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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1939

Page

8

Floral club contest and society wedding in Rye

Garden club contest in Front Royal and Charlestown Garden Club members competed in a fifteen minute flower arrangement challenge with blue red and yellow ribbons awarded to Warren County Winchester Clarke County Charlestown clubs. Bride Barbara Barry Owen Anderson wed Robert Bigelow Chapin Jr in Rye New York with reception and a Boston home to follow.

den Club Front Royal Charlestown Garden Club Ily Slonaker Lela Rosenberger Frederickstown Warren County Garden Club Beverley Brown Henry S. Wagner Winchester and Clarke Co P. W. Boyd Sallie Boyd H. P. Schley Corneliius Scully Pottery Bowl Barbara Owen Anderson Chapin, Jr Rye N. Y Barbara Barry Owen Anderson Raymond J. Funkhouser Boston Park Drive South John R. Henry Rye Methodist Church Margaret Robinson Owen Judith Peixotte Owen George Lehr Philadelphia Chapin Howard Seminary West Bridgewater Mass Grand _Central School of Art Willie H. Anderson Morristown New Jersey Elizabeth Dunbar Chapin Robert Bigelow Chapin Hebron Academy Worcester Academy Brown University Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity University Club of Chapin and Adams Corporation

McKinley Chapter O. E. S. Members At Visitation Meet

McKinley Chapter No. 19 of the Order of the Eastern Star traveled to Staunton Virginia on Thursday evening September 21 for the official visit of Worthy Grand Matron Mrs Sybil J Tapping to Beverley Chapter No 78 This home chapter of Mrs Topping A banquet preceded the 8 PM meeting with ten official family members present plus past grand patrons and attendees from chapters across the state DC Missouri Illinois and Pennsylvania McKinley attendees included Ethel Marrow Grace Hewitt Daisy Shade Camille Heitmuller Also present were Ethel Barrett Naner Emma Anderson May Mellwee and Elsie Louderback Polish Music Presented At Meeting Of Euterpian Music Club

McKinley Chapter Visitation McKinley Order of the Eastern Star Staunton Sybil J. Tapping Beverley Topping District of Columbia Missouri Illinois Pennsylvania Ethel Marrow Grace Hewitt Daisy Shade Camille Heitmuller Ethel Barrett Naner Emma Anderson May Mellwee Elsie Louderback

Miss Shirley Williams Enters Philadelphia School

Miss Shirley Williams daughter of Judge and Mrs. Philip Williams will leave Monday for Philadelphia to enter Miss Shirley's School as a junior. She previously graduated from Handley and was active in student life.

Shirley Williams Philip Williams Philadelphia Miss Shirley Miss Williams Handley

Local Shower Honors Cattlett Newlin in Clearbrook

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Newlin hosted a miscellaneous shower near Clearbrook Virginia for their in law and daughter Mrs. John Cattlett formerly Margaret Newlin. Attendees included Conley Newlin Kurtz Butler Boyd Butler Edwin Stine W B Hicks Naoma Grubbs Hiram Cattlett Eston Taylor Ruth Hicks June Hicks Ada Frances Newlin Virginia Hicks Retha Keckley Pansy Butler Kathleen Cattlett Rosella Thomas Frances Rutherford Ray Newlin Eugene Newlin Garland Scheck Bageant Stine Charles Cattlett Dallas Himelright.

R. C. Newlin Clearbrook John Cattlett Cattlett Margaret Newlin Conley Newlin Kurtz Butler Boyd Butler Edwin Stine W.B. Hicks Naoma Grubbs Hiram Cattlett Eston Taylor Ruth Hicks June Hicks Ada Frances Newlin Virginia Hicks Retha Keckley Pansy Butler Kathleen Cattlett Rosella Thomas Frances Rutherford Ray Newlin Eugene Newlin Garland Scheck Bageant Stine Charles Cattlett Dallas Himelright

Miss Louise Travers Elected President of Live Wire Class

At Stephenson Methodist Church the girl’s intermediate class elected Miss Louise Travers as president. Other officers include Miss Love Campbell as vice president and Miss Nellie Moore Robinson as secretary. Treasurer is Miss Nancy Taylor and reporter Miss Anna Marie DeHaven. Worship chair Miss Kitty Rudolph and recreation chair Miss Gle Dorsey. Visitors Eben Rudolph and Wilson Travers attended.

Louise Travers Stephenson Methodist Church Kitty Prince Hallowe’en Messrs Esten Rudolpn Wilson Travers

G. A. A. Breakfast Postponed

The Girls' Athletic Association calls off the breakfast planned for tomorrow morning September 24. A substitute event will be discussed at the next meeting.

