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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1936

Page

3

Out-of-town guests attend Richmond festival weekend

A list of visitors at the festival includes Miss Webster and Miss Poor from Connecticut and Massachusetts, Richmond residents Mrs. Cannon and Mrs. Jonson, South Carolina pair Mrs. Elliott and Mrs. Jones, plus Elmer Wengren of Portland Maine. Also present are Mrs. Sprague and four Geneva Ohio women and Mrs. Nickens from Chicago. Richmond hosts Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Griffin Larus, parents of Miss Cornelia Larue, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter LeFew from Richmond. Mrs. LeFew is the daughter of prominent lawyer Harry Smith.

Miss Webster Connecticut Alice Poor Miss Davenport Massachusetts James Cannon Robert Jonson Richmond William Elliott Carroll Jones South Carolina Richard Carleton James Randolph Green Elmer C. Wengren Portland Maine Sprague Geneva Ohio Nickens Chicago Lewis Griffin Larus Cornelia Anne Larue Walter LeFew LeFew Harry Smith

Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings and Plays

A busy slate lists Old Fredericktown Garden Club at Mrs. Eugene Cooper and Sunshine Club at Mrs. P. G. Ireland. W C T U at Miss Minnie Beemer, Gore high school pupils perform Silas Snidge of Turkey Ridge, and Boyce high senior play Sonny Jane. Lions Club lunch at George Washington, Kiwanis at the George Washington Hotel.

Old Silas Snidge Turkey Ridge Gore High School Leguday Robert Y. Conrad Post American Legion Georgeton Hotel Givicque Mel Green Sonny Jane Boyce High School Boyce

Winchester Women Golf Group Plans Summer Events

The Winchester Golf Club Women’s Golf Activities committee met at chairman Mrs Stewart Elting’s home to set summer dates. Plan includes Women’s Championship June 14 to 30 and Governor’s Cup August 16 to 29, plus a handicap tourney September 8 to 11.

Winchester Golf Club Stewart Elting B. B.dutton Philips Frances Page Yy “Miller Anne Brooke Kern Inashington Indian Springs Golf Club R. Coffey Mary Miller Waynes¢o Monterey Chambersig Martinsburg Frederick Exandria Millwood Rutledge N. H. Carpenter Southern Golf Association

Surprise Birthday Dinner for Mrs Holmes Rogers

A surprise birthday dinner honored Mrs. Holmes Rogers at her Woodland avenue home on Sunday April 26. Guests including family and friends brought baskets of food and joined in celebrating with a pink candle cake baked by Mrs. Holmes White. The gathering wished her a speedy return to health despite illness.

Thornhill Thornhill Manor W. A. Baker Washington Street Holmes Rogers Woodland Avenue Holmes White Rogers J. B. White Annie Orndorff Philip Robert Long William Sager Fred Hammond Arthur Sager Alfred Sager

Queen of Apple Blossom fete attends Warrenton races

Millwood Virginia May 6 Miss Cornelia Anne Larus queen of the Apple Blossom Kingdom and a Large party of guests attended the Warrenton Gold Cup races. The group included Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Griffin Larus of Richmond Miss Mary Leigh and Mr. Lefew and Miss Elizabeth Leake. Afterward she spent the night at The Glen and attended Christ Church in Millwood on Sunday. Other society names and weekend visitors were noted alongside families visiting gardens and relatives in Tidewater Virginia.

Millwood Cornelia Anne Larus Lewis Griffin Larus Richmond Mary Leigh Lefew Elizabeth Leake Harry F. Byrd, Jr F. Allerton Read Read Beverley Randolph Roland G. Mitchell the Glen Larus Mr. Randolph Henry Post Mitchell Christ Church, Millwood Cary Harrison Longwood Washington Earl Boy-Ed Callandar George H. Burwell Mt. Airy Hugh M. Nelson Miss Bowie William Bell Watkins Edward Lowther Stokes Haverford Rodney Cookman Wayne, Pa Lewis Neilson Philadelphia Virginia Alexander Mackay-Smith Graham Dougherty Gertrude Mary Dougherty Frazier Graham Dougherty, Jr.; Mrs. Edward B. Jacobs, Mrs. W. Pinkney Wetherall Gwynn Harrison Joseph Lewis Sybil Jackson Baltimore Dorsey Brown Wetherall John Stokes Edward B. Jacobs Virginia Jacobs George Greenhalgh Springsberry Pen G Williams University of Virginia Hungary Edsall Connecticut Kenneth N. Gilpin Boc Grande Fia Christ Church Summerville Richard E. Dole Ann Meade Tom Meade Post Mitchell Ind . Mitchell Jr Gertrude Dougherty Es Brothers Messrs.bbyr Frazier Thomas Wrighteek Everard Kidder Meade, Jr Jane Cary Randolph Benjamin Randolph, Jr Kenneth N. Gilvin William Massie Winchester Margaret Dole Dole Robert Goodwin Armistead Welbourne Leesburg Welbourne Japan Blue Ridge Mountains Barton Crocker

