May Queen Crowning and Medieval Pageantry Highlight May Day
Miss Margaret Beck was crowned May Queen at the State Teachers College Harrisonburg May Day Festival amid pageantry set in medieval Provence. Her court includes Frances Ralston and Jane Maphis. 181 students trained for dances and stunts. The event featured a traveling circus with tumbling and wild animal acts and colorful medieval costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Beck
Paul Beck
Winchester
State Teachers College
Harrisonburg
Frances Ralston
Glen
Jane Maphis
Jane Maphis Was the Court Jester. . Other Members of the Queen's
Jacqueline Johnston
Mary Cloe
Kitty Wherrett
Pauline Eubanks
Mary Farinholt
Harriet Ulrich
Polly Perryman
The
Athletic Association
Provence
France
Social Calendar of Meetings and Practices This Week
The calendar lists numerous weekly gatherings including Ladies' National Memorial Association at Mrs. Florence Willis home on Market street, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Junior Auxiliary at Winchester Memorial Hospital, Kiwanis luncheon and meeting, and several choir practices at United Brethren Church Grace Lutheran, Braddock Street church. Additional events include Rotary Club luncheon, Loyal Temperance Legion meeting, Girls Athletic Association, tap and ballroom dancing, American Legion post luncheon, Braddock Street Methodist youth choir practice, Choral Club meeting at Mrs. Buckley’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ National Memorial Association
Florence Willis
Market Street
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Kiwanis
Young Peoples’ Choir
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Stafford Pemberton
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Girls’ Athletic Association
West Piccadilly St
Americain Legion Post
Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church
Choral Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Miss Esther Lee Saunders to Marry Mr Zirkle This Summer
Miss Esther Lee Saunders engagement to Abram Miller Zirkle is announced at a Middletown Virginia tea hosted by Rev. and Mrs. W P Saunders. Saunders, Handley High senior, will graduate in June. Zirkle, Handley alumnus and Fishburne graduate, works for Northern Virginia Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Lee Saunders
Zirkle
W. P. Saunders
Middletown
Abram Miller Zirkle
Saunders
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Handley High School
William L. Zirkle
Miss Hansbrough Hosts Dinner For Norfolk Guest
Miss Margaret Hansbrough presided at a dinner honoring Miss Alice Mc Caw of Norfolk Virginia and Ensign Alfred B. Tucker U S N who are guests of Mrs Martha E Tucker The guest list included Misses Helen Buckley Martha Tucker Eliza Tucker and Cadets Downer Thompson and others The couple will depart Wednesday for Norfolk before Tucker reports to duty at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hansbrough
Alice McCaw
Norfolk
Alfred B. Tucker
Martha E. Tucker
Helen Buckley
Martha Tucker
Eliza Tucker
Trevor Downer
Thompson
Sam Scott Hansbrough
Thomas Ferguson
Washington
Miss McCaw
Tucker
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Tinsman and Mc Donalds Wed at United Brethren Church
Announcement of the marriage of William Tinsman and Odetta Mc Donald took place Saturday afternoon. Rev. George W. Stover officiated at the United Brethren Church parsonage on North avenue. The bride is the daughter of Lon and Mrs McDonald, and the groom is son of Enoch Tinsman, a Clarke county native residing here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Tinsman
Odetta McDonald
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
North Avenue
Lon McDonald
Enoch Tinsman
Clarke County
Visitors At Swimley Home During Festival
Mr. Frank Morgan Huyett a Charlottesville broker spent the weekend as the guest of his nieces the Misses Swimley at their Brucetown home. Additional guests included Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Van Ordell of St. Petersburg Fla Mr F M Petit of New York and Florida and Mrs W J Graham of Leesburg Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swimley
Frank Morgan Huyett
Charlottesville
Brucetown
Adolph van Ordell
St. Petersburg
Fla
F. M. Petit
New York
Florida
W. J. Graham
Leesburg
Junior Hospital Auxiliary Meeting At Memorial Hospital
