Delphian Society hosts Russian art talk and June meeting
Miss Pauline Taylor led a program on Russian art tracing its evolution from medieval to modern times. Speakers included Mrs. E. K. Grim and others. The next Delphian Society meeting will be at Handley Library June 2 at 2 30 p m with Mrs. E C Yost leading and discussing Part of Illumination.
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Delphian Society
Pauline Taylor
Russia
E. K. Grim
Alfred Kerfoot
Louis L. Baker
E. G. Rusk
C. Vernon Eddy
E. C. Yost
Carl R. Swinson
Audrey Rubler
Dionysy
Kiprensky
Reubens
Academy of Naples
Repin
Michael Vrubel
Nicholas Roerich
Roerich
New York
The
Handley Library
Social Calendar Highlights Local Civic and School Events
A busy slate includes Lions and Kiwanis meetings at the George Washington Hotel, garden club flower shows at St John’s Lutheran Auditorium and Upperville High School, Shenandoah Valley Academy finals and commencements, Delta Sigma Nu and Alpha Phi fraternity dances, choir practices, and a Handley High School baccalaureate and junior-senior prom.
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Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
George Washington
Hagerstown
Tokus Inn
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Delta Sigma Nu Fraternity
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Rotary Club
Upperville
Upperville High School
Hagerstown Garden Club
St. John’s
Handley Library
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington
Woman’s Club of
Martinsburg
New City
Young People's Choir
Braddock Street
M. E
Girls’ Athletic Association
Drusilla Hotel
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Warren County Garden Club
Hugh R. Millar
Chester Street
Front Royal
Handley High School
Handley Gynasium
Local residents attend I O O F Grand Lodge meeting
Mr and Mrs Robert L Jones and Mrs W C Owen return from Lynchburg Virginia where they attended the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows annual meeting and the Rebekah Assembly. Jones invited next year’s convention in Winchester which was accepted. Mrs Jones served as Rebekah lodge delegate and Mrs Owen as Starlight Lodge Berryville delegate.
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Robert L. Jones
W. C. Owen
Berryville
Lynchburg
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Virginia
Rebekah
Miss Cornwell Receives Farmville Degree This June
Nearly 200 girls will receive degrees and diplomas from the State Teachers College Farmville on Tuesday June 17. Sixty six bachelor of arts in education and 109 two year normal diplomas are listed. Among the graduates are Henriet ta E. Cornwell of Winchester and Ellen Earle Jones of Milldale Warren county. Also noted: Mr and Mrs Vause W Marshall of Williamsport West Virginia visited Winchester and may locate here to open a historical shop.
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Cornwell
Farmville
State Teachers’ College
Henrietta E. Cornwell
Winchester
Ellen Earle Jones
Milldale
Warren County
Marshall
Vause W. Marshall
Williamsport
W. Va
Virginia
Confederacy
District Nurse Association Meeting Wednesday
The District Nurse Association will hold its regular monthly session at 3 PM Wednesday in its office near the Court House. All members are urged to attend and visitors are invited to learn about the association’s work, tuberculosis campaigns, and orthopedic clinics.
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District Nurse Association
Court House
Shower Planned For Miss Oakes Before June Wedding
Miss Margaret Richards hosts informal tea and trousseau shower at her South Washington home for Miss Shirley Oakes. Oakes to wed Mr. S. Fred Stine on Saturday June 18 at the First Baptist Church. Several young guests expected. Mr and Mrs Claude E Shifflett welcomed a son on Wednesday May 25. Mrs Grace Warden Baker is ill at National Avenue home. Willard Holland of Washington visited Kin g Rice at Shenandoah river cottage and A P Holland in Gainesboro.
