Social Calendar Events For Friday And Monday
Friday 5 30 to 9 00 supper by Circle 2 Women s Guild Market Street Church 8 30 lecture by Mrs Frances P Keyes on Dolls at Ellsworth Johnsons Amherst St 9 30 President s Ball George Washington Hotel Monday 4 00 Meeting of Woman s Auxiliary Memorial Hospital nurses home with talk by Dr Hunter H McGuire
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Circle 2
Women's Guild
Market Street
Frances P. Keyes
Woman's Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
George Washington Hotel
Hunter H. McGuire
German Cotillion Clubs Plan Dances at Virginia Tech
Local people assist in mid winter dances for the German and Cotillion Clubs at Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia on February 12 and 13. Creighton Campbell Jr Betty Brand lead the German Club figure with Kenneth Robinson and June Bean as assistants. J E Turner Betsy Wingfield lead the Cotillion Club figure with J D Moore and Frances Orr as assistants. Jack Denny Orchestra to play for the Cotillion Club Memorial Hall. Barney Rapp and his New Englanders to play for the German Club in the old gym. St Valentine motif to decorate both clubs. Mr and Mrs Richard G Bromley Berryville Virginia welcome a son at Memorial Hospital. Rev George Stover ill at North Avenue home slowly improving but still unable to go out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Creighton Campbell, Jr
Bluefield
W. Va
Betty Brand
Salem
Kenneth Robinson
June Bean
Winchester
J. E. Turner
Richmond
Betsy Wingfield
J. D. Moore
Aldie
Frances Orr
Jack Denny
Barney Rapp
New Englanders
Mrs Chaplain of Washington to Be Honored at Luncheon
Miss Sophie Baker will host a luncheon tomorrow in honor of Mrs Chaplain of Washington D C. The event highlights hospitality and social ties as Mrs Chaplain visits locally for the occasion.
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Sophie Baker
Chaplain
Washington, D
Schmidt Couple Plans Florida Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs Harry Schmidt of South Washington street depart today by car for Florida visiting Gainesville and Prof Harold Newins head of the University of Florida. From there they tour the state hitting major points of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Schmidt
South Washington Street
Florida
Gainesville
Harold Newins
Newins Isi
University Florida
Col Roszel Addresses Sons of Veterans on Sharpsburg Battle
Col B M Roszel of the United States Army Officers Reserve spoke to the Henry Kyd Douglas Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans at Shepherdstown W Va. He reviewed the Battle of Sharpsburg Antietam from a military perspective. Mrs Roszel accompanied him. hosts Mr and Mrs Malone offered Southern hospitality.
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B. M. Roszel
Officers’ Reserve Corps
United States Army
Henry Kyd Douglas
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Malone
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Roszel
Samuel M. Hendricks
Sharpsburg
Antietam
Maryland
Col. Roszel
Birth of a daughter for Mr and Mrs Nacy Dorsey at Memorial Hospital
Congratulations pour in as Mr and Mrs Nacy Dorsey welcome a daughter born yesterday at Memorial Hospital. Edith Jones, formerly of this city, is the new mother, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Jones. The Dorseys are connected to Winchester via the late John Dorsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacy Dorsey
Memorial Hospital
Ewing School of Dance to Appear in American Legion Show
The Ewing School of Dance will perform two Dutch Ballet numbers and Venetian Nights in the American Legion musical comedy Mixed Pickels. Dancers include Nancy Ayers Elizabeth Halvosa Susan Drysdale Knight Jean Miller Virginia Yates and many others under Miss Dorothy Ewing with Adele Hutchinson accompanist. The routines feature authentic costumes and lively comedy.
