Girls' Athletic Association elects 1940 41 officers
The Girls' Athletic Association held a semi annual election naming Mrs. Paul Tomney president Miss Kathryn Sullivan vice president Miss Lucille Sencindiver secretary and Miss Doris Cunningham treasurer replacing Mrs. Jack Widmeyer who resigned after two years. A picnic is planned at Front Royal Recreation Park for June 20 at 6 pm with rides from the club rooms at 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tomney
Girl’s Athletic Association
Girls’ Athletic Association
Kathryn Sullivan
Lucille Sencindiver
Doris Cunningham
Jack Widmeyer
Front Royal Recreation Park
Mary Stine
Bee Keeler
Godfrey Zirkle
Funk Rogers Wedding Recorded In Local Baptist Parsonage
Mr and Mrs L R Funk announce the marriage of their daughter Marie Funk to J Leonard Rogers. The ceremony on July 12 at noon was in the Baptist parsonage with Rev E T Clarke officiating. Marie, a Handley School alumna class of 1937, works for Hansbrough and Carter. Rogers is from Mrs Nettie Rogers's family, attended Handley School, and works for Virginia Woolen Co. The couple will reside in this city after a northern states trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Funk
Marie Funk
J. Leonard Rogers
Baptist Parsonage
E. T. Clarke
Handley
Hansbrough and Carter
Rogers
Nettie Rogers
Handley School
Virginia Woolen Co
Modern Etiquette Q and A on paying calls and bridesmaids
A Q and A style guide advises guests to insist the hostess accepts payment for long distance calls, or leave money on the telephone stand. It states the complete cover should be removed when clearing a table for a course. It notes the father of the bride pays for bridesmaids flowers.
District Commissioner Visiting In Berryville
District of Columbia Commissioner John Russell Young, Washington, visits Mr John B Goldsmith in Berryville over the weekend. Young, former White House Correspondents Association chief, has long been a Washington journalist and was appointed by the President last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
District of Columbia
John Russell Young
Washington
John 8. Goldsmith
White House
Graceful Walk On Right Heels By Helen Follett
A wellness column argues against high heels and promotes proper posture and eye care. It warns that tall heels loosen balance, strain the spine, and create poor carriage, advocating lower heels for daily wear and regular cobbler repairs. It stresses eye health and avoiding eye irritation from cosmetics.
Back From France Star Madeiline Carroll Returns to Hollywood
British motion picture star Madeiline Carroll arrives in New York by clipper plane en route back to Hollywood from France. She describes refusing to board a refugee ship that was later bombed by Nazis, with 100 casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeline Carroll
New York
Hollywood
Visitors And Homecomings Fill Weirton Week
Mr and Mrs Pearl Heartbarger and son Courtney of Weirton are visiting Mrs Heartbargers parents in South Loudoun street. Mr and Mrs Fritz Voitel of Washington DC are visiting here at the home of his parents on Parkway. Mrs Edward Moore returned home from Memorial Hospital after a three week stay. Mr and Mrs Edgar Seal and Mr and Mrs George Seal have returned to Sunny side after visiting West Virginia and Kentucky. Miss Nancy Mauck and Miss Laura Mauck returned to Winchester and Berryville after visiting Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Donald Albert are visiting his parents in Brunswick Maryland. Mrs Maude Wisecarver returned to Winchester after spending a week in Cumberland Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalmers Strain
Pughkeepsie
N. Y
Strain
Mildred Richard
Richard
J. A. Richard
Winchester
Mr. Essex
J. P. Essex
Memorial Hospital
West Piccadilly Street
E. T. Clark
Pearl Heartbarger
Courtney
Weirton, W. Va
Fritz Voitel
Washington, D. C
Mr. Voitel
Richard Veitel
Parkway
Edward Moore
Miller Street
Edgar Seal
George Seal
Sunnyside
West Virginia
Kentucky
Nancy Mauck
Laura Mauck
Berryville
Indianapolis
Ind
Donald Albert
Brunswick
Maude Wisecarver
Cumberland
