Wedding at First Baptist Church Unites Lynn Dunkle and Harry Cunningham
Miss Lynn Wilson Dunkle and Mr. Harry Ralston Cunningham were married at the First Baptist Church with a corsage, organ music, and a reception to follow. The bride, a West Virginia native and beauty expert, will live in Washington D C after October 4 at 1340 Levis Street N E. The groom, from Upper Tract West Virginia, works as an assistant auditor in the Public Buildings Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Lynn Wilson Dunkle
Harry Ralston Cunningham
Ap T. Clark
Cunningham
Wade H. Dunkle
Kline
West Virginia
Halle Hamilton
Lohengrin
Mendelsohn
Niagara Falls
Canada
Levis Street
N. E
Washington, D.C
St. John’s Academy
Petersburg
W. Va
Beaut
Harrisonburg
Annabelle
Berryville
Upper Tract
Franklin High School
Franklin
Washington
Public Buildings Administration
United States
Eunice
Agnes Cunningham
Paul Dunkie
Ralph Dunkle
Rebecca Ann Dunkle
Neva Dunkle
Graham Dougherty
Ralph Ware
Eston Henson
Tenth Annual Rose Show set for Farmington Country Club
The Garden Club of Virginia schedules its Rose Show for October 8 at Farmington Country Club Charlottesville from 2:30 to 9:30 pm. A large general committee, prizes, and cups will recognize top entries in rose specimens and arrangements with sponsors from multiple clubs and nurseries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of Virginia
Farmington Country Club
Charlottesville
Jon Otto Johnson
Garden Club of
Virginia
W. Allan Perkins
Gray Dunnington
Orange County
John G. Hayes
C. James Andrews
Norfolk
Gen's
Louis N. Dibrell
Danville
George Zinn
Gordonsville
American Rose Society
Johnson
Mary Cameron
Richmond
Leslie Gray
W. W. Gibbs
Staunton
Braddock Street Methodist Church Names Class Teacher
The Young Adult Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church will be taught tomorrow morning by Mr. C. P. McVicar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy Campbell
Paris, Va
Kernstown Methodist Church
W. W. Glass
Frank McFaden
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Braddock Street
Modern Etiquette Q and A on touching, wedding notices, and phrasing
A Q and A on etiquette advises against touching others during conversation. It prescribes sending wedding announcements in the brother’s name if the bride’s parents are dead and only a brother remains. It clarifies proper phrasing with the line I beg your pardon.
Community Notes from Lebanon Church Area
Social visits and family news dominate the Lebanon Church column. Local families host guests from Star Tannery Strasburg and beyond while births, hospital stays, and school events mark September activities. A McDonald Reunion is set for Cold Mine September 28 and a soup supper supports a furnace fund at Mt Hope church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Bly
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hockman
Louise Hockman
Home Demonstration Club
Laura Funkhouser
Herbert Bowman
Washington, D. C
R. J. Bowman
John Marshall Highway
Lesta Keeler
Kathleen Hockman
Stella Keeler
Veda Wisecarver
Marguerite Miller
Davis
Front Royal Recreation Park
Frank Snarr
Sarah Bucher
George Lindamood
Virginia Lindamood
Lillie Bucher
Ruth
Hopewell Himelright
Herbert Beecroft
Fredericksburg
Frederick Hockman
Winchester Business School
W. L. Windle
Mt. Hope Church
Furnace Fund
Gertrude Bowers
Kernstown
Jack Cook
Minnie Colvin
Bessie Bowers
Viola Wilson
Statton Bowers
Strasburg
Watermelon feast draws Brush Creek visitors from several towns
Mr and Mrs John Dunlap hosted a Sunday watermelon and mushmellon feast in Brush Creek Virginia. Attendees included families from Winchester Gainesboro Chestnut Grove Siler Baltimore and Hagerstown plus relatives of the Maury and Whitacre households. Several Dailey family members joined relatives for the weekend gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush Creek
John Dunlap
Archie
Allie Nelson
Edgar Nelson
Fay Nelson
Henry Barrett
Winchester
Frank Flowers
Alice
Gainesboro
