Garden Clubs Exhibit at Se Show in Purcellville Library
Garden Club of Purcellville hosts interclub exhibit in the town library with entries from Warren County Clarke County Olde ricktown Leeshore Purcellville Alexandria and others. Exhibits placed on main floor feature a French Louis XVI arrangement. judging by Dr. David Lumsden Dr. Paul Evans Mrs Lillian Wright Smith Mrs Lomax Tayloe and Mrs Warner Snider. luncheon for out of town entrants at Mrs Kenworthy’s home at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcellville
Qville
Gar Club
Warren County
Franklin H. Kenworthy
Winch and
Clarke County Club
Old Ericktown
Garden Club the Leeshore
Purcellvisle Club
Garden Club of
Alexandria
Louis XVI
Kenworthy
David Lumsden
The
Potomac Rose Society
Paul Evans
Ivandale
Loudoun County
Lillian Wright Smith
Chevy Chase
Lomax
Tayloe
Vienna
Warner Snider
Leesburg
Americans Abroad Report Safe From Europe and England
Mrs John Hay Whitney and Mrs George Grant ee travel in Stockholm after reporting they are safe. Miss Page Huidekoper, secretary to Joseph Kennedy in London, is well and staying in England unless sent home. Other Huidekopers in Scotland. Mr Rathborne and wife in Scotland after a World Fair para chute incident. The Roinbeens seek passage home to their two children. Roslyn Huidekoper and Mrs Ward Middleburg sail plans and delays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hay Whitney
George Grantee
Washington
Dobson Altenmus
Philadelphia
Stockholm
Sweden
America
Prescott W Huidekoper
Millwood
Page Huidekoper
Joseph Kennedy
London
England
Huidekoper
New York
Final Conference Year Meeting for Circle No 2
Miss Mary Lou Steele leads Circle No 2 of Braddock Street Methodist Church in the final conference year meeting. It will be held at Mrs Victor W Wheeler 4 Rich Avenue Thursday at 7 30 PM. Officers report gratifying attendance and hope all members attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle No. 2
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mary Lou Steele
Victor W. Wheeler
Rich Avenue
Evening Community and Club Meetings Schedule
Calendar lists 7:30 p m Mary Martha Class Grace Lutheran Church session. 8:00 p m Kernstown Community League officers elected. All Market Street Church circles meet at assigned places. Winchester Rebekah Association meets at Odd Fellows Hall. Braddock Street Church Circle No 5 meets at Mrs Linden Singhass home. Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel 12 30 p m. Fort Loudoun Chapter D A R meets 3 00 p m at Mrs J A Richard South Stewart Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary-Martha
Grace Lutheran Church
Kernstown Community League
Market Street
Winchester Rebekah Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Braddock Street
Linden Singhass
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Fort Loudoun
D. A. RR
J. A. Richard
South Stewart Street
Bosserman Junior Walter Hosts Informal Winchester Party
Invitations have been issued for an informal party this Saturday evening from 9 to 11 o'clock hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bosserman Jr. at their Tennyson avenue residence. Mrs. Bosserman recently returned from Virginia Beach and is hosting her sister Miss Mary Margaret Truitt of Norfolk as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
W. H. Bosserman, Jr
Tennyson
Bosserman
Virginia Beach
Mary Margaret Truitt
Norfolk, Va
Brengle
Elmer E. Brengle, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Ivosalie Brengle
Grimm Birthday Party and Engagement Announced in Fort Loudoun
On September 11 Mr and Mrs Ralph C Grimm hosted a birthday party for their daughter Charlene Virginia Grimm, with Wizard of Oz themed decorations and many guests. Also announced is Ruth Ellen Patton's engagement to Harvey J Lake Jr and Fort Loudoun D A R hosts fall meeting at 407 South Stewart Street with multiple hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Grimm
West Bend Street
Charlene Virginia Grimm
Barbara Pingley
Barbara Hobert
Carol Ridgeway
Peggy Merriner
Jane Cadwallader
Peggy Ann Long
Elsie Renea Hauptman
Shirley Hauptman
Charlene Ann Bennett
Joanne Michael
Barbara Sturm
Leslie Miller
Patsy Carson
Wanda June _ Lafollette
Nancy Lee James
Jill McElligott
Sharon Omps
Jane Jackmyer
Betty Crisman
Ann Wagner
Peggy Carson
Tommy Winn
Jack McElligott
Chester Hobert
Hugh Luby
Michael Luby
David Beales
Howarda’l. Patton, Sr
Fairmont Avenue
Ruth Ellen
Harvey J. Lake, Jr
Harvey Lake
Fort Loudoun
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
J. A. Richard
South Stewart Street
C. P. McVicar
Warren Rice
Mary Robinson
W. W. Glass
Mary Martha Class Meets Tonight at Grace Lutheran
Mary Martha Bibie Class of Grace Lutheran Church meets this evening at 7 30 in the social room for its regular monthly gathering. All members urged to attend. Miss Lucy Cochran honored at shower in Lincoln Virginia with 35 guests. she is to marry Lawrence L Taylor on October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martha
