Madison Graves at Montpelier Historic Cemetery Plan
The Madison graves at the Montpelier estate in Orange county will join Virginia’s historic points. Mrs. Sommerville will maintain a caretaker, William Adams, an elderly former Montpelier slave, who will guide tourists. A April 8 or 9 opening is planned with Governor Pollard invited to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sommerville
James
Dolly Madison
Montpelier
Orange County
Virginia
William Byrd
Marion du Smerville
William Adams
Pollard
Orange-Gordonsville
Somerville
Local Kiwanis Broadcast Delights City Listeners
The Wash akeelann Kiwanis Club sent three artists Fred East William Raymond and Robert Thomas to WJSV for a radio program with solos from Miss Elma Hancon and instrumental pieces by Kenneth Windle and W H McIlwee. D E Stultz spoke on city opportunities as Andrew Bell closed the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washakeelann Kiwanis Club
Rec
WJSV
Washington Kiwanis Club
Washingtonians
Fred East
William Raymond
Robert Thomas
Elma Hancon
Handley High School
Kenneth Windle
W. H. MclIlwee
D. E. Stultz
Kiwanis Club
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
D A R Chapter Meeting Set for Woodstock Home
Fort Loudoun Chapter D A R will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 pm on Wednesday April 9 at Miss Nannie Williams home in Woodstock. Members J W Sibert B R Richards and J W Rosenberger head the attendance committee and local members must confirm by Thursday to help Miss Williams plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Nannie Williams
Woodstock
J. W. Sibert
Boyd R. Richards
John W. Rosenberger
Miss Williams
Civic League Luncheon Meeting Scheduled Friday
The Women’s Civic League will hold its regular bi monthly luncheon at 1 pm Friday in the First Baptist Church dining room at the corner of Washington and Piccadilly streets. A full attendance is desired and a guest speaker will address the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Civic League
First Baptist Church
Washington
Piccadilly Streets
Mrs Swimley Recovers From Erysipelas at Home
Mrs. A. C. Swimley, moved to Memorial Hospital days ago with erysipelas, has recovered enough to return to her South Stewart Street home as doctors note the illness is improving. Her sister Mrs. R. J. Pancoast, who stayed with her, departed for Purcellville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Swimley
Memorial Hospital
South Stewart Street
Swimley
R. J. Pancoast
Purcellville
P. W. Ricamore
Berryville
Ada Swimley
James March
Dickinson College
Carlisle
William March
South Braddock Street
Carisle
Rev B Duvall Chambers Leaves Emergency Hospital
Friends in this city and Clarke county report Rev B Duvall Chambers rector of Cunningham Parish Millwood has left Emergency Hospital Washington after months as a patient. He is very much improved and spending time in Washington with a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
B. Duvall Chambers
Cunningham Parish
Millwood
Washington
Mr. Chambers
Mars Aids Salvation at Winchester Headquarters
Major James Mars, formerly of Staunton, is reported at Salvation Army headquarters in Winchester, his present station. Mrs. Edith Cason has come to Winchester to be with Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Walker
Seine
John G. Walker
Winchester
Sophia M. Walker
Washington, D. C
Virginia
James Mars
Staunton
Salvation Army
Edith Cason
Mars
Entertaining Miss Drake Guests At Fairmont Avenue Home
Miss Anne Brooke Kern hosted a supper party on Fairmont Avenue Saturday honoring Miss Cornelia Drake of Lenox Massachusetts and Mrs. Fred L. Giltire Jr. About seventy five guests attended. Afterward Miss Susan Steck hosted a dance at her home with Miss Drake visiting Bryn Mawr College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Brooke Kern
Fairmont Avenue
Cornelia Drake
Lenox
Mass
Fred L. Giltire, Jr
Susan Steck
Miss Drake
Bryn Mawr College
Steck
Funeral crowd gathers for Father McVerry in Staunton
Local residents attended the funeral of the late Rev. Father John McVerry in Staunton Virginia on Saturday. Mass was said by Bishop Brennan of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McKee
William Sullivan
Stewart Grim
Nan Keating
Ursula O'Leary
Nannie Murnan
Mary McFadden
O. L. Jamison
Joseph Sullivan
John McVerry
Staunton
Bishop Brennan
Richmond
Special air mail stamps for Graf Zeppelin flight
Postmaster General Brown announced a three stamp air mail issue to honor the Graf Zeppelin Pan American flight. The stamps are denominated 65 cents 1.30 dollars and one other value. The set marks a milestone in promotional postal history for the overseas air voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Brown