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Mrs. Holmes Allen
Richmond
Berryville
Mrs. Allen
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Amherst Street
Robert Bradford
Virginia Barrel Company
Staten Island
N. Y
Paul Gaylord
Wolfe Street
J. H. Cooper
Berryville Avenue
John Hauptman
Swanson
Ashby G. Swanson
Winchester
South Loudoun Street
Miss Oakes
Margaret Richards
South Washington Street
Trousseau
Shirley Oakes
S. Fred Stine
First Baptist Church
Claude E. Shifflett
Shifflett
Rhoda Lockhart
Grace Warden Baker
National Avenue
Willard Holland
Washington
Kennth Rice
Shenandoah River
A. P. Holland
Gainesboro
William Irving
Leslie C. Cooper
Brother Sherman
Helen Mills
Baltimore
John D. Reynolds 3d
Philadelphia
Mary Louise Ryan
West Monmouth Street
Thomas S. Ferguson
Martha E. Tucker
Handley Avenue
Julius K. Monroe
Paul Legg
Paul Kemble Legg
Lewisburg
W. Va
Mr. Monroe
Harry Hanst
Fort Loudoun
Charles C. Perry
Virginia Perry
Hilda Miller
Garland M. Hansbrough
North Braddock Street
Tributes Paid Memory of Fallen American Soldiers
Virginia department of the American Legion hosts a remembrance service with hymns led by the band. Rev J W Briscoe delivers the afternoon address, introduced by Rev Robert B Nelson. The ceremony closes with benediction, a three volley salute by Company I, and taps.
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Virginia
Wallace M. Brashears
Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Company I
Women in the Far East Face Suspicious Serpent Love Illness
Collier's Weekly notes a mysterious ailment among women in the Far East termed serpent love. Sufferers experience periodic bouts of severe illness believed to be cured by a snake bite.
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Far East
Collier’s Weekly
Senators oppose the sales tax pledge grows in Senate
Fifty one senators, a majority of the chamber, are described as opposing the pledge to vote against the sales tax. Senator Lafollette and Senator Harrison circulated the petition with 16 Republicans and 35 Democrats respectively backing opposition. President Hoover withheld a prepared message as the fight over the sales tax resumes. Secretary Mills considered a new Treasury need estimate amid hints more revenue may be required.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Harrison
Mississippi
Hoover
Mills
Treasury
White House
Tydings
Maryland
Smoot
Finance Committee
Stee
Orndorff Still Held in Woodstock Jail
Handwritten note likeness to Orndorff and a recovered paper identical to the letter linked to him. Neighbors say he borrowed a shovel December 29 to dig a hole by a river bank shown to officers. He has made no statement since arrest Saturday. cousin Blanton Orndorff remains a warant fugitive.
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Orndorff
Star Tannery
Pannett
Ornndorff
Kermit Orndorff
Blanton Orndorff
Mount Williams
Convict Flees Maryland Farm Near Hagerstown
Arthur Smith, 23, a convict at the Maryland state prison farm, missing after evening roll call. Superintendent Hal H. Kearns ordered police statewide and warned to watch highways toward Baltimore. Smith from Hagerstown was sentenced years for larceny and sent to the penitentiary in 1931.
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Associated Press
Hagertown
Arthur Smith
State Prison Farm
Hal H. Kearns
Smith
Paintain
Baltimore
Hagerstown
State Penal Farm
Red Tape Best Hunter at Millwood Show
The Millwood show lists winners across divisions. Lightweight hunters: First Speedy, Second Two Loggins, Third Chatter Play. Two-year-olds: Clifton's Dream first, Clifton's Rose second, Brown Flyaway third. Middle and heavyweight hunters: Oswegatchie first, Joy Ride second, Bon Diablo third. Saddle horses: First entry, Second Marielle, Third Carlisle Hill. Apollo class: Red Tape first, Fire Maker second, Bon Diablo third. Road stock: Dandy first, Oswegatchie second, Two Loggins third. 3-year-old handicap: Good Morning first, Chatter Play second, Cinco Girl third. Additional notes mention Neptune, Dotty Dumps, and Galaxy with various placements.
