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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1936

Page

3

League A Opens Thursday With 21 Week Schedule

League A bowls its season kickoff Thursday at 7 45 pm with 21 weeks of matches ending March 3. Prank Gearing is re elected president and J B Yates serves as secretary treasurer. Clubs include Rotary Lions Kiwanis American Legion Northern Virginia Power Company Handley faculty Coca Cola Bottling Works and O Sullivan Rubber Company. League B expands to 10 clubs and started last Tuesday. second matches are planned tomorrow.

Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis American Legion Northern Virginia Power Company Handley Faculty Coca-Cola Bottling Works O'Sullivan Rubber Company

Social calendar highlights for Winchester week

The schedule lists events across clubs and churches from Monday to Wednesday. Include Little Garden Club and Young People's Circle meetings, W C T U at Friends' Meeting House, Winchester Lodge No. 15 of A M, Kiwanis and Nurse Association sessions with Dr. B B Bagby speaking, and choir practices at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran.

Friends’ Meeting House Winchester of America Camp Hall North Loudoun Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel District Nurse Association B. B. Bagby State Department of Child Welfare United Brethren Church Winchester Lodge Elks Hall Piccadilly Braddock Streets Grace Lutheran Church

Mrs Wilson to visit Strathmore orchard on Tuesday

Mrs Woodrow Wilson will motor to Mr Jones orchard at Strathmore Tuesday as guest of Mr and Mrs B B Jones at Audley. Included in the party are Mrs Wilsons brother Mr Dolph Bolling Mrs R E Byrd and Mr and Mrs B B Jones. They will be entertained at luncheon by Mrs Frank Whistler.

Woodrow Wilson B. Bones Audley

Frank Schoolfield to Visit Winchester for Navy-Virginia Game

Danville Virginia resident Miss Frank Schoolfield will visit Winchester as a guest of Mr and Mrs Kern while attending the Navy Virginia game with Miss Anne and others. A luncheon at the George Washington Hotel sponsored by the National Concert Association featured Ar old Lovejoy as guest and set plans for three or more concerts by renowned artists in the winter and spring.

Frank Schoolfield Danville Kern Harry R. Kern Brooke Kern Harry Benham Schoolfield Anne Motor Annapolis Winchester Ranch National Concertation George Washington Hotel Arold Lovejoy Soleo William Harms Philadelphia Symphony New York Philharmonic Elizabeth Myer Washington String Quartet Winchester Robert McNalley Prient A. C. Halvosa Alfred Kerfoot R. E. Griffith John Hedrick Riverton Virginia Rodney Thaine Taylor Anne Brooke Kern Taylor John Scully Jr Murrysville Pennsylvania

Out-of-Town Guests Attend Jolliffe Owens Wedding

Out-of-town guests attended the marriage of Miss Helen Elizabeth Jolliffe to Mr. Franklin Eugene Owens of Laurel Maryland at Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel in Boyce last Thursday evening. Attendees included the Owens and Sparks families and many relatives from Virginia and Washington DC.

Helen Elizabeth Jolliffe Franklin Eugene Owens Laurel Boyce F. B. Owens Joseph Owens Marie Owens Annie Harrison Norris Beard Laurel, Md George Sparks June Annie Sparks Ballston, Va Margaret Jolliffe Anna Pidgeon Olive Hart Bernard von Berkowitz Washington, D. C Margaret Martha Shenk Carrie Rowe Luray Ray Shenk Amelia,Va Julian Everley Middletown Wade Hampton Palmer, Jr Upperville

Modern Etiquette Guidelines and Social Norms

Q1 asks where to place cutlery when not in use. Answer: lay the knife and fork across the plate on the right side with no handle on the tablecloth. Q2 asks about newspaper engagement announcements. answer: a family member or close friend should handle it. Q3 asks about wearing diamonds to an afternoon affair. answer: diamonds should be worn after six o'clock in the evening.

Birthday Party Held for Mrs. Elizabeth Butler

In Berryville Virginia on October 5 Mrs. H. H. Burks hosted an informal gathering for her mother Mrs. Elizabeth Butler on her eighty third birthday. Attendees included local residents and guests from Charles Town Shepherdstown Winchester and Washington with news of guests and weekend visitors at Norwood and Ragged Mountain Camp.

