Birthday Surprise for Mr Robert Rusk at Home
Robert Rusk was surprised January 1 when daughter Mary invited him home from the filling station. Guests gathered for games and a buffet supper as families from Shenandoah Valley and Piedmont Virginia shared an enjoyable evening. The report also notes the quiet marriage of Nancy Frazer and Truman Wakeman in Harrisonburg on January 3 with both families from Marshall and Middletown involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rusk
Mary Rusk
Rufus Bell
Lewis Bell
John Buckner
John Lloyd and Son
Robert Bell
William Mesmer
James Wolfe
W. D. Wisecarver
Coleman Dunn
Louis Glover
Charles Phillips
R. B. Coleman
Charles Levi
Roy Locke
C. B. Locke
Robert Kerns
Clarence Smallwood
Leonard Bell
Harold Scheuer
Herbert Whiting
Terrell Jones
Seldon O’bryan
J. M. Rutherford
Miss Rusk
Shenandoah Valley
Piedmont
Virginia
Harrisonburg
Nancy Marshall Frazer
Truman Wakeman
Asbury Jackson
Harrisonburg Baptist Church
Tof
Marshall C. Frazer
Frazer
Marshall
Fauquier County
Smith- Hughes
Upperville
Wakeman
Baptist Church
Speciall Ice Cream In Bulk and Eight Other Flavors
Brooks' Pharmacy markets Speciall Ice Cream in bulk with fruit and nut variety and Frozen Egg Nog among eight other popular flavors offered.
Local residents head to China and Argentina on medical and naval posts
Lieut and Mrs Lindsey China depart for China via New York and Brooklyn aboard the Chateau Thierry and Grant for a three year tour. Commander and Mrs Reifkohl sail for Buenos Aires January 12 from New York aboard the Northern Prince. A natl society and garden club meetings are planned, with county agents returning from Blacksburg and church groups scheduling January events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsey
China
J. B
New York
Tientsin
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Grant
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Judith B. McGuire
H. H. McGuire
Braddock Street
Reifkohl
Buenos Aires
Frederick L. Reifkohl
Louise Riley
J. William Riley
West Piccadilly Street
Winchester sportsmen to discuss changes in game statutes
Winchester and Frederick county sportsmen meet at 8 tonight at R T Jones and Co office to discuss changes to be recommended to the State Game Commission. Sponsored by the Winchester Gun Club, the gathering aims to influence proposed state game law changes, including reducing bag limits on wild turkeys and quail and seeking bounties on hawks crows and other predatory birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
R. T. Jones and Company
Loudoun Street
State Game Commission
Winchester Gun Club
Richmond
Strasburg Production Credit Corp to Hold Annual Meeting
The first annual meeting of the Strasburg Production Credit Corporation will be held next Monday January 14 at the company offices in Strasburg. Officers include Julian A. Everly secretary treasurer and D W Burruss president with Joseph H Funkhouser as vice president. The association serves Frederick Shenandoah Clarke Warren and Page counties and makes loans on crops and livestock. Reports on its first year will be presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg Production Credit Corporation
Strasburg
Julian A. Everly
Middletown
D. W. Burruss
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah County
Joseph H. Funkhouser
Double Tollgate
This County
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke
Warren
Page
Cub Pack To Meet Tonight
A meeting of the Cub Pack for boys sponsored by the Winchester Lions Club will be held at the Men's Athletic Club rooms tonight. Cub Master P. B. Ireland says several important matters will be discussed regarding plans for the New Year and urges every member to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Pack
Winchester Lions Club
P. B. Ireland
Major House Recovering After Eye Operation
Major Samuel Porter House returns home at 24 West Piccadilly after cataract removal performed by Dr. Charles M. Hammett of Georgetown University Hospital. He had been away seven weeks and stayed with his sister Mrs Gelia B. Alae represen ooper Harden & le exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major House
Samuel Porter
West Piccadilly Street
Charles M. Hammett
Georgetown University Hospital
Ashington
Gelia B. Alae
Ice Cream Plant Changes Hands
Basil Larrick of Frederick County has purchased the Jack Frost Ice Cream plant at 2012 South Braddock Street. He intends extensive improvements and will operate as the Peoples' Ice Cream Store selling high grade cream. He will win back Frost Company customers and offer specials announced through The Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Larrick
