Washington nuptials and church mission events
The wedding of a Washington couple featured a classic bridal party with Jonathan Hillegrass as best man and several ushers from Philadelphia and Washington. After a green mink accented reception they plan to reside in Washington where the groom practices law. In church news the Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Episcopal Church hosted a fall meeting and silver tea while plans for a two day Mission on Missions tour across the diocese were announced with prominent speakers and multiple venues September 27 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Hillegrass
Philadelphia
Edward Baars
Sastateer
eWphian Anderson
Herbert Thatcher
Paul Hannah
James Douglas, Jr
Woodson
Woman's Auxiliary
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert T. Barton
W. A. Baker
Episcopal Church
Boyce
William D. Smith
Christ Church, Winchester
Virginia
B. Duval Chambers
Valley
Bishop Goodwin
Churchhill Gibson
Lloyd Craighill
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Meetings and Events
A schedule of regular meetings and activities across local clubs churches and organizations. Include Rotary Kiwanis Woman's Missionary Society and church choirs with venues such as Handley Library Jordan White Suthur Springs Grace Lutheran Church Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal and George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Tiny People’s
Nited Brethren
Grace Lutheran Church
Miss Eugenia Woodson Weds Mr Conradis in Washington
A Washington Virginia wedding joined Miss Eugenia Woodson daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Woodson to Mr Robert Earle Conradis son of Mr and Mrs Charles Conradis in St Margaret s Church. The ceremony featured organ music and a reception at the bride s parents home with autumn flowers coral and white decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenia Woodson
Conradis
Washington
Virginia
Eugene Robert Woodson
Robert Earle Conradis
Charles Conradis
St. Margaret’s Church
Robert Shores
Weda
Klingle Road
Arthur Sears Henning
Gladioli
Empress Josephine
Weil
Frances Brooks
Sidney Thompson
Winchester
Clarke County
Mae Harris Clarke
Louise Turner
Elizabeth Hoover
Helen Louise Ducker
Virginia Eagle
Houston
Texas
Miss Sarah Laird to Marry Archibald Baldwin in Lakewood Home
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports the autumn wedding of Miss Sarah Simp son Laird to Archibald Stuart Baldwin at the bride’s Lakewood home Saturday at 8:30 pm. Attendants include relatives from Winchester Philadelphia and Chicago with Vassar classmates among guests. Also notes Winchester marriage license No 100 issued to Hazel Snyder and Branson Himelright and Katherine Berry engagement to Capt Carleton Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Sarah Simpson Laird
Horace Christopher Laird
Archibald Stuart Baldwin
Norfolk
Robert Frederick Baldwin
Winchester
Los Angeles
Cal
Lakewood
John Baldwin
Baldwin
Maryland Avenue
William Hannay
Washington
Emery Cox
Peggy Wells
Chicago
Beatrice Steinmetz
Philadelphia
Francis Lister
Chautauque, N. Y
Vassar College
Laird
Corporation Clerk
Hazel Snyder
Branson Himelright
Washington, D. C
Snyder
St. John’s N. B
Himelright
Wheatfield
W. L. Dudley
Disciples In Christ
Katherine Berry
Buckner M. Randolph
Katherine Compton Berry
Carleton Smith
Captain Smith
Charles G. Smith
Charles G. Smith, Jr
Clarke County
University Women To Resume Meetings
Winchester club invites women with at least a bachelor’s degree from any approved college to join. Eligible graduates living in Winchester or nearby may attend the next meeting or send their names to officers Mrs. Herbert S. Larrick, Mrs. George G. Snarr, Mrs. Stewart Elting, or Miss Virginia Barr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Herbert S. Larrick
West Clifford Street
George G. Snarr
South Stewart Street
Stewart el
Roe Couple Celebrate Tenth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Joseph H Roe formerly of this city now of Washington entertained at their home 1352 Jefferson street for the tenth anniversary of their marriage. A reception and dance attended by Winchester friends marked the event. Mrs Roe, formerly Grace Lauck, is the daughter of Mrs Nora Lauck and the late Jacob Lauck. Roe has been chemistry professor at George Washington University and has a year long leave to study at Yale University with plans to move to New Haven in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Roe
Washington
Jefferson Street
United Brethren Church
Winchester
Roe
Grace Lauck
Nora Lauck
Jacob Senseney Lauck
George Washington University
Yale University
New Haven
Conn
Berryville Girls Enter Nurses School At Martinsburg
Two Berryville girls join the City Hospital Training School nursing class in Martinsburg West Virginia. Isabelle Carper and Anna Love Suddith are named among the new pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Martinsburg
City Hospital Training School
W. Va
Isabelle Carper
Anna Love Suddith
Miss Carper
W. S. Carper
That Palace
Elizabeth M. White
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
