Virginia Garden Week and Society News Spotlight
The Garden Club of Virginia announced 98 historic private colonial gardens open April 25 to 30 to support Stratford restoration. Notable sites include Gunston Hall and the Adam Thoroughgood House, with modern gardens also featured. The program, led by Mrs. Wheelwright and others, drew thousands in 1930 and aims to boost regional heritage tourism.
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The
Garden Club of Virginia Today
Old Stratford
Virginia
Thomas S. Wheelwright
Low Garden’ Week
Chatham
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
James River
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
James Madison
Tyler
Harrison
Gunston Hall
George Mason
Mary
Leslie Heer
Fairfax Harrison
D. C. Sands
William R. Massie
Andrew Christian
Henry Fairfax
Floyd Harris
F. W. Duke
Charlotte Noland
Social Calendar Highlights Round Hill and Nearby Events
Tuesday evening schedule features Epworth League social at Mr John Gough s home and a free cooking class by Northern Virginia Pow association. Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel and Lions Club gathering at the same venue follow, plus choir practices at United Brethren and Braddock Street churches. A Fortunate Calamity repeats at High View School and dancing classes run at Grace Lutheran and George Washington venues.
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Epworth League of
Round Hill
John Gough
Home Service Department of the
Northern Virginia
Home Service All
White Hall
The
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Stafford Pemberton
Segular
Loyal Temperance Legion
Braddock Street
Miss Julie Keith Weds Melville Bearns in Warrenton Church
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock in St James Church Warrenton Miss Julie Stuyvesant Keith daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian C Keith married Melville Henry Bearns Jr of Brooklyn New York. The service featured spring bouquets Easter lilies and music by William Streethorp who played the processional.
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Or Ang.120 Jr
James C.hamilton
Warrenton
Louis Francke, Jr
Glen Head
Long Island
George Smith, Jr
Rata Jostice
Morristown
N. J
At I. Keith, Jr
Kansas
Virginia
Scotland
Keith
James Keith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Julian Keith
California
Old Dominion
Julie Stuyvesant Keith
M. H. Bearns
Warrenton Church
Julian Chilton Keith
Melville Henry Bearns, Jr
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. James’ Church
Paul Bowden
William Streethorpe
Bearns
James C. Hamilton
Robert Johnston
Ruth B. Landell
Betsy Keith
Helen Horner
Winifred Maddux
Frances Robbins
Miss Frances Carlisle Weds Mr. Charles Whitacre
Miss Frances Lavinia Carlisle wed Charles Broadway Whitacre in a Easter Sunday ceremony at the First Baptist parsonage with Rev. T. Clark officiating. The bride, daughter of W. S. Carlisle, wore a blue crepe ensemble with white lace. The groom, son of H. D. Whitacre of Trone Virginia, operates in the dairy business. The couple were hosted to dinner at the Carlisle home.
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Frances Carlisle
Chas. B. Whitacre
Frances Lavinia Carlisle
Charles Broadway Whitacre
First Baptist Chhurch
T. Clark
J. W. Carlisle
W. S. Carlisle
Berryville
Mr. Whitacre
H. D. Whitacre
Trone
Payne Wedding a Complete Surprise to Friends
Miss Annabelle Lee Payne daughter of J D Payne of Bunker Hill West Virginia married William T Payne son of Milton Payne of Berryville Virginia in a March 16 ceremony at the Presbyterian manse Frederick Maryland Rev Charles Whel er officiating The bride wore a blue figured flat crepe ensemble with matching accessories She attended Bunker Hill High School and Betts Beauty School in Hagerstown Maryland
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Bunker Hill
Betts Beauty School
Hagers
Local residents return from Norfolk holiday visit
Mrs. A. B. Pennypacker and her son Jack Pennypacker along with Mr. H. B. McCormac Jr. have returned to their city home after spending the holidays as guests of friends in Norfolk.
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A. 8. Pennypacker
Jack Pennypacker
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Norfolk
Easter social notes and travels of local residents
Dr. C Bruce Harlee sails to Washington for a four state post graduate clinic at the Mayflower Hotel and plans to return Thursday evening. Miss Elmira Abshire visits her parents over Easter. Mrs J L Stott hosts her mother Mrs H L Strang of Richmond at North Loudoun street for several weeks. The Haldemans return from Richmond. Charles E McVay departs for three weeks of gospel singing in Titusville. Miss Mary Joel Kramer returns from Washington. Garnet Hamrick and Georgie Hudgins travel from Harrisonburg after Easter visits with Rev George W Stover. Gladys Haldeman teaching home economics at George Washington University spends Easter with her parents on South Washington.
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B. Mitchell Knight, Jr
Chevy Chase
Mda
Snapp
Cinic
Ralph B. Snapp
Virginia State Dental Association
Washington
Mayflower Hotel
Delaware
Maryland
Vhrna
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Army
Navy
Joel Boone
Hoover
Secretary of the Interior
Virginia Anne Huntsberry
Fairhville
State Teachers’ College
W. E. Huntsberry
Loudoun Street
Margaret Mears
Eastern Shore
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Jenny Lind Hockman
Washington Street
Irene Ring
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
George W. Ring
South Washington Street
C. Bruce Harlee
District of Columbia Dental Society
J. L. Stott
Robinson Apartments
North Loudoun Street
H. L. Strang
Richmond, Va
Garnet Hamrick
Georgie Hudgins
George W. Stover
North Avenue
Harrisonburg
Gladys Haldeman
George Washington University
Mrs. J.S. Haldeman
Ne Ee
Cap Rock Holds Gas and Oil Behind Impervious Layer
The Bureau of Mines states cap rock is an impervious stratum over oil or gas deposits. It blocks gas and light oil fractions from escaping to the surface.
