Winchester couple wed in Elkton ceremony
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Pape and Wilfred E. Mowery announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth Elizabeth Mowery to Elwood Mowery of West Piccadilly street. The ceremony was held in Elkton Maryland on Saturday April 1. Mowery is the son of Mrs. Mowery who runs Mowery Jewelry on West Piccadilly street. The couple will live in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Elizabeth Pape
Wilfred E. Mowery
Arthur R. Pape
Courtfield Avenue
Ruth Elizabeth Mowery
Elwood Mowery
West Piccadilly Street
Elkton
Pape
Mad
Mwinchester
Beatty Transfer Company
Bluemont
Valeer
Mowery
Piccadilly Street
Tiey
George Washington Hotel
Bubbles” Mowery
Mrs. Mowery
Winchester
Leaving For North Carolina After Visiting Here
Mrs G M Fout of Oxford North Carolina visits Stephenson relatives and plans a Charlottesville Virginia stop before returning home. Several local visitors are noted including Laurel Anne Munting Middletown and H L Stotler. Lloyd Samuelson of Toledo Ohio vacationed with kin in Winoe valley. Anna Castleman formerly Miss Copenhaver Martinsburg recovers from appendicitis at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
G. M. Fout
Oxford
N. C
H. E. Muntzing
Laurel Anne Muntzing
Middletown
H. L. Stotler
Gilmer Lyons
West Virne
Lloyd Samuelson
Toledo
Ohio
Winoe
Valley
Anna Castleman
Miss Copenhaver
Martinsburg
Memorial Hospital
Calendar of Weekend Community Meetings and Events
Friday 8 00 p m weekly W O W meeting at Odd Fellows Hall 8 00 p m fourth quarterly Margaret Collins Denny Class meeting at Braddock Street Church. Saturday 8 00 Se meeting at Odd Fellows Hall 4 00 p m first fall A A A W meeting with picnic supper at Mrs McSherry Lupton home 6 00 p m start State Weightlifting Championship at Sarah Zane Hall 10 00 p m final dance of year at Winchester Golf Club 10 30 p m exhibition by York Pa World Champion Weight Lifters at Sarah Zane Hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Winchester
McSherry Lupton
Memrae
W.O. W
Odd Fellows Hall
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock Street Church
Misses Dole and Winslow Arrive in New York
Word reaches Clarke county that Margaret Dole and Polly Winslow have safely arrived in New York City from Europe aboard the Staatendam. The Holland-American liner docked yesterday and the two young women were met by their mothers Mrs. R. E. Dole and Mrs. Alexis Sommaripa. They are expected to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
New York City
Europe
Margaret Dole
Polly Winslow
Staatendam
New York
R. E. Dole
Alexis Sommaripa
Old Fredericktown Garden Club wins first prize at Purcellville show
Members of the Old Fredericks town Garden Club celebrated a first prize in the Purcellville Flower Show held at the Loudoun county library. The bowl trophy stays with the club for a year if not won three years in a row. Wilbur Krise and Dowell J. Howard earned top honors in various floral arrangement categories. Dinner honors tonight for Miss Manuel and Mr. Lamb Jr. ahead of tomorrow’s wedding at Braddock Street Church with Miss Manuel as maid of honor and J R Snider as best man. E D Shirley and Alice Fiddler welcomed daughter Cora Marie. Grace Hershman improving after a throat infection at Memorial hospital. Beatrice Lovett leaves for Virginia Interment College in Bristol with her father Mr. Wilkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
Frederickstown
Wilbur Krise
Dowell J. Howard
James R. Snider
Tokes’ Inn
Opequon
Bessie Manuel
John Lamb
Manuel
Mr. Lamb
Braddock Street
T. M. Swann
Miss Manuel
Kathryn Manuel
Beatrice Lovett
Jack Wilkins
Mr. Wilkins
Bristol
Virginia Interment College
Wilkins
Baptist Returns to Washington and Lee for Senior Year
Garland H. Baptist returns to Lexington Virginia to begin his senior year at Washington and Lee University after a summer spent doing extra work at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He spent weekends at his home on North Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland H. Baptist
Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Baptist
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
