Modern Etiquette Q and social notes from Winchester
A reader asks etiquette questions about hosting and toasts. The article also lists numerous social visits and movements of locals such as Boyd Headley Jr at Berea College and gatherings in Winchester, Richmond, and Washington with mentions of families, trips, and events through late 1930s era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Headley, Jr
Berea College
Boyd G. Headley
Handley
B. G. Headley
Valley Avenue
Berea
David Headley
Interdiction Issued Against George Crabtree in Winchester
In Winchester Police Justice Court on October 2, 1939, George Crabtree was found guilty of illegal possession and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The court ordered a one year interdiction preventing Crabtree from buying alcohol, filed with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
City of
Winchester
Commonwealth of Virginia
George Crabtree
Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
Vieinia’ Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Donald L. Weems
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
John P. McLaughlin
Calendar of Thursday and Friday Local Meetings
Activities include G A A dinner at Wayside Inn Middletown Community Chorus at Mrs Crowser West Cecil St Stage Door tryouts at the Little Theatre studio Modern Woodmen of America meeting at Odd Fellows Hall Friday Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel Junior Board of Trade meeting at George Washington Hotel Woodmen of World gathering at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Earl Crowser
West Cecil Street
New Little Theatre
Studio
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
R. Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Junior Board of Trade
Woodmen of World
Local Notables See Recoveries and Visits in Winchester
Mrs B Brooke Smith wife of B Brooke Smith of Winchester recovering after major thyroid operation in Richmond performed by Dr Stuart Michaux with Attending doctors Dr O O Ashworth A Stevens Graham and M Morris Pinkney. Miss Jane Bickers gradually improving after July auto accident near Charlottesville and may return home in weeks. Mrs Evva Stouffer Noel former Winchester resident soloist with Phil Spitalny violinist in Washington and Miss Jeanne Sprint visiting with District Nurse work in Williamsburg. Mrs Kimmel returns to Washington after two week visit. Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr and Miss Mary Warden Boyd in Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Brooke Smith
Winchester
Stuart Circle Hospital
Richmond
Vsc
Stuart Michaux
Virginia
O. O. Ashworth
A. Stevens Graham
M. Morris Pinckney
Michaux
Jane Bickers
Charlottesville
University Hospital
Anne Kerr Russell
Anne Tucker Payne
Evva Stouffer Noel
Ww Mn
D. C
Capitol Theatre
Phil Spitalny
All Girl
Fred L. Glaize, Sr
Mary Warden Boyd
Washington, D. C
Rum Soaked Crooks Cigars Smoked Straight
Advertisement notes Rum Soaked Crooks cigars described as wine mellow. Two for five cents and a box of fifty for $1.15, with Brooks' Pharmacy contact at phone 766.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straight Brooks
Miss Mary Joel Kramer Weds Jack Hoffenberg in Washington
Mr and Mrs Phillip Kramer announce the marriage of their daughter Joel Kramer to Mr Jack Hoffenberg. The ceremony occurred Thursday October 5 at Wardman Park Hotel Washington at noon with Dr Norman Gersteweld officiating. Miss Bessie Kramer sister of the bride served as maid of honor and Mr Harry Hoffenberg was best man. A wedding breakfast followed and the cake served as centerpiece. Mrs Hoffenberg, a Handley High School and Abbott Art School graduate, has lived in Washington DC for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Kramer
Joel Kramer
Jack Hoffenberg
Wardman Park
Washington, D. C
Norman Gersteweld
Bessie Kramer
Harry Hoffenberg
Miss Minnie Dodson Weds Robert Sutphin in Elizabeth City
Announcement of Miss Minnie Dodson and Mr. Robert Sutphin marriage dated October 11 in Elizabeth City North Carolina with Rev Hiram K King officiating. The bride, daughter of John W Dodson and wife of Washington Virginia, wore a dark velvet dress. Sutphin, former U S Navy, is retired and they reside in Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Dodson
Robert Sutphin
Elizabeth City
N. C
Hiram K. King
First Methodist Church
John W. Dodson
Washington
Winchester
Sutphin
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
Stage Door tryouts draw forty five hopefuls in city
About 45 people attended the final tryouts for the Stage Door cast at the Little Theatre directed by C Ridgely White. The sessions were held last night on the second floor studio in the McVicar building on West Boscawen Street. White invites non members and members alike to another session tonight at 7 45 in the studio to fill all parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stage Door
Little Theatre
C. Ridgely White
McVicar
West Boscawen Street
White
Amateur Dramatic Organization
New Children’s Shop Opens in Winchester on West Boscawen
The Children’s Shop on West Boscawen Street will open tomorrow in Winchester. Miss Eleanor Scully operates the store with assistance from Mrs. Douglas DuShane, offering merchandise for children up to six years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Boscawen Street
Eleanor Scully
Winchester
Miss Scully
Douglas DuShane
Royal Britons Tour French Front Lines By Dophins
The Duke of Windsor and the Duke of Gloucester toured the front in France with the British Expeditionary Force. They inspected pillboxes breastworks and trenches, accompanied by senior commanders, in a delayed field report dated Oct 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Duke of Windsor
Duke of Gloucester
Lord Aoe
Treasury Receipts and Debits October 17 Summary
Treasury reports October 17 receipts of $7,343,719.97 and expenditures of $52,654,898.69. The excess over receipts stands at $1,274,282,240.96. Gross debt totals $40,905,125,767.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Treasury
