Delightful party and weddings mark valley social season
A social gathering at Grantham B Welsh home near Wadesville honored Miss Madeline Welsh of Port Clinton Ohio visiting January 13. Nora Brenneman married Rev H Eugene Richardson at Harrisonburg in a Reliance United Brethren ceremony. Mrs E B Powers hosted a surprise birthday party for her mother in Middletown with traditional cat-in-quilt antebellum wedding rumor and a bridal fashion show rehearsal announced for Handley High School. Mr and Mrs Ryland Washington of Wilmington Del slated to reside in the city after transfers with Standard Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Welsh
Grantham B. Welsh
Wadesville
Madeline Welsh
Port Clinton
Ohio
Northern Ohio Telephone Company
John Grubbs
Strasburg
C. W. Swartz
Clearbrook
W. F. Grubbs
Iva Willingham
Summit Line Welsh
Jannette
Artie Sargent
Bunker Hill
Marie Coffinberger
Frances Boyles
Virginia Gladden
Rose Dyer
Martinsburg
W. Va
W. R. Ellyett
H. E. McAboy
Beverly Russell
Carl Snapp
Ward Purcell
Junior Swimley
Brucetown
Ernest Sargent
Ralph Sargent
Guy Trenary
Mrs. Walsh
Frank
Nora Brenneman
H. E. Richardson
George Brenneman
Harrisonburg
H. Eugene Richardson
Reliance United Brethren Church
W. Lomax Childress
Singers Glen
Richardson
Virginia United Brethren Conference
Reliance
Frederick County
Virginia
Mary Powers
Middletown
E. B. Powers
Winchester
Vaucluse
Stephens City
Edinburg
Success
Civic League
Handley High School
H. Clay DeGrange
Washington
Ryland Washington
Wilmington
Del
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Meetings and Rehearsals
The schedule lists Weekly gatherings and practices at various venues. Key events include the Social Calendar events at Shenandoah Valley Academy, Bryarly School House, and Brad dock Street Methodist, with groups such as the American Legion Post Lions Club Kiwanis Club and multiple music and basketball activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryarly Comunity League
Bryarly School House
Music Lovers’ Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Young People's Choir
Braddock Street
Harry C. Stouffer
Impersonating First Ladies At Civic League Fashion Show
The Civic League Fashion Show on January 26 at Handley School will feature dresses worn by ladies portraying White House First Ladies. Mrs. Eugene Cooper represents Mrs. Herbert Hoover, with others portraying Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, and more in period-appropriate garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land
Civic League
Handley School
White House
Eugene Cooper
Herbert Hoover
Collidge
Franklin Roosevelt
W. A. Baker
Virginia Vredenburgh
Sara Chew
Martha Washington
John Parsons
Abigail Adams
Virginia Hunter Boyd
van Buren
Kenneth Gilpin
John Tyler
Edith Harlee
Betty Bliss
Dandridge
Phylliss Oakes
Harriet Lane Johnston
Jack Engle
Mary Todd Lincoln
Hortense White
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
Virginia Boyd
John McElroy
Mary Lyman
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Fred Glaize, Jr
Theodore Roosevelt
Carrie Hunter
Woodrow Wilson
Edith Harloe
Bettie Bliss Dandridge
Michael Lillis
Miss Harloe
Francis Asbury Union to Hold Meeting in Middletown
The Francis Asbury Union hosts a program by the Methodist Young People's Union at the Middle town church on Thursday evening January 19. Activities start at 8 o'clock with an instructive plan for the audience. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Asbury Union
Methodist Young People’s Union
Middletown
Circle No. 7
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Funeral Call Sends Chaplin Family to Lexington
Mr and Mrs Robert Chaplin plan to stay in Lexington guests of the late Mrs Noras brother in law the Rev and Mrs E B Cook. Roanoke Times society notes Mrs M E Houston and Miss Reese Edmundson of Radford visited Miss Virginia Tayloe Boyd and Miss Emma Ginn Baker in Winchester then travel to Washington and Radford with their mother for a Florida visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chaplin
Nora Carpedt
Lexington
E. B. Cook
Roanoke Times
M. E. Houston
Reese Edmundson
Radford
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Emma Ginn Baker
Winchester
Washington
Florida
Roosevelt Quiet on New Farm Relief Plan Details
Washington January 17 The farm relief debate widens as President elect Roosevelt tests a domestic allotment limited to wheat and cotton while opponents push to drop tobacco hogs dairy rice and nuts Senator Ellison D Smith proposes a cotton plan shifting credit to buy surplus cotton and hold it in trust for farmers until prices rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Congres
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Agriculture Committee
New York
Smith
Night street cleaning approved by city council
The council voted to have streets cleaned at night. Dr. P. J. Landis offered to serve as meat and milk inspector for 60 dollars a month, a saving of about 90 dollars yearly. Annual police and water committee reports were presented and traffic ordinances to be reviewed. Page, Glaize, Harper and other council members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Landis