Mary Martha Bibie
Grace Lutheran Church
Lucy Cochran
Leslie Brown
Mary Ellen Brown
Lincoln
Miss Cochran
Lawrence L. Taylor
C. P. McVicar
John Warren Rice, Jr
Marriage of Pauline Garber to Charles Anderson in Elkton
Mr and Mrs George T Garber of Winchester announce the marriage of their daughter Pauline Elizabeth to Charles Albert Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Walter Payne Anderson of Winchester. The ceremony was at 8 pm in Elkton Maryland on November 18 1938 with Rev E J Baker officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Garber
Winchester
Pauline Elizabeth
Charles Albert Anderson
Walter Payne Anderson
Baptist Church Parsonage
Elkton
E. J. Baker
Anderson
Handley High School
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Sigma Nu Fraternity
Duke
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Winchester Elk Lodge
Novick Transfer Co
Winoneness
New York
Angerona Terrace
Bethany Circle Meets At Church Tomorrow
Bethany Circle of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will meet tomorrow night at 5 30 in the Sunday School room with Mrs Ronald S Wilson as speaker. Hayley brothers Colin Dereck and Basil Hayley leave for the University of Richmond where Basil enters as a freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany Circle
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Ronald S. Wilson
Hayley
U. of Richmond
Colin Dereck
Basil Hayley
J. P. Hayley
Valley Avenue
Richmond
University of Richmond
Dereck
Colin
Basil
Handley
Art Exhibit Showcases Charles L Hoover at Handley
Handley High School art instructor Miss K Pannill displays about twenty works by former pupil Charles L Hoover, now at Abbott School of Fine and Commercial Art in Washington DC. Hoover has earned two summer scholarships and an honorable mention for portrait work. Exhibition runs this week and closes Tuesday before Hoover returns to Washington for his third year. Shiley family holds first reunion at Pigeons Meadow near Wadesville with about 100 attendees. plan to make it annual and form committees for 1940 arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoover
Handley School
Katherine Panniil
Handley High School
Charles L. Hoover
Abbott School of Fine and Commercial Art
Washington, D. C
Handley
Abbott School
Hoover
Washington School
John Hoover
South Cameron Street
Washington
Pannill
Shiley
Wadesville
Pigeons Meadow
Henry Shiley
Jamess. Shiley
Reardon Family Welcomes a Son Michael Thomas
Mr and Mrs James P Reardon Jr welcome their son Michael Thomas born early yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The couple, from a Clarke County farm near White Post, already have a daughter. Mrs Browne is his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reardon, Jr
James P. Reardon, Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Michael Thomas
Reardon
Winifred Browne
Horace Browne
White Post
Clarke County
Modern Etiquette Q&A by Roberta Lee
Advice on business cards using no Mr title, proper prefixes limited to Dr and Rev. Defines coquette per Webster as a woman who attracts attention without affection. Recommends breaking bread with fingers rather than using a knife to cut a muffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Harris
A. Webster
Visiting guests at the Carper residence Middleway
Recent guests included Mason Lyne and family from Winchester and Eleanor Bettie Jane Lyne from Lancaster Ohio with Mr and Mrs Lyne. Also noted were Mary A Whittington of Troy Ohio Edith Kent and Alton Kent family of Rawson WV Ruth Grim and children Philip and Aleen of Charles Town WV George Sowers of Winchester and Blanch Whittington of Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janney Carper
Middleway
Mason Lyne
Eleanor
Bettie Jane
Winchester
Mary A. Whittington
Troy
Ohio
Alton Kent
Edith Kent
Joe, Rankers
Lewis
Rawson
W. Va
Ruth Grim
Philip and
Aleen
Charles Town
George Sowers
Harry Kenny
Clearbrook
Blanch Whittington
Martinsburg
Shippensburg Family Visits Winchester Pair
Mrs. Thomas Cressler and her children John Mary Esther and Janet Cressler of Ship Pensburg Pa spent Sunday in Winchester with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cresser of Amherst Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cressler
John
Mary
Esther Cressler
Janet
Shippensburg
Winchester
Harry Cresser
Amherst Street
Social Notes From Winchester and Nearby Towns
Miss Rebecca McGill leaves for Porto Rico to join her brother John McGill. Mrs. Luther Welsh recovers from surgery at Winchester Memorial hospital. Guests visiting Berryville and Richmond include Isa belle Carper and Nancy Carper. The Sier and Bean families travel and attend Converse College. Mrs. Lee Pannett returns from Harrisonburg after the Turkey Festival. Elizabeth Grubbs visits her parents on National Avenue.
