Calendar of Events and Social News from Winchester
Calendar lists meetings for Monday through Wednesday including the Woman's Auxiliary at the Nurses' Home and various clubs. Social notes report Mrs. R. E. Byrd hosting a party honoring Mr. and Mrs. DuShane with numerous local guests and travelers from Bristol and Washington visiting Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Nurses Home
Winchester Rebekah Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Fast Boscawen Street
Kiwanis Club
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Melville Shirkey
Miller Street
Birthday Hunt Honored Master Julian C. Keith
Former Warrenton Hunt master Julian C Keith celebrated his girth birthday with a hound meet on his Dunnottar lawn near Warrenton. He rode with his daughters and grandchildren in a pink show of sport. On the same day at 76 he won first in the Orange Horse Show Guard class and his grandson Robert Barry Hamilton earned a blue ribbon in a lead class. The ribbons hang in his library case as keepsakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian C. Keith
Warrenton
Virginia
Robert Barry Hamilton
Keith
Wilkes-Barre Woman Named State Department Head
Sophia M. R. O'Hara of Wilkes-Barre is named by the Commonwealth in Governor Arthur James's cabinet as the first woman to head the department of state. The post has long been seen as a stepping stone to higher political preferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia M. R. O’hara
Wilkes-Barre
of the Commonwealth
Arthur James
Pennsylvania
Department of State
Homemaker Q A on diet, canning, and cooking tips
The Homemaker's Question Box addresses vitamin C in home canned tomatoes, cooking temperatures for roasts, open vs closed pans, meringue problems on lemon pie, chocolate dipping for mints, and egg shell color. It provides practical advice on canning methods, preserving nutrients, avoiding juice loss, and proper technique for foams and coatings.
Birth of Daughter to Kernstown Couple
Mr and Mrs James Donald of Kernstown Virginia welcome a daughter Jane Audrey born January 5 Mrs Donald was formerly Miss Sara Dick of Kernstown Miss Mary Rogers returns home to Amherst street after Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs William H Rogers of Kimballton Heights Virginia A party in Richmond Saturday night will include Miss Peggy Nolley and guest Miss Margaret Byrd Nolley has spent recent weeks vacationing in Florida Mr Brown Ralston of Alexandria will visit the city for the night with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Ryden
George Smith
James Miller
C. Ridgely White
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Walter Bosserman, Jr
Paul F. Rosenberger
Robert McC. Glass
Anne K. Russell
Mollie Glass
Virginia Baker
Betty Riley
Jane Bickers
Fenton Nelson
Chi-Chi Steck
Bennie Thomas
Eleanor Scully
Margaret Dortch
Virginia Bean
Evelyn Montgomery
Mary Warden Boyd
Messrs
Burr P. Harrison
Tom Baldridge
Jack Munhall
Tom and
John Scully
William and
John Harris
Joe Thomas
Jack Pennypacker
Seddon Nelson
Joe Schroth
Robert Puckett
Bristol
John Barnes Carr
Mary Greenway
Clarksdale
Harry K. Russell
South Stewart Street
Mary Virginia Steck
New York City
Southashington Street
Kathryn Newcomers
Kathryn Newcome
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Newcome
S. B. Newcome
Clara Burner
James Donald
Kernstown
Jane Audrey
Donald
Sara Dick
Mary Rogers
Amherst Street
William H. Rogers
Kimballton Heights
Kimbleton, Va
Richmond
Peggy Nolley
Margaret Byrd
Mr. Brown Ralston
Alexandria
Mrs B A Strawderman Recovering After Operation
Mrs B A Strawderman of Route 2 Winchester is recovering from an operation at Memorial Hospital performed last Wednesday. Her condition is now satisfactory and she is expected to return home in about 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bush
Gertrude Mills
Winchester Memorial Hospital
B. A. Strawderman
Route 2
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
Front Royal Ministers Meet. Social and Personal Notes
The Front Royal Ministerial Council met at 10 oclock in the parsonage of the Methodist Church. Dr and Mrs D M Kipps returned from Florida after a ten day stay. Mrs R L Massie and son returned to Washington Virginia after visiting Mrs Massies mother Mrs W J Kendricks. Mrs Byrne Downing Jr visits in Baltimore. Front Royal Sub Deb Club met at Miss Marjorie Thompsons Riverton home. Dr Elizabeth B Sherman spent the weekend in Baltimore. Miss Margaret Pence visits parents in Washington DC. Mrs C A Duke and Mrs P H Cammer visit Mrs Henry Bell in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Methodist Church
Marjorie Thompson
Riverton
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q and A
A column offers etiquette guidance on paying for gas and lunch, touching lips with finger bowl tips, and a mother giving away a bride when no father is present. It notes voluntary payment, proper napkin use, and maternal participation as acceptable options.
