Surprise Party for Mr Ray Cather In Winchester Home
A surprise birthday party for Mr Ray Cather was held last Tuesday at his parents home. Guests included many Cathers and friends such as Mr and Mrs Newton Cather and Mr and Mrs Guy Smith. Also noted are visitors from Baltimore and Morgantown. Associated Press chief Paul Simmons and Mrs Sizemore toured Shenandoah Valley and praised its scenery and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cather
Newton
Cather
Newton Cather
Guy Smith
Sadie Yeakley
Holmes Yeakley
Earle Bailey
Louise Adams Wilda Baker
Evelyn Bailey
Elsie Braithwaite
Martha Brown
Boyd Ramey
Tom Rosenberger
John Ross
Frank Smith
Vernon Unger
Harry and
Stewart Yeakley
Associated Press
Winchester
Paul Simmons
Baltimore
W. D. Sizemore
Morgantown
N. C
Simmons
Greenville
S. C
Social calendar highlights weekly civic, church, and lodge events
The schedule lists multiple weekly meetings and socials including Lions Club lunch at George Washington Hotel, Junior Choir at United Brethren Church, Modern Woodmen Camp 15 meeting, and Kiwanis luncheon. Other events include garden club, Elks lodge, choirs, Rotary Club, lawn party, American Legion post luncheon, and a lecture by Dr. Randolph T. Shields at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
United Brethren Church
Modern Woodmen of America
North Loudoun Street
Middletown
Stephens City
Elizabeth Furnace
Powell’s Fort
Rotary Club
Winchester Golf Club
Fred Robinson
Loudoun Street
North Avenue
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Randolph T. Shields
China
Round Hill 4-H Club Hosts Dinner Ahead of Yard Party
The girls 4-H Club at Round Hill met with Miss Isabelle Rosenberger as host and Miss Louie Carper as hostess at Mrs. John Larrick’s home. A decorated table for twelve featured an informal dinner and plans for a July 19 yard party to fund delegate expenses. Announced marriages and church class meeting details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Hill
John Larrick
Isabelle Rosenberger
Louie Carper
Farrar
Clayton Pingley
Bunny Larrick
Thelma Courtney
Round Hill Presbyterian Church
Blacksburg
Beatrice Oates Weds Ward Kerns in Hampshire County
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Beatrice Oates daughter of Mr and Mrs David W Oates Hampshire County Va to Mr Ward W Kerns son of Mr and Mrs S M Kerns Frederick County Va. The ceremony was performed by Rev George W Stover at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North Avenue Saturday afternoon. Modern Woodmen Camp To Meet Tuesday Night at 8. A yard party by Willing Workers at Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church lot tomorrow evening at 7 for church support. Water pageant at Camp White Rock next Sunday for Girl Scouts and former members with picnic suppers and evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Patterson
J. E. Patterson
Mary Lee Patterson
Clifton Emery
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
Allan Jones
Kernstown
Opequon
Presbyterian
Mr. Emery
George T. Emery
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Corporation
Beatrice Oates
David W. Oates
Hampshire County
Ward W. Kerns
S. M. Kerns
Frederick County
George W. Stover
The
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
Modern Woodmen
Modern Woodmen of America
North
Loudoun Street
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Camp
White Rock
Tea And Shower Held For August Bride Huntsberry
Mrs. William Perrine and Miss Jane Mudden entertained at Miss Huntsberry’s South Washington Street home with a tea and shower in her honor. Miss Huntsberry will marry Mr. James Donald Shockey in early August. Cake Day Tomorrow At Girl Scouts Camp at White Rock. Cakes may be donated to Cooper Merchandise and Oil Company before 11 a.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Perrine
Washington
Jane Mudd
South Washington Street
Virginia Anne Huntsberry
James Donald Shockey
Girl Scouts
White Rock
Cooper Merchandise and Oil Company
W C T U Meeting Change Notice
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its regular semi monthly meeting at 9 30 Wednesday morning at the Friends Meeting House corner of Washington and Piccadilly streets. Members are asked to note the date change from Thursday to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Friends’ Meeting House
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Miss Elizabeth Scully to Wed Mr Sanders in Washington
Miss Elizabeth Negley Scully, daughter of Cornelius D Scully of Shepherdstown, Virginia, becomes engaged to William Sanders of Washington. Scully heads the National Youth Administration office. Sanders works with the Pan American Union and is a graduate of Leland Stanford and Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Scully
Sanders
Cornelius D. Scully
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Elizabeth Negley
William Sanders
Washington
Scully
Goucher College
New
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Aubrey W. Williams
Works Progress
John &. Scully
Pan-American Union
John Barlow Sanders
Handsworth
England
Leland Stanford
California
Oxford
Lawn Festival Planned at Robinson Home
Preparations are under way for a large lawn festival on Thursday evening July 18 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Robinson on North Loudoun Street. The event, sponsored by the Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church, features a 14 piece orchestra and will donate receipts above expenses to the church hymn book fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred. A. Robinson
North Loudoun Street
North Avenue
Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church
Admirals Wife and Daughter Here On Visit
Mrs. Yates Stirling and her daughter Miss Gordon Stirling of Baltimore are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Kerfoot on South Washington streets. Mrs. Stirling is the wife of Rear Admiral Stirling of the U S Navy likely to be retired soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Stirling
Yates Stirling
Gordon Stirling
Baltimore
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Washington Streets
Stirling
United States Navy
Protect Color Of Little Schools
California acted to keep school buildings from being used for mass gatherings by groups seeking to overthrow the government. Governor Merriam signed the bill, labeling it a key move to curb un American activity and to strike at communists and all reds in this era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California
