Women’s Foreign Missionary Society elects Cumberland officers
At Cumberland Maryland the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Frederick District Methodist Episcopal Church elected officers including E G Ziegler Istown and W Jack Hunter press secretary. The meeting featured speeches by Lora Williams on furlough from India and by local clergy. The next annual meeting is set for Hagerstown in September 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Frederick
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. G. Ziegler
Istown
Nonekary A Hage
W. M. Brashears
Winchester
Lillian Compton
O. P. Bohman
Hagerstown
Alex Close
Grace Light
Lillie Rockwell
Berkeley Springs
Lora Williams
India
Berkeley
Springs
Jesse Dawson
Local Social Calendar Highlights March Week
A packed schedule lists events at Handley Library and multiple clubs. Kiwanis meet at George Washington Hotel at 12 30 with luncheon. Youth Choir meets at First Baptist at 7 pm. Winchester Benevolent Order holds weekly meeting at 8.15 pm. Grace Lutheran Adult Choir rehearses at 8 15 pm. Rotary Club gathers at George Washington Hotel Friday 12 30. Handley Library hosts a Sun Up rehearsal and a Girls Athletic Club day dance Thursday at 7 30 pm.
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Handley Library
Kiwanis Club
George Washington Hotel
Young People’s Choir
The
First Baptist Church
Winchester Ace
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Girls Athletic Club
King's Daughters Set Front Royal Convention Details
The fortieth annual Virginia Branch convention of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons will meet in Front Royal October 9 to 11. Activities include a joint hostesses reception at 8 p.m. October 9, a junior session led by Elizabeth Jeffries, and a county secretary conference led by Marion Ballinger. Delegates and alternates should arrange credentials and housing through organizers H H Bowman and A H Trout.
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Virginia
The
International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons
Front Royal
Methodist Episcopal Church
Whatsolever
Loving Service Circle
Willing Workers Circle
Henry S. Eley
M. A. Menet
International Order
Elizabeth Jeffries
Chautauqua
Marion Ballinger
Fairfax County
Providence
R. I
Tanglewood
W. J. Kendrick
Citizens National Bank
H. H. Bowman
Delightful Mount Williams Home Demonstration Meeting
The Mount Williams Home Demonstration Group met at the schoolhouse on September 13 at 2 p.m. Miss Farrar spoke about the home achievement day and advisory board. two demonstrations were held fruit and dyeing. A large crowd attended and urged more frequent meetings. The next gathering is planned for October 11 at the schoolhouse at 2 p.m.
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Mount Williams
School House
Farrar
Winchester
Varied Program Planned for U D C State Convention
Plans mature for the annual Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention to be held in Petersburg October 25. Headquarters at Hotel Petersburg. visitors will tour historic sites while in town for three days of sessions with state and national officers. Also notes social visits by Billy Baldridge and others in Washington, and wedding announcements for Elizabeth Ashton Luck and Hall Hammond.
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Virginia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Petersburg
Hotel Petersburg
Elizabeth Luck
Elizabeth Ashton Luck
S. Preston Luck
Middleburg
Hall Hammond
William Hammond
Baltimore
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Council Summons Meeting to Review Relief Roll
Common Councils will meet at 5 PM to discuss relief roll items. Margaret of public welfare prepared a list of relief recipients, with 137 cases and 4 with eleven dependents. Work relief paid $7.40 to $16.80 monthly. direct relief ranged $1.50 to $18. most under $5. Expenditures: $977.60 for work relief, $354.61 for direct relief. almshouse roll lists 28 people with $147 spent last month.
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Margaret of
German Diplomat Delivers Address At Orange Fete
Orange Virginia September 25 Dr Hans Luther German ambassador spoke at Germanna near Orange marking the Orange County Sesquicentennial tied to partition from the northwest territory The event was hosted by the Orange committee and United Daughters of the Confederacy U D C members unveiled a tablet in memory of E after Dr Luther spoke Germanna.
