Arrangements Made For President's Birthday Ball
Julius Lauria and his Martinsburg orchestra will play at the President's Birthday Ball at the George Washington Hotel on Thursday January 30. The event supports the infantile paralysis drive run by the Junior Board of Trade with tickets sold in local firms and hotels and by checks made to Fred Ritter and Dr C L Riley. Half the funds stay locally for community use, the rest go to the national foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Lauria
Martinsburg
George Washington Hotel
James Davis
Junior Board of Trade
George Washington
Jack
People’s and
Baker's Drug
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Fred Ritter
Paralysis Fund
C. L. Riley
March of Dimes Committee
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Etiquette Answers On Introductions And Social Etiquette
The guide says avoid introductions in public but make one if awkward. It allows a second helping if it does not delay others, and yes a woman may invite men to a theatre party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akward
Social notes policy and contact details urged for notices
The Star requests readers with social and personal items to contact the paper before 12 noon. Telephone numbers are 33 or 32. Mr. Jamey Walters condition is reported to be the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inas
The
Star
Jamey Walters
Little Theatre Try-Outs Set For The Late Christopher Bean
The Little Theatre announces Monday night at 7 30 in the American Legion Building for try-outs of The Late Christopher Bean directed by John J Williams. All members and interested actors urged to attend. The Jollyette Club meets Tuesday January 21 at Mrs Robert Jones home to finalize plans for a Bingo party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
Christopher Bean
American Legion
John J. Williams
Jollyette Club
Robert Jones
Little Theatre Party
Roy Ryden, Jr
Bruce Alexander
Ray Garrabrandt
Bennett McCarthy
Ian MacCallum
Ralph Hardy
Martin Kermacy
Virginia Funkhouser
Willie Mae Brumback
Charlotte Campbell
Marie
Kathryn Kline
Dorothy Moore
Betty Reily
Eleanor Scully
Mary Virginia Steck
Evelyn Montgomery
Messis
Bentley Kenny
H. B. McCormac
H. R. Kern, Jr
John Parker
Robert McKelvey
C. Ridgley White
Joe Thomas
Alvin Taverner
John Williams
Episcopal Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary of
Christ Episcopal Church
Test Scent Before You Choose It
Advice on selecting perfumes to suit mood and tone, warning against heavy scents and recommending trial with atomizer. Tips on applying, pairing with bath products, and maintaining skin. also notes on abdominal fitness and stretching exercises for middle aged women. Readers invited to submit beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor.
Philadelphia student named Miss Fashion Futures 1941
Jo Caldwell of Philadelphia a University of Pennsylvania student is crowned Miss Fashion Futures 1941 in New York. The event was sponsored by American designers who regard New York as the current style center of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Caldwell
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
New York
Clarke County student Joyce Davis earns dean’s list honors
Joyce Davis of Berryville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Davis, made the Mary Washington College Dean’s List in Fredericksburg as a freshman. She is also initiated into Alpha Phi Sigma and active in Marty Washington Players, Choral Club and freshman hockey. Dr. A P Osborne, Clarke physicians dean, traveled to Winter Haven Florida with his son Francis M Osborne to visit Mr. and Mrs. James Foley. Billie Green of Kingston DC visited his sister Mrs. Wilton Stuart in Boyce for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Davis
R. E. Davis
Berryville
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Miss Davis
Alpha Phi Sigma
Marty Washington
Billie Green
Kington
D. C
Wilton Stuart
Boyce
Joseph P. Moore
South America
Joseph F. Moore
Venezuela
Bermuda
Trinidad
Mr. Moore, Jr
Texas University
Standard Oil Company
Small Dinners Hold Clarke Spotlight
Berryville Virginia January 10 1927 Mrs Walter Lee hosts a breakfast after the hunt at Blue Ridge Club the field small due to illness Those present include Mrs George P Greenhalgh Mrs Edward Jenkins Mrs Alexis Sommaripa Miss Gwynne Harrison Walter Lee A Mackay Smith and guests Sidney Glass and Ned Lewis Also news of visitors Miss Hallie Williams missionary returning from Kyoto Japan Mr and Mrs Archibald Cummins host at Caryswood on the Shenandoah The Robertsons host the Discussion Club with guests including Sparrow Neill Vaughan Williams and others A Rosalind Huidekover in Wilmington Del guests Robert Downs and Miss Mary Dougherty plans for Fort Meade training and travel of Capt Graham Dougherty Headquarter Co 91st Infantry Virginia National Guard plus visits from Mr Hobson McGehee and family from Bombay India
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Walter Lee
Blue Ridge Club
