Dance At Millwood For Miss Van Meter de Butts
Social notes describe Miss Van Meter de Butts honored with a July 26 dance at the Blue Ridge Country Club Millwood hosted by Mr and Mrs Harry Ashby de Butts. Virginia hunt country guests include Mr Hanson Ely Jr and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Miss van Meter de Butts
Harry Ashby de Butts
Washington
Mrs. de Butts
Upperville
Mrs de Butts
Blue Ridge Country Club
Hanson Ely, Jr
Main
Hanson Ely
Virginia
Miss de Butts
Hunt Country
Ohio Visitors Tour Winchester and Freder ick County Notes
Ohio postmaster M. D. Barns and wife tour Winchester area with history ties to Capt. George W. Kurtz era. Fern Fogle and James Carter wed in Frederick County singed by Rev. Cephas Fahnestock. Local social events include parties for Margaret Byrd and Dorothy Robinson with a yard sale at Crums Church to benefit the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Fogle
Claude Fogle
Frederick County
Winchester
James Carter
Benjamin Carter
Cephas Fahnestock
Church of the Brethren
Rumor says Olivia de Havilland linked to Lord Michelham
Hollywood gossip centers on Olivia de Havilland possibly marrying London's Lord Michelham as reports note he is no longer responsible for his wife’s debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Olivia de Havilland
Lord Michelham
London
Local Readers Travel to New Jersey and World’s Fair
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper and Mr. Manuel Pingley with Miss Catherine Pingley and Mr. Charles Taylor journey to New Jersey to visit Mr. Alfred Cooper and attend the World's Fair in New York. Miss Madge Ritter of Woodstock avenue visits her sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. A M Abarca of Takoma Park Maryland for vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Cooper
Allison
Dorothy Cooper
Douglas Cooper
Rehoboth Beach
Donald McFadden
Allison Cooper
New Jersey
Harry Cooper
Manuel Pingley
Catherine Pingley
Charles Taylor
Alfred Cooper
New York
Madge Ritter
Woodstock Avenue
City
Mrs
A. M. Abarca
Takoma Park
Residents Visit and Return from Family Homes
Mrs Emma Pitcock of Refuge visits daughter Mrs A R Ritter in this city and Mrs Hilda Meek returns to Washington from her parents home in Winchester. Mrs Samuel Cook and grandsons return from California to stay with daughter Mrs Albert Jones. Ralph W Dryden of Philadelphia visits Winchester area in New York Packer business. Mrs Homer W Dudley and children stay with Rev W L Dudley on South Cameron Street. Mr and Mrs B M Neitzey and children return to Washington DC after visiting South Cameron Street home of Mr and Mrs John Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Pitcock
Refuge
A. R. Ritter
Hilda Meek
Washington
Samuel Cook
Albert Jones
California
Ralph W. Dryden
Philadelphia
New York Packer
Winchester
Modern Etiquette Q&A by Roberta Lee
A column on travel manners and wedding etiquette discusses praising a hometown while visiting, the meaning of wedding breakfast, and whether a tailored suit suits a woman at a hotel luncheon. It covers timeless social norms with brief Q and A exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lee
Dudley sisters join nature study camp in western Pennsylvania
Misses Esther and Kathryn Dudley of New York have traveled to western Pennsylvania for a three week nature study camp, staying at the home of their father Rev. W. L. Dudley on South Cameron Street. Meantime, C E Whitacre of Hampshire County is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital with typhoid fever in serious condition. Mrs. John E Legard of Abingdon and Mrs. M F Chappelle of Marshall visit Mrs Lawrence Herrill. Mr and Mrs P J Wilson and children Laurie and Sylvia left for New York after visiting Mrs Wilson's parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Herrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Kathryn Dudley
New York
W. L. Dudley
Cameron Street
Pennsylvania
C. E. Whitacre
Hampshire County
Memorial Hospital
John E. Legard
Abingdon
M. F. Chappelle
Marshall
Lawrence Herrill
P. J. Wilson
Laurie
Sylvia
Service Guild To Meet Tuesday Evening
The Woman's Service Guild of Market Street Methodist Church will meet Tuesday at 8 o'clock at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Service Guild
Market Street Methodist Church
Father Pays As Expected In Shopping
Hollywood July 22 Jane Wyman and Ronald Reagan each had ten dollars to outshop the other in a publicity stunt. Reagan overspent by 13.46 dollars while Jane bought mostly inexpensive items but ended with lighter real spending. The gag underscored competing claims on spendable money as they await their expected baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jane Wyman
Ronald Reagan
Ronald
Iowa
Jane
Reagan
You Cant Take It With You at Little Theatre Opens
Winchester audiences will see a quirky household in the Little Theatre production of You Cant Take It With You. Ayden stars as a middle aged financier with Alice Alexander as Mrs Kirby joining Ed Williams as Boris Kolenkhov and Elizabeth Massie as Olga Katrina as Olga. The show runs Tuesday through Friday at Handley High School auditorium with a dinner guest chaos theme.