Frank F. Merrian
William Palmer Found Dead Near Hayfield
William Palmer known as Buffalo, an elderly resident of Hayfield Frederick County, was found dead Saturday afternoon at a small house he lived in. Medical exam showed natural causes possibly hastened by heart condition. Sheriff Harry L. McCann directed burial. funeral held yesterday with Bethel interment. Palmer had a daughter believed to live in Martinsburg West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Palmer
Hayfield
Frederick County
Buffalo
Palmer
Harry L. McCann
Rural Affairs Institute to Meet in Blacksburg
County Agent David M. Cloyd urges farmers to attend the Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs in Blacksburg from July 30 to August 1. Speakers include Henry A. Wallace, United States Secretary of Agriculture, with sessions on new farming methods and AAA programs. Attendance urged for all farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
David M. Cloyd
Blacksburg
Virginia Institute of Rural Affairs
AAA
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Television May Expand to Long Distance TV Network
Washington reports that television may expand in 1936 with a coaxial cable link between New York and Philadelphia for TV transmission. Bell Laboratories president Dr. Frank B. Jewett will ask the FCC to approve the new seven eighths inch coaxial cable, capable of 700000 cycles bandwidth and 200 telephone conversations, to test field performance and link broadcasting stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Frank B. Jewett
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Commis
New York
Philadelphia
Sound
Ozgether
Deadly Flowers Trap Insects And Animals Worldwide
Flowers trap prey from tiny bees to birds and mice using closing petals and lethal fumes. In tropical species larger blooms ensnare animals, drain blood, and eject carcasses. A Javanese flower lures mice and drowns them, while others kill dogs and goats with toxic vapors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Man Exhibits Rattler Caught With Bare Hands in Frederick
Oliver Hamilton of the Lamps section in Frederick county took a day off from farming to show a rattlesnake in town for weekend shoppers and reporters. He said he caught the female snake with his bare hands and placed it in a bucket with a wire screen. He plans to skin and tan the hide for a belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hamilton
Lamps
Frederick County
The
Star
Hamilton
Mr. Kipling
Correct Dress Contest Winners Named by Clubs and Home Project Plans
The article lists committee members from numerous clubs including Pace One and mentions a dress contest winners announcement. It notes plans for county 4-H home economics projects for 1936, a county-wide project vote, and the upcoming 4-H short course at Blacksburg with delegates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pace One
Frances Braithwaite
Short course cancelled as precaution against infant paralysis spread
The paper notes the short course for this year is cancelled to prevent infant paralysis. Delegates and alternates named would have attended: Mary Judy, Garland Baker as delegates. Edna Courtney, Earl Cather as alternates. A committee of Harriet Adams, Louise Carper, Frances Braithwaite, Garland Baker, Raymond Carper and Mildred Snyder was appointed to plan the summer achievement day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Judy
Garland Baker
Edna Courtney
Earl Cather
Harriett Adams
Louise Carper
Frances Braithwaite
Raymond Carper
Mildred Snyder
Dikes Give Way In China Floods
Reports from Hankow and Hankow side of the Han River describe large dike breaches during the floods. Ten thousand lives were lost as the Yangtze rose and dikes weakened, prompting mass evacuations and urgent repairs by military and civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shanghai
Rengo
Han
Samra Seo Hanyang
Heniver
Tankow
Hanyang
Hankow
Yangtse
Shenchow
Changkung
Die in Crash of Giant Plane in Amsterdam
A giant commercial airplane carrying 14 passengers and six crew crashed shortly after takeoff near the Amsterdam airport. Six crew and two British passengers died. 12 others survived, aided by ground staff and a Norwegian passenger who freed the trapped. The craft, American‑built, struck near a dike and burned, with survivors recalling a sudden engine failure and rapid collapse of the fuselage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Sweden
Cne
Newman
Hodson
Silverstein
Nieder
Bram
Vandyk
Clasasen
J. G. Faulkner
London
Green Urges Unions To Be Sure Of Facts
Washington July 14 William Green AF of L president urged unions to be absolutely sure of their ground before employers under the Wagner labor disputes act The act guarantees labor’s right to bargain collectively sets up a new labor relations board and makes employer interference an unfair practice Green urged leaders to ignore claims of unconstitutionality and stressed responsibility in industrial relations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
Fed of Labor
A. F P. of L
Green
Airmail Pilot Safe After 2 Million Miles Flown
An airmail pilot named Judging from official records remains safe after flying two million miles.
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Cammer
Kernstown Methodist
Huntsberry
Highland Avenue Church
Phobe
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Snapp
A. M.B. Snapp
Southern Methodist Church
Levels
MTBO
Cumberland
Mr. Snapp
Lewis
Max Lewis
Lais
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Stone’s Chapel
Berryville
C. Marshall Baldwin
Dorothy Oden
Washington, D. C
Victor L. Denny
West Cork Street
Dorothy Winkfield
This City
H. S. Benner
Stephenson
Epworth League
Massanetta Springs
Wilda Capper
Anne Snake
Middle Springs
Catherine Powell
P. C. Petrie
David
Bartonville
Berwyn
Clark Maxwell
Mr. Petrie
Maxwell
Parkes Lewis
Mont Alto, Pa
Mrs
Amherst Street
Frank Wiemer
Hyman Wiemer
A. J. Novick
Angerona Terrace
Roy Adams
Frank
Billy Adams
Marie Anderson
Allen Coverstone
Ripley Carter
Hot Springs
Rural Affairs Institute
Milady
Mr. Hamilton
Christmas Savings Club
Yellowstone Park
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Eugene
Peerless Beauty Salon
W. King St. Martinsburg, W. VA
Clearice
Loudoun St
Commercial & Savings Bank
Underwood
R. G., A. Grocer
R. M. Swimley
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