Wedding Guests Named for Social Event
Social and Personal notes list General and Mrs. Beverly Brown and Mr. and Mrs. John Downing as wedding guests. An out of town request asks for six copies of True Stories of Old Winchester for a distant city writer who plans to donate one set to his local Chamber of Commerce as promotional material. The letter also notes radio reception of a coronation account during the Apple Blossom Festival and extensive local newspaper publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League Book Committee
Winchester
Chamber of Commerce
Community Calendar Highlights Church and Club Gatherings
The social calendar lists a Wednesday 7 00 P M regular Young People's Choir practice at the United Brethren church and a Thursday 1 00 P M Rotary meeting with luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. Other events include a 7 45 P M Choral Club meeting at Christ Church Parish House a 8 00 P M charity play The Comical Country Cousins at Inwood for Boys Band and a 8 00 P M Willing Workers gathering at First Baptist Church with members urged to attend. Friday features a 1 00 P M American Legion Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel and a 7 00 P M Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church Young People choir practice. Monday closes with a 6 30 P M Winchester Shrine Club dinner served by McKinley Chapter O E S.
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United Brethren Young People’s Choir
Rotary
George Washaton Hotel
Christ Church Parish House
Inwood
W. Va
First Baptist Church
Church
American Legion Post
George Washington Hotel
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Winchester Shrine Club
McKinley Chapter
Many Society Notables Attend Kenmore Manor Wedding Next Week
A large group of society figures will attend the May 20 wedding at Kenmore Manor of Miss Sarah Stanley Gordon and Archibald Carson Edwards. The ceremony will be on a porch with climbing roses, followed by a wedding breakfast for about eighty guests at nearby estates and hunts.
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Kenmore Manor
Front Royal
Iss Sarah Stanley Gordon
Archibald Carson Edwards
Robert J. Edwards
Oklahoma City
J. Wilmer Biddle
Binderton House
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Miss Gordon
Douglas H. Gordon
Baltimore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Elizabeth S. Gordon
Tours
France
Naval
Joseph F. Dahlgren
Dahlgren
Germany
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Biddle
Winchester Physician Speaks at Rockingham Medical Society
Dr. Lewis M. Allen, a noted Winchester physician, delivered a principal address at the spring session of the Rockingham County Medical Society held recently in the Rockingham County Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg. He discussed late developments in treating special cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis M. Allen
Rockingham County Medical Society
Rockingham County Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Winchester
Civic League to Hold Closing Luncheon at Gaylord Inn
The Civic League closes its year with a luncheon during the first week in June at the Gaylord Inn. Mrs. John Richardson of Fairfield will speak on English Gardens visited, followed by a garden gathering at Fairfield, famous for its box trees and colonial home built by Warner Washington.
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Civic League
Gaylord Inn
John Richardson
Fairfield
Miss Hollingsworth Guests In Edinburg Va Over Weekend
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hollingsworth visits her parents in Edinburg Virginia for the weekend with guest Miss Mary Sage Stuckey from Bishop.
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Mary Elizabeth Hollingsworth
Edinburg
Mary Sage Stuckey
Bishop
Mary Greenway Russell
Joan Nichols
Charlottesville
Social Notes and Travelling Guests Visit Nearby Towns
Local society gathers as Mrs T W Harrison and others plan trips to Baltimore and Washington for a luncheon. Washington visitors Meredith Todd and several married couples travel, hostesses attend funerals, and a Lions Club convention prompts departures to Danville Virginia.
Baker Estate Divided After Father's Will Filed
George F. Baker Jr. receives bulk of estate as executor of the will filed in New York on May 13. Daughters Evelyn E. St George and Florence B. Loew each gain 5 million dollars. The New York Public Library Lenox Astor and Kildare foundations receive 250 thousand dollars, with 250 thousand given to the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral foundation of the District of Columbia for a Washington Cathedral addition.
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Associated Press
New York
George F. Baker, Jr
George F. Baker
Evelyn E. St George
Florence B. Loew
New York Public Library
Lenox, Astor and
Kilden
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation
District of Columbia
Washington Cathedral
Millwood Society notes honor visitors from Camden and Charleston
Lieut. and Mrs. Charles Andrew Jones return from Honolulu with two sons for May at the Jones home in Millwood. Mrs. Clarke Williams and Miss Olive Rand entertain with luncheons teas and dinners in Winchester Millwood and Middleburg. Notables join visits including Mrs. George H Burwell Mrs. Spencer Carter and Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd. The article also notes Miss Helyn Byrd Page laid to rest at The Old Chapel with out-of-town mourners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Honolulu
Mrs. Williams
Miss Rand
Millwood Society
San Francisco
Chateau Tierry
U. S
Panama
Fort Corozal
Thomas Phillips
Jones
Long Island
R. E. Moulton
Philadelphia
Millwood
Edward G. Butler
Winchester
Middleburg
T. W. Harrison
R. T. Barton
George H. Burwell
Spencer Carter
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Robert Barton
Lewis Hyde
Floyd Harris
David Pepper
Pauline Bowie
Harrison Taylor
Keswick
Government To Guard Embassies To Save Liquor
Secretary Stimson said the State Department will investigate whether foreign embassies in Washington receive police protection under international usage after an attack on Dr Don Carlos Leiva Salvadoran chargé d affaires during a raid by liquor thieves at the legation. One man was arrested. Leiva suffered facial and head lacerations and the raiders escaped with ten cases of liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
State Department
Don Carlos Leiva
Legation
Salvador
Leiva
Maryland Town Flooded By Great Deluge Of Rain
A steady rain over 24 hours caused flooding in an Allegany county town and partial flooding in another. The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad tracks at Gilmore were blocked. Rain fell two and a half inches locally with heavier falls near Jackson's Mountain where the deluge centered.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
Gilmore
Jackson's Mountain
Slow Rally Lifts Stocks in Late Trading
Stocks rallied slowly in afternoon trading after an initial heaviness, with Woolworth leading gains of over two points and carriers recovering losses. New York Central rose a point as trading volume exceeded 1.5 million shares. Mrs. H. T. Cooke will leave tomorrow for Mt. Vernon, N. Y., after visiting the Norton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woolworth
New York Central
H. T. Cooke
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
George F. Norton
Second Liquor Laden Launch Seized Near Taylor’s Island
A second speed launch loaded with liquor was captured as it tried to land on Taylor’s Island, amid a crackdown that yielded about 400 cases of liquor and 50 cases of malt. Three men were arrested and others to be arraigned. a wireless plant was crippled to block landing orders.
