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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1931

Page

3

Social and Personal notices from Braddock Street area

The Sunshine Club meets tomorrow at 3 PM at Mrs. I. N. Good’s home on North Braddock Street. committees led by Mrs. J V Arthur and others coordinate exhibits, floral work, music, and administration. Various residents Mrs. Richard E. Byrd and Mr. James Massie host and attend gatherings, dances, memorial services, and University events with guests from local families and nearby towns.

Richard E. Byrd D. C. Randolph J. V. Arthur Robert Y. Conrad Joseph Massie Louis L. Baker B. F. Arthur, Jr B. M. Roszel W. A. Baker Edward G. Butler Harry K. Russell Mr. Butler James P. Reardon E. C. Stuart Melvin Green Fred L. Glaize H. Clay DeGrange Lewis H. Hyde Joseph Moore Blackburn Smith Harry R. Greene Sunshine Club Braddock Street Methodist Church I. N. Good North Braddock Street Good Thomas Hiltzheimer C. A. Davis O. L. Jamison M. E. Church South

Shenandoah Valley Academy Social Calendar and Events

Shenandoah Valley Academy hosts a series of dances and banquets including Lambda Sigma at Tokus Inn and Delta Sigma Nu at Winchester Country Club. The 1931 graduating class receives diplomas at Handley Library auditorium. A competitive drill and final ball occur on campus with Sun Shine Club meeting and fraternity entertainments at Winchester Country Club.

Shenandoah Valley Academy Lambda Sigma Fraternity Tokus Inn Opequon Alpha Upsilon Chapter Delta Sigma Nu Fraternity Winchester Country Club Floyd Mills Marylanders Alpha Phi Fraternity Ten Dansant Tokus Lambda Sigma Handley Library Shenandoah Valley Academy Chapter Anae Tokus’ ‘Nn

Flower Show Invites All Growers to Enter Exhibits

At a Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club meeting held at Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd's Amherst street home, plans were set for the annual flower show at the George Washington Hotel on Friday June 19. The club invites all flower growers to enter exhibits, not just members. Multiple committees were formed for decorations, plant sales, containers, doors, publicity, accessories, reception, classifications, prizes, and judges.

Winchester and Clarke County Pred L. Glaizé H. Clay DeGrange Lucy Kurtz Lawrence Cooper F. T. McFaden Sallie Boyd Charles Trenary Sophy Baker Clara Wood John Scully Jr William Massey Ellen Boyd John M. Steck Fred Barr D. C. Randolph G. O. Miller Katherine Kern Melvin Green Eliza Tucker Joseph Massie Lewis Hyde Charles McCormick Carrie Hunter Richard E. Byrd Rose MacDonald R. T. Barton

Students andVisitors at Shenandoah Valley Academy Commencement

Mr. Raymond Kerlin of the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond spends the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs Lester Kerlin. Benton Snider Francis Funk and W Lee Fisher traveled to Baltimore for business yesterday. Dr and Mrs C E Brooks and daughter Miss Mary Elizabeth Brooks and Miss Mary Jackson of Madison Wisconsin arrived to attend the academy commencement exercises and final dances starting this evening.

H. B. Watson Washington Chicago Mr. Watson Garner Edmonds Washington and Lee University Lexington Shenandoah Valley Academy Raymond Kerlin Medical College of Virginia Richmond Lester Kerlin Messrs Benton Snider Francis Funk W. Lee Fisher Baltimore C. E. Brooks Mary Elizabeth Brooks Mary Jackson Madison Wis

Nancy Carroll Files Divorce Suit in Mexico

Jack Kirkland confirms Nancy Carroll has filed for divorce in Nogales Mexico on the seventh anniversary of their wedding. Grounds cited as incompatibility.

Associated Press New York Jack Kirkland Playright Today Nancy Carroll Mexico Kirkland Nogales

Incunabula and Early Printing History Overview

A note explains incunabula as the beginnings of earlier monuments in art and history and defines it as speci fee printing and block engraving that appeared before or soon after 1500 A D. It highlights the term's use for rare early works and their development.

Eaton Defends Popular Government While Opposing Extra Session

Washington Central Press outlines Charles A. Eaton New Jersey congressman as a conservative thinker who defends the high wage principle, cautions against unnecessary extra sessions, and argues economics, not politics, governs the current crisis while noting postwar dictatorships’ fragility.

Representive Eaton Congress Eaton Jersey Charles A. Eaton John D. Rockefeller

College social life mirrors New York club scene

Dr. Lee H Ferguson of Western Reserve University compares campus social life to New York nightlife. A gas tax to fund highways prompts a counter idea advocating a tax on fool ideas to support asylums, proposed in the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star.

New York Lee H Ferguson Western Reserve University Fredericksburg Free Lance Star

Chicago Grain Closing Prices on Depressed Trading Day

Grain prices fell on the Chicago Board of Trade as news that the Farm Board would not buy cash wheat influenced traders. Closing: Wheat July 57, September 56 full. December 60. Corn July 57, September 52 54, December 46. Oats July 26, September 26 1/2, December 28. Rye July 36 1/2, September 37 54, December 40 34.

Chicago Board of Trade New York Stock Exchange

Southern dead tribute to be paid on June 6

Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy plans a Friday event with speaker and guests. The Third Division Fire department of Winchester will march in regular order with drum corps. Flowers and flags may be placed in Stonewall Cemetery and on graves in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Confederate flags may be obtained at Boyd's drug store, the People's Bargain Store, and the firm of George W. Kurtz.

Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Third Division Fire Department of Winchester Drum Corps Stonewall Cemetery Mount Hebron Boyd's Drug Store People’s Bargain Store George W. Kurtz

Ten Die As French Bridge Collapses During Test

A new suspension bridge near Libourne in Bordeaux France collapsed during an official test as trucks loaded with sand crossed. Ten people were killed and about a dozen injured in the accident which caused drivers and ten passengers to lose their lives.

Associated Press Bordeaux France Libourne

Three Children Die In Barn Fire Near New Alexandria

Three children aged 7 5 and 4 named Clay Eva and George Rubble died when they set a barn afire with matches while playing in the hay mow near New Alexandria Greensburg Pennsylvania. A horse and an automobile were also burned.

Greensburg New Alexandria Clay Eva Rubble George Rubble Harry Rubble

Texas And Gang Sail At Expense Of Steamer Line

Texas Guinan and her dancing gang sail as first class passengers on the Paris from Havre to New York at the liner’s expense. La Guinan quarreled with European manager William Edelston over country entry issues saying it was due to poor management. Harry Aslett, a suitor from Plymouth, seeks marriage then divorce to gain England entry while Guinan focuses on sailing plans.

Texas and Gang Associated Press Havre France Texas Guinan New York Paris Broadway la Guinan William Edelston Harry Aslett Guinan England Plymouth

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