Social Calendar of Virginia Clubs and Meetings
A list of local club events including Garden Club meetings at Amherst Street homes, Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Garden Club guests luncheon at Mrs Byrd, Southern Methodist Baltimore Conference opening at Braddock Street Church, Junior Century Club at Northwestern Grade, Randolph Macon Alumni Banquet at George Washington Hotel, Rotary weekly meeting, W C Toys semi monthly gathering at Miss Minnie Beamer home, Old Fredericktown Garden Club at Mrs Allen Bond, and Modern Woodmen of America Winchester Camp at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of Virginia
Joseph Massie
Amherst Street
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Garden Club
R. E. Byrd
Southern Methodist Baltimore
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Pinckney Arthur
Randolph-Macon College
Rotary Club
W. C. Toys
Minnie Beamer
Fredericktown
Community social rounds highlight local scenes and travelers
Social events span Friendship Fire Company gathering at East German Street hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis honoring Charles Shenk of Strasburg Fire Department. Music by Riley's Orchestra featured for Wilson College dances and events in Richmond Farmington and Chambersburg, with travel notes from Washington to West Virginia and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lewis
Friendship Fire Company
East Germain Street
Charles Shenk
Shenk
Strasburg
Trimble Couple Return to Sewickley After Visit
Mr and Mrs Maury Trimble left after a ten day stay with Dr and Mrs E C Stuart parents of Mrs Trimble They recently visited Sewickley Pa where Mrs Trimble had her tonsils removed in Memorial Hospital about a week ago The couple returned home yesterday to Sewickley Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Maury Trimble
Sewickley, Pa
Maury Trimble
E. C. Stuart
Market Street Congregation Attends Conference Mission Anniversary
Rev. Herman McKay announced that the Market Street Methodist Church will skip its Wednesday Devotional meeting to attend the Board of Missions anniversary service of the Baltimore Southern Methodist Conference. The Braddock Street M E Church hosts the event starting at 8 p.m. tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman McKay
Market Street
Program Listed For First Fall Meeting of Music Study Club
The Euterpian Club Study Group opens its fall session with a 7 30 p m meeting at the new president Miss Mildred Jones home on South Loudoun street. Acts include piano Brahms Hungarian Dance No 7 by Miss Elizabeth Grim and vocal pieces by Mrs Eulalia Nally with others including a Brahms life and work segment by Miss Gladys Cochran and a Violin Brahms Waltz by Miss Helen Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpian Club
Mildred Jones
South Loudoun Street
Brahms
Elizabeth Grim
Eulalia Nally
Gladys Cochran
Margaret Flickinger
Helen Bailey
Reverend Millard Miller Installed as United Brethren Pastor
Rev. and Mrs. Millard Miller were guests of honor at a reception by the United Brethren Church congregation in the church basement. Miller succeeds Rev. George W. Stover as pastor. Shenandoah College alumnus from Dayton, Virginia. Informal talks by Mrs. Ray Hicks W Fr Anderson Edwin Ritter and Rev. Stover preceded a church quartet and refreshments for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Miller
The
United Brethren Church
Ray Hicks
W. Fr Anderson
Edwin Ritter
Christian Endeavor
Stover
W. C. T. U. Meeting Set for Tomorrow
The regular semi monthly meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held tomorrow at 2 30 afternoon in Miss Minnie Beamer's home 234 Amherst street. Delegates to the state convention in Danville Va October 15 to 18 will be elected at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Beamer
Amherst Street
Temperance Organization
Danville
Etiquette and introductions and birthstone quiz
A reader asks how a girl should introduce a young man to her parents proposing options like "Father this is Robert Matthews" or simply "Mr Matthews" It also explains the dining term a la carte meaning dish by dish with prices and how to pronounce it and notes October birthstones Opal or tourmaline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Matthews
Mr. Matthews
Annual W C T U Report Highlights Officers And Activities
