Old Nightshirt Association To Be Organized
New York May 21 The Old-fashioned nightshirt for men is not ending its era as retailers report steady business and interest. Tom B Curtis from Atlanta states plans to form the Old-Fashioned Nightshirt Union with honorary and international members cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlanta
Tom B. Curtis
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company
Curtis
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Artis
Clark Howell Sr
The
Atlanta Constitution
Manhattan
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses Grant
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Norman Williamson
Permits Sought by Four Virginia Drug Stores
Four of eight southwest Virginia drug stores suspended by the ABC Board for selling liquor without prescriptions paid 200 dollars in costs to seek reinstatement of their licenses in Richmond. The action follows charges and board orders affecting the firms.
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Richmond
Southwest Virginia
ABC Board
State Treasurer Reports a Surplus In General Fund
RICHMOND Virginia May 21 A B Gathright state treasurer has reported a surplus in Virginias general fund of 6708095 55 on May 1 as compared with 2957641 40 the same date last year Cash in hand totaled 8526069 24 as compared with 4487370 85 last year and total assets for the payment of the public debts rose from 3195182 30 in 1935 to 3810461 15 last May 1 The balance needed to redeem the entire public debt of the state dropped from 19411794 17 to 18588876 88 while total foes increased from 40746848 67 to 44423152 45 The state last year sold 1000000 of certificates of indebtedness at a net interest rate of 1 92 per cent During the past 12 months temporary loans of 1200000 were negotiated but were repaid within two months Of the loans 1000000 was for distribution of ABC profits in the localities and 200000 for general treasury use
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
A. B. Gathright
Virginia
ABC
Under Two Flags at Capitol Theatre Next Week
Capitol Theatre hosts 20th Century epic Under Two Flags a Sahara set spectacle starring Ronald Colman Claudette Colbert Victor McLaglen and Rosalind Russell. Battle on desert fortress stationing McLaglen schemes against Colman while Colbert surrenders for love and sacrifice amid lavish legionnaire action.
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Capitol Theatre
Sahara
Burning Sands
Rosalind Russell
McLaglen
Colman
Miss Colbert
Capudine Relieves Pain Fast With Liquid Formula
Capudine stops headaches neuralgic and periodic pains and other nerve pains quickly. Its liquid form soothes tense muscles and nerves with no opiates. Sold by physicians and druggists in 60c 30c and 10c sizes.
Institute for Church Vacation School Workers Meeting
On Saturday May 23 at 2 30 p m in Bethel Lutheran Church Albin the Educational Committee of the Frederick County Council of Religious Education opens an institute for all vacation church school workers in the county. Miss Florence Hostetter will direct and help those involved. Pastors are urged to bring all helpers and others with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Lutheran Church
Albin
Frederick County
Dr Adrian L Carson Appointed Assistant Director of Maternal Health
Dr Adrian L Carson, Fairfax county health officer for five years, is named assistant director of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Hygiene at the State Health Department effective June 1. He will assist Dr B B Bagby in an expanded Virginia program under the social security act and has served since 1931 in epidemiology and county health roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian L. Carson
Fairfax County
Bureau of Maternal and Child Hygiene
State Health Department
Carson
B. B. Bagby
Virginia
Bureau of Epidemiology
South Carolina Delegates Back Roosevelt Nomination
The South Carolina Democratic convention unanimously instructed its 16 national delegates to back Roosevelt for renomination and reelection. A resolution by C. G. Wyche of Greenville endorsed Roosevelt and instructed the state delegation.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Democratic Convention
Boeings
Rosevelt
C. G. Wyche
Greenville
Roosevelt
Judge Ruled Out Of Order On Beer Potency
In Virginia Norfolk Judge A R Hanckel dismissed as a joke that beer is more potent than brandy. The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board called chemists to test and concluded brandy is stronger, while beer tests show alcohol content not exceeding 4.24 percent versus brandy above 43 percent.
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Richmond
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
A. R. Hanckel
Norfolk
Virginia
ABC Board
Henckel
Morton Hall Contract Let at Hampden-Sydney College
The Morton Hall recital hall project at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia has a $75,000 contract awarded and preliminary work begun. The three story, fireproof building will house seventeen classrooms and sixteen offices, facing the gymnasium and Bagby science building, with completion targeted by early 1937 and seven months of work anticipated.
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Hampden
Sydney
Morton
Hampden-Sydney
Bagby Science
Highland Park PTA to push indecent magazines ban
Mrs. Robert G. Peat, Highland Park PTA president, said she will bring the question of barring indecent magazines from newsstands to the Richmond P T A federation meeting on June 8. Mayor J Fulmer Bright urged the city to lead a movement to ban such publications and pledged agency cooperation.
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Richmond
Robert G. Peat
Highland Park Parent- Teacher Association
Federation
P. T. A.’s of Richmond
J. Fulmer Bright
Highland Park Citizens’ Association
Bright
Another Statue For Washington
The House library committee has reported a resolution authorizing a statue of Albert Gallatin to stand near the Treasury alongside the Hamilton statue in Washington. Gallatin was Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury and a Democrat.