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Vanderhof
Kirbys
Little Theatre
Mrs
de Kirby
Ngs Yn
Alice Alexander
Alice Sycamore
Tony Kirby, Jr
Ayden
Wall Street
Kirby
the Cumberland
Boris Kolenkhov
Ed Williams
Front Royal
Williams
Olga Katrina
Grand Duchess
Russia
Elizabeth Massie
Olga
Winchester
Handley High School
Tamil language heritage and regional reach described
The Smithsonian notes Tamil is spoken in the Madras Presidency and northern Ceylon districts. It is the oldest organized Dravidian language with few Sanskrit words and some borrowings from Hindustani Arabic and Persian. Tamil script has changed little over five centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
Madras Presidency
India
Ceylon
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1227 B smock frock for mothers-to-be
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1227 B offers a modern smock frock for expectant mothers with a slant yokeline, white self collar, and adjustable skirt. Materials include crepe, rayon, polka dot, and cottons. Sizes 14 to 42 with busts 32 to 42. Pattern 15c, book 11.5c. combo 25c.
Sacred head custom in Fiji cited as insult
Fiji norms hold the head sacred and touching above another's head is insult. Women crawl on hands and knees when men are idle inside a house. Insulted individuals may commit suicide to erase the affront. Also noted is a method to dull fabric shine using ammonia solution and steam followed by emery paper roughening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji Islands
Land Kept in Family In Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamian law barred selling land to outsiders 3,500 years ago. Lawyers circumvented this by arranging legal adoptions into families willing to dispose of their land holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesopotamia
Old Pop Time Beauty Advice On Neck Care And Brows
A vintage style health and beauty column advises women to prioritize self care with neck massages, creams, cold compresses, and facial routines. It warns against neglect, promotes neck and brow maintenance, and suggests gentle eyebrow friction to preserve what remains.
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Miss Robertson
Mr. Orndorff
William Henry Orndorff
Laura Louise Robertson
George W. Waters
Russell Robertson
Stephens City
John Orndorff
Effie Ashby
Mr. Palmer
Richmond
Randall Palmer
Baptist Parsonage
T. Rupert Coleman
Palmer
R. L. Ashby
Bluemont
Loudoun County
R. B. Beavers
Berryville
Wade Hampton Palmer
Unison Bloomfield High School
Bloomfield, Va
Nelson Page
W. Nelson Page
New York City
Edith Colgate
Colgate
Lewis Hyde
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Haldeman
E. Piccadilly St
Beauty Shoppe
America
Huntsberry
Brenda Marshall
William Holden
Brenda
Richard Gaines
Ohio
M. D. Barns
Wilmington
Margaret Byrd
Arthur White
Middleburg
William P. McGuire
Dorothy Robinson
H. H. McGuire
Sam R. Shiley
Clarke County
James Clement
William Clement
Scranton
Martha Shiley
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville
Crums Church
Max Bender
Pearl Masincup
Roanoke
Carroll Bush
Baltimore
A. Hunter Davidson
Lucian Kesler
Fran Varney
Courtney Hook
Mammoth Tappan
Homer W. Dudley
Dickie
Martha Jean
aPtsy Ann Dudley
Garden City, N. Y
South
Husband
Hubbard Keavy
Sengbusch
Phone 242
Pife Company, Inc
Thespians
Roy Ryden
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
N. Y
Underwood’s
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
the Commercial& Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Phonograph
Victor
Columbia
DECCA
Bluebird
Vocalion
OKEH
Brunswick
Needles — Supplies
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
North Braddock St
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
C. B. Smalts & Son
Helen Follett
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