Social and Personal News Highlights from Winchester area
Announcements include engagements for Miss Mary Kathryn Rhinelander to Mr Harry L Sherman both of Winchester. wedding plans for Miss June Everly to Mr Wayman Wilson in June. Alma Van Blarcom and Lorimer Walker wed in Richmond with graduate study ahead. births and marriages of local residents. travels and visits of relatives in North Carolina Baltimore and Morgantown. ongoing summer plans at William and Mary and George Washington University with local faculty and staff involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Rhinelander
Mary Kathryn Rhinelander
Harry L. Sherman
Miss Rhinelander
Handley
Mr. Sherman
Stephens City High School
Roanoke College
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
June Everly
Keyser
W. Va
Wayman Wilson
Lumberport
Herman McKay
Market Street Methodists
Alma van Blarcom
Lorimer Walker
Clarence J. Faw
Richmond
Walker
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Julian B. Steele
Mary Evelyn Steele
Morgantown
Miss Steele
State University
Julia Steele
Washington
George Washington University
Calendar of Monday and Tuesday Local Club Events
Piano pupils of Mrs Elia Hodges perform at United Brethren Church. Madison Lodge I C O F meets at East Boscawen street hall. Lions Club gathers at George Washington Hotel. Junior Century Club hosts tea at the Country Club for Senior Century Club. Buterplan Club Study Group holds final season meeting at Miss Mildred Jones home. Winchester Rebekah Assembly meets weekly at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elia Hodges
United Brethren Church
Madison Lodge
East Boscawen Street
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Century Club
Buterplan Club
Mildred Jones
Winchester Rebekah Associat
Odd Fellows Hall
Junior Century Club Hosts Tea For Senior Members
The Junior Century Club will entertain tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock with tea at the Country Club to honor members of the Senior Century Club.
British War Relief Tea Draws 700 To Kenworthy Gardens
About 700 people from Winchester and surrounding areas attended a charity tea at Mrs. Franklin Kenworthy’s Exedra estate in Purcellville Loudoun County to raise funds for British war relief. The Queen Elizabeth Chapter sponsored the event with refreshments by British and Canadian girls from the British embassy in Washington. A bagpipe performance highlighted the program while R Gray Williams of Winchester spoke on relief needs and read telegrams from Lord Lothian and Senator Byrd. John Foster spoke for the British staff. Charles L Hoover is visiting at the home of his parents on South Cameron Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Franklin Kenworthy
Purcellville
Loudoun County
British War Relief Fund
Queen Elizabeth
Society of the Daughters of the British Empire
Lord Lothian
A. F. Byrd
Virginia
Washington
John Foster
Lothian
Charles L. Hoover
Abbott Art School
John Hoover
Cameron Street
Informal Shower And Wedding News From Winchester Area
Informal shower for Mr and Mrs Edgar Triplett at Mrs Murrell Andersons home in Winchester starts the notice. The event honors Helen Hook and Edgar Triplett with red and white decor and roses, followed by a list of guests and remarks on their marriage in Winchester on May 4. Other notes include Mr and Mrs Strother Cooper returning from Quantico and the birth of Patricia June Fletcher at Memorial Hospital on June 14. Mr Shirley O Bly earned a BCS degree in Washington and remains employed at Potomac Electric Power Co. A small luncheon honors Miss Henningham Pulton of Baltimore with Clarke county guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeakley
Stewart Yeakley
North Prederick Road
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lovett
Montgomery
Julian B. Steele
Barbara Lovett
Sherman Montgomery
Alexandria
S. M. Reed Co
Washington, D. Cc
District
Murrell Anderson
Esther Triplett
Smithfiled Avenue
Edgar Triplett
William Wolford
Patsy Ann
Turner Lockhart
William Riley
Paul Constable
Ruth Huff
Mina. Lockhart
Martell Bowman
Janet
Mary Unger
Maxine Riley
Pansy Butler
Naomi Grubbs
Dorothy Carper
Robert Carter
Sandy Hook
Harley Swisher
Charles Oates
Fletcher
Russell Fletcher
Patricia June
Memorial Hospital
Loretta Place
R. E. Place
Whitacre
Shirley Bly
Shirley O. Bly
J. F. Bly
Fairview Ave
Benjamin Franklin University
Mayflower Hotel
Washington, D.C
Bly
Washington
The
Potomac Electric Power Co
Dorothy Moore
EF. Blackburn Moore
West Boscawen Street
Henningham Pulton
Baltimore
Elizabeth Beverley
Milton Valley
Berryville
Miss Beverley
Missy Randolph
Virginia Harris
Mary Hewitt
Clarke County
Modern Etiquette Q A Corsage Color Harmony Cigarette Etiquette
The booklet answers etiquette questions about corsage color coordination with a girl's gown and whether guests may smoke their own after a meal. It emphasizes accepting host offers and advises against discussing family affairs with outsiders as disloyal.
