Surprise 66th Birthday Dinner at Mount William Home
Mrs. Katie Allamong celebrated her sixty sixth birthday at her Mount Williams home with children and step children arriving to greet her. Howard Allamong of Washington presented the large cake encrusted with sixty six pink candles. Guests from Mt William and nearby towns shared memories and photos after the meal and wished many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Allamong
Mount Williams
Howard
Washington
Allamong
Howard Allamong
Washington, D. C
John Allamong
Ira Ware
Winchester
Mabel Perry
Mt. Pleasant
and S. Carson Allamong
James
Joe Frye
Annie Brewer
Ray Allamong
Mount William
Garden Party Committer To Be Announced
A special Wo Woman's Auxiliary meeting at 4 PM Monday May 15 at the nurses' home on West Clifford street will discuss plans for the annual garden party set for Friday afternoon June 2 in the garden at a residence on Fairmount Avenue. Mrs B B Dutton will announce the garden party committees. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofux Woman’s Auxiliary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
P. W. Boyd
Fairmt Avenue
B. B. Dutton
WPA Community Chorus Presents Down Memory Lane
The WPA Community Chorus of Winchester and Frederick County, about twenty seven voices, performs a musical revue Down Memory Lane at Gainesboro High School on Friday evening June 2 at 8 o clock. The program includes old Favorites and latest numbers with popular and light opera, aided by the Winchester String Ensemble, for the Gainesboro school benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. A. Community Chorus
Winchester
Frederick County
Memory Lane
Gainesboro High School
Winchester String Ensemble
Gainesboro
Calendar of church and club gatherings
Calendar items list actions for upcoming days including a Women's Missionary Society meeting at Rest M B Church at 8:00 p m 11:00 a m A Cappella Choir from Handley High School at Christ Episcopal Church 1:00 p m W F W Post 2133 officers meeting at post headquarters and a special I O O F meeting in a hall on East Bosnia street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of Rest M.B. Church
Handley High School
Christ Episcopal Church
Hall
East Boscawen Street
Mexican star Sofia Alvarez spurns Indian prince in New York
Sofia Alvarez a Mexican musical comedy star returns from Bombay with a tale of spurning an Indian prince who showered jewels and proposed marriage. She accepted then balked upon meeting the prince's other wife and left alone with $25,000 in jewels as a memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senorita
Sofia Alvarez
New York
Bombay
Ladies Day At Winchester Golf Club Opens Season
The first Ladies Day of the season will be held Tuesday at 10 at Winchester Golf Club. Luncheon at 1 30 in the clubhouse. non playing members invited to join. Attendees should leave names in the Coffey Shop. The Euterpian Group meets May 16 at 8 at Mrs. Eulalia Nally’s 43 West Water. A program includes Lieut Reed, Miss Mildred Jones, Mr. Lewis Kneiling, and Mrs. A C Halvosa on Italian Opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Euterpian
Eulalia Nally
West Water Street
Lieut. Reed
Shenandoah Valley Academy
St. Hill
Mildred Jones
Lewis Kneiling
A. C. Halvosa
Elizabeth Grim
Hugh Powell
Asheville
N.C
Powell
Winchester
Mrs
George Harrison
Petersburg
Girl Scout Rally Day Plans and Attendees
The senior Girl Scout troop will attend the annual rally Monday at 4 30 PM in Ridgeway Orchards starting from North Washington street home of Miss Farley Massey. Members should wear jodphurs white shirts and camp ties and bring a nosebag supper flashlight sweater and scout knife. Mr Ford Luttrell and son Burwell travel to Willard Ohio for Mrs Luttrell s uncle C A Hicks funeral then return with Mrs Luttrell joining them. Misses Nancy Groff Edith Dunn and Winifred Bailey attend spring dances at University Law School in Charlottesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway Orchards
Iss Farley Massey
Washington Street
Mr. Ford Luttrell
Burwell Luttrell
Willard
Ohio
Nancy Groff
Edith Dunn
Winifred Bailey
Charlottesville
The
University Law School
Local Social Roundup Highlights Travel and Guests
The report lists multiple Winchester residents hosting or visiting relatives and friends. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Shingleton hosting a dinner honoring Mr. and Mrs. William Stickley of Reliance, and Genevieve Gruver their guest. Other items note travel plans for Hugh Powell, Fred A. Read’s return from New York, and visits by Misses Anne Meade Shirley Williams Katherine Bumgardner Aloise Bril Jacquelin English at Lexington events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Shingleton
South
Cameron Street
Shingleton
William Stickley
Reliance
Stickley
Genevieve Gruver
Harry Gruver
Sue Gruver
Russell Stickley
Anne Meade
Shirley Williams
Katherine Bumgardner
Aloise Bril
Jacquelin English
Lexington
Monogram Club of
Washington and Lee University
Social notes from Bridgewater and surrounding towns