The Junior Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow at 3 30 in the nurses home on West Clifford Street. All members are urged to attend as it will be an important meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Hospital
Junior Auxiliary
Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
Gainesboro Community League to Elect Officers Tomorrow
Gainesboro Community League holds its regular monthly meeting at Gainesboro schoolhouse at 8 pm. The agenda includes the annual election of officers and various important matters. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro League
Gainesboro Community League
Gainesboro
District Nurse Association To Meet Wednesday
The District Nurse Association will hold its regular monthly session at 3 o clock Wednesday afternoon in the office near the Court House. Attendees will receive information on regular work and hear nurses reports on tuberculosis and orthopedic clinics. Members are expected and visitors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
Court House
Braddock Street Church Missionary Meetings Set
The Adult Woman's Missionary Society of Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South meets tomorrow at 8 PM in the Gold en Rule Bible Class room with EB A Lambert to report on the Washington conference. Mrs H S Myerly leads a discussion on what Prohibition has done for home mission communities. Auxiliary No 2 holds a regular meeting at 8 PM tomorrow on Paper Mill road with hostesses Mrs Herbert Haines Miss Jessie Markwood and Miss Ridgely Jackson. Mrs Victor Wheeler will report on the annual conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adult Woman's Missionary Society
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
EB. A. Lambert
Washington
H. S. Myerly
Woman's Missionary Society
George Butler
Paper Mill Road
Herbert Haines
Jessie Markwood
Ridgely Jackson
Victor Wheeler
Girl Scout Troop 3 Enjoys Capon River Cabin Day
Members of Girl Scout Troop No 3 spent a day at the Cooper cabin on Capon river. They joined by Mrs E B Cooper Miss Knee and Miss Mathews. They did fire making Morse code games and ended with a weenie roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts
Cooper Cabin
Capon River
E. B. Cooper
Miss Knee
Miss Mathews
Soldier LBF guest at Clevenger home during Apple Blossom
Corporal Cecil Barr of the United States Army stationed at Fort Humphrey Virginia spent the Apple Blossom Festival week as a guest at the home of Mr and Mrs R G Clevenger in Clearbrook Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Barr
United States Army
Fort Humphrey
R. G. Clevenger
Clearbrook
Social round of visits reported in Winchester notes
Miss Virginia Cover Russell and Miss Betty Williams return to Holton Arms School after visits in Washington. Multiple families from Washington, Richmond, Hagerstown, and Takoma Park are noted as guests or visitors at homes on Cameron, Clifford, and nearby streets. Travellers include Miss Billy Sampsell, Miss Anna Harrison Sampsell, and Cadet Philip Miller. Mrs. Denver Penn spends time with I L Carver family. Franks Seiberling and McGuire family visit. May14 return indicated for Dr. and Mrs. McGuire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Cover Russell
Betty Williams
Tennessee
Washington
Holton Arms School
Harry K. Russell
South Stewart Street
J. W. Sampsell
Anna Harrison Sampsell
Takoma Park, Md
J. B. Winkeld
D A R Chapter Meets Here On Wednesday
Fort Loudoun Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution holds a 3 pm meeting Wednesday at Miss Lucy F Kurtz's home on South Loudoun Street. Hostesses include Mrs W P Massey Mrs Frank B Crawford and Mrs G O Miller reports from delegates to the recent national congress in Washington and an officer election will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lucy F. Kurtz
South Loudoun Street
W. P. Massey
Frank B. Crawford
G. O. Miller
National Congress
Washington
Visitors At Home of Miss Crawford
Miss Lillian Horton Smith of Ridgely Pennsylvania and Miss Mary E Benson of Eldorado Arkansas, Mary Baldwin College students at Staunton Virginia, visited Miss Elizabeth Crawford at her parents North Washington street home. Benson was named by Arkansas governor as a princess at the recent Apple Blossom Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Crawford
Lillian Horton Smith
Ridy
Mary E Or Benson
Eldorado
Ark
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Elizabeth Crawford
Frank B. Crawford
