Kiwanis Meeting and Charity Luncheon Schedule
Social Calendar lists Wednesday events from Kiwanis weekly meeting at George Washington Hotel to a Cen Tenary Reformed Church chicken salad luncheon. Activities include choir rehearsals at United Brethren and Grace Lutheran, Branson 4-H and Welltown 4-H meetings, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, American Legion Post gathering, Braddock Street Methodist services, and dances at Hotel Drusilla.
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Kiwanis
George Washington
Stonewall
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Ladies of Centenary Reformed Church
Branson
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Welltown
4-H Club
American Legion Post
Geo Washington Hotel
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Hotel Drusilla
Jordan White Sulphur Springs
Order of Eastern Star Charms Grand Matron Visit
McKindley Chapter No. 19 entertained Grand Matron Mrs. Wyz Harper Burk of Alexandria during her official Virginia visit. The event featured a flowered lodge room and an aisle of gladiolas as she was escorted to her station, with many grand officers and representatives in attendance from Front Royal Strasburg Woodstock Harrisonburg Clarendon Cherrydale Alexandria Vienna and Bristol among other chapters and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Florida
Ohio
McKinley Chapter
Burk
Ella Hodges
Marie Shade
Daisy Shade
Wetsel
Sellers
Bierer
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grand Chapter
West Virginia
McKinley
W. M. Shade
Order of Eastern Star
McKindley
Virginia
Wyz Harper Burk
Alexandria
Nellie R. Cosden
Clarendon
Lloyd Willey
Front Royal
Mabel Sellers
Ethel Weisel
Richmond
The
Home Board
Anna Bierer
Alfred Cosden
Agnes Shirey
Gladys Dening
Esther
Margaret Rogers
Middletown
North Carolina
Winchester
Iowa
Daisy B. Shade
Vermont
Strasburg
Woodstock
Harrisonburg
Cherrydale
Vienna
Bristol
Dances Set at Orange County Fair with Dan Gregory Orchestra
Invitations issued for dances Wednesday and Thursday evenings September 28 and 29 at the Orange County Fair. Music begins at 9 and runs to 2 with Dan Gregory and his Victor Recording Orchestra. The first night features a rare novelty act. Gregory’s group is renowned from Cincinnati to Miami Beach. Patronesses include Mrs. Burgess and several other local ladies.
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Dan Gregory
Victor Recording
Virginia
Castle Farm
Cincinnati
William Penn Hotel
Philadelphia
Roman Gardens
Miami Beach
Fla
A. T. Burgess
Henry Warren
L. S. Macon
A. Stuart Robertson
N. A. Linney
Lady Bugs Dedicate A Program To City
A group of young businessmen requested NBC New York to dedicate a Winchester program from 8 to 8 15 each morning. NBC announcer said the Lady Bugs Misses Muriel Pollock and Vee Lawnhurst would broadcast a Winchester dedication. The two pianists call their show Grand Music from Grand Pianos and presented a pleasant Saturday morning program.
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National Broadcasting Company of New York
Lady Bugs
Winchester
Ladybugs
Muriel Pollock
Vee Lawnhurst
Pollock
Lawnhurst
Typhoid Patient From Charles Town Remains Hospitalized
Typhoid fever patient Mr. Herman Whitacre of Charles Town W V has been moved to Winchester Memorial Hospital for treatment ten days after onset. He is a son of Mrs O W Eaton and the late Mr Walter Whitacre, formerly of Capon Bridge W V where he lived before moving to Charles Town. His mother now lives at Kernstown in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Whitacre
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Whitacre
O. W. Eaton
Walter Whitacre
Capon Bridge
Kernstown
This County
Robert and
William Charles
St. Louis
Lewis H. Hyde
West Boscawen Street
New Haven
Local residents host visitors and travel notices in Winchester
Multiple social items report guests and travels in Winchester including Mr and Mrs Harry Boss visiting Washington guests of Mr and Mrs W South Taylor and Mr A Smith with Mrs Smith and Mr H Douglas Fuller hosting in town. Other entries list moves to Greenville and Chambersburg and upcoming Johns Hopkins studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. E. Robertson
Raymond Cone
Greenville, Va
Mr. Robertson
McG. Robertson
C. E. Smith
Mrs Olga Meske Returns Home After Detroit Visit
Miss Olga Meske comes back to North avenue after six weeks in Detroit staying with friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs A L Horner and daughter Miss Mary Horner and friend return to Washington after a weekend with Mr and Mrs E P Bean on South Stewart street. Miss Westwood Beverley Byrd, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry F Byrd of Berryville, leaves tomorrow for Washington to resume studies at Gunston Hall School for Girls.
