Social and Personal Calendar Highlights for the Week
Community events fill the week with meetings at D. A. R. and United Brethren venues. A Mt. Vernon Flag dedication at Washingtons Headquarters and a Christan Endeavor Rally mark Sunday, alongside Rotary, American Legion, and choral society gatherings. Miss Elizabeth Rice named Hollins College honor student for 1931 32.
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Centenary Reformed Church
Ft. Loudoun
Mt. Vernon
Washington
United Brethren Church
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Virginia Barr
Fairman, Avenue
Carvier
Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church
Miss Rice
Hollins College
Elizabeth Rice
Warren Rice
Hollins
Virginia
United States
Regional Flower Show To Be Held At Orange Next Tuesday
The Garden Club of Virginia regional fall flower show will be held next Tuesday afternoon in the Parish House at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Orange. Dolly Madison Garden Club of Orange hosts seven other clubs including Albemarle Rivanna Charlottesville Augusta Staunton Scottville Blue Ridge Lexington Warm Spring Valley Hot Springs Spotswood Har risonburg. Exhibits must be placed before noon with judging at 12. Flowers must be grown by exhibitors except in classes 6 2 and 10. Prizes will be awarded across multiple classes including a general collection in one container and a collection of Dahlias.
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Orange
Garden Club of Virginia
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Dolly Madison Garden Club
Albemarle
Rivanna
Charlottesville
Augusta
Staunton
Scottsville
Blue Ridge
Lexington
Warm Spring Valley
Hot Springs
Spotswood Garden Club
Harrisonburg
Passengers Aim for Maiden Voyage on City of Hamburg
Edward J. Smith of Berryville and Count Louis De la Bassetiere sail on the City of Hamburg, Baltimore Mail Line's third of five liners on the Baltimore Norfolk Havre Hamburg route. The vessel reported 18.32 knots in sea trials.
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Edward J. Smith
Berryville
Hamburg
Baltimore Mail Line
Baltimore
Havre
Norfolk
Count Louis de la Bassetiere
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Local social notes from City and Surroundings
Miss Mary Warden Boyd leaves for Catonsville to attend Robert Beach School for winter term. Numerous visitors arrive from Baltimore Harrisburg and Pittsburgh visiting families on Handley Avenue and West Cork Street. Yale and Memorial Hospital ties appear with students and nurses visiting community. choir practice at United Brethren Church. residents plan winter moves and host small gatherings.
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Mary Warden Boyd
Catonsville
Robert Beach
Miss Boyd
P. W. Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Local social notes from Front Royal visitors and residents
Mr and Mrs Tyler Miller and Mrs Weaver with daughter Eleanor Weaver of Front Royal were guests here yesterday. Lieut Bryan Conrad, stationed abroad, will visit his mother Mrs Hunter H McGuire this week. Mr and Mrs John M Steck will move Friday into the cottage at the Conrad estate on North Cameron Street. Mrs J Victor Arthur, recently confined by a cold, is now able to go out. Mrs Horace Brownew of Berry’s Ferry Va visited her mother Mrs Elizabeth Tanquary on Amherst Street.
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Tyler Miller
Bryan Conrad
Hunter H. McGuire
North Braddock Street
John M. Steck, Jr
Conrad Estate
North
Cameron Street
Steck
John M. Steck
Fairmont Avenue
Horace Browne
Berrys Ferry
Elizabeth Tanquary
Amherst Street
Justice Hughes Urges Lawyers to Reform Justice System
Chief Justice Hughes urged lawyers to use all means to improve administration of justice at a dinner in Richmond. He cited the 1922 judicial conference act and urged Congress to authorize direct recommendations on jurisdictional changes. He called for bench and bar cooperation and notes on Madison’s constitutional principles at the Virginia Capitol ceremony.
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Richmo
Hughes
Virginia Bar Association
Richmond City Bar Association
Justicc
Congress
Coolidge Declares He Won't Seek 1932 Presidential Nomination
Washington reports Calvin Coolidge will not run in 1932 and will back Herbert Hoover for a second term. In a Saturday Evening Post article he urges party unity and a solid front to support the President, dampening talk of a Coolidge bid.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Saturday Evening Post
Hoover
Northampton
Fess
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Watson
Indiana
Sen
Madison the father of the constitution praised by Chief Justice
The Chief Justice called James Madison the father of the constitution and a defender of liberty. He praised Madison as an architect of institutions and a champion of religious liberty. The remarks place Madison alongside Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson in American liberty history.
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Madison
Virginia
Roger Williams
Thomas Jefferson
Republicans weigh Coolidge renomination prospects
The piece notes a mix of views on Calvin Coolidge's likely second nomination. Some say he has positioned himself behind a successor, while others recall the prior campaign's uncertainty. Senator Copeland commends Coolidge's phrasing as showing steady nerve, with insurgent Republicans in the West inclined to field their own favorites.
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Ate
Senator Copeland
W York
Coolidge
New England
Walt
West
Mr Coolidge
Rtg
Northampton
Funeral Rites Held In Frederick County For Mr Kerns
Funeral services for John Wesley Kerns 68 a longtime Cross Junction resident were held at Ebeneezer Church. Interment followed in the family plot. He is survived by two sisters and three brothers. He was unmarried.