North
Washington Street
Miss Benson
Arkansas
Funeral for Mr. Charles Frazier Held in Newburg WV
Mrs. E. E. Rush and daughter Miss Lula Rush returned from Newburg to East Piccadilly street after attending the funeral of Mr. Charles Frazier a retired railroad official aged 80. He had many local friends and had visited Mrs. Frazier at the Rush home. Ruth A. Newcome of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone left for a vacation visiting relatives in Harrisburg Pa. Anne Tucker McGuire returned from Carnegie Hall to North Braddock street to stay with her father Dr. Hunter H. McGuire through the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
E. E. Rush
Lula Rush
East Piccadilly Street
Newburg
W. Va
Charles Frazier
Frazier
Ruth A. Newcome
Theesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company
Harrisburg
Anne Tucker McGuire
New York City
American School of Dramatic Art
Carnegie Hall
North Braddock Street
Hunter H. McGuire
Altoona and Hagerstown Guests Visit Mrs Renner and Byrd
A group from Altoona Pennsylvania including Mr John McKnight and Mrs Sadie Wertz spent time with Mrs John M Renner on East Piccadilly. Mrs Alexander Barrie of Coronado Beach California, guest of Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd, left Washington after weeks of hosting events. Mrs Berkeley Rice returned to Washington after visiting her mother Mrs Emma Hollis on South Loudoun Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McKnight
Sadie Wertz
Thelma Wertz
George Irons
Altoona
Charles M. Hawn
Thelma
Jane Hawn
Florence Garlick
Hagerstown
John M. Renner
East Piccadilly Street
Berkeley Rice
Washington
Emma Hollis
South Loudoun Street
Martinsburg Visitors Stay With Local Hosts
Mr and Mrs P R Harrison and daughter Anne Harris on West King Street Martinsburg guest of Dr and Mrs B M Knight Sr at their Fairmont Avenue home. Mrs D W Alexander and Betty Anne Thomas and Mrs Lorenzo Gilman and Bobby Gilman return to Stratford Conn after several days as guests of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rice on East Piccadilly Street and of Mr and Mrs C R McCann at Stephenson. They were joined by Mrs Alexander's mother Mrs McCann who will stay several weeks. Mr and Mrs W J B Allen return to Washington after a week with Mrs J Fred Thwaite at her county home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Sprackling
New York
Raymond J. Funkhouser
South Washington Street
Sprackling
Nkhouser
Hot Springs
White Sulphur Springs
Thomas S. Ferguson
Washington
Martha E. Tucker
Handley Avenue
Mortimer Harkins, Jr
George W. Kremer
South Loudoun Street
Elmer Funkhouser
John Panghorn
Charles Danzier
Hagerstown
Elbert T. Magruder
Harvey Moss
Richmond
That City
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Robert T. Barton, Sr
Ernest Boyd
Charles Boyd
North
Cameron Street
Boyd
Francis Seiberling
Akron
Ohio
Winchester
Walter R. Talbot
P. R. Harrison
Anne Harrison
West King Street
Martinsburg
B. M. Knight
Fatrmont Avenue
D. W. Alexander
Betty Anne Thomas
Lorenzo Gilman
Bobby Gilman
Stratford, Conn
Kenneth Rice
East Piccadilly Street
C. R. MecCann
Stephenson
W. J. B. Allen
J. Fred Thwaite
County
Steel Magnate Slain On His Lake Forest Estate
Chicago May 8 Donald Mitchell Ryerson 48 chairman of Joseph T Ryerson & Son Inc steel firms was found shot to death on his Lake Forest estate. His wife Isabelle McGenniss Ryerson found the body after a note suggested suicide. A coroner's jury ruled death by own action. The victim had suffered a nervous breakdown and had little role in the company since last October. He helped fund World War efforts and inspired the Four Minute Men drive. He leaves a widow and two children Isabelle Joan 12 and Anthony Mitchell 9 and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Donald Mitchell Ryerson
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc. Steel Manufacturers
Lake Forest
Isabelle McGenniss Ryerson
Ryerson Mansion
Edward L. Ryerson
Steel Corporation
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son
Joseph T. Ryerson
New Haven
Conn
Ryerson
Yale
Wilson
Isabelle Joan
Anthony Mitchell
Edward L. Ryer
Dividing strategies fail to rally Democrats, experts argue
The text notes that while the French find work and others stay idle, critics say nice people avoid certain actions. It adds that a "divide and rule" approach may suit the British but does not work for the Democratic side.