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Ewing School of Dance
American Legion
Phillip Fowle
Dorothy Ewing
Adele Hutchinson
Sevral
Hich
Ivery
Nancy Ayers
Elizabeth Halvosa
Susan Drysdale Knight
Jean Miller
Virginia Yates
Frances Brown
Betsy Arthur
Retha Shirkey
Billie J. Smith
Betty North
Jacqueline Eagle
Janet Lovett
Mary Sencindiver
Elizabeth Lichliter
Mary L. Gerschank
Dorothy Cooper
Anne Robinson
Helen Brown
Paulette Pifer
Jean Robinson
Mary Lou Sprint
Jamney Lupton
Jean Randolph
Elizabeth Beverley
Adelaide Coble
Eleanor DeGrange
Judy Beverley
Nancy Bond
Lucy Forney
Betty A. Hawthorne
Margaret A. Cammer
Marjor J. Lowry
Alta M. Ayers
Douglas Allen
Pavey Lupton
Betty Hawthorne
Margaret Cammer
Margaret Crowl
Irene Johnson
Julia Richards
Evelyn Preston
Peggy Anderson
Phyllis Fowle
Alison Cooper
Shirley Williams
Ann Williams
Modern Etiquette Q A: Introduce child to guests young for social ease
Q A At what age moy a child be introduced o guests There is no particular age but it should be done while the child is young so he will possess natural social ease as he matures Q When a man calls at a hotel to see someone is it necessary to present his card to the clerk Q When traveling on a steamer to whom should one go to have any valuables taken care The purser
Social Guests and Local Visits Highlight Front Royal Notes
Miss Nancy Bowly will spend the night as guest of Mr. Edward Williams at his parents home in Front Royal and attend the President's Ball there tonight. Miss Louise Martin recovering at home after appendectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Miss Garnet Hamrick travels to Harrisonburg for weekend visit with Miss Marie Louise Bose and will attend a recital by Miss Charne Lockwood. Mr. H B McCormac Jr and David Holmes will return to Lehigh University after a visit with his parents. Mrs. Fred L. Glaize visiting Roanoke relatives. Miss Audrey DeHaven improving at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Barbara Fosbrink visiting Baltimore and staying with John Fos brink. Miss Audrey DeHaven improving after illness. Mrs. Ridgley White to spend weekend with Frank Hack. Belle Rowland and Mrs. Rowland Goodrich in town staying at Gray Gables Inn visiting niece Mrs. Reginald Bishop in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. W. D. Myers visiting Roanoke parents. Colonel Carroll Menefee of Sperryville has been visiting friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carr
Clarksdale
Miss
John Barnes Carr
Clarksburg
Mississippi
Memphis
Tennessee
Mary Greenway Carr
Nancy Bowly
Edward Williams
Front Royal
Garnet Hamrick
Harrisonburg
Marie Louise Bose
Harrisonburg State Teachers College
H. B. McCormac, Jr
H. B. McCormac
David Holmes
Hastings
New York
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Belle Rowland
Rowland Goodrich
Washington
Gray Gables Inn
Miss Rowland
Reginald Bishop
Winchester Memorial Hospital
W. D. Myers
Mrs. Stouffer
Roanoke
Flood refugees flood Arkansas towns and camps form
Refugees streamed from Mississippi floodplain to high ground as 15 000 gathered at Barton Arkansas, with ten more centers spotted. Levees held, Arkansas vows to fight flood with U S Army and Red Cross. Memphis and Little Rock bustle as health scares rise and flood babies await care. Estimated homeless 1 035 000 with 330 dead and property losses around 400 million.
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Mississippi
Barton
Helena
Ark
Arkansas
Memphis
U. S. Army
Little Rock
Carl E. Bailey
Red Cross
Chickasaw Bluffs
Middlewestern
Negro Is Given 5 Years For Armed Robbery
Walker Johnson, colored, was convicted in Clarke Circuit Court and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for armed robbery. He allegedly held up two men on October 4 near Boyce and stole a small amount of money and possessions. Victims were Jim Moulden and Arthur Tignel, both of White Post. Co-defendants Robert Wilson and Robert Randolph were indicted and are fugitives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Walker Johnson
Clarke
Johnson
Boyce
Jim Moulden
Arthur Tignel
White Post
Robert
Red) Wilson
Lee) Randolph
Clarke County
Tragic Remount Plane Crash Kills One in Front Royal
Two Army men died in an aircraft crash near Pilger Mountain on the Front Royal Remount Reservation. Private Henry L. Neid was burned to death, while Private Nied suffered severe injuries. others were rescued and treated at the depot dispensary before transport to Washington hospitals. Ambulances later prepared Neid for burial in Scranton Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyndham R. Lee
J. Frank Forsyth, Jr
Front Royal
S. Byrne Downing
Front Royal Remount
Pilger Mountain
Remount Depot
Turner A. Slaughter
Robert Wood
Rappahannock County
Tree
L. 8. Hansbrough
E. L. Grubbs
Nied
Maddox
Sampsell
Walter Reed Hospital
Remount
Washington
Scranton
Henry L. Neid
Remount Reservation
Maddox and
Samsell
Eynon Pa
Church Parleys Announced by E Education Official
Rev A J Walton Nashville director of extension and promotion for the Board of Christian Education M E Church South will conduct four conferences in Winchester District on Feb 3 4. On Feb 3 Middleburg Berryville Braddock Street M E Church South Woodstock and Martinsburg W Va hosts are listed. Church leaders and teachers are urged to attend.
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A. J. Walton
Nashville
Board of Christian Education
M. E. Church
South
Winchester
Middleburg
Berryville
Braddock Street
Woodstock
Martinsburg
W. Va
Local Visit Notes and Moves Through Front Royal
Front Royal residents and visitors pass through with travel and illness updates. Mrs. D A Kirk from Hagerstown arrives to visit Mr and Mrs Benjamin Atwood. Lieut Warren W Whitside and Mrs Whitside depart for Norfolk to make their home. Violette Collins spends the day in Washington. George Byers of Charlottesville visits town with the Figgins family.
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Front Royal
D. A. Kirk
Hagerstown
Benjamin Atwood
Lieut
Warren W. Whitside
Norfolk
Lieut. Whitside
Washington
Norolk
George Byers
Charlottesville
Fifth Check For Flood Aid
Warren County sent its fifth flood relief check to the Red Cross in Washington yesterday. The local chapter continues to receive contributions for flood relief efforts.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Red Cross
Washington
Senator Weaver Improves After Fractured Shoulder
Senator Aubrey G. Weaver, a Winchester Hospital patient with a fractured shoulder, was briefly riding yesterday afternoon and reached Front Royal. He is improving nicely but will remain in the hospital for some time, according to his friends in the area.
