Social and Personal Notes Highlight Local Events
Mrs Payne and daughter were honored at morning and evening gatherings as Miss Margaret Byrd hosted a luncheon and Mrs Joseph Massie entertained. Mr and Mrs McLaughlin announce the birth of a son on April 30 in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs McLaughlin was Helen Bly before marriage. Anna Fay Sutphin and a Loudoun Church group held a covered dish shower for her engagement to Godfrey Zirkle. Mrs Gordon Whitlam sang with piano accompaniment, and a class cake was given by Mrs Gertrude Underwood. Thirty eight class members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Abney Payne
Margaret Byrd
Miss Payne
Foxhall Kitchen
Joseph Massie
McLaughlin
Woodrow McLaughlin
Dayton
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Helen Bly
Strasburg
Winchester Electric Service
Anna Fay
Ingram Family Welcomes First Child in Martinsburg
Mr and Mrs Cletus Ingram of Martinsburg West Virginia are congratulated on the birth of a son at Winchester Memorial Hospital on Monday. Mrs Ingram formerly Miss Marion Myers daughter of Dr and Mrs Walter Myers of South Stewart Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingram
Cletus Ingram
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Marion Myers
Walter Myers
South Stewart Street
H. Douglas Fuller
Memorial Hospital
Calendar of Evening Club and Church Meetings
Calendar notes several local events including Rotary luncheon at 1:00 p m and Red Cross executive committee at City Hall 3 30 p m Regular Rachel Hodges class U v Rr Church 7 30 p m Grace Lutheran Woman s Auxiliary South Loudoun Street Braddock Street Church Circle No 2 Mrs J W Rosenberger West Germain Street Circle No 3 Mrs M E Burchette Cork Street 12 20 p m American Legion post Incheon meeting at hotel 3 30 p m Girl Scout Council at Mrs E B Cooper home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Red Cross
City Hall
Rachel Hodges
Uv. Rr
Maud Hollar
Grace Lutheran Church
Jamie Green
South Loudoun Street
Braddock Street
J. W. Rosenberger
West Germain Street
M. E. Burchette
W. Cork Street
R. Y. Conrad American Legion Post
Girl Scout Council
E. B. Cooper
Leesburg Engagement Ties Miss Clare Briggs to William Metzger
Mrs. Clare Briggs of Leesburg announces the engagement of her daughter Clare to William Metzger son of Judge and Mrs. Metzger of Leesburg. Miss Briggs, daughter of the late cartoonist, has work in several dailies. The wedding is planned for June at St James Episcopal Church in Leesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Briggs
Leesburg
William Metzger
William A. Metzger
Miss Briggs
Metzger
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Winchester
Chicago
St. James Episcopal Church
Visitors and illness noted in Winchester social roundup
Mrs. Freda Fisher and son Joseph of Pittsburgh with her parents in Winchester report Mrs. Klompus improving after three weeks illness. Guests include Mrs. M T Reed and others from New Jersey and New Jersey towns visiting Apple Blossom hosts. Various local residents recover from surgery and illness with social guest updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freda Fisher
Joseph
Pittsburgh
Winchester
Philip Klompus
South Loudoun Street
Modern Etiquette Answers for Invitations
A guide states never accept then cancel with excuses. Decline politely with a simple thank you and mention you cannot attend Thursday evening. It also notes six o'clock as the most popular cocktail hour, with five to seven acceptable, and that pansies symbolize pleasant thoughts.
