Local Theatre Group Honored Guests At Dinner
The article notes Mrs. Kerfoot’s support for the Little Theatre and lists guests at a dinner party including Miss Anne Brooke Kern Miss Jane Scully and many others from Grimes Kernstown Winchester and nearby areas. Also mentions a wedding dinner for Mr and Mrs William Good with relatives from Grimes Kernstown and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon L., Affleck
Grimes
William Good
Chicago
Mr. Good
Good
Gladys Sargent
Kernstown
Virginia
Timothy Good
J. N. Good
Jonah Higby
Ethel Guess
Juanita Aleshire
William Sargent
Soz. Courtney
Cecil Barr
Eula
Elsie
Sylvia
Golda Affleck
Winchester
Bockey
Clarence Beckey
Pennsylvania
Denver Newlin
Hagerstown
Earl Hawkins
Albin
Social Calendar Highlights Target Local Club Meetings
The social calendar lists a series of meetings and events across local groups. Highlights include Girls' Athletic Association picnic at Sylvan Retreat, Francis Asbury Union at Braddock Street Church, Bryarly Immunity League, Workers' Council at Red Bud, Willing Workers at First Baptist, American Legion Post luncheon, and choir practices at several churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Athletic Association
Sylvan Retreat
Cramer Lycett
Francis Asbury
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Colleen DeHaven
Martinsburg Pike
Bryarly Immunity League
Workers’ Council
Red Bud United
Membership Drive Ends With Dinner Party at Country Club
The Little Theatre wrapped up its intensive membership campaign with a dinner at the Country Club. President Virginia Vredenburgh announced winning teams, led by captain Mrs. Burr Powell Harrison with the top group, while others included the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics as runners up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
Country Club
Virginia Vredenburgh
Burr Powell Harrison
Betsy Rice
Mary Miller
W. D. Smith
Richard Griffith
Boston Braves
George Smith
Frances Page
Emma Ginn Baker
Virginia Dover Russell
Philadelphia Athletics
Arthur M. Field
Bentley Kinney
Holloway Kinney
Mary Scully
Margaret Byrd
Cicago White Sox
J. W. Arthur
Anne Brook Kern
Fred Read
Pittsburgh Pirates
Georgia Conray
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Vredenburgh
J. Victor Arthur
Arthur
Alfred Kerfoot
Virginia Dahlia Show Opens at State Fair in Richmond
The Virginia Dahlia Society with the Henrico Garden Club stages its annual dahlia exhibit at the State Fair in Richmond October 2 to 6. Prizes include silver cups medals and tubers. J B Norton and G W Mason judge. Entry forms available from A B Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Dahlia Society
Henrico Garden Club
Richmond
Virginia
A. B. Bauer
Dahlia Society
Westwood Avenue
W. G. Sale
J. B.S. Norton
Maryland Agricultural College
G. W. Mason
Dahlia Authority of
Trenton
John Dunnington
R. D. Ford
Winchester Local Notes Report Club Meetings And Travel
Regular Workers Council meeting set for 3 p.m. at Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South. all officers teachers and superintendents urged to attend. Various local residents travel for studies, vacations, or medical care, including Christina DeHaven and Denzil Robinson marriage, Clyde Hess apple dealer visiting Winchester, and students returning to schools and academies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ured
Workers’ Council
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Christina DeHaven
Denzil Robinson
Frederick County
Brucetown
C. J. Clark
Dhef
Totiek
Mary Baldwin Mourns Death of Mrs. Montgomery
Mary Baldwin College Staunton notes the death of Rosalie Mercier Montgomery on September 16. A Crawfordsville Georgia native, she studied at Mary Baldwin 1887 to 1891 and earned 1923 Poetry Society of America first prize for Ulysses Returns. She married John Seymour Montgomery of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baldwin College of
Staunton
Rosalie Mercier Montgomery
Crawfordsville
Washington
Augusta
Mary Baldwin
Poetry Society of America
John Seymour Montgomery
New York, In
Shenandoah County Seeks 31650 Grant for School Projects
Shenandoah County appeals to the Federal Public Works Board for a 31650 grant to cover 30 percent of labor and materials on four projects including a 48000 dollar Woodstock school and a 43500 dollar Toms Brook school. The plan aims at consolidating smaller schools, expanding housing and improving grounds, with 28 workers on the first project and shorter crews on the others as part of a countywide modernization effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Federal Public Works Board For Virginia