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Ebeneezer Church
John Wesley Kerns
Frederick County
Cross Junction
Kerns
Nancy Braithwaite
Rebecca Roe
Henry and
Lemuel Kerns
Thomas Kerns
Paw Paw
W. Va
Rail Shares Hold Morning Rise Amid Freight-Rate Plea
The stock market opened strong on news of arguments in higher freight rate pleas. Rail stocks led the session, sustaining most of their morning gains while industrials and utilities faced selling pressure. Sterling cable opened at 3.88, down 3 cents. call money rose to 14 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Brakeman Crushed To Death In Freight Collision
Baltimore dispatch says Arnold Perry 39 brakeman of the Western Maryland Railway died when a freight car struck the caboose he stood between on a slowly moving train. His widow lies in a local hospital after an operation last Sunday.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Arnold Perry
Western Maryland Railway
New York Stock Exchange Quotations From Hibbs Co
Stock quotations furnished by W B Hibbs & Company members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade with Hibbs Building Washington DC address and telephone listed for inquiries.
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W. B. Hibbs & Company
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Basré
Hibbs Building
Washington, D. C
Telephone National
Chicago Board- Trade
Hibbs
Sharp NYSE declines persist with limited gains later
The New York Stock Exchange saw continued sharp price drops with many issues down 1 or more points. Some stocks steadied or gained by 2 30 PM as shorts covered, while oil majors like Texas Corp Standard Oil of N J and Continental Oil posted notable losses and United States Steel fell about a point. Exchange rates showed the British pound at 3.92 dollars.
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New York Stock Exchange
Oil Group
Texas Corporation
Standard Oil of
N. J
Continental Oil of
Delaware
United States Steel
United States
Allied Chem. & Dye
American Can
Amer. Power & Lat
Amer
Tel & Tel
Amer. Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Atlantic Cst. Line
Cosmopolitan System of Medicine Proposal by Mayo Quote
Dr Charles H Mayo advocates a cosmopolitan medical system combining best aspects of three systems and countries. Bruce Catton notes government rarely faces greater risk than when fixing finances with full dedication.
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Charles H. Mayo
Bruce Catton
Chicago Grain Closing Prices on a Declining Market
Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade fell through the session with brisk selling. Closing figures show Wheat September 45 1/2, December 47 1/4, May 51. Corn September 36, December 35 1/2, May 29. Oats September 20, December 21 1/2. Rye September 37 3/4, December 40, May 40.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Apple Market Shipping-Point Info for Monday
Winchester Virginia reports slow demand and mixed carload prices for apples. Prices show small gains across varieties including Yorks U. & inchés, Buchel, Delicious, Grimes No. 1, and Lowrys No. 1 with 2 to 3 percent increases and per cart storage adjustments noted.
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Winchester
Yorks U. & Inchés
Golf Score Headlines Ailing Health Not News
A light line notes that when a man’s health is under par the phrase lacks news value, but a similar drop in golf score becomes a notable item. The quip contrasts wellness with sport statistics to highlight scoring significance.
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Svante
Friends Church
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street
M. E
South
Martin Wisecarver
Charles Keeler
Winchester Choral Society
The
Presbyterian Church
American Legion Post
Otterbein Guild of the United Brethren Church
Evelyn Barrett
Smithfield Avenue
Michaelmas Dajsky
Miami
Huntsberry
North Main Street
Pope
E. W. Pope
New Oxford
E. C. Carper and Sons
Strasburg
H. E. Gibson
Cortet
Clarence Boyce
Frederick, Md
Ida Elliott
Martinsburg
J. Luther Ford and Son
Douglas
Hagerstown
Thelma Anders
Reuben Poston
Summit Point
Charles Town
W. D. Keene
Richard Boxwell
Miss Evans
Providence Hospital
Frances Evans
Providence
R. I
Handley High School
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Philip Atcherley
Apple
New York City
Liverpool
Eng
R. G. Spiker and Son
Frank Gearing
Handley Avenue
Messrs
Nelson W. Richards
W. W. Glass
Elkins
Beverley Wright
Elizabeth Neilly
Kentucky
West Leciester Street
Mrs. L. R. Dettra
Oaks, Pa
Goodyear Pathfinder
Goodyear Speedway
Goodyear
Buncutter Tire Co
South Braddock St
Mr. Carroll Faber
Harrisburg
W. A. Shiner
Elsie Proffit
Memorial Hospital
Gaara Richards
Shenan Valley Bank Bank
Gladys Carver
Mrs. I. L. Carver
Richard Whiting
Boyce
Mrs. Woolfolk
West Cork Street
Lewis H. Hyde, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Mildred Lewis
Gore
Mae Miller
Mrs
Denver Penn
Pittsburgh, Pa
I. L. Carver
Gibson G. Baker
Frances A. Walker
Mrs. Melvin Green
South Washington Street
Richard S. Jolliffe
Major
Porter House
G. R. Cooper, Harnden and Company
Young People’s Choir
Vida Wolford
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Philadelphia
Evelyn Murrell
Alva C. Richards
L. B. Resseguie
Mr. Teackle Spady
Hampton’ and
W. D. Smith
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Joseph Carbaugh
Chambersburg, Pa
W. A. Baker
Emma Ginn Baker
Percy Randolph
Millwood
Justice Hughes
Secnd
Mr. Kerns
W. M. Brakeman
Balto & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Consolid
Cigar
Oil
Del
Elec
Lat
Power
Fox Picture
Gen'l Electric
Gen'l. Foods
Gen'l. Motors
Int. Harvester
Kennecot Cee
Llorilard
Loew's
Nat'l. Biscuit
Mont. Ward
New York Oe
Penna. R
Reynold's
Ar Sears
Texas
Union Pacific
Pic
U. S. Rubber
Warner Bros
Western Union
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Shipping-point
Florsheim
Lovett Bros
Bell Clothes Shop
Margaret L. Hodgson
R. M. Swimley
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