen
Lillian Humphrey
Robert Malone
Betty Sleeper
Gray Beverley
Ham Crockett
Leesburg
Hugh
New England
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Commercial & Savings Bank
E. Gerrard St
Coats
Margaret L. Hodgson
Hershey
RGA
You
All
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Telephone
Brown Kid
Suede Oxfords
Selby Arch Preservers
Lovett Brothers
Stores
Loudoun St
Lovett’s
Shoe and Dress Shoppe
R. M. Swimley
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