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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1939
Page
8
The Tri Club Flower Show at George Washington Hotel lists classes for roses delphinium arrangements and garden club exhibits. Open to amateurs and public with pre entries limited in some divisions and entries free of charge.
The calendar lists a Tuesday supper meeting of the Lions Club at Winchester Golf Club followed by a baseball centennial film. Also on Tuesday the Winchester Rebekah Association meets at Odd Fellows Hall. On Wednesday a Kiwanis Club lunch at George Washington Hotel and a Hal Kemp dance at Apple Palace on North Kent Street are planned.
On June 3 at 4 pm in Berkeley Springs West Virginia two brides Miss Mauvoreen Shockey and Miss Dessie Shockey wed, joining Bennie Lee Watkins and James Arthur Kelbaugh in a double ceremony officiated by Rev J L Robertson and Rev W E Nelson. The event featured pink peonies and lilies of the valley with elaborate wedding parties and a reception at the brides' parents home. Afterward both couples planned separate honeymoons with Watkins visiting southern states and Kelbaugh heading to Niagara Falls and Canada.
Mary Baldwin Alumnae Association group gathers at Mrs. Snodgrass home in Martinsburg West Virginia with Miss Mary Stribling Mrs. M A Snodgrass and Miss Isabella Spillman hosting. Luncheon outdoors features yellow and white flowers matching college colors. Guest of honor Mrs. Edmund Campbell Arlington Virginia former dean Pfohl Mary Baldwin College discusses centennial plans Williams Wayt King Memorial building and liberal arts education amid modern life. Several local members and guests attend or send regrets from Boyce White Post Charles Town Winchester Cumberland Martinsburg.
Miss Marie Stipe daughter of Mrs Blanche Stipe and the late Mr Harry F Stype married Curtis R Barr at the Purcellville Methodist Church. The ceremony was performed by Rev L H Smallwood. The couple planned a brief reception at Mrs Stipe's home before departing on a wedding trip and will reside on West Cork Street.
Friends and relatives gathered at Mrs. Maggie Parrish's Gore home on Friday June 2 to honor four women Mrs. N B Shingleton Mrs Robert Anderson Mrs Alice McKinster and Mrs Lelia Hook. A covered dish luncheon, a large birthday cake and gifts marked the celebration with music and singing led by Mrs. Margaret Rowe. The guest list included relatives and friends from Winchester Stephenson Gainesboro and Gore.
The Womens Christian Temperance Union schedules a meeting Thursday at 3 o'clock at Handley Library. Members are urged to attend.
Market Street Circles of the Methodist Church plan meetings tonight. Circle 1 with Mrs. Elizabeth Huff at 11 South Cameron, Circle 2 with Mrs. Austin Sloat at 621 South Stewart, Circle 3 with Mrs. Seibert Smith at 540 North Braddock, Circle 4 with Mrs. Robert Dale at 318 Parkway.
Mrs Henson Sirbaugh hosted a Sunday birthday dinner with pink and green decor. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends from Capon Bridge Staunton Sunnyside Berryville Winchester Keyser Hayfield Fort Washington and nearby towns.
A hotel dining and dancing etiquette guide covers napkin handling when rising and leaving a table. It states to lay the napkin unfolded on the table. It also outlines tipping a porter at ten cents for one piece of luggage. An usher at a church wedding should offer his arm to every woman he escorts down the aisle.
A pair of antique vases will be awarded to the sweepstakes winner at the tri club flower show in the George Washington Hotel on Thursday. Prizes include two five dollar cash awards for best corner garden and inter club entries, plus many donated prizes from local residents and garden clubs.
The Church of Christ Triangle Club invites entries for its annual show at the church on Thursday night at 8 o clock. Co chairmen Misses Katherine Rhineland er and Sue Anderson announced readings violin and cello solos duets and more with names of participants listed. Entries accepted up to show night. In other news Mr and Mrs Melvin Green leave for Brandon Vermont with a visit en route to Cornwall on Hudson New York.
Mr. Carl Garber a state trooper visited with his parents Mr and Mrs George Garber of Greenwalt avenue Mrs Martin McDaniels visiting at Miss Lyda Chapmans home went to Keyser West Virginia as a guest of Mr and Mrs J M Salyards Miss Dorothy Hable Flegeheimer a Columbia University student returned home for summer vacation
Mrs Joel Thorne of New Rochelle and Beverly Hills visited at Clay Hill with Capt. and Mrs. Ewart Johnston. Clarke guests attended the Upperville Horse Show dance. teas and dinners at Scaleby Wood Ox Kentmere Minturn and other houses featured local families, racing ties, and plans for New York World's Fair guests Tyson Gilpin and others.
Mrs Billy Weatherall was guest of Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins at Annefield on Sunday. Mrs Burwell Jacobs hosted luncheon with her son-in-law and daughter Archibald R Dunning of Strasburg. Miss Gwynne Harrison visited her mother in Great Neck and returned to Clarke on Tuesday. Mrs Prescott Huidekoper and daughter Rosalind Huidekoper left for Boston to attend Prescott Huidekoper’s graduation at Milton Academy.
Berryville Virginia on June 13 reports Mr. and Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett hosted a Sunday tea at Springfield for son and wife Frank S. Timberlake of San Francisco. Attendants included Commander Frederick L. Riddle U S N Mrs. Riddle and many local residents.
Duquesne residents Mr and Mrs Alden Cummins hosted relatives over the weekend at Cool Spring. Their guests Miss Jean Shrader and her brother John Shrader of Haverford Pa headed to New York for the World's Fair. Alden Cummins Jr accompanied them. Robert Newmeyer of Duquesne is spending the summer there.
Mrs Washington B Grove and several guests visited Gen and Mrs James C Breckenridge at Quantico Thursday afternoon then at the Marine bar racks in Washington to glimpse the king and queen of England. Mrs E Jaqueline Smith hosted her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John R Castleman and two children of Blacksburg Va at Smithfield.
Miss Roberta Aylor of Gettysburg College returns home for vacation to Gettysburg Pa. to spend time with her parents Mr and Mrs FP L Aylor. Mrs Horace G Smithy of Washington reopens Rosehill in Berryville and hosts sister Mrs Charles F McGuire. Miss Katharine Powell MacDonald and Miss Helen Hector of Washington were yesterday guests of Mrs John B Neill.
Price of Pattern is 15c and Price of Pattern Book is 15c. One Pattern and Pattern Book ordered together cost 25c.
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