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Front Royal
Aubrey G. Weaver
Winchester Hospital
New Telephone Building Planned in Jackson Street Area
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company has bought a lot from Mr and Mrs Frank Borer on Jackson street. Ray Jones manager says work will begin soon on a one story brick building to be finished within 90 days and a new telephone switchboard will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Virginia Telephone and Telegraph Company
Frank Borersett
Jackson Street
Ray Jones
Wildcats Championing Home Court Battle With Boyce
The Warren Wildcats host Boyce at Front Royal High School gymnasium tomorrow night in a decisive home game. Boyce players hail from Boyce and Berryville with ties to the Crimson Flashes. Warren edged Woodstock 51 to 21 last night as Leslie Young starred.
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Front Royal
Boyce
Warren Wildcats
Berryville
Crimson Flashes
Woodstock Shamrock
Leslie Young
Sleighters Held Under Guard After Controversial Arrest
A crowd gathered at the state police sub station and county jail seeking to seize the Sleighters but dispersed after Judge Watson R. Davidson urged restraint. The couple, involved in a missing child case, were brought to Harrisburg in secrecy with heavy guards. No charges had been filed. Jean Sleighter had vanished January 12 and police later found a body in a mountain thicket.
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State Police
Watson R. Davidson
Court House
Harrisburg
Jean
Children’s Aid Society
Willis Seville
Winchester Chamber Names Bell Secretary for Sixteenth Term
Directors named commerce during the past year and revealed considerable progress. The report will be printed and distributed at the annual meeting. Mr. Bell, now secretary, collects data from 34 leading concerns in Winchester to compare 1936 with the preceding year. He came to Winchester in 1922 to build the chamber’s prominence and also aids civic projects. He has long served Kiwanis as secretary in this district. Incoming president Mr. Branch has a public service record and has managed the George Washington Hotel helping promote travel and tourism. Members welcomed his election to the presidency.
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Bell
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Harrisonburg
Kiwanis Club
Branch
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
George Washington
Reverend S J Goode Preaches Two Sermons at Mount Union
The Rev S J Goode will deliver two sermons at Mount Union Church of Christ Slanesville West Virginia this Sunday. Morning service begins at 11 oclock and evening service at 730 oclock.
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Church of Christ At
Mount Union
S. J. Goode
Mount Union Church of Christ
Slanesville
W. Va
Barge Eckie Frees From Tug Cyrene After Drift
The coast guard cutter Apache sails from Baltimore to assist the aground barge Eckie in the York river near Norfolk. The Eckie reportedly broke loose from the tug Cyrene during the night after grounding.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Washington
York River
Norfolk
Red Cross Benefit at Timberlake’s Store Tomorrow
Timberlake’s store announces 10 percent of receipts from all sales tomorrow will be donated to the Red Cross for flood relief. The move aims to support flood victims and disaster response efforts locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timberlake
The
Red Cross
New Laws For Labor Discussed At Roosevelt Press Conference
President Roosevelt said at a press conference he is studying possible new labor legislation and has not reached conclusions. He reported discussions with the business advisory council on hours and wages and child labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
Pope Pius XI Displays Signs of Convalescence
Vatican officials reported Pope Pius XI is showing more signs of convalescence than active illness after a long illness. Doctors noted satisfactory condition in his legs despite restless sleep and damp weather causing pain.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
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Mrs. Bromley
Richard G. Bromley
Berryville, Va
Stover
George Stover
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
Gainesboro
4-H Club
Elizabeth Farrar
Frederick County
Luttrell Debating Society
Dr. McGuire
Hospital Auxiliary
Miller
James Miller
Johns Hopkins University
Sons of Veterans
Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell
Henry Post Mitchell
Minturn
Joseph Flickinger
8S. L. Flickinger
William and Mary
Century Club
Berryville Chamber of Commerce
B. L. Hummel
Rosalie Oakes
Westhampton College
Mrs. J.C. Oakes
Louise Martin
Fred L. Glaize
John O. Boyd
Audrey DeHaven
North Frederick
Barbara Fosbrink
John Fosbrink
North Loudoun Street
Mrs. Ridgley White
Frank Hack
Carroll Menefee
Sperryville, Va
Valentines
Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Vicks VapoRub
Vicks Cough
Winchester Evening Star
Gussie McFall
Telephone Front Royal
Front Royal News
Russell Sonner
Sue Compton
Upperville
Alvin Haley
Mrs. Violette Collins
Joseph, Figgins
Senator Weaver
Wildcats
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Big Joe
Bargain
Armstrong
Hamman’s Dept. Store
Greyhound Grill
the Greyhound Grill
Loudoun
Harold Brown
R. M. Swimley
East Geo. Washington Hotel
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