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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1936

Page

3

Mrs Shipe Hosts Shower for Mrs Keller at Pall Mall

Mrs Charles Shipe entertained at a shower at her Pall Mall home in honor of Mrs Lawrence Keller of Woodstock prior to her marriage to Mr Pence. Prizes awarded for Bingo and gifts presented by Miss Peggy Mason. buffet supper served to a noted guest list.

Charles Shipe Pall Mall Street Lawrence Keller Woodstock Keller Prances Pence L. H. Pence Winchester Lorena McKlwee Mrs. Keller Peggy Mason

Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Gatherings

The schedule lists reflections and events across Wednesday to Tuesday including Young People's Choir practice at United Brethren Church, Winchester Lodge meetings, Grace Lutheran Church edits, Rotary Club luncheon at George Washington, Mrs Byrd and Mrs Rodman hostings, Sunshine Club picnic, Tom Thumb wedding at First Baptist, American Legion post gathering, Jamboree golf and dances, Epworth League program, Lions and Kiwanis luncheons at George Washington Hotel.

United Brethren Church Winchester B. P. Co Corner and Braddock Bolt Grace Lutheran Church Rotary Club George Washington R. E. Byrd William Wright John F. Rodman, Jr Robert F. Underwood M. Lohr Capper North Loudoun Street Sunshine Club Braddock Street M. E. Church South W. H. Reed South Braddock Street Tom Thumb Lions Club George Washington Hotel Kiwanis Club

Tom Thumb Wedding At First Baptist Church

A Tom Thumb wedding will be presented in the First Baptist Church on Thursday July 2 at 8 o clock under the Phylathea Bible class. Betty Schultz is the bride and Teddy Noffsinger the bridegroom with a musical program and a silver offering for the church building fund.

First Baptist Church Phylathea Bible Class Betty Schultz Bernard Schultz Teddy Noffsinger Ted Noffsinger Martha Ann DeHart Burton Price Elizabeth Grimm Virginia LeMaster Betty Hengeveld Abbott Wooldridge Beverley Jackimier Carroll Morrow Allen Dulaney Sonny Wheeler George R. Barr Douglas Wooldridge Buddy Swisher Ibfa Donley Betty Cather Betty Baker Gertrude Nicholson Jean Engle Patricia Funk Joan Thornton Jimmy Clark Nancy Ayres Patsy Lewis Anna Roy Cather Betty Ann Funk Billy Brown

Birthday Dinner Honors Dorothy Martin in Albin

Mrs. Walter Dailey and Mrs. Hubert Martin hosted a birthday surprise dinner at the Martin home in Albin on June 13 for Dorothy Martin’s fifteenth birthday. Guests included numerous Martin and Dailey family members and friends, with music and games into the evening.

Walter Dailey Cross Junction Hubert Martin Albin Andy Nesselrodie Helen Louise Martin Alberta Dailey Mary Alice Davis Eltha Elsie Edwards Ruth Stotler Mary Katheryn Buncutter Louise Snyder Rudolph Martin Melvin Dailey Hugh Orndorff Paul E. Behrens Junior Charles Ray Adams Russell Brown Hugh Price Samuel Rubbel John Stewart

Miss Miriam Curry Weds Thurston Clevenger in Hagerstown

Announcement details the June 27 Episcopal wedding of Miss Miriam Caroline Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Curry of Valley Pike, to Thurston Clevenger. The couple, after a southern honeymoon, will live on Woodland Avenue. she is Handley high school 1936 graduate and he Virginia Woolen Mill employee.