Duty Hospital
Otterbein Guild Meeting Set for Friday Evening
The Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren Church will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 Friday evening September 16 at the home of Misses Dorothy and Elizabeth Cather 436 North Loudoun Street. Full attendance requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre Organization
Handley Library Auditorium
Dan Gregory
Battle of Music
Red Bailey
Collegians
Jordan White Suthur Springs
Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Fred Robinson
North Loudoun Street
Otterbein Guild
Otterbein Guild of
The
United Brethren Church
Dorothy
Elizabeth Cather
North
Loudoun Street
Young Peoples’ Choir
Handley Graduates Leave for College at Blacksburg
Handley High School graduates Leslie Polhamus Denis Hayley and Douglas Fisher departed for Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg to pursue further education. Polhamus is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Polhamus Hayley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hayley and Fisher is the son of Mr. W. Lee Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Handley High School
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Messrs
Leslie Polhamus
L. G. Polhamus
Denis Hayley
J. P. Hayley
Douglas Fisher
W. Lee Fisher
Bryarly League Meeting At Bryarly School House
Bryarly Community League meets Friday evening September 16 at 8 o'clock in the Bryarly School House. Miss Bess Hodsden poultry specialist will lecture and the Four-H Club girls will manage other features of the program. Public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryarly League
Bryarly Community League
Bryarly
Bess Hodsden
Four-H
Clark Family Reunion At Chestnut Grove Church
A Clark family reunion and relatives gathering will be held Sunday September 18 at Chestnut Grove Church in the county. Attendees are invited to bring dinner and enjoy an old fashioned picnic on the grounds with speaking music and other entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Chestnut Grove
Dancing At Jordan's Next Tuesday Night
Invitations issued for a dance at Hotel Drusilla in Sulphur Springs near Stephenson on Tuesday evening September 20. Charles Shewbridge will present Johnny Christian and His Orchestra, returning after several seasons. Committee includes Miss Sue Schlack and Mr. Earl Grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Hotel Drusilla
Sulphur Springs
Stephenson
Charles Shewbridge
Johnny Christian
Christian
Sue Schlack
Earl Grim
Little Theatre Meeting and Community Notes
The Little Theatre group will hold its first fall meeting at 7 30 PM in the Handley Library auditorium with reports expected. Numerous local residents and guests are noted visiting or returning home, including Ms. Johnsons circle and Mr. Coney Larrick from Baltimore. The week also highlights choir, church society, and university openings along with several residents traveling or recovering from illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles J. Athey
H. Elmer Griffin
Mich
Walter G. Hurdle
Canada
Mr. Hurdle
Little Theatre
Little Theatre Organization
Handley Library
Chicago Grain Closing Prices in September and December
Grain prices closed today in Chicago with Wheat and Corn futures listed for September December and May. Prices show September Wheat at 50 percent, December 54 3 4, May 54 3 4. Corn for September 27 3 4, December 30 3 4, May 35 4. Other line items note May September and December figures also quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plans for Scout fund collection conference in Winchester
A meeting at 8 p m at Friendship Fire Co Hall will unite five women’s organizations Civic League Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of the Confederacy American Legion Auxiliary and the Delphian Society with four men’s service clubs Rotary Kiwanis Lions and American Legion. They will report progress on parent solicitation and the house to block method and seek contributions for the Boy Scout fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Friendship Fire Co
Hall
Winchester
Civic League
Daughters of thettAtmerican Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Delphian Society
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
American Legion
Wth
Congress
Stock Market Dives Then Stables After Heavy Morning Selloff
New York September 13 prices fell sharply in early trading as investors dumped shares. Losses ranged from two to over ten points but later steadied with some recovery after midday. Sterling cables traded at 3.45 percent and read money at around 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sterling
County Man Injured By Blast of Blow Torch
Russell Ramey, a well known Hayfield resident, was severely burned at Mrs Ella Kern's Gap Run house when a blow torch exploded. Dr Schaffer treated him as his limbs and hands suffered blistering injuries. He will be confined for weeks while Mrs Kern plans to move once carpentry completes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Cline
Winchester