Community group meetings slated for Thursday and Friday
Grace Lutheran Church Ladies Auxiliary meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Miss Sien Green South Loudoun. Rachel Hodges class of United Brethren meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Miss Maude Hollar 360 National Ave. Girls Athletic Association holds its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Washington Piccadilly club rooms. Braddock Street Methodist Circle No 3 meets tomorrow at 8 p m at Mrs M E Burchette 417 West Cork. Girl Scout Council gathers Friday at 3 30 p m at Mrs Eugene B Cooper South Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Woman's Auxiliary
Grace Lutheran Church
Sien Green
Loudoun Street
Rachel Hodges
Miss Hollar
United Brethren Church
Girl's Athletic Association
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Braddock Street Methodist Church
M. E. Burchette
West
Cork Street
MacLean Named Hampton Institute President
Dr. Malcolm S. MacLean director at University of Minnesota general college will become Hampton Institute's sixth president on July 1, succeeding Arthur Howe who resigned. Hampton Institute, a major negro college, has an endowment of $10,214,571. Announcement made by J Henry Scattergood of Philadelphia, board chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Malcolm S. MacLean
General College
University of Minnesota
Hampton Institute
Arthur Howe
MacLean
J. Henry Scattergood
Philadelphia
Hampton Institute Board of Trustees
Author Guest Declines Clarke County Talk Illness
Mrs. Huntington of Washington and Virginia, invited as guest speaker for the Clarke County Woman's Club, cannot attend due to bronchitis. She, author of Tales of a Basque Grandmother and Tales of a Russian Grandmother, planned to discuss An Author in Search of an Artist. Mr Huntington and they were to stay with Miss Rorm MacDonald. they will travel to Clarke County soon and reopen Journeys End in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Chapin Huntington
Washington
Virginia
Woman's Club
Clarke County
Huntington
Federated Council Women Schedule Meetings Tomorrow
The Federated Council of Church Women will meet tomorrow at Handley Library at 3 30 p m All members urged to attend Circle No 2 of Braddock meets tomorrow evening at 8 at Mrs John W Rosenberger 210 West Germain Street Miss Mary Lou Steele leads and all members are asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Council
Federated Council of Church Women
Handley Library
Braddock Street
Church Supper Planned by Kernstown Opequon Church Council
The Workers Council of the Opequon Memorial church at Kernstown hosts a supper tomorrow night from 5 to 9 at the Plainfield Inn owned by Mrs. F. E. McComas. Rev. E. McGavock pastors the church and proceeds support the building fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown
Workers Council of the Opequon Memorial
Plainfield Inn
F. E. McComas
Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures for May 6
Treasury data show receipts of 52.9 million dollars and expenditures of 46.4 million. Gross debt stands at 42.68 billion, with an increase of 6.30 million from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Seaman Recounts Bullets From Fire on Flying Fish
Ingolf Stocklund and crew aboard the U S freighter Flying Fish report bullets found on deck after a shipboard attack at Bergen Norway. Stocklund says bullets were from a British plane, while the captain claims they originated from a German fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Flying Fish
Ingolf Stocklund
Bergen
Norway
Applicants Filing For CMTC Camps
Applications are now being received to attend the Citizens' Military Training Camps this summer. Camps run July 5 to August 3 with assignments by prior training. basic and colored infantry options listed. Government covers transport, shelter, food, uniforms, medical care, and laundry. applications via Capt. Edward C. Goss in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens
Cavalry
Fort Belvoir
Field Artillery
Fort Hoyle
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Fort George G. Meade
Signal Corps
Fort George G Meade
Infantry
Fort Howard
Edward C. Goss
Winchester
Goss
Nodding Fireman Misses His Pole
