Social and Personal Society Notes From Winchester Area
Social items report McKinley Chapter of the Eastern Star hosting a dinner for Scottish Rite Masons from Winchester and nearby areas with Charles P. McVicar as toastmaster and speakers from Alexandria Consistory. Also covered are Garden Club of America members returning from New York, Mrs Byrd's dinner for Col Consolvo of Baltimore, Staunton Military Academy cadets' dance at the George Washington Hotel with local families attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Alexandria
McKinley Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company
Charles P. McVicar
Robert Barrett
McDougall
Byrd
Col
Social Calendar of Club Meetings and Events
A list of regular meetings and events for Wednesday through Friday at Handley Library George Washington Hotel Court House and other venues. Highlights include Rotary Club luncheon, Delphian Society Chapter meetings, Women’s Christian Temperance Union, Girls' Athletic Association dance, American Legion luncheon, Warren County Garden Club flower show, D A R meeting, Young Christians class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Delphian Society
Handley Library
Pauline M. Taylor
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
The
American Legion
Warren County Garden Club
Court House
Front Royal
John W. Rosenberger
West Germain Street
Family Reunion At Home Of Mr Loy Near East Falls Church
A Sunday May 24 family reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Loy near East Falls Church drew many relatives and friends with baskets of vegetables fruits and salads. Afternoon lawn games followed by departures with wishes for more gatherings. The Century Club annual banquet is planned for Friday night at the George Washington Hotel in the small dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Loy
East Falls Church
Hugh Loy
Leslie Loy
Gussie Loy
Lohring Boyce
Arthur Cockrill
Betty
Maynard Strother
Carlton Loy
Charles Miller
Mary Lee Loy
Olive Henson
Strother Lineburg
Winchester
Elwood White
Near Relief
Arthur Fletcher
Harold
Marshall Strown
Walter Kirby
Armentia Cornell
Lohring
Century Club
George Washington Hotel
Handley High School Alumni Day Set For June 12
All Handley High School alumni are urged to keep Alumni Day on June 12 and join a class lunch in the school cafeteria at noon. It is the first year the event appears on the calendar and may become permanent with broad alumni support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Methodist Societies Plan Evening Meeting and Social
The Young People’s Missionary Society of Braddock Street Methodist Church and the Senior Epworth League Council will meet in the Sunday school house at 7 15 PM Thursday for a business session. A brief program and social follow. All members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Missionary Society
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Epworth League Council
Mrs Baker Hosts Dinners For Staunton Cadets At Glendobbin
Mrs Henry M Baker entertained at her home Glendobbin near town for eight cadets of the Staunton Military Academy now in camp here and for visiting young ladies. Dinners covered for 16 at each gathering. Out of town guests included Miss Virginia Carson Riverton Miss Weaver Front Royal and Miss Rosalie Brown Washington. Supper guests later attended the cadets dance at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Baker
Glendobbin
Staunton Military Lcadeny
Sara
Virginia Baker
Virginia Carson
Riverton
Weaver
Front Royal
Rosalie Brown
Washington
Invitations Issued For 8 V A Finals
The Shenandoah Valley Academy faculty and cadets issued invitations for the final exercises. events run from the afternoon of June 3 to the morning of June 6 as one of the academy’s largest graduating classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Local Notices Mention Theatre and Wedding News
Mr Frank Boucher of y erstown Md is fine here in the interests of the Warner Brothers Theatre Corporation. Miss Mary Hyden has returned from New York City where she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss Brenda Godfrey last Saturday. Cadet C H Kahnemund moved to Winchester Memorial Hospital Sunday night for treatment and is slowly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McDonald
New York City
Wonder
Joan Nichols
