Minister and family depart for new post in Blacksburg
The Rev and Mrs. Eugenie D. Witherspoon and their son Eu move to Blacksburg Virginia where he will serve a new post after six weeks’ arrival. A farewell reception at Loudoun Street Presbyterian drew 150 friends as the couple began a fresh term of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenie D. Witherspoon
Eumotor
Blacksburg
Witherspoon
Frances Talbot McFaden
F. T. McFaden
North Braddock Street
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Loudoun Street
Sunday School
Christian Endeavor Society
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Meetings and Choirs
This calendar lists regular meetings and activities across local groups. American Legion Post and Kiwanis Club meet at the George Washington Hotel. church choirs rehearse at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal, United Brethren, and Grace Lutheran churches. Crusaders Society meets at Sacred Heart. Bryarly Community League gathers at Bryarly schoolhouse. Ever Ready Missionary Society meets at Congregational Christian Church. Lions Club event noted for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Crusaders’ Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Bryarly
Kiwanis Club
The
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Engaged Miss Lorene Turnipseed to wed C J Blair Jr
A Maysville Kentucky social item announces the engagement of Lorene Turnipseed to Charles J Blair Jr of Danville and Charlottesville. Blair, with the USDA, studied at Virginia Tech and is based in Charlottesville. The couple plan a late summer wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Elizabeth Slaylor
Edgemont
Frank O. Barkley, Jr
Rachael Steele
Washington
Winchester
Eastern State Teachers College
University of Kentucky
Blair
C. J. Blair
Danville
Agricultural Department
Charlottesville
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
William Cochran, Jr
Edwin M Hughes
Don Caldwell
Katharine Williams Weds Joseph Warrenfeltz in Strasburg
Miss Katharine Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams of Capon Road Shenandoah county, married Joseph A. Warrenfeltz July 15 at the Presbyterian manse in Strasburg. Warrenfeltz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Warrenfeltz of Smithsburg Maryland, is manager of the Charles Town Grain and Feed Company. The couple will reside in Charles Town W Va after a wedding trip. Mrs. Warrenfeltz is a great niece of Mrs. John W. Rice of North Braddock Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Williams
Capon Road
Shenandoah County
Katharine
Joseph A. Warrenfeltz
Strasborg
Harry M. Crim
Warrenfeltz
Jacob Warrenfeltz
Smithsburg
Charles Town
W. Va
John W. Rice
North Braddock Street
Mrs Wilgus To Sing At Meeting Of Open Door Class
Mrs C M Wilgus will sing a solo with piano by Billy Barnes at the Open Door Bible Class gathering of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church after the lesson about 10 30 Sunday morning. Reports from Massanetta Springs attendees are expected. lesson by R Lee Stickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilgus
C. M. Wilgus
Billy Barnes
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Massanetta Springs
R. Lee Stickel
Yard Party This Evening At Christian Church
The Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Christian Church hosts a yard party on the church lawn at South Braddock and West Clifford streets. Guests include Mr and Mrs Frank T McFaden Jr and daughter Katherine of Mt Vernon N J, visiting the McFadens at the manse. Announcements note friends and other locals attending various social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Christian Church
Church Lawn
South Braddock and
West Clifford Streets
Frank T. McFaden
Katherine McFaden
Mt. Vernon
F. T. McFaden
Presbyterian Church
North Braddock Street
Churches Will Sponsor School At Round Hill
A Daily Vacation Bible School opens Monday July 18 at 2 PM in the Round Hill Schoolhouse. The two week program runs daily 2 to 4 30 PM for children aged 4 to 14, organized by the Round Hill Methodist and Presbyterian churches with Miss Minnie Mae Combs directing. A planning meeting for workers is set for Saturday at 3 30 PM at the Round Hill Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill
Minnie Mae Combs
Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Winchester Fair Prizes Highlight Local Apple Exports
One year ago commission houses selling large volumes of local apples offered prizes at the Winchester Fair. Prof Floyd Flickinger named historian of the Colonial National Monument. A tablet to Gen Turner Ashby unveiled at Grace Episcopal Berryville. Wheat at 25 cents a bushel forecast in the Southwest. Rev E A Lambert of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal South urged Democrats in a church address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Fair
Floyd Flickinger
Colonial National Monument
Turner Ashby
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
E. A. Lambert
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Fire destroys Clarke County Milling Company at Berryville
