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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1936

Page

3

Baldwin family wedding to unite in Winchester

Mr. Robert M. Glass Jr and Mr. John B. Carr host a wedding in Winchester with many out of town guests. The bride, daughter of Senator Byrd, wears a slate gray traveling suit with blue fox. Notables from Washington, Richmond, Clarksdale, Boston, New York, and beyond attend the ceremony and reception.

Robert M. Glass, Jr This City John B. Carr Clarksdale Miss Harold Stuart Oklahoma City Okla John T. Burkett, Jr Little Rock, Ark William H. Baker Richmond, Va Bradshaw Beverley Byrd Rosemont Walter H. Bosserman, Jr J. Sloan Kuykendall Harry K. Benham J. Victor Arthur Winchester Byrd Gunston Hall Washington Richard E.,byrd and Children Boston Mass Henry Breckinridge Harry. Guggenheim Ellsworth Eliot New York H. D. Flood Eleanor Portner Flood E. Griffith Dodson Cornelia Anne Larus Pegsy Nolley Grayson Dashiell R. R. Wellford Richmond Otway Byrd Upper Brandon Charles Ridgley White John Barnes Carr Frank Rittenhouse Granville Reid Leesburg William Byrd Loring A. Cover Loring A. Cover, Jr Thomas Cover 3d James Piper Nelson Cover Baltimore Thomas Cover, Jr Thomas C. Barton Olivia Cover Philadelphia Holloway Kinney Tallahassee Fla L. E. Kern Washington and Macon, Ga Charles J. Faulkner Boydville Martinsburg, W. Va

Social Calendar Broadcast of Week’s Events

A detailed schedule of community activities listed by day including dances, sermons, class programs, club luncheons, concerts, and graduations at Handley High School Handley Auditorium George Washington Hotel and local churches. Notable items include Kern Byrd wedding at Rosemont and final Handley High School graduation exercises with Rev. Dr. Charles J. Smith speaking.

Handley High School Handley Auditorium Round Hill M. E. Church South Lions Club George Washington Hotel Kiwanis Club Handley Stadium United Brethren Church Winchester Lodge Ellis Piccadilly and Braddock Grace Lutheran Church Rotary Club Charles J. Smith

Byrd Kern Wedding Planned At Rosemont Lawn

Miss Westwood Beverley Byrd, daughter of Senator Harry F. Byrd, will marry Harry Rogers Kern Jr. this evening on the Rosemont lawn near Irvingville Clarke County. Family and close friends attend. Rev. Robert B. Nelson will officiate with Robert Riley's Orchestra providing music.

Miss Westwood Beverley Byrd Kern Rosemont Miss Westwood Beverleyyrd Harry F. Byrd Harry Rogers Kern, Jr Byrd Robert B. Nelson Christ Episcopal Church Robert Riley Fenton McGuire Nelson Winchester Margaret Lewis Byrd Nelia Dupuy Beverley Mary Warden Boyd Anne Brooke Kern This City Agnes Page Mitchell Boyce Clarke County Frank Hanes Schoolfield Danville Anne Froehling Richmond Eleanor Port

Winchester youths win medals at Beckford School finals

Derek Hayley son of Mr and Mrs J P Hayley received the Headmaster's Trophy for greatest service to Beck ford School Edmund Burke Whalen headmaster presented the award at closing exercises at Red Banks Edinburg Basil Hayley won the foreign language medal William Kerfoot received the trophy for greatest personal achievement in the lower school Other awards named include John Hewlett medal for greatest personal achievement in the upper school Paul Rutledge medals in mathematics English and history H Delmar Robinson Jr shield pins for 85 average or better and others Graduates include Colin Hayley Derek Hayley Paul Rutledge Richard E Byrd Jr William Shoemaker William Paxton Jr and more headed to various schools this fall Mrs Polhamus and Mrs McVay left for Blacksburg to attend the Virginia Tech finals.

Derek Hayley J. P. Hayley Beckford School Edmund Burke Whalen Red Banks Edinburg Basil Hayley William Kerfoot Alfred M. Kerfoot John Hewlett Paul Rutledge Richmond H. Delmar Robinson, Jr H. del Hotchkiss William Paxton, Jr Harrisonburg Woodberry Forest Academy

Radio Highlights Schedule With Various Shows Listed

Sunday and evening listings show a series of radio programs across stations WABC WJZ WEAF WOR and W4JZ including political talk adventures news sports music and memorial services with noted speakers such as Chester C Boston Henry P Fletcher and Major Bowes and events like the Texas Centennial Exposition and Confederate Veterans memorial services.