Lucy Pauline Lam Rytter T. H. Lam Stephens City Henry T. Rytter L. C. Rytter Kenman North Dakota Luther Place Memorial Lutheran Church Washington, D. C Carl Rassmusson Miriam Curry Thurston Clevenger Miriam Caroline Curry C. C the Valley Pike Thurston Oak Episcopal Church Hagerstown Mr. Freeman H. B. Whiting Clarke County George Vest Grace Episcopal Church West Braddock Heights Charles M. Broun Roanoke T. C. Atkeson Washington Frances Wolfe Mary Patton Jordan Richmond Nora Moore Frank V. Tilford Milton Valley F. L. Aylor Ada Sidford Summit N. J Cape Codd Mass Samuel Lewis Lloyd Bayne New York Roberta Aylor Gertrude Lewis Culpeper White Star Line Europe Harve France Ayler

Not To Enter Insanity Plea For Bed Fire Slay Case

In Winston Salem North Carolina on July 1 counsel for 35 year old Sadie Lawson said no insanity plea would be entered at tomorrow's preliminary hearing. The hearing was postponed from yesterday. Lawson is charged with setting fire to the bed of her invalid mother Mrs Elizabeth Lawson who was found badly burned when firefighters arrived.

Winston,salem N. C Sadie Lawson Elizabeth Lawson

Civil Service Examinations Open Competitive Posts Listed

The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for multiple roles including Inspector of locomotives at $4,000 yearly, Criminal research statistician at $3,800, cadastral engineer aerial surveys $2,600 to $3,800, climatologist and related posts at $3,200 to $3,800, assistant positions at $2,600, and agronomist forage crops with various levels. Full details available at the local post office.

United States Civil Service Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of the Census Department of Commerce Department of Agriculture

Treasury awards 58207 contract for Hopewell post office

The treasury bids a 58207 dollar contract for a new post office at Hopewell Virginia to A Farnell Blair of Petersburg Virginia. The award specifies 250 days to complete the project.

Washington The Treasury Hopewell A. Farnell Blair Petersburg

Guests converge in Clarke County for centennial events

Mrs. Elizabeth Chew Richardson hosted a dinner for Suzanne Gonzales as Clarke County readies for the Centennial Celebration. Guests included Miss Viola Jacobs, Miss Agnes Page Mitchell, Edward McC Williams, Henry Frost Jr, Winston Frost, Edwin Stevens Lewis, and Pembroke Grove.

Berryville Elizabeth Chew Richardson Scarsdale N. Y John A. Chew Clarke County Ellwood Suzanne Gonzales Education Venezuella S. A W. Pinkney Wetherall Vi‘la Jacobs Agnes Page Mitchell B. B. Dutton Winchester W. E. Carson Riverton Laconia McNeil Ireland William McDonald Neill Donna Neill William Neill, Jr White Plains Neill John B. Neill Katharine P. McDonald James W. Suddath Washington Alfred Kerfoot Llewellyn

Virginia State Amateur Golf Tournament Opens Tomorrow

Charlottesville July 1 The 26th annual Virginia State Amateur Golf Tournament opens tomorrow with a record field possible. Farmington pro Benny Loving predicts more than 146 entrants, 36 from Farmington, as 32 lowest qualifying scores earn championship flight berths for match play through Sunday. Billy Howell cannot return to defend title.

Charlottesville Farmington Benny Loving Hot Springs Loving Billy Howell

Escapes from NC Prisons Drop in June

Oscar Pitts acting director of the state penal division reported that escapes from North Carolina prisons and camps fell 177 percent in June compared with June 1935. He said June is typically the worst month for escapes due to heat, yet this June marked the lowest on record for the month.

Raleigh N. C North Carolina Oscar Pitts State Penal Division

Hold Rites For Mrs. Widmeyer

Last rites were conducted Monday afternoon for Mrs. Viola Widmeyer who died Saturday morning at 12 30 at the home of her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Loney Cline No 128 East Cork Street The service was from the residence at 1 o clock with Dr L Flickinger officiating Burial was in Rosedale cemetery Martinsburg West Virginia

Viola Widmeyer Loney Cline East Cork Street L Flickinger Rosedale Cemetery Martinsburg W. Va

Copeland Callen New Kiwanis Pres

A. Copeland Callen of Urbana TI was elected Kiwanis International president for 1936 37 at the organization’s 20th annual convention in Washington DC. He heads Illinois University mining and metallurgical engineering and has long served Kiwanis in many roles. Other officers and district winners were announced along with club attendance and achievement contest results.