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Bureau of Mines
Spring poems spark editorials and urban views
A critic links spring poems to editorial cynicism while noting the search for spring's cause continues. An architect from Chicago claims city houses are better ventilated than the national average, suggesting residents share the benefit in kind.
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Chicago
United States
Rama the new rheumatism remedy advertised by Baker's Drug Store
An old advertisement claims RAMA cures rheumatism by expelling poisons via the liver kidneys and blood. It promises first day pain relief and a money back guarantee if it fails to free muscles and joints from stiffness and swelling.
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Rama
Baker’s Drug Store
Fee Officers’ Pay and Expenses Rise With More Reporting
Richmond March 29 official records of the State Fee Commission show 254 fee officers in 1926 earned 1 174 661 99 with an average 4 624 65 per officer and expenses 1 074 067 90 average 4 228 61. In 1930 670 officers earned 2 115 549 71 average 3 157 54 and expenses 1 529 208 98 average 2 282 40. Under the strengthened law the number reporting grew 416 from 1926 to 1930.
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Carter Wormeley
Richmond
State Fee Commission
States Fee Commission
Lord
Commission
Fee Commission
State Fee Officers’ Per Officer Pay Falls Since 1926
The account shows 670 fee officers averaging $2,282.40 each, $875.14 less in 1930 than in 1926. The State Fee Commission now includes the comptroller, the treasurer, and the tax commissioner.
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State
Scout Boy Donates Blood To Aid Ill Swannanoa Boy
An Ashe ville hospital performed a blood transfusion on 11-year-old Thomas Painter Jr. to treat double otitis media. Joe Ball, 15, donated a pint of blood after tests on 35 scouts, aiding the Swannanoa family of the Rev. Thomas A. Painter. The boy was improving and likely to leave the hospital soon.
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Asheville
N. C
Thomas Painter Jr
Thomas Painter
Swannanoa
Painter
Edith Brown
J. Few Brown
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Berryville
Clarke County
Thomas A. Painter
Aston Park Hospital
Joe Ball
Joe
L. R. Ball
Woodlawn Avenue
Mr. Painter
Swannonoa Presbyterian Church
Maid attempts death by gas endangers five in Kenney family
A maid Viola Yount tried to kill herself by turning on all kitchen gas burners. The fumes filled the home, a cat alerted the sleeping child, and the mother later gave birth to a child who died minutes after, while the maid regained consciousness.
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Assmrllted Press
Thomas J. Kenney
Viola Yount
Kenney
Jobs drive nears million mark as over 357 thousand hired
The national campaign for a million jobs reported 357 598 hires marking the largest day since mid February. From 123 communities in 35 states 16039 new wage earners were recorded with Minnesota leading the day at 2652 and Pennsylvania at 3143.
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New York
United States Action Campaign
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Oculists Advise Rest Eyes as Children Embrace Study
Health experts urge rest for eyes while noting children eagerly pursue study. The message highlights the balance between education and eye care for students.
Virginia Approves County Government Reform Measures
Governor Pollard signed bills to allow Virginia counties to choose from three forms of government and to co administer officers across counties. The measures, part of the 1932 General Assembly, also revise motor carrier taxes and create a state armory commission amid broader fiscal efficiency aims.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Pollard
Virginia
Autagusta County
General Assembly
Fee Commission, and A Measure Creating A State Armory
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Ina Marc Payne
B.M. Knight, Jr
Dental Clinic
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Purcellville
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Hagerstown
Brunswick
Martinsburg
Harpers Ferry
Joe Verzi
Virginians
Charles Shewbridge
Sue Schlack
Earl Grim
Jack Woods
Chanute Field
Air Corps
United States Army
Leslie N. Woods
Forty-ninth Bombardment Squadron
Langley Field
Indiana
Chanute
Army School of Aeroplane
Woods
Hantley High School
Grant
Civic League
State Board of Health
Frederick Tea Room
Boscawen Street
Kitty Sutton
West Cork Street
Elizabeth Williams
Miss. Juanita Riley
C. T. Owen
J. C. Oakes
Blanche Shoop
C. §. Smith
Ida Dawson
Lynchburg
First Baptist Church
Baptist State Missionary Union
Isabella Hamilton
Warren Hamilton
Mrs
C. C. Hamilton
Middletown
Seabury Davies
Baltimore
Julian F. Ward
Phyliss Palmer
Amherst Street
Greenville
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Mary Greenway
South Stewart Street
Kiwanis Club
Young People’s Choir
United Brethren Church
American Legion Post
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Russia
Elmira Abshire
Gravel Springs School
8. S. Abshire
Greenspring
Paul Haldeman
Minnie May Goodman
Charles E. McVay
Titusville
Mary Joel Kramer
Bessie Kramer
Bridge Club
T. W. English
Cap Rock
Co-Operative Rabbit Raising & Marketing Association. Inc
Colorado
Ywash
D. C
Morticians
Scout
Chum
Congress
Josh Billings
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Goodyear Pathfinder
Goodyear
NBC
Wei
Buncutter Tire Co
S. Braddock
Bap Tuck
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Margaret L. Hodgson
R. M. Swimley
Main Street
Lovett Brothers X-Ray
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