Social Circular Highlights 1930s Community Events
Mrs Russell Carper marked her eighth wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner at home hosted by Mrs Shade with guests including Mr and Mrs Lawrence Shade of Kernstown. Helen Carper, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Carper of Sunnyside, attended. Numerous friends offered congratulations. Clarence Himelright and family prepared for Duke University commencement as their son earns a B S in engineering and Phi Beta Kappa honors. His Handley class of 1936 presidency and fraternity ties noted. Piano pupils of Mrs Owen will present a spring recital Friday at 8 15 in Stephens City United Brethren Church with students from Middletown and Stephens City high schools. Kenmore in Fredericksburg hosts Decoration Day visitors May 30 in colonial dress, gingerbread tea served by 91 year old Uncle Bacchus who met Gen Lee. Taysea Scott and Roger Poindexter to perform spirituals and banjo for children's Turkey in the Show dance. George Haigh and wife welcome a son born at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Haigh formerly Katherine Pelletair of Dover New Hampshire. J Larry Williams of Virginia Beach visited Mrs Paul Thompson on Miller Street over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mg. Loring Himelright
Oi Dent Pom Bake
Clarence Himel
Miller Street
Yesteray
Durham
N. C
Ines
Duke University
A. Himelt
Himelright
Phi Beta Kappa
Handley
Hard Himelright
Owen
Julian ‘T. Owen
Mabel Nate
United Brethren Church
Stephens City
One
Middletown
Stephens Cit Y
Kenmore
Fredericksburg
John
Wil
Turkey
Calendar of weekly lodge and club meetings
Calendar notes Monday 8:00 p m Madison Lodge I O O F East Boscawen street and McKinley Chapter C E S F and M Bank building 8:00 p m. Tuesday 1:00 p m Clarke county gardens tour by Fort Loundoun D A R meet Berryville court house 8:00 p m Winchester Rebekahs at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lodge
Hall
East Boscawen Street
McKinley Chapter
F. and M. Bank
Clarke County
Fort Loundoun
Berryville Court House
Winchester
Local residents travel and family updates in Clarke County area
Mr and Mrs James Lawyer and relatives visit Roanoke Virginia and see patient John H Gough at Catawaba sanitorium. Betty McGehee improves after operation at Memorial Hospital. Families plan trips to Martinsburg Sheepscott Maine Round Bay Maryland and Winchester Memorial Hospital updates.
Local visitors and hometown updates from area residents
Mr and Mrs Melvin Green return to South Washington Street after a week in New York City Doctor Randolph Shields assistant surgeon at a Brooklyn hospital visits Miss Sophie Baker and Miss Frances Page on West Cork Street Mrs W South Taylor returns to East Gerard Street after visiting Mr and Mrs Harry A Boss of Washington DC Mr and Mrs William Smith of Christchurch Virginia visit Mrs H B McCormac
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Melvin Green
South Washington Street
New York City
Randolph Shields
Brooklyn, N. Y
Sophie Baker
Frances Page
West Cork Street
William Smith
Christchurch, Va
H. B. McCormac
Wild Flower Show Sponsored By Monterey Club
The twelfth annual All wild Flower Show sponsored by the Monterey Garden Club will be in Monterey May 30 31 and June 1. The event features wild indigenous flowers only with about 75 classes in both adult and junior divisions. Proceeds fund roadside beautification and church and school plantings. The club motto is We pass this way but once Let us beautify the path as we go so the world may see which way we went. Card Party Tuesday At Catholic Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey Garden Club
Monterey
Mountain
Modern Etiquette Q and A on tipping and manners
The guide states tipping is optional and you may refuse excess, and a monopolizing talker is a bore. If sneeze interrupts talk, simply say Excuse me and proceed.
