Middletown Notes on Visits and Local Events
News from Middletown Virginia March 25 notes Rev W P Saunders helping in a funeral at Newcastle Craig County and various locals visiting relatives. Openings at Wayside Inn drew guests, while Odd Fellows held a regional meeting in Hot Springs.
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Middletown
W. P. Saunders
Newcastle
Craig County
P. H. Wakeman
Claude B. Stickley
C._ Leslie
Pred Kline
Gordon Ridings
Odd Fellows
Hot Springs
M. H. Rhodes
Richmond
Wil- Rhodes
Lex Wintre
C. C. Rhodes
Clarence S. Hudson
Culpeper
Wayside Inn
Trone Sperry
Washington, D. C
Mark Sperry
Louise Kline
Clayton Henderson
Elmer Evans
Helen Pingley
Ruby Everly
Bessie Parker
Marion
Louise Mitchell
Charles Rinker
Niles Thorne
Washin
D. C
James Coverstone
Ella N. Didawick
Susie D. Wilkins
Woodstock
Armel briefs note local health and social events
In Armel Virginia March 23 residents report M F Price remains ill after Memorial Hospital surgery in Winchester. Lafayette Shiley shows some improvement after winter illness. J W Haymaker and family visited Winchester to hear Bishop Cannon. G D Gray spent weekend in Washington. Armel school minstrel show was a success. Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs G M Cor’s home. Johnny Smithington visited Mr and Mrs G D Gray. Clifton Affleck improves after mastoid operation. Delcie Affleck visiting uncle Ernest Armel in Ridgeway West Virginia.
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Armel
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
M. F. Price
Lafayette Shiley
J. W. Haymaker
Bishop Cannon
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
G. D. Gray
Washington
Armel School
Ladies' Aid Society
Grey United Brethrenchurch
G. M. Cor
Jaly
Johnny Smith Ashington
Clifton Affieck
Delcie Affieck
Ernest Armel
Ridgeway
W. Va
Mi ude Bywaters at Memorial Hospital in Opequon
Mi ude Bywaters is a patient at Memorial Hospital after an appendicitis operation. Mrs J W Richard visits Florida and Mrs John D Marker tends her ill sister. Mrs Marker recovering. Mrs Ollie Taylor recovered after Memorial Hospital treatment. M J C Fawcett, local mail carrier, attended a Charlottesville meeting, returning Sunday. Mrs Allen Jones improved after two weeks in Memorial Hospital.
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Pequon
Ude Bywaters
Memorial Hospital
J. W. Richard
Florida
John D. Marker
Marker
Ollie Taylor
M. J. C. Fawcett
Charlottesville
Allen Jones
Whitacre Area People Visit, Host and Travel Notes
Sunday guests of Mrs. O H Phillips include Roy Bageant White Hall and T C Barrow Strasburg. Several locals visit relatives in Bluemont Highview and Baltimore while Phillips wires electric fixtures for a church. The Whitacre family and others from Monessen Martinsburg Gainesboro and Berkeley Springs are mentioned among visits and illnesses.
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N. E. Whitacre
Monessen
R. E. L. Whitacre
Alfred Luttrell
Norma Sue Judy
O. H. Braithwaite
Landon Whitacre
O. H. Phillips
Baltimore
N. Smith
Gainesboro
James Whitacre
H. S. Whitacre
Martinsburg
W. Va
E. C. Dailey
Holmes Fletcher
Messrs
Eddie and
Edgar Largent
Berkeley Springs
J. W. Whitacre
Howard Whitacre
Weekend Visits and Social Gatherings Across Nineveh Area
Nineveh Virginia March 23 residents and guests share weekend hospitality. Lawrence Johns and family from Morgansville Maryland visited E G Johns. Mrs Hayden Whorley returned to Gaithersburg after a week with her mother Mrs George Tobin. J M Jett family and Mrs J S Cabell joined Mrs T E Gold for Sunday dinner in Berryville. Mrs James Welsh and Elsie Virginia spent Monday with sister Mrs Lovell Stokey. Mac Mills hosted a supper for newlyweds Warren and ce. Charlotte Powers attended the District Teachers meeting in Woodstock.
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Nineveh
Lawrence Johns
Morgansville
E. G. Johns
Hayden Whorley
Gaithersburg
George Tobin
J. M. Jett
Virginia
Miller
J. Cabell
T. E. Gold
Berryville
James Welsh
Elsie Virginia
Lovell Stickey
Mac Mills
Warrence
Charlotte Powers
Woodstock
Social Visits And Wood-Cutting At North Mountain
On March 23 Rev C E Seastrunk and Mrs Seastrunk with three sons visited Mr and Mrs J B Snapp. Annie Crabill called on Mrs Ivan H Miller earlier in the week. A shower honored Mr and Mrs Maynard Brewer at a local home. Rosiey on Route 0 hosted guests including C J Keckley and others. Friends of Mrs A F Williams gathered to help cut and haul wood, under Harl Himelright and S H Miller, sharing thanks for the effort.
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North Mountain
C. E. Seastrunk
J.B. Snapp
William Brewer
Carson Allamong
Ivan Miller
Cordelia White
H. A. Snapp
A. F. Williams
Veterans Asked To Apply For CCC Camp Jobs
Richmond Sub Office begins the fifth enrollment for full CCC strength on April 1. Veterans apply directly to the Veterans Administration Richmond for forms and are processed in order received. Selected enrollees report for a medical exam at designated stations and receive base pay of 30 dollars per month with three quarters allotted to dependents.
