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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1938

Page

8

Social and Personal Notes from Virginia Delta Richmond

First late summer meeting of Beta Sigma Phi highlights include a photo from the capitol Bermuda and plans for rushing. Miss Alice Taylor serves as Rush Captain while Margaret Horan’s treasure trove pamphlet is discussed. Also notes on a Yard Party fundraiser and local church aid meeting precede baby show results with Hester Barr winning all-around honors.

Alice Taylor Virginia Sergoa Virginia Delta Richmond Beta Sigma Phi Bermuda Alicelor Margaret Horan National W. K. Sirbaugh Treasuries Bowling Jr Virginia Iion Cecil Barr Yi Hester Barr Berryville Hars Stanley Clara Clevenger Clevenger Grimes County Barr

Rexall Store Holds August Sale at Brooks Pharmacy

Rexall Store announces an August sale at Brooks Pharmacy offering best values. The Rexall Store name appears with the Brooks Pharmacy phone contact 766, inviting customers to shop for discounted items and health essentials.

Rexall Brooks’ Pharmacy

Calendar of Events

Friday 8 30 p m Senior C E Church of Christ will hold weiner roast at home of Mrs Hoye Smith on Senseney Road 6 00 p m First Bathing Beauty Contest of Winchester to be held in swimming pool in American Legion building 8 00 p m Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Christian Church will meet tonight with Mrs Edgar Nelson of East Cork street extended Saturday 10 30 p m One of the last of a series of Saturday night dances held at the Winchester Golf Club.

Ee Aid Society Ladies Aid Cereonal Christian Church Edgar Nelson East Cork Street S Agar No. 1 Eeting C. E. Church of Christ Hoye Smith Senseney Road Winchester American Legion Ladies Aid Society The Congregational Christian Church

Sunday Songsters to perform at Grace Lutheran class

The Sunday Songsters, a local quartet, will lead sacred music at Grace Lutheran Church Sunday morning. Allen Franks sings lead with Maynard McKee, Russell McKee, and William Anderson as quartet members. Rev. Carl Honeycutt of Marion, Virginia will teach, and the class orchestra will play. All are invited.

Grace Lutheran Church Allen Franks Maynard McKee Russell McKee William Anderson Carl Honeycutt Marion

Bridge party honors Mrs Marsten by Bauserman and Brown ladies

Mrs Bauserman and Mrs Brown entertained Monday night at a bridge party for Mrs Lester Marsten of Clearwater Florida. Three tables played with C A Hobert winning high, Hunter Gaunt second, and Mrs Marsten given guest prize. Attendants included Urban Sheetz Paul Anderson J H Taylor Charles A Baker Brooke Punk C A Hobert Gaunt Jack Lindsey Jack Crowl and Albert L Larrick. Also 121 attended the second annual Andrew Jackson Johnson descendants reunion at Priests Field Jefferson County West Virginia. Dinner followed. Officers named C D Johnson president William A Johnson vice president secretary Marianna Johnson treasurer Garland Johnson to hold next on the second Sunday in August.

Milton D. Bauserman William F. Brown Lester Marsten Clearwater Fla C. A. Hobert Hunter Gaunt Marston Urban Sheetz Paul Anderson J. H. Taylor Charles A. Baker Brooke Punk Jack Lindsey Jack Crowl Albert L. Larrick Abner I. Johnson Lawrence Sutter Joan Andrew Jackson Johnson Priests’ Field Jefferson County W. Va C. D. Johnson Abletown Willam A. Johnson Martinsburg Cretary Marianna Johnson Garland Johnson Marinsburg

Flower Show Plans and Local Exhibits Highlight Club Meeting

The Old Fredericktown Garden Club hosted Mrs. John F. Rodman Jr. as hostess. plans for the fall Flower Show at George Washington Hotel on Sept 15 were discussed along with prize ribbons for various arrangements. Other items note Miss Dorothy Ewing’s dance studio reopening Oct 1, Evy Shields headed to Shanghai for teaching duties, and local marriages and movie appearances by area residents.

Fredericktown Garden Club John F. Rodman, Jr Cumberland Lohr Capper George Washington Hotel George Snarr Wilbur Krise D. J. Howard Sam Preston Dailey Slonaker Cpward H. I Slonaker W. R. Legge T. Russell Cather Harold Brown A. T. Hawthorne Evy Shields Vancouver China Shanghai Shanghai-Amercan

Mrs J H Light to Teach Classes at Braddock Street Church

Mrs O L Jamison has arranged a joint program for the Margaret Collins Denny and Comrade Bible classes at Braddock Street M E Church for Sunday at 9 45. Mrs John I Sloat will be soloist with a message in song. In September the joint sessions continue with Mr J H Light teaching the session and Mr Fred Morgan returning from New York City visit.

