Winchester notices and society news sweep May events
A local calendar of engagements and honors includes weddings and receptions. Dr Thomas Archer Gibson weds Helen Hawke in Radnor Pa, while Miss Mary K Denny returns to Farmville College after caring for her hospitalized mother. Memorial events and society gatherings fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Denny
Farmville College
Mary K. Denny
Joseph S. Denny
Memorial Hospital
Thomas Archer Gibson
Helen Hawke
Wilfred Wetherill Hawke
Social Calendar for Monday to Thursday at local clubs
The week lists meetings at homes and hotels: American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs T Russell Cather on South Stewart Street Monday 7 30 p m Lions George Washington Hotel Tuesday 8 p m Modern Woodmen Camp 15 510 No 136 North Loudoun Street 12 30 p m Kiwanis George Washington Hotel 8 p m Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks 8 15 p m adult choirs Grace Lutheran and United Brethren churches 12 45 p m Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Thursday American Legion Post George Washington Hotel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
T. Russell Cather
South Stewart Street
George Washington Hotel
Modern Woodmen of America
Lodge Hall
North Loudoun Street
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Rotary Club
American Legion Post
Middletown 4-H Club Discusses Summer Camp Plans
Middletown 4-H Club met April 26 with Ellen Brumback presiding. A committee led by Ashby Brumback and others planned entertainment and summer camp arrangements with a June registration deadline. New officers were elected Franklin Pingley as president and Ellen Brumback as vice president. Edna Brumback named reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Middletown
4-H Club
Ellen Brumback
Ashby Brumback
Byron Brumback
Ralph Wakeman
Thelma Petty
Mildred Judy
Franklin Pingley
Farrar
Edna Brumback
Nellie Romack
Mary Katherine Cooley
Stine
Handley Not Represented At Academy Of Science
Handley High School faculty did not attend the Virginia Academy of Science meeting at the University of Richmond last week because local teachers served on Apple Blossom Festival committees. The event, moved from Harrisonburg to Herrican last year due to festival dates, saw a strong turnout from Harrisonburg State Teachers College with several faculty delivering talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Academy of Science
Handley High School
Virginia Academy of Science
University of Richmond
Herrican
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
Richmond
Teachers’ College
Apple Blossom Festival Notes and Roanoke College May Day
The article details Glee Club performances with songs written by Kathleen Carpenter of Norfolk and sung at the Harrisonburg May Day, Edna Shaeffer leading music, and a Greyhound bus trip to Winchester. It lists the club members and notes Mile. Nella Veverka missing Roanoke due to illness, plus social events around the festival and visits by guests including Mrs. Byrd and Mr. Byrd Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Kathleen Carpenter
Norfolk
Harrisonburg
Edna Shaeffer
Glee Cub
Winchester
Greyhound Lines
Mary Page Barnes
Amelia
Inez
Graybear
Christiansburg
Mary Elizabeth Deaver
Lexington
Josephine L. Miller
Woodstock
Eleanor Cook
Charleston
W. Va
Catherine Matthews
Cambridge
Frances Graybeal
Charleya Crichton
Hampton
Alice Thompson
Gladys Michaels
Chambersburg
Louise Moon
Mt. Lake Park
Alice West
Salem
Annie Glen Darden
Holland
Marian White
Springfield
Audrey Slaughter
Lottie Thornton
Callends
Adelaide Howser
Ballston
Lois Meeks
Baltimore
Baltimore, Md
Daisy Mae Gifford
Luemma Phipps
Galex
U B Christian Endeavor Executives Meet Tonight
United Brethren Christian Endeavor Society holds its regular monthly executive meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Carl T Cather 28 Peyton street tonight at 7 30 oclock. All officers committee chairmen and committee members urged to attend as important matters will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Memorial Association
Ladies National Memorial Association
Isaiah Wright
East Piccadilly Street
U. B. Christian Endeavor
United Brethren Christian Endeavor Society
Carl T. Cather
Peyton Street
Missionary Society Meeting Set For May 7
The Adult Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will meet May 7 at 8 p m in the Bible class room. A Roanoke Va conference report will be given by Mrs. Ethel Hammond followed by an address by Mrs. B D Meeker from Green Memorial Roanoke Va. Programs led by Mrs. R L Anderson and Circle 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Missionary Society
Womer's Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Roanoke
Ethel Hammond
B. D. Meeker
Green Memorial Church
R. L. Anderson
Circle 3
Little Son of Wia Veteran Improves After Pneumonia