Social Roundup From Clarke and Nearby Areas
Miss Mary Lewis and Mrs. Percy Randolph travel by car to Saranac to visit Miss Lewis mother Mrs. Frances Lewis. Several Clarke residents attend visits and bridge teas including Miss Agnes R Page and Mrs. John Atkinson with guests at Saratoga. An outing in Rehoboth Beach and a Clarke picnic are noted along with visits by Mrs. Huidekoper and Miss Page Huidekoper in Washington and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Mary Lewis
Percy Randolph
Saranac
Prescott Huidekoper
Miss Page Huidekoper
Eloise Randolph Page
Washington
Miss Huidekoper
New York
Cornelius Rathbourne
Agnes R. Page
Saratoga
John Atkinson
Beatty
Isaac Carr
Summer Walters
B. O. F. Randolph
Richard Whiting
Anne Page Turpin
Affolters to visit Schneiders in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Roy Affolter of Chicago Illinois will arrive Tuesday to visit Mr and Mrs Henry Schneider of National Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Affolter
Chicago, Ill
Henry Schneider
National Avenue
Virginia Pre Marital Blood Test Sparks Cost Concerns
Richmond Times Dispatch reports Virginia will require a syphilis blood test for marriage licenses starting August 1. Fees may rise to 12.50 to 16.50 per couple including minister, with doctor charges of up to 3 dollars and a total potential cost around 12.50, plus license and ceremony fees, while indigents may be tested free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Union
John Smith
Jamestown
District of Columbia
John Powell Williams
Richmond Academy of Medicine
Richmond
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bride of
Henry Ford
Leroy Gardner
Kernstown
Cetto
Fayett City
Betty Cetto
Newell, Pa
Presbyterian Church
E. 8. McGavock
Raymond Gardner
Counle
Agnes Winslip
Jane Bickers
Foxhall Kitchen
Cornelia Preston
Lewisburg
W. Va
Betty Riley
Bobby Boyd
Bruce Nelson
Brad Beverley
Rock Enon Springs
Brooks’ Pharmacy
C. B. Smalts & Son
Low Sunshine Cleaners
East Piccadilly
Miss Marie Funk
Leonard Rogers
Mrs. Shirkey
M. K. Shirkey
Golden Glow
Shirkey
Retha
John Shadwell
Raymond Grove
Kenneth Cather
Sylvia Thompson
Kitty McIinturff
Jane Cooper
Anna Carpenter
Clarence Shiley
Ottie Fries
D. H. Chrissinger
Naomi Shanholtz
J. C. Shanholtz
Dunlap Street
Fay Patton
Evelyn Garber
Jamita Anderson
Hilda Nelson
Marie McKee
Mildred Powell
Elsie McDonald
Jean Cather
Billy Slonaker
Capon Bridge
Eldred Frye
Daniel Doyle
Charles Richard Nelson
Jackson
Gerald DeHaven
Ralph Brown
Golden Tog
Howard Frye
Robert Dunn
Junior Leber
Howard Mann
Clyde Burkhart
Jack Shufelt
Robert Grove
Pauline Grove
Martinsburg
Huntsberry
By Roberta Lee
Chas. N. Tyndall
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Peyton Marshall
South Stewart Street
Miss Campbell
Ellen Elizabeth Campbell
Edward Eugene Flint
Charlotte Campbell
Carol Tucker
Elizabeth Bland Campbell
Olon Lowe
Mr. Flint
Alice Campbell
John Brownlee Hamilton
St. Louis Moo
Flint
Grover G. Flint
Thelma Brown
Amherst Street
Chatham
N. J
J. Andrew Kater
Stella Virginia Kater
W. S. Clarke
Kenneth Williams
Margaret Byrd
Blue Ridge Country Club
Charles P. McVicar
Andrew Bell
Powell’s Fort Valley Camp
Mrs. C. E. Huntsberry
Mrs
Henry McVicar
Indian Hollow
Mollie Lowery
EB. S. Grayson
Philadelphia
Camillus B. Stokes
Rockville, Md
R. H. Stokes
Minnie Baker
North Cameron Street
Pifer Company
Helen Follett
France
Madeleine Carroll
Just
Miss Lewis
Mrs. Randolph
Thomas N. Carter
Powhatan
Ann Woolfolk
Margaret Della Meade
Rehoboth Beach
Delaware
Virginia Welford
Clarke
Messrs
Anne Meade
Louis Phil
Tom Meade
Beverley Randolph
Beverley Farms
Mass
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Nelly Pleasants
Baltimore
George H. Burwell
Mt. Airy
Joseph Sharp
New Mexico
Hugh Willoughby
Edward Jenkins
Alexis Sommaripa
Bellfield
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Freeman Sport
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Bank Credit Performs
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Underwood
Underwood’s Bakery
Barbara Bell
Station O
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