Calendar of Events for Tuesday and Wednesday
The schedule lists a Red Cross annual meeting and banquet at George Washington Hotel and a Winchester Rebekah Association gathering at Odd Fellow's Hall Tuesday evening. Wednesday includes Kiwanis Club luncheon at the hotel, District Nurse Association monthly meeting near the Court House, Junior Century Club at Mrs Engle's Amherst Street home, and a Young People's banquet at Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Rebekah Association
Odd Fellow’s
East Boscawen Street
Kiwanis Club
District Nurse Association
Court House
Junior Century Club
Jack Engle
Amherst Street
Church of Christ
20th Wedding Anniversary Party Given Saturday
Mr and Mrs Lohr Clevenger hosted a Saturday evening party at their North Loudoun Street home for their 20th wedding anniversary. Winchester and county friends attended and Mrs Clevenger received many gifts. The couple have five children Kenneth Charles Nancy Doug and Patsy. The home featured white candles seasonal flowers and a large wedding cake as the centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lohr Clevenger
North Loudoun Street
Winchester
James Ford
Sylvia
Gertrude Clevenger
E. C. Creswell
Orville Hoover
Coleman Dunn
C. L. Smith
C. R. Boyce
George F. Miller
Virginia Seal
Pauline McFarland
Wilton Chapman
Kate Bradford
Robert Lockhart
John Kanade
Gilbert Cadwallader
Hugh Ritter
Berryville
George H. Miller
George R. Miller
Jennie Lou
Buddy
Stephenson
President's Birthday Ball Boosts Local Fund Drive
Winchester, Frederick, and Clarke county dancers filled the George Washington Hotel for the annual President's Birthday ball raising over 200 for the fight infantile paralysis campaign. General Chairman C Ridgely White said it was among the most successful events here and Laurens Jones reported 63.46 contributed via store containers. The drive total reached about 263.46 with 200 attendees enjoying music from the hotel orchestra and performances by Charles Henry and Bill Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke County
George Washington Hotel
C. Ridgely White
Laurens Jones
Judge Weems to address Woman's Civic League meeting
Judge Donald L. Weems will speak on The Juvenile Court at the Woman's Civic League regular meeting in the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss organizing a Boys Club for underprivileged boys. luncheon attendees should RSVP to committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Weems
Woman's Civic League
George Washington
Judge Weems
Wilbur Krise
G. W. Hohannes
Earl Parsons
T. R. Cather
Wrights Host Ninth Birthday Party in Middle Town
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wright entertained at their Middle Town home on Saturday for the ninth birthday of daughter Doris Elaine. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments served by Mrs. Wright with assistance from Ruth Willey and Christine Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Smith
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
C. L. Wright
Middletown
Doris Elaine
Wright
Ruth Willey
Christine Wright
Nellie Jane Keeler
Lillian
Jeanne Cornwell
Jane
Charlotte Shiley
Louise Bly
Anna Jones
Helen Mowery
Tommy Borden
Local Social Notes From Romney and Martinsburg Area
Mr Loy E Golliday and Mrs Loy E Golliday of Romney guest of Mr and Mrs Marshall Butler on North Loudoun street Mrs S J Cooper of Martinsburg visiting sister Mrs Ethel Coverstone here James Edward Lupton has returned to Allentown PA to attend Muhlenburg College after a visit with his parents on South Stewart L M Allen leaves for Silver Springs MD to visit friends and return Friday with three sons Howard Lewis and Douglas Episcopal High School students in Alexandria Mrs Julian A Everley of this city and her father Alexander Jolliffee of Boyce VA depart for Catawba VA to visit Mrs Jolliffee Carl Campbell a post office staff member recently hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital after throat operation is home and improved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Frederickstown
Virginia Artrip
Royston
W. F. Artrip
Dauip
Hendrix Royston
Jas.Royston
Boyce
Rohart
Berryville Avenue
Velma. Pannett
Lée Pannett
Purcell Avenue
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Pannett
George Miller
White St
R. E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Shoreham Hotel
Washington, D. C
Margaret Byrd
North Carolina
Sue Ellen Brown
R. B. Brown
North Loudoun Street
Archie C. Randolph
Piedmont Hounds
Upperville
Washington
Virginia Cather
Hollins College
T. Russell
South Stewart Street
James Edward Lupton
Allentown
Muhlenburg College
L. M. Allen
Silver Springs
Howard, Lewis and
Douglas
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
West Clifford Street
Julian A. Everley
Alexander Jolliffee
Boyce, Va
Catawba, Va
Carl Campbell
Post Office
Social Notices From Millwood Millwood and Clarke Society
Mrs. Percy Randolph hosted a Saturday gathering in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Spencer of Chicago with Captain and Mrs. Ewart Johnston and Joseph Lewis among the guests. Sunday supper honored by Captain and Mrs. Ewart Johnston. Numerous local youths and families are listed as attendees across multiple events and hosts in Millwood Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Percy Randolph
Frederick Spencer
Chicago
Ewart Johnston
Joseph Lewis
Etiquette Q and A on Train Manners and Dress
A reader asks about pillow charges in day coaches with some railroads furnishing pillows for free while others charge twenty five cents. Advice covers handling hot bread by tearing with fingers and not cutting. It also notes polite usage preferring tuxedo spelled as tuxedo rather than tux and classifying tux as outdated like gents.