River Bridge at Berry's Ferry Opens to Traffic
A new Shenandoah river bridge at Berry's Ferry Clarke County opens with capacity for three traffic lines. Built by T A Loving Construction Company it uses concrete and steel with overhead trusses for safety. Only one injury occurred during rapid construction and federal approval for navigation was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah River
Berry’s Ferry
Clarke Count
T. A. Loving Construction Company
Greensboro
N. C
Shellartdoal
Army Officer To Inspect Company I At Armory
A United States Army officer will conduct a thorough inspection of Company I at the armory on street tomorrow night. Capt. Paul Martenan announces the drill includes tactical exercises and formations for spectators, with about 55 men required to attend and bring all company property for review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Martenan
United States Army
Company I
Common Council
Miss Carrie Adams Dies in Frederick County Home
Miss Carrie Lee Adams died at 6 am Sunday at her Gainesboro area home aged sixty. Heart illness and complications caused death after long illness. Born April 28, 1870 to James H and Annie Baker Adams she spent most of life at the homeplace and 22 years near White Hall with a brother. Surviving are three brothers Charles, Walter, and E Dean Adams and two sisters Mrs James DeHaven and Minnie Quick. a brother Thomas Adams died five years ago. Funeral at 11 am Wednesday from the house with Rev S J Goode officiating. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. She was long a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth McDonald
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Washington Sunday Star
Elizabeth George McDonald
H. T. McDonald
Storer College
Jefferson County
Winchester
McDonald
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Walter Dittmyer
George B. Goetz
Charles Town
Carrie Lee Adams
Frederick County
Gainesboro
James H
Annie Baker Adams
White Hall
Mount Hebron
Miss Adams
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Berryville social notes mention arriv als and festival role selections
Berryville Virginia social items list invitations for Miss Henrietta Page and Miss Westwood Beverley Byrd to be princesses for Clarke County at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. It also notes visits and travel of local families including Byrds, Mullers, Suddaths, and the Thomas siblings arranging a livestock sale near the Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardensville
W. Va
Winchester and Western Railroad
Wheih
Winchester and Western Railroad Company
Berryville
Henrietta King Page
Henrietta Page
N. B.page
Foxcroft
Charlotte Nolan
Middleburg
Amphlet
National Cathedral School
Washington
Misses Moore
South Church Street
Albert Muller
Alexandria
H. F. Byrd
Rosemont
Boston
W. E. Suddath
William, Jr
Warrensburg
Lexington
James W. Suddath
Wincheser
S. Thomas
Nannie Thomas
Shenandoah
President Hoover signs Great Buildings Project measure
President Hoover signed the Keyes Elliott bill authorizing 230 million dollars for public buildings. Half funds go to nationwide projects and half to Washington DC building programs with annual spending rising to 35 million nationally and 15 million for DC. Allocations will be decided by an inter department board of Post Office and Treasury officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
District of Columbia
Inter-Department Board of Officers
Post Office
Treasury Departments
Mastoid Trouble Causes Death of Miss Lockhart
Miss Stella Va. Lockhart of Charles Town W Va died in Memorial Hospital after a mastoid operation. Complications required daily spinal punctures. she was 23. Survived by mother Florence and siblings James and Mary Ellen. Services at Charles Town Presbyterian Church with interment at Hebron Church cemetery on Capon River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss
Stella Va. Lockhart
Florence Lockhart
Henry Lockhart
Charles Town
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Miss Lockhart
Hampshire County
James Lockhart
Mary Ellen Lockhart
Sydnor
Presbyterian Church
Hebron Church
Capon River
Mr. Stoudemyer
Wardensville
Bandit Menace On Increase Threatens Foreign Evacuation
Shanghai report from Nanching Kiangsi province says bandit menace is rising and a general evacuation of foreigners is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Nanching
Kiangsi
Reopens Plans For Building of B. and O. Bridge
