Social and Personal Notices Highlights and Gatherings
Kiwanis lunch at the hotel on Wednesday at 2 30 p m honors for Mrs Simon Snapp and daughter Vergie Snapp of this city and Opequon family members and guests listed. A string of personal visits, parties, picnics, and weekend stays across Winchester Berkeley County and nearby towns are noted with multiple Snapp, Armentrout, and Goshert family members appearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Snapp
Opequon
Vergie Snapp
Elmer Bucher
Holmes and
Clayton
Maynard Snapp
Marvin Bucher
Newton Burkhart
Reathir Snapp
Betty Jeanne
Phylis
Edwin Snapp
Lewy White
Mary Catherine
Lewy, Jr
Allen
Ralph
Inchester
Snnapp
Albert Snapp
Freh Hill, Md
Hunter Jorgen Snapp
Philadelphia
Weiner roast at Kales Ford with Sidney Gore School staff
The Sidney Gore School faculty and tenth grade held a weiner roast at Kales Ford on September 24 with many staff members and students named. The eighth grade led the assembly program including devotions, songs, a poem, and a playlet. Rooms Shook and Duff earned weekly recognitions for neatness, with a monthly prize planned. Katherine Monneyham visited Washington to see her ill father Wilbur Hewitt at Mount Alto Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Gore School
Kales Ford
Annie P. Starling
P. D. Beable
John Ward
Rebecca Adams
James Duff
Ernest Shook
Lois Harrison
Mary Virginia DeHaven
Lillian Triplett
Juanita Brill
Reva Michael
Alma Frye
Harry Morrison
Jack Larrick
Hazel Foreman
America
Hazel Johnson
Katherine H. Monneyham
Washington
Wilbur E. Hewitt
Mount Alto
Mr. Hewitt
Girls Athletic Association October meeting announced
The Girls Athletic Association will hold its October business meeting at 129 South Loudoun Street on Thursday October 2 at 8 o clock. Members are urged to attend on time while plans for the month are discussed. A brief council meeting is set for 7 30 prior to the main gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Athletic Association
South Loudoun Street
Junior Century Club To Hold First Meeting
The junior club will convene tomorrow at 2 PM in the Presbyterian Sunday School room for an important business meeting. Members are urged to attend with pencils and paper. Mrs. Clarke Cooper hosts a tea at her Amherst home after the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Century Club
Presbyterian Sunday School
Clarke Cooper
Amherst Street
Berryville Social Update: Residents Return and Travel
Berryville notes show Katherine Page visiting from Washington with Virginia Page and Kate Powers. Several locals travel to Hagerstown Stratford Wakefield and Tappahannock while others move to Philadelphia Arlington and Richmond for work or study. Obituaries include Dr. Thomas Taliaferro and Mrs. Sallee's Kentucky visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Katherine Page
Washington, D. C
Virginia Page
Kate Powers
Daniel Selke
Barbara Tillinghast
Washington
Young Mothers Face Beauty Shop Relief for Sleep and Nerves
A new mother pleads for the full beauty regimen and a back rub to cope with endless duties. The piece urges young moms to rest when infants nap, stressing maintenance of appearance for morale and household balance.
Modern Etiquette Q and A on Theater Applause and Buffets
A guide covers theater applause norms advising against prolonged or loud clapping especially when solitary. It offers buffet candle placement guidelines using single candles at each corner of the floral centerpiece. It also provides a phrasing option for RSVP requests in English.
Berryville Residents Visit Washington D C And Virginia
Mr and Mrs Lynwood Barnett and daughter Jane Elizabeth of Winchester visited Mr and Mrs Robert Shenk. The Levis returned from a trip to Virginia Beach Norfolk and Matthews county. Lieut Col Joel D Griffing returned to Richmond after weekend travels with several Berryville residents in Washington for football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Schindel
Peggy
Dick Schindel
Washington
Lynwood Barnett
Jane Elizabeth
Winchester
Robert Shenk
Randolph Dozier
Richmond
Joel D. Griffing
Richmond, Va
Berryville
Washington, D. C
Redskins
Giants
Pam Murphy
Andrew LaVelle
George Pope
Kenneth Levi
Helen Berry
Garnet Levi
Charles Riley
Tom Elsen
Harry Carper
Baltimore
Charley Shenk
Davis Daughter Recovering From Illness At Home
Miss Nancy Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Davis has been ill at home and is now recuperating satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pugitt
Harry Goshert
Nancy Davis
R. E. Davis
Missing Link In Feed Found By Virginia Poultry Grower
Leon L. Chiles of Keswick claimed a missing link in poultry food with a blend high in Vitamin B1 and minerals. He aided Mrs. Sweeney by feeding it to her turkeys from hatching, boosting average weight beyond 15 pounds and some to 20. Mrs. Sweeney expects turkey sales to double this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesvlle
Leon L. Chiles
Keswick
Albemarle County
Chiles
Stephens O. Sweeney
Buckeyeland
Charlottesville
Sweeney
Pete Cooper's 92 Years of Inventions and Innovations
Pete Cooper, famed for building the Tom Thumb in 1830, financed the Atlantic cable laying and founded Cooper Union. He spent much of his 92 years inventing new devices and shaping early American technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Cooper
Cooper Union
Typhoid Peril Still Looms In Rural Virginia