Millwood Social Notes Highlights Local Guests
Millwood Virginia notes list Lieut and Mrs George L Jones and Miss Rosaland Huidekoper as dinner guests at Longwood hosted by Benjamin Harrison. Henry Post Mitchell hosts dinner for Neil Robinson visiting Peter Williams Berryville. Agnes Mitchell and Robert Page Jr invited. Louise Page visits Clarke County to stay with cousin Mrs Richard Whiting. John Goodwin visits family before heading to University of Virginia. Frazier Dougherty heads to Baltimore for Gilman School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
George L. Jones
Rosaland Huidekoper
Benjamin Harrison
Longwood
Henry Post Mitchell
Neil Robinson
Peter Williams
Berryville
Agnes Mitchell
Robert Page, Jr
Louise Page
Clarke
Richard Whiting
Doughertys Return Home After Virginia Cruise
Miss Mary Dougherty and Mr. Frazier Dougherty returned to Woodley in Clarke County after cruising the eastern shores of Virginia. The stay ended Saturday as the couple resumed home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dougherty
Frazier Dougherty
Virginia
Mrs Consolvo and guests depart for Virginia Beach
Mrs Charles Consolvo left on Monday for Virginia Beach with week long guests Mr and Mrs Pierre Tartone. Mr Robert Page, previously with his aunts Miss Agnes and Miss Mary Page at Saratoga, returned to Ardmore Pa. Mrs A B Bevan, Mr Conrad Lewis and Mr Louis Meade Jr were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs L B Meade. Miss Anne S Meade stayed with Miss Jackie English in Winchester for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Consolvo
Virginia Beach
Pierre Tartone
Robert Page
Agnes
Mary Page
Saratoga
Ardmore
A. B. Bevan
Conrad Lewis
Louis Meade, Jr
L. B. Meade
Anne S. Meade
Jackie English
Winchester
Randolph and Meade to Attend University of Virginia
Mr. Benjamin Randolph and Mr. Thomas B. Meade will depart Thursday for the University of Virginia to enroll for the coming year. Mrs. Louis Meade Miss Anne Meade and Mrs. A B Bevan will accompany them to drive them down. Randolph will pursue a pre medical course while Meade boards chemical engineering studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Randolph
Thomas B. Meade
University of Virginia
Louis Meade
Anne Meade
A. B. Bevan
Mr. Randolph
Mr. Meade
Dinner honors engagement announcement in Greenhalgh family
Mr and Mrs George P Green Halgh hosted a Saturday dinner in honor of Mrs Billy Jacobs Weatherall whose engagement to Mr George Greenhalgh Jr was announced that day. Guests included Marjorie Walbride Coronado Cal Betty Eversman New York Joseph Martin San Francisco Benjamin Taylin Cleveland John Mettler New York A R Dunning Strasburg Mary Dougherty Anne Meade Henry P Mitchell Agnes Mitchell William Bell Watkins Jr Roland Mitchell Benjamin Harrison Fraser Dougherty Graham Dougherty Pierre Tartoui Robert Page Jr Louis Meade Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Greenhalgh
Billy Jacobs Weatherall
George Greenhalgh, Jr
Marjorie Walbride
Coronado
Cal
Betty Eversman
New York
Joseph Martin
San Francisco
Benjamin Taylin
Cleveland, C
John Mettler
A. R. Dunning
Strasburg
Mary Dougherty
Anne Meade
Henry P. Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
William Bell Watkins Jr
Roland Mitchell
Benjamin Harrison
Fraser
Graham Dougherty
Pierre Tartoui
Robert Page, Jr
Louis B Meade, Jr
Engagement announcement follows party at The Glen
Miss Agnes Mitchell entertained at a Sunday gathering at The Glen in honor of Mrs. Billy Weatherall and Mr. George P Greenhalgh Jr whose engagement was announced the previous day. Guests included Marjorie Walbridge Betty Eversman John Mettler Benjamin Taplin Joseph Martin Rosalind Huidekoper Laura Crease Bunch Mary Dougherty Henry P Mitchell Hugh Powell Peter Page David Donovan and Graham Dougherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Mitchell