Secretary Hurley said he virtually reopened the application for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge across the Hudson at Fifty seventh street New York City and for extending 100 feet channelward by the ocean liner piers near Forty second street. Both applications were previously refused by the Board of Army Engineers after Hurley spent a week in New York inspecting the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hurley
Baltimore and Ohio
Hudson River
Fifty-seventh Street
New York City
Forty-second Street
Board of Army Engineers
Crop acreage plans show gains in corn oats and tobacco
Nearly 1,000 farmers report to the Federal State Crop Reporting Service that intended plantings for major crops rise this year versus 1929 in corn oats barley tobacco potatoes sweet potatoes cowpeas soybeans and tame hay with a drop in peanuts and a slight fall in flue cured tobacco. Weather prices and labor trends will shape final acres across the nation and Virginia farm plans show modest rises in sweet potatoes hay and soybeans while flue cured tobacco declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
State Crop Reporting Service
Unitedtates
United States
Virginia
Three Killed in Ship Collision Off West Coast
Off the Oregon coast near St Helen's Columbia River a excursion boat named Swan carrying 286 people collided head on with the Davenport. Three men died twelve were seriously injured four remained missing as the Swan sank after the crash during an on river voyage from Long View to Vancouver Washington. Rescue efforts continued for the entombed and missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Swan
Vancouver
Wash
Long View
St. Helen's
Columbia River
Davenport
Kettle Island
Pioneer Coal Company
John Daniel
Kentucky
Yesterner Oprah Nn
Beeer
Robert Shaw Dies in New York Hotel Plaza
Robert Shaw of Newton Massachusetts died of pneumonia in New York at the Hotel Plaza. He was about 60 and registered there last Wednesday. His widow is the Countess Nancy Astor and he previously married Viscount Astor in 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Marett G Shaw
Newton Mass
Nancy Star
Hotel Plaza
Robert
Europe
Astor
Mr. Shaw
Viscount Astor
M. i
Four Executives To Talk On Phone
Four presidents will join a world listening telephone conversation. President Hoover will speak from the White House to Dr Yriggen of Argentina in Buenos Aires Gen Ibanez of Chile in Santiago and Dr Cantistegui of Uruguay in Montevideo. The Columbia Broadcasting system will broadcast the talks across the United States and use a short wave transmitter to reach distant regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Hoover
White House
Dr. Yriggen
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Gen. Ibanez
Chile
Santiago
Dr. Cantistegui
Uruguay
Montevideo
Columbia Broadcasting System
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F Belle
Madison Graves
United Commercial
United Commercial Travelers
Moose Hall
National Park
G. L. Craig
J. H. Bowers
F. E. Johnston
R. B. Dale
H. B. Garber
A. F. Streit
Page
J. C. Hockman
Sentinel
W. W. Dellinger
C. W. Trenary
Harrison Davies
Woolberry Forest Academy
Orange
Agon
Question
Wilbur Coon
Huntsberry’s
Civic League
Missy Mary Gruber
Richard O. Ridgeway
That City
Mary G. Gruber
Alvin’ L. Wills
Father McVerry
Maurice Grim
Taylor Barr
Baltimore
C. Frank Grim
Lee Barr
Messrs
Cooper and Oakes
Ruth Newcome
Mary Wisecarver
Herbert Watson
Marshall Keller
Martinsburg
W. Ae
H. W. Beach
H. W. Beach, Jr
Coldwell, N. J
George Washington Hotel
Robert M. Glass, Jr
Seabury Davies
Harry N. Kern, Jr
University of Virginia
Charles L. Bowly
Willow Lawn
Valley Pike
Charles Ridgely White
Tome Institute
Port Deposit, Md
Frank N. Hack
South Washington Street
Montie Green
Swarthmore College
Philadelphia
Mrn
Melvin Green
Memorial Hospital Today
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
Alice B. Thomas
F. T. McFaden
Frances McFaden
Sally
Ellen Boyd
Clifford D. Grimm
Charleston
S. C
Magnolia Gardens
Samuel N. Johnson
Lynchburg, Va
East Piccadilly Street
Jauita Risley
Kenny Lind
Jaunita Hockman
Lynchburg College
Tynehbure
Louis Wender
Mary McDonald
Wender
William Wonder
Lillian Howard
G. H. Savage
Victoria Albaugh
Frederick, Md
T. P. Jolliffe
Boyce
Onat
Berry's Ferry
Carrie
Adams
West Coast
Robert Shaw
The
Lovett Bros
Harrisonburg
Joe Turner
Young Stecker
George Romanoff
Ape Man
Olie Olson
Roy Seaton
Tod Ross
George Washington
Margaret
L. Hodgson
W. T. Hottle
Winchester Flour & Feed CO
Cates Abe Sarey Eer
Keele
M.S. Loy
Loudoun Street
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