Public health officials warn that typhoid fever remains a risk in rural Virginia as many homes lack protected water milk sanitation and proper sewage disposal. State health commissioner Dr I C Riggin cites 256 cases and 27 deaths in 1940 as evidence that the disease is not over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Virginia
State Department of Health
I. C. Riggin
State Health Department
Clarke County Jury Finds Irvin Wiley Guilty of Reckless Driving
In Berryville Clarke County a jury returned a guilty verdict against Irvin Wiley on a reckless driving charge. He was fined ten dollars with court costs. Wiley had appealed from the Trial Justice Court. In a cross filed civil suit Cash versus Bullen, evidence continues with a late today verdict expected on damages from an August 31 accident at Double Toll Gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke County
Irvin Wiley
Wiley
Trial Justice Court
Cash
Bullen
Dash
Pullen
In Memoriam for Leo L. Bowman and Mary E. Bowman
In loving memory of my parents Leo L. Bowman and Mary E. Bowman on my mother's 77th birthday Sept 30 1941. I will remember with tears in my eyes. When you were both taken I could not say goodbye. Father first then mother joined him. By their only daughter Clara B Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo L
Mary E. Bowman
Dad
Clara B. Keller
Social and Club Notices Requested Ahead of Events
The Star invites readers to submit social personal or club notices the day before or after they occur. Include event details such as date place and participants for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Public Health Service: Accidental Deaths in Public Places
The U S Public Health Service reports over 50000 accidental deaths occur annually in public places. These deaths make up about 4 percent of all deaths and account for 80 percent of all accidental deaths in the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Public Health Service
Spanish Class To Be Organized At County Courthouse
A Spanish class meeting is set for Thursday at 7 o'clock on the county courthouse second floor. A University of Virginia faculty member will help organize the course, with several applications received. Edwin Jones of Stephens City High School will assist in conducting the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Carter
Bedington School
Inwood
Bedington
Parent-Teacher Association
Handley High School
Woman's Civic League
George Washington
R. T. Barton
Winchester
T. Russell Cather
E. G. Rusk
University of Virginia
Spa
L. Kline
A Schoo
Edwin Jones
Stephens City High School
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Washington on September 30 reports Treasury receipts totaling 10.474 million dollars and expenditures of 52.928 million dollars. The gross figure reaches 51.227 billion.
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Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Snapp
Armentrout
Mr. Burall
Eva Armentrout
Sam Burall
South Kent Street
Kernstown
Stanley Clowser
Jimmie
Harry Atkins
Clearbrook
Jesse Snapp
Brucetown
Chauncy Snapp
Charles Thorton
Leo Clows
Richard Buncutter
Fort Meade
R. E. Buncutter
South Stewart Street
Ethel Marie Braithwaite
C. W. Braithwaite
North Kent Street
Memorial Hospital
Bruce Alexander
Firestone Company
Benntt McCarthy
Front Royal
West Cecil Street
Lemon Stetler
Berryville Pike
Floyd Combs
Cleance Oates
B. L. Watkins
Janet Gay
South Braddock Street
Watkins
Mrs. Lloyd Schockey
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Mary Beattie
Barbara Fitzgerald
W. C. Hawkins
Charles Town
Jack Tharpe
John Locke
Luray
J. P. Essex
Robert Reed
Charles Bunting
Pittsburgh
Daniel Lupton
North Washington Street
George L. Sheetz
Mount Jackson
Sue Dailey
Ben Cline
Shirley Willingham
Catonsville
Berton Schover
Leonard Rudacille
National Avenue
T. J. Noffsinger
Teddy and
Marty
Kay Ann
Clarksburg
James Keffer, Jr
Cantonment Hospital
Fort George Meade, Md
J. E. Keffer
Gray Avenue
Keffer
Fort Meace
DIAL
Brooks’ Pharmacy
W. B. Snider
N. Cameron St
The
Red Cross
Huntsberry
the Food Center
Loudoun
Civic League
Blue Ridge Shrine Club
Culpeper
Acca Tempel Shrine of
John Ty Eee
the Plains
Jim of
Scryer
Otis Sargent
Will Hart
Hagerstown
Mr. Hart
Fred Miller
Harts
Mrs. Hart
Charles Roland
Roanoke
Roberta Ayler
Fredericksburg
F. L. Aylor
William Bowerman
Mrs. Bowerman
Clint Foley
Mr. Bowerman
Fort Belvoir
E. D. Currie
Mr. Ellyson Currie
Flushing, N. Y
J. J. Harris
Stratford
Wakefield
Tappahannock
H. S. Smalley
Bob Smalley
New Jersey
J. P. Sallee
Billy Sallee
Lexington, Ky
Thomas Taliaferro
Taliaferro
University of Maryland
William Peltz
Phyllis Ann
Debora Lee
E. D. Vaughan
Union Theological Seminary
Mrs. Lawrence Niceley
Arlington
Mr. Niceley
Henry Kerfoot
Bettie and
Henry, Jr
Carl Boshen
Audley Farm
Bernard B. Jones
Alberta Elsen
John Guy
Bentonville
Mr. E. P. Carter
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Helen Follett
Tak
Joan Blondell
By Roberta Lee
Betty Smallwood
Webster’s
Columbia Concise
Pifer Company
N. Loudoun St
Winchester Star Information Bureau
Underwood's
Memoriam
E. Piccadilly St
Regis Toomey
Jane Wyman
Hollywood
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Pyee i Hee
S Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dial 4542
Miles
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
New York
N. Y
Nannie
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