Mystery of Holy Grail and English Abbeys Explored
A long feature surveys England’s monastic ruins and Norman architecture, noting Selby Abbey’s Washington family window and other sites like Fountains Abbey and St. Albans. It also mentions modern novels reviewed by Mrs. Melvin Green, highlighting midwestern realism and authors such as Cather Lewis and Glasp, with a brief society notes section on weddings and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hury
Glaston
Inicha
Paléstine
Arthur
Gadanyere
St. Dunstan
England
Sax
William Ror
Severn
Selby’ Abbey
Yorkshire
Washinton
Furnless Abbey
St. Edmund’s Bury
Abybey
Our Lady of the Water Springs
Fountain Abbey
St. Albans
Henry VII
Channel
St. Augustine's Abbey
Augustin
Tls
Melvin Green
Middle West
Tarkington
Cohl
Edu Ferber
Willa Cather
Linoisi Lewis
Martha Ostehso
Margaret Writeson
Sherwood Anderson
Theodore Drieser
Ellen Glasgow
Virginia
Reilists
Son of Mr H T Snapp Undergoes Operation
Oren Snapp, the young son of Mr and Mrs H T Snapp, underwent an operation at the local hospital. The family requested prayers and expressed gratitude for the medical team's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Snapp
Opequon
Memorial Hospital
H. T. Snapp
Oren Snapp
New York Lawyers Visit Winchester for Estate and Sports Ties
Elwood Kemp of Mayer Warfield and Watson, New York lawyers, returns to Winchester on business for the Arte mas Ward estate with Harvard University as a beneficiary. Local counsel Ward and Lartick are involved. Kemp had just come from St. Louis where he and Dudley Malone helped seal Gene Tunney’s contract with Tex Rickard, guaranteeing Tunney at least $500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Kemp
Mayer, Warfield and Watson
New York
Winchester
Kemp
Kennp
Artemas Ward
Harvard University
Messrs. Ward and Lartick
St. Louis
Dudley Malone
Gene” Tunney
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Tunney
Marriage Announcement Katheryn Reardon and Earl Leach
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Katheryn Reardon of Winchester to Mr Earl Leach of Loudoun County took place in Hagerstown Maryland last Thursday afternoon. Rev Irwin of the First Baptist Church performed the ceremony. The bride daughter of Annie L Reardon and the late Thomas Reardon of Frederick County is praised as one of Winchester’s prettiest girls. Leech son of Thorn Leech of Upperville Virginia is a farmer and fruit grower. The couple will reside in Upperville after a brief visit with the mother before moving to their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Heights ‘Casino
Cole
Panama
West Point
N. Y
Katheryn Reardon
Earl Leach
Loudoun County
Hagerstown
Irwin
First Baptist Church
Annie L., Reardon
Thomas Reardon
Frederick County
Winchester
Leech
Etville
Legion to Present Home Talent Show at Empire Theatre
A committee is appointed to organize an American Legion home talent show at the Empire Theatre on February 17. Cast lists and details will be announced in a few days. The Legion has previously staged successful home talent events boosting year round theatre attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercian Legion
Empire Theatre
American Legion
China Situation Still Is Regarded as Being Tense
Shanghai dispatches report Hankow remains volatile as anti foreign sentiment grows. American and British residents flee or seek refuge while foreign concessions face continued tension and incomplete control amid nationalist Cantonese dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Associated Press
Shanghai
Hankow
Yangtze River
Reuters News Agency
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Goffe
Hongkong Bank
Kuomintang
Eugene Chen
Oreign
Nationalists
Aather Disputch
Jending
America
Goite
London
Foreign Office
Chen
Hawkaw Vy
Traffic Committee Seeks Solution for Loudoun Street
Council and nine members discuss plans to reduce congestion on North Loudoun Street. A proposed joint citizen plan with the Merchant's Retail Association is debated with a five member versus three member citizen committee option. The motion to refer to traffic and street committees passes 7 to 2 with Patton and Page dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. . Norfor
