Colonel Roszel Reviews Jackson Career for Century Club
At the Century Club meeting on March 15, Col B M Roszel gave an intimate lecture on Stonewall Jackson. He traced Jackson from Scotch Irish stock in Western Virginia to West Point, noting family trials, early life, and an unpolished, yet influential, civilian and military career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
C. F. Massey
Ridgewood Orchard
Stoneae Jackson
Col. B. M. Roszel
Colonel Roszel
Jackson
Virginia
Clarksburg
West Point
Washington
Words of a Confederate general and a Virginia wedding tale
A lengthy narrative recalls the life of a Civil War figure, detailing his early schooling at West Point, Mexican War service, long tenure at the Virginia Military Institute, health struggles, religious turn, and battle prowess. Parallel items report several East Coast weddings, engagements, and social notices featuring the Randall, Lee, and Dunn families, with details of ceremonies, locations, and family connections.
Social Calendar Highlights From Centenary Reform Church Mix
A busy week of meetings and events lists the Girls Guild at Centenary Reform Church and multiple luncheon and club gatherings. Notable items include Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Kelvinator Cooking School sessions, St Patrick's Day party, White Hall play A Fortunate Calamity, and choir practices at Braddock Street M E Church Grace Lutheran and United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Kelvinator Cooking School
Miller and Anderson
Epworth
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Community League of
White Hall
Northern Virginia
Schecary
Kiwanis Club
Kelvinator
Miller
Anderson
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Stafford Pemberton
American Legion Post
Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church
Bridge Party Honors Mrs Goodhart and Daughter
Mrs Goodhart and Mr and Mrs H J Burks hosted a bridge and farewell gathering near Boyce for Mrs J W Goodhart and her young daughter Miss Goodhart from Hagerstown. A 6 PM dinner for 16 featured an Easter motif. Guests included Dorothy Jer and Catherine Kern, Juliene Riley, Burgie Richards, Stewart Riley, Evelyn Burks, and May Miller among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ana
Dorothy Jer
Dallee Kern
Catherine Kern
Juliene Riley
White Post
Burgie Richards
Washington
Stewart Riley
New York
Evelyn Burks
May Miller
Boyce
Famous Gold Cup Race Plans In Warrenton Va
Plans for the Virginia Gold Cup race day May 7 in Warrenton Va include three events: the Warrenton Hunt Cup timber race at noon and the North Wales Cup brush race at 12 30 pm on Clowelly Road estate of R C Win, followed by the main Virginia Gold Cup at 4 pm on Elway and Clover croft Farms. Committee head E Astley Cowper and acting secretary Chaffraix Lelong organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warenton
Clowellyrd
R. C. Win
Elway
Clovercroft Farms
E. Astley Cowper
Warrenton
Chaffraix Lelong
Local residents return home from area hospitals
Mr B E Russell comes home from Winchester Memorial Hospital after a minor operation. He is improving and is a longtime figure in local business as manager of Bruce Town Woolen Mills in Clearbrook. Richard Hatcher heads home after a post graduate course at Virginia Tech Blacksburg. Mrs George F Norton ill at North Braddock Street home shows improvement. Brantz M Roszel Shenandoah Valley Academy headmaster to Memorial Hospital Wednesday for tonsil operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Russell
Richard Hatcher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Brantz M. Roszel
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Memorial Hospital
Rummage Sale Announced by Local Society
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold a rummage sale this spring. It asks friends with clothing or household goods to contact secretary Mrs Robert M Ward. Proceeds support SP C A work in Winchester and vicinity. the society has no other income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Robert M. Ward
Winchester
Returns From Motoring Trip To Sunshine State
Mr Julius W Richard returned to his Opequon home after a driving trip to Lake Hamilton Florida where he stayed with his brother in law Mr and Mrs W J Richard He toured many state attractions and brought back a Jacksonville Journal issue dated March 14 noting fears of crop damage from a recent cold wave across Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine State
Julius W. Richard
Opequon
Lake Hamilton
Fla
W. J. Richard
Richard
Jacksonville Journal
Mrs Roddey and Mrs Willis Return from South Carolina Visit
Mrs John T. Roddey of Rock Hill South Carolina and her mother Mrs Marshall Willis return after a winter stay. They are guests of Mrs Frank N Hack on South Washington street and Mrs Jacob Baker on Stonewall avenue. Mrs Willis will stay with Mrs Baker until her Washington street home reopens this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
John T. Roddey
Rock Hill
S. C
Marshall Willis
Frank N. Hack
South Washington Street
Jacob Baker
Stonewall Avenue
Willis
Mrs Braithwaite shows slight improvement as illness eases
Mrs. Clarence Braithwaite formerly Miss Ethel Warner of this city is reported slightly improved after weeks at home on Jackson avenue due to a complication of diseases. Students Robert and Seddon Nelson of the University of Virginia will visit Easter holidays with their parents on West Boscawen street along with Edward Beardsley. Mr J C Sherman of the county was taken ill yesterday and remains about the same today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Dunn
Martinsburg
West King Street
Dunn
Charlotte Adeelia Boden
Brucetown
Mr. Dunn
William Nelson
Dunn Woolen Company
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Anna Mae Furr
