Annual spring recital and local meetings schedule
The calendar lists an 8:00 p m spring recital by Ewing School of Dance at Handley auditorium a 12:30 p m Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel a 12:45 p m Civic League luncheon at Wayside Inn Middletown a 7:30 p m Winchester Junior Board of Trade May meeting an 8:00 p m Woodmen of World meeting at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen a 8:15 p m McCartney piano recital at Handley High School auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Woman’s Civic League
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Woodmen of World
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
Kathleen McCartney
Handley High School
Nancy Gray Larrick Elected Club President at Meeting
At a Boyd hosted Junior Century Club meeting on Fairmont Avenue Miss Nancy Gray Larrick was elected president for the 1939-40 term with Virginia Cover Russell as secretary. Plans for next year were set and a May 31 luncheon at Winchester Golf Club announced.
Church To Hold Lawn Party At White Post
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church plans a lawn party on Saturday evening May 27 at Mr Carper's farm near the depot. Proceeds will support the church yard fund. Rev Ronald Rowland leads the event announced today. Rural School To Give Music Program Friday May 26 8 p.m. Round Hill School Frederick county will present a musical program with certificates and awards. An exhibit of student work will be shown and refreshments will be sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Post
Meade Memorial Episcopal Church
Carper
Ronald Rowland
Church Yard
Retha Carson Cooper
Round Hill
Frederick County
Deep Run Horse Show to Highlight Richmond Spring Social Event
The 19th annual Deep Run Horse Show will be staged at the club grounds near Richmond Virginia on May 27 and 28. Prominent guests include Olive Jackson Sands Jr and out of town visitors from Durham North Carolina Virginia Beach Middleburg New Orleans. Distinguished judges from Sweet Briar Washington DC and West Warwick will preside over equitation hunter and saddle horse divisions. The article notes a luncheon hosted by Captain and Mrs William Murray Forbes Bayliss and mentions related garden club events and horticultural talks in Winchester Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Spog
Richmond
Junior League of
Olive Jackson Sands, Jr
George Watts Hill
Durham
N. C
Virginia Beach
Crompton Smith
Middleburg
Willet Leache
Susan Fuller
Eloise Puj
New Orleans
Sands
Harriet Lowell Rogers
Sweet Briar
Raymond H. Norton
Washington, D. C
T. Fred Marsman
Jacobs Hill Hunt
West Warwick
R. I
Harry W. Spratley
Elberon
Virginia
Rogers
Marsman
Norton
Spratley
William Murray Forbes Bayliss
Kenwyn
Garden Magazine
Winchester and
Clarke County
Ophir
Queen Mary
Henry Maddox
Victor
Rawlinson
Garaner
Edward Jenkins
H. B. McCormac
J. S. Scully, Jr
Iris
Ellsworth Johnson
W. P. Massey
Carl Massey
J. M. Steck
Cognac knowledge and etiquette guidance from a Q and A
An etiquette column explains cognac as a French brandy from Cognac region, pronunciation as konyak with first syllable emphasized, and notes on correctness of addressing a woman physician with Dr. Clara Wilson or Clara Wilson MD. It also advises against a close friend kissing the bride before her parents at a wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Wilson
Thirty Five Pupil Recital At Handley High School
Miss Kathleen McCartney announces about 35 pupils will perform at her annual spring recital in Handley High School auditorium at 8 15 Friday night. Performers include Barbara Ann Wheeler Billy Sowers Dolores McCormick Emma Jean Youngblood Mary Lou Sprint Marie Garber Nancy Mae Hurst Colleen Grimm Betty Lou Havermale Peggy June Kibler Martha Clay Arnold Dorothy Lee Harry Susan Fansler Katherine Kline Jacqueline Eagle Betty Ann Grim Beatrice OConnell Betsy Conklin Mary Rogers Helen Stultz Mary Jeanne McCormick Helen Kibler Gladys Garber Edith Braithwaite Lenora Rusk Lucille Weaver Jeanne Armel Virginia Mackie Kitty Lou Arnold Colleen Line June Cline Evelyn Preston Betty Hengeveld and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McCartney
Kathleen McCartney
Handley High School
Barbara Ann Wheeler
Billy Sowers
Dolores McCormick
Emma Jean Youngblood
Mary Lou Sprint
Marie Garber
Nancy Mae
Betty June Hurst
Colleen Grimm
Betty Lou Havermale
Peggy June Kibler
Martha
John Mc Cormick
Courtney Fauver
Jimmy Miller
Billy Cline
Local Social Notes From Front Royal and Warren County
Front Royal and Warren County News records a series of social items. Mr and Mrs Cooley of Berryville visit their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Eliott Marshall. Charles Knight and partner stay at the Afton Inn and visit Lexington. Alfred McKay of Baltimore to wed Virginia Williamson of Frederick Md June 10 at Roland Park Md. McKay is nephew of S Byrne Downing of Front Royal. Frances Nash spends weekend in Fredericksburg. Warner Miller of Washington visits Front Royal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Dalton Fennel
Philadelphia
John Samuel Holt
Front Royal Road
Fennel
General Board of Strategy
Charles Knight
Afton Inn
Lexington
Alfred McKay
Baltimore
Virginie Williamson
Frederick
Roland Park
McKay
S. Byrne Downing
Front Royal
Funeral Rites For Cy Macdonald Draw Big Crowds