Detroit
Mich
Mary Greenway Russell
Harry K. Russell
Gera S. March
South Loudoun Street
Memorial Hospital
Mr. L. Kaufman
Kaufman’s
Loudoun Street
Frank Boucher
Yerstown, Md
Warner Brothers Theatre Corporation
Mary Hyden
Brenda Godfrey
C. H. Kahnemund
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dr Voshell To Hold Clinic For Cripples May 30
Dr Allen F Voshell of the University Hospital surgical department will supervise a free cripple clinic sponsored by the District Nurses Association at the courthouse area near the Court House on May 30. Sessions run 10 12 in the morning and 2 4 in the afternoon. All crippled or deformed persons are invited, with emphasis on children to be examined by a specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Urse Association
Ce Aunvelations Oo
Court House
Satur
Allen F. Voshell
Surgical Department
University Hospital, University, Va
Probability of Golden Anniversary by Ages at Marriage
Metropolitan Life Insurance notes the odds of a couple reaching a golden wedding anniversary depend on ages at marriage. If the girl is twenty and the man twenty-five, the chances are 1 in 6. if marriage occurs ten years later, the odds drop to 1 in 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Curious Heat Trial and Archimedes Mirrors tale
A Spaniard endured five minutes in a 290 degree oven on June 26, 1826 with a pulse of 200, yet recovered. Archimedes may have built a burning mirror to threaten Roman ships at Syracuse, but the link to their destruction is doubtful. Oysters should avoid spawning months though fresh from clean waters remain wholesome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Archimedes
Gambling Trick Hand Said to Haunt Mississippi Steamers
A fraudulent gambler mentions the so called Mississippi heart hand used by steamer and train pick-ups. The hand is described as very strong in theory but easily beaten by skilled adversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miltor
Sage brush varieties and growth in the West
The article notes that the term sage brush covers several related plants. It claims the West has the widest variety, with shrubs ranging from five to eight feet in streams and up to five to six inches in diameter at the ground.
Chicago Grain Prices Fall at Board of Trade
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade declined today as the New York Stock Exchange slipped after a prior advance. Closing values show Wheat July and September, Corn July 55 1 2, September 52 54, December 47, Oats July 26 1 4, September 26 42, December 28 7, Rye July 38 2, September 38 3 4, December 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Staunton Businessman Harry Lovett Visiting Here
Mr. Harry Lovett of Staunton Virginia is spending time in this area on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lovett
Staunton Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eastern Star
Fred L. Glaize, Sr
H. B. McCormac
Lewis H. Hyde
Garden Clubs of America
New York
Long Island Sound
Staunton Military Academy
Berryville Boyce
Millwood
Thomas H. Russell
Thomas Beardsworth
Lytell
James P. Reardon
W. W. Glass
Mr. Loy
Brucetown
Crusaders
Brucetown Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Holt
Jack Holt
Robert T. Barton
Charles McCormick
Berryville
Robert M. Ward
George Lynn
Cumberland, Md
Curtis-Wright
Lynn
Adele Metz
Virginia Vredenburgh
Annapolis
United Brethren Young People’s Choir
Carter
Augusta Conrad
Bryan Conrad
South Stewart Street
Richard Arias
Frederick Tooke
Gretchen Tooke
Montreal
Canada
Hunter H. McGuire
John van Dyke Tweedy
Virginia Baker Tweedy
Baltimore
J. E. Baker
Stonewall Avenue
H. D. Flood
Major
John H. Flood
Valley Avenue
John Randolph Graham
Julian F Ward
South Washington Street
Mrs. H. M. Stevenson
Julian F. Ward
F. A. Read
Cazenovia
N. Y
Melvin Green
Arthur Fields
Rochester
N.Y
Green
Voshell
Golden Weddings
Bell Clothes
W.inchester
Earth
Space
Agassiz
Chicago
Panamas
Margaret L. Hodgson
Ceresota
J. Jos. Sullivan
West Martin St
Peerless Beauty Shoppe
Martinsburg, W. Va
Fom Rey
Goodyear Steaderd
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
Cavalier Electric
Geo. Washington Hotel
Enna Jettick
Sunda
WJZ
Lovett Bros
Harrisonburg
Staunton
Alexander Smith
Axminster
A. M. Swimley
Riley
Coats
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