Front Royal Social Roundup May 9
Mrs. R. E. Purdam hosted a small bridge gathering at her Luray avenue home with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Stover Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith who returned to Mercersburg Pa. Col. and Mrs. G. E. A. Reinburg hosted Mrs. Harold Morton Robinson from New York City as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
R. E. Purdam
Luray Avenue
Col
G. E. A. Reinburg
Harold Morton Robinson
New York City
Mr. Robinson
The
International Chamber of Commerce
Harvey Dailey
Bonnie Marie Dailey
Jewel Norvell
Macon, Ga
Charles Stevens
Blue Ridge Avenue
School Board backs sanitation buildings in Frederick County
The Frederick County School Board voted to cooperate with the Emergency Relief work division on constructing sanitation buildings for county schools. Supt. Leslie D. Kline said materials and supervision are needed from the county, with labor provided by relief, pending project approval. A conference with C. M. Stoddard, WD district projects engineer, was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County School Board
Emergency Relief
County Schoolé
Supe Dent
Leslie D. Kline
Kline
Relief Administration
Supt
C. M. Stoddard
Staunton
Abstracts and Deeds Distinct in Property Law
The abstract of title is a record summary showing whether a person has any title to convey, while a deed is the actual written instrument used to transfer title.
Red Cross Motor Corps completes training in Winchester
Captain Mary Warden Boyd leads the Winchester Frederick County Chapter Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps in first aid and automotive courses. Members, trained by instructor Taylor Barr and Milton Getz, will assist in emergencies and transport to clinics while awaiting physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Warden Boyd
Rosalie Nelson
Winchester- Frederick County
American Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps
Red Cross
Winchester
Frederick County
Taylor Barr
Motor Corps
Milton Getz
Bickers Motor Company
George F. Miller
Virginia State Highway Patrol
Washington
Rappahannock
Mt. Alto Hospital
Walker McC. Bond
O Sullivans Open Blue Ridge League With Loss to Chambersburg
In the Blue Ridge League opener O Sullivans Rubber Co. were blanked 13 to 0 by Chambersburg Pa. Chambersburg built a 5 2 and 4 run onslaught across innings two through four. Balthis and Winchester led the visitors with multiple doubles while Artz Eaton and Ritenour started and finished on the mound for the Pa. club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Chambersburg
Outfit
Pennsylvania Lads
Lefty Artz
Eaton
Ritenour
Balthis
Winchester
Chambersburg AB
Caldwell
Croft
W. Scott
R. Scott
Summins
Schnebly
Jacoby
Henkle
I Lowmans
Hartzell
Rollins
Bryan
Winchester AB
Fisher
Darnell
Forsythe
Shoemaker
Kerns
Smith
Kline
Fleagle
Artz
Michael
Automobiles Registered Here Exceed Four Thousand
State vehicle registrations via the local Chamber of Commerce show 4 177 passenger license plates issued to date. Truck registrations total 675 not including for hire licenses. For hire taxi licenses are excluded from the passenger car figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Social notes from Berryville and Apple Blossom events
Personal mentions include Berryville Whitehead planning rural tours after a conference adjournment. Socials record visitors and hosts at Apple Blossom events with guests from Baltimore Geneva New York Washington Garden City Long Branch Clarke County and New York, plus upcoming county convention activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead
Engers
Edmonia Powers
Auburn
Clarke County
P. H. Powers
Frank M. Way
Charles Loring Joslin
Conrad
Baltimore
Bridge
E. L. Tessier
Blackburn Smith
Anne Cary Cox
Geneva
N. Y
Thomas M. Reynolds
Thomas D. Stillman
Burn Baldwin
New York
Annie Cabel Moore
Mary O'Fallon
Anne Stribling
Washington
Charles F. McGuire
Horace Smithey
Mesdames Wilker
Cass, Wills
Morrow
Lloyd, Gillan