Frederick County
South
Braddock Street
Peoples
Frost Company
Police Struggle to Secure Evidence in Winchester Liquor Raids
Winchester police report limited success in raids on illegal liquor. Mrs. Diana Campbell was fined $50 and jailed six months after a conviction. Officers found untaxed liquor hidden near kitchens and note evidence is often destroyed before it can be seized. Police estimate most bootleg sales are on a drink basis with small quantities, retailing about 50 cents per quart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Diana Campbell
Campbell
Dove
Strosnider
Highland Avenue
Race Street
Thumb guard exhibit in Lindbergh kidnaping trial
State presents Exhibit 16 a closeup of the Lindbergh child thumb guard found by Betty Gow 100 yards from the Hopewell home as evidence in Bruno Hauptmann's trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Betty Gow
Hopewell
N. J
Bruno Hauptmann
Picture Fit For King Receives Royal Command
London reports that the Columbia film One Night of Love has earned a royal command performance at Sandringham by King George. The film, praised as suitable for the royal residence, follows Chaplin City Lights as the last American movie honored in this way. It is also sent to Himley Hall at the Duke and Duchess of Kent’s honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Columbia
Sandringham
Chaplin
London
Himley Hall
Duke
Dutchess of
Kent
Tarifa and the origin of the word tariff
The article explains Tarifa at Spain's southern tip near Gibraltar as the pirate stronghold that gave the word tariff its meaning of reckoning. It notes pirates levied tolls on merchant ships along the coast and that tariff derives from those duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarifa
Spain
Gibraltar
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Vlad
Fairfax
White House
Frederick Richardson
Richardson
Richard Barrett
Baldwin Spilman
Barrett
Randolph Richardson
Anne Camden Barrett
Cotillion
Byrd
Virginia Cotillion
George H. Dern
Henry Wilder Keyes
William Stanley
Robert E. Lee
Baldwin Spilman, Sr
Charles R. Hooff
Richard E. Byrd
Frederick D. Richardson
C. A. S. Sinclair
Alarich Dudley
T. Norman Jones
Malcolm Mattheson
Eliphalet Andrews
W. Jeffries Chewning
John S Barbour
Gardner L. Boothe
Charles. Harrison
Thomas B. Love
Jusan T. Burke
Joseph Crockett
W. H. Frost
William P. Merideth
Robert. Carter Grymes
Jefferson Randolph Keane
Julian T. Burke
Robert J. McCandlish
Charles R. Hooff, Jr
C. A. S. Sinclair, Jr
William Byrd
Alexander Lee Craighill
Armistead L. Boothe
W. Jeffies Chewning
Aldrich Dudley, Jr
The
Garden Club of Virginia
James River
Brandon
Upper Brandon
Claremont
Lewis.g. Larus
Mary Sartelle
Edward B. Sartelle
South Loudoun Street
Alexandria
St. Agnes’ School
Sartelle
Grace Taylor
Sz T Lake City
Utah
Emergency Relief Administration
Washington
Claramond Harper
Macon
Hood College
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg
Admiral Byrd
Dunnedin
New Zealand
Pacific
South Pole
Waren's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
E. W. Miller
North Braddock Street
Edith Pletch
Lillian Anderson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Florida
American Legion Auxiliary
Claude Grim
Washington ‘Street
Lion’s Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
White Hall
M. E. Church Mite Society
Bertha Miller
Fort Doun
D. A. R. Handley
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order
of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
George Washington
American Legion
Nancy Frazer
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Fort Loudoun
Handley Library
Shawnee Garden Club
D. J. Howard
Hanadley Avenue
Aftenoon
S. R. Hurst
Blacksburg
I. Fred Stine
C. C. Funkhouser
Clarke County
Peter Yates Brinton
T. W. Harrison
South Washington Street
West Cork Street
Wonette Auxiliary
Presbyterian Church
Credit Company
Helen Fahnestock
Newport Society
Washington, D. C
Clara
Mary Lee
Gibson Fahnestock
Grand Dame of
Capital Society
Snowden A. Fahnestock
Fahnestock
France
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Commercial & Savings Bank
U. S
Geo. W. Kurtz
North
Cameron Street
London St
Loudoun, St
Loudoun St
BIG Joe
Minstrel Monarchs
Lions Club
Capitol Theatre
Bakers
Dot
Underwood
Crosley Radio
R. M. Swimley
Hamman’s Dollar Store
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