Osmar H. Swanson and Kenneth Heine joined many old friends at the Washington funeral for Angus Cy Macdonald a noted athlete and former Winchester baseball star. Macdonald died at Garfield Hospital from a sudden throat infection. service was at Lee mortuary with burial at Rock Creek Cemetery. He had long tied ties to local high schools through athletic work and played on independent teams after Sandy Baker’s semi pro club dissolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmar H. Swanson
Kenneth Heine
Washington
Angus
Cy”) Macdonald
Allaround
Winchester
Garfield Hospital
Lee
Fourth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Rock Creek Cemetery
Macdonald
Swanson
Sandy
33 Saved By A Super Human Act
Lloyd B. Maness of Greensboro North Carolina an electrician's mate is credited with a heroic act that helped save 33 men in the submarine Squalus. He reportedly jammed a door sealing flooded sections from survivor compartments where people endured over 30 hours. A survivor said the closing of the door required super strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Lloyd B. Maness
Greensboro
N. C
Squalus
Maness
Scouters Attend Camp Directors Training at Horseshoe Camp
George Radford Laurens Jones Dan Henry and Herbert Shelly will leave Friday to attend a Scout camping school for directors and troop campers at Camp Horseshoe Rising Sun Maryland. Fred Mills National Director of Health and Safety will oversee the program. They plan to return to Winchester Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Radford Laurens Jones
Dan Henry
Herbert Shelly
Camp Horseshoe
Rising Sun
Fred Mills
National Director of Health and Safety
Winchester
Naval Board Defers Squalus Inquiry Until Recovery
A special naval board will defer probing the Squalus sinking until the submarine is raised off New Hampshire. Officials seek to determine if partial flooding came from mechanical defects or crew actions. Senator Lucas signals possible Senate inquiry if Navy reports fall short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Special Naval Board
New Hampshire
Lucas
Senate Naval Committee
Chapman and Holt Reach Fifth Round in British Amateur
In Hoylake England on May 25 Dick Chapman of Greenwich Connecticut and Bill Holt of Syracuse advanced to the fifth round of the British amateur championship. Chapman defeated A S G Thompson of England on the nineteenth hole while Holt beat Jack Jones of England one up after a late rally. Both Americans started strong on the front nine with Holt two holes up at the turn and Chapman one up on the home nine amid stiff rallies from rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoylakee
Eng
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Cond
Bill Holt
Syracuse
Chapman
A. S. G. Thompson
England
Holt
Jack Jones
Barbara Bell Pattern 1438 B Shirtwaist Dress
Advertises Barbara Bell Pattern No 1438 B a slender house dress suitable for street wear with a plain skirt straight sleeves shoulder yoke gathers and a blouse. Available in multiple fabrics sizes 36 to 52 with yardage listed and pattern book offered. Prices 15 cents pattern 15 cents book 25 cents for pattern and book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ewing School of Dance
Handley Auditorium
Miss Larrick
Junior Century Club
John M. Steck, Jr
Thomas Gibson
James Miller
Virginia Russell
Winchester Golf Club
Edward Barr
Paul Rosenberger
Mr. Flickinger
B. Floyd Flickinger
Pittsburgh
the Historical Society of the University of Pittsburgh
Daniel Morgan
Morgan
Aldie
Gordon Dunthorne
United States
Stoke
Martha Harris
Dunthorne
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Beatrice Lovett
Virginia Intermont Junior College
Bristol, Va
Jack Wilkins
North Loudoun Street
Shenandoah County
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Woodstock
Rae Albert
Court Manor
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
New Market
Sun Beau
Sun Briar
Gina
Meem
Mount Jackson
Mount Airy
Philip Williams
Guy A. Benchoff
Ruth Rhodes
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rexall Store
W. B. Snider & Son
Adabout
Robinson
Miss. Robinson
Pifer Printing CO
N. Loudoun St
Huntsberry
S. J. Boyer
Endless Caverns
By Roberta Lee
A. T. Mussen
South
Mrs
C. J. Borum
Matin Hill
Strasburg, Va
Kathleen H. Stover
Louise Stover
Bartonville
New York City
George Sheetz
Martha Walker Lupton
Joseph A. Massie
Nelson Page
Shoreham Hotel
H. D. Flood
T. H. Hussey
Norfolk, Va
Asa Crisman
South Braddock Street
B. W. Largent
William Anderson
Allen Carpenter
Ricard Largent
Harrsonburg
Clara Miller
Laurence
Tuckahoe
Atlantic City
N. J
New York
Georgia Dodd
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Frances Nash
Fredericksburg
Warner Miller
Washington, Va
Cy” Macdonald
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
Leicester St
Loudoun Street
Palace Theatre
Loudoun
W. Clifford St
Frank Baylis
Amherst St
S. Kent St
W. L. Kuhn
S. Washington
N. Main
S. Main
W. Clifford
Jefferson Street
Care Star
Buhl’s Grocery
Delco
Kohler
H. P
J. H. Brant
Stephens City
Clara Fultz Bentz
Barr
Sullivan Real Estate
B. P. Myers
Leicester
Trail’s End
Gordonsville
Boyce
Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery
Maurertown
Baker’s Drug Store
Seafood Market
S. Loudoun St
Haldeman’s Milk
Doan
Merves
Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Naval Board
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Dodd
Harris
Loudoun St
Oppo
Commercial Bank
the Evening Star
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Times Square Station
New York, N. Y
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