Kansas City dispatch reports District Fire Chief Charles Mulloy aged 64 nodded off at the station house bed an alarm sounded he sprang for the pole but missed and fell about 15 feet. Hospital attendants found only a sprained left ankle and he returned to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles Mulloy
Mrs. Francis Lewis Hosts Social Weekend in Millwood
In Millwood Virginia on May 8 Mrs. Francis Lewis entertained at a Sunday gathering honoring her daughter Mrs. Grant. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Bell Watkins Capt. Ewart Johnston Mr. and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell and many Clarke or nearby residents. The social circuit also noted visitors at Long Branch and trips to Warrenton Gold Cup races with Rossney and Rosney as summer posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Francis Lewis
Grant
William Bell Watkins
Ewart Johnston
Henry Post Mitchell
Graham Dougherty
Percy Randolph
Prescott Huidekoper
Rosalind Huidekoper
Benjamin Harrison
James Cary
Baltimore
Clarke
Long Branch
Edward Sohier Welch
William B. Watkins
A. A. Baldwin
Henry P. Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
Roland Mitchell
Capt
Ewart Johnson
Kenneth N. Gilpin, Jr
William B. Watkins, Jr
Sergeant's Sale in Winchester on Patton's Storage goods
By order of the Justice's Court of Winchester Virginia in Patton's Storage vs Dan Cochran a public auction will be held Friday May 10 1940 at 10 o clock A M at Patton's Storage corner Cameron and Baker Streets selling a 10 piece dining set 3 piece living room set breakfast set electric refrigerator washing machine Red Star stove bed dresser and other household articles cash terms City Sergeant Taylor L Barr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice's Court of
Winchester
Virginia
Patton
Dan Cochran
Cameron & Baker Streets
Taylor L. Barr
Misses Beatty Reopen Homes Here for Summer
Misses Helen and Katherine Beatty of Pittsburgh arrived on Thursday and reopened their homes here for the summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen and
Katherine Beatty
Pittsburgh
Rochester couple returns to Long Island from Shan Hill
Mr and Mrs Rochester spent a few days at Shan Hill in Clarke returning to their Long Island home on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Patton
Berryville Avenue
Mrs. Rochester
Shan Hill
Clarke
Long Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank C. Hanrahan
Arlington
R. A. Whitten
Hanrahan
Arlington County
Whitten
Mary Ruth
Rosa G. Carling
Portsmouth
C. J. Sibert
Emily McCormick
A. F. Robertson
Ollie Thomas
E. J. Smith
Lucille Smith
Berryville
Woman's Auxiliary of
Diocese of
War- Trenton
Norris
Mother Brooks
Haldeman
Telly Don
Don
Margaret L. Hodgson
Mr. Metzger
Lewis M. Allen
Atlantic City
N. J
Henry B. Gilpin
Sherman Billmyer
West Cork Street
Joseph Wright
West Boscawen Street
Douglas Jenkins
Pearl Torny
Peggy Courtfield
Marion Jenkins
Miller Jenkins
Ee Cameron Street
Blanche Weinberg
Great Neck
L. I
Jessie Crisman
Bertha Boyce
L. E. Armell
Alfred Hummer
Georgianna Neff
Toarshall
Scott Cline
Ollie Cline
Lucious Riten
Our
George Seaton
James and
Carson Cline
George Cone
M. T. Reed
T. Minerely
Demarest, N. J
Margaret and
Henrietta Minerley
Alpine
Marie Clare
Fort Lee
J. W. Stegner
Hillside
Jane Buckley
South Orange
John Lytle
Newark
J. W. Kater
Miss Bickers
Charlottesville, Va
Margaret Snyder
Hugh Clark
John Snively
Abraham Wingerter
Orville, Ohio
Eugene B. Cooper
South Washington Street
Huntsberry
A. B. C. Board
Skyway Grill
S. Loudoun St
Sidney H. Veasey
Loudoun St
Elm Spring
Mt. East Stephens City
Osburn Bros
CMTC
Lovett Brothers
Hugh Willoughby
Mrs. Willoughby
Mrs. Sharp
Jane Cary Randolph
New York City
B. O'F. Randolph
Spencer Carter
Richmond
Joseph Cornelius Rathborne
Prescott Huidekoper Rathborne
J. Cornelius Rathborne
Georgetown
S. C
Hugh M. Nelson
Mr. Conwary Dillingham
Elizabeth Bradford
Courtney B. Jones
Margaret Della Meade
Mrs. E. K. Meade
N. B. Jones
Mr. Jones
Richard E. Dole
Col
Robert Morris
New York
Sergeant’s Sale
LA Tury
E. Piccadilly St
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mother
Linisette
Icicle Rayon
Wender
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!