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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
3
About thirty six G A A members attended a dinner at Wayside Inn Middletown replacing the regular tea. Miss Gladys Farrar was toastmistress with rhymes and a humorous reading. Emily Sanford won a limerick prize.
The social calendar lists events including a Young Christians Class meeting at Braddock Street M E Church, a wedding at Congregational Christian Church, a Whitside Carson wedding at Killahevlin Riverton, Lions and Kiwanis luncheons at George Washington Hotel, choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran, a Winchester Lodge meeting, Rotary Club luncheon, Carter Hall horse show, Mount Airy tea, and an American Legion post gathering at the George Washington Hotel.
Members from seven cities gather for the annual Tenth district meeting in the Wayne Inn. Miss Frances W. Beverley of Winchester will be the principal speaker. About 60 attendees from Clifton Forge Covington Lexington Buchanan Buena Vista Waynesboro Staunton attend with program features including vocal solos and dances.
Announcement of Miss Ellen Jett McCormick’s upcoming marriage to be held June 10 at 5 PM in Christ Church Coronado California. Invitations issued by Commander and Mrs Lynde Dupuy McCormick of Berryville. She is daughter of the late Admiral A M D McCormick and was born at Clermont Clarke County.
Walton Ellsworth Orndorff, son of Mr and Mrs W A Orndorff of Albemarle County, is among Hampden Sydney College fifty five graduates. Graduation exercises are set for Wednesday morning June 10 at 10 in the college church with Dr Hugh R Monro of Montclair N J as speaker. The baccalaureate sermon by the Rev C W Reed of Martinsville is to be delivered Sunday June 7 at 11.
Mountain View Garden Club of Highland county led by Mrs Don Suilenberger hosts the annual All Wild Flower Show at Monterey Courthouse on Saturday May 23 from 1 to 5 pm and Sunday same hours. Hundreds of rare wild flowers gathered by experts will be displayed for nature lovers education and enjoyment. Monterey sits 46 miles west of Staunton on Route 250.
Weaverville California postmaster J J Blaney says politics do not affect postmaster appointments. He states he has served under Presidents Harding Coolidge Hoover and Roosevelt and is willing to swear to the non political basis of his appointment.
Miss Ellen Jett McCormick, daughter of Clarke county and Washington, will wed Ensign Frank Lucius Pinney Jr., U S Navy, in Christ Church Coronado California on June 10. Invitations and further society notices list many regional guests and forthcoming weddings in Berryville and nearby towns.
A radio programming list details nightly shows and performers across WEAF WJZ WOR and WABC from 5:30 PM to 11:30 PM including baseball updates Amos n Andy Martry the Girl scene Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Raymond and concerts by Cesare Sodero Shandor and Bestor Orchestra.
An advertisement urges readers worried about varicose veins to ask their druggist for Moone's Emerald Oil a two ounce bottle remedy. It presents the product as home treatment and claims it as the best advice anyone can give.
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