Community club and lodge schedule for the week
A weekly program list shows meetings of the American Legion Auxiliary Winchester Post VFW Madison Lodge IOOF Lions Club Kiwanis Club and the Junior Board of Trade. Events include luncheon banquets dances and a garden club picnic at venues in Winchester and Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Washington and
Clarke County Garden Club
Amherst Street
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester Golf Club
Richmond Debutante Miss Byrd To Bow In Society
Richmond society pages announce Miss Mary Lewis Byrd, descendant of William Byrd and George Washington connections, will debut next winter in Richmond and attend events in Baltimore. She will be hosted by relatives in fall and entertainments include a Commonwealth Club ball and a First Bachelors Cotillion in Baltimore on December 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Byrd
Richmond
Courtney Marshall
Margaret
Miss Byrd
William Byrd
Westover
Siwmend
Mary Lewis Byrd
Amas Bolling Byrd
Winches
Mrs. Byrd
Harry Flood
Baltimore
Cotillon
Alexander Gordon
Byrd
James
Charles James Faulkiner
United States
France
Louis
Napoleon
Eliza Boilimg West
Pocahontas
Fielding ‘Lewis
Elizabeth Washington Lewis
George Washington
Carrs and Daughter to Visit Winchester This Summer
Mr. and Mrs. John Barnes Carr and their young daughter Mary Greenway Carr of Clarksdale Mississippi will arrive in Winchester Wednesday to spend the summer at the home of Mrs. Carrs parents on South Stewart Street. Mr. Carr plans to stay until July while Mrs. Carr will remain with the child until early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barnes Carr
Mary Greenway Carr
Clarksdale
Miss
Winchester
Ladies Day Golf Tournament At Winchester Club
Tomorrow Ladies Day returns at Winchester Country Club with a women only golf tournament. Four prizes awarded for low gross and net scores, fewest putts on 18 holes, and most pars per match. Mr Coffey leads the Rakni group class at 11 with a 11 o clock start. Participants should bring a sandwich luncheon for a noon meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Country Club
Coffey
Winchester youths visit Nightclub John Marshall
Residents from Winchester travel to Front Royal near Warren County to enjoy a Saturday night at the John Marshall. Attendees include Nancy Bowly Virginia Steck Anne Kerr Russell Virginia Cover Russell Jane Bickers Phyllis Meem Mary Bowles Margaret Dortch C Kingely White Carl McMullan Bennie Thomas Nelson William Harris John Scully Philip Glaize Hugh Green Roy Ryden Joe Thomas Gibby McKown H B McCormac William Ho Hanns Joe Hohannes Joe Schroth C M Henkel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Royal Wards
John Marshall
Warren County
Nancy Bowly
Virginia Steck
Anne’ Kerr Russell
Virginia Cover Russell
Jane Bickers
Phyllis Meem
Mary Bowles
Margaret Dortch
C. Kingely White
Carl McMullan
Bennie Thomas
Nelson
William Harris
John Scully
Philip Glaize
Hugh Green
Roy Ryden
Joe Thomas
Gibby McKown
H. B. McCormac
William Hohannes
Joe’ Hohannes
Joe Schroth
C. M. Henkel
Chorus Members Called To Meeting At Market Street Church
Mrs. Peter Yates Brinton asks community chorus members to meet promptly at 7 30 this evening at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Plans for a concert to be held in early June will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Yates Brinton
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Ladies Memorial Association Meets at Mrs Willis Home
The Ladies' National Memorial Association will meet tonight at 125 South Cameron Street, at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. Committee chairmen from other organizations planning Memorial Day activities should attend as this is the final meeting before May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ National Memorial Association
Florence Willis
South Cameron Street
Miss Hathaway Fant Returns Home From Havana
Miss Hathaway Fant daughter of Mrs. Hugh R. Stipe has returned to Clear Brook Virginia after several months with the Anglo American hospital staff in Havana Cuba. Kathleen McCartney presents her piano students in a recital at Handley High School Friday evening June 3 at 8 15. The program titled A Soiree Musicale features French titles and composers including Pierrot and Pierrette Beaumont Pomponette Durand la Capricience Eggeling Chaminade with solos duets and two piano numbers. Students will perform in colorful costumes. Mrs Alice Bailey visited Urbana over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen McCartney
Handley High School
Pierrot
Pierrette
Beaumont Pomponette
Durand la Capricience
Eggeling
Chaminade
Modern Etiquette Q&A From Roberta Lee
A brief etiquette column answers business callers end the call by the caller unless the call disrupts the other’s work. It states the escort for a debutante is her father or guardian. It suggests inviting friends to a christening by telephone or informal note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Lee
Auxiliary To Have An Americanism Meet
Members of the American Legion are reminded of the regular monthly meeting at 7:30 this evening at Mrs. Claude Grim's home on North Washington street. An Americanism program is planned with Mr. William W. Glass delivering the principal address. Multiple local residents and visitors are noted in brief society items and travel updates across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Claude Grim