Two year old Charles Edward Cochran, son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Cochran of South Braddock Street, has shown improvement after several days of pneumonia. His father, a WIA veteran, in Walter Reed Hospital Washington DC, also improving. Mrs Hummer recovers from appendectomy at Memorial Hospital following an operation last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs H L Jones entertain Fort Stevens Post commander W H Hargrave and staff during the festival. Pennsylvania guests participate in the Apple Blossom festival at the Cook home on the Valley Pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
R. E. ‘Byrd
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd
Elizabeth Leake
Gretchen Thompson
Jane Seymour
Elizabeth Bonum
Francis Schoefield
Stewart Taylor
Warner Elliot
Augustus Tucker
Morris Dean
William White
William Stuart
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
University of Virginia
Wia
Charles Edward Cochran
Charles E. Cochran
South Braddock Street
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Hummer
Angie Hummer
East Leicester Street
Memorial Hospital
Walter Lee
South Cameron Street
H. L. Jones
Pall Mall Street
Fort Stevens
W. H. Hargrave
Edwards Faces Death Calmly After Tragic Love Case
Former Edwardsville coal miner Bobby Edwards faced execution in Rockview prison in a case tied to the death of Freda Crain near Wilkes-Barre. He read from a Bible given by Miss Crain, prayed with two clergymen, and accepted his fate, with his burial planned near Freda’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Margaret
East Aaron
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Edwards
Luzerne County
Wilkesbarre
Miss Crain
Rockview
Bobby
Edwards’ Lake
Freda
Gale Ravages Bahia City As Brazil Reports Heavy Losses
Massive storm devastates Bahia, Brazil, killing dozens and leaving about 400 dead and 2000 homeless. Rescue crews, including 500 soldiers and police with 200 volunteers, work through the night to drag bodies from debris as power lines fail and transit collapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recife
Brazil
Bahia
Republic
State Constituent Assembly
Reief
Hair Types by Race and Gothic Parliament's Size
The article outlines threefold hair structures by race with options from woolly black to frizzy, notes European hair as third type, and mentions intermediate Australian Papuan Dravidian frizzy varieties. It then states the English Parliament as the largest modern Gothic structure spanning seven acres and ends with social notes on Mrs. Dudley Field and guests in Washington and festivals with Williams, Pierce, Dunning, Ryland, and Jackimier's recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Illinois relief funds squeeze sparks hunger fears
Illinois officials battle to pass emergency relief measures as Cook County work relief faces exhausted food supplies for about 175 000 individuals and 50 000 family heads. Downstate counties report 143 000 dependents at risk without continued aid while federal funds wait on a state pledged $3 000 000 monthly contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County
Downstate
Illinois
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Ourg
Miss Silver
Elkins
Carter
Herbert L. Jones
West Pall Mall Street
Albert E. Carter
California
Mrs. Jones
Dorothy Francis
Marion Lee
Marjorie Anne Smith
Congressman
Mrs. Carter
Raven Society
Charles K. Woltz
Robert B. Nelson, Jr
Boy-Ed
Winchester and Clarke Garden Club
Earl Boy-Ed
Millwood
Clarke County
George Sloane
Warrenton
Joseph A. Massie
Transportation Committee
Maxine E. Brill
Gilbert Brill
Star Tannery
William Ralph Williams
W.H. Williams
Mount Williams
Lillian Anderson
Southern Inn
West Piccadilly Street
Miss Anderson
Anne Beall Silver
Boyd
Gray Silver
Martinsburg
Nathaniel Myers Boyd
Robert Hanson Boyd
Elisha Boyd
Boydville
Martins
Huntsberry
Vogue Duplex
Clara V. Fultz
W. Boscawen St
Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription
Sis
Shenandoah
Mile
Nella Veverka
Roanoke College
Veverka
Charles J. Smith
Ferdinand Veverka
J. Harry Breithaupt
Nella
Washington
Brece Harise
C. Brece Harise
Baltmore
Maryland State Dental
Harlee
Braddock
P. G Ireland
Tues
Virginia Polytechnic _ Institute
Blacksburg
George W. Stover
R. B. Nelsom
Georgia Comrad
John Scully, Jr
Jame Scully
New York
John I. Sioat
Sachs
Newark, Ohio
van Raalte
Margaret L. Hodgson
Dudley Field
Howard L. Prince
Seelye W. Little
Yohh Williams
Taylor Pierce
Peter Dunning
Strasburg
Lee Ryland
Theodore Jackimier
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
STORE
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Roe Shad Ib
Buck Shad
Hamman
Dollar Store
Chicago
Henry Horner
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Commercial & Savings Bank
Geo. W. Kurtz
Lloyd Fiber
R. M. Swimley
Big Joe
Bakers
Devil’s Food
Lovett’s
Loudoun
Lovett Brothers
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