Mrs. Butler Berryville H. H. Burks Charles S. Mercein Milwaukee Wis Elizabeth Butler Harry Licklider Katharine and Templin Licklider Shepherdstown H. C. Miller Nancy Miller Kearneysville J. E. Harris Winchester Ollie Thomas H. B. Whiting Anne Stribling Clayton Snouffer Elizabeth Luke John B. Neill Jacqueline S. Powers Branch Grove W. D. Garvin Louis Tucker C. H. Iden R. E. Potts Peterson Ruth Graham Ted House Washington Virginia Page Kate Powers A. F. Robertson Leonard Bell F. L. Alger G. N. Hardesty

Impressive Rites For Mrs Breckenridge At Home

Simple but impressive funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Mrs Emma Estelle Breckenridge at the family residence on Gray Avenue. Rev Hubert Sydenstricker of Copal Church South led the rites with hymns sung by a mixed choir. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named Walter Haymaker R Frank Barr John Crisman Cecil Bailey Clayton Hartman and John Smith. Family from out of town included Mrs Mary Gardner Miss Virginia Breckenridge Miss Dorothy Anderson and Mrs Ella Phelps of Washington. Mrs Breckenridge was a daughter of the late Capt and Mrs James M Haymaker and had suffered a long illness.

Emma Estelle Breckenridge D. William Breckenridge Gray Avenue Hubert Sydenstricker Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Old Rugged Cross Alice Groves D. O. Louderback Lurena Mcllwee John Crisman W. H. Mcllwee Mount Hebron Cemetery Walter Haymaker R. Frank Barr Cecil Bailey Clayton Hartman John Smith Mary Gardner Virginia Breckenridge Dorothy Anderson Ella Phelps Washington

Randolph-Macon Defeats Fishburne Military Academy

Randolph Macon Academy upsets Fishburne 12 to 0 in Front Royal. Lyons connected for a 15 yard pass to Irby for the first score, Brangs caught a Lyon pass for the second. Eldridge scored in the third quarter, with Fishburne unable to reply on offense.

Front Royal Randolph-Macon Academy Strasburg High School Yellow Jackets Fishburne Military Academy Lyon Irby Brangs Eldridge Fishburne Randolph-Macon Jackets Kaiser BoBeas Phelps Wiliams _L. T Sunderland Levens L. G Willets Greene Cyrs Johnson Waugh R. G Dioguardi R. T Marshall Eldredge R. E Wolffe Lyon Svas- Q. B Harred Lillard I. Spey Boyland Seal Annes Stroud Springer Randolph Macon Baker Klohe Cavaioli Waugh Eldredge Kilohe Samworth Seal Murray Cone Harrell Simmons Phelps Stewart Sunderland Legge Bryant Young Touchdowns Eldredce

Funeral services for Mrs Lulu Reed tomorrow

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon for Mrs Lulu Reed of Front Royal Virginia who died early yesterday after a long illness. She was 64 and is survived by husband Oscar J Reed and six children and numerous grandchildren. Services by Rev R B Clargett and interment in Rockland Cemetery with six grandsons as pallbearers.

Front Royal Lulu Reed Oscar J. Reed Lee Street Lulu Brown Jesse Brown Rocklawa James Reed Hugh Reed Frank McInturff R. B. Clargett Rockland Cemetery James Reed, Jr Robert Reed Leonard Reed Bradford Reed Lovell Stickley Godfrey McInturft

Condition Of Shenandoah Rivers At Riveston

Shenandoah river conditions report lists North River as clear and South River as muddy at Riveston. Local observers note river transparency varies by tributary and recent rainfall has influenced turbidity levels.

Shenandoah Rivers

Guests at Randolph-Macon Attend Weekend Visits

Front Royal residents and relatives visit Randolph-Macon Academy and College for the weekend. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Irby of Lexington and Woodson coach, Capt. and Mrs. Kenneth Uglow of Alexandria, plus graduates and current students from Randolph-Macon and nearby universities.

