Princeton House Parties Draw Local Notables
Mr. Harry F. Byrd Jr and Mr. Thomas Scully attended Spring House Parties in Princeton last weekend, returning to Winchester Sunday night. Also noted: Mrs. Joseph Wright’s hospitalization after a fall, Civic League set to meet Friday at 3 30, Misses Clara and Molly Wood host a bridge luncheon with Mrs. W R Talbot as guest of honor, and several local residents visiting or recuperating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Thomas Scully
Princeton
Byrd
Scully
University of Virginia
Winchester
University
New Jersey
Henry Mitchell
Boyce
Joseph Wright
West Boscawen Street
Civic League
South Washington Street
Clara
Molly Wood
Berryville Pike
W. R. Talbot
Mrs. Talbot
Washington Street
Florida
Winchester social and club meeting calendar highlights
The social calendar lists meetings and events for clubs and organizations including the Men's Athletic Club Association, Kiwanis at George Washington Hotel, Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club, Winchester Lodge Elks, Grace Lutheran and United Brethren Church choirs, Rotary Club, Shawnee Garden Club, Kernstown M E Church Bible class, American Legion in the George Washington Hotel, Boyce High School senior play, Middletown High School senior dance, and Lions Club in George Washington Hotel with times from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. across several venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Clarke County Garden Club
Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Shawnee Garden Club
John ‘ Jr
Loudoun Street
Onward and Upward Bible Class
Kernstown M. E. Church
South
Harry Steele
American Legion Post
Boyce High School
P Hall
Boyce
Middletown High School
Music Pupils of Miss Massey Present Spring Recital
The music pupils of Miss Mabel Massey will hold their annual spring recital Friday evening May 17 at 8 15 in the Stephens City high school auditorium. The program titled Music of Spring features descriptive pieces reflecting spring life and invites the public with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massey
Mabel Massie
Stephens City High School
Middletown
Stephens City
Koshaleen Shryock
Jean Smallwood
Alice
Mae
Grace Craig
Arbutus Hiser
Louise Robertson
Edna Snapp
Frances
Luttrell
June Lemley
Betty Hack
Anna -Margaret Beaver
Sarah Cook
Sylvia Carper
Irene Beaver
Audra Hunt
Gretta Odgen
Betty Lee Perry
Helen Mowery
Jean Campbell
Pauline Kline
Margaret DeJarnette
Messrs
Rolfe Derflinger
Wade Rothgeb
Harry Cook
Frank Shipe
Arthur Shipe
Melvin Carbaugh
Franklin Brumback
Mason Carbaugh
Miss England Loses Suit For Breach Of Promise
London court verdict finds Miss Angela Joyce failed to prove a binding betrothal by Lord Revelstoke. She testified he proposed several times in Cambridge and in her bedroom, but he denied intent to marry. Justice Swift instructed the jury that mere praise or promises do not prove a contract to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Angela Joyce
England
Lord Revelstoke
Old Bailey
Miss Joyce
Ivy Dawkins
Revelstoke
Rupert Baring
Cambridge
Justice Swift
Knox Honored For Saar Service by King George
London May 14 Geof frey Knox president of the League of Nations commission that governed the Saar territory until the January plebiscite was honored by King George. He was invested with the order of knight commander of St Michael and St George at Buckingham Palace for his services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Geoffrey Knox
League of Nations Commission
Saar
Germany
King George
Knox
Buckingham Palace
St. Michael and St. George
Four Die in Fire at Bradford Farm House Alabama
Four persons were burned to death and a fifth seriously burned when a farm house near Bradford Alabama burned early today. The dead include Arthur Rich farmer Mrs J A Abel 70 Richs mother in law and Richs two children aged four and seven. Rich escaped with severe burns and was listed with a good chance to recover by physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Bradford
Arthur Rich
J. A. Abel
Rich