Birthday party honors Joyce Ritter at local church
Mrs Edwin Ritter and daughter Ann Bowen joined Rev and Mrs M J Miller for Joyce Ritters fourth birthday. Leaders from the Leadership Training school in Dayton Va include Rev L G Bridgers Mrs Ray Hicks and others visiting area families. Local church circles set meetings and visitors greet relatives from Richmond and Frostburg Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ritter
Ann Bowen
M. J. Miller
Joyce
Dayton, Va
United Brethren Church
L. G. Bridgers
Ray Hicks
Ora Bailey
Anna Marie
Elizabeth Linkous
Thelma Edwards
Louise Brown
Robert Bridgers
Kenneth Patton
Hunter Bailey
Final meet program of Euterpian Club Study Group 1940
The Euterpian Club Study Group releases its final meet program for the 1939-40 season to be held tomorrow night at 8 at Miss Mildred Jones home. It lists performances and selections across American music voice piano and strings with artists including Mrs Eulalia Savage Nalley and Robert McNalley among others. The Old Fredericktown Garden Club will meet Wednesday at 10 30 at Mrs Daily R Slonaker home with two exhibits Roses and Victorian flowers and plant materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpian Club
Mildred Jones
Eulalia Savage-Nalley
Stephen Foster
McDowell
Morris Cather
Spirit Flower
Campbell
Tipton
Robert McNalley
Nevin
Louis Kneiling
Betty Jo Stretchberry
Malette
Morning
Home—Bassett
Edythe Balard
Jeanie
Foster
Ambrose
Wilbur Kern
Anna Lee Funk
Old Fredericktown Club
Old Fredericktown Garden Club
Daily R. Slonaker
Cooling Beverages for Afternoon Refreshment
A selection of grape juice based drinks ideal for warm afternoons. Frosted Grape Juice with vanilla ice cream, California Cooler with mint, Sparkling Fruit Punch using lime lemon orange pineapple juice and ginger ale, and a Mint Julep style non alcoholic mix with lemon, sugar, and ginger ale.
