Va Birthday Dinner Tendered Mr Hugh Kline
The children of Mr Hugh Kline near Vaucluse gave him a surprise birthday party on Tuesday evening for his seventy fourth birthday. A bounteous meal and warm hospitality followed as relatives and friends wished him well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Kline
Vaucluse
Mr. Kline
Middletown
Tom Campbell
Jean
Hugh Tom
Phyllis Hope
Anna Virginia Campbell
Julian Kline
C. B. Stickley
James Wise
Estes Kline
Norman Wise
Edna Dinges
Mildred Kline
Grace
Mayme Kline
Winchester
L. R. Dettra
Bessie Sperry
Social Calendar Listings From Local Clubs
Thursday events include a Lions Club benefit revue at Capitol Theatre and meetings for Robert Y. Conrad Post Circle No 8 Braddock Street Methodist Church and other groups. The schedule moves through Friday Tuesday and Wednesday with Kiwanis Elks Rotary and church choir activities noted at George Washington Hotel Grace Lutheran and Braddock Street locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Capitol Theatre
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Oe
George Washing Hotel
Circle No. 8
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Missionary Group
Minstrel Monarchs
Storis Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Mrs Gordon Hosts For Her Daughter In Baltimore and Philadelphia
Mrs Gordon plans entertainments during her daughter in law to be Henley guest Mrs Howard G Kepnel Palmer arrives Feb 7 in Baltimore to visit her mother Mrs Alexander Gordon then to Philadelphia Binderton House for ten days She and Mr Kepnel Palmer join a debutante dance at Bellevue Stratford Hotel and share a table with Mrs Frank S Hambleton party includes Judge and Mrs Henry D Harlan and Mr and Mrs Bruce Cotten North Frederick Home Demonstration Club convenes at Gainesboro church with six community reps and first kitchen demonstration Kernstown Bible Class to meet at Mrs William Grove home January 17 with items of business and a reception for visitors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Bellevue- Stratford Hotel
Gordon
Martha Washington Davidge
John Washington Davidge
Washeee
City
Blanche McCall
Richard Coxe McCall
Frank S. Hambleton
Belvedere
North Frederick
Cross Junction
Kernstown
Music Lovers Club to Meet at Griffith Home Friday
Week of Prayer services at Grace Lutheran Church prompt the Music Lovers' Club to move its meeting from 8 to 8 30 p m Friday at 320 West Clifford street. Members are urged to attend. the change is announced today. Mrs Fishpaw of Clarke county remains in Memorial Hospital after an operation begun January 9. she shows steady progress toward recovery and has many friends in Clarke and Frederick counties. Mrs Fishpaw is the mother of Mrs Samuel R. Hurst of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Music Lovers’ Club
R. E. Griffith
West Clifford Street
Weha
John. M. Fishpaw
Clarke County
Memorial Hospital
Fishpaw
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Samuel R. Hurst
University Women to Meet Saturday in Winchester Chapter
The Winchester chapter of the American Association of University Women will hold a meeting at 3 PM Saturday January 19 at 419 South Stewart Street. Assistant hostess will be Miss Carolyn Hickerson. Mrs John Scully and Miss Mariah Laughton will lead the program on motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
American Association of University Women
George G. Snarr
South Stewart Street
Carolyn Hickerson
John
Miss Mary Robinson Heads for St. Petersburg Florida
Miss Mary Robinson of this city travels with a party to St. Petersburg Florida for about three months. The group includes her brother Frank Robinson of Charles Town West Virginia and Miss Cora Wilson of Fairmont West Virginia. They journey by stages stopping at historic and scenic spots along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Robinson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frank Robinson
Charles Town
W. Va
Cora Wilson
Fairmont
Florida
Round Hill 4 H Club Elects Nelson Carpenter Chairman
At the Round Hill 4 H Club meeting on January 16 Nelson Carpenter was elected chairman and Hunter Bayliss Jr secretary. Each member chose projects for the year and February club work was assigned. Three boys Hunter Bayliss Jr Earl Cather and Raymond Carpenter were entered in a posture contest. Cross Junction Junior League Holds Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Carpenter