Georgia Editor Pleasant Stovall Dies at 77
Pleasant A. Stovall, 77, editor of the Savannah Evening Press and former United States Minister to Switzerland, died today after a period of ill health. A University of Georgia graduate, he began in journalism in 1875 and was a boyhood schoolmate of Woodrow Wilson. Wilson later sent him to Switzerland as minister during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah Evening Press
United States
Switzerland
Georgia
Stovall
University of Georgia
Woodrow Wilson
Augusta
Wilson
Sky Train Takes Off For Havana
In Miami on May 14 two gliders towed by a 225 horsepower plane completed a test and then launched a one stop flight to Havana Cuba under clear weather. The first international sky train departed after a successful test flight with the two gliders following the tow aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Independence Vote Shows Massive Philippine Charter Support
Early returns from a nationwide plebiscite indicate a substantial majority for the proposed Philippine constitution ending American supervision. In Manila twenty-nine precincts reported 5403 in favor to 106 against, while women voted enthusiastically for independence amid nationwide security measures following the May 2 Sakdalista uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
Philipine Constabulary
Woman Saved From Gallows in Guernsey Case
Gertrude Delamare, 20, a housekeeper, who was sentenced to death for killing employer Alfred Brouard, 76, a farmer, had her sentence commuted to life imprisonment after a reprieve granted on Guernsey Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Peterport
Guernsey Island
Gertrude Delamare
Alfred Brouard
Miss Randolph Receives Scholarship At Virginia Aid Society
The Richmond based Society for Homeless Children announced a $13.50 two week junior camp offer at Camp Lodge Chesapeake Beach near Norfolk. The order’s fiftieth anniversary will be celebrated in May in Richmond with delegates from most states and Canada. Officers were re elected and the annual service will be held May 26 in Berryville Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Frank M. Wray
Agnes Page
Harry 8. Rn
Suffolk
Camp Lodge
Chesapeake Beach
Norfolk
Clarke County
Eley
Union
Canada
New York City
Virginia
Old Dominion
Golden Rule Circle
Berryville
John B. Neill
E. J. Smith
Theodora Cox
Cox
Harrisonburg State Teachers
Local Court Fines Levied on Several Defendants
Several persons were fined in police court this morning on various charges. Fred Hunt Jr was assessed 10.25 dollars for reckless driving. Jessie Sealock received 25 dollars and costs plus one month in jail for illegal liquor. Fairfax Splawn, described as colored, was fined 10.25 dollars for being drunk and disorderly loitering and refusing to pay for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hunt, Jr
Jessie Sealock
Fairfax Splawn
List of relief fund contributors five dollars and up
A compiled roll of donors to the relief fund shows individuals and businesses giving five dollars or more. Notable contributions include McCormac family with one hundred dollars and Jewish Community Fund with sixty five, McVicar and Star Publishing Co each at thirty to thirty five, and Shawnee Building & Loan Corp five, along with many others across private citizens and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Community Fund
Jones
Frances
Emily W
Knight
B. M. Jr
Krise
W. M
Lupton Orchard Service Co
Lynch
M. M
McCormac
H. B
McGuire
H. H
McVicar
C. P
Miller
Percy D
Montgomery Ward & Co
Nicodemus
C. L
Novick
A. J
Oakes
J. C
Page
W. Nelson
Parker
Edwin C
Penny
Pure Food Store
Read
F. A. Inc
Richard
John 8S. & Co
Star Publishing Co
Steck
John M
Williams
R. Gray
Philip
Winchester
Winchester Seed Co
Yates J. T
Yost
J. H
Our Doctor and the Great Flowers of Civilization
A reflective tribute praises doctors as superior figures guiding civilization. The speaker commends doctors for generosity and resilience in face of adversities, expressing heartfelt gratitude to several doctors including Marie Virginia Ensogna of Winchester Virginia.