Frank Lee Flowers
Lee Jr
Near Chestnut Grove
Ruth Kerns
G. Parker Mauzy
Siler
J. W. Dunlap
A. E. Dunlap
Fred Mauzy
Baltimore
Ord Moreland
Maury
A. P. Whitacre
P. B. Heironimus
Hagerstown
Prank Flowers
Frankie Flowere
Lee
A. V. Dailey
Anne
Pattie
Laura CG. Dailey
J. R. Whitacre
Martinsburg
Arnold Dailey
Laura C. Y
M. A. Dailey
Local Social and Farming Notes from Nearby Community
Last Wednesday afternoon Mr. Harry O. Kerns and family visited Mr. Alvin Ruble and family. Mrs. Laura Dailey and Mrs. R. M. Kerns spent time with Mrs. Edith Flowers in Gainesboro Virginia. Andy Light and Clifton Loy called on H. O. Kerns Sunday evening. John Dunlap reports very large pumpkins nearly nail keg size. Local men are cutting corn. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Adams plan to aid Philip Shade through winter as he grows older and weaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry O. Kerns
Alvin Ruble
Laura Dailey
R. M. Kerns
Edith Flowers
Gainesboro
Andy Light
Clifton Loy
H. O. Kerns
John Dunlap
Holmes Adams
Philip Shade
Mr. Shade
Local Soldiers Transferred From Camp Croft
Several local infantry replacement training center soldiers at Camp Croft South Carolina have been transferred. Charles W. Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Guy E Smith of a local star route, moves to Fort Dix New Jersey. James B Frye, son of Guy I Frye, to Fort Devens Massachusetts. Leon Shepherd Harris of Boyce Clarke County, to Fort Devens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Camp Croft
S. C
The
Star Today
Charles W. Smith
Guy E. Smith
Fort Dix
N. J
James B. Frye
Guy I. Frye
Fort Devens
Mass
Leon Shepherd Harris
Boyce Clarke County
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury data show receipts of 130.40 million dollars and expenditures of 80.62 million as of September 18. Gross debt stands at 51.06 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
the Treasury
Portrait of George Washington considered for hotel lobby
Mrs. Roszel proposes Washington portrait for lobby and hotel directors appoint W Nelson Page Clifford Grim and Fred L Glaize Jr to choose an artist. They seek aid from C Powell Minnigerode of The Corcoran Gallery who guides viewing of Washington portraits in Mellon and Corcoran Galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
W. Nelson Page
Clifford D. Grim
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
C. Powell Minnigerode
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Minnigerode
Mellon Gallery of Art
Gilbert Stuart
Washington
Stuart
Vaughan
National Gallery of Art
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Athenaeum
Public Auction of Fox Hall Kitchen Assets in Winchester
City Sergeant Taylor L. Barr announces a public sale of all stock furniture and fixtures of Fox Hall Kitchen at 26 N Braddock Street Winchester Virginia. The sale is set for September 30 1941 at 10 o clock in the morning with cash as the sole payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Als
Lloyd T. Peele Jr
Fox Hall Kitchen
N. Braddock Street
Virginia
Taylor L. Barr
Weisz Portrait of George Washington and Its Washington Hotel Link
The article describes a Gilbert Stuart head study used by Eugen Weisz for a portrait unveiled at the George Washington Hotel. It traces the painting’s lineage from Stuart’s Athenaeum portrait to Colonel Tayloe and the Corcoran Gallery. It notes Weisz crediting C Powell Minnigerode and explains a related booklet on Washington’s Winchester ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
George Washington
Eugen Weisz
George Washington Hotel
Mr. Weisz
Athenaeum
Gilbert Stuart
District of Columbia
Washington
John Tayloe
Mt. Airy
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Colonel Tayloe
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
Weisz
Geo. Washington
Washington City
Minnigerode
C. Powell Minnigerode
Corcoran Gallery
Winchester
Geo. Wm. Fairfax
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Joist Hite