Brannon
Bluemont
Lowell G. Brannon
Whitacre
Frederick
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
G. Ellis Williams
Ella Farr Bell
J. W. Brannon
Braithwaite
Clarence Braithwaite
Jackson Avenue
Ethel Warner
W. E. Warner
Robert and
Seddon Nelson
University of Virginia
Robert B. Nelson
West Boscawen Street
Edward Beardsley
J. C. Sherman
Edith Harlee
Sibley Hospital
Washington
Homer Harloe
West Clifford Street
Harloe
Grace Briesch
Berwick
Social notes on local residents travels and hospital updates
Mrs. Field leaves for New York to pursue business interests while Mrs Field will visit friends. Mrs Massie and Mrs Harrison return home after relatives visits in Baltimore. Mrs Glass and Mrs Steck motor to Washington as guests of friends. Hospital news reports improved condition for Mrs Bernice Levi and Mrs Yates Willy. Choral Club meeting canceled. Local residents greet guests from Mount Washington Annapolis Gray avenue and Berwick. Many short visits and weekend stays noted across Washington Blacksburg Philadelphia and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Field
New York
Field
Joseph Massie
Thomas W. Harrison
Baltimore
Mr and Mrs Beverley Rice Visit in Washington
Mr and Mrs Beverley Rice returned to their Washington home after a weekend as guests of Mr and Mrs Louis E Rice Sr at their South Lee Street residence and Mrs Emma Hollis at her South Loudoun Street home. Miss Mary Warden Boyd, a student at Robert Beech School for Girls Catonsville MD, arrived Saturday to spend Easter with her father Dr Philip W Boyd at his Fairmont Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Davis Randall
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Grace Church
New York
W. Russell Bowie
Lee
Stoddard Johnston
Bruce L. Johnston
Page
Joseph D. Noel
Washington
George Kendall Lee
Richmond
David J. Randall, Jr
Westport
East Thirty-fifth Street
Graceland
Elkins
W. Va
Mas
Charles Frederick Conrad
Winchester
Franklin Peleg Randall
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stephen B. Elkins
Washingon
Lewis H. Hyde
Hunter H. McGuire
This City
Anne Tucker McGuire
Mary Hyde
A. C. Carson
Riverton
Lewis
Harry C. Lewis
South Cameron Street
Elsie Mae Peters
Catherine March
Lucille Smith
Frances Armel
Eva May Gough
Evelyn O’roark
Donald Smith
Julian Armel
George Guthridge
Joe Hershberger
Billy Forney
Bobby Boyd
Paul Fries
Harold Foreman
Marshall Martain
Thomas S. Ferguson
Martha E. Tucker
Andley Avenue
Beverley Rice
Louis E. Rice, Sr
South Lee Street
Emma Hollis
South Loudoun Street
Mary Warden Boyd
Robert Beech School For Girls
Catonsville
Philip W. Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Miss Jane Scully Leaves New York For Pittsburgh Visit
Miss Jane Scully, a Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School student in New York City, arrived Saturday to spend the holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs John 8 Scully Jr at their South Stewart Street home and left yesterday for Pittsburgh to visit friends. She expects to return to Winchester about Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Scully
Katherine Gibbs
New York City
John 8. Scully, Jr
South Stewart Street
Pittsburgh
Miss Scully
Winchester
Long Island Guests Visit Macon Academy Alum
Messrs Kenneth Giles and Riley from Long Island New York stopped for a nighttime visit en route to their destination. Mr Giles is a former student at Macon Academy in Front and graduated from that institution several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Giles
Riley
Long Island, N. Y
Mr. Giles
Macon Academy
Important meeting of Girls' Guild at Centenary church
This evening after church services the Girls' Guild of Centenary Reformed Church will meet in the Sunday School room. All members are requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Handley High School
Company I
Capon Bridge
Guild of
Centenary Reformed Church
Ser- S
Girls’ Guild
Mrs Dorothy Miller Relocated For Illness In Royal Oak Area
Mrs Dorothy Miller a clerical worker at the Golden Glow Grill has been confined to her apartment on West Piccadilly street due to illness. She has been moved to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs H J Burks near Boyce where her condition remains about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Miller
The
Golden Glow Grill
West Piccadilly Street
H. J. Burks
Boyce
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iican
Academy
Army
Virginia Military Institute
Roszel
Barton
Paxton
Washington College
Europe
Waterloo
Napoleon
Presbyterian Church
Manassas
Chancellorsville
Lord Wolseley
Henderson
Tee
Staff College
War Colleges
Carmen McNeill
Arthur Lee Jr
Arthur Lee, Jr
Tucson
Arizona
Phoenix Ariz
Ralph McNeill
Phoenix
Huntsberry
Juniata Council
William Whisson
Virginia Whisson
William Carpenter
Hagerstown
Shafer
George F. Norton
North Braddock Street
Goodyear Speedway
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
John Perrine
Robert M. Glass
John M. Steck, Sr
Bernice Levi
Clyde B. Levi
Yates Willy
Front Royal
Choral Club
Peter Yates Brinton
Pat O'Connell
Mount Washington
Henry MacGowan
Annapolis, Md
Irvan O'Connell
Gray Avenue
Ethel Snider
Mr. Willard Holland
Mrs. E. C. Holland
National Avenue
Philadelphia
Eugene Witherspoon
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
John P. Hayley
Sarahendall
Virginia Baker
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Frederick County
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Prince of Wales
By Selby
Edmond
Colonial Theatre
Mary Ann Beauty Shop
Prince Lennart of
Sweden
Karin Nissvandt
Registry
London
Switzerland
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Dobbs
Margaret L
Hodgson
People's Bargain Store
North Main Street
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