North Washington Street
Winchester Post V. F. W
Madison Lodge
Hall
East Boscawen Street
American Legion
William W. Glass
Suitor’s Jealous Obsession Ends in Self-Inflicted Shot
Eve Rayner, reportedly courted by Verbino Checca of Pittsburgh, accompanied him on a ride when he forced her to sit by as he shot himself. He declared his death would punish her for divided attentions. Miss Wayner is shown at the hospital awaiting Checca’s condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve Rayner
Verbino Checca
Pittsburgh
Miss Wayner
Checca
Central Press
Jean Batten Heralded in London Departure to Buckingham Palace
Jean Batten, renowned aviator, shown leaving a London hotel en route to Buckingham Palace. She plans to present to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, marking a notable moment in British aviation circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Batten
London
Buckingham Palace
George
Queen Elizabeth
Great Britain
Airhiker Allen’s hitchhiking tale to graduation
Liberty Missouri born Charles Eaton Allen returns home from William Jewell College to graduate. He plans a job in Winter Haven Florida but hitchhikes there from Chattanooga Tennessee, is picked up by a man who misleads him toward an airport, and after arriving by plane must hitch-hike back for graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Charles Eaton Allen
William Jewell College
Winterhaven
Fla
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlanta
Allen
Largest Number of Students Ever To Graduate From Clarke Schools
Final exercises set for Berryville and Boyce high schools run May 29 and June 3. Berryville seniors join 18 named graduates with Dr. Early Lee Fox delivering the baccalaureate address June 2 at Duncan Memorial Methodist Church. Boyce graduates list includes 17 seniors with A. F. Robertson and Horner delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Schools
Cine Sons
Boyce
Berryville High School
Duncan Memorial
Sybil Price
Valedi Gladys Cheshire
Anne Neville Barnett
Louise Campbell
Edna Caroll
Elva Deavers
Elizabeth Denny
Mary Frances Dix
Lucille Fenton
Elsie Kyle Foley
Frances Foltz
Anne Thomas Howell
Kathryn Kackley
Virginia Kercheval
Elizal Locks
Doris Marcus
Marjorie Moreland
Charlotte Osler
Alice Cary Polhamus
Betty Jane Royston
Laura Shepherd
Barbara Stole
Constance White
Frances. Williams
Genevieve Wynkoop
Allen Cochran
Phillip Cochran
Wilbur Feltner
Clifton Gaunt
William Rhoden
Jack Russell
Edgar Shenk
Marion Ware
Julian Williams
William Willingham
Maurice Wisecarver
Early Lee Fox
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
L. A. Parker
R. M. Ware, Jr
D. G. Cooley
Mray
Frances Dix
Marjoria Moreland
Gladys Cheshire
Edna Carroll
Clarke County Schools
A. F. Robertson
Mr. Horner
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
David Levi
James A. Biggs
William D. Glasscock
H. W. Buckner
O. J. Royston
Phillip L. Col
Puckett Promoted to Travel Passenger Agent in Greyhound Midwest Move
Curtis D. Puckett, longtime Winchester Greyhound Lines agent, is promoted to travel ing passenger agent for the central division with headquarters in Roanoke Virginia. Emory E. Keyser will replace him here as agent as of June 1, with M. H. Middlekauff continuing as ticket agent and another seller to be added. The central division spans Virginia from the northern tip to Bristol, and Puckett may relocate. his brother Sherwood Puckett will take over his local restaurant interests. Winchester terminal remains a busy hub with fifty two buses daily on regular routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis D. Puckett
Winchester
Greyhound Lines
Central Division
Atlantic_Greyhound Lines
Roanoke
Mr. Puckett
Emory.e. Keyser
Richmond
Bristol
Sherwood Puckett
Piccadilly
Greyhound
Front Royal Rotary Members Attend Winchester Meeting
Front Royal and Warren County News reports a group of Front Royal Rotarians planning to attend a joint Rotary meeting Thursday night at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester. The new chamber board includes Percy L. Rogers as president with Mrs. Claude A. Stokes as secretary and L. B. Dutrow as treasurer. Various local residents are listed with weekend visits, births, and social events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Lewis
Charles Town
W. Va
Edwin Dean Glaize
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Glaize
George and
Lucinda Glaize
Frederick County
R. C. Harford
Front Royal
Percy L. Rogers
R. B E. Purdum
James Bennett
G. N. Buck
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Major couple weekend visit to Spring field near Culpeper
Mr and Mrs Julian Major spent the weekend at Spring field near Culpeper balancing leisure with a quiet countryside break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Julian Major
Springfield
Culpeper
Average monthly rainfall and yearly total from 25-year period
Present and past rainfall data show 0.31 inches yesterday and 2.70 inches for May to date 9.51 inches year to date. Average monthly rainfall over 25 years from 1913 to 1937 lists Jan 2.59, Feb 2.00, Mar 2.95, Apr 3.25, May 3.60, Jun 3.63, Jul 3.37, Aug 3.77, Sep 2.36, Oct 3.21, Nov 2.30, Dec 2.33 inches. The average annual rainfall for the period is 35.36 inches.
