Garden Club events and civic notes in Staunton area
Augusta Garden Club hears talk on conifers by Mrs. N Gilpin with remarks by Lieut. Col. F Miller and William H White Jr. Guests include Mrs. massie and Mrs. Read. Alumnae get togethers in Staunton and Harrisonburg. births at Memorial Hospital. Rev J Sibley to preach at Presbyterian Church. Civic League to hold luncheon at George Washington Hotel with officers to be elected.
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Roanoke
Howard Gilmer
Pulaski
John ‘S
Leesburg
Col. F. Miller
United States Army
William H. White, Jr
Guv Pollard
Augusta
Gilpin
Gardner
William R. Massie
Greenwood
Garden Club
Miars
F. A. Read, Jr
Boyce
Staunton
Read
Herbert McK. Smith
Harrisonburg
Clarke County
Winchester Area Social Calendar Listings
A sequence of weekly meetings and events across Winchester includes the Winchester Post Veterans of Foreign Wars on Loudoun Street at 8:00 p m a regular semi monthly meeting. Activities span Girls Athletic Association initiations at West Piccadilly Street 12 30 p m Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel Century Club gatherings at Mrs Stewart Bell s North Cameron Street and Girls Athletic Association basketball practice at Handley High School gym. Other events include a Sacred Heart Church card party at 8 00 p m, Music Lovers Club at Miss Nannie Cooper s, Kiwanis Club at George Washington Hotel 12 45 p m, United Brethren Church young people choir at 6 45 p m Winchester Lodge No 867 B P O Elks at 8 00 p m Grace Lutheran adult choir at 8 15 p m Thursday Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel bridge club at Mrs Joseph Wright s West Boscawen Street American Legion Post lunch at George Washington Hotel World Day of Prayer at Grace Lutheran Church 3 00 p m and Grace Lutheran Church young peoples choir at 7 00 p m.
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Thursday
Bridge Club
Joseph Wright
West Boscawen Street
Virginia Inaugural Group Named by Grayson
Virginia’s inaugural committee, announced by Rear Admiral Grayson and led by Gov. John Garland Pollard, lists members from Richmond Norfolk Staunton and Winchester. The roster includes Lieut. Gov. James H. Price Speaker J Sinclair Brown Col John W Williams and Brig Gen William H W Cocke among others.
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Harry F. Byrd
T. Grayson
Winchesterians
John Garland Pollard
James H. Price
J. Sinclair Brown
House of Delegates
John W. Williams
O. J. Sands, Jr
Stuart
Burr Powell Harrison
Martin Wisecarver
Winchester
Lucian Cocke
District Nurse Association Meets Wednesday
The District Nurse Association will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 o clock Wednesday afternoon March 1 in its office near the Court House. Members are expected to attend and visitors are invited. Mr and Mrs Clay Shull announce the birth of a son Wednesday February 15 at Bridgewater Virginia Mrs Shull formerly Miss Iris Barr daughter of Mrs C W Hollis and the late Mr Owen Barr of Winchester Mr Shull is a son of Mr and Mrs H E Shull of Marlboro in this county.
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Winchester
Farmville State Teachers’ College
Clarke Cooper
Amherst Street
Kathryn Pannill
Garland R. Quarles
Rhodes
Rhodes Following the Business Meeting, Mrs. Cooper
H. S. Pifer
Jack Engle
Adele Hutchinson
Virginia Anne Huntsberry
Edna Lamb
Agnes Watkins
Virginia Hunter Boyd
Edith Cornwell
Henrietta Cornwell
District Nurse Association
Court House
Clay Shull
N. Clay Shull
Bridgewater
Shull
Iris Barr
C. W. Hollis
Owen Barr
H. E. Shull
Marlboro
Baltimore Artist Opens Mosaic Window in Zion Germania Church
Mr. Wilmer Gettier reveals a new four‑panel Gothic arch window measuring 20 by 7 feet 10 inches at the Zion Germania Church in Baltimore. The sea scene depicts the Sea of Galilee with fishermen and Jesus disciples, in blue amber and red opalescent glass. Eight months of work produced a modern impressionist mosaic to be dedicated on Easter Sunday. donor Frederick Bauernschmidt of Baltimore honors August and Hellene Wehr. Gettier, formerly an architect, has works at the Library of Congress and Chicago Public Library and plans a medieval style church window using abroad glass.