Drury Stables Triumphs At Front Royal Horse Show
Clarke county breeder Percy R Drury showed five hunters from his Front Royal entry winning two championships one reserve championship two firsts two seconds and three thirds. Country Gentleman won two top prizes including the 2-year-old class and overall championship. Gander captured 3-year-old and green hunters titles plus reserve. Neptune Timber Topper and Gray Mist also earned ribbons in various hunter classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy R. Drury
Millwood
Clarke County
Front Royal
Drury
Virginia Horse Show Association
Gander
Neptune
Timber Topper
Gray Mist
Drury String
Country Gentleman
Sheriff Receives Odd Farm Plot Request Near Mount Vernon
Sheriff Luther Pannett received a bizarre letter from Roger B. Drenning of Chester Pennsylvania asking to assign 2 000 000 acres behind Mount Vernon along the Potomac for farming this year. The caller called the letter another fool letter and noted Drenning sought deeds to borrow from banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Pannett
Roger B. Drenning
Washington Lee Curts
Morton Avenue
Chester
Mt. Vernon
Potomac
Drenning
Episcopal Academy
M. A.C
Sheriff Pannett
Five Hundred Die In Southeast Asia Hurricane
A hurricane sweeping from the China seas across southern Annam last Wednesday caused about 500 deaths. The storm reached Hanoi on May 9 and many Europeans were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hanoi
Indo-China
China
Annam
First to Use iron in ancient tools and weapons
Archaeologists believe the Assyrians were among the first to use iron freely for tools and weapons. They crafted knives and saws of steel, and the craft of hardening and tempering steel was known in Homeric times.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Garland Canter
F. A. Crisman
Dorothy Rhodes
Jeanne Hammock
Eleanor McCartney
Clarissa Woodard
Elizabeth Patton
Polly Hudson
Lelia Hockman
Betty Maphis
Strasburg
Huntsberry
Miss Hansbrough
Miss McDonald
Adult Missionary Society
Mrs. Butler
Miss Westwood
Beverley Byrd
Gunston Hall School For Girls
H. F. Byrd
Rosemont
Berryville
James Cline
Herman S. Barr
North Loudoun Street
Wilbur O. Riley
Lieut
Sykes
Langley Field
George W. Riley
Valley Avenue
Frank Gilhausen
Mary Herliben
Chillicothe
J. P. Haddox
Lillian B. Timberlake
Brooklyn
Leslie Timberlake
South Braddock Street
Virginia Gibson
Charles Town
Jefferson County
E. Douglas Davis
Langdon Smith
Catanovia
N. Y
Frederick Allerton Read, Jr
Athlone
Catherine McVicar
Lynchburg, Va
Randolph- Macon Women’s College
Charles P. McVicar
James M. Kincheloe
Upperville
A. L. Green
Hugh K. Green
Mary R. Buckner
D. D. Crenshaw
Richard Crenshaw
Annie Osborne
A. L. Turner
South Cameron Street
Walter Shope
Anne Elizabeth Shope
Harrisburg, Pa
M. S. Loy
Lawrence Clark
Evelyn Mae Clark
Ida V. Willis
B. M. Neitzey
John Hoover
William A. Clopper
Roy Catherne
Clayton F. Gibbs
Elbert Ellison
J. W. Affleck
Billy Sampsell
Washington, D. C
Mrs. J. B. Winkfield
National Avenue
Mary McDonald
Louis Wender
Wender
Philip Miller
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Pittsburgh
Gladys Carver
Vir
George Haines
Ashland
Randolph-Macon College
G. Reginald Haines
Leicester Street
Denver Penn
Mrs. I. L. Carver
New Orleans
American Medical Association
Mrs. McGuire
Nancy Chapman
Atlanta, Ga
Katie Chapman
Alice Lupton
Shenandoah Avenue
Harry Lupton
Lucille and
Billy Lupton
West Newton
George P. Markle
Ada Markle
Nee Lahew
West Newon
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Selby
D. A. R. Chapter
Alexander Barrie
Coranoda Beach
Cal
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Barrie
Byrd
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Lloyd
Lloyd Fiber
R. M. Swimley
East
Caroline
Paris
Comort
Lovett’s
Drury Stables
United States
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Hate
Margaret L. Hodgson
Kenneth E. Henry & CO
Main St
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