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Orange
Germanna
Here
Orange County
Northwest Territory
Hans Luther
Orange Committe
United Daughters of the Confederacy
U. D.C
Luther d
Miss Catherine Brown McVicar Heads to Orange Bicentennial
Miss Catherine Brown McVicar leaves tomorrow for Orange to take part in a four day bicentennial celebration. She serves as Princess from Frederick County in the court of Miss Wycliff Scott who is chosen to reign over the exercises. Also attending is Miss Westwood Beverly Byrd of Berryville as the Princess from Clarke.
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Catherine Brown MccVicar
Orange
Orange County
Frederick County
Wycliff Scott
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Berryville
Clarke
Miniature Gardens to Highlight Purcellville Flower Show
The Purcellville Garden Club hosts its first annual flower show at Bethany Methodist Church on October 5. A featured class for miniature gardens is open to county school children and requires three by four feet by two inches deep displays. Judges will rate design uniqueness size accuracy and overall attractiveness.
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Purcellville
Mrs Bentley a Hampton Guest At Sidis Home Visit
Mrs George Bentley of Hampton Virginia arrived last night to be the guest of Mrs Joseph A Massid at her home located at 226 Amherst Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bentley
Hampton, Va
Joseph A. Massid
Amherst Street
Semi-Pro Players Meet Tonight at Rouss Hall
All semi pro football players are asked to meet at Rouss Hall tonight at seven for an important meeting. Miss Ethel Windle of this city attends the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago this week, accompanied relatives to Indiana and on to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Hall
Ethel Windle
Chicago
Miss Windle
Indiana
Pair Secretly Wedded Found In Death By Own Action Pact
In N Wisconsin a Young ROTC officer died and his 22-year-old wife, secretly married last winter, was near death from an apparent self inflicted gunshot in a University Fraternity quarter. Police found a January 20 1934 marriage license for Adele Celeste Burnton and L Kolvis. The weapon was an army pistol. A note said they wished to be buried together.
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Associated Press
N. Wis
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Adele Celeste Burnton
L. Kolvis
Waukegan
Financial Straits
John Arnold
Kotvis
Fort Sheridan
Firearms Must Be Registered Under New Act
The article notes a warning from N B Early Jr and Richmond Police Chief C W Hollis about registering firearms under the national act. It mentions penalties up to $2000 or five years in a federal pen. It lists registrations from Richmond Henrico Charlottesville Staunton Roanoke Petersburg and notes visitors Lula and Jennie Shimpock of Mooresville N C at the Lutheran parsonage.
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N. B. Early, Jr
Internal Revenue
Richmond
C. W. Hollis
Early
Henrico
Charlottesville
Staunton
Roanoke
Petersburg
Legal liquor cuts arrests in local 48 day period
Police data show 160 arrests from August 8 to September 25 including 19 Martinsburg contributors in a 48 day span. Excluding Martinsburgers, arrests fell 17 after store opening while drunks and illegal possession dropped from 7 to 2 cases each. Overall drunken driving cases declined from 7 to 2.
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Frederick County
Star
Martinsburg
W. Va
Three Names Vied for Conservation Group Chair in Virginia
Governor Peery faces three candidates for the chair of the Commission on Conservation and Development as the act makes the post a full time paid position starting January 1. William E. Caofaes, former chair, Thomas L. Farrar of Charlottesville, and E. Griffith Dodson of Norfolk are the leading contenders. Dodson had been discussed earlier after a Norfolk delegation pressed his candidacy, with Charlottesville Albemarle leaders also backing Farrar.
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Peery
Commission On Conservation and Development
Richmond Times-Dispatch
William E. Ca
Aes
Chairan
Somen Chai
Richmond
Thomas L. Farrar
Charlottesville
E. Griffith Dodson
Norfolk
Dodson
Albemarle
Farrar
Commission up for reform trims board to five and sets salary
The membership of the commission will be reduced from seven to five and the chairman will receive 6000 dollars a year. Both Mr Dodson and Mr Farrar are bankers.
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Dodson
Mr. Farrar
Evacuation Deadline Set for Shenandoah Park Area
November 1 is the evacuation deadline for Shenandoah National Park residents in Front Royal Virginia. Of about 480 families, 340 have shown interest in homestead settlement, 33 will not leave, and the rest have no opinion, according to William E. Carson chairman of the Conservation and Development Commission.