Girls’ Athletic Association

Modern Etiquette Q and A from Roberta Lee

The column answers etiquette questions about not walking directly in front of others, bridesmaids meeting at the bride’s house to receive bouquets, and typical afternoon tea hours from 4 p m to 7 p m, reflecting traditional social norms.

Social notes of local residents and visitors overseas and near

Mrs C Raymond Hale travels to Norfolk to visit Mrs Kenneth Legg while husbands in the Navy on the West Coast join later. Margaret Byrd departs for Washington DC for a weekend and a dance in Alexandria. Several others head to Asheville Charlottesville Bethesda and Fredericksburg for weekends studies and college enrollments. The group includes university students at Richmond Madison College and Mary Washington College with shop trips in Hagerstown and visits by relatives in Pittsburgh and Pine Ridge.

C. Raymond Hale Jessie O’roark Norfolk Kenneth Legg

Berryville Social News

Miss Lucile Fenton returns to Harrisonburg to study at Madison College. Miss Mary Rissler of Charles Town visits her aunt Mrs. Chas Phillips. Mrs. Taswell Ellett of Richmond visits Capt. and Mrs. Frank M. Wray on South Church Street. Miss Anne Howell returns to Madison College. Alberta Owens Elizabeth Wolfe and Jean Levi join Madison College entrants.

Berryville Lucile Fenton Harrisonburg Madison College Mary Rissler Charles Town Chas. H. Phillips Taswell Ellett Richmond Frank M. Wray South Church Street Anne Thomas Howell Tom Howell Madison Alberta Owens Claude Owens Elizabeth Wolfe James M. Wolfe Jean Levi Rice Levi

Social notes from Berryville and surrounding towns

Miss Nellie Mae Evans shows slight improvement at University Hospital Charlottesville. Molly long list of visitors and guests include Ollie Thomas with brother from Norfolk, Miss Dix returning to Farmville State Teachers College, Anne Neville Barnett at Farmville, Miss Rose Mooreland visiting Washington, families hosting guests from Elizabeth New Jersey and New Haven Connecticut. Invitations issued for Lucy Mae Cochran and Lawrence Taylor wedding at Methodist Episcopal Church. Audley estate in Berryville hosts 73rd birthday of Bernard B. Jones with notable attendees from Washington and Virginia__ Mrs Woodrow Wilson and others expected. Social events cover engagements, travel to Williamsburg and Petersburg, and upcoming weddings in Leesburg September 27.

Mary Frances Dix Tom Dix Farmville State Teachers’ College Anne Neville Barnett Edward N. Barnett Farmville George Cochran Lucy Mae Lawrence Lee Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church Berryville Audley Warner Washington Nelly Custis Lawrence Lewis Bernard B. Jones Jones Washington Virginia Woodrow Wilson Wilmer Bolling W. E. Borah Morey Wade Ellis Covington Jesse Jones Ridgley Cary Grayson Elizabeth Merriman Blackstone Wilkins Lelia Cary Peachy

Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Philadelphia Market Roundup

Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets report steady to lower tones for hogs and cattle with mixed grain and poultry prices. Philadelphia notes eggs steady and wholesale live poultry markets closed, while butters and dressed poultry hold unchanged.

Baltimore Baltimore Livestock U. S. Dept. Agri Chicago Livestock Chicago Philadelphia

Leesburg Wedding Draws Rust Family Ties

Miss Caroline Caverley Rust of Leesburg plans to wed Edward McCormick Williams, son of Berryville's Goodwin Williams, at St James Episcopal Church Leesburg with sister Mrs Douglas Philippps as matron of honor and bridesmaids Crimora Waite Mary Lloyd and sisters Mary Eleanor Rust. Relatives attend prior winter plans and season movements include Mrs Beardall wintering in Washington and Geoffrey Rust entering St James School near Hagertsown.

Goodwin H. Williams George Ashe Charleston S. C Tom Peyton Bethesda Lloyd Williams Spartansburg Williams Edward McC Williams Caroline Caverley Rust David Newton Rust Leesburg H. B. Whiting Emily McCormick John B. Neill Rose MacDonald Annie Stribling Archibald Cummins John Reginald Beardall Clarke Edward McCormick Williams Berryville St. James Episcopal Church Douglas Phillipps Washington Crimora Waite Culpeper Mary Lloyd Alexandria Peyton Craighill St. James Church

Stock Market Report Sees Mixed Gains in Quiet Session

New York stock action shows modest moves with rail equipment and specialty shares leading while war issues retreat. Volume about 600000 shares, about half last Saturday, as traders weigh neutrality law delays and hopeful arms embargo changes. Major names listed with mixed closes reflect cautious sentiment.

