Community Club and Society Meetings Schedule
A list of weekly and monthly gatherings including the Little Theatre rehearsals at Mrs J M Steck home, Braddock Street Church Missionary Society in Golden Rule room, Ladies Memorial Association at 125 South Cameron, Winchester Rebekah Lodge at East Boscawen, Kiwanis Club at George Washington Hotel, Rotary Club at the same hotel, W C T U at Handley Library, Braddock Street Sunshine Club at 116 West Ger m street, Old Fredericktown Garden Club at Courtfield Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. m
Little Theatre
J. M. Steck
Woman's Missionary Society of
Braddock Street
Ladies National Memorial Association
Florence Willis
South Cameron Street
Winchester Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
Kiwainis Club
George Washington Hotel
Rotary Club
Handley Library
Sunshine Club
Lou M. Lafrick
West Germ Street
Old
Fredericktown
Garden Club
Dailey Slonaker
Courtfield Avenue
Dr John B McKee Speaks To Woman's Auxiliary
The Winchester Memorial Hospital Woman's Auxiliary hosted Dr John B McKee who demonstrated heart monitoring devices including the Electro Cardiograph and Electric Stethoscope. He used auxiliary members as patients and plans for a June garden party were discussed with several members offering garden space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
John B. McKee
Little Theatre Rehearsal Tonight at Mrs Steck’s
Rehearsals for the Little Theatre’s production East Lynn will be held tonight at 7 30 at Mrs John M Steck’s Fairmont avenue home. Cast members are urged to attend on time. The W C T U semi monthly business meeting is Thursday at 3 at Handley Library with strong member turnout encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lynn
Little Theatre
John M. Steck
Fairmont Avenue
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Denis Hayley
Tennessee
J. P. Hayley
Valley Avenue
Michigan
John Mason Brown to Lecture at George Washington Hotel
Through the courtesy of Mrs. H. B. Gilpin the Century Club of Winchester invites the public to a lecture by John Mason Brown at the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday May 17 at 3 30. Brown dramatic critic of the New York Evening Post Broadway Review returns as guest speaker after last year's successful talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Gilpin
South Washington Street
Century Club of
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
John Mason Brown
Brown
Mrs. B. M. Knight Jr Elected New President of Little Garden Club
Mrs. B. M. Knight Jr wife of a Winchester dentist was elected president for the ensuing year of the Little Garden Club at yesterday's meeting hosted by Mrs. Philip Williams on Amherst street. Also chosen were Mrs Hobson McGehee vice president and Miss Mary Virginia Steck secretary. The group discussed the annual Flower Show to be held on Tuesday June 7 with Mrs. Knight Jr named chairman for show arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Knight, Jr
Winchester
Little Garden Club
Hobson McGehee
Berryville
Mary Virginia Steck
Philip Williams
Amherst Street
Joseph Kilbach
Edward Barr
Knight, Jr
Mary Miller
Nancy Gray Larrick
Elizabeth Barr
Donald Weems
Modern Etiquette Q and A on bridal gloves and seating
The column answers etiquette questions. It suggests gloves should extend to the sleeve junction and notes the chaperone sits at the seat of honor. It also states a veil should not be worn with a hat in the evening.
Woman's Civic League To Meet Friday At Noon
The Woman's Civic League of Winchester will hold its regular luncheon and meeting Friday at 12 30 in the Home Service room of the Northern Virginia Power Co on North Loudoun Street with Miss Margaret L Flickinger as hostess. Members are asked to note the change in meeting place and hour. The guest speaker was announced later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Civic League
Woman's Civic League of Winchester
Margaret L. Flickinger
Northern Virginia Power Co
North Loudoun Street
Wes
Local Rotarians Leave Thursday For Conference
The Winchester Rotary Club will send ten members to the first annual conference and officer election of the 186th district in Staunton Virginia. Thirty six clubs from Western Virginia and northern Tennessee will be represented. attendees include Herman Stine Charles Coffman J Pinckney Arthur H D Fuller D J Howard Peyton J Marshall F L Glaize Jr Henry Covington C Ridgely White and Philip Glaize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Streets of Winchester Inspected by City Delegation
The Cumberland Md city engineer and three Cumberland City Council members inspected Winchester streets and the street department facilities including equipment and the asphalt plant. They were escorted by W C Hodge, superintendent of the street department, and praised local paving methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Cumberland
Cumberland City
W. C. Hodge
Jail Term Is Sequel To Wreck
Murrell W. Larrick of near Gore was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined 100 dollars plus costs by Trial Justice A J Tavenner for driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor after a State Officer Bayliss arrested him when his car left the road and struck a fence knocking down several rods, per judge’s statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrell W. Larrick
Mear Gore
A. J. Tavenner
Bayliss
Tavenner
Deanna Durbin Stars in Mad About Music at the Palace