Death of Wallace Grubbs and Rotary meeting in Front Royal
Wallace Grubbs, native of Warren County and former Front Royal resident, died in Winston-Salem after being ill for a time. He is survived by his wife and a son, his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Grubbs of Front Royal, two sisters in Arlington and Youngstown, and a brother in Macon. Funeral was held in Winston-Salem. Front Royal Rotary Club welcomed Warren H. Kennedy of Washington D C as speaker on An Outsider s Impression of Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Butler
Frederick Md
Butler
Wallace Grubbs
Warren County
Front Royal
Alfred Grubbs
Elizabeth Grubbs
Grubbs
Winston- Salem
N. C
J. C. Owens
Arlington
Miller Cullers
Youngstown, C
Lucian Grubbs
Macon
Winston-Salem
Rotary Club
Warren H. Kennedy
Washington, D. C
Kennedy
Minute Men Information Bureau
Empression
S. D. Gardner
Luray
Oar Spencer
C. A. Kidd
Front Royal Merchants Elect Officers at Dinner Meeting
Mr. Frank Gibb of Washington spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Gibbs. Miss Lena Sutphin of Toms Brook is visiting Miss Grace Sutphin. The annual election of officers of the Front Royal Retail Merchants' Association will be held at a dinner meeting tonight at 6 30 at Ay View Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gibb
Washington, D. C
Mrs
Frank Gibbs
Lena Sutphin
Toms Brook
Grace Sutphin
Front Royal Retail Merchants’ Association
Ay-View Inn
Public Sale of Real Estate in Winchester and Frederick County
The trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House at Winchester on Tuesday January 17 1939 at 11 o clock A M two parcels Lot 1 a house and lot at 682 North Loudoun Street Winchester fronting 50 5 feet and Lot 2 a Frederick County farm of about 81 acres three miles east of Stephens City Terms: one third cash with the balance in two equal annual installments secured by bonds and a deed of trust with interest semi annually and an insurance policy. Trustee Herbert B Larrick. Auctioneers C I Brumback and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
County
Loudoun Street
North Loudoun Street
Stephens City
Willis Ruggles
Arnetta N. Conner and Husband
Runabout coat dress pattern with versatile slim silhouette
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1582 B offers a princess slim line with a gathered bodice and flattering fullness, wide top effect from pointed revers and high shoulders. Designed for sizes 12 to 20 with yardage for 39 inch fabric. send fifteen cents for the Barbara Bell Winter Fashion Pattern Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Wiven
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West Clifford Street
McKinley Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
The
Presbyterian Church
Madison Lodge
East Boscawen Street
D. A. Brodie
Washington
B. H. Potts
Valley Pike
Oscar Sheetz
Woodstock, Va
H. B. Garber and
Parkway Avenue
Edgar Davidson
Nora Davidson
Hamiltone Haines
Oscar Haines
A. Hunter Davidson
West Germain Street
Elsie Armel
Mrs. Edward White and Son
Wilton
Mr. White
Mr. E. H. White
Miss May Fries
Cedar Grove
Mrs. E. H. White
Kenneth Gilpin
Scaleby
Boyce
C. Oliver Iselin
Middleburg
Staley
Thomas B. Byrd
Samuel Rembert
J. H. Reese
Memphis, Tenn
John Owens
Arkansas
Princeton University
Sarah A Kemp
Baltimore
Hunter M. Stine
Fort, Collier
Kemp
William Cole
Towson, Md
Ellsworth Johnson
Virginia Russell
Rex
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Wilmer F. Shryock
Aszt
Women In the News
Marilyn Grace Barnard
Evanston
Chicago
Oletha Morrow
Marysville
Ohio
Clark Scott Hayes
United Food Stores
Homemaker’s
Madeline Blair
County Home Dem
Angel Food
Mrs. Donald
Pifer Printing CO
Loudoun St
Front Royal and
Warren County News
D. M. Kipps
Florida
Mrs. Byrne Downing, Jr
Lawrence Boerner
Elizabeth B. Sherman
Margaret Pence
C. A. Pence
C. A. Duke
P. H. Cammer
Henry Bell
Ori
Huntsberry
RED Cross
Rice O’neill
Roberta Lee
John
Edith Baker
Front Royal Hospital
Herbert
Larrick
C. I. Brumback
Athet
Beauty Shoppe
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Evening Star‘s Daily
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N
Howard L. James
Piccadilly
Haldeman
Alecia Beauty Salon
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Underwood
W. B. Snider & Son
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