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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1932

Page

3

Virginia society notes crown Miss Shirley Oakes queen

In Lynchburg and environs a social roundup highlights Miss Shirley Oakes chosen as queen with attendants including Jane Cather Reba Snarr and Katherine Marshall. A marriage in Lynchburg unites Katherine Marshall to Fairfield Scott Perry. families boast notable Virginia lineages and multiple social ties.

Shirley Oakes J.C. Oakes West Cecil Street Jane Cather T. Russell Cather South Stewart Street Reba Snarr George N. Snarr Katherine Marshall Lynchburg Mr. Perry

Queen Shenandoah IX Celebrated in Apple Blossom Week Calendar

Social calendar lists events for Queen Shenandoah IX including coronation at Handley High School esplanade, Harvest of the Years pageant, teas, receptions at Courtfield and hotels, Apple Blossom balls, court photography, grand parade Trail of the Pink Lee, and Queen's Ball at Shenandoah Valley Academy venues. Military and civic events peer through schedule with Lions club luncheon and Legion post gathering.

Shenandoah Y Clu George the Lions Keamies Hotel Ednesday Queen Shenandoah IX Esplanade Handley High School Winchester Country Club Courtfield Harry Stouffer George Washington Hotel Jordan White Sulphur Sorrings John M. Steck Fairmont Avenue Pink Lee Shenandoah IX Winchester Fair Grounds Shenandoah Valley Academy City Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel Stephenson

Attractive Young Ladies To Ride On Trail of the Pink Petals Float

Winchester community crowds anticipate the Trail of the Pink Petals parade float pageant during the Apple Blossom Festival. Queens and maids of honor include Miss Constance Buckley of the A and P float and Miss Virginia Tayloe Boyd, with Mrs W R Legge as throne holder and Mary Greenway Russell and Mrs John Stuart as attendants.

Winchester The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Constance Buckley Frank L. Buckley South Stewart Street A. & P. Service Virginia Tayloe Boyd P. W. Boyd Fairmont Avenue W. R. Legge Mary Greenway Russell Harry K. Russell John Stuart Hawthorne E. C. Stuart Lions’ Club

Miss Davis To Represent Miss Columbia In Parade

Miss Arabella Davies of the city and Washington is chosen by Captain Edward C. Goss of the Robert Conrad Post American Legion to represent Miss Columbia on the Trail of the Pink Petals float in the Apple Blossom Festival parade. Davies, granddaughter of Judge Thomas W. Harrison, attends Gunston Hall School for Girls and will arrive early this week.

Miss Davis Edward C. Goss Robert Conrad American Legion Arabella Davies Washington Post Miss Davies Thomas W. Harrison Gunston Hall

May brings Shenandoah festival and Alexandria Mason parade

May calendar in Virginia features the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester this week and the May 12 dedication ceremonies for the George Washington Masonic Memorial in Alexandria. Masons, labor, and scholarly gatherings fill the month with parades, conferences, and special observances across the state.

Associated Press Richmond Old Dominion Shenandoah Winchester Alexandria George Washington Masonic Memorial Shenandoah IX George Washington Brotherhood Virginia Federation of Labor Virginia National Federation Virginia Beach Rotary International Danville Virginia Social Science Association Roanoke Front Royal Warrenton Fredericksburg Washington

Apple fete promises and royal visit memories

One year ago Queen Shenandoah VIII Miss Patricia Morton of Winchester England arrived to say the people are wonderful British flags arrived for the apple festival and the English girl will be queen Fire company rescue squads prep for fete and Rev and Eugene D Witherspoon return from honeymoon Five years ago gasoline tax revenue rose over 20 percent Keyser West Virginia reports 1000 residents attended the fete State officials target Virginia residents ignoring 1926 income tax Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church honors W Spott White Snyder Gray murder trial neared closure.

Shenandoah VIII Patricia Morton Winchester Eng Southern Chemical Company Rev Eugene D. Witherspoon Keyser W. Va Virginia Loudoun Street

Water street widening eyed by Winchester council

Fifteen years ago officials declared no peace move from Germany acceptable. Winchester laborers receive higher salaries. The Common Council may buy or condemn the Bell property to widen Water Street. Germany's wartime pressure plots uncovered from May 1915. Local water use falls by ten million gallons monthly. Alma Hughes visits Pine Miss Elizabeth Wing eld. Paxton Chapel South hosts a chicken and cake sale at 9 to noon in Keller's windows. Seventeen prisoners in Huntington jail used strings and grinding compound to saw bars and escape.

United States Germany Tiiremen Winchester Common Council Paxton Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church South Keller Huntington W. Va

Local honors highlight Washington bicentennial events

The Winchester George Washington Bi Centennal Commission lists local observances in April including Mt Vernon exhibits and Declamations by Frederick County students. Clarke County’s Greenway Court exhibit is praised with other memorials and readings noting Washington’s life and April milestones.

Winchester George Washington Mt. Vernon Post Office American Legion Auxiliary F. T Fort Loudoun Washington Frederick County Clarke County Washington Greenway Court White Post Clarke County National Magazine Episcopal National Museum Washington, D. C Braddock House of Burgesses Potomac River Harvard University Yale College New York City Washigton Alexandria Masonic “Lodge United States New York St. Paul's France England

Mrs Cora B Shaver Dies At Maurertown Home

Mrs Cora B Shaver wife of Albert G Shaver died at her Maurertown Virginia residence at 830 this morning after 16 years of illness She was a Braddock Street Church member and formerly Miss Cora Totty of this city Survived by husband five children and several siblings Funeral at Church of the Brethren Maurertown Wednesday at 330. The note mentions juvenile discipline issues contrasting old tools with new hazards.

Cora Bhaver Albert G. Shaver Maurertown Shenandoah County Shaver Methodist Episcopal Church South Braddock Street Church Cora Totty Winnett D. Shaver Philadelphia Hugh Beydler Charles James Albert E. Shaver Elmer Hisey Woodstock Wiliam E. Grim Samuel Edward Totty City James C. Totty Dallas Texas Church of the Brethren

Proper Flag Etiquette for Display at Apple Blossom Festival

The National Flag Association and American Legion offer guidelines for proper flag use. Display the union to the peak when on a staff, avoid bunting, keep the flag north or east orientation at intersections, and never use the flag for advertising or draping on cars.

National Flag Association American Legion

Berkeley appoints Yoshie Togosaki city bacteriologist

A brief notice reports Yoshie Togosaki, a young Japanese woman, named city bacteriologist for Berkeley California. The piece frames her honor as a historic first in the town. It then reflects on Youth, Manhood, Old Age with aphorisms from Disraeli and American Magazine.

Yoshie Togosaki Berkeley Calif Web of Life Disraeli

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