Social calendar lists weekly meetings and events across local clubs
A long row of community activities names groups such as Kiwanis Rotary American Legion Elks and church choirs. Notable items include a birthday benefit at Mrs. Barton and a Boys and Girls picnic hosted by the Evening Girls Athletic Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
Young People’s Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
Eddy
Charles Towr
Two Thousand Voices Festival Opens With Chautauqua Concerts
A multistage program in Washington features soloists Miss Mary Lily Smoot Miss Elizabeth Harris Mr Mark Shull Miss Rosa Lee Ott and Miss Nelson Huffin with choral groups from Harrisonburg and Roanoke. The two thousand voice Festival Choir conducts a lengthy sacred concert directed by Dr John Finley Williamson. Also announced is the July 13 wedding of Miss Audrey Haze Swartz and Mr Lester Henry Burkhart in Hagerstown with attendees from Kernstown Middletown and Relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stahl
Washington
Mary Lily Smoot
Norfolk
Elizabeth Harris
Harrisonburg
Mark Shull
Roanoke
Rosa Lee Ott
Nelson Huffin
Bridgewater
Combin' Choirs
Annabel Morris Buchanan
John Powell
Powell
Galax
Dayton
Blue Ridge
Roanoke Orchestra
Harrisonburg Band
Shenandoah Valley
Festival Choir
Two Thousand Voices
John Finley Williamson
Miss Swartz
Burkhart
Audrey Haze Swartz
Lester Henry Burkhart
Hagerstown
J. M. Carter
Church of God
Clarence L. Williams
Helen Williams
Kernstown
Milton Swartz
Middletown
Jones Burkhart
Relief
Winchester Chorus at Massanetta Festival Program Announcer
The third annual sacred music festival directed by Dr. John Finley Williamson will be at Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg on August 3 and 4. A two thousand voice choir trained in Roanoke to Harrisonburg will perform with over a hundred artists. Ten thousand spectators are expected for the event, the Valley’s largest annual musical gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Finley Williamson
Westminister Choir Fame
Massanetta Springs
Harrisonburg
Roanoke
Lexington
Covington
Clifton Forge
Newport News
Staunton
Waynesboro
Woodstock
Winchester
Front Royal
Leesburg
G. A. Lehmann
Williamson
Virginia
School of Music
Edna Shaeffer
Edwin Feller
Norfolk
Glee Club of
the State Teachers College
Ruby Smith
Girls Athletic Association plans Friday swimming party
All members and friends of the Girls Athletic Association are urged to sign up with Miss Margaret Kelchner by Thursday 5 PM for a Friday evening swimming party and picnic at Big Eddy near Charles Town West Virginia. The event invites attendance, dining, swimming and a good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A
Girls’ Athletic Association
Big Eddy
Charles Town
W. Va
Margaret Kelchner
Horton’s Daughter’s Relation Ties Matron to Homewood
Mrs Lillian Horton mother of Scout Executive Frank R Horton of Winchester was named matron of Homewood Hagerstown the old folks home of the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church The appointment was made by the synod executive board with Rev Dr S L Flickinger of Winchester as a member
Winchester Social Roundup Reflects Busy Local Visitations
A crowded August social note lists guests from White Post Hagerstown Winchester and Boyd positions including Lyn Poates David Riley and many Rileys at a candlelit birthday table. Other items note visits by Fred Teets Frances Hammond and Frances Pence plus theater and library events and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyn Poates
David Riley
White Post
Sweet Tee
J. W. Riley
Geraldine Riley
Oswald Riley
Charles Riley
Harry Thomas McCormick
Mormon and Famvur
and Paul Shupp
H. Fuller
James Riley
Theodore Riley
Ralph Riley
Anna Riley
Vivian Riley
Chester Cunningham
Hagerstown
Widmire Steel
Winchester
H. J. Burks
Evelyn Poates
Violet Miller
Wallie Kerns
Charles Kerns
Catherine Kern
Rickard
Boyce
Wash ington social notes and church events brief
