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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1940

Page

8

Social and Personal Notes From Winchester Festival

Winchester social page covers Apple Blossom events with locals, visitors, and engagements. Notices include engagements, marriages, welcomes, hospital updates, birthday parties, and arrivals from Richmond, Washington, and Danville during the Shenandoah Apple Blossom period.

Queen of the May is Named at Drexel Institute

Gertrude Layton of Prospect Park Pennsylvania is crowned Queen of the May chosen to preside over social activities during May at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia.

Gertrude Layton Prospect Park Drexel Institute Philadelphia

Fort Loudoun D A R Chapter Meeting With Mrs Ayler

The Fort Loudoun chapter of the D A R convenes with Mrs Ayler to discuss the annual election and chapter activities. Members plan details for the upcoming event and community observances.

Fort Loudoun

Daughters of the American Revolution Meet in Berryville

The Daughters of the American Revolution plan a Wednesday gathering in Berryville with Mrs. F. L. Ayler as host. Assistant hostesses include Mrs. Garland Williams Mrs. Wilbur Gaunt Mrs. Alfred Ker oe and Miss Mary Washington Gold. The meeting will elect officers and feature a musical program by Dr. Osborne a book review by Miss Gold and reports from the national convention in Washington by Fort Loudoun delegates Mrs. George R. Slater and Mrs. J. A. Stretchberry.

Daughters of the American Revolution F. L. Ayler Berryville Garland Williams Wilbur Gaunt Alfred Keroe Mary Washington Gold Osborne Miss Gold Washington Fort Loudoun George R. Slater Upperville J. A. Stretchberry

Women's Mission Society Meets for World Citizen Study

The Market Street Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 8 PM at 318 Parkway hosted by Mrs. Dale. Speakers include Mrs. Babb Miss Ellison Mrs. Kern and Mrs. Parrish on The Christian World Citizen in Her own Community. Turner Ashby Chapter postposes May 9 meeting to May 14. District Nurse Association holds May 8 meeting at 3 PM near the courthouse. reports on community nursing provided.

Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of Market Street Methodist Church T. J. Dale Parkway C. E. Babb Clara Eliason John A. Kern Earl Parrish District Nurse Association

Gainesboro Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves

Gainesboro Virginia May 6 Mr Ed Cooper of Gore called at Mrs Lou Coopers home. Mr Clarence Donovan and family moved from Gainesboro to Strasburg. Mr and Mrs Leonard Williamson and Mrs Homer Shore and son of Covington spent weekend with Mr and Mrs E E Bayliss. Miss Louise Rinker called on Mrs Janney Davis. Mrs Leonard Williamson and daughter Joyce are staying with Mr and Mrs E E Bayliss. Miss Frances DeHaven visited Miss Helen Long over the weekend.

Gainesboro Ed Cooper Gore Lou Cooper Clarence Donovan Strasburg Leonard Williamson Homer Shore Covington E. E. Bayliss Louise Rinker Janney Davis Joyce

False Alarm From Office of Doctor

Detectives rushed to the office of Dr. Lee Edwards after a man said the doctor ended a call with I’m being held up. Edwards told police he meant he had no time for further conversation.

Omaha, Neb Lee Edwards

Large al fresco luncheon at Berryville estate

A stylish outdoor luncheon was hosted at Rose Cottage in Clarke county by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Richardson of Chicago. A long list of guests attended from Washington Winchester Richmond and Philadelphia including Miss Katharine MacDonald, Mrs. Prescott Huidekoper, Captain and Mrs. Ewart Johnston, Mrs. J. M. H. Clagett, and many others.

Berryville Ralph R. Richardson Chicago Rose Cottage Clarke County Winchester Ewart Johnston Blackburn Moore William WN. Barrett Edward G. Butler R. G. Mitchell Agnes Mitchell Kenneth N. Gilpin Henry Post Mitchell A. A. Baldwin Alexis Sommaripa Rosalind Huidekoper Prescott Huidekoper Francis Lewis Grant Philadelphia Burwell Jacobs Raymond Guest Benjamin Randolph Percy Randolph William Beverley Rose MacDonald John B. Neill Annie C. Moore Katharine P. MacDonald Washington C. Williams John D. Richardson Martha Ferguson George P. Greenhalgh Springsbury Charles F. McIntosh Ernest H. Williams J. M. H. Clagett Williamb. Clagett Edwin S. Lewis J. D. Sriffing Annie Stribling Hugh Blackburn Smith James Riddle E. L. Tessier William Kennedy New York Herbert S. Larrick Nancy Larrick H. Clay deGrange William N. Barrett Franklin Kenworthy Purcellville E. P. Berlin William B. Clagett Joseph F Honore and Jay Eyster Halltown

Clarke County Red Cross sends group to National Convention

Miss Nantie Thomas president of Clarke County Red Cross Chapter travels with Mrs. Graham Dougherty secretary Mrs. Tyson Dortch Roll Call chairman and Mrs. John B. Neill to Washington for the National Red Cross Convention at the Mayflower Hotel. They stay for the banquet tomorrow night and report the chapter has shipped about 15 sweaters.

Nantie Thomas Clarke County Red Cross Graham Dougherty Tyson Dortch John B. Neill Washington National Red Cross Mayflower Hotel

Etiquette Q A on Escorting and Introductions

Roberta Lee answers reader questions on gentlemanly conduct. A man may offer his arm to help a girl across a crowded street if needed. Do not delay buffet service for late guests. A woman may introduce her husband as Mrs. Carter if that is correct in context.