The local W C T U chapter submitted its annual activity report at the final meeting of the program year. Officers elected include D S Mattison as president and Leslie Fries as vice president, with Mary Dillion recording secretary and T J Dale corresponding secretary. Committee chairs and church representatives are named, detailing efforts in literature peace relations religious education temperance and missions publicity and relief. The year saw 27 business meetings 4 public meetings 2 special meetings 1 social event and 4 red letter days observed. A dance fundraiser for Sarah Zane Fire Company is planned at North Loudoun street with Bob Riley and His Dance Band providing music from 9 30 to 1 30, in a hall capable of 300 couples. Children and guests admitted as noted, as the fire company faces debt relief through these events. An engagement is announced between Miss Pearl Roth and Mr Herman Schneider of Gore Va with the wedding planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley
Wilson College
Bob Riley
Chambersburg
Richmond
Sarah Zane Fire Co
Sarah Zane
North Loudoun Street
Farmington
Charlottesville
Young Democrats of Virginia
Jimmy Doman
Front Royal
Courtney Grim
Ohio
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
D. S. Mattison
Leslie Fries
Mary Dillion
T. J. Dale
Ruth Parks
United Brethren
Market Street Methodist
Mary McInturff
First Baptist
Mamie Robinson
Winchester Friends
Edith Jolliffe
Hopewell Friends
Nellie Moling
Presbyterian
William Hiett
Clara Burner
Braddock Street Methodist
Affleck Green
Centenary Reformed
B. F. Line
Christian
W. L. Dudley
Church of Christ
Alva Frye
First Brethren
Rebecca Pidgeon
International Relations
J. W. Rosenberger
J. F. Bly
Annie J. Rees
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loudoun Street
Virginia
Mr McCormac’s Condition Remains The Same
The condition of Mr H B Mc Cormac who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks remains the same today. It was reported that he spent a very good night. Mrs Gilpin Has Rough Trip On Ocean. Mrs Kenneth Gilpin, who has been visiting in Austria and France for the past two months returned to her home Scabeby in Clarke county yesterday. She reported a rough trip across it being necessary for passengers of the boat to remain in their cabins most of the crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilpin
Ocean
Kenneth Gilpin
Austria
France
Scabeby
Clarke County
Scene of Crime Sees Hajek Mother at Double Slaying
Mrs. Frank Hajek, mother of the slain girl, is pictured at the Hollis wooded lane scene beside her fiancé as investigators probe the double slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hajek
Hollis
L. L
Local Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits
Mrs. Robert McCarty returned home after visiting sister Mrs. Carroll Henkel who remains in a Pittsburgh hospital after a three month automobile accident. Fairfax residents S. S. Swartz and G. C. Funkhouser also toured Shenandoah Valley last Sunday. George Hawse of Washington visited his mother Mrs. Rose Hawse over the weekend. Washington guests included Herman Bly and Shirley Bly, with Bly recently entering Benjamin Franklin University. Mary McDonald and Louis Wonder returned from New York after a week away. David Grubbs of Hayfield, previously homebound, is not feeling better today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McCarty
Carroll Henkel
Pittsburgh, Pa
George Hawse
Washington
Rose Hawse
Herman Bly
Shirley Bly
Bly
Benjamin Franklin University
Birthday Surprise For Mrs E L Stine At Potter Hill Farm
Relatives and friends gathered Sunday October 3 at Potter Hill Fruit Farm home of Mr and Mrs E L Stine for a birthday party honoring Mrs Stine on her 57th birthday. A turkey dinner and large birthday cake followed a warm reception with guests including W Redd Staples Jr Marvin Walsh Betty Jane Edwin Stine Bageant Borden Dustin Fearnow Dudley Shaw O Peacemaker Clarke Luttrell J P Stine and Bagene Stine among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Stine
Potter Hill Fruit Farm
W. Redd Staples, Jr
Richmond
Marvin Walsh
Betty Jane
Edwin Stine
Washington
Bageant Borden
Strasburg
Dustin Fearnow
Dudley Shaw
Berkeley Springs
O. Peacemaker
Clarke
Council of Federated Churchwomen To Meet
A meeting of the Council of Federated Church Women is set for Friday afternoon October 8 at 3 30 o clock in the Handley Library. Mr and Mrs Charles Bly visiting Mrs Abbey Hockman in Strasburg will stay overnight with Mrs J F Bly before departing tomorrow for Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Federated Churchwomen
