Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Engagements
Frances Th Hurst engages Dr. Tom Thaxton of Texas. Frances, educated at Upperville High and Madison College, works for the British Embassy in Washington. Thaxton, Texas A&M graduate, works for the Bureau of Animal Husbandry in Athens Texas. No wedding date set. Also notes: Miss Louise Travers hosts a Madison College gathering in Stephenson with class members and guests. New Year dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Clarence Brill in Relief near Winchester with relatives. Birth of a son to Mrs Belle Kreiger Hockman. Various local visits and travels among residents of Winchester, Stephenson, Clarke and surrounding areas. Cadets and students relocate to Blacksburg and Richmond for studies at Virginia Tech and the Medical College of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Hurst
Paris
Frances Th
Tom Gray Thax
Menard
Texas
Miss Hurst
Upperville High School
Madison College
Washington, D. C
Thaxton
Texas A. & M
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Athens
Ethel Barber
Washimpton
D. C
Louise Travers
Harrisonburs
Stephenson
Stephenson Church
Princes Triegs
Nancy Taylor
Gioria Dorser
Louis Travers
Misses Rideely
Julia
Lula Jackson
Aspacia Sempies
Winchester
Kitty
Esten Rudolph
Brill
Clarence C. Brill
Alfred
Nettie Lou Brill
O’briens
Miss Brill
Washington
Interruption habits and table etiquette quiz notes
The passage asks about interruption types turning words into jokes, proper seating for salt and pepper shakers, and public use of rouge or lipstick. It discusses decorum and etiquette expectations in social settings.
Teets Celebrate Winona's 12th Birthday at West Germain
Mr and Mrs Pred Teets hosted at their West Germain street home Sunday from 4 to 6 in honor of their daughter Winona Teets who turned 12. Pink and white decor complemented the party with guests Mrs Lou Pressan and daughter Sue Miss Colleen Grimm Gladys Miller Elaine Adams Ruby Offett and Billy and Fred Teets Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred Teets
West Germain Street
Winona Teets
Lou Pressan
Sue
Colleen Grimm
Gladys Miller
Elaine Adams
Ruby Offett
Billy and
Fred Teets, Jr
New Year's Dinner Hosted by Headley Family
A New Year's dinner was hosted at Valley avenue on Sunday January 4 by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Headley and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd G. Headley. Attendees included C. S. Headley and spouse, Morris Lemley and spouse, Zoe and Ann Lemley, Charles and Morris Jr. Lemley of Stephenson, R. A. Miller and Allen Preston Kyle of Orlando, David Headley of Newark, Gardner Headley and family, June Fay Headley, Stuart Headley, Ross Meade, Albert Clark, Virginia Mae Clark, M. M. Rouzee, Virginia Anderson, Louise Stickley, and Frank Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headley
J. W. Headley
Boyd G. Headley
Valley Avenue
C. S. Headley
Morris Lemley
Zoe
Ann Lemley
Charles and
Morris, Jr. Lemley
Stephenson
R. A. Miller
Allen, Preston and Kyle
Orando
David Headley
Newark
Gardner Headley
June
Fay Headley
Boyd Headley, Jr
Stuart Headley
Ross Meade
Albert Clark
Virginia Mae Clark
M. M. Rouzee
Virginia Anderson
Louise Stickley
Frank Anderson
Dinner Party Hosts Highlight Local Society Figures
Mr and Mrs W K Atkins entertained at their Anderson Apartments home for Winchester and Harrisonburg office staff with guests including Mr and Mrs Curtis Barr Mr G C Thompson and Miss Ethel Thelma Green The event noted several local residents guests departed for study and service across Waynesboro Petersburg and Charlottesville with hospital and school updates interwoven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Co. W. Atkins
Anderson Apartments
People’s Life Insurance Company
Winchester
Harrisonburg
Curtis R. Barr
W. H. King
G. C.thompson
R. EB. Sharpes
W. G. Gladwell
Douglas Pe Thelma Green
Etheler
Clubs Officers To Be Elected At G A A Meeting