Weekend guests and church work in the diocese of Virginia

Miss Katharine P. McDonald of Washington was the weekend guest of Miss Anne C. Moore. Miss Gladys Gaines of Richmond was the weekend guest of Mrs. J. D. Griffing. Miss Gaines is field secretary of the Church School work of the Episcopal Church in the diocese of Virginia.

Katharine P. McDonald Washington Anne C. Moore Gladys Gaines Richmond J. D. Griffing Miss Gaines Episcopal Church Diocese of Virginia

Conference Ends as War Recalled as Passing Hurricane

Atlantic City May 6 delegates to the General Conference of the Methodist Church heard Evanglist Booth call the war a passing hurricane and Bishop Moore warn of a rising tide of savagery. The final pronouncements urged parents to teach children the facts of life and that youths have a right to know about life origins and personality before adolescence.

Atlantic City N. J General Conference of the Methodist Church Europe Arthur J. Moore San Antonio Tex

St Davids Locals Share News From Virginia Church Circle

St. David's Church area notes from Va detail Arthur Clem returning from Syracuse as a mail fraud witness. Gar land Habron visits grandmother near Seven Fountains. Paul Clen of Maryland visits parents T S Clem. Birth announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. McKinzie on April 27. Mrs. Ritenour ill. other locals visit and a boy suffers a tractor accident with sixty stitches.

David's Church Arthur Clem Syracuse N. Y Garland Habron Martha Ritenour Seven Fountains Paul Clen Maryland T. S. Clem Tom Smith Washington, D. C A. M. McClanahan McKinzie G. H. McClanahan Charles Ritenour Asa Habron Bettie McClanahan Laura Smoot T. A. Crabill George Wright Cora Miller Hospital Woodstock Earl’ Silvous Mt. Jackson

West Virginia families visit relatives on Sunday

Mrs McClanahan, Mr and Mrs T E Sibert and six children of Middleway visit T A Crabill and Mrs Crabill Sunday. Lester Stephens of Halltown, Va vis­ited Mr and Mrs D T Stephens Sunday.

T. E. Sibert Middleway, W. Va Mrs. T. A. Crabill Lester Stephens Halltown W. Va D. T. Stephens

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American Legion Braddock Street Loring Woore Clearbrook Madison Lodge Hall East Boscawen Street Jean Moling Mgr J. Henry Moling, Jr Belhaven College Kinetastope Mol Entranc Chi Delta Belhaven Ann Waal Roselle Calhoun Santa Me New Mexico Virginia Rimmer Canton Brooks Flickinger College of Osteopathy and Surgery Kirksville Handley William and Mary College S. L. Plickinger South Cameron Street Mrs. Green Alexander Green Markham Inchester Memorial Hospital Betty Pierce Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro N. C Louise Moore Sweet Briar College Lynchburg Miss Pierce Noble Pierce South, Stewart Street Miss Moore E. Blackburn Moore West Boscawen Street Harry R. Kern Jr Courtfield Frank Schoolfield Danville, Va Dorsey Brown Lexington, Ky Messrs Richard Moore Richard Rheuton Richmond, Va Louise Glass Washington, DC W. W. Glass South Washington Street Albert See J. E. Combs Keyser Ashby See Wilkie A. See Clyde Simming Williams Delia Harrison Petersburg Archer Coke Hugh Powell Bo Cameron Powell Lelia Leigh Welford Reed George Tucker Fred Campbell Maurice Dean Ethel Elmore Herbert Fitzgerald Nobel Pierce South Stewart Street William Miller Margaret Bean Mary Baldwin College Staunton Mrs E. P. Bean James McKennon Houston Marshall Washington, Pa F. L. Largent Jr Roy Kohlhausen Columbus Ohio Micheal Kernan Donald Deverle Hook B. H. Carpenter Piccadilly Street Natalie Frances Russell C. M. Russell Memorial Hospital Bruce Lineburg Louis Allen Harry Fox, Jr Medvil Lineburg Joe Lineburg Russell Haymaker Sile Rosenberger Harry Fox Eugene Geneva Fox Ruth Kenny Ridgeway Silas Lineburg Lucille Wright John Foster Loring J. Wright Luaicille Pauline Wright John E. Foster Thomas Foster Caledonia George L. Waters Macedonia Methodist Church Handley High School Joan Kerr School Foster Caledonia High School United State Marine Corp Quantico, Va Arbella Richard Sylvia Harry Robert Klich J. Kenneth Robinson Blacksburg, Va Ivan Rohrer Hagerstown Harry Everhart Lovettsville, Va Walter H. Bush Frances Bush Chas Donald Bush J. W. Thompson Emma Knight Bessie Bentzel Everhart Bush William Johns Clarence Bohrer Cumberland Shenandoah Joseph DuPuy Pineville L. D. Grubbs National Avenue DuPuy Catherine Yost Garland H. Baptist Washington and Lee University Lexington William Suddith The University of Virginia Gretchen Thomson Peggy Jones New Orleans Robert Portner John Heck Baltimore Frank Stump Radford, Va Henry McVicar North Loudoun Street Norris Mother Brooks Haldeman Royal Portable Pifer Printing CO N. Loudoun St Gali Huntsberry’s Franklin Develt White House National Institute of Government Mrs. Dale Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Samuel Chew Williams Anne Cabell Williams Peggie Stalnaker Betty Gray Long Henry Zouck Voz Underwood’s Bakery Jones Ma Jones Valley Pride United Food Stores Victor Ppateeone Roberta Lee St. David’s C. B. Smalts & Son Florsheim Shoes Lovett Bros Mrs. McClanahan Lan the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Loudoun St Miller’s Hardware Barbara Bell Ieyasas Barbara Bell Pattern Service Winchester Evening Star Sweecveesec
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