Council of Federated Church Women
Handley Library
Charles Bly
Abbey Hockman
Strasburg
J. F. Bly
Cleveland
Ohio
Wall Street Broker Dies in Office Window Fall
New York October 6 Walter S Case president of Case Pomery and Company died after a fall from the twenty sixth floor window at 120 Wall Street. Associates believe the death was accidental as he had been in poor health since an operation months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walter S. Case
Case Pomeroy and Company
Wall Street
Johnson
Case
Johnston
Man Dead From Blast In Cellar
Louis Redding, 54, died of burns from an explosion in the cellar of his Baltimore home last night. His sons Louis Jr and Richard were slightly burned by flames. Coroner Charles W. Wood opened an investigation into the unexplained blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Louis Redding
Louis, Jr
Richard
Redding
Charles W. Wood
Col Dodson Dies in Philippines
Martinsville Virginia reports the death of Col R S Dodson a former VMI commandant on Tuesday at Fort Mills Philippines He married Nell Mullins of Martinsville and his daughter Mrs Paul Roy is en route to the Philippines according to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
R. S. Dodson
Virginia Military Institute
Fort Mills
Philippine Islands
Col. Dodson
Nell Mullins
Paul Roy
Philippines
Mexico City Shaken by Moderate Early Morning Earthquake
A moderate tremor at 3 47 a m rocked buildings in Mexico City waking residents. No damage was reported despite dishes toppled and people roused from their beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Four Russian Planes Hunt For Missing Fliers
Four planes with 36 searchers under Ivan Chuknovsky departed Moscow to find Sigismund Levanevsky the so called Lindbergh of the U S R their route Archangel Rudolf Island. Commander Ivan Papanin from the Soviet Polar ice floe camp said the long polar night has begun requiring moonlight search or flare drops. Chuknovsky estimated Papanin’s camp within 350 miles of Levanevsky's crash site during a transpolar flight to the United States last August. Levanevsky’s food is due to last until about November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Chuknovsky
Moscow
Sigismund Levanevsky
Lindbergh
Rudolf Island
Archangel
Ivan Papanin
Chuknovsky
Papanin
Levanevsky
United States
World Series and football clash on radio schedule
Radio highlights New York coverage notes World Series play begins 1:15 pm with ball by ball updates. Carnegie Tech versus Purdue Army versus Columbia Northwestern versus Michigan. CBS NBC networks switch to Southern California Ohio State around 5 45 pm. Also preview demonstrations at Radio City for the business show opening October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carnegie Tech
Purdue
WJZ
NBC
Army
Columbia
WEAF
Northwestern
Michigan
Wabc-Cbs
CBS
Wjz-Nbc
Los Angeles
Radio City
MBS
Golden Melodies Orchestra
WABC
Charles E. Merriam
Chicago U
Adolph Menjou
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de Hama Daata
Mrs
Mrs. Organ
Chauncey Organ
Rahanna
David Marshall
David M. Marshall
Washington, D. C
Mexico
F. J. Marshall
Cedar Creek
Marshall
Solicitors
United States Department of Agriculture
Wade H. Marshall
Social Service Commission
Methodist Episcopal Church
Calvary Church
Muriel Lester
Kingsle Hall
London
Mover
Hite
Sarah Zane Hall
Loudoun
Winchester
Miss Pearl Roth
Herman Schneider
Ernest Roth
Jamaica
Long Island
N. Y
Shady Rest
Gore Va
Brooks’ Pharmacy
S. S. Swartz
G. C. Funkhouser
Fairfax, Va
Shenandoah Valley
Mary McDonald
Mr. Louis Wonder
David Grubbs
Hayfield
Hansbrough & Carter
Agency
Wall St
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Colonial Beauty Shop Cor
Piccadilly & Cameron
Nina V. Wolford
Frances Hajek
Louis Weiss
Queens
Harrisonburg, Va
George Abbott
John Monks, JR
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Fanchon
Huntsberry
Loudoun St
Zabans
E. Boscawen
MVE
Haldeman’s
S. Kent St
WOR
Hobby Lobby
Dave Elman
Sid Skolsky
Hollywood
Dr. S. S. Goldwater
Paul S. Sommers
One Man's Family
Walter O'Keefe
Town Hall
Cavalcade of America
Eddie Cantor
Kostelanetz
Jose Iturbi
Jessica Dragonette
Easy Aces
Eddy Duchin
Andrew Jackson
NBC Minstrels
King’s Jesters and Orchestra
the Commercial & Savings Bank
America
Civil Service
Shenandoah Valley Academy
J. Wm. Hollis
BY Bergson
Hamman
Dollar Store
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
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