Board of Health
Dr. Landis
Page
the Star
Hollis
Harper
Star
W. W. Dellinger
Fred L. Glaize, Sr
C. R. Anderson
R. Frank Barr
Charles H. Harper
Fred W. Forney
Peyton J. Marshall
Lawrence C. Hollis
Herman H. Hable
Percy D. Miller
W. Nelson Page
John H. Rosenberger
J. Henkel Henry
Independence Bill Passes Over Hoover Veto
Washington reports Congress enacted the Philippines independence bill despite the President's veto setting a ten year transition. Insular lawmakers must approve the measure for it to take effect amid opposition favoring immediate independence. Voting totaled 66 to 26 in the Senate and 274 to 94 in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Philippines
Hoover
Manila
Senate
House
The
Philippines Independence Mission
Island House
Manila Esk
Bingham
Conn
Philippine
Insular House
United States
President urges broad sales tax to balance budget
President Hoover insists Congress balance the budget with a low general sales tax covering most goods except food and cheap clothing. He warns a large deficit of 500 to 700 million dollars looms next year even after cuts, urging Congress to extend revenue efforts and pursue sound budget practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Senate
House
Burns
Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Committee
Illnesses Improve for Kinzel and Buckner In Town
Miss Emma Kinzel confined by a severe influenza attack on North Loudoun Street shows great improvement and may be able to go out in a few days. Mrs. Mary R. Buckner, from Amherst Street, also recovering from influenza, is reported to be somewhat better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Kinzel
Loudoun Street
Mary R. Buckner
Amherst Street
Crawford Denies He Killed Women In Loudoun Home
At Loudoun County court records, authorities confirm the arrest of George Crawford in Boston on burglary charges and pending extradition to Virginia for the murder of Mrs Agnes Ilsley and her maid in Middleburg a year ago. Police matched fingerprints and a palm print. the note in Crawford’s handwriting is cited as motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Roscoe Hill
Gyan Ma
Galleher
Boston
Leesburg
Here
Loudoun County
Middleburg
Commonwealth
John Galleher
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Agnes Boeing Lisley
Minna Dorothy Buckner
Mass
George Crawford
Ilsley
Washington
Sergt
Fred Sandberg
Charles Smith
Washington Police Department
Paul Boeing
William Mitchell
Army Air Force
Virginia State
Isley
Buckner
Attack on Singer Co Brings Demand for Protection
A report notes efforts to frame action under league covenants amid possible Japan China tensions. In Manchuria, Japanese air attacks near Kailu, Jehol province, disrupted Chinese volunteer forces, while the war office dismissed fears of China preparing broader warfare as propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer CO
Japan
Kailu
Jehol
War Office
China
League Framing Final Effort on Sino Japanese Conflict
Geneva reports say the League of Nations Assembly plans a final conciliatory push tonight despite lack of optimism that Japan will accept the League plan. American influence is cited in pushing for stronger Far East action. Yosuke Matsuoka reiterates Japan’s stance against denouncing Manchukuo or Nippon policy in Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
League
Japan
Mats
London
Paris
Ac Ae
Yosuke Matsuoka
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Accidents That Were Lucky
A feature recounts astonishing escapes from death across the globe in the past year. Vivid anecdotes highlight narrow margins of survival and uncanny fortunate breaks that saved lives amid perilous incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Weekly
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly Street
Dick” Bauserman
Philip Smal
Lucy Dean
William Brown
Olga Me&ke
Girls’ Club
Jack Harrell
Mary Thomas LaVella Anderson
Mary Sullivan
Lewis M. Allen
Chalfonte- Haddon Hall Hotel
Atlantic City
Huntsberry
Miss Huidekoper
Baltimore
Nancy Huidekoper
Prescott Huidekoper
Huidekoper
Rosalind Huidekoper
Hugh M.elson
Long Branch
Wood
Clarke County
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Harold Goode
Lohn Goode
Wardensville
Memorial Hospital
Burr Fletcher
Lee Fridell
Susie Geanious
Lucille Hockman
Mr. Fletcher
Bryan Conrad
Thursday Bridge Club
Nancy Lee Coble
West Boscawen Street
Charles Consolvo
Belvedere Hotel
James P. Reardon
Wednesday Bridge
Frank Jacques
John Bowers
Lowen Fawcett
Harry C. Fletcher
Peter Yates Brinton
Christ Episcopal Church
S. R. Williams
Merriman’s Lane
Mary Grove
Mrs. van Rosen
Eston P. Bean
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Montgomery Green
South Washington Street
Design For Living
Mary Greenway
John Woolfolk
West Cork Street
Westminster
Marvin Shiley
Mattiee Shirley
Paul Wise
White Post
Lawrence Wingfield
Virginia Avenue
Marjorie Finkbine
Annapolis, Md
Boyd R. Richards
Bill
West Piccadilly
Loudoun
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
the Commercial & Sav Ings Bank
Loudound
Boscawen
Hamman
Hamman’s Dollar Store
R. M. Swimley
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