Mrs Donald L Weems returns to Tennyson avenue from Columbus Ohio where she stayed with her brother William Green and Mrs Green Miss Hilda Whitacre Lin da Daily Edith Braithwaite Josephine Anderson and Wayne Guthrie plan weekend in Bridgewater Va Four Misses Whitacre Daily Braithwaite and Anderson expect to attend Bridgewater College next fall James Gazes 231 East Fairfax Lane moved to Mt Alto Hospital Washington an ex service man already treated there Mrs Jack Engle visited her mother Mrs William Payne at the Westmoreland Washington Miss Margaret Walters visiting her sister in Purcellville Mrs Gray Beverley hosted friends after a John Mason Brown lecture at The Bungalow near Berryville Mrs John Heber Flood and guest Mrs Ridgely Simpson flew to Baltimore last evening Flood to return to Winchester next week and resume residence on the Valley Pike Mrs Mable Cather and her two daughters Mary Gail and Helen Willow spend the weekend in Washing ton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Weems
Tennyson Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
William Green
Green
Hilda Whitacre
Linda Daily
Edith Braithwaite
Josephine Anderson
Wayne Guthrie
Bridgewater, Va
Whitacre
Daily
Braithwaite
Anderson
Bridgewater College
James Gazes
East
Fairfax Lane
Mt. Alto Hospital
Washington
Gazes
Mt. Alto
John Heber Flood
Ridgely Simpson
Baltimore
John Mason Brown
It's a Long Lane comedy staged by Front Royal youths
The Methodist Church youth group presented a three act comedy titled It's a Long Lane at the Warren County High School auditorium. The Whatsoever Circle of the King's Daughters meets May 16 at 2 30 at Mrs Rice Mathews home to celebrate the organization's birthday. The St Elizabeth Guild held a rummage sale today at the Strickler House on Main Street. The DeSoto Burruss Missionary Society plans a May 16 meeting at p m hosted by Mrs Nicewarmer with Miss Alice Rhodes assisting. Virginia Massey Society members will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
The
Methodist Church of
Warren County High School
the King's Daughters
Rice Mathews
St. Elizabeth Guild of Calvary Episcops Church
Strickler House
Main Street
DeSoto Buruss Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Robert Nicewarmer
Alice Rhodes
DeSoto Burruss Society
Virginia Massey Society
John Mason Brown Praises Broadway Badinage and Performances
John Mason Brown dramatic critic of the New York Evening Post lectured at the George Washington Hotel praising the delivery method and critiquing shows from Franz Joseph to Leave It to Me. He lauded Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine Cornell, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and Hellzapoppin while offering pointed opinions on Oscar Wilde and The Philadelphia Story, before 300 attendees at the Winchester Century Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mason Brown
Evening Post
Century Club
George Washington Hotel
New York Evening Post
New York
Franz Joseph
Kaufman and Hart
United States
Ike
Ethel Merriman
Jimmy. Durante
Maurice Evans
Hamlet
Catherine Locke
Mr. Brown
Ophelia
Falstaff
Abe Lincoln
Timely
Robert E. Sherwood
Illinois
Heywood Brown
Dorothy Thompson
Walter Winchell
Green Pastures
Brown
Sherwood
Lincoln
Oscar Wilde
Victor Moore
Topeka
Kansas
Russia
Hellzapoppin
Broadway
Mrs. Roosevelt
Winchester Century Club
Henry B. Gilpin
Gilpin
H.F.B., JR
Weekend Visit Highlights Local Social Roundup
Miss Mariel Coe of Washington D C plans a weekend stay with Mr and Mrs H C Coe. Mrs T T Harrison travels to Roanoke for a Grand Chapter Eastern Star session. Mrs James Bennett hosts the Monday Bridge Club at the Tally Ho. Mrs B V Atwood returns from Tenafly New Jersey to stay with her family. Mrs A B Crigler and son Albert return from Fredericksburg visit. Virginia Murrey a Warren County High School teacher is ill. Miss Mildred Menefee serves as substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariel Coe
Washington, D. C
Mrs. H. C. Coe
T. T. Harrison
Front Royal
Eastern Star
Roanoke
Attad
Grand
James Bennett
Tally Ho
Virginia Murrey
Warren County
Edinburg
Mildred Menefee
Miss Eleanor Weaver Hosts Glass Shower At Dickey Ridge
A Tuesday glass shower and supper on Dickey Ridge picnic grounds honored Miss Martha Great Burruss whose upcoming marriage to Rev. Francis Cockrell of Bethesda Maryland will be celebrated next month. About twenty guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Weaver
Dickey Ridge
Martha Great Burruss
Francis Cockrell
Bethesda Md
Local social notes from Front Royal scene
Miss Margaret Grayson and aunt Mrs. BE Lauck visited in Front Royal Tuesday. Mrs. Herbert Smith traveled to Washington D C Monday and Tuesday. The Front Royal Glen Club met at Mrs. Johnnie Marchi’s home Thursday. Rev Francis Cockrell of Bethesda spent Monday with the Burruss family at Maple Shade ahead of his June 29 wedding to Martha Brent Burruss. The Front Royal Lions Club held a Tuesday dinner at Hotel Royal with moving pictures by R Harnsberger of Luray showing Shenandoah National Park and Luray Caverns. Delegates Aubrey Smith G C Robinson and Johnny Marchi were chosen for the state Lions convention in Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Grayson
BE. W. Lauck
Luray
Front Royal Glen Club
Johnnie Marchi
Francis Cockrell
Bethesda, Md
Martha Brent Burruss
Mary Burruss
Burruss
Mapleshade
Front Royal
Etiquette Q A brief guide on politeness
The piece answers common social questions about interrupting a storyteller showing interest without implying prior knowledge initials on visiting cards when names are long and guest behavior at weddings. It emphasizes politeness restraint and respect for personal boundaries in social settings.
