Social And Personal News From Valley Area
Social and personal notices recount birthday party details for Donnie Stotler at the Stotler home on Valley Pike with many relatives and friends listed. Other items note Anna Fay Sutphin’s dinner guest list ahead of her June 20 marriage to Godfrey Zirkle, Beatrice Lovett’s Intermont graduation honors, Paxsons visiting Loudoun, and a Washington dinner honoring Miss Lillian Somoza of Apple Blossom Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant Sore
Sheller
Donnie
Fred Stotler
Valley Pike
Saturnaiaime Ataa
Janet de Haven
Phyllis Stotler
Patsy Genningham
Dickie Orndorff
Alien
Donald Stotler
Kenneth
Randolph Seai
Kenneth Spence
Jerry Headley
Gene Stotler
Meredith Boyd
Donnie Stotler
Anna Fay Sutphin
Godfrey Zirkle
George Washington Hotel
Girl's Athletic Association
Sutphin
Jack Widmeyer
Ica Lycett
Robert Grim
Ansel Solenberger
Lucille Sencindiver
Frances Prefitt
Paul Tomney
John M. Steck, Jr
Roy Ryden, Jr
Gretchen Thomson
Nessrs
Joe Thomas
Tom Kaldridge
Washington
Leon DeBayle
Nicaragua
Lillian Somoza
Shenandoah XVII
Gunston Hall School
Memorial Day events and local gatherings for Winchester
A Winchester calendar lists Memorial Day exercises at National Cemetery at 2:30 PM and a piano recital at Handley auditorium at 8 PM. Friday features Legion luncheon at the hotel, W C T U meeting at Handley Library, Circle No. 2 at Church of Christ, and a W O W gathering at Odd Fellows Hall. The report also notes a Saturday shower honoring Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Grim with many attendees and various social visits and departures in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Library
National Cemetery
McCartney
Handley Auditorium
R. Y. Conrad American Legion Post
Circle No. 2
Church of Christ
Albert Clark
Odd Fellows Hall
Air
W. E. White
Darrell Grim
Ella
Carrie DeHaven
Dessie Affleck
Elsie Armel
Gladys White
Charles Affleck
Thurston Grove
Eugene DeHaven
Donald Armel
Russell Grim
Louis DeHaven
Herbert DeHaven
Ross DeHaven
Carl DeHaven
C. E. Armel
J. W. Newcome
Walter Grim
W. D. Derflinger
Lena
Barbara Ann Hoffman
Arthur Shiley
Margaret
Fannie Shiley
Monroe Buckley
Kenneth Combs
Peery
Alen Peery
Handley High School
Richmond
Virginia Classical Association
Garland Quarles
Miss Geraldine Triggs to Marry Donald Duvall
Mrs. Linda Triggs announces the engagement of her daughter Geraldine Lovett Triggs to Donald Duvall son of Roy and Mrs. Duvall. The wedding is planned for the latter part of June in Middletown. Also noted are Mr and Mrs Norman Brill of Martinsburg and Mr and Mrs Loring Steele with three children visiting Mrs Ed Brill in Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton Paxson
Loudoun
William Dalton Paxson
Linton
Texas
Loudoun County
Paxson
Sally Wick Curtis
Round Hill
Mr. Paxson
Purcellville
Dalton, Jr
Geraldine Triggs
Donald Duvall
Linda Triggs
Geraldine Lovett Triggs
Roy Duvall
Ed. Brill
Middletown
Norman Brill
Martinsburg
Marvin E. Kline
Washington
Loring Steele
Janes Headley
Three University Students Return to Charlottesville
Messrs. Bobby Boyd Bruce Nelson and David Sencindiver returned today to Charlottesville Virginia where they attend the University after spending several days here at their respective homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Bobby Boyd
Bruce Nelson
David Sencindiver
Charlottesville
Whitney urges stronger air defense link for the Americas
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, a former WWII flying instructor and aviation pioneer, urged President Roosevelt to build a robust U S defense alliance with Pan American nations. He called for more planes and airdromes to defend all the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Roosevelt
U. S
Britain Names New Chief of General Staff
Major General Robert Hadden Haining promoted to vice-chief of the Imperial General Staff. He replaces General Sir John Greer Dill as Britain’s new chief of the general staff in a significant military leadership shakeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial General Staff
Robert Hadden Haining
Sir John Greer Dill
Britain
General Staff
Dewey Parents Nationalities Traced to England and Ireland
Thomas E. Dewey's father George Martin Dewey traces ancestry to England via 1634 immigrant Thomas Dewey. His mother Anne Thomas Dewey is from an Irish line, with Augusta Corrigan born in County Cork and a Canadian-English paternal background. The families include connection to Admiral George Dewey as a fourth cousin of George Martin Dewey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas Edmund Dewey
George Martin
Anne Thomas Dewey
Thomas Dewey
America
England
George Martin Dewey
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Augusta Corrigan
County Cork
Girl Scouts Hold Supper Party and Second Class Tests
Girls of Troop 8 hosted a banquet style supper in the Girl Scout room with grills prepared by the girls. Several earned second class badges by passing the outdoors tests while attendees included Barbara Lafollette Betsy Arthur Patricia Stephenson and others. Circle No 2 of the Church of Christ meets Friday at 5 45 with Mrs Albert Clark on the Buff Lick road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 8
Girl Scout
Barbara Lafollette
Betsy Arthur
Patricia Stephenson
Martha C. Arnold
Eleanor deGrange
Massie Hawthorne
Jacqueline Eagle
Patsy Ritter
Beth Williams
Anna B. Wright
Mary Dunham
Nancy Butler
Jean Manuel
Ellen Largent
Linette Spicer
Anna Kerns
Catherine Solenberger
Jo Ann Armstrong
Elizabeth Lichliter
Virginia Pifer
Mary Sencindiver
Retha Shirkey
Rene McNally
Mary Boxley
Circle No
Church of Christ
Albert Clark
Buff Lick Road
Dinners Spread Ahead of Berryville Horse Show Ball
MILLWOOD Virginia May 29. Social notes list numerous dinners before the Horse Show ball in Berryville. Guests include the Greenhalghs Mitchells Dunnings Page family and younger set from Philadelphia Baltimore and Richmond attending at Springsbury Brookside Woodley and other Clarke County homes.
