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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1928
Page
3
Social events surround the Virginia Garden Club meeting in Charlottesville with visits to Monticello Ash Lawn and other estates. Officers elected include President S Herbert McK Smith and second vice president Mrs Kenneth Gilpin.
Mrs. Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, widow of the noted portrait painter and Corcoran founder, praises the rising popularity of pageantry across the nation. The Winchester Apple Blossom Fest in the Shenandoah Valley showcased al fresco displays and Mother Goose costumes, attracting widespread admiration as Virginia eyes village pageants tied to George Washington and the 1932 tri centenary.
Bee Line Chapter D A R held its regular meeting at Hawthorne home of Mrs. W B Grove and Miss Mary Scott Thomson with regent Miss Gardner presiding. Mrs. Grove reported her Continental Congress trip. Miss Thomson assisted. Engagement announced for Esther Virginia Wiest to Austin Clyde Reger with a bridge party and wedding planned for June.
Announcement notes the marriage of Miss Olive May Carpenter to Mr. Charles Roland Bell on May 12 at the bride’s home 4612 Kansas Avenue Northwest. Rev Bernard Braskamp of Guliton Temple Memorial Church officiated. parents named Mr and Mrs William Marquand Carpenter and Mr and Mrs Charles Fr Bell of Washington.
A spring wedding featured a simple ceremony with floral decorations and a musical program. The bride had one bridesmaid as attendant, and guests included Mr. and Mrs. Grover Kinzy of Middletown in the county.
The marriage of Miss Priscilla Barton daughter of Mr and Mrs Randolph Barton to Mr Richard T Shackelford son of Mr William T Shackelford and the late Mrs Shackelford is set for August 4 at St Mark's on the Hill Church in Pikesville near Baltimore. A reception will follow at Vauclusé, the Barton country home. Miss Barton is a near relative of Major R T Barton of Winchester and Richmond.
The St Andrews Dramatic Club of Waynesboro Pa will present The Bashful Mr Bobbs at 8 15 Friday evening May 25 in the Sunday school room of the Church of the Sacred Heart Winchester. Eleven actors form the cast.
Announcement notes Miss Ruth A. Dellinger of Woodstock High School to wed John A. Sheetz of Woodstock in Hagerstown Maryland on May 9. She is the daughter of Charles A. and Mrs. Dellinger of near Woodstock and has taught at Woodstock High for four years. John A. Sheetz is the son of Mrs. Asa A. Sheetz of Calvary Shenandoah County.
Mr and Mrs William C Yarborough visited Mrs Daniel F Wright at 612 South Stwaert Street after returning from a lengthy stay in South Africa where Yarborough served as general auditor for the Firestone Rubber Company which operates a large African rubber plantation.
Miss Mildred Mercereau and Mr. F Percival Loth Jr will wed at Emmanuel Episcopal Church Staunton Virginia on the evening of May 30 in a high profile ceremony. Miss Mercereau daughter of Mrs M W Mercereau studied at National Cathedral School Washington and will be attended by six bridesmaids a matron and maid of honor and a ring bearer. Mr Loth son of prominent Staunton businessman F Percy Loth Sr is among Stauntons wealthiest residents. The event also notes a separate betrothal in Richmond with J Scott Parrish Jr to Miss Shelby Cullen Brown planning a fall wedding.
Mrs. Robert Y. Conrad formerly Miss Helen Wylie has returned to Winchester after a stay in Baltimore. They will spend next winter in Baltimore where Miss Conrad will attend school.
Miss Anderson, daughter of Mrs. Nina Glynn and the late Edward S. Anderson, of this city, was noted for her presence at a Wilmington gathering where guests enjoyed a pleasant evening with engaging company.
A surprise dinner honoring Mrs. Alice Adams was held yesterday at a county home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Ora Whitacre and children, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Loy and children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davis and son, Mr. and Mrs. George Bowers and daughter, Mrs. Earl Ricketts and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Strother, Mr. Elisha Light, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Luttrell and daughter, and Mrs. Adams and her son Elmer Adams.
Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin of Boyce Jr. and Mrs. Melvin Green of Winchester attended the Garden Clubs of Virginia open forum at Madison Hall. Gilpin was guest of Mrs. William R. Massie at Greenwood and joined the luncheon hosted by Massie for delegates officers and guests plus the Rivanna Garden Club, hostess of this year’s state convention.
Mrs J Wilmer Biddle and her daughters Miss Elizabeth Gordon and Miss Stanley Gordon plan to go to England in June. They will stay with Mrs Biddle's son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Howard Keppel Palmer at Henley on Thames. They will entertain there during part of the summer.
Monty C Green son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Green of Winchester has been elected general advertising manager of College Topics tri weekly newspaper of the University of Virginia where he is a student. Officers and staff of the paper were chosen by the managing board recently.
The Hagerstown Shriners Club hosts a large dance at the Masonic Temple Auditorium in Hagerstown tomorrow night with dancing from 9 to 1. Music by the Marylanders directed by Floyd Mills. tickets sold to Mystic Shrine members and their ladies admitted free.
Mrs John Grigsby of Carrie county Virginia long connected with Charles Town General Hospital as substitute and matron has taken a nursing post at Garfield Hospital in Washington. The engagement will last only a few weeks.
Mrs. Henry L. Patterson visits her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Logan R Fay at Hackwood and returns home to Philadelphia after the stay.
Mrs. William Jenkins returns to Baltimore on Saturday after visiting as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woodward of South Loudoun Street in this city.
Mr Charles R Keeler of Becks Baking Corporation who resides in Charlottesville and Covington Virginia spent the weekend here with his family and departed today for Charlottesville Virginia
Miss Isabelle Crisman spent the past weekend in Strasburg as the guest of Miss Martha Chandler.
Messrs Cauffman Brubaker and Carroll Crisman spent the past week end in Waynesboro Pennsylvania with friends and relatives.
Mr and Mrs A J DeHart Mr and Mrs C A DeHart and Miss Charlotte DeHart spent the weekend in Harrisburg Gettysburg and Chambersburg Pa They were joined by Mr and Mrs A J Novicette visiting Baltienage with relatives and friends
Mrs. W. C. Ritter has returned to Harrisonburg Virginia where she is the guest of her sister Mrs. Jona Depoy.
Mr. Meredith Capper of Warren spent yesterday as a guest of his grandmother Mrs. Walter Capper at her North Loudoun street home.
Attorney Philip R. Fowle spent two weeks in North Carolina handling legal matters. He will pass through Washington on the way home and is due to return to Winchester Tuesday.
Mrs Dunlap of Boyce Mr G M Light of Bunker Hill Mrs S W Shewbridge of Clearbrook Mrs George Lee of Stone Bridge Mr J W Jolliffee of Clearbrook Mr X Les Lupton of Clearbrook Mr and Mrs Thompson Sowers of Stone Bridge and Mr and Mrs Hile of Berryville were here Saturday.
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