Memorial Hospital
West Clifford Street
Hayfield
Russell Ramey
Ella Kern
Gap Run
Ramey
Shafer
Old Bethel Notes Highlights Local Social News
Mrs Boyd Larrick of White Post visits daughter Mrs Norman Luttrell while Ruth Larriik and Ruth Lar rick spend a week with the Luttrells. Mr Lee Bennett visits relatives Elijah Puffinberger Reynolds Store. Dinner guests include Luttrells Stine Coshran and Unger. James Hawkins injured knee. Guy Smith drives the new school bus to Bryarly School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Bethel
Boyd Larrick
White Post
Norman Luttrell
Lee Bennett
Elijah Puffinberger
Reynolds Store
Loring Ritter
S. A. Luttrell
Ruth Larriik
W.H. Coshran
Wilmer Stine
Janice
June
Bernice
Ruth Larrick
Hilda Unger
James Hawkins
Cathay: Marco Polo’s name for Eastern Asia
The term Cathay was assigned by Marco Polo to a country in eastern Asia believed to be northern China. Its poetic resonance has made it a favored literary name for China among poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathay
Marco Polo
Asia
China
State School Head Pleased With Opening
Virginia public schools open with force and enthusiasm despite low spirits and reduced budgets. Dr Juney Ball says teachers accept salary reductions with grace and will teach hard as enrollments rise. eight month terms likely statewide with thirteen counties facing issues. State funds drop to 6,231,463 from 6,518,849.12 though standards remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juney Ball
Public Tervosse
Virginia
Hall
Kaleidoscope Roots Revealed in Greek Formation
The term kaleidoscope combines three Greek parts meaning beautiful form and watcher, signaling an instrument for viewing beautiful forms. The suffix scope appears in tele scope microscope and stereoscope, illustrating common word-building patterns.
Game and Fish body urges retention of Robertson as chairman
The Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries asked Governor Pollard not to accept Maj. A. Willis Robertson's resignation as chairman. The panel cited ongoing projects requiring his attention and passed resolutions requesting he remain in place until he cannot attend duties or notifies otherwise. The governor's office had no immediate announcement after Robertson's conference with Pollard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Pollard
Maj
A. Willis Robertson
Major Robertson
Congress
Ofce
Understanding the Parsec as Stellar Distance
A parsec is a unit of length for star distances. It equals about 206 265 times Earth's mean sun distance. A star one parsec away has annual parallax of one arcsecond, reflecting its distance from Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Sun
Hoover Orders Reorganization of The Government
President Hoover announced that budget directors will begin investigations toward a complete reorganization of the executive branch. Executive orders recommending a wholesale overhaul would be prepared by Congress’s December convening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Congress
Eleven More Bodies Recovered After Ferry Explosion
New York reports eleven more bodies recovered from the East River incident last Friday. The event pertains to the labor ferry explosion and the ongoing search and salvage efforts are described amid investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Hg Ohways Eetrom
East River
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Rex
Dine Eepsey
Joeersonal Coe Zoe Fl
George Washin
Girls’ Athletic Association
Sylvan Retreat
Cramer Lycett
Circle No. 7
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Leslie Carper
Sharp Street
American Legion Post
Geo. Washington Hotel
Young People’s Choir
Brown Baby
Huntsberry
Sarah Laird
Mr. A. 8. Baldwin
Michael A. Collins
National Avenue
Mrs. Roe
Lillian Johnson
Melvin Seldon
Elizabeth Giffin
Gladys Reynolds
Aven Ruckman
P. B. Brooks
Phil Brooks
Capt. Brooks
Richard B. Brown
Captain Brooks
Fishburne Military School
Waynesboro
Coney Larrick
Baltimore
M. 8. Loy
Esther McDonald
William Miller
William H. Wilmer, Jr
William H. Wilmer
Ryton
Millwood
Marvin Griffin
Patricia Anne Griffin
Front Royal
Mrs. J. Lawton Stott
Helen Renner
Landon Boyer
Mollie Haines
Gardner Hillyard
Lois Cross
Lynchburg
Jane Maphis
Strasburg
Jenny Lind Hockman
South Washington Street
Harold Lucas
Virginia Wall
University of Richmond
George E. Petley
Stedman Harding
Lee Carpenter
Joan
Valera Cable
Dayton
Ohio
Peachy Hockman
L. L. Hockman
L. L. Myers
City
Commodore
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ridings Chapel Church
Charles Willis
Frances Moulden
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jane Scully
John 8S. Scully
Friendship Hall
Guy Smith
Albin
Bryarly School
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
N. Main St
Robertson
the Commercial & Savings Bank
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington
Lebanon
Swift
Pure Food
Braddock and
Boscawen Streets
Knox
Margaret L. Hodgson
N. Loudoun Street
Nave
Cor
Loudoun and
Boscawen St
Lovett Shoe Store
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