Catherine de Medici and Loire Castle Legacy Explored
A detailed domestic and political portrait of Catherine de Medici, her role across France’s religious conflicts, and the Chaumont castle linked to Diane de Poitiers. The article notes her residence, astrologer Ruggieri, and the Loire river’s strategic importance in medieval and Renaissance power. It also covers social events in Richmond and arts notices in Virginia including the Richmond Academy of Arts exhibit and local performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
St. Bartholomew's Day
Catherine
Henry IV
Guise
Chaumont
Ruggieri
Diane de Poitiers
Atlantic
Mediterrean
Loire
Catherine and
Diane
Cinq Mars
Marie de Gonzague
Alfred de Vieny
Community Entertainment and Club Meetings Schedule
A weekly social calendar lists events at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South and other local venues. Highlights include Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, church choirs at First Baptist and Grace Lutheran, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, and Youth and music groups at Braddock Street and nearby churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
D. C. Louderback
North Loudoun Street
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
First Baptist Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
Handad High School Gymnasum
Rotary Club
Jewish Women’s Club
People’s Choir
The
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge
North Braddock St
Grace Lutheran Church
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Music Lovers’ Club
Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church
Century Club Explores Catherine de Medici and French Civilisation
Century Club members on March 14 studied Catherine de Medici’s role in Renaissance France. Papers by Mrs. J Victor Arthur examined her character and court life, while Mrs. Carl Massey discussed Chaumont and Catherine’s image amid religious wars, highlighting human details that reveal the era’s vivid personalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
Carrie Hunter
J. Victor Arthur
Catherine de Medicis
Carl Massey
Catherine
Chaumont
Henry
France
Diane de Poitiers
Coligny
Brantome
Mrs Barton Returns To Richmond Home After Winchester Visit
Mrs Robert T Barton Jr and her son and daughter returned this morning to their Richmond home after a week as guests of Mr and Mrs William Beverley on West Cork Street While in Winchester Mrs Barton was guest of honor at several functions entertained by Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd of Amherst Street Mrs F A Read Jr of Athlone near Millwood and Mrs William Beverley Miss Zelma Carper simplex operator at the Western Union office sprained her ankle last Wednesday enroute to the office and is confined to her South Loudoun Street home though much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Academy of Arts
Virginia
Ander
Richmond
Alexander W. Weddell
Thomas C Parker
Academy
Louis W. Ballou
Berkeley Williams, Jr
Sara November
Theresa Pollak
Adele Williams
Capitol Street
W. D. Smith
Nelson Smith
Christchurch
West
Grover Dunlap
Plymouth Ind
Frank Dunlap
Dayton, O
Helen Dunlap
Henry Lang, Jr
Cincinnati
E. J. Dunlap
Virginia Avenue
W. A. Brooks
Washington
Richard B. Brown
North Loudoun Street
Br. Brooks
James M. Brown
Robert T. Barton, Jr
William Beverley
West Cork Street
Winchester
Barton
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
F. A. Read, Jr
Athlone
Millwood
Miss Carper
Zelma Carper
Western Union
South Loudoun Street
Cullers Welcome Son Robert Miller Culler Jr
Mr and Mrs R Miller Cull ers of Front Royal receive congratulations on the birth of a son on Saturday March 18 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The newborn is named Robert Miller Culler Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullers
R. Miller Cullers
Front Royal
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert Miller Culler, Jr
Social notes from Washington weekend visits and arrivals
Mrs Ernest Sloat and Miss Josephine Ebersole returned to Washington after visiting Mr and Mrs Louise Grim on West Clifford Street. Miss Louise Watson went home to Chevy Chase Md after a week with Mr and Mrs Hoshour on Parkway Avenue. Roy Ross left for New York City to conduct business. Arthur Franklin and wife returned to Richmond after visiting Mrs Katherine Glass Greene on North Loudoun Street. Roy Coffelt welcomed a daughter born Friday at Bartonville. Brad dock Street Methodist Sunday School class meets tomorrow at 8 pm at Miss Eunice Hamman’s home 381 East Piccadilly Street. Velma Pannett returned to Washington as a student nurse at Garfield Hospital after weekend with her parents on Purcell Avenue. John Harrison of Washington visited Miss Eliza Tucker on North Stewart Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sloat
Josephine Ebersole
Washington
Mrs
Louise Grim
West Clifford Street
Louise Watson
Chevy Chase
8. C. Hoshour
Parkway Avenue
Roy Ross
North Braddock Street
New York City
Arthur Franklin
Richmond
Katherine Glass Greene
North
Loudoun Street
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
H. Treadway
Eunice Hamman
East Piccadilly Street
