Historic Fairfax Garden Tour Opens Notable Homes
A tour featuring residences such as Herbert A. Donovan in Washington Inn era sites and Asper Hill home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Cooper, includes Mosby capture sites and a 1800 built inn. Mrs. F D Richardson offers tea and hosts historic displays on Chain Bridge road. Tickets available from Richardson or the Democratic Women's Club in Washington. Directions at participating locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Donovan
Gen. Mosby
Gen. Stoughton
Washington’s Inn
Charles Poter
Asper? Hill
Samuel Cooper
F. D. Richardson
Fairfax
Chain Bridge Road
Social calendar highlights church and community meetings
The schedule lists multiple community events from Mary Martha Grace Lutheran to Bradock Street Methodist with meetings for Kiwanis Rotary Loyal Temperance Legion and athletic and choir practices. Events occur daily in venues like George Washington Hotel Braddock Street Church and Grace Lutheran Church with luncheons and rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary-Martha
Grace Lutheran Church
Gainesboro
Rotary Club
George Washington
Regula S
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Girls’ Athletic Association Club
West Piccadilly St
Fairfax County Garden Tour Showcases Historic Homes and Gardens
Fairfax County hosts a two day garden tour featuring ten homes and gardens incl Ash Grove the historic home of Sherman Wells built in 1790, and gardens with box trees iris beds at Bannockburn and Montague Farms. The tour includes historic buildings at the Fairfax Courthouse and The Rectory with portraits of local families and landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax County
Fairfax Gardens
Virginia
Ash Grove
Sherman Wells
Orlando Fairfax
Amos Chilcott
Harry Blake
Bannockburn
Singing Pines
Misses Lewis
Oaks
John S. Barbour
Montague Farms
William Earle
Fairfax Courthouse
George Washington
Novel Roanoke Wedding Aboard Bristol Bus
Miss Willye Mae Bowyer of Roanoke wed Earl Russell Pflug of Roanoke in Bristol after a buffet at Hotel Patrick Henry. The ceremony occurred on the bus, with Bristol radio music, as the party returned to Roanoke later that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Times
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Roanoke
Bristol
Willye Mae Bowyer
Ella Bowyer
Earl Russell Pflug
Patrick Henry
Southern Coach Corporation
Henry Sites
Mark Shull
Gertrude Reid
Roy Nash
W. R. Hylton
P. M. Jackson
Julia McNeil
Ellen Bowyer
H. L. Guerrant
P. P. Hunter
Aubrey P. Grow
D. Mudree
Pflug
Prospect
Miss Huyette Hosts House Party With College Guests
Miss Louise Huyette entertained a group from the State Teachers College Fredericksburg at Horse Shoe Lodge. Guests included Sara Harris president of the student government Julia Lee Boston Lynda Chilton Ella Wheat and Clara Ann Phipps from Williamsburg Richmond Somers Va San Antonio Texas and other friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Huyette
Horse Shoe Lodge
State Teachers’ College
Fredericksburg
Sara Harris
Julia Lee Boston
Richmond
Lynda Chilton
Somers
Ella Wheat
San Antonio
Xas
Clara Ann Phipps
Williamsburg
Jessie Lupton
Capitol Theater
Hayette
Miss Huyette
Mrs D H Patterson Here On a Visit And 4 H Club Meet
Mrs D H Patterson of San Francisco arrived for a visit with Mr and Mrs Fred Crisman on South Loudoun Street. The Gainesboro 4 H Club held its April meeting with a dinner pledge roll call and a talk on serving meals including deviled eggs and baked eggs in bacon rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
4-H Club
Walter Adams
Beulah Foreman
Caroline Fout
Frances Foreman
Harriet Adams
Lorraine Bayliss
Lucy Strother
Helen Lamp
Madeline Davis
Eugene DeHaven
Nathaniel DeHaven
Holmes Pool
Gloria Conner
Old Virginia
David H.patterson
San Francisco
Calif
Fred. Crisman
South Loudoun Street
Patterson
Chicago
Capitol Limited
Martinsburg
Beauty Specialist At The Leader Store Promotes Miss Wallace
Announcement by Thomas Timberlake of a Lesdee Store in Cincinnati Ohio invites friends and patrons to call or visit for appointments to meet Miss Wallace. Interviewing women will use Jane Kay facial products including cold creams powders bases and rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas ¥. Timberlake
Lesdee
Cincinnati
Ohio
Neavy
Jane Kay
Timberlake
Miss Wallace
Mrs Maynard Wisecarver Improves After Illness At Home
Rees reports Mrs Maynard Wisecarver, confined at home due to illness, showing some improvement today though it may be several days before she can be out and around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rees
Maynard Wisecarver
Daughters Of Confederacy To Meet On May 12
Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy holds its regular monthly meeting Thursday May 12 at 3 30 at Miss Sally Boyd’s home 216 Fairmont Avenue Memorial Day arrangements to be made. Delphian Society to discuss Spanish paintings May 12 at Handley Library 10 to 12 with Mrs E G Rusk leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Confederacy
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of Confederacy
Sally Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Delphian Society
The
Handley Library
E. G. Rusk
Glarké County
American Legion Auxiliary
Edward Goss
East Clifford Street
Mrs. Zinn
Stephenson Social Club
I. H. Zinn
Alma Louthan Visits Washington Couple in Berryville
Miss Alma Louthan of Washington spent a week as guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph M. Ware in Berryville and motored Sunday to stay with Mrs. Martha E. B. Tucker on Handley Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Louthan
Washington
Ralph M. Ware
Berryville
Martha EB. Tucker
Handley Avenue
Local residents host and visit relatives across several towns
Numerous residents return to homes in Rahway Durham and Philadelphia after weekend stays with friends. University students William Grove and Harold Lucas visit Richmond family. Earl Spiker joins Washington hosts. Duke student Charles Anderson visits North Carolina parents. Apple Blossom Festival attendance noted along with Berryville plays for Epworth League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Durham
N. C
Duke University
W. P. Anderson
North Braddock Street
Miss Anna Gano Returns Home After Visit
Miss Anna Gano returns to her home after spending the weekend in Harrisonburg as the guest of Miss Garnet Hamrick, a member of the senior class at the State Teachers' College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Gano
Harrisonburg
Garnet Hamrick
State Teachers’ College
Becketts Return to New York From Visit Guests
Mr Ellsworth A Beck returns to New York City after several days as guest of Mr and Mrs Albert Larrick. Mr Hamburger travels to New York with buyers from other Hamburger stores to pick merchandise for Virginia and surrounding states. Miss Pauline Cochran a student nurse at Sibley Memorial Hospital Washington spends vacation at Berryville home of her parents and will return to Washington May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Shiley
White Post
Thomas Gore
Arthur Buckley
Monroe
Ralph Buckley
Sam Shiley
Lola
Arthur Shiley
Clinton Shiley
John Shiley
Harvey Shiley
Mildred
Frances
Harvey
Pauline Shiley
Clearbrook
Isaac Shiley
Miss Ruby Shiley
This City
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Richmond
David Randall
New York City
Lewis H. Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Harold Lucas
University of Richmond
Virginia Wall
West Clifford Street
Eugene Grabb, Jr
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
E. G. Grabb
Mr. Ellsworth A. Beck
Albert Larrick
Mr. Hamburger
New York
Hamburger
Virginia
Pauline Cochran
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Washington
George W. Cochran
Berryville
Akron Faces Weather Delays Over Texas Mountains
Dallas May 10 Associated Press report says Akron may be delayed crossing the Texas mountains due to dangerous ceilings and storms. Officials note a line of thunder storms and zero visibility hindered the air cruiser as it neared El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
American Airways
el Paso
Airways
Davis Mountain
Akron
Washington
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Lebrun Chosen France President by Parliament
M Albert Francois Lebrun elected fourteenth president of France by 633 of 747 votes to succeed assassinated Paul Doumer. Socialist leader Paul Faure received 114 votes and Lebrun moves to Elysee Palace to honor Doumer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
France
Albert Francois Lebrun
Paul Doumer
Paul Faure
Acs
Senate
M. Lebrun
Elysee Palace
Goddes Body to Be Interred in West Virginia
The body of Prof. W. H. Goddes 62 of Washington DC who died from injuries after an automobile crash near here will be transported to Peru Hardy county West Virginia for interment. Brief services are set for this afternoon at Parlett funeral home and funeral rites will follow tomorrow at Mount Olive Lutheran Church Petersburg WV conducted by Rev Dr Krause. Relatives from Washington and Illinois are in town for the arrangements. Prof Goddes taught Latin and German at Sidwell Friends School and previously led Horace Mann School language departments. He came to the United States from Germany as a youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Goddes
Washington, D. C
Memorial Hospital
Double S
Here
Peru
Hardy County
W. Va
Parlett Funeral Home
N. Braddock Street
L. A. Thomas
Grace Lutheran Church
Mount Olive Lutheran Church
A. E. Krause
Petersburg
Washington
Illinois
Goddes
Sidwell’s Friends School
Horace Mann School
College of Teachers
Germany
Orndorff Case Laboring Under New Leads
