Social Calendar Dances Highlight Weekend Events
Schedule lists a nine old man dance at McVicar building matinee Saturday at 9 30 p m and a regular Saturday night dance at the Winchester venue.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1937
Page
8
Schedule lists a nine old man dance at McVicar building matinee Saturday at 9 30 p m and a regular Saturday night dance at the Winchester venue.
Members gathered yesterday afternoon at West Clifford street for the Old Frederickstown Garden Club where the president announced the annual flower show set for September 3 at the George Washington Hotel. Upcoming events include a card party hosted by Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club next Friday July 9. reservations can be made with Mrs T Russell Cather.
Invitations have been received for a buffet supper hosted by Miss Shirley Carter Williams on Saturday July 10 at the Williams home on Amherst street. The event precedes a dance at the Winchester Golf Club that same night.
Roberta Lee answers reader questions on presenting unmarried women to married women and proper usage of from and thence. She also urges introducing all guests at small gatherings for proper etiquette.
Miss Ethel Foster and Miss Augusta Foster of Berryville and Miss Winnie Eby of Charles Town return from Canada and Niagara Falls where they stayed with Mrs Charles Gregory. Several families, including Mrs D M Sprinkle and Mrs R J Ledford, visit friends in North Carolina and Winston-Salem while others plan for July weekend hosting in Winchester and Frederick.
John Wuest Hunt, a wealthy follower of Father Divine, was found guilty of Mann Act violations and faces up to 12 years in federal prison at McNeil Island Washington. Three co defendants from Harlem were acquitted.
Manley Board of Muskogee Oklahoma with grandson Jack Brogan of El Paso Texas visit Mr and Mrs John Stephenson and sister in law Mrs Luther Board. Several residents travel to Washington and Pittsburgh for brief visits and house guest arrangements.
Daily results and standings from the Winchester softball league show Va Woolen leading with 9 wins and 1 loss, Retail Grocers at 8 3, Lions Club 6 5, Elks Club 5 5, Republic Oil 5 7, and Mans ccc 4 4. Yesterday Retail Grocers beat Lions Club 5 3. Today O Sullivan faces Retail Grocers on diamond 1 and Va Woolen meets Lions Club on diamond 2.
If you fail to receive your Evening Star in Winchester you may call POSTAL TELEGRAPH for prompt delivery with no charge for the service.
Front Royal July 2 The regular meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy drew a good attendance in the Veterans Hall. The day featured the loan of an American flag owned by Mrs Elizabeth Cormack of Washington formerly Elizabeth Mauck of the town. The flag had flown over her Philippine Islands school. The loan to the chapter came from Mrs Cormack's sister Mrs Z J Compton of Riverton. Mrs Bessie Cary will present a stand and Mrs R W Buttsfield a staff for the flag. Hostesses were Mrs A W Hale Mrs Caroll Walter Mrs Charles Prichard and Mrs Gussie Rudicille.
Shenandoah River reports show South Branch muddy and North Branch slightly cloudy but suitable for fishing. Fishermen near Riverton enjoyed success with catches of three to four pounds while news lists Miss Latra Boyd heading from Washington for the Fourth. Front Royal Rotary Club met at noon at the Aston together. B J Hillidge in University Hospital reportedly resting better.
Robert Irwin, accused killer of Ronnie Ged eon, his mother, and a boarder, is moved between locations as detectives corroborate charges. He is booked on murder indictments at a police station and appears in homicide court, at police headquarters, and at general sessions court.
Mrs. William H. Defrehn reports eight years of pear harvests from a corner garden tree in Saratoga Springs. This spring the tree bore an unusually large bloom then fruit began to grow, halted, and altered to cherries, leaving her puzzled by the unexpected change.
Two State Agricultural Department officers arrived at Robert Gibson's Nyack farm at 5 a.m. to administer tuberculin tests on his two cows. Gibson opposed the tests and shot the cows at 1 a.m., reportedly winning a five year battle.
Broadcast schedule outlines next week including WEAF-NBC talks with Senator Rush Holt and Rep H G Teigan, WJZ-NBC forum with Secretary Roper, and Paul Whiteman's return on WEAF-NBC and WJZ-NBC. Monday marks Stephen Foster anniversary program with John Tasker Howard.
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