New York Wall Street Congress

Futures And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations

Wheat futures pared losses late, trade light as traders avoided new commitments. Winnipeg weakness weighed early, with Dec wheat at 86 1 4 to 3 8, May at 87 1 8 to 1 4, and corn and oats also lower or unchanged. Cash grain prices in Chicago showed No 2 hard wheat near 89 cents and varied corn and oats bids across grades.

Chicago Winnipeg Chicago Cash Grain

Grain prices and market quotes from Baltimore and Winchester

Barley malting and seed prices listed with ranges for No 2 and No 3 malting. Soybeans No 3 yellow at 88 cents. Buckwheat and Timothy seed prices shown. Red top and allike priced high. Wheat No 2 red winter futures at 96.4 cents? per bushel. Corn No 2 yellow 73–74 cents. Winchester: Wheat 87 cents, Corn 1.70 per bushel. Prices reflect mill deliveries, last year figures noted.

Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Apple Market Shipping Point Prices In Thursday Report

Winchester Martinsburg and nearby points show slow demand and dull market conditions. Carloads and truckloads offered f o b with varied U S No 1 sizes and prices from 1 60 to 3 15 per car or basket, including Delicious Grimes Jonathan and Yorks entries, plus Eastern Crates and Benton Harbor listings. Equiv 29 cars passed over the cash market.

Winchester-Martinsburg Yorks U. S Grimes Jonathans U. S. No Rochester N.Y McIntosh U.S Benton Harbor Mich West Mich R. I. Greenings

Supreme Court ruling on intercepted telephone messages

On December 20, 1937, the United States Supreme Court held 7 to 2 that the government has no right to divulge intercepted telephone messages.

Supreme Court United States Supreme Court

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Euterpian Music Club Eulalia Nalley West Boscawen Garnet Hamrick Wilbur Kern Caroline Stretchberry Catherine McCartney Eliz- June Cline Barton Robert K. Barton Baltimore,Md South Washington Street R. T. Barton R. E. Byrd Amherst Street Henry Shiley Harry Shiley Strother Shiley Mary Newlin W. T. Smith Robert Shiley Ens City W. Monmouth St Crooks Straight Brooks’ Pharmacy W. B. Snider United Food Stores Roberta Lee Margaret Byrd Washington, D. C J. C. Langley North Avenue Donald Wilson Shirley Strader Asheville, N. C F. L. Largent, Jr Charlottesville The University of Virginia R. A. Quick and Son Edward Mascoutah, Ill Frank Plank East Boscawen Street Hugh Crisman Edward Grove University of Richmond Margaret Jane Athey Fredericksburg Mary Washington College Everett Gooch Pittsburgh, Pa Mrs Allen Bond Apple Pie Ridge Ella Jackson Taylor Rudolph R. L. Jones Irvin Carper Robert Forney Emma Hartman Laura Fawcett Dora Keyser Hagerstown Margaret McIntyre W. W. McIntyre Elizabeth Likes LaMar, Col Southern Seminary Miss Likes Manning Likes Likes LaMar Social News London Japan Alaska Alecia Beauty Salon N. Braddock St Nellie Mae Evans University Hospital Ollie Thomas Norfolk, Va Rose Mooreland Bob Fowler Hobson McGehee Fielding Mr. McGehee Mary McGehee A C. Cummins Henry Schneider Dorothy Anna Elizabeth, N. J Stella Moore Claire Trisch New Haven Conn Trisch Miss Moore Camp Edio Williamsburg Jamestown Lower Archie Thweatt Petersburg Kenneth N. Gilpin Sybilla Burwell Jacobs Wetherall George P Greenhalgh, Jr William C. Huntington Joanna Edith Huntington Blue Ridge Jonna Huntington Smith College William Mitchell Lucy Mitchell Col. Miller Maine Thomas Bolling Byrd Miss Mitchell Foxcroft Billy St. Albans Ethel O'Fallon Percy Randolph George H. Burwell Benjamin Randolph Richard Whiting Agnes Page Anne B. C. Moore Rose Ball Royal Mercury William Travers Lewis Murray McGuire Squam Lake N. H Charles F. McIntosh J. Gray Beverley R. Beverley Whiting Stock Market Report al. Chem Can Am. Smel Anaconda B. and O Bethlehem Chrysler Can. Edison Genl Cigar Elec Motors Goodyear Int Har Sunshine Cleaners E. Piccadilly St Bostonians Huntsberry Apple the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Winchester Business College Accredited’ Commercial School N. Loudoun St Underwood Haldeman’s Haldeman Haldeman’s Creamery
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