Public sale on Duncan farm near Winchester details 64 acres
At 10 A M on the premises the E A Duncan farm of 64 acres will be sold with improvements including an eight room house two wells a cistern a bank barn and out buildings. Land is well located on the Front Royal pike three miles south of Winchester. Personal property household and kitchen furniture sold for cash real estate on sale day terms. Fred and Walter Duncan Executors Duvall and Dunn Auctioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Duncan
Front Royal Pike
Winchester
Fred & Walter Duncan
Washington and Winchester Legacy in Frontier Virginia
A historical note describes George Washington’s early political efforts in Frederick County near Winchester, his 1758 election victory for the House of Burgesses, his ties to Col. James Wood and Lord Fairfax, and local landmarks such as Fort Loudoun. The piece also notes a stockholders meeting at the hotel with dividend plans and financial reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winchester
Frederick County
Virginia
House of Burgesses
Clarke, Warren, Sheland
Page
Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan
West Virginia
Braddock
Ft. Loudoun
Hugh West
George Washington
Col. Wood
James Wood
England
Handley Library
Loudoun
Greenway Court
Thomas Lord Fairfax
Lord Max
Christ Episcopal Church
Bank invites young men to build strong financial footing
Advertisement urges young men starting out to use the bank as their financial headquarters. It promises a firm foundation for financial success by building a strong bank balance and good credit.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lynn Dunkle
Harry Cunningham
Mr. Carson
Woman’s Auxiliary
R. Bruce Carson
Carson
Mrs. Polk
Rufus Polk
Markham
Memorial Hospital
Polk
Ollie Whitmer
Mr. Carson Hook
Carson Hook
Amherst Street
Ebert
Benjamin Knight
West Cecil Street
Charleston
Knight
Lieut
William McGuire
Naval Hospital
McGuire
Hunter H. McGuire
H. D. Flood
Eleanor Flood
Ae Rolling Flood
Cork Street
New York
F. L. Riefkohl
Betty Riley
Margaret Hansbrough
F. L. Largent, Jr
University of Virginia-Hampden-Sydney
H. R. Kern, Jr
Hugh Powell
Elsie Rosenberger
Lela Rosenberger
Montgomery Green
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Base
Melvin Green
Washington Street
Robert Barton
Virginia Beach
Mary Scully
University of Virginia
John S. Scully, Jr
South Stewart Street
Miss Scully
Sweet Briar
Hillyard A. Mooneyham
Spartansburg
G. B. Moneyham
Phyliss Fowle
Philip Fowle
Nelson Page
New Hampshire
Jean Forney
Ray Robinson
Joe Harris
Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
Sue Barr
Fairmont Avenue
Anna Stine
Kansas City, Mo
Jesse T. Funk
Front Royal Road
Charles L. Funk
Warm Springs
Mary Wilson Boyer
West Clifford Street
Chloedelle Kater
West Whitlock Avenue
John Sutton
Hagerstown, Md
Gertrude McClain
Joseph Massie
Law School
Jacqueline Womack
Philip Williams
New York State
Dorothy Moore
DIAL
Brooks’ Pharmacy
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Bostonians
Huntsberry
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
E. Piccadilly St
Girls Athletic Association
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Bee Keeler
Arelene Smallwood
Jeannetta Wisecarver
Mary Kathryn Hershman
Dorothy Hunt
Zadie Smallwood
Roberta Fleming
Pauline Anderson
Edith Pierce
Raychelle Fleming
Charlotte Stickley
Elenor Summell
Edith Spaid
Cornelia Richard
Jenny Cather
Maddie Grove
LuVella Widmeyer
Lucille Sencindiver
Kathryn Sullivan
Martha Grim
Girl Scouts
Girl Scout
Presbyterian Church
W. Monmouth St
By Robert Lee
Lebanon
Soc Pingley & Carper
Mrs. Roszel
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Lovett Brothers
Carole
Duvall & Dunn, Aucts
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
Stone
Route 11
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit I Insurance Corp
Underwood
Vienna
Rye
Able White
N. Loudoun
COPE
Bec
Alice Brooks
Dered
Winchester Dept
14Th Street
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