Parades and coronation events mark regional festival
The event will feature train bearers, school contingents, and a large parade with bands and bright red fire trucks from northern Virginia. Aerial shows and an opening dance at the high school gym precede the queen’s ball. The report also notes the September 10 marriage of Genevieve Clevenger to John L. McComas in Leesburg and an elderly hospital patient, Mary Jane Lockhart, at Memorial Hospital in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garet Jarrell
Virginia
M. J. Lockhart
Mary Jane Lockhart
Highland Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Lockhart
Winchester
Frederick County
Moer
James H. Lockhart
Cc. F. Lockhart
Nettie Pence
M. H. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Social Calendar of Community Groups and Clubs
The schedule lists events across the week including a Girls' Athletic Association dinner at Tokus Inn with Mrs Maxwell D Matthews as toastmistress, Bryarly Community League at the school house, a Red Cross Motor Corps bridge party at Winchester Golf Club, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Kiwanis luncheon at the same hotel, Young People's Choir practice at First Baptist Church, Winchester Lodge Elks meeting, and adult choir at Grace Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Tokus Z Inn
Maxwell D. Mathews
Bryarly Community League
Winchester
Golf Clab
Red Cross Motor Corps
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
First Baptist Church
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent Order of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Dairy Festival Plans Unveiled Amid Virginia Leaders
Plans shaping the fourth annual Piedmont Virginia Dairy Festival at Manassas on September 28 are led by top state and regional officials. Sheila Sultan of Washington will be crowned Regina IV by Governor George C. Peery, with Emma Henry Tompkins of Washington and Dorothy Rust of Alexandria as maids of honor. The royal court includes county princesses from Nokesville, Clarendon, Markham, Fairfax, Leesburg, Madison, Orange, Manassas, Sperryville, Fredericksburg, and other areas, plus crown bearer Jean Melnick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
Mise Sheila Sultan
Washington
Regina IV
George C. Peery
Emma Henry Tompkins
Dorothy Rust
Alexandria
Ruth Hooker
Nokesville
Princess Arlington
Audrey Marcey
Clarendon
Princess Culpeper
Princess Fauquier
Virginia Jones
Markham
Princess Fairfax
Mary Blake
Fairfax
Loudoun
Elizabeth Rust
Leesburg
Madison
Beulah Thrift
Orange
Adra Browning
Hagerstown Honorees At Laura Hart Honeymoon Shower
Miss Margaret Hart, daughter of Mr and Mrs W H W Hart, will wed Harold Rowe of Winchester October 15 in Hagerstown. A dinner and honeymoon shower for Miss Hart was held at The Terrace in Hag erstown with 12 guests. Attendants traveled from Winchester and Martinsburg to attend. Dr and Mrs Conley of Frederick on Wayside Inn stop during Shenandoah Valley visit. Epworth League at Brad dock Street M E Church South to resume 730 pm meetings with an inviting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Porter
Virginia Morrison
Hagerstown
Margaret Hart
W.H. W. Hart
Harold Rowe
Winchester
Miss Hart
Evelyn Nixon
Frances Trimble
Martinsburg
W. Va
Virginia Lee Crisman
Conley
Frederick County
Charles H. Conley
Frederick
Wayside Inn
Middletown
Shenandoah Valley
Maryland
Ritchie
McKinley Chapter Plans Meeting Monday Night
McKinley Chapter No. 19 Eastern Star will hold a regular monthly meeting at 7 30 o'clock Monday evening September 24 in the Farmers and Merchants National Bank building. A full attendance is requested. Richard L Bromley, son of Mr and Mrs W S Bromley, is recovering from a tonsil operation at Memorial hospital and expects to return home tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
McKinley Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Richard L. Bromley
W. S. Bromley
Berryville Pike
Memorial Hospital
Billy Larrick
Zenzil Larrick
Cameron Street
Maryland College
James C. Davis
C. A. Davis
College Park
University of Maryland
Davis
Handley High School
School of Dentistry
University
Local Price Menu Shows Household Goods Bargains
A shopper list lists Charmona Cold Cream 39 cents for 1 small jar Almond Hand Lotion 39 cents and Cashmere Bouquet Soap 10 cents per large bar Woodbury Soap 10 cents per cake. The items indicate everyday personal care products priced in a store circular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbury
Arranging Plans For District Meeting Dinner Party
Miss M Opal Robinson entertained at Tokas Inn in honor of Mrs B J Sager with pink roses and a home dinner. Mrs Sager received a silver gift. Plans for Western District Conference at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church on November 3 and 4 were discussed at a Winchester Christian Endeavor Union meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sager
M. Opal Robinson
Tokas’ Inn
B. J. Sager
Elizabeth Hollis
Winchester Christian Endeavor Union
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavorers
Miss Johnson Leads In Queen Honors At Health Festival
On the final day of the Better Babies Health Festival Miss June Johnson led by 500 points over Miss Molly Lowery with a small edge over Miss Libby Winchester. Final counts and crown announcement are set for Friday at 8 p.m. in the city auditorium. Baby Kenneth Triplett won the last final cup before grand prize awards tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Johnson
Molly Lowery
Libby Winchester
The
Modern Woodmen of America
Arnelida Stotlemyer
City Auditorium
Kenneth Triplett
Joan Landacre
Ronald Johnson
T. Nolan Davis
Mary Louise Grandstaff
Nacy Ritter
Donald Granstaff
Betty Punk
Betty Riley
Patricia Esworthy
Philomena Stultz
Bobby Dale
Edwin Smith
Betty Fletcher
Louis Lineburg
Betty Patton