M. O. Smith
Shenandoah County
Woodstock
Toms Brook
Edinburg
Treason Charged To Men Who Fired German Reichstag
In Leipzig Germany the Reichstag treason trial opened with incendiarism charged second as the court foregrounded overthrow of the constitution. Defendants include Marinus Van Der Lubbe Ernest Torgler and three Bulgarian refugees George Dimitroff Blagol Popol and Wassil Taneff with potential decapitation as a penalty mentioned. A separate church youth meeting is listed for Brad Dock Street Methodist Church tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Leipzig
Germany
Reichstag
Supreme Court
Marinus van der Lubbe
Ernest Torgler
Communist Party
George Dimitroff
Blagol Popo
Wassil Taneff
Health Officer Urges Diphtheria Immunization for Winchester Children
Winchester health officer Dr. Lewis M. Allen warns parents to vaccinate children with toxoid or toxin anti-toxin amid seven local diphtheria deaths in eight months. He cites lifelong protection from early inoculation, compares prevention to late treatment, and notes Auburn New York's success with reduced cases. The Junior Auxiliary clinic has inoculated over 100 children aged six months to seven years and urges similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Lewis M. Allen
Auburn
Bear mauls girl chained near Arcela filling station
A nine year old girl was badly mauled by a bear chained to a stake at a filling station near Arcela on the Lee Jackson Highway. The child from Arcela was treated in Middleburg with nineteen stitches in the left leg and bruising. The bear, trapped in the Blue Ridge mountains, was reportedly caged by highway authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Glascock
Arcela
Lee-Jackson
Lone Jones
Middleburg
D. L. Saffer
Saffer
Arcola
Blue Ridge Mountains
Mrs Ridgeway Fractures Hip In Fall On Rug
Mrs Elizabeth Ridgeway of Berkeley county was treated for a fractured hip after slipping on a rug at home near Ridgeway. She was moved to Memorial Hospital for care and has faced indigestion and a sudden pneumonia that worsened her condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Price
Peyton Street
Douglas G. Grimm
Herbert Floyd
Edna Holland
Grimm
Helen Wall Barr
Price
8. B. Price
Memorial Hospital
Fairmont Avenue
Woodrow Carlisle
Berryville
Elizabeth Ridgeway
Berkeley County
Ridgeway
Gov Landon Faces Kidnap Plot Involving His Daughter
Gov Alf M Landon disclosed a published kidnapping plan targeting his daughter Peggy Anne 16 to force clemency for Harvey Bailey Wilbur Underhill gang members held in Kansas Penitentiary Guards have surrounded the governor's mansion with armed guards since the plot was revealed three weeks ago Bailey is on trial in Oklahoma for Charles Urschel kidnapping and Underhill remains a fugitive from Memorial Day escape with other convicts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Peggy Anne
Harvey-Bailey-Wilbur Underhill
Kansas Penitentiary
Alf M. Landon
Executive Mansion
Miss Landon
Bailey
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Cly
Underhill Sill
Giants Receive Official Welcome At City Hall
In a drizzle of rain 5000 fans welcomed Bill Terry and the New York Giants pennant winners at City Hall plaza. Mayor John O'Brien officiated with civic and sports leaders present. Police and fire bands provided music as the team arrived late from the Polo Grounds with department teams acting as escorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Bill Terry
New York Giants
John O'Brien
Giants
Polo Grounds
City Hall Plaza
Chicago Grain Market Prices
Closing quotations today in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets show futures at September 87 and December 90 4 May 95 with spot figures Winchester 75 and Baltimore 90. Data supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling Corporation via Stickell Sales Corpora tion dealers in cash grain and futures from North Washington street Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Conference Has Faith in Prohibition
Speakers including Dr. S S Hough of Dayton Ohio addressed the quadrennium program. Hough urged spiritual enrichment as essential, arguing that true aid cannot come from material things and that victory rests in strengthened faith.