George P. Greenhalgh
Edward Jenkins
Alexis Sommaripa
Gwynne Harrison
A. Mackay Smith
Sidney Glass
Ned Lewis
Japan
America
Hallie Williams
Lynchburg
St. Agnes
Kyoto
Miss Williams
Archibald Cummins
A. PF. Robertson
William E. Sparrow
Edward McC William
Rose MacDonald
Emily MacCormick
Annie Moore
S. C. Williams
Ae John B. Neill
Capt. Lewis
E. D. Vaughan
Ernest Meade
E. H. Williams
Sparrow
Graham Dougherty
Dougerty
Woodley
Mary Dougherty
Canada
Miss Dougherty
New York
Dougherty
Headquarters Co
91St Infantry Brigade
Virginia National Guard
Fort Meade
Fire Insurance Rate Reductions Cited for Virginia
Virginia’s 1940 fire insurance rate reforms save about 2.6 million dollars yearly in premiums versus 1929, per Insurance Commissioner George A. Bowles. The report to the state corporation commission notes roughly 100 thousand dollars annual savings for property owners, a ten percent cut in workmen’s comp, about three hundred thousand saved in auto bodily injury and property damage, and other motor field reductions totaling additional savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
George A. Bowles
State Corporation Commission
Rate Reform Slashes Auto Insurance, Fire Marshal Reports
The Towner rating bureau backed by fidelity and surety firms estimated policy savings for Virginia drivers at about 100000 annually after a hearing on automobile rates. Private and public livery rates drop 10 percent, long haul truck rates fall 25 percent. The Fire Marshal's office investigated 230 suspicious fires, leading to 77 arrests and indictments and 31 convictions, with numerous hazards removed under his direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towner Rating Bureau
Fidelity and Surety Companies
Bowles
Virginia
Dickenson Receives Call to Colors from Shenandoah County
Dickenson, Shenandoah County's 17 year county agent, was summoned to report for service in the U S Army at Fort Monroe. After a physical at Port Monroe he will go to Fort McPherson Ga as a captain in a mechanized regiment. He is the first reserve officer to be called in Shenandoah County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
G. G. Dickenson
Shenandoah County
United States Army
Fort Monroe
Port Monroe
Fort McPherson
Dickenson
Cavalry
VPI
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Miss Gordon
Mr. Hottinger
Alice Lucille Gordon
Edgar Gordon
Gordon
Bunker ‘Hill
Earl Hottinger
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist Church
Washington, D
First Street
Washington, D. C
J. F. Morrisons
James FP. Morrison
Gore
Russell Tripiett
Stephens City
Maggie Triplett
This City
Wilglis Anderson
Lil- Man
Morrison
Harry and
James Jr
Lee Ramesburg
Capon
Borings
W. Va
Marcus Adams
Meadow View
Hayfield
Ernest W. Adams
Garland
Vernon Unger
E. W. Adams, Jr
Gainesboro
Russell Triplett
Shirley
Dean Adams
Bartonsville
Russell Ramey
Roger
Charles Good
Willetta
Joyce Anne
Helen
Frances Brown
Harold Brown
South Washington Street
Eleanor deGrange
Mary Lou Sprint
Mariana Howard
Paulett Pifer
Murell Brockenbrought
Betty Bickers
Mary Jennings
Janet Nixon
Adelaide Coble
Mary Miller
Mary Gershank
Peyton Marshall
Dan Saxe
Sam Preston, Jr
Stanley Shewan
Herbert Schutte
Edward Clark Carr
Carrol Morrow
Gladstone Cr
Kitty Cornwell
Middleburg
M. T. Dunn
Opequon
Bernard Pangle
Joe Ebersele
Daniell Pooles
Mrs. Helfrier
Baltimore, Md
Justin Funk- Houser
W. O. "Palbert
Andrew Chapel Methodist Church
Frankfort Avenue
J. D. Snapp
Eleanor’ Robinson
Dayton, Va
Ernest Ralston
John A. Payne
Woodbury, L. I
Sham Hill
Walter Bosserman, Jr
Florida
Hillsborough Club
Pompano
Harry Cooper
Mr. Manuel
Ridgley
Summit, N. J
Alfred Cooper
Stella Cooper
Brooks’ Pharmacy
RED Cross
Huntsberry
the Star
Bethany Circle
Presbyterian Church
Mens Bible
Braddock Street Church
Richard Griffith
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Council
J. A. Richard
Silver Council
Juliette Lowe
W. P. Massey
Fellowship Club
Pifer Printing CO
Helen Follett
Beauty Box
Carol Bruce
Fashion Queen
Clarke County
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Millwood
Claudius P. Shelton
Norfolk
Christ Church, Millwood
Shelton
Alaska
Christ Church
Hugh M. Nelson
George Burwell
Courtney B. Jones
Jane Cary Randolph
Fairfax Randolph
Percy Randolph
B. O’f. Randolph
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Page Huidekoper
Washington
Long Branch
Phil P. Meade
Miss Anne Meade
Tom Burchard
Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Alexis Sommerson
William Bell Watkins
Henry Post. Mitchell
Sherman Joost
Bunch
Lieut. Tilman Bunch
Sue Lewis
London
Berlin
Rome
Alexandria
Bucharest
Clarke
Rosalind Huidekover
Wilmington, del
Robert Downs
Hobson McGehee
Cash Pingley & Carper Plaza Cleaners
Co. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Florsheim
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun
Man
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vienna
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
N. Y
Warr
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