Front Royal Randolph-Macon R. M. Irby Lexington Irby Rockbridge Woodson Kenneth Uglow Alexandria Randolph-Macon College Messrs Harold Stone Fred Hussong Raymond Crowe Phineas Boyer Chester Tucker James Gibb Randolph Macon Academy

Local residents share visits and family news

Mrs Thomas Kerns and daughter Nancy return from Ossining New York where Mrs Kerns parents reside. Several couples and individuals from Washington and nearby towns spent weekends with relatives, while others traveled for illness and church society events.

Thomas Kerns Nancy

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Prank Gearing League J. B. Yates CK Lrght Aie F. W. Post Post Sodoun Little Garden Club Peyton Marshall Stewart Street The Church of Gertrude Clevenger Amherst Street Flotor Strathmore Liss Frank Schoolfield Harry R. Kern Jr Robert McShane Glass Henry Neville Stephenson Orrow Cert Steele Norman Sirbaugh Virginia Avenue W. D. Myers Nancy Cable Julia V. Steele L. K. Dellinger North Braddock Street F. W. Harper Joseph W. McKericher Miss Steele St. Petersburg Fla Missionary Society Missionary Society of Fletcher Harry Fletcher D. H. Senciadiver West Cecil Street Ida Ogden W. E. Carroll Berryville Avenue Harvey Bickle John Carroll Roy Willhelm John Wilmer Baltimore F. Douglas Sheetz Cleveland Ohio Victor L. Denny West Cork Street Henry B. Gilpin Atlantic City Chalfonte- Haddon Hall Hotel Woman's Organization Meade Memorial Church Montana Hall White Post Lewis Allen New Jersey Henry Brooke Gilpin Noe Rosalie Nelson Robert Nelson Virginia G. Dove Middleburg Marjorie Atwell Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College William T. Barr Patsy Hildreth Rural Retreat Ray Curtis Shawnee Avenue Robert G. Harper West Boscawen Street Louis F. Harper Hampden-Sydney College W. B. Snider & Son Katharine Powell McDonald Frederick G. Lindy Norwood Gertrude Reynolds Kitty Heth Betty Buzzard Samuel King Dehrman Sinclair Lindy Martinsburg Ford Agency Nannie Eustaphieve Ragged Mountain Camp Vermont Louisville Fannie Sneed McDonald Puritan Philip Nelson Halltown F. M.A Rockland Vicks Va Warren County Winchester Evening Star Telephone Front Royal 149-R Riveston Front Royal News Duncan Gibb University of Virginia Frank Gibb Robert Leach Elizabeth Leach George Vines Are New York City Thelma Corson Richmond James Corson Ben Downing Charles Town Hitch Downing David Garner Richmond Memorial Hospital Friends Town Garner Mrs. Freeman Kennedy Staunton Freeman Phillip Eastham Prank Stout Humphrey Harnsberger Pet Renalds Robert Mack Miss Renald John W. Renalds William Duvall Sadie Hines Mrs. W. P. Hines Wydum R. Tae Oxford N. C Mr. Lee Francis Lee Lee J. H. Light Virginia Massie and DeSota Burrus Missionary Societies Methodist E. Barr Samsell Mr. Grimsley Dearing University Hospital Mr. Dearing Major Peter Co. Meade Remount Warday Mack Lawson Craig County Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Colonial Beauty Nina V. Wolford CBS LaGuardia WJZ Wiyr Robert Minor NBC WEAF London Charles Burkett J. F. Bryson New York Wjz-Nbc Lakehurst N. J Boston Philadelphia WEAP Warden Lawes Dick Himber Fisk WABC Heidi’s Brigadiers Pick and Pat Joe E. Brown Elmer the Great Wayne King Randolph Churchill Popular Front Eddie Duching Helen Hayes Bambi Ray Noble East Dumke Victor Bay Farm and Home Hour Geo. Hessberger the Commercial & Savings Bank Underwood N. Loudoun St N. Loudeau Weller Rum Bill Tavenner Loudoun Brooks’ Pharmacy Oakland R. M. Swimley
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