Officers reassess a missing person case after a note claiming Mrs. Orndorff is alive triggers a renewed search. Investigators probe a neighbor’s report and trace a December 29 car movement while examining a Cedar Creek trap hole and a possum digging claim. Commonwealth Attorney Harrison says forces have pursued all avenues and found no evidence of foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Conner
Pannett
Orndorff
Harrison
Anxious search for Mrs. Orndorff grave clue in yard hole
Officers found a six by two by twenty foot hole under a chicken coop recently filled. Commonwealth Attorney Harri son seeks any evidence on the whereabouts of Mrs. Orndorff, about 20, crippled, whether dead or alive. If gone with someone, inform authorities to determine her status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Attorney
Harrison
Orndorff
Roosevelt delegate strength rises as West Virginia and Ohio primaries loom
The Associated Press reports Roosevelt gains to 345 pledged votes after adding 12 delegates from Wyoming and Arizona. West Virginia and Ohio conventions instruct their delegates for Roosevelt while White pursues early votes in Ohio and Illinois signals shift toward Roosevelt. Hoover heads toward solid delegation in both states with minimal opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wyoming
Arizona
West Virginia
Ohio
Roosevelt
George White
New York
Illinois
Thomas F. Donovan
Democratic Committee
Warm Springs
Georgia
Lewis
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Uon
Oklahoma
White
Cleveland
Peter Witt
Alfred E. Smith
Murray
Hoover
Joseph I. France
Francé
Jacob
Roosevelt Heads Toward Democratic Convention With Near 700 Votes
New York May 9 Franklin D Roosevelt campaign managers claim he will enter the Democratic National Convention with close to 700 delegate votes. They list 678 pledged or claimed after Arizona and Wyoming selections and note two more states set to align.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arizona
Wyoming
Alfred E. Smith
Es Tucson
GMD
Gaitiot
Louisiana
Progress Toward Tax Reform and Bonus Payment in Congress
In Washington on May 10 progress toward nonpartisan revenue measures and reduced expenditures is reported. A Senate economy committee was created to draft an economy bill aiming to save over 200 million dollars, while the House Ways and Means Committee reported against full payment of the bonus. The Patman bill to fund new currency faced unfavorable votes, delaying action likely beyond June 13 and potentially before adjournment ahead of conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Hoover
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Appropriations Committee
Crispp
Ways and Means
Patman
Stock Market List Pushes Ahead Amid Sluggish Trade
In New York on May 10 the stock market showed a brighter tone as early hesitation faded. The list managed a modest gain of one point or so, while overall strength remained limited and trading stayed sluggish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Pithoe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis Club
District Nurse Association
Court House
Young Peoples’ Choir
United Brethren Church
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Braddock St. Methodist Episcopal Church
Choral Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Huntsberry
Earl Russel Pflug
Mae Boyer
Mrs. Shiley
4-H
D. H. Patterson
Leader
Mr. Lyne
Miss Bateson
Ida Shryock
Scottsville, Va
Mrs
Forrest Paulette
Clarence T. Owen
White Sulphur Springs
Virginia Hicks
James H. Bott
James P. Miller
Norman Graber
Western Union
McClaugherty
Pulaski, Va
Leslie C. Cooper
J. H. Cooper
Berryville Avenue
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Harry R. Kern, Sr
J. E. Ware
James Mulvey
Rahway
N. J
William O. Grove
Nts
William B. Grove
North
Loudoun Street
R. G. Spiker
Master Earl Spiker
Frank Gearing
Courtfield Avenue
Ward Swank
Caroline
Elsie Swank
Garland M. Hansbrough
Theodore Jackmier
Clyde Sibert
Jackmier
Walter Reed Hospital
F. Douglas Sheetz
Victor L. Denny
Alma Hughes
Wilmington
Del
Elizabeth Wingfield
Harris Addition
Miss Hughes
Edgar L. Hahn
Ernest Ellis
Charles Hughes
Lehring C. Staples
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Frederick Young People’s Union
Methodist Church
C. Marshall Baldwin
West Cork Street
R. B. Melton
Mavis
Edna Melton
Rocky Mount
George W. Riley
Valley Avenue
Epworth League of Macedonia
Hunter Burke
Berryville High School
Margaret DeHaven
Alice Miller
Alma Renner
Edith Hauptman
Harry C. Stouffer
Courtfield
Lovett Brothers
N. Main St
Delores
Do Asa Bank
Mr. Goddes
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Lloyd
Lloyd Fiber
R. M. Swimley
East
N. Y
Coxey
Massillon
Olin J. Ross
Columbus
Tennessee
United States
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Knox
Meadowbrook
Margaret L. Hodgson
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