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Zion Germania- Church
Baltimore
Sea of Galilee
Corcoran Art Gallery
Washington
Philadllphia Academy of Fine Arts
Chicago
Haddox Anniversary Observed at Winchester Home
Mr and Mrs George W Haddox marked their fifty fourth wedding anniversary quietly at their East Cork street home with a dinner for close friends. Mr Haddox, noted in Winchester business and golf circles, has a long civic record and wartime ties to local churches and banks.
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George W. Haddox
Sensency Place
East Cork Street
Haddox
George Clinton Haddox
Washington
Winchester
Nelson P. Dame
Christ Episcopal Church
Richmond
Equity Improvement Company
Winchester Golf Club
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Braddock
Ares Methodist Episcopal Church Path
Wheat market closing prices from Chicago and Baltimore
Closing wheat quotations show Chicago May at 46 and July 4744 with September 4814. Baltimore reported no market. Winchester Spot wheat priced at 57, supplied daily to The Star via Stickell Corp. from Hagerstown, Maryland.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Stop Taking Soda For Gas On Stomach
Soda disturbs digestion and causes gas or sour stomach. Adlerika is presented as a better remedy. One dose is claimed to rid the bowels of poisons that cause discomfort and poor sleep. Baker's Drug Store.
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Baker's Drug Store
Eight Arrested In Raid On Disorderly House
Police raided a North Cameron street residence on a warrant by Chief W Hollis. Mary Dellinger faced a disorderly house charge while James Newlin J F C Creswell George Ryan Boyd Taylor John Wingfield Russell Oates and Paul Dorhatz were cited for frequenting a disorderly place. Dellinger fined 25.25 in police court others 7 except Taylor ordered to leave the city. Additional police court fines included four drunks at 12 each. Carver’s DUI case was continued to 3 this afternoon.
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W. Hollis
Mary Dellinger
Cameron Street
James Newlin
J. F. C. Creswell
George Ryan
Boyd Taylor
John Wingfield
Russell Oates
Paul Dorhatz
Donald L. Weems
Taylor
J. M. Pease
Jake Haines
Fred Nail
Robert Vance
Hunter Carver
Stolen Goods Brought In By Burglar To Deputy
Deputy Robert L. DeHaven of Frederick County says Ott Fuller one of three burglars at Johns Place across the Warren line on the Front Royal pike ran from the house into the deputy’s hands with much of the loot. Fuller was arrested at his Front Royal pike home and handed to Warren county officers after a barn search.
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Robert L. DeHaven
Frederick County
A. M
Ott
Lives of Two Snuffed Out In Auto Accident
Two men died in separate early morning crashes near Coatesville Pennsylvania Floyd Moser 28 of Boonsboro Maryland succumbed in a hospital after his car hit a parked unlit vehicle on Lincoln Highway clothing held papers showing employment with the Medical Research Product Company Philadelphia Paul Hossinger 60 of Coatesville was killed when a car driven by Oswald Lillico of Coatesville collided with another near Sadsburyville crashed into a pole and overturned in a field
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Coatsville
Floyd Moser
Boonsboro
Lincoln Highway
Medical Research Product Company
Philadelphia
Paul Hossinger
Oswald Lillico
Coatesville
Sadsburyville
Stafford County Clears Two After Bail Hearing
Stafford county authorities said each of two men would be cleared immediately of charges. Mann, held on bail of 500 since Friday, requested to be taken before the girl.
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Richmond
Caroline Musante
Albert Yaniewicz
New Jersey
Edwin B. Mann
South Richmond
Stafford County
Mann
Promoter Sentenced In Moose Lottery Case
Bernard C. McGuire, promoter, pleaded guilty in the Loyal Order Of Moose federal lottery case. Judge Alfred C. Coxe sentenced him to a year and a day in the Atlanta penitentiary on each of two indictments, to run concurrently, with a similar term in the Eagles case. Trial of Senator James J. Davis and others was postponed at a defense request.