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Associated Press
Front Royal
Shenandoah National Park
William E. Carson
Conservation and Development Commission
Cattle Die After Nitrate Salt Mistaken for Feed
A Bunker Hill farmer found 14 cattle dead from nitrate of soda mistaken for salt. Five are his, five from the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, and four belong to neighbor Raymond Shirley. Cattle had access to spilled nitrate in an orchard, prompting warnings to handle nitrate carefully and use rock salt to avoid mixups.
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Max Miller
Bunker Hill
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Raymond Shirley
Arcanum Officers Set to Meet for October 4 Opening
The local Royal Arcanum chapter plans a special officers meeting at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow night to organize for the opening night on October 4. Officers aim to finalize preparations and assignments.
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Arcanum
Royal Arcanums
George Washington Hotel
Noted Rumanian Statesman Dies in Bucharest
BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept 25. Alexandru Movrodi, under secretary of state and president of the Council of Ministers, died today. He was editor of Viitorul and President of the Journalists' Syndicate.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Alexandru Movrodi
Council of Ministers
Viitorul
Journalists’ Syndicate
Brooks Pharmacy Ad Highlights Personal Care Offers
Local ad lists discounts at Brooks Pharmacy featuring Fitches Shamapoo at 75 cents, Charmona Cold Cream at 59 cents per pound, Klenzo Facial Tissue at 25 cents, and Squibb’s large toothpaste tube with cigarette lighter included for 39 cents.
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Brooks
Fitches Shamapoo
Charmona
Birth of Royal Babe Signals Festive Display in Italy
In Rome and Naples, crowds celebrate the birth of Princess Maria Pia to Crown Prince Umberto and Princess Marie Jose. King Victor Emmanuel signs amnesty for prisoners two years or less, while fascist rhetoric colors public proclamations and decorations mark the birth. Pope Pius IX sends blessings.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Maria Pia
Marie Jose
Umberto
Naples
Pope Pius
Mariann
Italy
Annual Boy Scouts Drive Opens October 15
Scout executive committee set the annual fund campaign for the week of October 15 with a $1500 goal. Dr George H Heist reports plans for presenting the Trail of Citizenship at the Apple Festival. Service clubs will provide banners for a Friday evening event at 730 p m in the George Washington Hotel.
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Scout Executive Committee
Handley Library
John 8
Scully, Jr
George H. Heist
Val
Harrian Ae Riemann
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Philip R. Fowle
Hartmen
C. Vernonce B. Crawford
Windell B. A. P. Barnhart
Frank Horton
Scout
Louisville Races October 2027 A P Update
The Associated Press reports Louisville races for October 2027 include an eight day meeting at Churchill Downs with two Saturdays. Mrs Victor L Denny returns home after two weeks in Washington while sister Mrs C Mi Baldwin remains on Connecticut Avenue.
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Louisville
The
Associated Press
Elusive
Kentucky State Racing Sion
Churchill Downs
the Downs
Victor L. Denny
West Cork Street
Washington
C. Mi Baldwin
Connecticut Avenue
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Meinersonag Innersoaal
King’s Daughters
Huntsberry
Mt. Williams Group
Variety Club
Billy Barnes
Tom Baldridge
Soddy Haines
Mr. Baldridge
Willard Hotel
Dick Powell
Sol Rosenblatt
Miss Pence
Teachers’ College
Frances Pence
L. H. Pence
State Teachers’College
Harrisonburg
Elizabeth Wolfe
Stephens City
Harrisonburg State Teachers
Orange Fete
Ery Mn
Bride
Lula
Jennie Shimpock
Mooresville, N. C
L. A. Thomas
Lutheran Parsonage
Ebloy
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Loudoun St
N. Loudoun St
Rock Creek
King of
Boy Scouts
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Margaret L. Hodgson
Maxwell House
Henry
R. G. A. Grocer
Lovett Brothers
N. Main Street
A. M. Swimley
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