Local Society Notes Highlight Weddings and Social Events
Wedding announcements include Miss Lydia Whitmore hosting Hoffman and Mr. Hardesty with decor in orange and black at Burnt Factory church. A cabaret dance by The Littletre Inc unfolds after Private Lives at Capitol Theatre with dance acts and Elsie Mae Gaunt songs. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Taylor announce the marriage of Helen Kathryn to Thomas E. Dorton performed in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnt Factory Church
Lydia Whitmore
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Hoffman
Mr. Hardesty
Littleeatre, Inc
Capitol Theatre
Misses Williams
Virginia Seal
Kenneth Bartlett
Elsie Mae Gaunt
Soddy Haines
Mary Steck
Polly B. Harrison
George Washington Hotel
C. L. Taylor
Welltown
Helen Kathryn
Thomas E. Dorton
Hagerstown
Carter
Maggie E. Dorton
C. A. Dorton
Kernstown
Handley High School
Handley Band
Dorton
Bond Brothers’ Orchard
Maude McKee
Asbury Jackson
Warren N. Daugherty
Pauline Hoffman
Thomas F. Hardesty
N. W. Hoffman
Congregational Christian Church
E. W. Cather
West Boscawen Street
Turner Couple Preparing to Reside in Sparta North Carolina
Mr and Mrs P W Turner plan to establish residence in Sparta NC soon with Mr Turner linked to the Bureau of Public Roads and Mrs Turner formerly Miss Constance Buckley of Winchester. They currently stay at Stewart Inn with Mrs F L Buckley, Mrs Turner's mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Turner
Sparta
N. C
Turner
Bureau of Public Roads
Front Royal
Social calendar highlights weekly meetings and events
The list covers the week’s social calendar at the George Washington Hotel and local venues. Events include Girl Scout programming, American Legion Auxiliary, Lions Club luncheons, Modern Woodmen, Kiwanis Club, BPOE lodge, choir practice, Rotary Club, Halloween party, Civic League, Little Theatre, and Handley High School dance with venue details and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary
R. E B. Griffith
West Clifford Street
Lions
Winchester Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Camp Hall
North Loudoun Street
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge
Ellis
Piccadilly and
Braddock
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Braddock Street
M. E. Church
South
Young People’s Division
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
The
Civic League
Hotel Jack Coffee Shop
Handley High School
Halloween Social At United Brethren Church
The annual Hallowe en social by the Christian Endeavor groups of United Brethren Church occurs tomorrow at 7 30 p m with music by the Virginia Woolen Mill Quartet a playlet Mammy Explains Halloween and another The Teacher Takes A Trip plus games coin guessing grab bags and refreshments All proceeds go to the church fund
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
United Brethren Church
Christian Endeavor Societies of the Church
Church Fund
Mary Cather
Virginia Woolen Mill Quartet
Hallowe’en
Rexall One Cent Sale Brings Big Bargains This Week
Imagine three full size tubes of milk of Magnesia toothpaste for 26c during Rexall One Cent Sale. The event runs Wednesday through Saturday October 30 to November 2 offering over 250 terrific bargains across four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Large Store Is Razed By Fire At Marshall Va
A major blaze destroyed the F. R. Johnston general merchandise store in Marshall Virginia causing damages estimated between 10000 and 30000 dollars. Firemen from nearby towns battled the fire for hours as wind fanned flames. Investigators could not yet determine a cause, and insurance partially covered the loss. Hundreds of townspeople helped bucket brigades to save neighboring structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Leesburg
Beatty Brothers
Charles St. Ramey
Miss Ayler
Marshall
Harringtons Arrive in Winchester for Extended Stay
Mr and Mrs Harrington from Staunton arrive in Winchester and plan to spend several months at the Stewart Inn. Mr Harrington works with the United States Department of Agriculture. Richard Faxon, also with the USDA, who has been at the Hotel Jack, has been transferred and hopes to return to Winchester in the future. Arthur Shull Jr a University of Cincinnati student visits his parents on National Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Tabor
