Society Calendar of Events for Gainesboro and Nearby Towns
At 8:00 p m W P A Musical Revue at Gainesboro High School. Also Woodmen of World meet at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen street. Triangle Club of Church of Christ hosts an amateur program with Andy Bell as master of ceremonies. Piano recital by Miss Mable Massie at Stephens City High School auditorium at 8:30 p m. Saturday 3:00 p m A A A W meet with Mrs James Miller 317 West Piccadilly Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro High School
Woodmen of World
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
Triangle Club
Church of Christ
Andy Bell
Mable Massie
Stephens City High School
James Miller
West Piccadilly Street
AU. W
Erican Association of Univerty Women
James A. Miller
West Ecadilly Street
Claude Tickley
Garden Club heads to Harrisburg and attends luncheon at Hershey
Winchester Clarke County Garden Club plans a trip to Harrisburg Pennsylvania to tour Dr McFarlands nose gardens and will dine at Hershey Country Club hosted by Mrs John Graham of Newville who is related to local residents. Mrs Rosenberger to attend Randolph Bacon College reunion weeklong events expected with 150 alumnae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Clarke County Garden Club
Harrisburg
Dr. McFarland
Hershey Country Club
John Graham
Newville
Graham
W. A. Baker
Baker
Thornhill Manor
Rosenberger
J. W. Rosenberger
Randolph Bacon Woman's College
Sallie Lou. MacKinnon
Board of Missions
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Miss MacKinnon
World Missionary Conference
Madras
India
Cop Shooting Suspect Agnes Osborn Faces Police HeadQuarters
Agnes Osborn 28 a WPA nurse hides her face as she leaves police headquarters on Staten Island after arrest in the shooting of Patrolman Emmett Cassidy. She claims Cassidy’s gun discharged during her resistance to his advances after a party. Dr and Mrs Frederick Took arrive from Montreal to stay with Dr and Mrs Hunter McGuire. the group heads to Hot Springs for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Osborn
Staten Island
N. Y
Emmett Cassidy
Frederick Took
Montreal
Canada
Hunter H. McGuire
McGuires
Ther
Hot Springs
Miss Baker To Graduate From Shenandoah College
Miss Mary Katherine Baker daughter of E. E. and Mrs. Baker of 311 Gray Ave will receive a diploma from Shenandoah College Dayton Virginia during the sixty fourth annual commencement Monday June 5. Dr W S Miller president will present the diploma and Dr J Ruskin Howe Otterbein College president elect will deliver the commencement address Bacalaureate Sunday June 4. Baker a Handley High School graduate was active in Booster Club glee club and Red Cross and aims to pursue social service work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Katherine Baker
E. E. Baker
Gray Ave
Shenandoah Junior College
Dayton
Virginia
Miss Baker
W. S. Miller
Shenandoah College
J. Ruskin Howe
Otterbein College
John H. Ness
Pennsylvania Conference of the
United Brethren Church
Handley High School
Booster Club
Glee Club
Southern Methodist Church
WPA Musical Revue Tonight at Gainesboro High
The WPA community chorus presents Down Memory Lane at 8 PM in Gainesboro High School with the Winchester String Ensemble. The program features popular songs of the past and attractive costumes for specialty numbers. Mrs. Hugh Powell and Mrs. Harry R. Kern Jr. visited Washington yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. A. Community Chorus
Gainesboro High School
Winchester String Ensemble
Down Memory Lane
Hugh Powell
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Washington
Social New England Notes of Travel and Visitation
Local residents depart for trips to New York City Baltimore and Washington. Miss Caroline Carson sails Sunday for several months in New York while Mr and Mrs Fred Hunt plan a visit to the World’s Fair. Mrs Hunt will then visit South Boston and be joined by Mr Hunt. Various residents return home from Princeton and Princeton related visits as several graduates and social ties are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Carson
Riverton
New York City
Miss Carson
Fred S. Hunt, Jr
New York
Winchester
Record Seeker Grace Huntington Aims High in Pasadena Flight
Grace Huntington prepares to break the 33,000 feet women’s altitude mark. She stands beside her plane photographed in Pasadena California as she targets a new aviation record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Huntington
Pasadena
Cal
Local Social News and Visits In Winchester Area
Mr and Mrs Cyril Mee and daughter Betty return from Harrisonburg to Valley Pike to meet their elder daughter Ruth a Madison College student. Dr Thomas A Gibson travels to New York City for a medical meeting and will return next week. Mrs Hayes DeHaven of Gore recuperates at Winchester Memorial Hospital after an appendectomy. Mr and Mrs Gladstone Grubbs welcomed a daughter at Winchester Memorial Hospital on May 29. Mrs Grubbs was Miss Margaret Manuel of Washington before marriage. Mr and Mrs John Barnes Carr plan a weekend at Fort Meade Maryland with Lieut and Mrs Julian Lindsay. Mrs Lindsay is Judith McGuire formerly of this city. Mr Clarence LeFrois, Trescott Co vice president, to return home to Fairport New York after several weeks in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Faggitt
Pugh
Melvin Lineburg
Cyril Mee
Betty
Valley Pike
Harrisonburg
Ruth Mee
Madison College
Thomas A. Gibson
New York City
New York
Gibson
Winchester
Gladstone Grubbs
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Barnes Carr
Fort Meade, Md
Julian Lindsay
Lindsay
Judith McGuire
Clarence LeFrois
Trescott Company
Fairport
N. Y
LeFrois
Millwood Social Notes Highlight Clarke County Guests
