University Women Discuss State Welfare in Winchester
The Winchester branch of the American Association of University Women held an October meeting on October 20 at Miss Edith Light's home with Miss Marian Laughton as hostess. Mrs. George G. Snarr spoke on the public welfare system in Virginia and its reform efforts focusing on crime prevention and mental hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Edith Light
Marian Laughton
George G. Snarr
Virginia
Social Calendar of Club Meetings and Events
A week of meetings and events is listed including the Men's Athletic Club at the club rooms Monday at 7 30 p m and 8 p m semi monthly McKin A Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star. Lions Club luncheon Tuesday at 12 30 p m in the George Washington Hotel. Century Club meeting at Mrs Lewis H Hyde 3 30 p m. Girls Athletic Club play The Worlds All Right at Colonial Theatre 8 00 p m. Kiwanis Luncheon Wednesday at George Washington Hotel. Winchester Lodge Elks 8 00 p m. Grace Lutheran Adult Choir practice 8 15 p m. Rotary Club Thursday 12 45 p m at George Washington Hotel. Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion Friday 1 00 p m and Girl Scout tea Friday afternoon at Mrs Walter H Bosserman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Century Club
Lewis H. Hyde
West Boscawen Street
Preservation” of Girls
Athetic Club
Colonial Theatre
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Robert Y. Conrad Post
The
American Legion
Walter H. Bosserman
Nurses' Director Unit Holds Annual Meeting
The Virginia State Nurses Association board met at Miss Mary I. Mastin's Bowlers Virginia home with directors including Miss Helen Zeigler Memorial Hospital Miss Charlotte Phiffer Stuart Circle Hospital Mrs Jessie Farris former Richmond nurse superintendent Miss Mary Marshall Hampton Miss Lillian Anderson Winchester and Miss Blanch Webb Norfolk. Hallowe en Ball At Hotel Wednesday Oct 31. The Lions Club will sponsor the Hallowe en dance at the George Washington Hotel on October 31 with dancing nine to one and Soddy Haines and his Virginians providing music. Mrs H T Oxnard to Entertain will host a luncheon for friends in Upperville guests include Mrs William Beverley and her mother Mrs Palmer of Berryville Mrs Melvin Green Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd and Mrs Raymond Baby. Mr Maurice Grim of Shawnee Avenue who has suffered hay fever and asthma is now slightly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wood
Clara Wood
Clarke County
Edwin Amiss Palmer
Richmond
William Beverley
Milton Valley
Virginia State Nurses Association
Mary I. Mastin
State Department of Health
Bowlers
Miss Mastin
Helen Zeigler
Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Phiffer
Stuart Circle Hospital
Jessie Farris
Mary Marshall
Hampton
Lillian Anderson
Winchester
Blanch Webb
Norfolk
George Washington Hotel
The
Lions Club
Soddy Haines
H. T. ‘Oxnard
Henry T. Oxnard
Upperville
Palmer
Berryville
Melvin Green
Richard Evelyn Byrd
City
Raymond Baby
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Annefield Cup Race and Tea at Watkins Home
Invitations issued for the Annefield Cup Race to be run Wednesday Oct 31 with a tea after at the home of Mr and Mrs William Bell Watkins. Music Lovers Club to rehearse Tuesday Oct 23 at 7 30 pm at Mrs Frank L Buckley No 20 South Stewart Street. 28 Day Club meets Oct 24 at Tokus Inn near Opequon President C C Brannon in charge.