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Washington
Albert Gallatin
Thomas Jefferson
Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
House Library Committee
Gallatin
Personal and Social Mention From Millwood VA
Millwood Virginia May 21 Mr and Mrs Edward Gay Butler of The Play House spent days at a house party hosted by Mr and Mrs Herbert Satterlee at Sotterly on the Potuxent in St Marys County Maryland Other guests included Mr and Mrs Richard C Plater of New York and Mrs Mustard of Baltimore Sotterly built in 1790 by Governor Plater Mrs Richard C Plater is Butler s sister They attended the Rose Show in Charlottesville and hosted and visited many neighbors and relatives across the region with Luncheons teas and dinners at homes in Millwood and nearby towns and several properties changing hands in the neighborhood with new owners at Springsberry Lands End and other sites.
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Richard C. Plater
Butler
Charlottesville
Garden Club of
Virginia
Gamble
Washington
George Austin
University
Rose Test Garden
Roland G. Mitchell
Henry Lewis
New York
Hubert Phipps
Middleburg
Margaret Dole
the Glen
Richard Dole
Callandar
Earl Boy
R. G. Mitchell
Alexander Stronach
John Ford
Munroe Bates
Great Neck
Long Island
Kennedy Edsall
Agnes Kennedy
Natural Bridge
Lexington
Robert Page Cooke
Skyline Drive
Richard P. Whiting
Robert Hue of
Carrie Kennedy
Helen Beatty
Katherine Beatty
Pittsburgh
Millwood
Robert Hughes
Edward B. Jacobs
Lewis Burwell Meade
Mary P. Woolfolk
John .Woolfolk
Hughes
Frank Wray
Berryville
Congreve Jackson
Col
Charles Consolyvo
Norfolk
Richmond
Consolvo
Richard Hunt
Baltimore
Fleming Holland
Harry Hansucker
Lucy Hansucker
Brooke Neville
Virginia Jacobs
Cary Harrison
Gwynn Harrison
Longwood
Henry Post Mitchell
Neidringhouse
Richard Whitine
Greenhalgh
Roanoke College Announces 1936 Commencement Schedule
Roanoke College at Salem plans the eighty third commencement for June 6 to 8. Events include trustees meeting reunion lunch alumni meeting portrait gift to Dr Pain ter, buffet, Alpha Psi Omega play, baccalaureate by Rev Charles J Smith, sunset vesper by Rev Dr Paul L Yount, and final graduation Monday with Merle Thorpe delivering the address and honors announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke College
Salem
Board of Trustees
FP. V. N. Painter
Alpha Psi Omega
Charles J. Smith
Andrew Lewis
Smith
Paul L. Yount
Norristown
Merle Thorpe
Washington, D. C
Dr. Smith
Meditations On The Bible By Rev W B Obaugh
A devotional piece on Psalm 23 stressing rest and refreshment for the soul through the Lord as shepherd. It emphasizes green pastures and still waters as symbols of spiritual nourishment and renewal for believers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Obaugh
Seventeen Drewnoski residents file name change petitions
Seventeen Locust Grove residents in Cumberland Maryland filed petitions in circuit court seeking to simplify their names to Drew. The action names all petitioners as Drewnoski and requests common usage as Drew.
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Cumberland
Drewnoski
Locust Grove
Drew
Luncheon Honor for Mrs Gordon Hosts Notables
Mrs. Joseph A Massie of Winchester hosted a luncheon for Mrs Gordon with guests including Mrs George H Burwell Mrs Thomas Nelson Carter Mrs Robert C Randolph Mrs William Bell Watkins and Mrs Earl Boy Ed. Mrs William B Watkins hosted Monday afternoon. Rev and Mrs Robert Goodwin have aunt Mrs Harrison from Richmond as guest at the rectory. Mrs George H Burwell and her son were invited to a Wednesday night supper.
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Douglas Gordon
Joseph A. Massie
Winchester
George H. Burwell
Thomas Nelson Carter
Robert C. Randolph
William Bell Watkins
Earl Boy
William B. Watkins
Gordon
Robert Goodwin
Harrison
Richmond
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Southern Railroad
Socialists’ National Convention
Leo Krzycki
Daniel W. Hoan
H.W. Laidler
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Cleveland
Thomas
Old Guard
Louis Waldman
Milwaukee
Harry W. Laidler
League For Industrial Democracy
New York State
Capitol
Quida
Ronald Colman
Featuring
Russell
Gregory Ratoff
Nigel Bruce
C. Henry Gordon
Herbert Mundin
Warner Bros
Henry T. Goode General Insurance
Court Sq
Capudine
Institute For
Dr. Carson
Kelvinator
Miller & Anderson
E. Boscawen St
Smith Case
Alfred E. Smith, Jr
A. Henry Ross
Ross
Hampden- Sydney
Mr. Butler
Jones
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