Round Hill
Hunter Bayliss, Jr
Carpenter
Hunter-Bayliss, Jr
Earl Cather
Raymond Carpenter
Cross Junction
Kathleen Stotler
Kernstown Community League Reschedules January Meeting
Kernstown Community League will not meet January 18 and instead convene Friday January 25 at 7:30 PM in the school house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown Community League
Conservatives see Roosevelt plan to expand government enterprises
Washington observers on Capitol Hill explain how the president aims to create dividend yielding enterprises with government dividends. Private capital is tied up by high profits and the law of diminishing returns, hindering new, reasonable ventures and forcing readjustments that would threaten existing firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Congress
Roosevelt faces forced readjustment and redistribution debate
A New York City dispatch analyzes President Roosevelt’s New Deal, arguing the plan seeks to stabilize the economy but risks transforming the state and confronting private capital with redistribution of income, while politicians from both sides may push the issue through rhetoric rather than decisive actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Italy
Germany
Austria
Russia
Father Coughlins
Huey Longs
Moore elected president of regional park group
The article reports A. T. Moore elected president of the group with directors from Frederick, Shenandoah, Rockingham, Augusta, Rockbridge, Roanoke and other counties. It notes plans for the Park to Park highway, easement rights of way, and a broader Appalachian skyline drive from Vermont to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
State Highway Commission
Royal Orchards
Waynesboro
The
Park Service
Vermont
Georgia
Frederick County
Andrew Bell
Arthur M. Field
E. R. Branch
Shenandoah County
H. J. Benchoff
C. M .Shannon
Houston H. Newman
Rockingham County
Col
EB. M. Brown
H. V. Knight
R.L. Stultz
Augusta
H. L. “Opie
S. E. Mathews
Rockbridge
J. Lee Davis
N. O. Moses
Captain Greenlee
D. Letcher
Roanoke County
Kenneth Hyde
W. F. Greegran
C. B. Houck
Moore
A. T. Moore
Stonewall Jackson Hotel
Staunton
Holcombe Parks
Roanoke
F. Percy Loth
W. B. Miller
John Thomas
Eugene R. Branch
Winchester
H. L. Opie
M. L. Greaghan
E. M. Brown
New Market
Lexington
Woodstock
F. Percy
Loth
A T. Moore
McKinley Gold Dollar of 1916 17 Coin Design
The McKinley gold dollar issued in 1916 17 for the Memorial building at Niles Ohio mirrors standard gold dollar design. Obverse shows United States of America McKinley Dollar around a left facing McKinley head. Reverse reads McKinley's Birthplace Niles Ohio top with the Memorial building image and the date 1916 memorial below. Edge is reeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Niles
Ohio
William McKinley
United States of America
Lat January 19 Committee Meets on Corn Hog Plan
A county agent announces a Saturday February 19 meeting in Frederick County Court House to set dates for corn hog reduction program gatherings across the county. Mass farmer meeting tentatively planned for January 26, with committee members listed by district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Community Committee
I. Fred Stine
Court House
Stonewall District
William 8. Huyett
Jed W. Wright
Edward O. Carpenter
Gainesboro
M. J. Pease
Fred Whitacre
L. H. Ramey
Back Creek
W. O. Baker
W. J. Muse
J. L. Hershman
Shawnee
E. R. Marker
R. A. Cooper
P. M. Funkhouser
Opequon
J. H. Funkhouser
Weaver Presides Over Virginia Law Examiners Meeting
State Senator Aubrey G. Weaver left for Richmond to preside at a Virginia Board of Law Examiners session. The meeting aims to interpret a new law requiring applicants for admission to the bar to have a two year college course or its equivalent, with attendees from 19 law schools in the region expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Aubrey G. Weaver
Richmond
Board of Law Examiners
Make Plans For President's Ball
Mrs. Wyndham Lee chairs the President's Birthday Ball committee with plans advancing for January 30. Music details remain undecided while the music committee, J. Grover Hillidge and Paul Rudacille, works on providers. The venue is the Warrett County high school auditorium as the definite site choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Wyndham Lee
J. Grover Hillidge
Paul Rudacille
Lee
Warretty County High School
