Entertaining Notes From Martinsburg and Vicinity
Miss Elizabeth Oates held a birthday party at her Berryville avenue home with games and refreshments. Guests included many named friends and Mr. Eugene Fox and others. Mrs. Wells arrived in New York after travels. wedding in Pittsburgh noted for Miss Scanlon. Engagement announced for Miss Margaret Somerville and Dr. Michael J. McInerney with October weddings planned. Monarch Club to hold ladies night at Tokes Inn. Dr. J A Miller stag dinner before October wedding. Amelia Hamburger born to Mr. and Mrs. Myer Hamburger. Local social visits and recaps. Church Ladies Aid to sponsor a lunch on Oct 4. David Timberlake returns from West Virginia trip. Mrs. Hoshour recovering after Mayo Clinic care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Oates
Elizabeth Oates
Berryville Avenue
Sybil Grim
Helen Woore
Marie Estes
Helen Grim
Patsy Foster
Lucille Light
Helen Clem
Gertrude Jones
Ella Roudolf
Mary Louise Crisman
Pearl Smith
Virginia Renner
Dorothy Rutherford
Emma Patton
Mary Ramey
Louise Foreman
Kathryn Newcome
Evangeline Ebersole
Madeline Patton
Dorothy Nalley
Ruth Patton
Violet Ritter
Sarah Carper
Eugene Fox
Laurence Pannett
Charles Lillis
Tom Cochran
Janey Hollis
Albert Miller
Hudson Miller
Gordon McCartney
Dorish Locke
Fred Massey
Wallace Lutz
Darrell Grim
James Cave
Leonard Rogers
John Roudolf
Ray Cather
Glen Anderson
Mr. Fries
Roland Keller
Vincent Miller
Bill Huntsberry
Franklin Patton
Vance Whittaker
Edward Henry Wells
New York
West Inndies
South America
Wells
Alice Walker Scanlon
Charles Scanlon
Waverly Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Dr. Scanlon
Durham
N. C
F. T. Scanlon
Morgantown
Thomas Somerville
Margaret Somerville
Michael J. McInerney
Washington
Miss Somerville
Swathmore College
Phi Beta Kappa
Pi Beta Phi
Sidwell’s
Friends School
McInerney
Georgetown University
Georgetown Medical School
Social calendar listings for Winchester area events
A sequence of weekly civic and church functions listed for Monday to Thursday. Events include dinners at First Baptist Church and social rooms, Legion Post luncheon, Braddock Street churches activities, Lions Club luncheon, Little Theatre, Kiwanis luncheon, and Elks Lodge choir meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fang Dem
Ocrats’ Club
Winchester
Frederick County
Rouss Springs
First Baptist Church
American Legion Post
Young Peoples’ Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Betrtha V. Cline
Woodland Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Lions Club
Little Theatre
Handley Library
First Baptist
Kiwanis Club
The
United Brethren Church
Social Luncheon Fetes Miss Steck Before Miller Nuptials
Attractive entertainments unfold in honor of Miss Susan Cover Steck and Dr James A Miller with luncheons at homes on South Stewart Street and Stonewall Avenue. Guests from the city attend, events lead to a Winchester Golf Club dance and a Saturday wedding ceremony at 4 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pinkney Arthur
John B. McKee
George Smith
Chalmers Strain
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Henry Neville Stephenson
Burry Harrison
William CD. Smith
Caroline Carson
Riverton
Stonewall Avenue
Victor Arthur
Ambler Moss to wed Dorothea Williams in Baltimore
Invitations go out from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams of Baltimore for the marriage of their daughter Dorothea Dandridge Williams to Ambler Holmes Moss of Baltimore. The ceremony is set for 4 p.m. Saturday October 7 at the Williams home in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mr. Moss
R. H. Stokes
Minnie ©. Baker
Winchester
Miss Anne Tucker McGuire in New Louisville stock company
Henry J. Martin will operate a stock company bearing his name opening at Drury Lane on Monday October 2. Miss Anne Tucker McGuire joins as ingenue with Donald Koehler as juvenile, backed by Fort Knox connections and local figures. The Braddock Street Methodist Church young people's choir meets tomorrow at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne T. M’guire
Henry J. Martin
Stock Company
Drury Lane
Anne Tucker McGuire
Louisville
Fort Knox
Miss McGuire
Lafon Allen
Julian B. Lindsey
Julian R. Lindsey
Martin
Malcolm Fassett
McCauley’s
Old Theatre
Brown
National Players
Liberty Bank and Trust Company
Addison Pitt
Young People's Choir
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Agreement On Disarmament Held Vital To Recovery
Sir John Simon urges a prompt disarmament accord at the League of Nations as essential to world economic recovery and political stability. Dollfuss defends Austrian independence amid efforts to curb the Nazi movement. Norman Davis states the U S opposes delaying the conference and rejects four power pact driven talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
John Simon
League of Nations Assembly
John
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Germany
Dollfuss
Community of Nations
Norman H. Davis
Assembly
Joseph Paul Botticour
Mussolini
Attack in court over new gasoline tax rebate measure
Richmond circuit court heard a challenge to the gasoline tax rebate plan passed by the General Assembly. Judge Julien Gunn ordered T McCall Frazier to show cause why he should not be enjoined from issuing refunds. The rebate allows two cents per gallon to stations within ten miles of Arlington and Fairfax counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
General Assembly
Arlington
Fairfax County
District of Columbia
Julien Gunn
Fredericksburg
Northern Virginia
T. McCall Frazier