Picture of Miss Elizabeth Bywaters in Richmond Sunday

In the Richmond Sunday paper a photo features Miss Elizabeth Bywaters of Harrisonburg State Teachers' College, campus leader and president of the International Relations Club, daughter of Mr. George Bywaters of Opequon. Also pictured is Miss Josephine Miller of Woodstock, president of the Aeolian Music Club, niece of local Hoshuors.

Georgia Bywaters Richmond Elizabeth Bywaters Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College International Relations Club Miss Bywaters George Bywaters Opequon Harrisonburg Josephine Miller J. R. Miller Woodstock Aeolian Music Club Miss Miller Hoshours

Radio Highlights Tonight on Air Shows and Guests

A listing of radio programs across WEAF WJZ WOR and WABC with times from 5:00 p m through 12:30 a m. Featuring Uncle Don Lowell Thomas George Burns and Gracie Allen Fifi D Orsay and guests like Farley Adams and Ad ams with musical performances by the Rubinoff and Duchin orchestras and the Haenschen Orchestra.

WOR Uncle Don WEAF Press-Radio WJZ Lowell Thomas Amos 'N' Andy Lum Abner Jimmy Mattern Haenschen Lucy Monroe Frank Munn Fritzi Scheff WABC George Burns Gracie Allen Renard Milton Watson Fred Allen van Steeden Rubinoff Roosevelt James A. Farley Hartford Conn al Goodman Anderson Walter S. Adams Mount Wilson Observatory Duchin

Festival Safety Praised as 100000 Attend Richmond Event

The Richmond Times Dispatch reports Virginia state police received significant praise for crowd control and safety during a large festival drawing about 100000 attendees. Agencies coordinated with local officials to ensure orderly movement and rapid response to incidents.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch Virginia

Richmond FCPD praised for crowd control at three a festival

Police under Lieutenants Thomas and McDermott directed traffic for Apple Blossom in Winchester during two days with about 100 000 persons and Bristol Dogwood Festival drawing 70 000 governors present all without any recorded fatalities. On Saturday 22 000 attended the Virginia Gold Cup in Warrenton with no fatalities as well.

Richmond W. C. Thomas E. J. McDermott Winchester Bristol Warrenton Thomas C. W. Cary and McDermott

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Lions’ Club George Washington Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Elting Margaret Richards Missionary Society of the Church of Christ L. &. Hockman George Earle Owen Church of Christ H. M. Cather Juanita Riley Lillian Crisman Margaret Clevenger Garland Canter Hubert Cather Emma Duncan Elsie Line Viola Pierce Grace Thomas Marion L. A. Thomas Marion College Miss Thomas Troop 5 Christ Episcopal Church Mary Katherine Aulick Clarence Schenck H. I. Pifer R. E. Griffith Ellsworth Johnson Alfred Kerfoot Ridgewood Orchard Carl F. Massey Merrimans Lane Girls Athletic Association West Picadilly Street United Brethren Young People’s Choir Frank Hack Thursday Frank N Hack South George H. Smith Clarke Gilpin Florida Norman Smith Fitchburg Mass Thomas Nelson Carter St. Timothy's School M. Flournoy Henry Jones Isabella, Tenn Carrie Mullins Fort Oglethorpe George Whitacre Whitacre Mullins McElligott Peter K. Faerber Washington, D. C L. J. McElligott No. 12 Shirley Street McElligotts Pearl Clark J. P. Gallagher W. E. Gallagher Mont Alto Hospital Paul R. Pierce One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry Virginia National Guard Pierce Julia Pierce Beaver Church Women’s Council Federated Council of Church Women Handley Library Delphians Library Delphian Society Hugh Pierce Barney Hicks Hicks, Sr Edward Anderson Tyrone Taverner’s N. Loudoun St Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Carnation Beauty Shop W. Etcetera Ralph Cain South Cameron Street Mary Wineman Greensburg, Pa Cain Meat and Milk E. W. Miller Board of Health Margaret L. Hodgson Bostonians Huntsberry Brooks’ Pharmacy Ial Queber Federal Deposit Insurance Commercial & Savings Bank Updyke Hall Front Royal Jimmy Doman Royal Troubadours Cacanenres Clowe Clowe’s Jewelry Store B. G. A. Stores Underwood R. M. Swimley Fara
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