Dynamite Found Under Morgan Line Ship Dock
Officials report a large store of dynamite connected to a battery and alarm clock discovered beneath the Morgan Steamship Line’s Legon Houston ship channel. The note mentions Cleveland and other local people but the main event is the bomb find and security response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston, Tex
Morgan Steamship Line
Houston Ship Channel
Shaffer Dies on Station Platform at White Post
Charles M. Shaffer, 51, station agent for Norfolk and Western at White Post in Clarke County, collapsed on the platform and died. A native of Shenandoah County, he had been in poor health after a recent illness and leaves daughters Charlotte and Stella. Funeral is set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Meade Memorial Episcopal Church with burial beside the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Shaffer
Norfolk and Western Railway
White Post
Clarke County
Shaffer
Shenadoah County
Pelioe
Charlotte
Stella Shaffer
Nate
Meade Memorial Episcopal
Rowland
Peter Yates Brinton Improving at Home
Mr. Peter Yates Brinton, confined to his West Cork street home due to illness, was reported today to be improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Yates Brinton
West Cork Street
Mrs Durell to Host Friday Bridge Club at West Cecil
Mrs Edward H Durell will entertain the members of the Friday bridge club at her home on West Cecil street tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. DuShane
Courtfield Avenue
Ivan Vanney
Fairmont Avenue
Edward H. Durell
Friday Bridge Club
West Cecil Street
Fifty Pupils Enroll in Jr College with Enrollment Open
The junior college committee reports 50 pupils enrolled with 60 minimum reached, funded by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration under state board oversight. Night classes will accommodate working students. locations and schedules to be announced. Information available from Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee For the Nation of A
Chester
State Board of Education
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Leslie D. Kline
Villagers Flee as Merapi Volcano Threatens Eruption
Report from Sumatra says villagers at Merapi Volcano foot flee in terror amid fears of renewed eruption. Merapi last erupted four years ago killing 700 people and authorities order district mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Merapi
Canada Declines External Minority Control
In Geneva on September 1946 Canada joined Poland in rejecting external supervision of its minority groups. Prof. O D Skelton stated Canada could not support universal international guarantees and questioned the consistency of nations condemning supervision while applying it elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Em Geneva
Poland
Assembly of the League of Nations
O. D. Skelton
Skelton
Insull Ordered Back to Chicago for Trial
Coumas faces charges for entering a 1932 schoolroom and fatally shooting Miss Taylor before her students. Prosecutors say motive stemmed from scolding one of Coumas four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Coumas
Press Orders Ban Mention Of Hapsburg Return
Government curbs all Austrian press from discussing a possible Hapsburg reestablishment or Otto Archduke's throne prospects. Publication references to Hapsburg monarchic activities, honorary citizenship, or royal titles are forbidden. Monarchists concede a setback but vow to persist covertly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hapsburg
Archduke Otto
Otto
Hapsburgs
Bombs Wreck Chicago Freight House In Teamsters Clash
Police blamed a teamster war after bombs exploded at a Railway Papers Agency freight house near the Loop in Chicago. Lieut. Harry O Donnel estimated damage from blasts hurled by two- car gang, no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripp
Paprens
Harry O'Donnel
Murder Suspect Not To Be Rendered By Greece
Athens report states Thor Coumas alias Smyrna Smyrnogannis will not be surrendered to the United States as he is a Greek citizen. The Nauplia court ruled today that naturalization as an American in 1914 does not force extradition. The case marks the first American extradition matter handled in Greece since a policy decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Athens
Thor Coumas
Oliver Taylor
Stockton
Cal
Nauplia
Coumas
Smyrna Smyrnogannis
Greece
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Genevieve Clevenger
Mr. McComas
John L. McComas
J. S. Montgomery
Presbyterian Church
Harrisonburg State Teachers’ College
D. D. Clevenger
Clearbrook
McComas
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
North Carolina
Red Cross
Miss Margaret Hart
Epworth League
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Grange
Boosters
Mount Airy
Jack Pennypacker
Ohio
Pennypacker
Kate Pennypacker
H. W. Clarke
van Wert
J. E. Clarkson
Lewis Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
Mary Hyde
Baltimore
Hyde
New Haven
Mary Greenway Russell
Julian B. Lindsay
George Walter Cross
Waynesboro
Fishburne Military Academy
A. L. Green
Dorothy Green
Judith Gibson
Atlantic City
N. J
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel
Margaret Shiley
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Holmes Oates
Holmes Oates, Jr
Alan Beverley Oates
Oates
Edith A. Adams
Harvey Mudd
St. Louis, Mo
Minnie C. Baker
North Cameron Street
Robert Grim
Richard Stickles
Miss Johnson
Ruby Jackson
Miss’ Jackson
New York City
C. T. Owen
Washington, V
D. C
Christ Episcopal Church Choir
Chas. M. Shaffer
Jr. College
Shenandoah Valley National. Bank
Berets
Waverly
Styles
J.¢. Penney Co. Inc
Commercial & Savings Bank
R. M. Swimley East
Geo. Washington Hotel
Chubbie
Margaret L. Hodgson
Ae Tee
Ginger Newtaupe Peter Pan Fawn Taupe Taupebark
Lovett Brothers
N. Main Street
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