The January meeting of the Girls Athletic Association will be held at 129 South Loudoun Ave on Thursday evening January 8 at 8 o clock with an election of new officers for 1942. Council members are reminded of a 7 30 p m meeting at Mrs. Jack Widmeyer s apartment. Mrs Melvin Green to address Civic League at the George Washington Hotel Friday January 9 at 12 45 p m with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Athletic Association
South Loudoun Ave
Jack Widmeyer
Melvin Green
Civic League
Woman's Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Ebenezer Ladies Aid Meeting At Mrs Goode Home
Ebenezer Christian Church ladies aid and missionary society will meet at 22 W Monmouth Street with Mrs S J Goode on Wednesday January 7 at 7 30 PM All members and friends are invited. Jr Century Club hosts Mrs Pinckney Arthur for meeting at her North Western Grade home with speaker Mr Garland Quarles on Men Around Churchill There is no surgical dressing class tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer's
Ladies Aid and Missionary Society
Ladies Aid and Missionary Societies
Ebenezer Christian Church
S. J. Goode
Monmouth Street
Jr. Century Club
Arthur
Pinckney Arthur
Century Club
Garland Quarles
Churchill
Winchester Woman's Society of University Women Meet
The Winchester Branch of the Woman's Society of University Women will meet Saturday at 3 PM at Mrs. George Snarr's home on South Stewart Street. Guest speaker Mrs. Garland Quarles will discuss "Outstanding Book of 1941." Assisting hostesses are Mrs. I. W. Harris and Miss Elizabeth Dunlap.
Macedonia Woman's Society Meeting Planned
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Macedonia Church will meet at Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Armel's home on Frontal Road Wednesday at 7 45 p.m. Mrs. J R Hollar leads devotions and Mrs. J W Newsome, the president, heads the business session. Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia Woman's Society
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
The
Macedonia Church
S. C. E. Arme
Frontal Road
J.R. Hollar
J. W. Newsome
Sunshine Club Opens Year With Brad dock Street Meeting
The Sunshine Club of Brad dock Street Methodist Church will hold its first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. William H. Reed, 224 South Braddock Street, Thursday at 2 30 p m. Assistant hostesses are Mrs. Mamie Coffman, Larrick, and Mrs. John S. Sloat. Members urged to be present and bring coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
William Reed
Braddock Street Methodist Church
William H. Reed
South Braddock Street
Mamie Coffman
Larrick
John S. Sloat
Braddock Street Circle 2 Plans Evening Meeting
Miss Mary Lou Steele leads Braddock Street Circle 2 at Braddock Street Methodist Church this evening at 7 30 in the church school assembly room replacing January meeting. Members urged to attend. Thursday and Friday Bridge Clubs to meet hosted by Mrs Abney Payne and Mrs R E Byrd at their Am herrst street homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Circle 2
Church Circle 2
Mary Lou Steele
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Abney Payne
Amherst Street
R. E. Byrd
Berryville Social Roundup Notices Families and Travelers
Berryville residents host and visit during the holidays with furloughs from Fort Meade and naval assignments. Guests include Miss Kelso Alsop, Mr. Graham Dougherty Jr., and the Randolphs. Attendees travel to Washington and Richmond. Midshipman Jack Stribling departs for Annapolis after vacation in Berryville. Several locals return to schools in Madison College, St. Margaret's, Agnes Scott, and Arlington teaching positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Graham Dougherty
Woodley
Dougherty
Fort George Meade
Jack Stribling
Annapolis
Annie M. Stribling
Miss Ramsburg Returns to Haymarket for Winter Teaching
Miss Charlotte Ann Ramsburg returns to Haymarket Virginia to teach this winter after a berryville vacation with her mother Mrs. D L Ramsburg. Dr and Mrs Edwin A Whitesell are mentioned in the visit notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Ann Ramsburg
Haymarket
Berryville
D. L. Ramsburg
Mrs
Edwin A. Whitesell
Berryville Residents Exchange Holiday Visits and News