Millwood Virginia notes detail Wed supper hosted by Miss Rosalind Huidekoper with guests from Clarke and nearby towns. Attendees include Julian Petherick of Worcester England, A R Dunning Strasburg, Billy Jacobs Weatherall, Henry Mitchell, Agnes Mitchell, Jane Brooks, Roland Mitchell, A A Baldwin, Seddon Nelson Winchester and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Rosalind Huidekoper
Julian Petherick
Worchester
Eng
A. R. Dunning
Strasburg
Billy Jacobs Weatherall
Henry P. Mitchell
Benjamin Harrison
Agnes Mitchell
Jane Brooks
Roland Mitchell
A. A. Baldwin
Clarke
Seddon Nelson
Winchester
Modern Etiquette Q and A Summary
The column gives etiquette answers. Do not stack dishes after meals. let the waiter remove them. A man and wife should register as Mr and Mrs with full name, omit street address. Guests should arrive about twenty minutes before the church ceremony, never later than ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Allen and Wife
William L. Allen
Chicago
Social visits and travel rounds amid Clarke community
Mrs A B Beaven hosted Mr Conway Dillingham who returned to Philadelphia. Mrs Beverly Nelson and children Mary Carter Thomas Nelson and Jane Cary Randolph flew to Washington from St Louis to visit the Nelsons' relatives. Mrs Neilson remains in Clarke before returning to St Louis. Mrs R G Mitchell and Roland Mitchell drove to Washington DC. Mrs Harrison Taylor left for Shepherdstown to stay with Mrs Goldsborough. Miss Alice Winslow and Margaretta Bigelow arrived from New York to visit Miss Winslow and Mrs Alexis Sommaripa. Mr Sommaripa arrives from New York for the weekend in Clarke. Mrs George P Greenhalgh and Mrs Billy Jacobs Weatherall left for the Washington Horse Show with five springsberry Stables horses shown. Springsberry Stables owned by Mr and Mrs Greenhalgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Dillingham
A. B. Beaven
Philadelphia
Beverly Nelson
Mary Carter
Thomas Nelson
Jane Cary Randolph
St. Louis
Washington
Alice Winslow
Margaretta Bigelow
New York
Miss Winslow
Alexis Sommaripa
George P. Greenhalgh
Billy Jacobs Weatherall
Negro Killed By An Automobile
Moorefield West Virginia June 2 William Spit Cole colored 21 was instantly killed when a car driven by Rogers B Ford Arlington Virginia ran over him in the road a half mile south of Moorefield He lay in the road with his head on his arms at the foot of a small hill Ford was unable to see him until he was upon him He was released and exonerated A following truck driver reported the accident and Riggleman then ran over the body a second time He was arrested for reckless driving and failure to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorefield
W. Va
William “Spit” Cole
Rogers B. Ford
Arlington
Cole
Ford
Lord Ford
Riggleman
Moorefield Town
Ted Sager
A Wonderful Discovery Quick and Positive Action
A claim promises rapid relief and improved digestion with a mysterious product named ANE. The ad cites a “famous specialist” authorizing four prescriptions and urges purchase at Méiller's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Méiller’s Drug Store
Winchester
Landon predicts Republican victory in 1940
Former Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas predicted a Republican victory in 1940 during a Buffalo stopover. He declined to discuss specific presidential candidates, saying discussing candidacies would force him to name the entire field. He cited a definite Republican trend that would bring victory in 1940 under those circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Tax Rate Hike Approved in Worcester County Maryland
Worcester county commissioners set the real property tax rate at 1.25 per 100 dollars, up from 0.75, to cover new federal aid and other mandated expenditures. Taxpayers faced a precedent-shattering 50-cent increase amid the new fiscal requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
Worcester County
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Garden Club
University of Richmond
John Locke
Colin Hayley
Derek Hayley
Edward Grove
Hugh Crisman
Richmond
Ernest B. Luttrell
Inding
Little Otth Mountain
Luttrell’s
Ene Barnshill
Joan Borden
Connecticut
Richard E. Byrd
Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
W. W. Kimball
Kimball
Bacds
Miles Music Co
Winchester, Va
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Haldeman’s
NEW Red Cross
The
Barletta
Huntsberry
RED Cross Shoes
Triangle Club of
Bowes
Charles R. Anderson
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Golf Club
Winchester Golf Club
Ann Kerr Russell
E. R. Coffey
Miss Moore
Louise Moore
E. Blackburn Moore
Holton Arms School
Badgett
Galveston
Texas
Jeanette
Joan
Joyce
Jeraldine
George Smith, Jr
South Washington Street
Princeton, N. J
Lewis Huntington Hyde
Lewis Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Allan Bond
Mary Maxwell Bond
Della Meade
Boyce
Sweetbriar College
Miss Meade
Virginia Baker
Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical School
Miss Beall Bentley Thomas
United Food Stores
Hayes DeHaven of
Gore
Millwood Social Notes
John Farrar
Mrs. Sprague
Chevy Chase
Mr. Tilman Bunch
Hugh M. Nelson
Capt
Ewart Johnston
J. Townsend Burwell
B. O'F. Randolph
Capitol Theatre
Sinclair
John C. Woolfolk
Sinclair Agent
Roberta Lee
R. G. Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Harrison Taylor
Thomas Carter
Shepherdstown
Goldsborough
John Atherson
Sommaripa
Seafood Market
W. B. Snider & Son
Underwood’s
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Landon
AG. O. P
Weyax
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
M. M. Bailey
S. Braddock St
Loudoun St
Inting CO
Swimley Furniture
George Washington Hotel
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