Social club events and family celebrations in Virginia and Hawaii
Social news notes a V F W Auxiliary yard party organized by Commander Harry Butler Jr at 315 W Clifford St with Mrs Martha Baker reported as third flag bearer. August gathering at Capon Lake. A Golf Club dance features Phil Young orchestra with tickets from local shops. George Conner observed 78th birthday with family. Loyal Workers Bible class hosts a yard party at Burnt Factory Church. A dinner for Judge Lewis Stribling Lebaron and Mrs Lebaron is hosted by Mrs W R Talbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Butler, Jr
Harry Butler
Clifford Street
Martha Baker
Virginia
Lucy Marshall
Dept. Los
George Conner
Hunter Ritenour
Conner
Harry
Elbert Hannon
Phyliss
Bevely Hall
Robert Conner
Harold
Shirley
Nancy Conner
Homer Hensell
Janet
Charlotte
Bunny
Winston Hensell
Charles Henson
Grover Henson
Jimmy William Hensell
Calvin
William
Hensell
Preston Jr
Vesta
Elsie
Allen
Ben Conner
Preston, Jr
Howard Conner
Franklin
Billy
Doris
Darline Conner
Shirley Hannon
Mary Love
Donnie
Davie Ritenour
Loyal Workers Bible Class
Burnt Factory Church
Lewis Stribling Lebaron
Supreme Court
Honolulu
Hawaii
Tea and Shower Honors Miss Dorothy deGrange
Mrs. Victor Constant hosted a 4:30 p m tea shower for Miss Dorothy deGrange to celebrate her upcoming August 9 wedding to Mr. Thomas Baldridge. Guests included Miss Nancy Wolfe and others from Bluefield and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Constant
W. Cecil Street
Dorothy deGrange
Thomas Baldridge
Helen Cornell Specialized Cosmetics Ad Highlights Home Beauty
A compact beauty ad promotes at home products including conditioning and wave sets. Items listed include an 8 oz conditioning kit priced at 60 cents, a permanent wave kit at 1.50, bubble bath at 1.00, and the 8 oz Wave Set and related beauty supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Cornell
Mary Steele attends Virginia Girls State at Radford
Miss Mary Virginia Steele of Middletown, daughter of Mr and Mrs Loring J Steele, represents Repens County at Virginia Girls State this week in Radford. trip sponsored by the Virginia Department of the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia Steele
Middletown
Virginia
Radford
Virginia Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Miss Steele
Loring J. Steele
Repens County
Charles Hirth
Elizabeth Hirth Mahon
Copenhagen
Denmark
Amsterdam
Rome
Cairo
Damascus
Syria
Mallon
State Department Foreign Service
Stockholm
Sweden
Frankfort
Berlin
Munich
Germany
State Department
Washington
Youth crawls two miles to aid after plane crash
A. N. Meek Jr. survived a mountain top crash near Wertzville Pennsylvania then crawled over two miles through rain soaked brush to reach his injured father. He sustained a fractured thigh and other injuries before authorities were alerted by Mrs. Clarence Beistline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
A. N. Meek, Jr
Johnstown
Wertzville
Clarence Beistline
Tuck Seeks to Enforce Anti-Gambling Laws in Virginia Beach
Mayor H. Warfield Leeke said establishments that closed after gambling fines had reopened and asked Commonwealth's Attorney Paul W. Ackiss for help enforcing Virginia anti gambling laws. Leeke claimed governor’s backing to enforce the laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
H. Warfield Leeke
Commonwealth
Paul W. Ackiss
Peo Leeke
A E Whitsel Succumbs at 72 in Front Royal
Arthur E Whitsel aged 72 of Front Royal died last night at Maplewood Nursing Home Winchester He was a former Southern Railway employee and a Presbyterian church member He is survived by his wife Wallace Smith a brother Ray Whitsel and five sisters The body rests at Maddox funeral home Front Royal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Whitsel
Front Royal
Maplewood
Winchester
George E
Anna Whitsel
Harrisonburg
Southern Railway
Presbyterian Church
Wallace Smith
Jacksonville
Florida
Ray Whitsel
Washington
H. B. Miller
Frank H. Long
Miami
Catholics tighten hold on first in church league
The Catholic softball team beat Market Street Methodists 14 to 3 to extend its lead in the church league standings. Hobert pitched for Catholics with Billmyer for the Methodists, Corrigan homered for the Catholics. Highland Avenue forfeited to Braddock Street Methodists 9–0 in the senior game. Episcopal forfeited to United Brethren 9–0 in the junior division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street Methodists
Hobert
Billmyer
Methodists
Corrigan
Highland Avenue
Braddock Street Methodists
Episcopal
United Brethren
Candy Men to Elect Officers at Southern Confectioners Meet
The 900 candy manufacturers and jobbers attending the 24th annual convention of the Southern Wholesale Confectioners Assn. were to elect officers at a final afternoon business session today. Fourteen states exclude women from jury service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Southern Wholesale Confectioners Assn
$10 Fine in Three Car Clifford Street Crash