Local student visits as hospital hosts open house
Mr. Tom Johnston of the University of Virginia will spend the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnston. Front Royal Hospital marks National Hospital Day with open house Friday from 3 to 8 p m and the Front Royal Methodist Church intermediate department plans a Mother's Day program Sunday at 7 p m inviting all intermediates and their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Yates
Scienectady
N. Y
Peter Yates Brinton
Yates
Hot Springs
Tom Johnston
University of Virginia
Will
Mrs
Thomas Johnston
Front Royal Hospital
Front Royal Methodist Church
Front Royal Library to Host Annual Silver Tea
The Front Royal Community Library will hold its annual silver tea Saturday May 20 in the assembly room of City Hall from 3 to 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Wil
City Hall
Whitacre Area Visitors and Local Calls Reported
Whitacre Virginia March 13. Mr Hollis Braithwaite of Gordonsville spent several days with family here. Visitors included Leslie Kline Winchester BE Braithwaite Cross Junction Earl Edwards and Oliver DeHaven Albin Elmer Whitacre and children Helen and Donnie Winona W Va James Funkhouser Capon Bridge W Va and families Whitacre Dick Sargent Gardner Sargent Painter Skelton Capon Bridge O H Braithwaite Roy Parrill and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitacre
Mer
Hollis Braithwaite
Gordonsville
Leslie Kline
Winchester
BE. W. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Earl Edwards
Oliver DeHaven
Albin
Elmer Whitacre
Helen
Donnie
Winona
W Va
James Funkhouser
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Lee N. Whitacre
Landon Whitacre
Rhoda Mae
Fred A. Whitacre
M. Gammon
O. W. Dick
Harry Gardner
Eddie Sargent
Sargent Painter
Captain Skelton
O. H. Braithwaite
Roy Parrill
Harry Sargent
Boxwell
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1677 B for a jacket and skirt set
Sewing pattern notice promotes Barbara Bell Pattern No 1677 B for sizes 12 through 20 with busts 30 to 38. Describes a semi sporty fitted jacket with wide shoulders and flap pockets paired with a versatile skirt in white sharkskin pastel flannel linen or pique. Includes step by step chart and yardage details for size 14. Price 15 cents pattern. pattern book 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Pena Patern Ae
Cox
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Ay Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
For
Haldeman’s
Creamery
Spurns
Prince
Golf Club
Euterpian Group
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Mr. and
Mrs. Shingleton
Fred A. Read
New York City
Paul Rosenberger
James Largent
Farmville
Chi Phi
Hampden Sydney College
Douglas DuShane
South Hill
Mrs. DuShane
8. C. Glass
William Starkey
John Humes
Clough
Schenectady, N. Y
Nelson Page
Humes
Cloughs
Mary Margaret Truitt
Norfolk
Walter Bosserman, Jr
Miss Truitt
North Cape
Clarence le Frois
Trescott Company
Fairport, N. Y
le Frois
Hollywood
Nina M. Colton Graves
Yuma, Ariz
Billy L. Graves
Jack Engle
William Payne
Westmoreland, Washington
Margaret Walters
Purcellville
Mable Cather
Mary Gail
Helen Will O
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Huntsberry
Loudoun St
Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Tal-lu-lah
James M. Barrie
Katharine Cornell
the Post
Cornell
Clara Booth
George N. Buck
B. V. Atwood
Tenefly N. J
William Johnston
A.B. Crigler
Albert
Fredericksburg
Mrs. Crigler
United Food Stores
Herbert Smith
Washington, D
W. B. Snider & Son
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main Street
Howard J. M. Littleford
Whitacre Mention
George B. Whitacre
William Lee
John Omps
Bloomery
Mother
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Rompany. Ine
the Evening Star
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N
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