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Associated Press
New York
Bernard Co. McGuire
Loyal Order of Moose
United States
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Alfred C. Coxe
McGuire
Atlanta
Eagles
Davis
Oo Otter
Meng Ny
Deter
Charles H. Jutile
Many Elements Needed To Solve Farm Problem
Atlanta February 26. The Southeastern Council offered a panacea blending religion humanitarian aid and revived agriculture as the cure for the South’s economic and social ills. Dr John J Tigert of the University of Florida warned against madness in chasing material gain. Dean Walter J Matherly said agricultural failure threatens Southern civilization and that the agrarian age has given way to industry.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Council
South
John J. Tigert
University of Florida
Walter J. Matherly
School of Commerce
Council
Unemployed Pennsylvania to Demand Relief Parade
Unemployed groups across Pennsylvania plan a march to Harrisburg to press Governor Pinchot and the Legislature for 100 million dollars in relief. State police will refrain from interference if possible, and the House is to be accessible during the demonstration ahead of adjournment on Wednesday. Legislative officials met to plan reception and crowd control.
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Harrisburg
Pinchot
Legisee
State House of Representatives
Three Claims to Fame: Blake the Engraver Painter Poet
William Blake, born 1757 died 1827, known as an engraver painter and poet. A Virginia mine claim notes 7,500 feet depth with bottom temperature 168 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Willam Blake
Virginia
Mrs Ambrose Dies At Home Near Reliance
Mrs Nannie Elizabeth Ambrose wife of Philip C Ambrose died at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home near Reliance Warren county After a prolonged illness she was 67 and died on her birthday Born February 26 1866 She was a daughter of John S Campbell and Ellen Campbell of Stephens City Survived by Cecil Virginia Jerald Ambrose at home and Mrs Esten Rudolph of Brycetown Also two brothers Edward and James Campbell and two sisters Miss Denis and Aliie Campbell of Stephens City Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the home conducted by Rev Mr Wyand with interment in Stephens City cemetery Pallbearers named.
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Nannie Elizabeth Ambrose
Philip C. Ambrose
Reliance
Warren County
Ambrose
John
Ellen Campbell
Stephens City
Cecil
Virginia
Jerald Ambrose
Esten Rudolph
Brycetown
Edward
James Campbell
Denis
Aliie Campbell
Mr. Wyand
Stephens City Cemetery
J.D. Cooley
Edward Sperry
Cleveland Boyer
Haun Kaiser
George Brill
W. D. Walker
Golf Ball Speed Measured by Special Apparatus
A special device measured a golf ball speed when struck, giving a figure around 7010 to 1253 miles per hour. The report notes the apparatus’ role in capturing the rapid impact and resulting travel speed.
Babylonian Homes Had Bathrooms In Ancient Cities
Railroads attract heavy investment with more than 18 billion dollars spent on roadbed and track. The propeller in airplanes can act as a brake once a certain speed is reached in a power dive.
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Bothreoss Vay
Whee
Zangara Faces Life If Mayor Cermak Dies
In a Chicago incident three others were wounded as subject Zangara awaits trial. If Mayor Anton J. Cermak dies from injuries authorities say Zangara will face the electric chair.
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Roosevelt
Anton J. Cermak
Zangara
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Farmville Alumnae Society
Mrs. March
Howard March
Parkway Avenue
Sibley
City
Charlotte
N. C
Edmonia Baker
Peyton Street
Presbyterian
Civic League
Woman's Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post Rooms
Loudoun Street
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Lions’ Club
Century Club
Stewart Bell
North Cameron Street
Handley High School
Ladies of Sanctuary Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Music Lovers’ Club
Nannie Cooper
Kiwanis Club
Young People’s Choir
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Young Peoples’ Choir
Grayson
Oxfords
Huntsberry
Mr. Wilmer Gettier
G. W. Haddox
Farmville
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Louise Bernhardt
Chicago Opera Company
Louise Boyd
Virginia State Board of Education
Farmville State
Federation of Music Clubs
Harold Dyer
University of North Carolina
Red Bailey
Roanoke College
Robert Keylin
I. N. Bonham
E. B. Timberlake
John B. McKee
Summit Point
W. Va
Centenary Reformed Church
Cnn
Ladies’ Aid Socie
D. D. Crenshaw
Mable Caw
South Stewart Street
Sara Bell Ambrose
Strasburg
W. P. Stover
Fortune Hill
E. E. Baker
America
Europe
Central Railway of
Peru
Andes
Collier’s Weekly
Wisconsin
Brooks
Peptona
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Bert Leon Trotaky
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Florida State Penitentiary
Raiford
Giuseppe Zangara
Puyunl
Kor
Siva
Thte Tue
LA Choy Chinese Foods
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
the Commercial & Savings Bank
R. M. Swimley
Ranga
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