WABC Washington F. W. Wise WJZ Tim WEAF Chester C. Boston Ohio Mabelle Jennings WOR Sherlock Holmes Thornton Fish Stuart Gracey Coast Guard Athic Seaboard Morgan W4jz Vallee Masters Arlington Cemetery Grenadier Guards Henry P. Fletcher Republican National Committee Major Bowes

Surprise Shower Honors Eloise Caldwell Before June Wedding

Miss Virginia Richards hosted a surprise miscellaneous shower at her West Piccadilly street home for Miss Eloise Caldwell whose marriage to Mr Harry E Ridgeway is set for June 20. The event featured an umbrella gift filled with presents and refreshments after the gift opening. Guests included Nan Smith Linda Morrison Mildred Duncan Naomi Sargent and many others. Also noted two Winchester youths Allen and Claude DeHaven among 139 Shepherd College graduates to receive degrees next Tuesday June 9. Allen DeHaven serves as student body president. other Winchester students include Helen Chauderis Ashby Stouffer and Frank Whitacre. Rabbi Stephens S Wise of New York City gave the baccalaureate. The Women’s Civic League met at Maxfield Handley Boulevard with Mrs Melvin Green presiding and an address on Japan by Mrs McCormac.

Virginia Richards West Piccadilly Street Eloise Caldwell Harry E. Ridgeway Miss Caldwell Miss Richards Nan Smith Linda Morrison Mildred Duncan Naomi Sargent R. B. Slonaker Mary Lois Bean Pauline Castleman Jean Moling Mary Scully Naomi Richards Louise Dorsey Virginia Pitcock Mary Wilson Boyer Marie Kline Kathryn Kline Elizabe Shade Katherine Ask Winchester Shepherd College Shepherdstown W. Va Messrs Allen Claude DeHaven Allen DeHaven Helen Chauderis Ashby Stouffer Frank Whitacre Handley High School Stephens S. Wise New York City Women’ Civic League Maxfield H. B. McCormac Handley Boulevard Melvin Green Martin Wisecarver C. P. McVicar McCormac Japan

Garden Club talk showcases Mrs McCormac trip highlights

Mrs McCormac spoke to about fifty guests with images books and curios from her Garden Club of America trip last summer. Her lovely garden with a serpentine wall like Virginia campus impressed attendees as tea was served and the league adjourned for summer.

Miller Dean wedding announced in Hagerstown

Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Nannie Miller of this city to Mr. Glen Dean of Romney W Va on Saturday May 23 in Hagerstown Maryland. Rev J M Carter officiated. Bride daughter of Mrs Annie Miller. They plan to reside in Winchester.

Nannie Miller Glen Dean Romney W. Va Hagerstown J. M. Carter Annie Miller Winchester

Stephenson Social Club meeting at Mrs Rowe home

The Stephenson Social Club schedules its regular monthly meeting for 2 pm on Wednesday in June at Mrs Gertrude Rowe's home near Rest. Miss Meta Frazier leads the worship service, with Mrs John Anderson and Mrs Meredith Anderson in charge of the recreation program.

Stephenson Social Club Gertrude Rowe Rest Meta Frazier Miss Frazier John Anderson Meredith Anderson

Old Virginia Aristocracy At Milton Valley Social

An atmosphere of old Virginia aristocracy marked a dance and supper hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Beverley at Milton Valley north of Berryville. The event drew about three hundred social, political and business figures from Virginia and beyond for the Kern Byrd wedding preparations at Rosemont.

Virginia Milton Valley Nee William Beverley Berryville Clarke County Washington, D. C Baltimore Oklahoma Kern-Byrd Rosemont H. F. Byrd Bob Riley J. M. Steck Fairmont Avenue Winchester Joseph A. Massie Amherst Street Blue Ridge

Rebecca West Books At Library

The Thinking Reed by Rebecca West is praised as a top intellectually exciting novel of the year, likened to Santayana's The Last Puritan. West is described as a brilliant taxidermist capturing European figures, arranging them in a sunlit museum. Other Rebecca West titles available at Handel y Library include The Return of the Soldier The Judge Harriet Hume.

Reed Rebecca West Santayana Miss West Europe Handley Library Harriet Hume

WCTU Leader Ida B Wise Smith Prepares National Broadcast

Mrs. Ida B Wise Smith of Evanston Indiana president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union will broadcast Monday afternoon on Columbia stations at 345. Her subject is The American Home in the Present Social Order. The national convention opens in Tulsa Oklahoma June 12 and runs to June 18 with more than 2000 delegates alternates and visitors expected.