Division of Motor Vehicles
Yale Expert Confers With Federal Officials On Monetary Outlook
Yale economist Dr. James H. Rogers met with President Roosevelt's aides including Dean Acheson and Lewis Douglas to discuss the dollar's purchasing power. Inflation proponents plan congressional action while Rogers declined to reveal details of the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
James H. Rogers
Yale
Congress
Thomas
D. Okla
Rogers
Dean Acheson
Treasury
Lewis Douglas
New Jersey
Fresh vegetables shipped to Byrd expedition from California
Thirty five tons of fresh vegetables en route to New York to support Admiral Byrd’s two year South Pole quest. A Boucquet process will preserve by removing water while keeping structure. shipment includes soup flakes, carrot flakes, spinach, onion, chili, peppers, potatoes, cabbages, beans and rhubarb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
New York
California
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Paul A. Boucquet
University of Southern California
Police Do Not Admit Violating Prohibition Law
Newport News on September 27 Police Chief W E Mahone said officers at a Virginia police executives convention in Danville did not admit violating the prohibition law. He noted only two hands rose when asked how many officers had admitted breaking the law and said no one was asked to raise a hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
W. E. Mahone
Virginia Police Executives
Danville
Mahone
Police Executives
Virginia
Son of Winchester Residents Named NRA Engineer
Leslie A. Hoffman of Roslindale Mass now based in Long Hill Connecticut was appointed engineer to the Public Works Administration of the National Recovery Administration. The position covers projects in Connecticut and Rhode Island with an office in Bridgeport. Hoffman, a MIT graduate 1917, served in World War I and worked for the Bureau of Standards plus American Tube and Stamping and Stanley Works before directing Associated Consultants of Bridgeport. He is married with two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie A. Hoffman
R. E. March
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Roslindale
Mass
Albert H. Hoffman
Winchester
West Gerard Street
Public Works Administration
National Recovery Administration
Hoffman
Parkway Transcript
Long Hill
NRA
United States Department of the Interior
Roosevelt
Bridgeport
Cummins Highway
Wilbur L. Melvin
Stephen M. Weld
Charles Sumner
Mechanic Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Air Service
United States Bureau of Standards
Ashington
Bureau of Standards
American Tube and Stamping Company
Stanley Works
Associated Consultants of
Bridgeport Engineering Institute
Virginia Eyes 14 Million Federal Parkway Boost
Virginia plans seek 14 000 900 from the Federal government for a park to park highway extending Skyline Drive. Col J A Anderson Senator Harry F Byrd and Highway Commissioner Henry Shirley led talks in Washington with Tennessee and North Carolina to share costs and toll financed self liquidating road would spur tourism and revenue via gasoline taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Pollard
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Shirley
Anderson Strong
Richmond
Washington
Bureau of Public Roads
Col. J. A. Anderson
Harry F. Byrd
Henry Shirley
Formation of body to launch project and secure 30 percent grant
The passage describes forming an organization to start the project and obtain the government grant of thirty percent available to public bodies. It emphasizes creating a formal body to manage the initiative and access funding.
Winchester Presbytery Elects Diehl Moderator at Shepherdstown
The Rev. Dr. S. R. Diehl, pastor of Martinsburg Presbyterian Church, was elected moderator of Winchester Presbytery at its semi annual session in Shepherdstown West Virginia. The gathering included sermons, choir offerings, and readings from home missions and devotional reports. More than fifty ministers and delegate elders attended as sessions close today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Diehl
Martinsburg Presbyterian Church
Winchester
Presbyterian Church
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Ben Reed
Burlington
Grownie Church
J. G. Prist
Moorefield
Mabel Hall
Shepherd College
Home Missions Committee
J. W. Hogshead
Petersburg
F. T. McFaden
Winchester Presbyterian Church
G. G. Sydnor
Charles Town
H. W. Shannon
Front Royal
Reynolds Hall
T. M. Newling
Korea
T. K Currie
Richmond
Synod of Virginia
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. H. Wells
Margaret Somervill
Tokes’ Inn
Martinsburg
Opequon
Leslie Shiley
Middletown
Clayton Painter
Vaucluse
James Shiley
Woodstock
Robert Painter
Cedarville
John Effer
Frederick
Brentie Wheatley
Curley Herrell
Savage, Md
Clyde Cooley and Sons
Willet Painter
Aldie
Ladies’ Aid Society
Centenary Reformed Church
David Timberlake
West Virginia
Miss Leslie Timberlake
South Braddock Street
Huntsberry
Courier- Journal of
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N. R. A. Organization
Dr. Diehl
Presbytery
Dr. McFaden
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
the Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S. Postal Savings Depository
Norma Phillips
Detroit
Bureau of Missing Persons
Therme Roberts
Liberal
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Lovett Shoe
Loudoun St
Borgos
Mary S. Yeakley
W. Boscawen St
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
Margaret L Hodgson
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