A round of visits and returns noted in Berryville shows friends and relatives from Arlington, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, and Washington spending holidays or resuming studies. Individuals include Dr Whitesell now at Mary Washington College, Miss Griff returning to W D Co, and several students and family members traveling to colleges in Stevens Columbia and Richmond area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Whitesell
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Duncan Memorial Mt Church
Miss Eloise Lumsden Returns to Berryville after Christmas Visit
Miss Eloise Lumsden arrives in Berryville from Clifton Forge where she spent Christmas with parents Mr and Mrs Lyle Lumsden. She is Berryville High School instructor and accompanied by Mr and Mrs John Berry and daughter Jane who returned to Richmond at week’s start after visiting Mr Berry's parents Mr and Mrs Harry Berry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonedith Henry
Waynesboro, Va
Pairfax Hall
James W. Thrift
Zdenek Hanry
C. L. Spillman
Ordnance School
Aberdeen
Jean Randolph
St. Margaret’s School
Tappahannock
Beverley Randolph
United States Naval Academy
Percy Randolph
Rosemont Circle
Anne Thmoas_ Howell
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Berryville
Tom Howell
Miss Howell
Washington, D. C
Ernest Brown
Roberta Winter
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
Washington
John D. Winter
Elizabeth Beverley
Richmond
William Beverley
Milton Valley
John Huyette
Louise Yette
John ¥ Moore
Roger. Colbert
Huyette
Troutville, Va
Troutville High School
Joyce Davis
R. E. Davis
Mary Washington Colege
Robert Houghton
Richmond University
Clarence Houghton
H. S. Smalley
Bob Smalley
Bridgeton
N. J
Mary Enruh
Kinsale
Charles Francis Enruh
Enruh
Rose MacDonald
Mr. Louis Lickey
Mrs
Henry Lickey
Ann Jones
Berryville High School
William Jones
Alexandria
Kathleen Francis
W. J. Francis
Glen Allen
Miss Francis
Eloise Lumsden
Clifton Forge
Lyle Lumsden
Miss Lumsden
John Berry
Jane
Mr. Berry
Harry Berry
Hunter Burks
H. H. Burks
Arlington County
Craighill Burks
University of Virginia
Lillian Lembert
Arlington
William Lyons
Emery University
Atlanta, Ga
Gerald Lyons
Emery and Henry College
Emery, Va
Rey
A. O. Lyons
Methodist Parsonage
Margaret Dole
Pittsburg
Ree
Clarke Sunny
Residents Return From Holidays at Berryville
Multiple local residents resume studies and travel after Christmas. Tom and Jimmy Iden rejoin colleges. Hunter Burks returns to Arlington County to teach. Craighill Burks, Eva Massie, Louise Bell, Elizabeth Ann Jones, Lillian Lembert, William Lyons, Gerald Lyons, Helen Harris, Joe Harris family, and others are noted as returning to schools or homes after holiday visits across Virginia, Maryland, and Ohio.
Blue Ridge Hunt Holds Saturday Meet at Rosney
Millwood notes report the Blue Ridge Hunt gathering at Rosney with a hunt breakfast hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee. Attendees include William Bell Watkins M F H Captain Ewart Johnston and numerous society names, with several hosting and returning travelers to Perrysburg Ohio and Clarke Sun ny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bell Watkins
Earl Boy Ed
George H. Burwell
R. G. Mitchell
Henry Post Mitchell
Richard E. Byrd
Tom Byrd
Burwell Jacobs
A. R. Dunning
Graham Dougherty
McConnell
Ewart Johnston
A. Sommaripa
William Beverley
Alic Winslow
Agnes Mitchell
Mary Dougherty
Woman Nurses in Civil War Army Hospitals Begin Service
In 1861 Dorothea Dix pressed for trained women to serve in war hospitals, challenging Morals. Louisa May Alcott aided the call as Florence Nightingale inspired models spread. The Red Cross reserve now nurses soldiers at home and abroad, linking civilian public health to military care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dix
Florence Nightingale
America
Dorothea Dix
New England
Louisa Alcott
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Bird song origin lies in the syrinx not the larynx
Birds produce song from a specialized vocal organ called the syrinx located near the lower trachea. The larynx is present but lacks vocal cords, so it does not generate bird song.
