Berryville Socials Open with Weekend Guests From Arlington to Blacksburg
Local notes list many Berryville residents hosting and visiting relatives and friends over the holiday weekend. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Lowery and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crouch in Arlington, and Marion Ware and Charles Renner Jr. in Richmond. Names, trips to Danville, Norfolk, Washington, and Chicago are noted alongside hospital stays and campus moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Brown
Ter
Mildred Brown
Arlington
Shelby Lowery
Thomas Crouch
Ralph Warer
Rice St Comme
Richmond
Marion Ware
Charles Renner, Jr
Kenneth Wisecarver
Blacksburg
V. P. I. Eee
Ann Price
Soldiers Rest
Vida Radin
Carol Murray
Washington
Deedee Frost
Chevy Chase
Perry Durant
Culpeper
Ruth Berlin
Edward P. Berlin
Rosemont Circle
Berlin
Reva Berlin
John Lloyd
Lloyd
Herman Bell
Norfolk
Herman Bell, Jr
Europe
University of Paris
Joel D. Griffing
Griffing
Joel
Fishing Bay
John France, Jr
Leland Stanford University
California
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Alberta Elsea
Herniece
Pemuela Norvel
Broaddus Elsea
Elsea
Berryville
Mr. Elsea
Elizabeth Elsen
J. D. Moek
Fredericksburg
Potts
Garland Potts
Wilmington
Del
Columbia S. C
Shade Moore
Riley Henson
Anita
Waynesboro
Hensons
Hagerstown
Edna Carroll
Mrs. W. E. Carroll
Mair Street
Minnie Rutherford
Caroline Polhamain
Frederick County
Raymond Newlin
Ray, Jr
Ann
Greenbelt
Loy family faces horse loss and local visits in Opequon
Mr C A Loy lost a horse to colic last Tuesday. The Loy family plus Russell and Betty Jean attended Woodstock Fair last Wednesday. Guests at The Maples include Ed Lee and R A Lee, with other relatives and friends visiting from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Stole
First National Bank
Floyd McWilliams
Bank of
Clarke County
Charlottesville
L. E. Williamson
Nashua N. H
Opequon
C. A. Loy
Russell
Betty Jean
Aretta Funkhouser
Mary Ann
Scotty
Dabney Watts
Dianne Watts
Marylin Feeley
Mt Williams
West Virginia
Dwight Punkhouser
Dwight, Jr
Russell Miller
Mt. Airy School
J. L. Everly
H. C. Clagett
Ernest Elliot
Margaret
Maryland
Chess Champion Shapiro Wins Virginia Open Prize
Oscar Shapiro of Washington former Massachusetts State Champion took first prize of 100 dollars in the Virginia Chess Association open tournament conducted yesterday in Lynchburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Oscar Shapiro
Washington
Massachusetts
Virginia Chess Association
Kendall first war correspondent of the Mexican War era
George Wilk as Kendall of Boerne Texas is cited as the first war correspondent. He organized a pony express style order chain to join General Zachary Taylor in 1846. Kendall’s dispatches spread war stories and reached Washington ahead of official dispatches. he founded the New Orleans Picayune in 1837.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilk
Kendall
Boerne
Texas
Zachary Taylor
Pony Express
Washington
New Orleans Picayune
Building permits total $2 800 000 in Rockingham
Harrisonburg and Rockingham County building permits rise through September with $2 851 159 total. Harrisonburg accounts for $1 538 569 and PS ages $1 312 690. Major projects include Harrisonburg School and Harrisonburg Telephone Co. on Newmann Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham
Harrisonburg
Harrisonburgh
Harrisonburg Telephone Co
Newman Avenue
Swift and Company
Liberty Street
Broadway
Madison College
Buil
Montevideo
Eastern
Menonite College