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Associatea Press
Cambridge
Taylor's Island
Prohibition
Whipperwill
Bishop’s Head
Hearn
Shorts sanctioned for girls camps by Girl Scouts
The National Board of Girl Scouts of America gave official sanction to shorts as part of the regulation scout uniform for camp. The announcement came at the convention of Girl Scouts leaders and executives in Newcastle Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Newcastle
National Board of Girl Scouts of America
Girl Scouts
Frazier Addresses Complaints From Festival Cameramen
Virginia Officials say journalists faced friction with state police during the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival. T. McCall Frazier, head of the Virginia DMV, vows press-arrangement assurances to prevent a repeat after photographers with press badges were blocked at Handley Stadium. The police order was later rescinded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
T. McCall Frazier
Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
Winchester
Frazier
Handley Stadium
Pope Pius to Speak Via Radio Friday
National Broadcasting Company will air Pope Pius XII’s address Friday from Vatican City station HVJ. The 90 minute program begins at 11 a m eastern time on WEAF coast to coast. The broadcast will include the pope s Italian address to 10 000 labor representatives and translations.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Pope Pius
National Broadcasting Company
HVJ
Vatican City
WEAF
Chicago Grain Closing Prices Report
Prices held near yesterday's final range on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat closes July 63 September 62 December 63. Corn July 60 September 58 December 51 Oats July 28 September 28 December 30.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Tel
Tale
General
Beverly Brown
John Downing
Huntsberry
Caroline Carson
Riverton
Detroit
Mich
Miss Nichols
Nixdorff
Donald Nixdorff
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Stuart
E. C. Stuart
Miss Russell
Solenberger
Hugh Solenberger
Louise Thwaite
W. F. Tanner
J. G. Eggen
Ralph Johnson
Whitacre
Margaret Irwin
Little Billy
Catherine Hutsler
Janet Moss
Edward Hughes
Arck Smallwood
Johnson
Annie Johnson
Washington, D
Carlton G. Crenshaw
Mrs
D. D. Crenshaw
Stewart Street
Martha E. Tucker
Union Memorial Hospital
Nannie McIntosh
Douglas MacIntosh
Morris Taylor
W. N. Gray
M. Spear
Hilda Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
Miss Miller
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Joseph Massey
W. Nelson Page
Washington, D. C
R. T. Bryarly
Charles Aes
Hagerstown
Meredith Todd
W. A. Smith
Springfield
Ohio
Glen Vanscoy
Chillicothe
William F. Baker
National Avenue
R. B. Melton
George W. Riley
Valley Avenue
Rocky Mount
N. C
Messrs. J. Carn
John Powell
Blacksburg
W. S. Clarke
William Brown
Fred Lillard
Lillard
Elizabeth Bageant
Martinsburg
John Cather
Bridge
Amherst Street
Margaret Beck
State Teachers College
Paul Beck
Messrs
T. M. Hiltzheimer
Herbert Miller
D. H. Sencindiver
Danville, Va
The
Lions Club
Girls Athletic Association
Joe Hottinger
a_ state agency
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Robert Green
Morgantown
Nate Carpenter
Winchester Country Club
John M. Steck
Robert McClass
Loring Cover
Grenspring Valley
Bessie McNeil
Middletown
Alexandria
Harry W. Ebert
South Stewart Street
J. H. Yost
Hunter Stine
Blue Ridge
Emerson Stuart
Northwestern Pike
Mr. Stuart
McGill University
Montreal
Canada
Get Baker Estate
Governent
Maury Trimble
Pittsburgh, Pa
Tom Elsen
Greystone Terrace
Kenneth Rice
Katherine Barnett
Maryland
George Jean Nathan
Eastern Shore
Snapp
Foundry
Cameron Street
Pope
Chicago
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Hibbs Building
Telephone National
Lovett Bros
Staunton
RK. M. Swimley
Margaret L. Hodgson
Ceresota
J. Jos. Sullivan
Goodyear
Buncutter Tire Company
S. Braddock Street
Riley & Son
Kaufman
Coats
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