Social Calendar and Local Social News Mix
A week of community events including cooking classes by the Northern Virginia Power Company, Eastern Star and Rotary Club meetings, choirs rehearsals, and upcoming grand visitations. Social notices cover engagements, weddings, bridge party prizes, and residents traveling for family events and shopping trips.
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Home Service Department of Northern Virginia Power Company
Home Service Hall
McKinley Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Miss Martha Reed Weds Mr. Douglas Dowdy
Announcement of the Roanoke Virginia marriage of Miss Martha Reed to Mr. Douglas S. Dowdy occurred April 25, 1931. Mrs. Dowdy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Winifred Reed and cousin to Mrs. George H. Heise and Miss Regina Reed. She is well known among Roanoke's younger set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Mason Russell
Towson
Sue Thornton Russell
Cleon Moore Shutt
Baltimore
Miss Russell
Virginia
West Virginia
Shutt
Logan B. Shutt
Hollywood
Fila
Jefferson County
W. Va
Martha Reed
Roanoke
Douglas S. Dowdy
Dowdy
Winifred Reed
George H. Heise
Regina Reed
Large Bridge Party At Mrs Dan Lupton s
Mrs William Stipe and Mrs Daniel Lupton hosted a large bridge party at Lupton s North Washington home with about 60 guests and fourteen tables of play. Prizes went to Mrs Grover Schrack Mrs Ralph Whitmore Mr Walker Bond and Miss Gladys Cochran. Invitations issued for Miss Mary Elizabeth Sencindiver and Mr John Yancey Lineweaver s Martinsburg Harrisonburg wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Boxwell
Charles Town
W. Va
Milton Bauserman
Jack Harrall
Ivan Vanney
Mary Sullivan
Lucy Dean
Olga Meske
William Stipe
Stephenson
Daniel Lupton
North
Washington Street
Lupton
Stipe
Grover Schrack
Ralph Whitmore
Rest
Walker Bond
Gladys Cochran
Mary Sencindiver
Mary Elizabeth Sencindiver
Martinsburg
John Yancey Lineweaver
Harrisonburg
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Sencindiver
Lewis Sencindiver
Lineweaver
Home Garden Seen As Health Policy And Food Guide
An article by Elizabeth Farrar argues home gardens are essential for health and economics, presenting winter vegetables like salsify, carrots, cabbage, spinach, onions, and turnips. It offers several recipes including Vegetable Loaf Spinach With Liver Carrot Souffle and Carrot and Apple Delight, with step by step preparation and cooking tips.
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Elizabeth Farrar
Wise
Vernon Shade's Little Girl Dies In Hospital Here
Ellen Louise Shade 11 daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon E Shade of Brucetown died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Survived by her parents and brother Ralph. Funeral in Brucetown Methodist Church South at 2 30 Sunday with interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W . Whittington
Martinsbur
Ellen Louise Shade
Vernon E. Shade
Brucetown
Memorial Hospital
Ralph Shade
Harriet DeHaven
Caleb DeHaven
Deas
Frederick Couny
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
C. J. Clark
Mount Hebron
Earl
Ray Fries
Loring Smith
Andy Whitacre
Purcell Stine
John DeHaven
Japan moves to intimidate amid Sino Japanese clashes in Shanghai
Eleven Japanese warships anchor off the Shanghai international settlement as a cruiser with 500 marines and four destroyers arrive. Tokyo says Chinese authorities must disperse anti Japanese groups and end provocative activities else Japanese troops will occupy Chinese barracks and mills in the Shanghai district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
Japan
International
Tokyo
Nghai
China
Foreign Office
Naval
Man Fatally Injured By a Blast Of Still
Irvin Lees aged about 22 was fatally injured in a still explosion in a Barn on Baltimore’s northeast boundary. He slept in the barn when the blast hurled him from the structure. Both legs broken and burns proved fatal after hospital care. Firemen recovered mash and a ruined still among barn ruins. The blast rattled the northeast section of the city.
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Baltimore
Irvin Lees c
Lees
New Serial Opens At Colonial Tuesday And Wednesday
Colonial Theatre to start a new 12 episode serial The King of the Wild on Tuesday January 26 and Wednesday January 27. Star dog King leads the cast with Rex Lease and Virginia Browne Faire in the Western frontier tale. Showings set for every Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
King
Rex Lease
Virginia Browne Faire
Bankers Attend Northern Virginia Meeting in Leesburg
C Van Deventer and W D Burtner cashiers of Boyce State Bank attended the annual Northern Virginia bankers meeting at Leesburg this week with their wives. Fred Maphis First National Bank Strasburg cashier joined the Kiwanis Club ladies night ball at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Home Service Department
Northern Virginia Power Company
Home Service
Girls’ Athletic Association
Boyce High School
Handley High School
Ednesday
Kiwanis Club
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Boyce
Leesburg
Messrs
C. van Deventer
William D. Burtner
Boyce State Bank
Northern Virginia
Fred Maphis
First National Bank of Strasburg
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Gravel Springs 4-H Club Active in Community Work
The Gravel Springs Four-H Club reports strong clothing program activity and regular Junior Red Cross meetings with full enrollment. Pupils publish literary pieces, stockings of toys were given to Miss Stowers for poor children, and a small treasury is collected for the service box. This spring they aim for district conference banners and have formed a Junior League. Officers include Mildred Himelright president and Maxine Brill vice president.