Mr. F. Earl Parsons Returns From Midwest Trip
Mr. F Earl Parsons returned from a weeklong trip to Cincinnati Ohio and Louisville Kentucky where he acted in the interests of E W J Hearty Inc local apple exporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Earl Parsons
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisville
E. W. J. Hearty, Inc
Prison Break Raid Ends With Convicts Back in Custody
Rudolph Straight led a two hour escape as six guards and four board members were held hostage at the prison. Three convicts were recaptured after the clash that left Straight fatally wounded and a prison official severely slugged. The escape team included Alameda and Los Angeles robbers and a San Francisco kidnapper armed with .45 automatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Straight
Straight
Alameda
Alexander Mackay
Los Angeles
Joe Christy
Fred Saunders
San Francisco
Holohan
Board of Prison Terms and Paroles
Convicted Convicts Hijack Prison Board in Spectacular Escape
Prison board member Frank B. Sykes and others were abducted as convicts seized guards and fled the town in a car. A dramatic pursuit with Army planes ensued, ending when convicts hid in a creamery and Straight was fatally shot by pursuing officers. guns hidden in a car were later traced to Clyde Stevens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holohan
Frank B. Sykes
Atherton
Stockton
Joseph Stephens
Sacramento
Mark E. Noon
Hamilton Field
Harry Jones
C. L. Doose
Valley Ford
Max Blum
Straight
Sykes
Stephens
Mackay
Christy
Landers
Rudolph Straight
Frank Sykes
State Board
Clyde Stevens
Death summons comes at night to Major Dortch
Major Dortch, once a captain then major in World War I service, died leaving a widow Nina Elizabeth Babcock and adopted son Edward Babcock. Surviving relatives include sister Miss Selene Dortch of Philadelphia and brother Hugh Dortch of Seattle. He was a Mason 32nd degree, Zeta Phi member, and part of the Lloyd Williams American Legion post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law School
University of North Carolina
Oklahoma
United States Army
Fort Root
Little Rock
Ark
Cavalry
Three Hundred and Forty-seventh Infantry
Dortch
Internal Revenue Bureau
New York Customs House
Texas Oil Company
New York
Major Dortch
Nina Elizabeth Babcock
J. Theodore Lewis
Eva Lackey Lewis
Norman
Okla
Edward Babcock
Selene Dortch
Philadelphia
Hugh Dortch
Seattle
Wash
Masonic Fraternity
Zeta Phi
Lloyd Williams
American Legion
Funeral for Major Dortch at Grace Episcopal Church
The funeral for Major Dortch, former first state adjutant of Oklahoma American Legion, will be held at Grace Episcopal Church at 2:30 PM tomorrow. Rev. Dr. Louis Tucker will lead services, with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. Active pallbearers include Robert Smith, Richard Smith Jr., Dr. Frank L. Tappan, Herbert B. Whiting, Edward McC. Williams, and Roy Baxley of Warrenton Virginia. Lloyd Williams Post American Legion members will serve as honorary pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Green Hill Cemetery
Robert Smith
Richard Smith, Jr
Frank L. Tappan
Herbert B. Whiting
Edward McC. Williams
Roy Baxley
Warrenton, Va
Lloyd Williams Post
American Legion
Doran Returns Home from Winchester with Bowman
Miss Nancy Doran returns to Harrisonburg from Winchester after a year, accompanied by Miss F Evelyn Bowman who will stay several days. The Round Hill Methodist Church plans a Saturday sale in Keller's hardware window with dressed chickens cakes pies eggs sweet cream and canned fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Doran
Winchester
Harrisonburg
F. Evelyn Bowman
Round Hill Methodist
Keller
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Pennsylvania
Ralph N. Johnson
Edna Barrisfart
E. B. McGukin
Loudoun Street
Rotary Club
Clarence Rhodes
Bernice
Kathleen
Ray Rhodes
Lillian Huth
Washington
Warren Bowman
South Kent Street
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Mrs. Fishpaw
Witk
East 45Th Street
By Leslie Eichel
Parkto Park
Swift Run Gap
Jarman Gap
Shenandoah National Park
Panorama
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Weaver
Major Durtch
Christmas Club
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
South End Hose CO
Loudoan St
Selby Arch
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Telephone
Hamman’s Dollar Store
R. M. Swimley
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