A three car collision on Clifford Street led to a $10 fine in police court for George Melvin Miller. Miller, driving a 1935 Pontiac, struck Nellie Laverna Cain’s 1937 Plymouth which then hit a parked car owned by Charles L. Cover. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford St
George Melvin Miller
S. Cameron St
Miller
Nellie Laverna Cain
S. Loudoun St
Charles L. Cover
E. Clifford St
Revival Speaker Poole Headlines Kent Street Tent
The Rev. F. C. Poole ministering at the Apostolic Church revival in a tent at the corner of Kent and Boscawen Streets. Poole, superintendent of the Apostolic Church in the USA, travels from Philadelphia where he oversees the East Lansdowne church and has led revival meetings across the British Isles Denmark and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Poole
The
Apostolic Church
USA
Kent and
Boscawen Sts
Poole
Philadelphia
East Landsowne Church
British Isles
Denmark
Canada
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q and A
A Q and A on social behavior covers refusals to be introduced to a man, options for cake cutting at a wedding, and advance invitations for a dinner party. It outlines polite phrasing to use and timing guidelines, reflecting etiquette norms of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lee
Robert Blair
Mr. Blair
Mrs. Mary Shuler Dies in Baltimore
Mrs. Mary Shuler died yesterday in Mercy hospital Baltimore. She was the daughter of Mrs. Lottie R. Fuller of Winchester. Surviving are her mother a son Donald E. Shuler in the navy a brother Michael A. Russell three nephews and a niece all of Winchester. Services 3 p m tomorrow at Kurtz funeral home 21 S Loudoun St with Rev S J Goode officiating. Burial Mt Hebron cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Shuler
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
Lottie R. Fuller
S. Kent St
Winchester
Donald E. Shuler
Navy
Michael A. Russell
Kurtz
S. Loudoun St
S. J. Goode
Mt. Hebron
NAACP Meeting To Be Held At Cartwrights Funeral Home
The regular NAACP monthly meeting is scheduled for 8 30 p m at Cartwrights funeral home tomorrow city residents asked what was the largest annual naturalization figure in U S history The record shows 441 979 new citizens in 1944 since 1907 when the data began to be kept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
NAACP
Cartwright's Funeral Home
United States
Aylor to Discuss Social Unrest at Sunday School Meet
R E Aylor principal of Stephens City high school will speak at the Gainesboro district Sunday school convention at Redland Methodist church Whitacre on overcoming social unrest and economic insecurity. Also speaking are Rev John Oliver on eradicating evils and Rev L C Messick on securing community cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Aylor
Stephens City
Igh
Gainesboro
Redland
L. C. Messick
Julian Larrick
B. W. Johnson
George Whitacre
S. J. Goode
Jean Baker
R. L. Booze
Council of Churches
Lesson In English Word Study Preposterous
W L Gordon explains misused words and pronunciation. Focus on ingenious boldness and plantain weed. Daily vocabulary tip urges mastering one word. today’s term preposterous means contrary to nature reason or common sense and irrational.
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Mr. Butler
Phil Young
Barbara Sprenkle
Betsy Arthur
Mr. Conner
Mrs. Talbot
Omiss deGrange
Miss Grainger
Nancy Jane Wolfe
Olive Bay Farm
Mildred Grainger
Tazewell
Miss Wolfe
Virginia Armstrong
Midland
Nancy Davis
Berryville
Tom Bruce
Jim Beavers
Bill Coleman
Jim Radcliff
Bluefield
W. Va
Clearbrook
Clearbrook Presbyterian Church
Sunnyside
Albin
T. M. Talbot
Winchester Golf Club
Farmington
Winchester Golf
Middleown Ladies Auxiliary
Middletown Company
Fire Company
Claude M. Grove
Edward H. Grove
Kenneth Francis
Arlington
Nita Belle Yowell
Ben
John Yowell
Boyce
Lake Wales
Norman Hall
Pittsburgh
James Olney
Albion
N. Y
Mary Scully
John
Scully, Jr
Stewart Street
Lula Keckley
Pall Mall
Nancy Lee Spurling
Riverdale
Robert Kockman
Kitty
Bird
Robin
Brooks’ Pharmacy
California Cobblers
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Willow Lawn
Starlighters
Stags
Love A. Williams
Coramado
Calif
C. W. Allamong
N. Loudoun Street
Gover L. Johnson, Jr
Maryland General Hospital
Regineld M. Mapp
Jacquelyn and
Mary Wilkins
Tampa
Fla
R. W. Kockman
Robert E. Kockman
Hedgebrook
Bartonsville
Mapp
Bright Grove
Helen Grove
Robert Manuel
Clear Water
Tuck
A. E. Whitsel
Catholic
Braddock Street
Presbyterian
Baptist
Market Street
Montague Avenue
Cork Street
Candy Men
Dan Cupid
Patterson
West 17Th St
New York
Naacp Meeting
W. Boscawen St
Clarke County
Nefrin
Gaunt
Valley Ave
Gerrard
Aylor
W. L. Gordon
Haldeman
Elks
O'Sullivan
New Zealand
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bugs
the Food Center
Loudoun St
C.B. Smalts & Son
National
Cather & Moling
Timberlake
Margaret L . Hodgson
Coats & Suits
Margaret L. Hodgson
HAT & Dress Shop
Lovett Bros
Winchester, Va
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