Winchester
Virginia State Grange
Harrisonburg
Jack
Mr. Tabor
National Grange
Hattie Burkle
Mrs. Harrington
City
H. L. Harrington
Staunton
Stewart Inn
Mr. Harrington
United States Department of Agriculture
Richard Faxon
United States Department
Virginia
Arthur Shull, Jr
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mrs
Arthur Shull
National Avenue
Famed Play Private Lives Draws Noted Commentary
The Winchester Theatre presents Noel Coward's Private Lives on November 1 with Richard Griffith Jr. and Mary Lyman, echoing early 1931 critiques praising direction and acting as essential to the farce about two couples on parallel honeymoons. The piece notes Coward’s refined eye for witty, lifelike lines and the show’s sync between text and performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Co
Winchester
New York
Noel Coward
Gertrude Lawrence
Little Theatre Group
Richard Griffith, Jr
Mary Lyman
Von Starhemberg May Get Sceptre From Austrians
Vienna reports supporters of Austria's vice chancellor Prince Ernest Von Starhemberg advocate making him regent by Christmas. The prince, allied with Mussolini and opposed to an immediate Hapsburg restoration, has gained cabinet influence as the Heimwehr leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Ernest von Starhemberg
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hapsburg
Heimwehr
Home Guard
Special Services Start Tonight at Church of Christ
Special services open tonight at 7 30 o clock and run through November 7 at the Church of Christ. Rev Carl R Cheek of Cowardin Avenue Christian Church Richmond will preach each evening with special music. Subjects include The Church at Prayer The Mind of the World The Church in the Wilderness Our Human Predicament The Romance of Faith Maranatha The Man Next Door A Paraclete Religion Without A Cross Discovering the Real Jesus The Surprise of the Unseen Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Carl R. Cheek
Cowardin Avenue Christian Church
Richmond
George Earl Owen
Mr. Cheek
Maranatha
Jesus
Pete Survives 16-Story Scaffold Fall at Work
Pete begins his downward plunge after a scaffold fails on a sixteenth floor shaft. He grabs an elevator cable to slow his fall, suffers burns and broken ribs, and is saved only by arrival of colleagues. Tom Tyler also fell ill and Pete is warned never to work on April 1 again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Gibbons
Peter Bilden
Pete Bilden
Pete
Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company
Tom Tyler
American Surety Building
New York
Broadway
Gods of Fortune
Executions by Sword Overrifed by Firing Squad Error
A Collier's Weekly note recounts a 1026 event in Hunan Province where a firing squad failed to kill the condemned man and instead killed their own commanding officer J She Lei Tian of Tientsin China highlighting Chinese marksmanship flaws in executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunan
J. She-Lei-Tian
Tientsin
China
Collier's Weekly
Local Gardener Displays Record Potatoes
Levi P. Boyd of Cedar Grove in the county showed three oversized White Northern potatoes from his garden weighing 114.1 and 1 pounds. He planted about half a bushel and dug 12 bushels this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi P. Boyd
Cedar Grove
Boyd
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Helen Kathryn Taylor
Thomas Dorton
Maxine Morris
Polly B. HarrisonMiss
Miss Morris
Caroline Durette
David Scott
R. E. Griffith
Little Theatre
R. Gray Williams
Hallowe’en Social
U. B. Group
Keystone State
Pennsylvania
Market Street Methodist Church
Evelyn Bowser
Alum Bank
Roy Smith
New Paris
W. M. Brashears
Smith
Howard Smith
Frances Boyer
Cimuma
Margaret L. Hodgson
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Rexall Drug Store
London Stock Exchange
Defoe
von Starhemberg
Loudoun St
Wmisks
Lovett’s
N. Loudoun St
Kayser
Clara VY. Fultz Shoppe
Deeg
ING
Big Joe
For
ASCO
Victor
Acme
Eer
the Bank
American Bankers Association
Bankers Association
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lovett Brothers
Styles
Oakland
Heo
R. M. Swimley
George Washington
Hamman’s Dollar Store
Underwood
Telephone
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