Destructive blaze at Clarke County Milling Company in Berryville imperiled the town. Winchester Lions Club attended a sectional meeting at Braddock Heights Maryland. A memorial tablet for World War II era veteran Charles T A McCormick Jr was unveiled at Grace Episcopal Church. Confederate Veterans plan a large picnic on Manassas Battlefield. Engagement announced between Miss Mary Katherine Herrell and P J Wilson of Johnstown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Berryville
Winchester Lions Club
Braddock Heights
Charles T. A. McCormick, Jr
Grace Episcopal Church
Manassasitlefield
Mary Katherine Herrell
P. J. Wilson
Johnstown
Winchester Native Captured and Held in German Camp
Charles L. Worthington formerly of Winchester is reported captured by German forces and held in a German prison camp. Dr. Ralph B. Snapp returned from a Washington hospital to his parents in town this afternoon after weeks as a patient. Republicans of Virginia plan a Roanoke meeting in August to discuss political plans. Commonwealth Attorney James P. Reardon has begun construction on a new home on South Stewart Street. A further report notes another American steamship sunk by a German submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Worthington
Winchester
Germany
Virginia
Roanoke
James P. Reardon
South Stewart Street
Ralph B. Snapp
Washington, D. C
Noted Frederick County Distiller Dies at Farm
Joseph Ridley a centenarian distiller died at the parish farm after a week of illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with burial in the parish farm graveyard. Ridley famed for Savage’s pure rye and clung to distilling through Prohibition, facing multiple arrests for illegal manufacture. He left no known immediate relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Ridley
L. E. Savage
Kernstown
Savage
Joe
Roosevelt Cruises Up Cape Cod Coast Aboard Myth II
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and his party voyaged through the Cape Cod canal aboard the yawl Myth II and entered Massachusetts Bay after 10 am. His course toward Gloucester Marblehead or Manchester depended on wind as cheering crowds waved from the canal bridge and five steamers saluted the yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sandwich
Mass
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cape Cod Canal
Massachusetts Bay
Gloucester
Marblehead
Manchester
Cape Code
Roosevelt
Bible School To Be Held At Opequon Chapel
A vacation Bible School will be conducted at Opequon Union Chapel starting Monday July 18 at 9 am and continuing each morning from 9 to 11 30 for two weeks. Children aged 4 and older are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opequon Chapel
Opequon Union Chapel
School meeting set at Kerns Town manse
Fourteen year olds are invited with Miss Minnie Mae Combe in charge to attend a Saturday evening meeting at 8 o'clock at the Kerns Town manse to finalize plans for the school. All who can attend urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mae Combe
Kernstown
Cigaret Ads Attract Women Yet Drive Men Back To Pipes
A reader notes that women may be drawn to cigarette advertisements while men return to pipes, suggesting mixed responses to tobacco messaging. The remark comments on gendered effects of ads without citing a specific event or source.
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Richard E. Griffith, Jr
Theatr
Little Theatre Movement
Noel Coward
Griffith
Little Teatre Movement
Little Theatre
Metropolitan Theatre
Matehi
America
Broadway
Coward
England
New York
the Capitol
Lions’ Club
Lorene Turnipseed
Mr. C. J. Blair
Maysville, Ky
Huntsberry
Fect Theatre
Katharine Williams
Shenandoah
Virginia Glass Dove
Lucy Artin Trenary
Noda Royston
Nurses Training School
Shenandoah River
Lennard Shade
Lora Alderman
Guy Rogers
Martinsburg
Hockman
Norfolk
L. L. Hockman
Larrick Hockman
Clem Sydner
South Washington Street
Sarah Mercer
Garland Canter
Church Society
Willing Workers’ Society of the First Baptist Church
Miss Heiman
Louise Heiman
New York Sunday Mirror
J.S. Heiman
Lafayette
Europe
Louise Henry
Heiman
Mary McKenzie
Feinberg
Frank Feinberg
Winchester Haberdasner
Memorial Hospital
T. Bedford Ellett
Richmond
A. S. Pennypacker
Willow Lawn
Valley Avenue
Davis Woodward
Orkney Springs
Jack Pennypacker
Mrs
Or Pennypacker
Valley Pike
Virginia Missinger
Gaynes
Nina Lou Triplett
University of Pennsylvania
Warren Adams Dove
Squabby
A. H. Dove
Boyce
Pittsburgh
Aubrey Weaver
Front Royal
Joseph Schmidt
Newark, N. J
H. B. McCormac
Virginia Woolen Company
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Albert Simmons
Dorothy
Ruth Simmons
Stephens City
Baltimore
Ann Eley
Mrs. A. S. Pennypacker
Joseph Ridley
Gov. Roosevelt
Lovett
N. Main St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Warner Bros
Theatre Auctions
Rand Prize
Snapp
Belt Clothes Shop
Scheaffer
Baker's Drug Store
the Buncutter Tire CO
Farmers & Merchants
Pennies National Bank
Liberty Magazine
James
Marion Nixon
Guy Kibbee
Dickie Moore
Ruth Etting
McNamee News
Wwe
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