J. H. Light Braddock Street O. L. Jamison Margaret Collins Denny and Comrade Bible M. E John I. Sloat Margaret Collins

Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee on Invitations and Etiquette

The column discusses differences between church and house wedding invitations noting a house invitation uses a house address in place of the church. It also offers etiquette guidance on frock color to complement eye color and on quiet eating with a closed mouth and noiseless chewing.

Sheman

Miss Dellinger Crowned Tomato Festival Princess

Miss Olivia Steele Dellinger of North Braddock Street will represent the city as Princess Winchester in the Tomato Festival court at Berkeley Springs Morgan County West Virginia. The Lions Club selected her for the honor as festivities begin with a reception for the queen and her princesses.

Olivia Steele Dellinger L. K. Dellinger North Braddock Street Berkeley Springs W. Va Winchester Morgan County Wjellinger Lions’ Club Dellinger West Virginia Virginia Maryland

Virginia Bride Weds New York Lawyer at Sacred Heart

Mrs. Elizabeth Lee Boles, daughter of Mrs. Janie Meade Lee and the late John C. Lee of Sunnybrook Farm Clarke County, married William J. O'Brien of New York City at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Loudoun Street. The ceremony was by Father Robert Hankon. They plan a Bermuda honeymoon after a breakfast at the Wayside Inn Middletown and will reside in New York where Mr. O'Brien practices law.

Virginia Church of the Sacred Heart Loudoun Street Elizabeth Lee Boles Janie Meade Lee John C. Lee Sunnybrook Farm Clarke County William J. O’brien New York City Robert E. Hankon Wayside Inn Middletown Winchester Mary Edythe Hughes Paul Pierce South Washington Street Braddock St J. M. Swann Robert Hughes Davidson N. C Memorial Hospital Mr. Pierce Dudley Pierce South Stewart Street Carolinas Pierce South Washington Street

Indian Curio Found By Farmer On Ridgeway Farm

Farmer R. L. G. Ridgeway discovers a prehistoric stone artifact while ploughing a 134 acre field near Mount Williams on the Wardensville Grade. The flintlike tool, polished on one end and chipped on the other, may have served as an axe or pestle and was unearthed in ground not cultivated for about a century.

R. Lg, Ridgeway Mount Williams Wardensville

Visitors from Louisville and Maryland during vacation

Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Cook of Louisville Kentucky visited Miss Sophie Baker and Miss Frances Page on their way home from Cape May New Jersey. Miss Freda Havermale returned to the city after a vacation that included stops in Hagerstown Westminster Frederick and Baltimore Maryland.

Pauline McFarland Catherine Bradford Beulah McFarland Harrisburg New York City Hershey, Pa Garnet Cook Louisville Sophie Baker Frances Page Cape May N. J Freda Havermale Hagerstown Westminster Frederick Baltimore, Md

Berryville Social Notes Highlight Local Visitors and Guests

Berryville and Clarke County residents list guests and travelers as fall activities begin. George Kackley heads to Kentucky for winter studies while Baltimore and Philadelphia visitors stay with local families. Various couples and individuals, including Miss Marion Levi and Miss Frances Davis, are noted guests of area residents in early September social roundups.

Berryville, Va George Kackley Loring Kackley Kentucky

Social notes from Front Royal and Clarke County

Mrs William Blythe and children Suzanne and Ward Jr of Front Royal Virginia are guests of Mrs Blythes parents Mr and Mrs Charles T Levi Miss Lula Shepherd and Miss Anne Briggs of Richmond are visiting Miss Florencie Shepherd Captain and Mrs Frank M Wray hosted a dance for the younger set in their Church Street home Mrs Horace Smithey of Washington DC arrived Clarke County and opened Rose Hill with guests from Washington and Chas McGuire and Mrs Priest of DC Miss Frances Maddrey and Miss Dorothy Pierce of Norfolk have returned home after visiting Mr and Mrs J D Griffin in Clarke County

William Blythe Suzanna Avi Warde, Jrn Front 1 Lula Florencie Shepherd Anne Briggs Richmond, Va Horace Smithey Washington, DC Clarke County Rose Hill Smithey Chas. McGuire Priest Washington, D. C Frank M. Wray Church Street Frances Maddrey Dorothy Pierce Norfolk, Va J. D. Grifin Front Royal B. E. Borden Gloucester County Mr. Borden J. L. Borden Central City

Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Vacations

Front Royal and Warren County residents host relatives from Gloucester and Baltimore. Local students and servicemen travel for schooling and vacations, with updates on hospital care and weekend trips to Washington and nearby towns.