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Richmond
Civilian Conservation Corps
Margaret Hurst
Emergency Relief
E. W. Jordan
Veteran Administration
Roanoke
CCC
Veterans’ Administration
U. S. Army
Winchester
Lynchburg
Washington
Norfolk
Danville
Bristol
Jordan
Religious Impressions in War Lecture at Christ Church
Christ Church hosts a seven thirty lecture on Religious Impressions in War led by Captain Rowland of the British Army now rector at White Post. Rowland served four years with British forces in France and will address how Christ's teachings apply to war motives.
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Christ Church
Rowland
Episcopal Church
White Post
France
Hostage Situation Reported in Zacatacas Mexico
Bandits in Zacatacas state reportedly hold Louis Vremsak of Pasadena California and Santa Barbara California for ransom along with Mark Fowler a New York mining engineer.
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Zacatacas
Mexico
Louis Vremsak
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mark Fowler
New York
Maple syrup sauce with hickory nuts
A simple dessert topping is made by boiling one cup of maple syrup until it spins a thread then stirring in chopped hickory nuts for a crunchy maple glaze.
Berryville Social Notes Include Weddings and Visits
Personal and social items from Berryville recount the marriage of Mrs. Ferrell formerly Miss Evelyn McGill in Petersburg, and relate guest appearances and travel by Mrs. William Huntington and others. The column lists visitors to Clarke County, summer plans at Journey's End in the Blue Ridge, and local students spending vacations in Washington and Virginia institutions.
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Bermuda
Ferrell
Evelyn McGill
Lea McGill
Helen Page McGill
Berryville
Goldsmith
Petersburg
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
McGill
William Chapin Huntington
Washington
Clarke County
W. C. Huntington
Russia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Huntington
Woman Club
Blackburn Smith
Bridge
Loring Joslin
Baltimore
Frank M. Wray
J. D. Griffiing
F. M. Wray
Annie Stribling
Edward Stribling
James Riddle
Katherine P. McDonald
Minnie Lippitt
Robert Browse
Paignton
Rose MacDonald
Senator
Harry F. Byrd
Roberta Ayler
National Cathedral School
F. L. Ayler
Charles Waller Tucker
University of Virginia
Louis Tucker
Louis Tucker and Mrs. Tucker; Charles Lee Burwell
J. Townsend Burwell
John Goodwin
Robert. A. Goodwin
Annie Moore
H. Edward Dinkle
New York
James M. Carr
Presbyterian Manse
Leona Krause
New Jersey
Margaretta Whiting
Garrison Forest School
F. B. Whiting
Ollie Thomas
Academy Street
Booker
Northumberland County
William Hardesty
R. H. Thomas
Mineral
Thomas
Douglas Hardesty
Mildred Forester
David Copperfield at Capitol Theatre stars Fields Bartholomew
Ww C Fields and Freddie Bartholomew star in David Copperfield at the Capitol Theatre today and Tuesday with advance notices for showtimes and ticket availability.
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Ww. C. Fields
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield
Capitol Theatre
First Iron Rail Made in U S History
The first iron rail was produced in 1844 at the Mount Savage Rolling Mill in Allegheny County Maryland. The earliest Bessemer steel rails followed at North Chicago Rolling Mill on May 24 1865.
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U. 5S
United States
Mount Savage
Allegany County
Maryland
North Chicago
Homing Instinct In All Prayer Theme For Len Ten Services
The pamphlet Discipleship centers on the idea that humans have a homing instinct and can pray to reach the Father. It cites Luke 15, noting the journey from slave to son and the steps of homecoming, forgiveness, and welcome as core prayer themes.
Getting Home to Our Father Listener's Viewpoint
Fragmentary religious line speaks of returning to God, listening, looking, and finding joy in His perspective. The brief excerpt emphasizes faith, guidance, and spiritual belonging without concrete events or dates.
Albert Fish Sentenced to Die for Grace Budd Slaying
Albert Fish was sentenced to death in White Plains for the 10 year old Grace Budd murder. The Court of Appeals review will delay execution to late fall. Police will probe his confessions to other child slayings.
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White Plains
N. Y
Albert Fish
Grace Budd
Fish
Court of Appeals
The Curfew Bell Origins in William the Conqueror Era
The Curfew bell originated in England and was instituted by William the Conqueror. It was rung at 8 p m to signal lights out and households to retire for the night. The practice lasted for many years.
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England
William the Conqueror
Flash Life and Oddities Across Small-Town Kansas and Pennsylvania
A Pittsburgh fire watcher testifies via court stenographer about an incident involving Dorothy Rees. In Sharon, Oscar Mehler detects a prank through two garter snakes found in a cash drawer. In Garden City a sow exceeds a hog contract with multiple litters. In Hays a Cul motor car stalls in a storm. a family survives by sealing air passages with book leaves until rescuers arrive.
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Pittsburgh
T. C. Llewellyn
Norman T. Boose
Llewellyn
Acari
Dorothy Rees
Sharon
Oscar Mehler
Mehler
Beaf price concerns prompt special session study
New York society of restaurateurs weighed a side of beef in a special session and found they paid two cents more per pound than the cooked meat would fetch. They allowed 2 cents for soup bones, signaling rising restaurant prices.
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New York
Society of Restauranters
Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns Dress Design Features
The sketch shows a yoked dress with long slenderizing lines and two sleeve options. It uses seven simple pattern pieces and aims for easy assembly for average sewers. It promotes washable fabrics like seersucker and gingham with Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1504-B in sizes 36 to 46.
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Barbara Bell
Marian Martin Pattern 9333 for flattering yoke dress style
A fashion note promotes pattern 9333 featuring a yoke and sleeve line with decorative tucks and a smart pocket belt and buttons. It highlights washable fabrics and sizes, pricing, and the request to send fifteen cents plus address details to Marian Martin pattern book.
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Marian Martin
W. 18Th St
New York
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