Berryville Social News Highlights Local Visits
In Berryville Virginia on September 12, residents report visits from several guests. Mrs F L Tessier visits Richmond friends while Mrs Ransom Nichols and George Wilkes host from Brookline and Charlottesville. The Scheuer and Young households receive guests from New York Washington Columbus and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville, Va
F. L. Tessier
Richmond
Miss Arthurine Allman Heads to Vacation in Louisville Mass
Miss Arthurine Allman departed late in the week to visit relatives in Louisville Massachusetts for a vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthurine Allman
Louisville, Mass
Social and Family Visits Span Atlantic City to Jettersville
Mrs Alfred Bradford returns from Atlantic City while Mrs Reginald Morrison of Baltimore visits Miss Marie Crow and Mrs William Royce at Crows Nest. Mrs John R Beardall vacationing at Clermont hosts son Midshipman John R Beardall Jr and Mr and Mrs Fitzhugh Hardcastle from New York. Mr and Mrs Clinton Newcome spent weekend at Jettersville, Va with son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John Joyce. Newcomes hosted Miss Nannie Nesmith of Washington and Mrs Ida Shryock of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Morrison
Baltimore
Marie Crow
William Royce
Crows Nest
John R. Beardall
Cléarmont
John. R. Beardall Jr
Fitzhugh Hardcastle
New York
Clinton Newcome
Jettersville
John Joyce
Newcomes
Nannie Nesmith
Washington
Ida Shryock
Winchester
Miss Rebekah Gold Returns to Baltimore
Miss Rebekah Gold returned to Baltimore after visiting her mother Mrs. Thomas E. Gold at her home on South Church Street for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Gold
Baltimore
Thomas E. Gold
South Church Street
Miss Virginia Page Hosts Katherine Page and Agnes Williams
Miss Virginia Page and Mrs Kate Powers welcomed Miss Katherine Page and Mrs Agnes Williams of Washington as guests in a social gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Page
Kate Powers
Katherine Page
Agnes Williams
Washington
Visitors Tidying the Cornelia Moore Household
Mrs Harvey White and Mrs Mathilda White of Montgomery County Maryland, with Miss Nellie Taylor, Mrs Miram LaMair, and Miss Elizabeth Wingfield from Washington, have visited Miss Cornelia and Kate Moore during the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia
Kate Moore
Harvey White
Mathilda White
Montgomery County
Nellie Taylor
Miram LaMair
Elizabeth Wingfield
Washington
Social News Mentions of Visiting Relatives and Guests
Mrs. Floyd Dorsey and her children Laura Josephine and Freddy Drury returned from two months in Reedsville Virginia. Craghill Burks visiting Fredericksburg Virginia with his mother Mrs H H Burks. Ed Davis of Richmond as guest of the Burks. Alice Cary Polhamus returned home from Rochester New York after weeks visiting. F L Ayler entertained Mrs John Lewis and Mrs Wayne Lewis Culpeper Virginia and Mrs J P Hatcher Hamilton Virginia. Lloyd Moore Bayne and John Merriweather Lewis Culpeper were guests of the Ayler household. Roberta Ayler hosted Edward Lerch Wyomissing Pennsylvania over the weekend. Mrs Edward Carter and daughters Nell Osborne and Jane visited E H Willingham Leetown West Virginia. Agnes Fenton, visiting her parents Tom and Mrs Fenton, returned to Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Dorsey
Laura, Josephine
Freddy Drury
Reedsville, Va
Craghill Burks
Fredericksburg
H. H. Burks
Ed Davis
Richmond
Burks
F. L. Aylor
John Lewis
Wayne Lewis
Culpeper
J. P. Hatcher
Hamilton
Lloyd Moore Bayne
John Merriweather Lewis
Aylers
Roberta Ayler
Edward Lerch
Wyomissing
Edward Carter
Nell Osborne
Jane
E. H. Willingham
Leetown
W. Va
Agnes Fenton
Tom Fenton
Baltimore
Countess of Jersey Bound for England from New York