The Winner And Loser In Oregon Governor Race
The race for governor in Oregon drew broad attention as Henry L. Hess defeated incumbent Gov. Charles Martin by a slim margin. Hess emerged as the winner in the Democratic nomination contest and will face the general electorate, while Martin finished as the runner up in this pivotal race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Henry L. Hess
New Dealer
Charles Martin
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Lions Club
Evening Star Ladies’ Bowling League
Yorks
J.B. i
Hagerstown
Martha Miller
Pifer Printing CO
Loudoun St
John B. Carrs
Gold Club
Ladies National Memorial
Miss Hathaway Fant
Miss McCartney
Alice Bailey
Urbana
Haldeman's
Haldeman
Eileen Lennon
Washington, D. C
Douglas Green
Lloyd Carr
Memorial Hospital
South Street
James W. Rosenberger
Virginis Bord
Virginia Russell
Ridgely White
Mary Warden Bord
Johns Hopkins Hospital
H.H. Jennings
Edgewood, Md
William Shafer
Ralph Shafer
Charles Harper
University of Virginia
Nobile Pierce
Baltimore, Mdad
South Stewart Street
Garland H. Baptist
Washington Lee Universit
Lexingen
Eugene G. Grabb, Jr
Gettysburg, Pa
Mrs. Fredan Jr
Joe Finkelstein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wyer’s Cave
L. D. Grubbs
National Avenue
Taylor Pierce
Gray Gables
South Washington Street
Read Gibson
Berkeley
Calif
A C. R. Keeler
Loring A. Cover, Sr
J. M. Steck
Fairmont Avenue
Steck
Robert Glass
H. K. Russell
R. E. Byrd
Burr P. Harrison
C. Ridgely White
Baltimore, Md
Wilber M. Krise
West Clifford Street
Harry Williamson
Fairmont
T. Russell Cather
Rodney Sirbaugh
William Glaize
Ben Belchie
Mary Savage
That City
Mr. Newell Chadwick
Philadelphia
Mrs. Charwick
Charlotte
Roy Collins
Allison Cooper
Mary Maxwell Bond
Robert Gooch
Jack McCarrell
Gettysburg College
Eve Wayner
Luis Ersing
Chicago Board of Health
Jose de Jesus
Ana Maria
Cook County Hospital
Herman Brundesen
Rsing
Lanzarin Timoteoy
Wilmer F. Shryock
Agt
Alecia
Berryville
C. D. Puckett
Emory E. Keyser
North America
Assur. Society
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Mary LeRoy
Annapolis, Md
Naval Academy
James Marshall
Lyon Village
Harry Reid
J. K. Howell
Bentonville
James Kenneth, Jr
Johnson's Nursing Home
Rena Beavans
Manassas
Belle Buracker
Luray
James Golden
Evening Bridge Club
First Street
Mattie Brown
Annie Buck
Edward Brown
Alice Brown
Charles Brown
Alexandria
James G. Sealock
Thelma Frances Wines
Front Royal Methodist Church
Wade Wines
Mr. Sealock
Dan Sealock
Mrs. C. M. Luck
Four Winds
Merle Luck
John Hoke
Mrs. Eldridge Grogs
Elizabeth
Johnson Nursing Home
G. Tyler Miller
Leslie Fox Keyser
Radford
G. F. Pope
Bennett's Chapel Methodist Church
Old School Baptists
George Tarry
Henry Coe
Viola Anderson
Mrs. Leon Jones
Mrs Jones
Mrs. Hoffman
Russell Baker
Blue Ridge Avenue
Sheila Finerty
8. S. Roszel
George Lee
Texas
Beverly Browne
Mary Ellen Miller
Cara Nome
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Gov
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Huntsberry
N. Loudoun St
United Food Store
Sunshine Cleaners
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