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Annefield
Music Lovers’ Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Tokus Inn
Opequon
C. C. Brannon
Local residents and visitors listed in social notices
Over a dozen short items record residents and guests traveling or visiting family in Virginia and other towns. The notes name Michael Apostopolous, Lela Rosenberger, W Nelson Len, Captain Frederick Rutledge, Percy Randolph, Penn Lyman, Robert Nelson, Harry K Russell, Mary Greenway Russell, J Victor Arthur, W A Baker, Edwin Hinks, Camilla Simpson, Louise Martin, Mary Blake, a brace of students and friends, plus trips to Baltimore Knox ville Strasburg Woodstock Florence S C and a church gathering by Christian Endeavorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Russell
Mary Greenway Russell
J. Victor ‘Arthur
Baltimore
Ladies to Travel to Baltimore on Wednesday
Mrs John M Steck Sr Mrs Lewis H Hyde Mrs Thomas W Harrison and Mrs Joseph Massie will motor to Baltimore on Wednesday where they will spend the eventful portion of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Steck, Sr
Lewis H. Hyde
Thomas W. Harrison
Joseph Massie
Baltimore
Byrd Family Guests To Visit Boston Home
Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr and Mrs. Lucy Byrd Elliott of Boston will arrive on Tuesday October 30 to stay with Mrs. Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr at her Amherst street residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr
Lucy Byrd Elliott
Boston
Mass
Richard Evelyn Byrd, Sr
Amherst Street
Large Area To Be Put Back In Public Domain
The government plans to return about 5 009 000 acres of sub marginal farm land to public domain by year end. Farm and relief officials report 40 land purchase projects totaling roughly 4 000 000 acres, in addition to 1 000 000 acres already bought or under contract. Purchases come from a $25 million fund with an extra $50 million later allocated, though legality of using relief money for land buys has been questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sib- al
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
AAA
Surplus Relief Corporation
Roosevelt
Little Theatre Thanks Supporters for Sun-Up Production
The Little Theatre expresses gratitude to numerous individuals for their interest and assistance in the Sun-Up production. Acknowledgments include directors, performers, and supporters from Rice's Music Store, Baldrige, Capitol Theatre staff, and other local contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Little Theatre
E. P. Browning, Jr
Lucille MacCallum
Harry Hanst
Polly Harrison
Paul Rhodes
Benton McCall
Harry Kern, Jr
W. W. Glass
William Harris
Phillip Glaize
Virginia T. Boyd
Mary Miller
Virginia Lupton
Louis Barton
A. M. Field
George Smith
Mary Darden
Lucile Seal
Edith Cornwell
Rice’s
Mac Solenberser
Scott and Campbell Pace Across Timor Sea Toward Port Darwin
Scott and Campbell push toward Port Darwin 2084 miles behind, while Dutch team Parmen tier Moll and crew strive to close the 4 hour gap aboard a Douglas machine. Mollison and wife Amy are believed out of the race at Allahabad. Jones and Waller hold fourth on a De Havilland comet. Scott breaks his England Australia record, completing the journey in about 52 hours, eclipsing his prior 8 days 20 hours 47 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. D. Parmentier
J. J. Moll
Scott
Port Darwin
Timor Sea
James J. Mollison
Amy
Allahabad
India
Jones
Cathcart Jones
Ken Waller
Great Britain
Black
England
Australia
Death demand voiced in Mrs. A. S. Stoll kidnapping case
In Louisville, William Stoll urged that death be imposed on the kidnapper Thomas Henry Robinson Jr. and his relatives. Federal agents led by Melvin Purvis hunted suspects north of the Ohio River as Mrs. Robinson faces indictment with possible death penalty. Arraignment planned for tomorrow, bond resistance anticipated, as Nashville officials await capias for Robinson Sr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Alice Speed Stoll
William Stoll
Louisville Board of Trade
Thomas Henry Robinson, Jr
Ohio River
Melvin H. Purvis
John Dillinger
Cincinnati
Robinson
Archbishop Athenagoras Visits Harrisonburg on Route to Fredericksburg
Archbishop Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church, based in New York with a nine state diocese, stayed with Gus Julius and George Rontopoulos in Harrisonburg on his way from Roanoke to Fredericksburg. He praised Harrisonburg as a bustling small city and said he plans to return next winter for a longer visit after touring the Valley, then continued to Winchester and Fredericksburg for Greek Church dedication events. His itinerary included attendance at Roosevelt’s veterans hospital dedication in Roanoke and a Greek Church dedication in Fredericksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Athenagoras