North Washington Street
Mrs Joan Border Returns Home From Worcester Visit
Mrs Joan Border will return to New York City tonight after visiting Worcester for several days. She has stayed as a guest of Mrs R E Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Border
New York City
Winchester
R. E. Byrd
Joe S. Scheuer
New York
Mr. Scheuer
Mrs Harold Scheuer
Miss Holloway Kinney Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Miss Holloway Kinney of Tallahassee Florida who stayed with the Kern family on Amherst Street was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital Wednesday night for an emergency appendectomy. Attendants report her condition as satisfactory today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Breckenridge
D. William Breckenridge
Winchester
North Loudoun Street
Illwrest
Memorial Hospital
Breckenridge
Holloway Kinney
Tallahassee
Fla
Kern
Amherst Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Modern Etiquette Q&A by Roberta Lee
A Q and A on correct pronunciation for Cairo in Egypt or Illinois. It notes Cairo Egypt ki ro i, Cairo Illinois ka ro a as in day. It decries snapping to a waiter and urges speaking softly. It advises plain black silk hose with formal evening dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Illinois
Berryville Social Notes Highlight Local Guests and Visits
Miss Nellie Mae Evans entered University Hospital Charlottesville for treatment. Visitors and guests from Cleveland Des Moines Baltimore Washington gathered at local homes including Mr. and Mrs. Levi and Mr. Scheuer. A parade of relatives and friends from Virginia Beach Petersburg Fredericksburg and Atlanta were noted with several self introductions and farewells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville, VA
Nellie Mae Evans
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Miss Bertha Chinn Visits Washington Friends
Miss Bertha Chinn of Washington returns home after spending several days with Misses Florence and Lula Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Chinn
Washington
Florence
Lula Shepherd
Highway Funds Allocation Meeting in Richmond
Kenneth N. Gilpin announces that highway funds will be allocated for the fiscal year starting July 1 1940 at a State Highway Commission meeting in Richmond on October 18. Hearings are set for November 7 to 9 with about 600 delegates expected October 9 to 12 for the annual highway department convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Richmond
L. H. Stokes
H. 8. Larrick
Lucy F. Kurtz
William T. Barr
R. Bruce Slonaker
Virginia
B. C. Baldwin
Kirkwood
Otey
Lynchburg
Thomas J. Starke
Father Ryan
St. Mary’s Church
Mobile
Gordon Blair
Father Tabb
Nashville
Tenn
Sally Boyd
Pairmont Avenue
Kenneth N. Gilpin
State Highway Commission
Highway Department
Shanholtz Hurt In Auto Mishap Near Woodstock
Mitchell Shanholtz 21 of Marlboro is hospitalized at Memorial with facial lacerations and a hip injury after a car he was riding in struck a bridge abutment while returning from Shenandoah county fair. Driver Dr. Harold Miller treated him. passenger William Baker, Route 1 Winchester, escaped injuries though in shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell Shanholtz
Marlboro
Memorial Hospital
Shenandoah County Fair
Pughs Run Bridge
Woodstock
Harold Miller
Winchester
William Baker
Route 1
Officers Named By F. F. A. Group At Stephens City High
At a meeting held yesterday afternoon at Stephens City high school two chapter vacancies were filled Franklin Brumback named reporter and Robert Richards secretary Plans for the future Farmer Home Economics Fair to be held next year were discussed but the final setup was not completed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City High School
Franklin Brumback
Robert Richards
Rev G W Stover To Speak At Christian Endeavor
Rev George W Stover will speak at the United Brethren Church Sunday evening at 6 45 with prayer as the subject Carl T Cather leads and special music. This is the last C E meeting of the conference year and Edwin Ritter starts his third year as president with urging attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Stover
Christian Endeavor
United Brethren Church