Former Resident Dies in Annapolis Car Crash
John C. Simmons a 36 year old sales manager of a local automobile agency was killed when his car struck a telephone pole on Spa Road near Annapolis causing feeder lines to break and leaving 40 telephones out of service Victor L Stokes a United States Navy electrician's mate was injured in the crash Police Magistrate Thomas G Basil investigated andStokes said Simmons was driving at a good rate of speed and failed to make a right turn at the end of a concrete stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Annapolis
John C. Simmons
Victor L. Stokes
United States Navy
Spa Road
Thomas G. Basil
Stokes
Simmons
Winchester Fourth Year Resident Simmons Dies in Annapolis
Mr Simmons dies in the early hours in Annapolis after a vic tim incident. He lived in Winchester four years and worked at Bickers Motor Co North Braddock street Winchester Auto Sales North Kent street and Bickers Motor Co again before moving to Anna polis to work for Huse Ford dealer. He was a Clarksdale Miss native from a prominent family and survived by his parents two young children and resided with family in Greystone Terrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
Travic
Annapolis
Winchester
Simons
Bickers Motor
North Braddock Street
Winchester Auto Sales
North Kent Street
Bickers Motor Company Befor
Huse
Ford
Clarksdale
Miss
Mr. Simmons
Greystone Terrace
Decision Held Up In Case Of Alleged Forger
Judge Philip Williams reserved judgment after C. D. Lockhart pleaded guilty to forgery in Corporation Court. Prosecutor Reardon alleged forged totals against Howard Good reached about two thousand dollars, with two checks of 225.31 and 50.26. The judge did not indicate when sentence would be passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Lockhart
Geom
Philip Williams
Commonwealth
Reardon
Lockhart
Howard Good
Williams
Amony
Raataee
Good
Bridesmaid Jane Scully Returns from Denison Wedding
Miss Jane Scully daughter of Mr and Mrs John Scully of South Stewart Street returned from Granville Ohio where she was a bridesmaid at the September 16 Denison University chapel wedding of Miss Irma Hudson and Mr Clark Morrow. Hudson and Scully were Denison classmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Steck
Thornhill Manor
Washington Street
Susan Dover Steck
John M. Steck
James A. Miller
Jane Scully
John 8. Scully
South Stewart Street
Granville
Ohio
Ashe
Irma Hudson
Clark Morrow
Denison University
Miss Hudson
Miss Scully
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion Post
Young Peoples’ Choir
Young Democrats’ Club of
Star Office
Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
United Brethren Church
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Simplex
Huntsberry
Crusaders
Mss Piggott
Virginia Piggott
Amherst Street
Douglas O. Grimm
Susan Steck
Elizabeth Barr
Grippe
C. Fred Barr
West
Boscawen Street
St. Agnes’ School
Alexandria
Miss Barr
Miss DeHaven
Mr. Robinson
Clyde C. Hess
C. C Hess and Company
Hess
Mary Hoppie
New York City
Mrs
John Cole
Red Bud
George Cross
Waynesboro
Fishburne Military Academy
P. P. Pilcher
Cork Street
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Vassar College
Fred Fries
University of Virginia
Leslie Fries
Loudoun Street
Harry Lee Doll
Rebecca Doll
John Whetzel
Stuart Whetzel
Clearbrook
Miami
Fla
Miami Military Academy
Mrs. Montgomery
Shenandoah Co
Moea Elt
Lovett
N. Loudoun St
Margaret L. Hodgson
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Gov. Landon
Kansas
Gang
Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S. Postal Savings Depository
R. M. Swimley
George Washington Hotel
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