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Gravel Springs
Four-H
Junior Red Cross
Cooperative Education Association of Virginia
Middletown
Red Cross
Mildred Himelright
Maxine Brill
Zennie Brill
Elvira Abshire
Lola Brumback
Demand $50,000 Or Abductors Will Kill Rich Man
Denver police released the written appeal from Benjamin B. Bower a 62 year old bakery manager asking for $50,000 immediately threatening he will be killed if his demand is not met. The missing man case spurred a manhunt though Mrs Bower says the letter shows he is alive and unharmed.
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Denver
Col
Benjamin B. Bower
Stocks Slide on Profit Taking Across NYSE
Profit taking by longs today pushed down values on the New York Stock Exchange with American Telephone and Telegraph dropping over $2 a share and Norfolk and Western Railway down $3 from yesterday's close. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad also lagged. The British pound sterling closed the week at $3.43, while closing quotes showed Allied Chemical & Dye at 68 3/4, American Can at 59 7/8, and American Telephone & Telegraph at 116 3/4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
American Telephone and Telegraph
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Allied Chem, & Dye
American Can
Amer, Tel
Tel
Stock Quotes From The Market Report
A list of daily closing prices for major companies and commodities appears, including American Tobacco B 7744, Anaconda Copper 104, Bethlehem Steel 19, Chrysler 13 percent, General Electric 207, General Motors 21, International Nickel 103 1/2, National Biscuit 40, Packard 47, Standard Oil New Jersey 274 4, Texas Corp 12, U.S. Steel 41 1/4, Woolworth 40 1/4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amer. Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Balto. & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Oil
Del
Gen’l. Electric
Gen’l. Motors
Kennecot Copper
Licrlard
Mont. Ward
Nat’l. Biscuit
Packard
Stand. Brands
Stand
N. J
Texas Corp
Steel
Woolworth
Chicago Grain Closing Prices
Chicago grain prices closing remarks priced by Hibbs & Company members of the NYSE and Chicago Board of Trade. Hibbs Building Washington DC contact through National 0540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Grain prices slide on Chicago Board of Trade
Realizing sales continued to force grain prices downward on the Chicago Board of Trade today. Long accounts were being evened up and buying power was small. Closing quotations show Wheat May 58 and July 57 59, Corn May 40 and July 41 and September 42 54, Oats May 25 bid July 25 September none, Rye May 45 July 46 September 47 4.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Handley F F A Defeats Boyce Scout Five In Close Game
Handley F F A. 15 Boyce Scouts 13 in a tight Handley gym contest. FFA opened 9-0, led 12-5 at half, final period 8-3. Scorers and positions listed with ref Fries. Sub Fletcher for Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Future Farmers of America
Boyce Scout
Handley Gym
Handley Five
Fletcher
Boyce
H. Rodgers
T. Garber
G. Fletcher
F. Duvall
R. Brown
Local legislation advances for Winchester charter and Wise town change
The House backed administration retrenchment as a new charter was proposed for Winchester and Gladeville renamed Wise. Unanimous Senate approval followed House joint resolutions praising a Richmond traffic policeman and Archer Huntington for a Newport News marine museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Russell Cather
Winchester
Roland Chase
Gladeville
Wise
House
Richmond
Capitol Corner
Archer Huntington
Newport News
Senate
T. A. Fowler
Daniel Coleman
Orange
E. B. English
E. C. Folkes
Weaver
Wright
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Imal Elisa Nun
McKinley
Rotary Club
Nancy Carroll
Palace Theatre
Stafford Pemberton
Riday
Order of Eastern Star
Front Royal
Belva Martin Goad
American Legion Post
Choral Society
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Young People's Choir
Braddock St. M. E
Philip Fowle
Fowle
Carrie K. Spates
Bettie Kerrick
Alexandria
Kerrick
E. M. Houston
Spates
G. W. Brown
Frank N. Hack
Gardner W. Brown
New York City
James B. Russell
South Washington Street
Brown
Byrd
Payne
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
Berryville
Abney Payne
Charleston
W. Nelson Page
Amherst Street
Henrietta Fuler
Margaret Wyndham
Allen R. Emmert
Winchester Emmett
Hunter H. McGuire
Braddock Street
Philadelphia
Raymond J. Funkhouser, Sr
C. B. Harlee
Chicago
Chicago Dental Society
Alice Herndon
Capt
Mrs. S. Wilson
Glenn Fry
Duke University
Durham, N. C
L. A. Thomas
South Stewart Street
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Frances B. Scott
Betty Baker
Emily Light
William 8. Huyett, Jr
William A. Walston
Middleburg
Joseph A. Massie
Massie
William C. Stuart, Jr
T. M. Hiltzheimer
Buchanan
Hiltzheimer
Douglas Dowdy
Dan Lupton
Jenny Lind
Harrison
L. L. Hockman
Vernon Shade
C. T. Owen
Clifford Street
Washington
Billy Clarke
W. S. Carke
Mrs. Cather
The
Market Report
Star
Moeet
Handley F. F. A
S Down Scout Five
Boyce Troop
D. Duvall
L. Garber
L. Largent
R. Hockman
Fries
Boyce, Fletcher
C. Brown
F. L. Largent
Scribe
Treasury
Des Moines Register
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Benjamin Franklin
Thrift
Bell Clothes Shop
Maine
O. K
Nat
Bis Co
New Orleans
Ramsburg Grocery
Roland C. Ryan
Mar
Fair Play Store
Sanitary Dairy
E. Gerrard St
Buncatter Tire Co
Reardon’s
Braddock
Coats
R. M. Swimley
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