A. Copeland Callen Urbana Kiwanis International The Service Organization Washington, D. C University of Illinois Callen Florence 8. C Frank Trafford Taylor K. C Winnipeg Manitoba H. G. Hatfield Oklahoma City Okla Harper Gatton Madisonville Fred G. McAlister London Ont Sam F. Clabaugh Birmingham Ala Alfred H. Syverson Spokane Wash Harry D. McDonald Colorado Springs Colo Bennett O. Knudson Albert Lea Minn J. F. Gallagher Newton Mass San Antonio Faber A. Bollinger Atlanta Charles S. Donley Pittsburgh Harold Hippler Eustis Fla Vic H. Householder Phoenix Ariz George E. Snell Billings Mont W. E. Wolcott Des Moines Iowa Jersey City N. J Huntington Park Calif San Gabriel Pacific-Northwest West Virginia Carolinas Louisiana-Mississippi

Winchester Club Delegates Report From Convention

Delegates Wendell B. Goode E. B. Cooper and Andrew Bell reported on the convention at the regular noon meeting. The delegates presented their official convention reports marking today’s program.

Winchester Club Wendell B. Goode E. B. Cooper Andrew Bell

Also Mentioned on This Page

Mrs. Shipe Zed H. Copp Carrie V. Speck Kernstown Elkins Park Miss Speck Cheltenham Township George K. Hellar Cheltenham High School Dorothy Martin Robert Kremer Carpers Valley Etta Lynn Russell McCormick Dale Ernest Milburn Greenspring Capon River Ralph Snapp Yellow Springs Old Fredericktown Garden Club Stewart O. Elting R. C. Green Walter H. Bosserman Moosemen Loyal Order of Moose United Brethren Young People’s Choir Jordan Springs Thomas G. Scully University of Virginia Law School Tom Baldridge Capitol Theatre Thomas R. McCann Ruth Tom, Jr Tehana Texas Mr. McCann Charles R. McCann R. O. Toring Ederlin N. Dak Ethel Strasnider Strasburg M. B. Hopper D. P. Rytter Viggo Rytter Nora S. R. Willey Grover Lewis Joseph A. Massie Lovingston Alexander Barrie George Barrie Coronado Gilpin Henry B. Gilpin South Washington Street L. M. Allen Dutton England Allen Frank N. Hack W. Nelson Page H. H. McGuire John Woolfolk Harry K. Russell John M. Steck, Sr H. Clay deGrange Fannie Wright Billy Stuart Newport News Ben Dutton Shenandoah County Edmund B. Wheelan W. P. Stuart R. Gray Williams Evelyn Byrd Shipley Baltimore John Minnegerode Cork Street Shirley Street Mrs. Conner St. Louis C. F. Harold Harold C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Company Col Llewellyn Bull Tubyries Tom B. Byrd Civil Service Examinations Roberta Ayler Continent Beardell Orando Fila John Reginald Beardall Clermont Capt. Beardall Navy Claude Swanson Edith Beardall Jane McNair McNair Betsy Rowland Rowland U. S. N. Navy Yard Fitzhugh Hardcastle Haverford Copeland Callen NEW Kiwanis Shenandoah Valley National Bank U. S Comptroller of the Currency Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit, Insurance Corporation WOR Uncle Don WJZ Midge Williams WABC Press-Radio WEAF Amos ‘N’ Andy Doris Wester Boake Carter W4jz Follies de Paris Willie Eugene Howard Utmtus Cavalcade of America George Burns Gracie Allen Chicago Symphony Orchestra Eric de Lamarter Vivian Della Chiesa Rubinoff Orchestra Old Heidelberg Quartet Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Carl Hoff Eleanor Wombridge Cleveland N.eba Portland Ore Bestor Shandor Venuti the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Huntsberry’s North Main St Big Joe Winchester’s Bakery Underwood N. Loudoun St Brazil Brooks’ Pharmacy Tavenner’s R. M. Swimley East. of Geo. Washington Hotel
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