Picnic by Shriners and Eastern Star at Jordan Springs
McKinley Chapter Eastern Star and Winchester Shrine Club plan a 3 PM picnic at Jordan White Sulphur Springs. A buffet lunch at 6:30 PM, with a $1 Shriner contribution. Martinsburg Hagerstown Shrine Clubs invited. Dancing from 8:30 PM to midnight. Pool access at reduced rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
Winchester Shrine Club
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
A. H. Jackson
Stephens City Young Group Weiner Roast Planned
The Stephens City Home Economics girls and FFA boys plan a weiner roast for Thursday evening July 18 at Foxx's Park. Members in good standing are asked to meet at the agriculture building at eight and bring cars to transport everyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City Home Economics
Foxx’s Park
Vanderbilt visits Audley after landing at Admiral Byrd
New York turf patron Alfred G. Vanderbilt arrived at Admiral Byrd airport late yesterday afternoon in his two motor amphibian Douglas Dolphin from Baltimore. He then drove to Audley near Berryville, the B. B. Jones horse breeding estate. The Dolphin carries two 400 horsepower engines and a pilot crew with navigation aids. Vanderbilt’s party emphasized the airport’s value to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
New York
Admiral Byrd Airport
Baltimore
Vanderbilt
Winchester
Audley
B. B. Jones
Berryville
Community Calendar Highlights Local Church and Club Meetings
Weekly social calendar lists Junior Choir practice at United Brethren Church and a Ladies Aid Society meeting at No 436 North Loudoun. Other events include Modern Woodmen Camp 15 510, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Elks, garden club, and church choirs. A Midlletown Stephens City Home Demonstration picnic at Elizabeth Furnace is planned, with Rotary and Lions Club gatherings noted plus a Girl Scouts water pageant and Camp White Rock program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Silas G. Cather
North Loudoun Street
Modern Woodmen of America
Middletown
Stephens City
Elizabeth Furnace
Powell’s Bart
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Friends’ Meeting House
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Winchester
Clarke County
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Winchester Golf Club
Fred Robinson
Loudoun Street
North Avenue
Camp White Rock
D A R Pin Presented at Martha Washington Seminary Reception
E Pluribus Unum Chapter Washington hosts national and state D A R officers at a reception at Martha Washington Seminary on Sixteenth Street July 11. Several officers receive and present retiring regent Mrs William B Sinnot with an ex-regent's bar, honoring her patriotic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Pluribus Unum Chapter
Washington
Martha Washington Seminary
Sixteenth Street
William B. Sinnot
William C. Teubner
George Madden Grimes
Helen Harman
William H. Pouch
Howard L. Hodgkins
Contee
S. Ficken
J. MacFarquhar
Harold Machian
Ralph Thompson
John Sherman
Letitia A. Langille
Fulton R. Gordon
Sallie Stowe Whitcomb
Sinnot
Charles J. Athey
Church Society To Meet At Mrs Thompson's Home
The Willing Helpers' Class of Macedonia Methodist Church holds a quarterly business meeting at 8 pm Wednesday at Mrs W R Thompson's Macedonia home. Members are urged to attend due to important business. Miss Gladys Walker of Lynchburg arrived for a several week visit with Mr and Mrs Temple Homar on the Martinsburg pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Macedonia
Tri State Red Men and Pocahontas meet in Baltimore
The Tri State organization of the Improved Order of Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas held a quarterly meeting in the Junior Order Hall Baltimore with Mrs Florence Flagg presiding. Monongahela Lode hosted. next meeting due in Martinsburg October. Tea hosted at Winchester Country Club honors Miss Virginia Hunter Boyd and Mrs Thomas Gibson amid engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-State Organization of Improved Order of Red Men
Degree of Pocahontas
Baltimore
Florence Flagg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
J. M. Steck, Jr
John McKee
George Smith, Jr
Winchester Country Club
Virginia Hunter "Boyd
Edward W.W. Barr
Thomas Gibson
New Officers Chosen By Girls' Athletic Club
The Girls' Athletic Club elects Opal Robinson as president Philomena lLaren as vice president Emily Lanford as treasurer and Lou Rice as secretary. They appoint a council with Sue Schlack Ida Lycett Edna Lamb Virginia Seal Elsie Mae Gaunt and Mary Sullivan. A dinner party at Wayside Inn July 18 honors three engaged members. Reservations due tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Robinson
Philomena lLaren
Emily Lanford
Lou Rice
Sue Schlack
Ida Lycett
Edna Lamb
Virginia Seal
Elsie Mae Gaunt
Mary Sullivan
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Lois Cross
Timberlake’s
Virginia Ann Huntsberry
Irene Mathews
Baker Family Reunion Held At Sebeechens Church
The tenth Baker reunion gathered at Sebeechens Church five miles north of Talleda with E. E. Baker Winches ter Mrs R H Hamman Strasburg and Minnie Baker Strickler New Market as organizers. Rev Melvin Baker was to speak in the morning with Rev Frank Baker and H P Baker in the afternoon. R H Baker of Middletown presided as president of the Baker clan. A picnic dinner was to be served on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Dudley
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Kathryn Dudley
New York
England
The
Disciples of Christ
Leicester
France
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Cherbourg
Miss Dudley
Baker F
Ee Sebeechens Church
E. E. Baker
Winchester
R. H. Hamman
Strasburg
Minnie Baker Strickler
New Market
Melvin Baker
Frank Baker
H. P. Baker
R. H. Baker
Middletown
Baker Clan
Ruth Bucher
Esther Funk
Marlboro
A. R. Punk
Edward Barbe
Fishers Hill
George Baker
Carl Baker
Winchester Clarke Garden Club Meeting Time Corrected