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Hawthorne
Lynn K. Brugh, Jr
Ann Spencer
Mary Stuart Brugh
Hagerstown
Jane Robertson
Washington
Virginia Steck
H. Clay DeGrange
South Washington Street
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Vassar College
Messrs
Thomas and
John Scully
John S. Scully
South Stewart Street
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Harry K. Russell
Mary Greenway Russell
Arabella Davies
Gunston Hall School For
Olga Meske
North Avenue
Detroit
Mich
A. L. Horner
Mary Horner
E. P. Bean
Westwood Beverley Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
Gunston Hall School
Will Probated for Mordecai B. Richards in Frederick County
The 1925 will of Mordecai B. Richards, a Frederick County retired farmer killed in an auto accident, is admitted to probate. Mrs Meta L. Richards is named executrix on bond set at 2500 dollars. J W Arthur and James B Russell witnessed the will. Appraisers Hunter M. Stine Charles R. McCann C Richard Boyce Joseph B Newlin and J Victor Arthur were appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mordecai B. Richards
Frederick County
Meta L. Richards
Richards
J. W. Arthur
James B. Russell
Stocks Waver Then Rally In Quiet Market
New York traders opened with a wobble but stocks moved higher as rails and motor shares led a modest advance in a largely professional session. Some soft spots appeared, yet the broad list strengthened with rising sentiment and steady call money at 2 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Rails and Motors
Crisp Named To Tariff Commission By President
Washington Sept 27 President Hoover appointed Representative Charles R Crisp Democrat Georgia to the Tariff Commission filling the vacancy caused by Lincoln Dixons death Crisp was acting chairman of the ways and means committee last session and had been defeated by Governor Russell in the Georgia Senate primary
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Charles R. Crisp
Georgia
Tariff Commission
Lincoln Dixon
Crisp
Ways and Means
Congress
Russell
Senate
Upper Yosemite Waterfall Dwarfs Niagara in Height
The Upper Yosemite waterfall in California plunges 1,430 feet, a drop nearly equal to nine Niagaras stacked vertically. It marks a dramatic natural feature noted for its sheer summit and scale.
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Yosemite
California
Whist Preference Noted By Jud Tunkins
Jud Tunkins remarks he enjoys a whist style where his wife may call him dummy without offense. A Washington Star blurb adds quips about the game while noting a statistic on global blindness could halve with generation of focused science.
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Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Roosevelt Welcomed by New Mexico on Campaign Trail
President hopeful Franklin D Roosevelt visits New Mexico en route to Colorado Springs. He is welcomed at Lamy Junction near Santa Fe with state party leaders gathering for a convention, after a rodeo attended by thousands.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
New Mexico
Franklin D Roosevelt
New York
Williams
Ariz
Lamy Junction
Santa Fe
Lamy
John C. Greenway
Arizona
Navy Balloon Finishes Closest To Bennett Cup Victory
In Warsaw a United States Navy balloon in the Gordon Bennett cup race landed near Wasule on the Polish Latvian frontier at 10 a m. It appeared the Navy bag led the event with the rival Goodyear 8 reported at Kaunas Lithuania earlier. All other European balloons had landed yesterday.
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Warsaw
Poland
United States Navy
Wasjule
Bilna
Navy
Goodyear
Kaunas
Lithuania
Rear Admirals Shift Commands in Battle Force
Secretary Adams orders Rear Admiral David F. Sellers to command the battleship division of the battle force as vice admiral. Rear Admiral Frank H Brumby, commandant at Norfolk Navy Yard, ordered to relieve Admiral Sellers and assume control of battleship division No 1.
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Washington
David F. Sellers
Adams
Frank H. Brumby
Norfolk Navy Yard
Sellers Agmandon
Mrs Roy Owens Called By Death at Brucetown Church
Mrs Minnie Gertrude Owens aged about 25, wife of Roy Owens, farmer near Clearbrook, died at 9 this morning after a brief illness. Survived by husband and three children Dorothy Eva Carl. mother Mrs Carrie Manuel of Jefferson County. three sisters Myrtle McDonald Lena Beering Sadie Dillon. two brothers James and William Manuel. Funeral from Methodist Episcopal Church South Brucetown at 10 30 Thursday. Rev C J Clark to bless with Brucetown Cemetery interment.
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Minnie Gertrude Owens
Roy Owens
Clearbrook
Owens
Dorothy
Eva
Carl Owens
Carrie Manuel
Jefferson County
W. Va
Myrtle McDonald
Lena Beering
Charles Town
Sadie Dillon
Millville
James
William Manuel
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Brucetown
C. J. Clark
Junior Choir To Sing Spirituals at Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church pastor Rev. S. Spriggs announced the church junior choir will sing spirituals and old-time hymns for white friends on Thursday at 9 o clock. The program aims to include requested melodies and hopes for a large audience.
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S. Spriggs
Mount Carmel Free Baptist Church
Liberal Cuban Leader Wounded in Havana Shooting
Clemente Vazquez Bello president of the Cuban Senate and head of the National Liberal party was probably fatally wounded this afternoon by an unidentified assassin in Havana.
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Associated Press
Havana
Clemente Vazquez Bello
Senate
National Liberal Party
Prison Guard Bailed in Prison Counterfeiting Plot
Irving Favorite, a Michigan state prison guard at Jackson, is free on $2,000 bond after being charged with helping a counterfeiting scheme with inmate Frank Briggs. Briggs admitted plans to melt down stolen prison utensils to strike half dollars inside the Jackson institution. Favorite’s wife allegedly tipped the warden after a quarrel with her husband.
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Irving Favorite
Michigan
Liberty
Frank Briggs
Jackson Institution
Favorite
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Joseph Scheuer
New York City
Harold Scheuer
Alfred McNulty
Douglas McNulty
Gore Home
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Blacksburg
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Gertrude Ellen Meyer
Ben
William T. Barr
Chambersburg
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Eleanor Robertson
Greenville
Wesley L. Slonaker
Lynn and
Gordon Slonaker
Lemuel J. Spaid
Niagara Falls
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N. Y
Akron
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Jack W. Riley
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Charles Mort
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Lawrence McCully Judd
Hawaii
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A. G. Swanson
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M. B. Richards
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Hollywood
Nils Asther
Vorce
Miss Duncan
Topsy and
Los Angeles
Evelyn Asther
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