Local Nurses Receive Diplomas at Richmond Exercises
Several nurses who began training at Winchester Memorial Hospital and were moved to Memorial Hospital in Richmond for completion received diplomas at the Medical College of Virginia commencement. Notables included Miss Lillian Fries and Miss Helen Watson of Stephens City and Alice Creek of Warm Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Memorial Hospi
Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Medical College of Virginia
Lillian Fries
Helen Watson
Stephens City
Alice Creek
Warm Springs
Frank Lemley
Eldridge Lemley
Dorothy Lemley
Boyd Steele
Raymond Sandy
Miss Fries
Miss Cleek
Sandy
Miss Watson
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
Thursday events include a Garden party at Christ Church Parish House and a 4-H Club sponsored debate at Round Hill school. Evening dances and American Legion luncheon at the George Washington Hotel precede a Friday Bridge Club meeting and Century Club dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Round Hill School House
George Washington Hotel
Men's Athletic Club
American Legion
George ‘Washington Hotel
Bridge Club
E. H. Durrell
West Cecil Street
Century Club
Lewis Hyde
Headley Auditorium
Kathleen McCartney
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
United Brethren Church
Anna Jones Hosts Birthday at Nursery School
Little Miss Anna Jones celebrated her fourth birthday at the Nursery School in Middletown on Tuesday. She shared coconut cake and fruit salad with classmates served by Mrs. H. S. Jones and teachers. Guests included Doris Wright Donnie Dodson Nancy Dodson Harry McCauley Jimmy Painter and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Guy Webber
Nancy
Ray Fries
Mack
C. L. Smith
Donald
Lucille Smith
Earl Fries
Bobby
Betty Fries
D. A. South
Maude Funkhouser
Wesley Dunn
Anna Jones
Middletown
Anna
H. S. Jones
Doris Wright
Donnie
Nancy Dodson
Harry McCauley
Jimmy Painter
Jimmy Beatty
Lois
Clyde Thompson
Jack
Charles Sperry
Pearl Henry
Elsie Lee
Harry Bruce Rinker
Janet Sperry
Lawton
Nancy Robinson
Janet
Charlotte Cline
Odd Fellows Elect New Grand Master At Roanoke Meet
Members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows from this city returned after attending the Grand Lodge meeting in Roanoke this week. Claude B. Stickley of Vaucluse was elected grand master. Madison Lodge No. 6 sent William Partlett as delegate, Robert L. Jones as grand guardian, David Hottel to a encampment office, and John Bywaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Roanoke
Claude B. Stickley
Vaucluse
Marsh Rut Lodge
Middletown
Madison Lodge
Messrs
William O. Partlett
Robert L. Jones
David Hottel
Obranch
John Bywaters
Still Boasts Ducking Stool in Fordwich Remnant of Pirate Era
Fordwich in Kent still features a ducking stool on a rear wall near the town hall with an oak beam and pulley. Legend says the stool was used to lower culprits into the Stour, a relic near the Drowning Wharf. Malamute dogs are described as North’s classic work sled animals for northern communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordwich
Canterbury
Stour
Thames Estuary
North
Fire Breaks Out At Glaize Bros Boiler Building
Firefighters contained a blaze in the Glaize Bros boiler room after an alarm at 4:30 AM. The fire, fed by sawdust fuel, threatened adjoining lumber mills and storage buildings near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks. Damaged woodwork estimated at 500 to 1000 dollars. rafters and walls must be replaced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaize Bros
Winchester
Jake and Brother Lumber
Fairfax Lane
Maurice Lillis
Glaize
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Virginia
Death rides at wheels of cars in great race
The article reports on the Indy 500 style race with Petillo leading at 300 miles and 325 miles, Rex Mays retiring at 305 miles, Petillo breaking the record at 2:58:07.000 for 109.479 mph, Wilbur Shaw taking lead at 350 miles, and new track records as Cummings and Zikoyer follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Oneing
Mays
Petillo
Lou Meyer
Huntington Park
Calif
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Wild Bill Cummings
Tony Guloota
Kansas City
Guloota
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Mauri Rose
Dayton
Mon Moore
Los Angeles
Rex Mays
Louis Meyer
Shaw
Cummings
Zikoyer
Cantlon
