Social Votes Col Mrs Thomas D Fer announces marriage in 1922
Mrs. Thomas D Fer of Alexandria announces her marriage to William H Lipscomb of Washington and Leesburg in New Ark on Oct 22 with a small dinner at the St Regis hotel. The couple will reside at Raspberry Plain Leesburg and in Washington. The bride is daughter of the late Mrs Agnes McCarthy Carson of Richmond. Lipscomb is son of the late Mr and Mrs William H Lipscomb of Manassas and a director in major companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Fer
Alexandria
Fer
Virginia Whiteside
Riverton
William H. Lipscomb
Washington and
Leesburg
Newark
St. Regis
Raspberry Plain
Washington
Virginia Statetion Commission
Agnes McCarthy Carson
Richmond
Mr. Lipscomb
Manassas
Chesapeake and Ohio the Potomac Electric Company
Calendar of Events Highlights Local Club Activities
Scout Week openings and citizenship day events include meetings at Rouss hall George Washington hotel and Braddock Street Methodist church. Activities at Berryville skating American Legion Sarah Zane Fire hall and Market Street church feature social gatherings and club sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
The
Century Club
Lewis H. Hyde
W. Boscawen St
Young People’s Dept
Braddock St. Methodist Church and Friends
Berryville
American Legion
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Board of Control
Exchange Club
Glaize Bros
Market St
Moose Club
Rebekah Lodge
Girl Scouts Award Second Class Badges in Berryville
Thirteen Girl Scouts received second class rank badges at Berryville high school auditorium during a court of awards. Awards were given by Mrs. Albert Long to a list of named scouts. an informal talk to parents followed and the troop staged a musical play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville High School
Albert Long
Marietta Ames
Rebecca A. Athey
Sandra Bowerman
Joan Brubaker
Eleanor Camper
Sue E. Clevenger
Nancy Fegeans
Nan A. Levi
Genelle Long
Barbara C. Rowland
Mary M. Thoma
Patsy Kelican
Cammie Tappan
Beth Ames
Rebecca Athey
Sue Blythe
Sue Clevenger
Barbara Hobert
Mary Thoma
Glenn Sanderlin
Poppy Day Sale Leads Berryville Auxiliary Efforts
Lloyd Williams post at Berryville hosts Poppy Day activities with Mrs Harold Scheuer and Mrs L E Williamson in charge of the sale. President Edward Harris McDonald announces committees for Child welfare, rehabilitation, program, membership, social events, refreshments, and publicity. Efforts aim to organize a girls basketball team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettove Il Ae
Lloyd Williams
Berryville
Harold Scheuer
L. E. Williamson
Edward Harris McDonald
Fred Lloyd
Jack Martin
William Rhoden
Elmo Smith
Bessie Leake
Bertha Lichliter
Smith McFillen
Fiarl Hill
William Rhoden Jr
J. W. Olcott
O Connells Entertain Church Delegates At Rutherford House
Guests from Alexandria Richmond Oak Grove and Richmond attend a three day Christ Episcopal church meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Irvan OConnell at Rutherford House in the city. The home welcome includes Mrs W W Claggett and Mrs Marie Walker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Claggett
Alexandria
E. L. Krug
Marie Walker
Richmond
Lesbia Alexander
Lena Spillman
Oak Grove
Irvan O'Connell
Rutherford House
Christ Episcopal Church
Dailey Birthday Party Honoring Patty and Ann
Mr and Mrs Arnold Dailey hosted a birthday party at their Siler home for daughters Patty 11 and Ann 16 with aunt Myrle Dailey and sister Elmer Braithwaite helping. Guests included relatives from Cross Junction Winchester Ridge Whitacre and Roy Cather area with several local residents attending. Weekend visits listed include Roy Cather Jr Christchurch student and Kitty Stephenson of William and Mary college staying with her parents.