Frank V. Tilford
Henry S. Eley
Order of King’s ‘Daughters and Sons
Hugh M. Nelson
Long Branch
Ninteenth
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Robert Browse
General Motors Trucks 1938 GMC Tractor and Trailers for Sale
1938 GMC 2-ton tractor with 18 ft hi stake body and 8-speed transmission. 184-inch wheelbase 2 1/2-ton and 3-ton models with 15 and 18 ft stake bodies. 1938 20 ft semi trailer with 34x7 dual tires. New like tires and trailer. Folder on new GMC model T16 $595 chassis factory 70 hp motor. Hoover Motor Company Distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GMC
H. P
Farnecare Man Returns from Anti-Aircraft School Visit
Son in law spending weeks at the Anti Aircraft School with Capt and Mrs Frank M Way in Farnecare West Virginia. He has been their guest and returned to his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Strosnider
Cloudstreet
W. C. Keeler
Charlottesville
Mrs. Keeler
Garland
George
George Strosnider
OOP Piven
Frank M. Way
Farnecare
W. Va
Origins of Corn and the Compass Across Civilizations
A 1573 Chinese photostat notes that maize, called imperial grain, was grown in China long before Jamestown. It traces maize to the Americas via Tibet or Turkestan, then to Mecca and China. The compass origin is debated, with claims tied to Chinese, Arab, Greek, and Etruscan sources. lodestone effects helped align its directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
China
Jamestown
West
Tibet
Turkestan
New World
South
Central America
Spain
Mecca
Central Asia
Grottoes Man Severely Hurt In Cedarville Crash
Herbert Teter of Grottoes suffered a serious skull fracture when the car ran off the road near Cedarville after sideswiping a pole. He was brought to Memorial Hospital and spent a restless night with partial consciousness not yet regained. Teeter was on the running board as the fuse failed and the car returned for a new fuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Teter
Grottoes
Cedarville
Memorial Hospital
Teter
Robert Calhoun
G. C. Hartman
Yee
Bevan Divorce Suit filed in Winchester Chancery Court
In the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester the May 2 1934 filing seeks a divorce for Violet Bevans from Clifford Bevans on desertion after three years. Clifford to appear within ten days of publication with notices to follow by weekly newspaper ad and courthouse posting. Deputy Clerk Corinne Barnett Rice & Rice attorneys. 41-5-2,9.16.23
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Violett Bevans
Clifford Bevans
Violet Bevans
Evening Star
Corinne Barnett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward Ambler
Warrenton
W. By Kinkead
Richmond
James C. Ambler
Nancy Burgess Simpson
Washington, D. C
Seaman Borden
Strickler House
William M. Atwell
W. H. Evans
C. A. Duke
King’s Daughters
W. H.dean
Remount
Tiensten
W. G. Larkin
E. C. Prince
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
John Jones
Fredericksburg
Spt
A. Corron
A. W. Carper
Charlottesville, Va
8. F. Walton
Chilton Weaver
Reedsville
Brooke Weaver
Virginia Avenue
J. R. Harnsberger
Harold W. Smith
Warren County Garden Club
Gunston Hall
Alexandria
Ralph Eskridge
Messrs
A. B. Scott
W. J. Cory
Seventh District of the American Legion
J. T. Beatty
Marshall
Coleman Ware
Marguerite Jennings
Samuel I. Collins
Browning Collins
Welton Beaty
Benj. K. Hay
Red Cross Motor
O'Sullivan
Old Manila
Europe
Big Sister
By Les Forgrave
Bert
C. I. Brumback’s
Hin
Sally
Kas
Berryville
General Motors Trucks
Gibson Baker
Hoover Motor Company Distributors
Cerna
Billboys NT
Rici
John W. Rosenberger & CO
Quality Building Materials
Ford
Bickers Motor Co
Rice & Rice, Attys
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
TRAD
VOGUE
Snapp Foundry, Inc
N. Cameron St
U.S
Herrell Sales Corp
S. Loudoun St
Geo. W. Kurtz
Cameron Street
Shell
Martinsburg Pike
Shell Station
Amherst & Boscawen Sts
Valley Ave
Braddock St
Twin-City Oil & Cas Corp
Bas Terminal Bldg
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