Detroit
Acca Temple Host Shrine Ceremonies in Richmond Friday
Acca Temple prepares for a ceremonial and business session at 8 p.m. in the Mosque auditorium with Nobles from across the state arriving. A banquet at 7 precedes the ceremony featuring initiations, concerts by the Acca Temple Chanters and Band, a spectacular Arab Patrol drill, and the Alexandria Drum and Bugle Corps visiting for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Acca Temple
John E. Rose, Jr
James H. Price
A. Simpson Williams
Mecca
Oasis
Mystic Shrine
Acca Temple Chanters
J. Robert Beadles
J. H
Jay) Donohue
Acca Temple Band
Wm. C. Herbert
Legion of Honor
Order
J. A
Jake) Schwalm
Alexandria Drum and Bugle Corps
Alexandria Shrine Club
Leonard J. Miller
Clyde C. Lamond
Thomas Chauncey
Claude W. Fletcher
Earl R. Sullivan
Alexandria
Local Markets and Market Prices for Feed and Dairy
The Star lists local wholesale and retail market prices for flour, eggs, creamery butter, country butter, cattle, lambs, hogs, and assorted feeds. Prices include 98 lb sacks, 48 lb sacks, and other bag sizes, with per barrel and per sack figures across commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Paler Eis OS
Markes
Saeve
Cceecessee
Kasco
Svescker Ee
Cepeeees Seerae
Creamery
Miss Morgan Wins British Women’s Open Golf Championship
Miss Wanda Morgan of Westgate-on-the-sea England defeated Miss Pamela Barton of London 3 and 2 to claim the British women's open golf championship in Newcastle County Down Ireland on May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
County Down
Ireland
Wanda Morgan
Westgate-on-the-sea
Eng
Pamela Barton
London
Governor Nice Honors Antietam Heroes on Memorial Day
In a Memorial Day address at Antietam Battlefield Maryland Governor Harry W. Nice called the site a national park dedicated to American heroism without regard to sectional differences. He urged carrying on the noble principles of Civil War soldiers and honoring those who died for a free nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AM Battlefield
Sharpsburg
Antietam
National Park
Harry W. Nice
United States
Maryland
Hagerstown
Southland
Great Chorus of Thanks for Our Countrymen’s Work
A solemn exhortation calls readers to praise and gratitude for countrymen and to pledge renewed dedication to continue their important legacy and achievements.
National Guard To Join War Games In Pennsylvania
Virginia National Guard units will participate in a large scale mobilization and maneuvers in Pennsylvania this summer. About 56 000 officers and men from Maine to North Carolina will form the First Army with aerial units tanks and artillery. Public days are planned and Fort Monroe harbor defense remains separate for the 246th Coast Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Old Dominion
Pennsylvania
Virginia National Guard
Pacific
National Guard
Maine
North Carolina
S. G. Waller
First Army
Waller
246Th Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Dennis E. Noland
Governor’s Island
N. Y
R. E. Callan
Third Corps
Virginia
91St
J. Fulmer Bright
G. M. Alexander
116Th Infantry
William H. Sands
111Th Field Artillery
Kidnappers Snatch Son of Wealthy Lumberman
A boy, son of a wealthy lumberman, was kidnapped while traveling a route, with the last sighting reported in front of a seminary. Authorities and investigators search for the missing youth amid the case details and ongoing inquiry.
Also Mentioned on This Page
NagsaKee
A. 8. Fries
C. O. Watson
Frances
Mariam Watson
A. H. Jackson
Helenon
Presbyterian Church Auxiliary
Clearbrook
George S. Pitzer
Ada Woore
Golden Castle College
Japan
4-H
Four-H
Franklin Pingley
Stewart’s
Middletown High School
Town Hall
Kirby Hepner
Kirby
Winchester Golf Club
Mount Jackson
Shenandoah County
I. O. O. F. Convention
Huntsberry
Clara V. Fultz
W. Boscawen St
Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
DEATH
Weels
Acca
Miss Morgan
Gov. Nice
Antietam National Park
Coca- Cola Company
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hamman’s Dollar Store
South Main Street
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun St
Associated Photo’ Service
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Lowell School
Anne Wright Seminary
O'Hara
Underwood
Margaret L. Hodgson
Blossom
Vlary S. Yeakley
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun'St
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