Mrs. John Atkinson Rites In Maryland
Funeral services for Mrs. John R. Atkinson aged 84 were held in Cumberland Maryland where she died suddenly. She was a lifelong member of Centre Street Methodist Church and mother of J Scott Atkinson. Surviving are husband Virgil E Atkinson another son and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Atkinson
J. Scott Atkinson
Cumberland
Norman O. Scribner
Centre Street Methodist Church
Virgil E. Atkinson
Frostbore Mad
Stephenson Community Notices Highlights Visitors and Travel
The column records church worship by the Rev E. Ellmore at Stephenson Methodist, guests including Mr and Mrs Conner of Pennsylvania, and multiple visits from relatives living in Baltimore Winston Salem and Martinsburg. Includes moves and family visits plus a Winchester Memorial Hospital note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Bell
Harry Bell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Linwood Willingham
Rir
Nelson Willingham
Young Willingham
Japan
H. N. Ritter
Washington
Edith Carroll
Marshal Feltner
George Burton
Lexington
Barbara Cosby
Farmville
Bessie Robinson
Paul Fahnestock
Asbury Morrison
Doyle Ashley
Chicago
A. L. Omps
A. J. Prince
Harry Prince
Vienna
John Buckner
H. L. Snapp
Martinsburg
W. Va
Russell Anderson
Carol Sue
Gore
George Travers
Deborah Diane
Ashby Dyke
Gertrude Hepner
Winchester Memorial
Holmes Childs and Campbell Families Visit
Mr and Mrs Holmes Childs and family of Leesburg and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Campbell and family of Kearneysville Va spent last Sunday with their parents Mr and Mrs Dixon Goligh
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes Childs
Leesburg
Kenneth Campbell
Kearneysville
Dixon Goligh
Darwin connection to Josiah Wedgwood in pottery lineage
Charles Darwin was the son of Josiah Wedgwood's daughter, linking the famed naturalist to the potter's family through a direct maternal line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Darwin
Josiah Wedgewood
Pottery
C. A. H. A. Darwin
Wedgewood
Also Mentioned on This Page
Berryville Socials
Elsie C. Olcott
A. Garland Williams
Clyde Mohler
Danville
Williams
Margaretta Whiting
George Pove
Fairfax
Mrs. Barnett
Barnett
Alice Mesmer
C. T Hardesty, Jr
Carson
T. H. Malone
Gussie Malone
Ernest Gosnell
Naval Academy
Georgiana Glascock
Clagett Warfield
Laytonsville
Richard Carter
Richard Walton
New Kensington
Penna
Paul Harlam
Church
Jane Funk
Leesburg High School
Punk
Edward von Pippen
von Pippen
C. W. Athearn
Newport News
Villa LaRue
Annie Lee Webb
Roanoke
von Pippens
Methodist Church
von Pipen
Athearn
Harry Lee Boxwell
Cottage City
Mad
Jack Brooke
Peggy Boxwell
Brookes
Robert Smalley
Richard Beale
Bowling Green
John D. Winter
Emily Powers
Panama City
Fla
Roberta Winter
Agnes Scott College
Decatur
E. Shafer
Neddie
Dickie
Roy E. Potts, Sr
Leonard H. Bell
Leonard Bell, Jr
Hasker Jenkins
Swan Street
Jenkinses
Thoma, Moore & Dorsey
Church Street
H. Iden
James Iden
Wilbur M. Gaunt, Jr
Carmen
Sharon
Wilbur M. Gaunt
Reginald Morrison
Daytona
Fila
R C. Carter
Bobby
Thomas Fenton
Dorothy Lee Fishpaw
Jacksonville
Carters
Jimmy
Cecil
Flossie Talley
Ruth Ellen
Lovettsville Va
George Pine
Lynn
Carol Pine
Rosemor Circe
King Copsico
Jack Russell
Carrol
Donna
Jackie
Pine Cottage
Freshie
ASTES
SER
Loudoun ST
John Atkinson
Atkinson
Franklin
Ostermoor
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main St
Phene
Winchester
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
S. Loudoun ST
Stu
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