Married couple from Winchester wed in Washington
Mary Russell and Elwood Stephen Henson, both colored of Winchester, were married in Washington on Sunday. They plan to live on Market Street. The groom works at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Stephenson Mary Russell
Mary Russell
Elwood Stephenson
Winchester
Washington
Market Street
Georg Washington Hotel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frances Hurst
Dr. Thaxton
Peachy Hockman
South Washington, Street
Memorial Hospital
Hockman
Belle Kreiger
Boyd Headley, Sr
Del
Orande
J. J. Taylor
Amelia Keller
Lebanon
Lola Ray Dixon
City
Baltimore
Omer Turner
Holmes Randolph Grimm, Jr
Medical Colege of Virginia
Grimm
H. R. Grimm
J. L. Willey
Janey
Roanoke
Howard Cather
Frederick Crisman
Jake Yost, Jr
Henry Whiting
William Bennett
This City
Robert Hooker
C. P. Gaunt
Herbert Duke, Jr
Clarke County
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
John Taylor
Berryville Avenue
William Taylor
Jim Williams
Stephens City
Irvin Williams
Snapp Williams
Rachel Williams
White Post
the Food Center
Loudoun St
Pffer Company
Red Cross
Huntsberry
Roberta Lee
Fred Teets
C. S. Brumback
Tom Brumback
John Robert Gregory
Francis Montaigu
Greenwood
Washington Inn
R. W. Willey
East Piccadilly Street
Andrew Lake
Lake
Harley Barker
North Cameron Street
E. W. Miller
Katherine Leroy
Marie Swann
Arthur Ritter
Woodstock Lane
Percy D. Miller
South Cameron Street
Harry Stewart
Pittsburgh, Pa
Jean Hamman
Buena Vista
Southern Seminary
B. H. Hamman
Jefferson Street
Robert Green
August Cahill
Bill Miller
Charlottesville
University of Vir
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Henry M. Lane
Warrenton, Va
Astley Cooper
Robert Landon Stewart
Bloomfield
Naomi Boyer
Win
Charles Peterson
Peterson
Morton C., Mumma, Jr
Col
Morton C. Mumma, Sr
Ohio
Mumma
Annie Laurie Parker
Lloyd Parker
L. A. Parker
Gertrude Lewis
Roberta Ayler
Aylor
South Church Street
Culpeper
Underwood
Underwood’s Bakery
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Cameron St
DIAL
Virginia Harris
Stevens College
Columbia, Mo
H. B. Harris
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Llewelyn
S. P. Downing
Paul Downing
New York City
Josephine Griff
W .D. Co
William Kerfoot
Rensaller Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Kerfoots
Griffith
Newport News
Margaret Whiting
Garrison Forest School
Frank B. Whiting
Mary Bailey
Whitings
Roy Potts
Carl Johnson
Carl Johnson, Jr
Ben Kohler
Edward Stevens
Potts
Dicky Potts
Macon’ College
Ashand
Dick Price
Hagerstown
Harry Lusby
Arlington, Va
Lusby
Flora Murphy
Louise H. Kerfoot
Battletown Inn
Dorthey Kackley
Western College
Bowling Green
George Kackley
Marion Ware
Ralph M. Ware
Ware
Medical College School of Pharmacy
George, Kercheval
Edna Virginia Kercheval
May Rutherford
Ray Rutherford
William Levi
Cecil Marlowe
Virginia Page
Katherine Page
Selby Arch-Preserver
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun
Messrs
Tom and
Jimmy Dick Iden
C. H.iden
Medical College of Virginia
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
Eva Massie
Virginia
Louise Bell
Leonard H. Bell
Elizabeth Ann Jones
Tom Jones
Palmville State Teachers College
Helen Harris
Norfolk
J. J. Harris
Donald Cooley
Harrises
South Carolina
Joe Harris
Garnet Levi
Edith Ritter
Fort Meade
Hugh Owens
Claude Owens
Alberta
Virginia Carson Owens
Charles Patton
Ruth Wheeler
Maryland
Lucy Wheeler
Millwood
George P. Greenhalgh
Perrysburg
Ben Randolph
Tom H. B. Meade
Mrs. B. O
Northern
Lquisa
M. Green
John Citizen
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Zenith
RCA
Motorola
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
Moling & Cather Ndable Merchand
Philco
Anderson
E. Bosawen
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