Deanna Durbin appears in Mad About Music at Hable's Palace Theatre today and Wednesday with Herbert Marshall Gail Patrick and Arthur Treacher in supporting roles. Fox News Reel accompanies the feature as a supplement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Durbin
Palace Theatre
Herbert Marshall
Gail Patrick
Arthur Treacher
Fox News
Hunt Continues For Desperados After Prison Escape
Four long term convicts who abducted a motorist and escaped from Michigan City prison were hunted in Illinois. Melvin Breining, 23, was released unharmed two miles west of Kankakee after forced clothing exchange for prison garb. The escapees Ernest Powell, 35 Ernest Grigsby, 38 Wilbur Dawson, 36 and Frank Mears, 34 had prepared the break by boring auger holes in a box car bottom and piling drums nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
Indiana
Michigan City
Illinois
Melvin Breining
Here
Ernest Powell
Ernest Grigsby
Wilbur Dawson
Frank Mears
Convicts Escape Through Box Car Opening
After guards sealed a loaded box car, inmates crawled underneath and punched the weakened section to enter. At 2 pm the car was moved from the yard to a siding, the felons dropped through, bolted across the lawn and ran toward alleys. Breining, waiting in a sedan outside a factory, was overpowered by the convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breining
Carry Me Back To Virginia booklet ships for out of state visitors
The Virginia Conservation Commission released an eighty page illustrated booklet Carry Me Back To Virginia aimed at travelers from other states. Edited by J Stuart White, it highlights history, recreation and natural wonders with 150 plus pictures and prints in Virginia on Virginia paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Virginia Conservation Commission
Old Dominion
Wilbur C. Hall
Commission
J. Stuart White
The
Virginian
Dogwood
Ole Virginna
Price
Colonial National Historical Park
Colonial Williamsburg
National Battlefield Parks
Seashore
Shenandoah National Park
Windsor Asked If Duke Receives Pay From British Forces
In London on May 3 a Labour MP questioned whether the Duke of Windsor is paid by the British armed forces. He asked the exchequer chief for details on positions and emoluments from navy, army, or air force, noting the duke remains an admiral, field marshal, and air marshal but with reduced seniority since abdication. The question follows a long Commons silence on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of Windsor
J. R. Leslie
John Simon
Windsor
Commons
Skating Carnival Planned at Ridgeway Rink
Bill Carr, manager of Ridgeway Roller Rink near Route 11 in West Virginia, announces a skating carnival tomorrow night from 10 to 11 featuring professional and amateur acts. The program includes figure and clownish skating, group and ballet routines with costumes. Admission is free. The rink, opened three weeks ago, also features a moonlight skating ballroom, a novel attraction in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Carr
Ridgeway
State Line
Route 11
West Virginia
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Ee Ees. W. Va
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Gore
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Wilda Adams
Jamesboro
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Opequon
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Jz Va
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W. H.mcknee
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Linden Singhass
Elizabeth Lee Boles
O'Brien
John Calhoun Lee
Baland Clarke County
William J. Obrien
New York
Clarke County
Wircult Aid Society
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Amage
Tennyson Avenue
Paul F. Rosteer
C. Ridgely
Fenton Nelson
Thomas
Philip Glaize
John Scull
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock
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May Bywater
Garfield Hospital
Washington, D. C
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Indian Head
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Cape Charles
Quinlan
Gainesville
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South Hill
Evelyn and
Georgia Bywaters
Harrisonburg
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Wilmer F
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Roberta Lee
William H. Bell
North Cameron Street
A. S. Marco
Tenafly, N. J
Joseph Wright
West Boscawen Street
Zap Fowle
West Leicester Street
F. Douglas Marple
Goldie Bucher
Ruth Bucher
J. R. Seal
Parkway
Margaret Dick
Bessie Whitacre
Gerrarastown
W. Va
Hable’s Palace
Norrs
Brook's Pharmacy
May
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Logansport
Ind
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Mount Carroll
Miss Johnson
Central Presse
Euterpians
Garnet Hamrick
Euterpian Club
First Baptist
Eulalia Savage-Nalley
Elizabeth Grim
Grim
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Handel
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Gaul
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Torrente
Holy City
St. Peter
J. Benedict
Theodora
Miss Grim
Bach
Haydn
Mendelssohn
Grieg
Rosemma
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Thel-Be Beauty Shop
Loudoun St
Thelma Bean
the Blue and Gray
Carnivat Ridgeway
Huntsberry
Snowflake Biscuits
Underwood
Pifer Printing CO
W. B. Snider & Son
SILK
North America
Assur
Society
Big Joe
United Food Stores
Potomac
John L. Perry
Harpers Ferry
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
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