Baltimore Market Quotation Summary and Across-Nation Reports
Oct 19 market notes show mixed produce and livestock values in Baltimore, with apples and other produce steady to dull and cattle hogs sheep varying by class. Chicago and Philadelphia markets follow, noting hog receipts up, weaker prices, and assorted commodity quotes across eggs, poultry, dairy, and selected stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Grimes
Smokehouse
Jonathans
McIntosh
Hubbardstons
Yorks
U. S
New Jersey
U. 8
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Philadelphia
U.S
Stock Market Report Feels War Buying Feel In Quiet Session
Aircraft shares spark mild buying fever at session start as gains range from fractions to two points for favorites. Offerings push prices down across categories as dealings thin and trends stay highly indecisive near mid session. War mood prompts traders to weigh near term arms demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Armis
Grain price fluctuations and inland cash quotes report
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets show wheat fluctuating within a one cent range with some profit taking by mills. Western drought limits demand while Canadian exports to Britain and Scandinavia rise. Cash grain shows varying No 1 yellow and mixed corn prices, soybeans, oats and barley figures with additional regional notes from Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Great Britain
Scandinavia
Chicago Cash Grain
Red Top
al Sike
Baltimore Grain
Berryville Social News Highlights Local Guests and Travels
Mrs. E Jaquelin Smith hosts her brother William Meade Thompson and family from Bremerton Washington visiting en route to the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs with plans to stay in Annapolis Maryland. Other social items note Miss Emily McCormick hosting relatives, beauty show attendance in Washington, and Lt Raymond Parshall’s new posting as Air Safety Investigator in Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Jaquelin Smith
William Meade Thompson
Bremerton
Wash
Nina
Doris Thompson
West
San Francisco World's Fair
Carter Family Returns to Richmond as Wedding Nears
Mr and Mrs Spencer Carter visit from Rosney Clarke county return to Richmond for the winter ahead of their daughter Susan Roy Carters wedding to Fielding Lewis Williams of Richmond planned next month. Arch ibald Cummins hosts visitors at Caryswood with Miss Maria Williams assisting missions in South Carolina and Deaconess Williams once led a Virginia mission school. Grace Church will be led by Canon G Freeland Peter until Reverend Ernest H Williams arrives around November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Lewis
Avon-by-the-Sea, N. J
Emily McCormick
South Church Street
Spencer Carter
Rosney
Clarke County
Richmond
Mrs. Carter
Susan Roy Carter
Fielding Lewis Williams
Peter Williams
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Archibald Cummins
Caryswood
Maria Williams
Mrs. Cummins
South Carolina
Fntrest of Missions
Williams
Dant
Canon G. Freeland Peter
Bethesda
Grac Episcopal Church
Ernest H. Williams
Blackfoot
Idaho
Grace Church
Rowles To Be Tried Tomorrow In Burglary Charge
Arthur Rowles was arrested earlier this week by Sheriff Bywaters and Deputy DeHaven on a larceny charge and will be tried in Corporation Court tomorrow morning on breaking and entering Ashby Sprint property. The indictment was returned previously before Rowles was taken into custody on another charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Rowles
Bywaters
DeHaven
Corporation Court
Ashby Sprint
Bowles
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Roberta Lee
Rncatt
Mart Carper
Harry Carper
Allamong
Ok Lester Loy
Chesterbrook
Alger Coffman
Kenzil Whitacre
R. L. Jones
Robert Forney
Richmond, Va
L. E. Arme
South Cameron Street
D. M. Kater
Willie Belle Kater
Hagerstown
Ann Williams
Phyllis Fowle
Jean Shryock
Dorothy Robinson
Jonedith Henry
Randolph- Macon Military Academy
Front Royal
Hunter Strowbridge
Benjamin Whiteside
Son, Allen
Asheville, N. C
Mim Russell Psorormak and Sons
Martinsburg, Va
Ray Fries
Greenspring
Albert Baker
John Randolph Graham
New York City
Robert Ward
South Washington Street
Frances Jones
Boston
Mass
Mary McFadden
Annie McFadden
Washington, D. .C
Peoples Drug Store
Evva Noel
Jeanne Sprint
Williamsburg
J. Ashby Sprint
W. B. Snider & Son
Mary Joel Kramer
America
Cobbie
Royal Britons
the Belvedere
RED Cross
Cobbies
Bellaire
Huntsberry’s
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Underwood
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
State Chamber
Josephine Wolford
Virginia Horticulture Society
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
Baltimore Livestock
al. Chem
Can
AM. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Genl
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Watl. Dairy
N. Y.C
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
Texas Corp
U.S. Steel
Va. Car. Chem
Va. Car Pfd
Western Union
Woolworth
Stock Market Report
Haldeman’s Milk
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Berryville
Social News
Martha Ferguson
John D. Ferguson
J. Gray Beverley
Rosemont Orchards
West Cork Street
Lynn Dunkle
Annabelle
Gertrude Dennis
Raleigh
Leon
London
Eng
Horace Smithy
Rose Hill
Charles F. McGuire
Smithy
McGuire
C. T. A. McCormick
W. T. Lewis
F. B. Whiting
Mary O'Fallon
John Thomas
O’fallon
Nora Moore
Katharine MacDonald
John B. Neill
Frank M. Wray
Clara Cheek
Memorial Hospital
Wincchester
Mrs. Cheek
Roanoke
Raymond Parshall
Alameda
Calif
Elizabeth Parshall
Parshall
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Ft. Worth
Texas
L. A. Hudson
Albin
U.S. C
Rowles
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Pifer Printing CO
Fairmont
S. Loudoun
Loudoun Street
Loudoun
Miller’s Drug Store
Amherst
West Water
Morningside Drive
N. H. Burkhart
S. Main
Capon River
White “D
Care Star
Joe
Clara Fultz Ben
Shenandoah Ave
Bella Chriffo
Hayfield
P. D
Tare Star
K. Carpenter
W” Car Star
W. A
C. E
Rawleigh
Dept
Vaj
Richmond, Nae
Beau
Rosemma’s
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