The Winchester Clarke Garden Club will meet tomorrow at 3:30 PM at Mrs Louis L Baker's residence on North Braddock Street not at 2:45 PM as previously announced in The Star social calendar. Members are urged to note the correct hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Louis L. Baker
North Braddock Street
The
Star
Moon Eclipse Captivates Nation Despite Patchy Skies
Across the United States people watched the first total lunar eclipse since 1927. Observers in Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and many Great Lakes cities enjoyed clear skies while spots from Harvard to Rochester and Philadelphia faced clouds, with observers in Kentucky and Indiana seeing good visibility and others reporting varying conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Harvard Observatory
Rochester
Syracuse
Albany
Buffalo
Washington
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
Kentucky
Indiana
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Charlotte
N. C
Atlanta
Atlantic Seaboard
Philadelhia
Atlantic City
Newark
Paterson
Kansas City
Arizona
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Mildly Insane Folk Attract Capitol Attention
Washington reports Capitol guard captain William S. Orthman says mildly insane "mes siahs" disturb Congress more than criminals. The nutty visitors, mostly once wealthy, arrive weekly to tell Congress what is wrong with the country and are gently encouraged to depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol
Captain Williams
Orthman
Capitol Guard
Congress
Fight To Oust President's Son Nearing Climax
In Fort Worth on July 15 a heated clash over Elliott Roosevelt, son of the President, moved toward a final confrontation as the Texas Young Democrats consider removing him from the role of executive vice president. The executive committee vows to crush the rebel faction led by Phil Overton of Dallas, asserting readiness for a decisive showdown at their upcoming session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Elliott Roosevelt
L‘h
Texas Young Democrats
Raymond Buck
Roosevelt
Phil Overton
Dallas
Overton
NRA
Student slayings shake Tabasco public safety scene
In Villa Hermosa Tabasco an automobile plowed into a student gathering at the principal's event injuring and killing several. Governor Lastra said a deputy was struck and students tried to shield a victim as chaos followed. The attack targeted Tomas Garrido, a former Tabasco ruler, amid a radical political clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Villa Hermosa
Tabasco
Tomas Garrido
Vila Hermosa
Lastra
Ibasco
Ste'p
Studens
Prediction Fallout in Quetta Quake Counts
New York July 16 Reuben Greenspan a geology minded teacher claims more quakes will hit the Quetta region with a 29th and 30th of the month anticipation. He sets a 24 hour window around July 16 and cites past quakes that killed thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Reuben Greenspan
Quetta
India
Qune
Greenspan
Associated Press
Britain Rejects George Plan for New Deal
London July 15. Cabinet votes to reject There George’s proposed New Deal for Britain modeled on Washington. A detailed statement of reasons will be issued next Monday. The plan envisioned 1.25 billion pounds for productive public works over the next six years. The move follows a cabinet reshuffle suggesting Prime Minister Baldwin distances from George’s proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Great Britain
Washington
Lloyd George
Baldwin
Lecture On Africa At The Tokus Inn
Pastor G H Clark will present an illustrated lecture titled Remarkable Contrasts In Human Lives What God Is Doing in the Dark Continent. The talk at Tokus Inn Opequon Thursday night July 18 includes a song service at 7 45 and the lecture at 8 00. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H.clark
South Gyatten
Tokus Inn
Opequon
Early Ore Smelters and Afri Foundry Claims
The notice speculates that African natives may have first discovered ore smelting. It presents a historical theory about early metallurgical practices and the transfer of this knowledge across cultures.
Woman 78 Is Hurt In Crash On Valley Pike
A 78 year old woman driving a Model T Ford was lightly injured in a collision on the Valley Pike south of Harrisonburg at 9 am. Mrs. R. E. Bauser man turned left onto the road at the old second toll gate and hit Saleem Misnalany of Grottoes who was driving toward Harrisonburg. A Connecticut couple and their nine month old baby escaped serious harm when their car was wrecked in a collision with a truck near Mt. Sidney. The truck was driven by Joe Anderson of Roanoke and owned by W. W. Draper of Roanoke. Both drivers were summoned before Trial Justice Terrell Sheehan in Staunton to determine fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Pike
Harrisonburg
R. E. Bauserman
Saleem Misnalany
Grottoes
Mt. Sidney
William S. Bosang
Stamford
Also Mentioned on This Page
District Daughters of the American Revolution
Shriners
Eastern Star
Jordan Springs
Stephens City Young Group
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Randolph T. Shields
China
Kernstown
M. E. Church
South
J. W. Cammer
Valley Avenue
Lions Club
Huntsberry
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Girls’ Athletic Club
Mr. Dudley
Church Society
Shady Lawn
Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Chureh
Pleasant Valley
Ella
Emmart
Cedar's Cove
Society
Charles Consolvo
Pearson Hyslip
Philadelphia
R. E. Byrd
Fenton Carter
Hyslip
William Massey
Eugene Cooper
Shawnee Garden Club
Bryarly Community League
Boy Scout
Charles Henderson
Rosemont
Bradshaw Beverley Byrd
Berryville, Va
Byrd
Amherst Street
C. C. Brannon
Messrs
Frederick County Circuit Court
William van Meter
N. J
Harold C. Sheetz, Jr
Winchester Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Lodge
Columbus
Ohio
Sheetz
Virginia Wall
J. Maurice Rouzee
Warrenton
William Wall
Rouzee
Garden Club
Africa
William Schweitzer
Howard Carter Dickinson
Violet
Wayne County
Schweitzer
Commercial & Savings Bank
Terrell Sheehan
Staunton
Good Housekeeping
R. G. A. Grocer
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
R. M. Swimley
Washington, D. C
Washington Post
of Ladies
Loudoun St
Loudoun
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