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Rage
Speedy
Capt
Ewart Johnston
Loggins
Mrs. Whitney
Arthur White
Clifton
L. M. Allen
J. M. Allen
L. I. Allen
Oswegatchie
Ernest Woolf
Joy Ride
Bon Diablo
Marielle
W. L. Bowles
Carlisle Hill
Dr. L
M. Allen
Dr. L. M. Allen
Fire Maker
36 Recruits Sent to Army for the Canal Zone
Thirty six young men from Frederick Warren Clarke Shenandoah and Rockingham counties and Winchester left Winchester on the Baltimore and Ohio train at 1 52 PM for Washington DC the first leg to Panama where they have signed up to serve two years with the US Army with possible extension The recruiter Sgt H T Smith called it the largest detail sent from the area at one time The men were drawn by a call for 500 more troops for Panama and 16 responded More will follow trained as unemployed men seeking steady pay and room and board The group includes high school graduates and former skilled workers They will go to Panama via Baltimore for inspection and reception of uniforms before sailing The Panama post will station them for government duties in the Canal Zone
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Frederick
Warren
Clarke
Shenandoah
Rockingham Counties
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington, D. C
Panama
United States Army
H. T. Smith
Shenandoah Valley
Post Office
Sgt. Smith
McKinley
East Piccadilly Street
Valley
Washington
Baltimore
Canal Zone
United States
Hog Parody Quip Highlights Farm Politics
A rural quip mocks voters as hogs electing a tiller of the trough. The line captures satirical views on agricultural leadership and farming life.
Congress Stays In Session On Memorial Day
Congress members remain at work on Memorial Day as President Hoover keeps watch on state affairs from his desk. Across Arlington and nationwide, graves are decorated by flags and flowers as war dead are remembered.
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Congress
Associated Press
Washington
Arlington Hills
Potomac
Hoover
Actress Una Merkel Defends Southern Accent in Huddle
Una Merkel insists her Southern drawl is genuine noting she was born in Covington Kentucky. She co stars with Ramon Novarro in the new film Huddle currently showing at the Palace Theatre.
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Una Merkel
Ah Sutinly
Covington
Kaintucky
Blue Grass
Ramon Novarro
Huddle
Palace Theatre
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Robert Burwell Nelson, Jr
Charlottesville
Robert B. Nelson
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University of Virginia
Harry R. Kern, Sr
Fairmont Avenue
David Harris
Johns Hopkins University
Romney W. Va
Robert C. Hook
Kenneth Hook
Augusta
J. C. Ruckman
Hook
Romney High School
Bunker Hill
Jordan Springs
Bunker Hill High School
Jordan Springs Hotel
W. P Sperow
Red” Bailey
Just
AAA
Methodist
Relief
League
Relief Orchestra
Jene Lindsey
Richmond, Va
Theodore Parker
South Braddock Street
Young Ple’s
James L. Hatcher
Dayton
Robert Hatcher
Annapolis
Richard Hatcher
Lee Street
J. Andrew Kater
Neil Newboy
N. J
W. 8. Clarke
New Jersey
Richard Arias
Georgetown University
Arias
Academy
Charles Clinton Athey
Parkway Avenue
Portsmouth
United States Naval Hospital
R. F. Cline
Commonwealth Club
Cline
George Jenesson
Hartsdale
E.B. ‘Rush
Sue Schlack
Lelia Hockman
Strasburg
Richard Solenberger
Knoxville
Tenn
Helena Coleman
Russell Horne
Homestead
Fla
Margaret Rhodes
Wayside Inn
Middletown
K. B. Hook
Forestville High School
Ee School
High Command
Woodstock
Hunter
Millwood
ARMY
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Jai
Ion Pent - Ral
Dhemner
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Estate of
W. A. Sale
Winchester Woolen Co
Douglas A. Sale
Voss Electric
R. M. Swimley
Lovett Shoe
N. Main St
Sylvia
Lovett Brothers
X-Ray Shoe Fitters
Margaret L
Hodgson
Dasse
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