W. Lee Fisher
Citizens’ Committee
Page
Traffe
Messrs
Patton
Winchester News Briefs and Local Appointments
Mrs Thomas Seabright and granddaughter Catheryn March return from Milton West Virginia to Winchester to be with her daughter Mrs Robert Martin who is ill. Miss Annie Lee returns home near Burnt the Lory after holidays with her niece Mrs Charles Hummer and brother Walter Lee. Ray R Russell couple welcomed a daughter Mary Eloise at Charlies Town General Hospital on New Year’s Day. P C Petrie of Barronsville, W Va and Mrs W A Drngoff of Stephens City in town. M H Shagogue of Baltimore arrives for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Howell
White Mouse
Atlanta
Charles‘Lé Bowly
Willow Lawn
Valley Pike
Howell
Washington
President Coolidge
White House
Harris
Georgia
Nowell
Clark Howell
The
Atlanta Constitution
Cora Vaughan
Franklin, Va
Virginia Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Frances W. Beverley
Seventh Congressional District
Miss Vaughan
Robert Y. Conrad Post
Americas Legion Auxiliary
W. A. Baker
Legionnaires
Sadie Anderson
Gainesboro
Russell Holland
Cameron ‘Street
Holand
Thomas Seabright
Catheryn March
Milton
W. Va
Winchester
Robert Martin
South Cameron Street
Annie Lee
Charles Hummer
Walter Lee
Ray R. Russell
Charlies Town General Hospital
Mary Eloise
Meadow Mills Notes and Visitor Departures
Meadow Mills Virginia notes Mr and Mrs John Painter returned to Detroit after a visit. Mrs J F Dodgen has suffered tonsillitis and quinsy for two weeks. Mrs Nannie Miller and Edna Pangle spent Sunday in Washington with relatives. Mrs Viola Orndorff and Wilma spent Christmas with her parents near Kernstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadow Mills
John Painter
Detroit
Mich
J. F. Dodgen
Nannie Miller
Edna Pangle
Washington
Wilma
Orndorff
Wil Lineburg
Kernstown
Christmas Visits Mentioned in Regional Social Notes
Miss Lena Dodson and Miss Grace Bowman and Miss Elsie Ches eldine, students at the Episcopal Hospital in Washington, visited Dodson parents Mr and Mrs J Dodson. Miss Nannie Weis spent Christmas with cousin Miss Anna Groves of Mount Olive. Mr and Mrs W W Garrett spent a few hours Thursday with his mother Mrs Plattie Garrett in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Dodson
Grace Bowman
Elsie Cheseldine
Episcopal Hospital
Washington
Dodson
J. Dodson
Nannie Weis
Anna Groves
Mount Olive
W. W. Garrett
Plattie Garrett
Hagerstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teasler
General Stern
Lo Lane Stern
Richmond
Ruby Geary
Mr. Bowman
Ruby Virginia Geary
D. Franklin Bowman
Edinburg
J. Philip Harner
Eugene ©. Geary
Woodstock
Woodstock High Schol
Massganutten Academy
John Bowman
Standard Oil
Bostonians
Huntsberry
Mr. Kemp
Earl Leech
Legion
John Hockman
Welch
Glen Lee
Fairmont Avenue
W. H. Bosserman
Mary Bell Bear
Kathryn Byrd
Baltimore
Ifriends
J. H. Pifer
Strasburg
Mrs. H. Pifer
M. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Early Adams
Siler
R.R. Watts
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va
George Washington Hotel
J. C. Turner
Belle Vernon, Pa
Edward L. Grimm
Loudoun Street
Robert Y. Conrad
Bobbie Conrad
Camden
Frank M. Wray
Berryville
Wilton Strickler
Chicago
Ec Eberhard
J ;Eepeman, Inc
M. F. Riley
C. W. Harris
Potomac-Edison Company
Hagerstown, Md
D 8. Miller
Gore
J. Howard Cather
Leslie Brown
Dodge Brothers’ Dealers
J. C. Perry
Pittsburgh
F. E. Nash
Peoria, Ill
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Evelyn G. Murray
General Post Office of
Great Britain
International Newareel
John Roger Hickey
Ins Dog
A. Roger Hickey
Bar Wellfleet
Mass
Che
P. C. Pétrie
Barronsville
W. A. Drngoff
Stephens City
M.H. Shagogue
Baltimoore
Empire
Ira Har
Lai
Sample Shoe Store
News of the World
Frank T. Hines
James Couzens
Lord Lascelles
Thomas S. Butier
Veterans
Scelles
Princess Mary
King George
Treas Department
Thomas S. Butler
Pennsylvania
Navy
Congress
EE “le
North Main Street
Nathanson CO
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