Church Circles Schedule Meetings Across City
Circle No 1 of Braddock Street Methodist Church led by Mrs H Clay Manuel meets with Mrs Cicil Bailey at 41 South Cameron Street on Tuesday evening at 8. Circle No 1 of Church of Christ gathers tonight at 8 at Mrs F L Sargent’s home on Valley Avenue. The Ladies Bible Class of Congregational Christian Church now meets Tuesday June 25 at Mrs Canby Shanholtz’s Dunlap Avenue home after changing from tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Sprinkle
Braddock Street Methodist Church
J. Lee Miller
W. Pall Mall St
Braddock Street
Methodist Church
H. Clay Manuel
Cicil Bailey
South Cameron Street
Church of Christ
F. L. Sargent
Valley Avenue
Ladies Bible
Congregational Christian Church
Canby Shanholtz
Berryville Social News June garden party hosts British relief
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beverley Whiting return from Atlantic City to Berryville. Lloyd B. Wilson of Washington and Mrs. Wilson reopen their Blue Ridge home for summer. They attended Exedra garden party at Kenworthy to aid British war relief, with Clarke county guests including Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow and several local civic members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Herbert Beverley Whiting
Atlantic City
N. J
Lloyd B. Wilson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Washington
Chew family summer home Ellwood hosts guests and students
Chew and family recently reopened for summer at Ellwood, their country home, with sons Robert at Princeton and Peter at Choate. R Beverley Whiting hosted a bridge evening honoring Margery Kerfoot, with guests Elinor and Josephine Griffith, Betty Robertson, Meade Dorsey, George Kackley and William Barnett. Funeral services were held in Charles Town for Thomas Claiborne Green, age 81, former attorney and descendant of notable Virginians, who died in Washington. survivors include daughters Mrs Sheppard and Mrs George L Coyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chew
Ellwood
Robert
Princeton University
Peter Chew
Choate
R. Beverley Whiting
Bridge
Margery Kerfoot
John H. Kerfoot
South Church Street
Isses Elinor
Josephine Griffith
Betty Robertson
Meade Dorsey
George Kackley
William Barnett
John B. Neill
E. Leckie Eustaphieve
Rose MacDonald
Charles Town
Thomas Claiborne Green
Washington
Inlaw
Henry Shappard
Green
Mary MacDonald Green
Col
Angus MacDonald
Winchester
George Mason
Gunston Hall
Sheppard
George L. Coyle
Clarke County Woman's Club Heads to Winchester Breakfast
Mrs. A F Robertson, president of the Clarke County Woman's Club, will report on the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs meeting at a June 18 breakfast at Winchester Golf Club. About fifty of the ninety members are expected to attend. Rev. Ernest H Williams of Grace Episcopal Church praised the King’s Daughters and Sons of Clarke County for practicing Christian charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Robertson
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs
Winchester Golf Club
Ernest H. Williams
Grace Episcopal Church
King’s Daughters and Sons
Grace Church
Christ
Oldest Circle in Virginia Leads Local Relief Effort
The Whatsoever Circle of Moultwood, started by Mrs. Mattie Harrison in 1886, remains the state's oldest circle. Since 1888 Golden Rule Circle and Silver Cross Circle of Boyce, Holland Circle of Minniewood have formed, all engaging in strong relief work. Mrs. Charles F. McIntosh and son John travel to Blue Ridge Summit to visit Miss Bland Taylor at her summer cottage. Radio waves travel at light speed about 186000 miles per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouitwood
Mattie Harrison
Virginia
Lorenzo Lewis
Boyce
Minniewood
Ip el
Charles F. McIntosh
John McIntosh
Blue Ridge Summit
Navy first 16 inch gun built in 1914
The United States Navy produced its first 16 inch gun in 1914. Spain contributes about half of the world's olive oil output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Spain
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Kathryn Rhinelander
A. D. Mason
Keyser High School
Potomac State College
Eta Epsilon Gamma
Wilson
University of West Virginia
Stephens City
Louise Moore
C. W. Parker
North Carolina
Zelah Millard
Mary Maxwell Bond
Holton Arms School
Washington, D. C
Georgana Darlington
Charles H. Couchman
Martinsburg
North Cameron Street
Elliott S. Miller
Cele Miller
South Kent Street
Vanetta Brown
Marguerite Dick
Paul Miller
Essie Jenkins
North Braddock Street
Earl Clowser
Kenworthy Gardens
Mrs. Triplett
Marine Base
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Phone
Haldeman’s Milk
Mae Coe
Rene Jotticles Senet Kney
Huntsberry
Tee
Centenary Evangelistical. and Reformed Church
Carroll F. Dovell
Virginia Ave
T. F. Hardesty
Mrs
Warren Daugherty
Parkway
Mary Virginia Larrick
John Larrick
E. A. Crowl
Peggy
Frostburg, Md
M. H. Holland
Catonsville, Md
M. H. Maddox
Euterpian
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
U.S. Defense
Hero
William B. Preston
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
California
Social News
N. Loudoun St
C. B. Smalts & Son
Imo Sunshine
Cleaners
Piccadilly
Charleston
Cruger Wormley Smith
Fonty
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Owiist Register
Iia
Reger
Pitanegistering
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
New York
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