Carl T. Cather
C. E
The
Edwin Ritter
Clarke County to escort buses over unsafe Castleman Bridge
Clarke County schools have secured a police convoy from the Division of Motor Vehicles to shepherd school buses across the Castleman Ferry bridge over the Shenandoah. The span, partly collapsed and posted with load limits, is considered unsafe and the Highway Department will enforce the limit only with available guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County School Board
Shenandoah River
Castleman's Ferry
Highway Department
Kenneth Gilpin
Band To Play At Caverns
The MclIiwee Municipal Band will present a concert Sunday at 3 PM at Skyline Caverns near Front Royal. The program will be announced later. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skyline Caverns
Front Royal
MclIiwee
Local Residents Visit Family in North Carolina and Baltimore
Mr. Lloyd Parker and Miss Annie Parker departed Tuesday for North Carolina to resume college. Miss Marie Crow visited Mr. and Mrs. A. Weed of Pittsburgh and Mrs Reginald Morrison of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morrison were weekend guests of Reginald Morrison's siblings in Baltimore, Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Parker
Annie Parker
North Carolina
Marie Crow
A. Weed
Pittsburgh
Reginald Morrison
Baltimore
Howard Morrison
Morrison
Reginald Morison
Miss Bettie Robertson to teach in Lovettesville this winter
Miss Bettie Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs A F Robertson leaves late this week for Lovettesville Virginia where she will teach during the coming winter season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alison Cooper
Eugene B. Cooper
Westhampton Collgee
Richmond
Bettie Robertson
A. F. Robertson
Lovettesville, Va
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Conley
Grace Lutheran Church
Francis Conley
Grace Fan Church
Briges
Lord
Liddle
Church of Christ
Wr. H. Baker
Virginia State Grange
Randolph Graham
Julian Ward
Robert Ward
South Washington
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Alecia
Laura Walters
North Kent Street
R. M. Adams
Sunnyside
Zyl
Margaret
Hageea
Odd Fellows All
Dole
Winslow
Mr. Lamb, Jr
E. D. Shirley
Wadesville
Cora Marie Shirley
Shirley
Alice Fiddler
Shirley Ann Snapp
Clearbrook
Harry Shirey
Grace Hershman
Apple Pie Ridge
Chipso
United
Miss Holloway Kinney
Euterpian Music Club
Eulalia Nalley
West Boscawen Street
Poland
Reformed Church Circle
Circle No. 2
Evangelical Reformed Church
North
Loudoun Street
Mary Jane Jolliffe
Thelma Courtney
Jane Rosenberger
Farmville
State Teachers College
Elizabeth Steele
Elizabeth Krause
Strasburg
Hattie Newell
Richard Sutton
Kennebunkport
James B. Yates
J. R. Forster
Alexandria, Va
Jessie Lupton
H. Heat Oan
East Clifford Stree
Mary Ellen Babb
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Lewis Barton
South Washington Street
C. M. Tucker
Joe Snapp
Mary Eunice Amos
Walter Amos
University of Pittsburgh
E Pittsburgh Institute of Mu
Winston Simplified
Universal Dictionary
N. Loudoun
Roberta Lee
Berryville Social
NI Daaye
Thomas Woodward
Alfred Woodward
Cleveland, C
Charles T. Levi
Benjamin Kohler
Jean
Roy E. Potts
Ross Louthan
Toms Brook
J. B. Ogdens
Alice Cary Polhamus
Clinton Polhamus
St. Joseph’s College, Emmitsburg
Columbus Carroll
Mr. Howard Ware
Shelby
Des Oines, Iowa
C. H. Iden
Elizabeth Vaughan
Lower
Tom Iden
Roy Potts Jr
Maurice Longerbeam
Shelby Alware
Des Moines
Billy Rhoden
Vernon Racer
Edward Owens
Colonial Beach
Lou Machado
Richard
Claude Feltner
Timonium, Md
Charley Feltner
Henry Elliott
Frank B. Whiting
Margaretta Whiting
Elliott
Whitings
John R. Williams
Atlanta, Ga
Presbyterian Church
Thomas E. Gold
A. P. Osborne
Mary McGhee
Frank E. Tappan
Mrs
Frank Smart
Norfolk
Underwood
Lady Baltimore
Shanholtz
F. F. A. Group
G. W. Stover
Castleman Bridge
Caverns
Sunshine Cleaners
E. Piccadilly St
Central Press
Edmund Ironside
Imperial Defense Staff
the Viscount Gort
Britain
London
War Office
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
the Evening Star
Barbara Bell
Barbara Bell Pattern Service
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
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