Only Governor Can Save Woman
In Delware, May 14, governor intervention was the last hope to spare Mrs. May H. Carey from hanging on June 7, the first woman to face such a death in the state. The state board of pardons denied clemency to Carey and her son Howard, 27, who also faces death for allegedly beating to death her brother, Robert R. Hitchins, seven years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cover
Del
May H. Carey
Delaware
State Board of Pardons
Rum Runners Active Again Off Atlantic Coast
Washington May 13. Rum runners have resumed large scale operations off the eastern coast after a brief lull. The Ways and Means Committee in its Treasury anti smuggling law report estimates annual revenue losses at 30 million dollars. March 1934 saw only two smuggling vessels. February this year had 22 at work. Treasury officials know 39 foreign vessels operate outside customs waters with impunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Treasury
Housing Agent Will Aid With Federal Loans
B F Walton of the Federal Housing Administration will visit Winchester on May 15 and 16. He will be in the Chamber of Commerce office from 10 am to 5 pm to provide information, help complete applications, and assist borrowers under the FHA program for repairing, modernizing, building, or refinancing urban, farm, or residential property. Any applicants who filled blanks under the Better Housing Campaign but were not funded are urged to see him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Walton
Federal Housing Administration
Winchester
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
Walton
Better Housing Campaign
Officers Seek A Stolen Auto
Officers seek a 1933 black Ford with fender lights stolen last evening from Harrisonburg. The vehicle, property of FE H Bear, bore license 134-062.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
FE. H. Bear
New Winchester Directory Soon to Be Printed
The Hill Directory Co of Richmond will publish a new Winchester directory under the Chamber of Commerce. Andrew Bell announced the plan after a Chamber board meeting with Hunsicker of Richmond Co. A ten day listing of residences and businesses will be compiled, including a city wide alphabetic, business and street directory. Free copies will be available at the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Hill Directory Co
Richmond
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Hunsicker
Richmond Co
Miller Press
Asheville
N. C
The
Hill Co
Washington
Baltimore
Virginia
Chamber of Comeres
Fleas Spread Typhus Through Insects, Says Authority
Rat fleas largely spread typhus fever in America and can multiply the virus inside their bodies, not just act as carriers, according to an expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
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cWauverney
Wood
Bridge
Miss Baker
Sophie E. Baker
Robert Chapman
Men’s Athletic Association
Martin Cochran
Ed. Sharritt
Dayton
Ohio
Lewis Lamp
Cochran
L. L. Watson
Summit Point
W. V2
Margaret Beck
Mount Pleasant, Mich
Harry Lovett
Baltimore, Md
Men's Athletic Club Association
Rotary Club
Wood-Myers
Alma C. Myers
James A. Wood
Frederick
Kieffer
William Myers
Alma Conklyn Myers
Mr. Wood
Jesse M. Lupton
Lupton
Hattie Wood
7Th Street
S. W
Washington, D. C
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Alabama
Santa Rosa An Cabuyao
Laguna
Sakdalistas
Commonwealth
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Sophie
Weber
Karl Schulze
Ulm
Dresden
Gottfried Fast
Miss. Randolph
Mrs. Eley
Cather
T. Russell
Conrad
Helen W
Bobbie
Cooper
Engle
J. T
Fansler
Ralph
Field
A. M
Fowle
Philip R
Fuller
H. D
Gilpin
Glover
John
Green
Melvin
Haldeman
Harper
Chas H
Harrison
T. W
B. P
Hawthorne
D. E
Hengeveld
R. G
Hodgson
Brown
Hollis
Lawrence C
Hoover
Marie Virginia Ensogna
Winchester, Va
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Clara V. Fultz
Shoppe
W. Boscawen
Atlantic Coast
Irene Dunne
Margaret L. Hodgson
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun
FOOD
N. Loudoun St
Loudoun St
Veal
Lovett Brothers
Brooks
Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists
Commercial & Savings Bank
B & C Bakery Management
B&c Products
C. Douglas Brown
J. Clayton Cochran
Underwood
Chinelle
Hamman’s Dollar Store
R. M. Swimley
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