Injury Admits 9 Year Old After Railroad Fall

Omer Steed of South Riverton, nine, was admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital after a fall from Norfolk and Western tracks two weeks earlier while walking. The incident follows the family report of the injury and ongoing recovery.

Omer Steed Oma Steed South Riverton Winchester Memorial Hospital Norfolk and West R. R

Local social notes list visits and weekend plans

Mrs O W er hosted the Monday Bridge Club at her North Royal avenue home. Mr and Mrs L B Reid and their daughter Gloria and son Dwight visit Mrs Reid's mother Mrs Henry Compton. Mrs Ray Jones, Miss Mary Catherine Borden and Mr Wallace Long plan Virginia Beach. Ray Jones at Fort Hoyle Md. Louise Borden to spend weekend in Richmond. Wallace Thompson and Miss Elizabeth Berry to visit Mrs Alice Bailey near Tappahannock over Labor Day.

Leonard Mathews Anne. M Reginald Stickley Ethel Stickley Irene Hoskins Tappahannock O. W. Er North Royal Avenue L. B. Reid Gloria Dwight Kansas City, Mo Reid Henry Compton Ray Jones Mary Catherine Borden Wallace Long Virginia Beach Fort Hoyle, Md Louise Borden Richmond Wallace Thomason Elizabeth Berry Alice Bailey

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Simga Phi By Grove Ethe Reliance Sany Stephens City Tle Old Preacher’s Pension W. D. Mitchell Pikeside Tea Room Valley Ave Winchester Golf Club Bauserman Brown Marsten Andrew Johnson Carper Golightly Park Buffalo Lick Run Ernest A. Carper City V. W. O. Luttrell Berryville Armel McLain Tracy Whitworth Ray Muland Piedmont, W. Va Virgil R. Strader Wolfe Street Huntsberry Loudoun St Old Fredericktown Garden Club Miss Ewing Dorothy Ewing Ewing School of Dance Art Asbury Park Boston Mass New England Miss Shields Barrett Brothers Harold and Ray Barrett Frank Barrett Near White Hall Handley High School J. 8. Navy Air Base San Diego Calif Wings of the Navy Louise Cadwallader Leslie White Clarke Holmes Cadwalalder Boyce Howard White White Post Berryville Methodist Church W. O. Luttrell White Boyce High School Fred Morgan Miss Virginia Morgan Roberta Lee Miss Dellinger Mr. O'Brien Charles H. Cooper Thomas Plainfield Cooper Thomas H. Carr New York L. G. Dinkle Little Carole Ann Dinkle Mr. Dinkle Romney Big Joe United Food Stores Berryville and Clarke County Society Charles L. Casper, Jr Patsy Mooney Ann Casper Baltimore Md Edward Ogden Charles Phillips Pennell Phillips Wilmington Del Phillips Skyline Drive Mrs. Eddy Joyce Washington and Washington Marion Levi George Levi Frances Davis Josh Holmes Betsy Jacqueline Sally Philadelphia John Enders Viola Enders Gus Nolan Anne B. C. Moore Anne Ambler Moore Charles E. Moore Thomas J. Fenton R. E. Stuart Frank B. Whiting Margaretta Whiting Parkersburg Albert Muller West Point, Va Muller S. B. Crown Eddy McDowell Jacksonville William Shackleford Lot C P. Newcomb Jetersville Charles Joyce C. P. Newcomb Joyces Mr. Newcomb Ralph M. Ware Tee Front Royal and Warren County News Carl Thompson DeNeal Grant Mary Burruss Sophie Schey Frank Fossett Baltimore Hugh Naylor, Jr Florence, Ala H. E. Naylor, Sr Charles Reeves University Hospital Charlottesville Otway Millar Hughie Mda Albert Constable David Solomon Bessie Bayly Front Royal Girl Scouts Sharon B. House P. M. Shirey Anna Shirey P.M. Shirey Miss Kitty Potts Hubert Potts Virginia Potts Florida Blacksburg Etta Reeves Walter Reeves Hagerstown, Md Sharon B Hoose T. T. Harrison Co— Beach Ruth Eleanor Mathews Calverton Calverton High School America the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Wilmer F. Shryock Haldeman’s Alecia Beauty Salon Winchester's W. B. Snider Winchester Business College N. Loudoun St N. Loudon St Sunderwood’s Bakery Ruby Jackson N. Market Potomac St
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