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Miss Cather
Anne Cather
Hollins College
Mrs
Roy Catbnee
Arnold Dailey
Siler
Patty
Ann
Myrle Dailey
Elmer Braithwaite
Thelma
Ev Robert
Buddy Luttrell
Oan Bary Boca
Baker
Ao Ladysean Lamp
Reva Smee Luttrell
Donald Taylor
Cross Junction
Juanita Braithwaite
Wendall Phillips Whitacre
Eunice
Ridge
W. Va
Donnie Whitacre
Junior Hess
Donald Dailey
Sharon
Ida Hope
Gary
Winchester
Bruce Whit
Ernest Gray
A. V. Dailey
Roy Cather
Roy Cather Jr
Christchurch School
Miss Stephenson
Kitty Stephenson
Wiliam and Mary College
Mrs. H. N. Stephenson
PLENAMINS FOR VITAMIN Deficiency at Brook's Pharmacy
Vitamin supplement with vitamins A B C D E G plus liver concentrate and iron sul fate. Packaged as a 36 days supply priced at 2.50 dollars. Brook's Pharmacy advertises this product and lists phone number 6461 for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brook’s
Lesson In English From W L Gordon Note on Vocabulary
A compact 1900s style lesson notes common spelling errors and a daily word study. The entry defines ra ucous as hoarse and disagreeably harsh with an example sentence about a raucous voice. The text emphasizes vocabulary growth and using a word three times to own it.
Quiz Kid hopeful from Baltimore area highlighted
The youth was chosen to appear after competing with sixth graders from all Baltimore schools and for his high scholastic rating. He submitted an essay titled Why I Would Like To Be A Quiz Kid. Mrs Colston, his mother, is the former Miss Ruth Atwell of Winchester.
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Baltimore
Colston
Ruth Atwell
Winchester
Clarke County CROP forms to raise two carloads of food
Graham Dougherty Sr was elected chairman of the Clarke county chapter of the Christian Rural Overseas Program at Berryville. Officers include Rev J A Figg and Oscar Carr as vice chairs, Roy E Potts Sr as treasurer, and Miss Hilda Collie as secretary. The group aims to contribute two carloads of food or convertible crops for Europe and Asia with corn highlighted as best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Dougherty Sr
Clarke County
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
Berryville
J. A. Figg
White Post
Oscar Carr
Roy E. Potts Sr
Hilda Collie
Arthur Brown
Home Agent Schedules Weekly 4 H Club Meetings
Home Agent outlines weekly calendar for 4 H girls projects across Warrenton Gore Shawnee Hayfield and Middle Road clubs with meetings and demonstrations on Christmas suggestions kitchen training and completion sheets urged. Helen D Alverson to assist with kitchen demonstrations November 9 30.
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Warrenton
Gore
Helen Howards
Shawnee
Robert Snapp
Hayfield
Marcus Adams
Middle Road
Virginia Bauserman
Helen D. Alverson
White Hall Church Service Note and Local Visits
The Rev Larrick will hold a sermon at White Hall church 11 a m tomorrow. Walter Anderson family attended Marvin Snider funeral in Martinsburg. Lloyd Milburn family visited Howard Fiddler and Mrs Anna Smoke. Freeman Wilkins and son from Flint Michigan stayed with Lester Moulden. Benny Strother Evelyn Rogers Reginald Wilson visited Charlottesville. B F Strother Jim Strother traveled to Richmond for the Grange conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall
Larrick
Pess
White Hall Church
Walter Anderson
Marvin Snider
Martinsburg
Lloyd Milburn
Howard Fiddler
Cecil Barr
Anna Smoke
Freeman Wilkins
Flint
Mica
Lester Moulden
Benny Strother
Evelyn Rogers
Reginald Wilson
Charlottesville
B. F. Strother
Jim Strother
Richmond
Grange
Illinois Language Law Question Surfaces in 1923 Statute
A reader asks about an old 1923 Illinois statute cited as U4 Stapler 19 prier and A. D /P 177 which allegedly designates an American language as the official state language. A court ruling reportedly equates the American language with English in legal effect.
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Illinois
Stapler
Prier
Israel breaks off go-between peace talks with Arabs
Israel ends participation in UN mediated peace talks with Jordan Syria Lebanon and Egypt. Israel insists on direct negotiations on all political and territorial issues while Arabs reject direct talks, maintaining no change in armistice arrangements brokered by Ralph Bunche.