Miss Roberta Sharp returns home from a weekend visit to Mr and Mrs J A Chaney on National avenue. Mr and Mrs W B George and daughter Miss Margaret George travel to Washington for a Norfolk Virginia Beach trip. Church choirs plan weekly meetings and practices with times noted. Local parties and benefits include lawn party at Millwood and a birthday tea for Mountain Missions. Nesmith family reunion set for July 30 near Shockeysville with a subscription dance July 29 at Crystal Caverns featuring Lee Field and His Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Williams
Keystone Shoe
L. H Pence
Royal Unger
Washington
Winchester
Clarksburg
W. Va
Williams
West Virginia
Roberta Sharp
W. B. George
Margaret George
West Cork Street
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Woman’s Auxiliary
The
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert T. Barton
South Washington Street
Mountain Missions
Crystal Caverns
Strasburg
Lee Field
Corder brothers jailed after assault over seventy five cent claim
Aubrey and Gilmore Corder of near Happy Creek Warren county are jailed in Front Royal on assault charges against Leroy Donaldson a Rock Hill farmer. Donaldson lost his right eye after the Sunday evening attack near Manassas Run in Dismal Hollow and was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital where the eye was removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Donaldson
Happy Creek
Warren County
Donaldson
Northern Virginia
Strasburg
Aubrey
Gilmore Corder
Front Royal
NRA badge and slogan noted in speech reception scene
The article describes an NRA badge worn in a speech reception with a large N R A emblem in red, the word Member in blue beneath, and a red line at the bottom reading We do our part, highlighting patriotic display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Recovery Administration
Peachy ideas for canned peaches and year round use
Miss Elizabeth Farrar, Frederick County home demonstration agent, offers peachy suggestions for canned peaches including desserts like peach souffle and peach cobbler as well as jams, preserves, and pickled peaches. She advises quantities for families, methods for home canning and preservation, and notes the strong Georgia peaches available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrar
Elizabeth Farrar
Frederick County
Virginia
Georgia
J. H. Hale
Miss Farrar
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
Winchester and
Clarke County
Louis Baker
North Braddock Street
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge
Protective Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Frides
Handley Library
West Chautauqua
Jesus Joy
Bach
Handel
Jesus
Miles Lane
Buchanan
Romeo
Christensen
Shepherd’s Story
Dickinson
Bartholdy
Lord
Schubert
Rossini
LeRean
Winchester Chorus
Bally-Hoo
Huntsberry
Cathleen Snapp
Mattie Snapp
Miss Snapp
Harrisonburg State ‘Teachers’ College
Middletown S. S
Vaucluse
Grace M. E. Church
South
Cedar Cliff
W. P. Saunders
Claude B. Stickley
McCallum
Lucille McCallum
Congressional Library
Teets
Martinsburg
Fred Teets
Junior
Winona
Shewnee Avenue
L. H. Pence
Clyde Grubbs
Weldon
Cumberland
Frances Pence
Sydney Seabright
Cecil Peer
Memorial
J. M. Jackson
Ruth Anderson
Chicago
Arthur Johnson
Jackson
Anderson
Seabury Davies
Baltimore
Julian Ward
Little Theatre Organization
Walter Massey
William P. McGuire
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Hunter H. McGuire
McGuire
Lee Riggs
Major
Mrs. Heber Flood
Valley Avenue
Teddy Carr
Clarksdale, Miss
W. D. Smith
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Emma Ginn Baker
Bluefield
Lawrence Tierney
W. A. Baker
Miss Baker
Mrs. Tierney
Jack Harrell
Memorial Hospital
Gray Avenue
A. H. Morgan
Radford
Belva Shenk
Commercial and Savings Bank of Winchester
Brooks’ Pharmacy
William Doran
Millwood
Woman's Auxiliary
Church
Mary Elizabeth Fitzgeralds
J. E. Heine
West
Monmouth Street
Clem Sydnor
Joseph Massie
William Stuart
Amherst Street
G. O. Cooper
J V. Cooper
Cooper
A.O Ward
Moss Rock Inn
Capon Bridge
Kansas
Nesmith
Shockeysville
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
LEE Baking Company
Winchester, Va
Franklin D
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Paris
Roosevelt, Jr
President Boncour
France
NT Aaa
R. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
Big Joe
Anna
N. Cameron St
New Salem
Del
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Libby
Lovett Shoe
N. Logdoun St
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