Ida B. Wise Smith Evanston National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Columbia

Five Complete Third Year At Gore High School

Five pupils finished the tenth grade at Gore High School per a list filed by County School Superintendent Leslie D. Kline. Edgar Hook plans to enter a Washington DC high school, while Ida Larrick Kenneth Wisecarver and Ray Michael will enroll at Handley. Norman Wolford will attend Capon Bridge High School in West Virginia.

Gore Leslie D. Kline Edgar Hook Ida Larrick Kenneth Wisecarver Ray Michael Norman Wolford Washington, D. C Handley Capon Bridge W. Va

Some Rain For Coming Week Weather Outlook

Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows showers in the North and Middle Atlantic States. Cool first half of the week with temperatures near normal later, and rain again around Thursday or Friday.

Washington North Middle Atlantic

Green couple head to Washington for day trip

Mr and Mrs Melvin Green left by motor for Washington D C this morning to spend the day.

Melvin Green Washington, D. C

Long ago emancipation recorded in Virginia 1803

A county clerk case uncovers a 1803 emancipation by Hannah Washington Fairfax and Whiting Washington freeing a slave named Sarah in Frederick County Virginia. The document notes five shillings paid and bears the marks of the Washington family with witnesses Ephrim and Nehemiah Garrison.

Lincoln W. W. Glass Hannah Fairfax Whiting Washington Sarah Superior Court Hannah Washington Fairfax Washington Whiting Washington Frederick County Commonwealth of Virginia Commonwealth Edy Teste Ephrim Garrison Nehemiah Garrison, Jr Frederick Berkeley

Emancipation Deed Proved in Winchester District Court

On the 39th day of September 1803 Shenandoah and Jefferson counties the deed of emancipation was proved by the oaths of Ephrim Garrison and Nehemiah Garrison the witnesses and ordered to be recorded by the Winchester District Court clerk.

Shenandoah Jefferson Ephrim Garrison Nehemiah Garrison Tester Peyton CWDC Winchester District Court

Braves To Open Season Sunday At Fair Grounds

The Little American Braves led by Scott Brown will open their season Sunday at 3 30 p m against Front Royal Bombers at the Fair Grounds. Brown says the squad is in top form after three weeks of practice with Schoolboy ne directing the pitching staff.

Little American Braves Scott Brown Fair Grounds Front Royal Bombers Brown Schoolboyne

Mrs Larrick And Daughter Duetists At Braddock Street Church

Mrs Emory Larrick and her daughter Miss Dorothy Larrick will be duetists for the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street M B Church tomorrow morning at 9 45 o clock. Accompanied by Mrs Leona Peer Shade the program includes an orchestra under Prof W H McTlwee and the teacher D B Haines. A large attendance of members is hoped and the public is invited.

Emory Larrick Dorothy Larrick Golden Rule Bible Braddock Street M. B. Church Leona Peer Shade D. B. Haines W. H. McTlwee

Dr. Anderson To Speak On The Evil Effects Of Alcohol

Dr. Charles R. Anderson will speak at a joint meeting of the Senior and Intermediate Christian Endeavor Societies this Sunday evening at the Church of Christ on The Evil Effects of Alcohol.

Charles R. Anderson Christian Endeavor Church of Christ

Also Mentioned on This Page

Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion Beckford Leslie G. Polhamus Charles E. McVay Blacksburg Virginia Tech Loudoun ST Allen and Civic League Mrs. Davis B. F. Davis Virginia Polytechnic Institute B. F. Davis, Jr Tavenner’s Loudoun Street Brooks’ Pharmacy Bostonians Prea Lie R. M. Swimley East Geo. Washington Hotel I. N. God R. H. Kerlin Omichon Kappa Upsilon, National Honorary Dental Fraternity Rakeside Country Club Light Brigade Luther A. Thomas Robert J. McNally, Sr Baltimore, Md Robert J. McNally, Jr T. W. Mathews South Stewart Street D. A. Brodie W. B. Potts B. F. Liggett The Valley Pike W.C.T. U Gore Hi School Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation John S. Miller & Company Hardware Paints Sporting Goods Hamman’s Dollar Store Huntsberry Mr. Glass Braves Dr. Anderson Lee Jackson the Commercial & Savings Bank Big Joe Winchester’s Bakery Margaret L. Hodgson Merle Oberon Joel McCrea Mirian Hopkins Capitol Theatre Underwood N. Loudoun St
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