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Israel
Lake Success
United Nations
Iavelias Meanster
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Paris
Lausanne
Switzerland
New York
Commission
Bis
Ralph J. Bunche
Cafe Holdup Traced To Prison Breakers
Philadelphia police traced the cafe holdup to two of three inmates still at large from a Delaware workhouse. Willie Edwards and Joseph A. Lankford were identified by victims and photographs. Seven escapees were involved. five captured and in solitary confinement.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
Willie Edwards
Joseph A. Lankford
Edward Ernst
Wilmington
Penny Hill
Harry S. Shew
Stork shower honors Mrs Daniel lap in Rock Enon
A Saturday night stork shower was held for Mrs Daniel Lap with about 50 guests attending. Updates note Mrs Martha Orndorff’s return home from Winchester hospital and improved condition. Mr George Orndorff remains at Newton Baker hospital. Mrs Eltie Good’s condition unchanged at the Good home. Visitors and attendees include James Good Kernstown and the Merriner family, Jim Larrick now improved, Melvin Rump hosting Rosetta Miller Capon Springs visit, and Calv in Rump with Washington and High View relatives.
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Rock Enon
Daniel Lap
Martha Orndorff
Winchester Hospital
George Orndorff
Newton Baker Hospital
Eltie Good
Bryan Good
James Good
Kernstown
Charles Merriner
Charles Jr
Jim Larrick
Melvin Rump
Rosetta Miller
Capon Springs
Orville Miller
Washington
Calvin Rump
High View
W. Va
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee Q and A
Advice snippets on luncheon etiquette says a man need not offer to pay for a woman’s luncheon. A woman guest at a show should be seated to the host’s right at dinner. A girl should not seek her partner for a promised dance. she should wait for him to come to her.
Youth Fellowship to Hold Sunday Devotions at Gainesboro Church
The Youth Fellowship of Gainesboro Church schedules regular devotional services each Sunday at 7 p m starting tomorrow. Local visitations included Mr. and Mrs. George Patton of Senguandmaains and Mrs. Louise Ritz, with several families visiting relatives in nearby towns such as Charles Town West Virginia Berkeley Springs Martinsburg Winchester and Ridgeway WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro
Youth Fellowship
J. W. McIlwee
George Patton
Largest known horse race bet in United States history
The largest bet on record in the United States was for $250,000. This sum has been wagered on two known occurrences, highlighting a historic peak in betting stakes.
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United States
Why the Year Is Split Into Fifty-Two Weeks
The year is divided into 52 weeks in a way that seems arbitrary. The 365 day year was likely chosen as the nearest whole number of days to the solar year.
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Whitside
William Lipscomb
Nancy Bond
Allen Bond
James Reinhart
Navy
Notre Dame
Jack Hill
Rochester, N. Y
Biddeston
Ernest E. McIntyre
Fairfax Lane
Arthur W. Slocum
Norristown
David P. Martha
8. Blount Mason
R. of
Robert Y
Feceman
Brown
Winchester Front Royal
Rouss Hall
Girl Scouts
O’connells
Mr. Jones
New York Institute
John Jones
Loudoun St
New York Institute of Photography
Mrs. Kline
Mother
C. E. Kline
Valley Ave
Charles Hammack
Mr. Lenttz
Mark Lentz
H. F. Lentz
Toms Brook
Presbyterian Church
C. Brooks
Herbert Solenberger
Henry Brown
Bertha Williams
Randolph Shields
Alexanders
James R. Alexanndr
Betty Berry Alexander
Harry Karl Williams
Harrisonburg Methodist Church
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
Gaunt's Drug Store
W. L. Gordon
Robert Colston
Clarke
Home Agent's
Cafe Holdup
Roberta Lee
Virginia
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hodgson & Brown
Winchester, _ Va
Hill’s
Hallowe’en
N. Loudoun St
Sassin
Anne Adams
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
N. Y
the Food Center
N. Main St
Toyland
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun
Field Crest
St. Mary’s
Cather
Margaret O’brien
Elizabeth Taylors
Timberlake
Olal
Northern
Perwer Company
Reddy
Cordova
N. Cameron St
Crosley Shelvador
Bayliss & Patterson
Ft. Shelvador
Bill Battaille
Claude Smalts
Joseph Schroth
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