Holland Recovers As War Tension Eases Across Netherlands
Amsterdam May 27 The Netherlands shows rapid recovery from war toll with near normal life resuming except in Rotterdam. The blackout remains, clocks advanced to Berlin time, and Germans occupy streets while Dutch soldiers mingle openly. Warplanes overhead evoke only mild curiosity as guards thin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
Rotterdam
Germany
Berlin
George Hoover Reported Drowning Victim in Richmond
George W Glaize of Winchester was told yesterday that George Hoover of Richmond had drowned and the body had not yet been recovered. A telegram from Hoover s widow May Hoover gave no further details. Hoover was son in law of a Mr Blackburn a guard at State Road Camp No 29 near Star Tannery and had many local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Glaize
Winchester
George Hoover
Richmond
May Hoover
Hoover
Blackburn
State Road Camp No. 29
Star Tannery
Church Ladies Host Party With Tables For Reserved Seating
The ladies of the church sponsor a party with refreshments and a permanent wave demonstration. Those wishing to reserve a table should call Mrs. Hobart at 982 M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Daughters of the Revolution tour gathers in Berryville
Members and friends of the Fort Loudoun chapter will meet in front of Clarke county court house in Berryville tomorrow at 1 PM for a tour of gardens and estates. Those without plans should contact Miss Mary Robinson or Mrs John W Rosenberger at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
The
Daughters of the Revolution
Berryville
Clarke County
Mary Robinson
John W. Rosenberger
Battle of Flanders Outlook in War Today
The column assesses the Menin sector push near Ypres and the broader Battle of Flanders. It notes Allied difficulties, Weygand's leadership changes, and the strategic aim to close the gap between Bapaume and Peronne while defending Dunkerque and channel ports amid a German offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Bapaume
Peronne
Channel
England
Menin
Northsea
English Channel
Rites Are Held For Mr. Sloat
Funeral services for Walter Austin Sloat were held at his home on 621 South Stewart Street at 2 p.m. with Rev. Herman McKay and Rev. R A Whitten officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Claude Grim Thornton Bryarly Robert Green Harry Reed Edward Heine Carroll Willis Marion Anderson and Ray Rosenberger. A large crowd attended as floral tributes reflected the high regard for Mr Sloat who died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness following an emergency appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Austin Sloat
South Stewart Street
Herman McKay
Market Street
R. A. Whitten
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Claude Grim
Thornton Bryarly
Robert Green
Harry Reed
Edward Heine
Carroll Willis
Marion Anderson
Ray Rosenberger
Sloat
Memorial Hospital
Color Girl To Be Picked For Naval Academy June Week
Twelve midshipmen companies begin drills at Annapolis to select color girl for the June 4 fire parade. The winning company captain will pick the color girl who will be part of the color ceremony and transfer of colors. June Week runs through June 6 with graduation at Thompson Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Wordeneld
Academy
Thompson Stadium
Noise measurements and efficiency loss in decibel system
Engineers estimate efficiency may drop up to 25 percent due to noise. A decibel based system to measure noise has been developed to quantify this impact.
Przewalski's Horse: Mongolia Wild Herds Stable History
The Przewalski's horse, the only true wild horse still known, is named after the Russian explorer who first received a specimen in 1879. Today it roams western Mongolia in small herds of five to fifteen individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Przewalski
Mongolia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Carper
Shade
Carper
Lawrence Shade
Kernstown
Helen Carper
Ernest T. Carper
Sunnyside
Haigh
George Haigh
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Katherine Pelletair
Dover
N. H
Auburn
Maine
Montgomery Ward
J. Larry Williams
Co Beach
Paul Thomson
Joan Manning
Brooks’ Pharmacy
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Enid Holmes
Ontario
Cal
Betty McGehee
Clifton ‘Clowser
M. A. Little
Martinsburg
W. Va
John Clowser
Leicester Street
Richard Whiting
John Woolfolk
J. Clyde Armentrout
Washington, D. C
W. W.mcintyre
Fairmont Avenue
Miles B. Dean
Sheepscott, Maine
Emory Keyser
Ronald
William Harris
Springfield
Mass
Betty Riley
Round Bay
Betty Peace
Virginia
APPLE
Monterey Club
Max Harrelson
Clarke
Eaton’s
Shaeffers
Parker
Bill
Iferompany, Inc
Dewitteee IE. Attaits
Tommy
Belgium
Ypres
Ireland
Eire
Weygand
Yser
Nieuport
Dunkerque
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Mr. Sloat
Haldeman’s
the Clinic
Oxford
Loudoun St
Huntsberry
Frederick
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miles Music Coo
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Good Housekeeping Institute
Barbara Bell
Evening Star
New York
N. Y
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