The Countess of Jersey, American born former actress Virginia Cherrill, sails aboard the U S liner Manhattan leaving New York to rejoin her husband in England amid unsettled times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
U. S
Manhattan
New York
Countess of
Jersey
Virginia Cherrill
Mrs Parker Leaves for Booneville After Father's Death
Mrs L A Parker departed Thursday morning for Booneville Mississippi following the death of her father Edward R Mahappy who had been ill for some time. Several residents and guests are noted visiting and staying at local homes including Mrs J M H Clagett at Sp field Alexandria Virginia and Mrs John S Rixey Charlotte s ville with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Joseph F Moore. Samuel Phillips and Martha Phillips of Charles Town visited Mrs Charley J H Phillips while Mrs Archibald Cummins hosted guests at Carysweed including Mr and Mrs Henry Schneider and their daughter from Elizabeth New Jersey. Hastings Rissler who had spent days with his sister returned to Charles Town Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Parker
Booneville
Miss
Edward R. Mahappy
John S. Rixey
Charlottesville
Joseph F. Moore
Archibald Cummins
Carysweed
Henry Schneider
Elizabeth, N. J
Samuel Phillips
Martha Phillips
Charles Town
Charley JH. Phillips
Hasting Rissler
Moling Named To Succeed Bell At Loudoun Street Church
J H Moling Jr assistant superintendent of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Sunday School was elected superintendent succeeding Stewart Bell Jr who resigned to take a fellowship at the University of Virginia. The new Sunday School building nears completion with plans for transfer to permanent quarters. E Miller Streit presented a piano for use in the new building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Moling,Jr
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Stewart Bell, Jr
University of Virginia
The
Presbyterian Church
E. Miller Streit
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northern
Church Circle
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Haldeman’s Milk
Walter Bossermans
Little Charlene Grimm
Ruth Ellen Patton
Mr. Lake
Wenpers
Miss Garber
Charles Anderson
Bertha Kline
North Loudoun Street
Peggy Carbaugh
Wilmington, del
Stephens City
H. B. Gilpin
Atlantic City
Lewis. M. Allen
Pifer Printing CO
N. Loudoun St
Marshall Butler
Alfred.Wenzel
N. J
C. M. Compton
Mr. Butler
Lee. Butler
Charles P. McVicar
W. T. Colbert
Newport News
Raymond Hudson
Emily Desper
Doris Desper
Walter P. Smith
Leslie Gaylord
Frances Beverley
Agnes Scott College
Atlanta
Gaylord
John Carbaugh
Helena
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. M. Carbaugh
Philip Carbaugh
U. S. S. Hopkins
Portsmouth
Naval Hospital
Arthur Field
Ann Dudley
Memphis
Tenn
Mr. Field
Tennessee
Huntsberry
Roberta Lee
Rebecca McGill
Washington Inn
John McGill
Porto Rico
Luther Welsh
W. S. Carper
J. M. Carper
Nancy
Isabelle Carper
M. S. Carper
Chicago
Cardelle Trenary
Raymond Welsh
Harry Sier
Baltimore, Md
B. J. Ford
L. S. Bean
Mary Lois Bean
Spartanburg, S. C
Miss Bean
Converse College
Lee Pannett
Harrisonburg
Arthur Olinger
Spottswood Country Club
Elizabeth Grubbs
Hagerstown
Mrs. L. D. Grubbs
National Avenue
Millwood Social Notes
John Goodwin
Rev
Mrs
Robert Goodwin
Gilman School
Social News
Ransom Nichols
Brookton, Mass
George Wilkes
Sanford Wilkes
Eva Wilkes
Charlottesville Va
A. F. Robertson
J. S. Scheuer
Harold Scheuer
Clayton Young
Dorothy Young
Buddy Allen
Marjorie Whipple
William Hewitt
Columbus
Youngs
Alfred Bradford
Alecia Beauty Salon
Winchester’s
W. B. Snider & Son
United Food Store
S’ Sale
Shipso
United Food
Underwood
PECAN
Alice Cary Polhamus
Clinton Polhamus
Rochester
J. M. H. Clagett
Hand
Sp Field
Frank McCormick
Alexandria, Va
Moling
Bell
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Sunshine Cleaners
Winchester Business College
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