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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1937
Page
6
Saturday 6 30 p m informal supper reunion of members of the class of 1932 Handley High School at the George Washington Hotel 10 p m regular Saturday night dance at Winchester Country Club Monday 8 p regular weekly meeting of the Madison Lodge I 9 O F in Odd Fellows Hall
A sumptuous birthday dinner was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Bronson Boyce last Sunday August 29 with many guests attending including James Boyce Eugene and Freeman Boyce Clarence Boyce Edith Boyce Robert Foster Stanley Foster Nancy Foster Garland Foster Walter Brown Charles Boyce Lofton Fogle Virginia Lee Shonabrook Burdett Groves George Hillyard William Funk Roy Funk Mary Brown Branson Boyce and children Paul Lawrence May and Betty.
Members met at Miss Isabelle Simpson’s Peyton street home to elect officers and draft a constitution for a secret named H G L A society. Officers include Miss Simpson president and Miss Helen Lillis vice president with a membership campaign chair named.
Mrs. Margaret Polk of Rock Hill announces the engagement of her daughter Mary Elizabeth Thompson to George Greenway Snider of Winchester. The couple plans an October wedding. Miss Thompson recently lived in Winchester and is a Rock Hill High School graduate who attended Winthrop College. Snider is a Handley graduate employed with the Novick Co. Winchester Rebekahs To Hold Linen Shower Tuesday
Brooks Pharmacy offers pens pencils tablets notebooks and all school supplies. Rexall Drugists provide prescriptions and related items. Phone 766.
Miss Marion L. Bonner daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Bonner of Kutztown Pennsylvania married Newlin R Smith son of Dr and Mrs Russell Smith of Swarthmore and Round Hill. The ceremony at Byberry Friends Meeting House Philadelphia followed by a lawn reception marked the first wedding there since 1834. After October 1 the couple will reside in Buffalo New York where Smith will teach at the University of Buffalo.
The Sunshine Club of Braddock Street Methodist Church held a Thursday afternoon session at Mrs. Martin Wisecarver’s Amherst Street home. President Mrs. P. G. Ireland presided with secretaries and hostesses aiding, followed by music games and refreshments. Frances Barbour wed Charles J. Scott in Staunton on August 31. A hospital patient, J. B. Sirbaugh, has returned home, while Gordette and Billy Schenck visited Patterson, New Jersey.
The guidance notes men may wear a dark business suit and women should choose a dark color avoiding gay or sport clothes. It says do not write acceptances on visiting cards and a woman should not remove wraps unless the hostess asks.
Mrs Clara DeHaven and Roy E Avey married last Saturday in Washington by Rev Charles Biggs. The bride, manager of the Ruby Jackson Shoppe in Winchester, and the groom, longtime Winchester Furniture Co manager, will reside at 9 West Leicester after Sept 6. Bridal tour included Niagara Falls Toronto Kingston and the Thousand Islands.
Front Royal and Warren County notes detail residents visiting, returning, and spending Labor Day with relatives and friends in Baltimore New York California Maine New Hampshire Virginia Beach and Washington. Local social updates include birthdays visits and weekend plans across Front Royal and nearby areas.
B Byrd will join city residents at a luncheon tomorrow in Middleburg Virginia hosted by Mr and Mrs Oliver Iselin. Dr and Mrs Knight plan a Canada tour starting from Winchester with Dr Knight resuming practice on September 13. Miss Katherine Huff departs Roanoke after visiting Courtfield relatives while Miss Margaret Byrd camps on Lake Jacman Maine with cousins and Mr Rolling Flood and Miss Eleanor Flood of Washington. They expect to return next week.
Lyle McFall and Jimmy Bear of Staunton spend weekend at McFall home and will return to Ashland to join Randolph Macon College. Bear is captain on RM C football team. Misses Juanetta Jones and Loraine Updike go to Washington to enroll at Strayer's Business College. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Berryman visited Rubin Brady in Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sam Collins recently had eye surgery and is recovering. Her daughter Mrs. Holliman and daughter-in-law Mrs. Francis Collins of Harrisonburg visit. Virginia Smith returns home after appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital.
The Frederick County 4 H Club council announced an annual picnic at Camp White Rock on the Ca pon river. The event runs Thursday afternoon and evening September 9 from 3 30 to 9 00 with supper at 6 30 and a council meeting at 7 30. Members with families and friends are invited.
Howard Ferguson, 20, was hit while crossing streets near his home in Baltimore. He flew about 30 feet into a hedge. Lawrence Hahn, the car’s driver, took him to a hospital. Ferguson suffered a fractured skull, a fractured leg, and possible internal injuries.
Mrs George Braithwaite of Clearbrook exhibits two spiders at The Star office a black widow and a large corn spider. She notes many black widows reported in her neighborhood as trappers continue their activities.
Radio announces a new permanent concert company rivaling the Metropolitan Opera. It will feature eight or more top voices and be heard on radio exclusively on Sunday evenings starting October 3 on WJZ NBC. Member lineup to be announced later.
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