Belgian capitulation criticized by French premier
French Premier Paul Reynaud condemned the surrender of the Belgian army to German forces under King Leopold. He charged that Leopold had given up the fight without considering the Allies and against the unanimous advice of his ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold
Paul Reynaud
Ardmore and Chevy Chase Guests At Local Retreats
Weekend visitors Included Messrs Robert and Hamilton Page from Ardmore Penn and Mr and Mrs John Farrar of Chevy Chase Md staying with Mr and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell at Minturn. Mrs Courtney B Jones returned to Woodbine after a Winchester visit. A. A Baldwin hosted a Friday night picnic at Blue Ridge Country Club for about fifty guests. Miriam Scott of Washington spent the weekend with her grandmother Mrs W H Wilmer in Ryton Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Watkins
Annefield
Mary Dougherty
Kelso Alsop
Richmond
Alice and
Polly Winslow
Margaret Byrd
Anita Jones
Philadelphia
Messers
William Harris
H. B. McCormac
Winchester
Louis B. Meade, Jr
Roland Mitchell
Dick Wilmer
John Parke
Harry Stees
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Phil Meade
Conrad Lewis
Richard Wilmer
General Eee Seminary
New
A. R. Dunning and Son
Burwell Jacobs
Clarke
George P. Greenhalgh, Jr
Toledo
Ohio
George P. Greenhalgh
Springsbury
Helen
Katherine Beatty
Charryington
Luke
John Beatty
Pittsburgh
Margaret Della Meade
Mrs. E. K. Meade
Edgewood
Washington, D. C
Thomas J. Rougan
George Gardner
N. Burwell Jones
Jones
Courtney B. Jones
Woodbine
Robert and
Hamilton Page
Ardmore, Penn
Henry Post Mitchell
Minturn
John Farrar
Chevy Chase, Md
Joseph Massie
A. A. Baldwin
Blue Ridge Country Club
Miriam Scott
Washington
W. H. Wilmer
Ryton
Modern Etiquette Q&A on Gifts and Hospitality
A reader asks about gracious hostess responses to gifts. Roberta Lee advises that praising the guest’s generosity is proper and hosts should avoid saying you needn’t have done that. Guidance covers guest departure after luncheons and attire, noting men should not wear a white tie with a tuxedo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. van Guest
Eligibility for Order of the Colonial Lords of Manors in America
Membership is by invitation and limited to individuals who are lineally descended from a recognized Patroon Seigneur or Lord of a Manor in New Netherlands or the Province of New York, or from a similar colonial landholding system in any original colony. Lineage papers are sent to prospective members and must be completed and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Florence G. Manning
Leesburg Garden Club
Order of the Colonials of Manors
America
New Netherlands
Province of
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beatrice Lovett
Intermont
Jack Wilkins
Bristol
Virginia Intermont College
Charlotte Stickley
Norfolk
Federal Surplus Commodities Commission
Mary Lois Bean
Converse College
Spartanburg
S. C
Mrs. Loring Bean
West Leicester Street
James Myers
Katherine Myers
Theodore Supinger
Front Royal
Joan Manning
Brooks’ Pharmacy
the Plaza
Royal Road
Ellsworth Johnson
St. Cloud
Minneapolis
Minn
George R. Clark
Irene Johnson
Wwa
Orlando
Fla
Cathedral School
Lee Braithwaite
Billy
June
Marie
Curtis
Mamie Warner
Richard Boyce, Jr
Marshall Braithwaite
Clarence Braithwaite
Allen
Beverley
Shirley Ann
Boyd Ramey
Hayfield
Elizabeth Barr
Orlando, Fla
West Boscawen Street
Fred Rockwell
Newark
Donald Albert
Albert
East Piccadilly Street
Brookshire
Condon
Margaret Lanis
F. Brooke Hodgson
Jane Bickers
Phyllis Oakes
University Hospital
Stuart Montgomery
Falls Church
Stephens City High School
Montgomery
Susie Carbaugh
Virginia Apple Storage
Virginia
Junior Euterpians
Junior Euterpian Club
Morris Cather, Jr
South Braddock Street
Stephen Foster
Dixie Pugitt
Louise Ericson
Evelyn Preston
Lee Rosenberger
Morris Cather
Bobby
Thelma Edwards
Camp White Rock
RED Cross
Huntsberry
Cornelius V. Whitney
Church of Christ Circle
Greenhalghs
Doughertys
Anne Meade
Baltimore
A. B. Bevan
Brookside
Graham Dougherty
Harrison Taylor
Thomas N. Carter
Powhatan
Keswick
Woodley
William Bell Watkins
William Beverley
Alexis Sommaripa
Elizabeth McIntosh
Ned Lewis
Sue Belling
Devon
David Donovan
Henry P. Mitchell
Benjamin Harrison
Gwynne Harrison
Agnes Mitchell
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
Belgium
King Leopold
By Roberta Lee
Paw Ney
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Piccadilly
Loudoun Streets
Loudoun St
West Boscawen St
Miles Music CO
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
ING
E. Gerrard ST
E. E. Harbaugh
Mgr
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