Psychiatrists summoned in siege death of state patrolman
Frank Palanzo, 54, faced murder charges in the siege at his Clarksville home near Washington Pennsylvania. Corporal George Naughton was shot on the stairs as officers urged surrender after tear gas failed. Palanzo, a WPA worker and former miner, surrendered from a chimney vent after tear gas bombs were used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pittsburgh
Frank Palanzo
James C. Bane
George D. Naughton
Palanzo
Patsy Christofero
Clarksville
Here
Corporal Naughton
Naughton
Paul Rittleman
John Fair
Rittleman
WPA
social notes from Clarke and Mt Airy gatherings
Community members gather for weekend events in Clarke and Mt Airy. Notables include Alexis Sommaripa, Martin Hall, and Mrs. De Payne hosting visitors. plus Mrs. Henry Post Mitchell entertaining and multiple luncheon guests. Several guests travel from Charles Town and Winchester with plans to depart for Phoenix en route to California for seven weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Perry
Charles Town
W. Va
Mary Warden Boyd
Winchester
Agnes Mitchell
Clarke
Paul Thompson
Gretchen Thompson
New Orleans
Phoenix
Ariz
California
Earthquake Hits Chile Centered Near Talca and San Carlos
A powerful quake centered around Talca and San Carlos in Chile caused extensive damage. The tremor extended toward Talca Huano and reached Santiago and Valparaiso with widespread impact reported by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Talca
Talcahuano
San Carlos
Santiago
Valparaiso
Jumping mishap ends with vertebrae set in ride fix
French Lick Indiana high jumper Clarence McDonald fell during practice and dislocated several vertebrae. An X ray in Indianapolis showed he was fine after a 110 mile trip that apparently realigned the back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Clarence McDonald
Indianapolis
Horror Dog Locates Horror Dog on 20th Century Fox Lot
Hollywood reports the great dane Von, earning 900 a week, plays the killer hound in The Hound of the Baskervilles on the Fox back lot. After initial casting woes, Von won the part with spectral markings applied by Sid Perell and has appeared in films since puppyhood, including chasing Will Rogers in Too Busy To Work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Von
Devonshire
20Th Century- Fox
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Sid Perell
Will Rogers
Blizzard From West In New England Flood Threat Fades
A backwash of the midwest blizzard hit Pennsylvania with colder temperatures and rising rivers. Forecasters expect runoff to freeze, easing flood risk as the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers rise and ice shifts along the Yough and Kiskiminetas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Pittsburgh
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Chicago
W. S. Brotzman
Golden Triangle
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Stony Creek
Conemaugh
Johnstown
Kiskiminetas
Youghiogheny
Freeport
Brotzman
West Virginia
Weston
W. Va
Axis Ties Grow Stronger as Hitler Backed Italy
Hitler pledged support to Mussolini amid Italian advances in Barcelona, signaling a firmer Rome Berlin axis. Italian editors hailed shared colonial aims and a united stance that observers say could shape future European history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Hitler
Il Duce
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale d'Italia
Barcelona
Reichsrat
Italy
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Germany
Rome- Berlin
Receipt of 1806 Winchester prices in Mrs Anderson’s possession
A century old receipt shows 1806 Winchester prices paid by Henry Brill for groceries and general goods. The paper lists coffee, pepper, green tea, lawn, buttons, needles, nutmegs, linen and red flannel with small sums, dated March 10, 1806 and signed by clerk Robert Lyles for merchant William Holliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lyles
William Holliday
Winchester
Brill
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Mrs. Lohr Clevenger
Florida
George W. Ritter
George H. Rites
South Cameron Street
Perry Ritter
Tampa
Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Hibernia Plantation
Coconut Grove
W. A. Harry, Jr
William A. Harry, Jr
Harry
Ray Albin
Welltown Pike
Greenhill Avenue
Baltimore
Jay
P. J. Albin
Marshall J. Snapp
University of Vir
Rev
C. Worthington E
and E. J. Snapp
Brooks
Pharmacy Service
Ball and March of Dimes
Women's Civic League
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
W. Sos
D. M. Sprinkle
Sae
F. H. Way
Frank Butsler
Clark Brown
O. T. Ritter
Lawrence Hollis
City
Mrs
David Ritter
Hinton
Frank Pierce
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Howard L. James
W. Piccadilly
Loy E. Golliday
Romney, W. Va
Marshall Butler
Alyce Larrabee
Millwood and Clarke Society
Jane Brooke
Pinkney Weatherall
Lucy Glenn Burwell
Betty Brooke Gilpin
Miss Page Live
Stacy Llyod
Wilson Bowles
Mathew MacKay Smith
Sandy Young
Dicky DuPont
A. R. Dunning
New Jersey
Mr. Dunning
Miss Agnes Dunning
A. R. Bevan
Jack
Latrobe Apartments
Anne C. Meade
Mary
Agnes Page
Elizabeth Bradford
Carrie Barnsdale
Bradford
Burwell Jacobs
Philip M. Walker
Walter Jones
Eyreshire
A. B. Bevan
Conrad Lewis
L. B. Meade
John Payne
Jane Brook
Gwynne Harrison
A. A. Baldwin
Mrs. Scrutton
Alexis Sommaripa
New York
Thomas Carter
Robert Randolph
Powhatan
Smith Read
Frank Wray
Blue Ridge
Mt. Airy
Henry Mitchell
Mr. Martin Hall
de Payne
Sham
Henry Post Mitchell
Alex MacKay- Smith
John Wilcox
Richmond Talbot
R. G. Mitchell
Dabney Harrison, Sr
Pikeside Tea Room
Emma C. Benson
Marguerite Beckerle
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
Loudoun St
Oovilnyso
Osiwuvatvas
Horror Dog
Conan Doyle
Dan DE Luce
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Suede Shoes
Huntsberry
Valentine
Sunshine Cleaners
Ida Anderson
Nain
Star Office
Henry Brill
Yellow Springs
Anderson
Conrad G. Anderson
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
N. Loudoun St
Underwood’s Bakery
W. B. Snider & Son
Big Joe
Seld
United Food Stores
BC Mlgs
Teli Lee Ae
the Star
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