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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1938
Page
8
Many residents hosted social gatherings across Millwood and nearby Clarke County. Notables included Miss Katherine Beatty entertaining Prentiss Taylor, and horse shows at Mam Mouth and Eagle's Rock with Greenhalgh and Weatherall involvement. Events featured teas, luncheons, dinners, and plans for local tennis tournaments at Ridge Country Club.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about listening with full attention. The guest of honor sits to the host's right at a formal dinner. Slacks are approved for beach wear.
Miss Williams of Aubure South Carolina returns from a European tour aboard the Queen Mary with family attendees in Clarke county. She travels with Joshua Campbell and is greeted by her mother and relatives in England before planned visits with family in Clarke county and friends in North Carolina.
A presidential committee recommends a public health program costing 850 million dollars annually. It would provide medical care and health insurance. President Roosevelt appointed the committee. Dr Irvin Abell calls the plan unworkable and a rebel faction within the AMA urges federal approval.
On Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. the Kiwanis Club holds its annual outing at Ralph Pifer’s farm along the Capon River. A 1:00 p.m. Rotary Club luncheon meets at Winchester Golf Club. At 5:30 p.m. Girls Athletic Association hosts a regular tea at Mrs. Wyatt Richards’ Middle Road home. Grace Lutheran Church hosts a Woman's Bible Class at Mrs. John Haines’s home. Winchester Camp Modern Woodmen of America assembles at East Boscawen Street’s Odd Fellows Hall.
Captain and Mrs. Bott of the Salvation Army will direct a devotional radio hour tomorrow from 9 to 9 30 a.m. over Station WFMD in Frederick Maryland. They take over the program from Captain and Mrs. Robert Bott of Frederick and Captain Bott of Winchester expresses hope listeners will find it interesting.
The Shenandoah Valley Rebekah Association met at the Winchester Lodge No. 21 hall with 92 members present. C V Robinson grand master spoke after prayers and scripture. Miss Beulah Gore presided. entertainment featured song and violin acts. refreshments followed. notes on future meetings and relatives’ travel listed.
Mr. C E Cougill Jr connected with the railway mail service in Washington DC spent the weekend with his parents in Middletown and attended Ridings Chapel home-coming services where he met many boyhood friends. He was joined by his niece Janie Miller who will spend a week with him and with J C Kennedy and family.
Attendees at the Belmont Plantation Supper last night included Miss Margaret Byrd and house guests Miss Anne Shriver and Mr. Walter Pinckett of Baltimore. Others were H B McCormac Tyson Gilpin Beverley Byrd Dick Byrd William Harris and John Rhodes. Dr and Mrs Thomas Gibson traveled to the Jersey coast for a Seashore stay then plan to return to Winchester Monday. Herbert W Miller left for White Sulphur Springs to attend meetings of the Society of American Florists and the Florists Telegraph Delivery Association with Lyle Criswell of Martinsburg, secretary of the WV unit.
The Woman's Bible Class of Grace Lutheran Church will meet at 125 West Boscawen Street the home of Mrs John Haines at 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
The Webber family of this section plans its annual reunion on Sunday, July 24 at the Dutch Windmill Picnic grounds near Pikeside, West Virginia. All relatives are invited to attend and bring picnic baskets.
Mr and Mrs Delmar Robinson of West Leicester street sail from New York on the Pennland for a visit to England and Belgium. Robinson undertakes the voyage on behalf of the C L Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corp. Sister Miss Mary Robinson returns from Europe to help with the children. Also notes include Mrs L M Nulton visiting in Santa Monica and several locals traveling in Europe and to Washington.
The Ladies of the First Baptist Church plan a lawn party on the church lawn Thursday May 28 serving home made ice cream cakes and foods. Miss Decca Gilmer of Charlottesville will visit Miss Mary Scully of South Washington Street while Misses Scully and Gilmer room together at Sweet Briar. Mrs E T Clark and Miss Ann Oakes depart for Virginia Beach to attend the Y W A Baptist camp with Mrs Clark teaching at the camp.
Miss Alta Mae Ayers returns from Virginia Beach where she joined a Baptist Girls Auxiliary camp for a week. Mrs. Burr P. Harrison is expected back from Richmond tomorrow after visiting Baltimore and Quebec friends. Mrs. Gordon of Baltimore is honored with a luncheon by Mrs. Conrad as Mrs. Gordon visits from Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Preston and children spent days at Virginia Beach while their son attended the Royal Ambassadors camp. Mrs. Lamp is recovering from eye surgery and soon plans to go home to White Hall. Several families, including Landis and Helmick, visit Weyer's Cave and Berkeley Springs for leisure trips and religious events. Ada Williams has recovered enough to go out.
The Frederick County School Board will meet Thursday at the Division Superintendent Leslie D. Kline's office to transact routine business including details on the erection of the new consolidated school at Gore. A board member said satisfactory headway is being made on the project.
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