Sacred Music Festival Set for July in Massanetta Springs
Virginia festival returns with the Virginia Federation of Music Clubs and a contest for negro spiritual quartets. The event runs July 22 and 23, closing the School of Sacred Music July 19 to 25 led by Dr John Finley Williamson. An outdoor Tri-State Festival Choir concert closes the festival on July 23.
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Massanetta Springs
Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
School of Sacred Music
John Finley Williamson
Westminster Choir School
Princeton
N. J
Tri-State Festival Choir
Williamson
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Boles
Federation of Music Clubs
J. M. Boles
Strasburg
Shenandoah Valley
William E. Hudson
Lions Club Activities Highlight Community Involvement
The Lions Club promoted a pool fund with a quarter of Fun Festival proceeds to Boy Scouts and Aid In Drive. They appointed a relief drive committee, solicited donations for the annual Boy Scouts drive, provided cars for sight seeing excursions during conventions, supported a better water supply, and cooperated with civic clubs on patriotic programs for July 4. They entered a Lions team in softball and bowling, and published a monthly paper with news and guidance for members.
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Lions
All-Day Memorial Service Scheduled at Fairview Church
An all day memorial service will be held at Fairview Lutheran Church on Sunday July 4. The Rev. L B Williamson will lead the service assisted by other prominent ministers and invited guests include friends and former residents.
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Fairview Lutheran Church
United States Retains International Cup In Britain
The United States Ryder Cup team defeated Great Britain’s professionals 8 to 4 in Southport England to win its first victory on home soil and retain the International trophy.
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Southport
Eng
Great Britain
Front Royal Local Notes and Social Roundup
Front Royal and Warren County News reports river conditions at Riverton noon noting Shenandoah water clarity in the North Branch and muddiness in the South Branch. The item also lists numerous residents and visitors including Q D Gasque, Miss Annie Compton, Miss Isa Compton, Mrs Joseph Carson, Senator Aubrey Weaver, J Herbert Vaughn, Mr Guy Marlow, Dr M A Joyce, Mrs James Skyles, Margaret Pence, William Brower, Mary Venable, Lieutenant Commander Francis Mentz, and others visiting or staying in Front Royal. It records travel to Richmond Orange and nearby towns and social events at the Methodist and Baptist churches.
Tuberculosis Death Rate Drops in Virginia in 1936
Virginia reported a 1.4 per 100 000 decline in tuberculosis mortality in 1936 with 1 918 deaths, a rate of 78.0, down from 79.4 in 1935. Negro females and males led deaths. age 20 to 24 saw 238 deaths, with trends suggesting a slowing decline and calls for intensified public health efforts.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Tuberculosis Association
State Health Department
The
Old Dominion
Roy K. Flannagan
Association
Miss Dorothy Jordan to Visit Washington Sisters
Miss Dorothy Jordan of Detroit leaves Friday for Washington to visit her sisters and will return Sunday to go home.
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Dorothy Jordan
Detroit
Washington
Riot injures several as A F L clashes with garment workers
In Cleveland on June 30 a clash between A F L and C I O garment workers at the Stone Knitting Mills Co. injured several people, ripped two women's dresses, and led to one man being arrested.
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Cleveland
C I. O
The
Stone Knitting Mills Co
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