New York
Gus Julius
George Rontopoulos
Fredericksburg
Roanoke
Roosevelt
Veterans Hospital
Winchester
Cooking School Closes After Record Attendance
The Retail Grocers Association annual cooking school closed Friday with a record attendance. Mrs. Mary A. Rich of Baltimore oversaw the four day program and voiced pleasure with the turnout. The association, representing home owned groceries and meat markets, sponsored the project and thanked attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Grocers Association
Mary A. Rich
Baltimore
Mayors Back Shenandoah Business Schools Plan
A Shenandoah County meeting led by Co. V. Shoemaker endorses FERA education plan to open grouped business schools in New Market Mt. Jackson Woodstock Edinburg and Strasburg housing by local towns. Courses include typing shorthand bookkeeping and business arithmetic with no tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Superintendent of Schools Co. V. Shoemaker
Proup Business
FERA
Hugh Morrison
G. A. Woods
New Market
J. Lee Stonsburner
Mt. Jackson
Houston H. Newman
Edinburg
G. G. Crawford
Strasburg
Borden
Toms Brook
Earl R. Miley
Shenandoah County School Board
John P. Will
Tractor Returns to Base After Polar Expedition
Little America reports Tractor No. 1 with a four man crew returning from a reconnaissance eastward to Edsel Ford range. They discovered an ice ridden plateau extending far south in Marie Byrd Land. Admiral Byrd and Pilot Harold I June discussed next flights as a 90 day field season begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little America
Antarctica
Mackay
Edsel Ford Range
Harold I
Marie Byrd Land
Admiral Byrd
States
Rockefeller Mountains
King Edward Vit Land
June
Traffic Check on West Virginia Route 5 Over Shenandoah Mountain
The West Virginia State Roads Commission studied traffic over the Shenandoah Mountain crest to decide if Route No. 5 from the mountain top to Franklin will receive an oil coat funded in the next highway allocation. Over two days last week about 140 to 150 vehicles passed, averaging roughly 70 per day across sixteen hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Mountain
Rawley Springs
West Virginia State Roads Commission
Mountain Top
Franklin
Virginia Highway Commission
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Tage
Margaret Hurst
Public Welfare Board
Jaes Miler
Ben Rinker
Samuel Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Lee Whitacre
Whitacre
Lester Kerlin
F. W. Forney
Ren. F. Rinker
Middletown
Costello
Marcus Costello
Alleghany Hospital
Cumberland
Mary Dolores Costello
Dolores Levering
Augusta
West Virginia
Claris V. Arnold
W. L. Arnold
C. J. Sherman
George T. Sherman
Sherman
Lewis Hyde
Scotland
H. Clay deGrange
Miss Payne
Nannie Tucker Payne
W. Nelson Page
Washington
Cathedral School
Anne Carr Russell
Jane Bickers
Johnny Rhodes
Johnny Harris
Men's Athletic Club
McKin
Order of Eastern
Maurice Grim
Shawnee Avenue
Allen-A
Huntsherry
Michael Apostopolous
Greece
Lela Rosenberger
Knoxville
Tenn
G. Miller O’rear
Andrew Jackson Hotel
W. Nelson Len
Thursday Bridge Club
Frederick Rutledge
Hot Springs
Shirley Street
Percy Randolph
Robert Nelson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Robert B. Nelson
West Bos~caven Street
W. A. Baker
Atlantic City
N.J
South Washington Street
Edwin Hinks
Robert W. Ward
Camilla Simpson
John Heber Flood
Louise Martin
J. J. Martin
White Post
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Mary Blake
Fairfax
John On
Woodland Avenue
Carper
Virginia Steck
Vassar College
Mary White
Old Greenwich
Conn
Frederick Bush
John E. Bush
Bethlehem
Christian Endeavorers
M. 8. Loy
Georgia Gearint
James
Jessie Hillard
Mildred Frances Hackley
William Miller
Snake Farm
Kathryn Harper
James Anderson
Richard Carpenter
Florence
S. C
Miss Harper
W. B. Harper
Shirley Tem
Ple
Margaret L. Hodgson
Park Davis & Co
Little Theatre Voices Thanks For
Campbell
A. S. Stoll
J. Sparks
Sparks
Q. L. Althaisser
Nashville
Capias
American Bankers Association
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Shenandoah
Prom City
GIRLS
Sah
West Virginia Road Board
Commercial & Savings Bank
Underwood
Loudoun St
Telephone
Sauer’s
YAMA
Your
R. G. A. Grocer
Loudoun
R. M. Swimley
East Geo. Washington Hotel
N. Loudoun St
Rock Creek
Eeans
SUEDE
Vesta
Lovett Brothers
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