Velma Pannett
Garfield Hospital
Lee Pannett
Purcell Avenue
John Harrison
Eliza Tucker
North Stewart Street
Japanese Lightning Attack Captures Sadochiao
Tokyo dispatch reports Japanese infantry seized Sadochiao nine miles southwest of Hsiefeng Pass to halt Chinese counterattacks at Hsiefengkow. General Sung Cheh Yuan's 28th Army battled the Japanese, leaving over a thousand Chinese dead as fighting extended near the great wall and Swan River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Rengo
Hsifengkow
Sadochiao
Hsiefeng Pass
Hsiefengkow
Peiping
Hattori
Great Wall
Jeho! Province
North China
Hsifeng Pass
Swan River
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Portrait tribute crowns Keezell in Harrisonburg hall
Harrisonburg Teachers College unveiled a portrait of Senator George Bernard Keezell in Woodrow Wilson Auditorium as part of its 25th birthday exercises. The painting, a gift from the class of 1932, honors a lifelong ally of Virginia education, praised by Miss Marable and others for Keezell's pivotal role in establishing the State Normal School at Harrisonburg in 1908 and his six-year presidency of the trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Hamrick
Martha Boaz
Bridgewater High School
Mary Gimbert
Charlottesville
Elizabeth Thomas
H. F. Thomas
Dayton
Harrisonburg
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg Teachers’ College
Keezell
Teachers College
George Bernard Keer
OcBingham
President Duke
Miss Marable
Duke
Blue Stone Hill
Virginia
Marahe
State Normal School
Kezell
General Assembly
State Senate
Mentary
Calite
Hils
Paul
Harrisonjurg
Keerell
Senator Keezell
Enduring Virginia Women Honored for Christian Strength
The passage lauds the wife for long service and insight into Virginia teachers, emphasizing guidance in training for schools and homes. It praises the Commonwealth not for wealth or industry but for the steadfast Christian character of its people, two of whom are honored today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Commonwealth
Applications For Training Can Be Filed
Announcement by Capt Edward C Goss chair of the local committee states that citizens training camps accept high school boys from Winchester and Frederick county. The Virginia quota is 997 with 1852 applications already. Winchester Frederick could send 14. applications are processed in order received. Clarke county has three, Shenandoah nine with three applied, Warren county four of five desired. Scotland whiskey and golf ad quoted from Punch London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Goss
Winchester
Frederics County
Virginia
Goss
Frederick County
Fairbanks Jr Fails To Keep Date With Wife
Hollywood report says Douglas Fairbanks Jr missed a planned date with Joan Crawford as he worked on a film. Crawford, preparing for a trip away from Hollywood, disclosed plans to sell her large property and suggested reconciliation would require a new atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Joan Crawford
Fairbanks
Miss Crawford
Heallywood
Clarissa Towton Crump Named Administratrix in Virginia
Notice that on March 16 1932 Clarissa Towton Crump qualified as Administratrix for the estate of Benjamin T Layton deceased of Millwood Clarke County Virginia All persons with claims or debts against the estate are notified to present certified claims or settle debts with Clarissa Crump Millwood Clarke County Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarissa Towton Crump
Benjamin T. Layton
Millwood
Clarke County
Virginia
Clarissard Crump
Card of Thanks for Rev. Benjamin T. Layton
The Layton family expresses heartfelt appreciation to all who offered sympathy, attention, or floral contributions at home or Winchester Memorial Hospital. They thank the management, staff of nurses, and all who rendered services to the deceased, Rev. Benjamin T. Layton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Benjamin*t. ‘Layton
Layton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Russell
Ran Russell
Virginia Russell
Lillian Hart
Frances Kremer
Marguerite Hart
Anna Massie
Daisy Tharpe
Mary Carlisle
Bessie Carlisle
Oliver Hart
Glen Largent
Herbert Largent
Laurence Cole
Page Russell
Tommy Hart
Bennie Russell
Raymond
Girls Athletic Association
Palace Theatre
Cramer Lycett
Elsie May Gaunt
Opal Robinson
Kelyn Wright
Helen Ritter
Mary Sullivan
Soddy Haines
Teachers’ College
Dr. Smith
Melville Shirkey
Melville K. Shirkey
Golden Glow Grill
Memorial Hospital
Epworth League of
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Marian
Brashears
W. M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Maryes Jones
J. E. Sutphin
South Washington Street
George W. Allison, Sr
Shirley Street
York, Pa
B. M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Huntsberry
Mrs. Barton
Roy Coffelt
Bartonville
Lovett
N. Loudoun St
Brooks
Coty
Shenandosh 'S National Bank
Scotland
Punch
London
Secretary of the Treasury
State Banking Department
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Winchester Furnitiuire CO
South Main Street
Winchester, Va
Reardon’s
Pure Food Store
Braddoc Eae Mianeak
Big Joe
Persn
Margaret L. Hodgson
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