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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1939
Page
8
Study Group in make up meets at Parish House in the afternoon. Acting study group gathers at Parish House. Rotary Club lunch Thursday at George Washington Hotel. C T U meets at Handley Library. Good Friday services scheduled Friday afternoon at Grace Lutheran Church.
The regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital was held in the nurses home on April 3. The finance committee reported 146.50 net from a February card party, enabling payment for second floor floor covering. Plans for a June garden party aim to raise funds to cover the first floor ceiling andjeum. Mrs Melvin Green gave a talk on the Life of Louis Pasteur.
Invitations in Winchester announce the marriage of Miss Anabelle Ruth Biggs daughter of Mrs William Hains Biggs Baltimore to Mr Webster Hendrix Brown The wedding is set for high noon Saturday April 22 at St Margaret s Episcopal Church Baltimore Other notes mention the United Thank Offering event April 6 and a study group in designing ending class work at Little Theatre with Mrs Jack Kennedy visiting Gray Gables Inn
Miss Ya Ching Lee the Chinese ambassador of goodwill steps from the Spirit of New China in Miami Florida after a nonstop flight from Boston. The aerial tour of the United States aims to strengthen cultural ties and showcase China’s progress.
Mr and Mrs E W Knee entertain several guests from Washington at their Valley Pike home. Guests include Mrs Dwight Campbell Mrs D F Knee Miss Eunice Miller and Mr Floyd Miller.
The excerpt offers etiquette guidance on introductions and hosting manners, mentions Rotary Club speaker Mrs. Sloane, and notes rescheduled Girls Athletic Association and S P C A rummage sale. It also lists various personal announcements of travel, theatre, hospital, and family visits from the Winchester area.
The parade features young ladies from local schools and groups led by Ger aldine Douglass of Grottoes Virginia as Madison College princess in Harrisonburg. Frances Louise Trimble of 514 West is also listed among the participants.
Mrs. J Homer Fisher returns to Middletown from Richmond after visiting her son and daughter in law. Mrs. C E Wright attended Washington events including the cherry blossom festival. Miss Augusta Smith improves at Winchester Memorial hospital. William Cline and Mrs Charles Rinker visited Middletown. George Wright injuries from radiator incident. Mrs. Paul Stewart remains a patient at Winchester Memorial hospital. William Triplett returns to Washington after time with his wife and infant at Mrs Headley’s home. Mrs Charles A Anderson recent Florida Cuba trip and Washington visit with sister Mrs Robert Glass Jr. Elizabeth Riddle visits Gray Gables Inn hosted by Miss Carrie Hunter. Russell Powell and H W Austin visit Staunton then Washington with Mr Powell Jr.
Miss Alice Woodward McKay of Baltimore to wed George Washington, a Woodford postmaster and descendant of the first president. The couple’s autumn wedding is planned. In addition, Mrs Sewell and family visit from Annapolis for Easter, and local residents Miss Polly Slaughter and Mrs Armentrout spend time in Front Royal and Richmond.
The Young People’s organization of the Methodist Church in Front Royal will hold a rummage sale in the room on Main street formerly occupied by The Haber dasher starting Saturday at 9 o’clock. Mr and Mrs Jack Wright and their son of Pittsburgh plan to spend Easter with Mr and Mrs J N Major.
Miss Barbara Lee Higgins spends days in Petersburg with Mr and Mrs Cecil Young. Mrs A L Harrison plans a Springfield Mass trip to visit her son in law and daughter Albert and Mrs Darby. Judge Walter G Olmstead and Mrs Olmstead visit Washington DC area relatives. Elizabeth Major of Washington DC plans a weekend at home with her parents J N Major. Several residents, including B T Branham and C A Stokes, travel or host Easter guests and note illnesses and hospital stays.
I P Kovtun a mechanic who posed as a red army division commander while resting in a Crimean sanatorium was sentenced by a military court in Leningrad to seven years of forced labor. He had claimed to be a hero of the Soviet Union thrice decorated for Siberian Manchoukuo border exploits after posing as various officers and drawing nurse admiration and press interest before being exposed.
Sydney Wooderson, holder of world mile and half mile records, was granted permission to compete in Princeton's invitation track meet on June 17 after a dispute with the British amateur athletic board. The decision allows a matchup with Glenn Cunningham, whose 4:04.4 indoor mile is noted as the fastest ever indoors.
Fort Madison Iowa warden Glenn C Haynes rejects cross country running for the state prison sports program insisting prospective barriers must wait years to pursue long distance ambitions. Pole vaulting may be allowed but only for those who can reach at least ten feet.
Mr and Mrs T T Harrison and their young daughter visited Harrisonburg with Mr Harrison s parents. Miss Ruth Jackson returned to Washington DC after visiting Mr and Mrs W C Weaver. Major and Mrs Rolfe Millar stayed several days in Richmond with Mrs Millar s parents. Mr and Mrs W S Treece returned home. Mrs J D Borden and daughter Miss Cora of Central City spent the weekend in Baltimore.
Reprinted insights from Dr Nathaniel Kleitman of the University of Chicago based on sixteen years of sleep study in Mammoth Cave. He says there is no universal six rules for good sleep and offers six practical points about naps, total sleep need, stress about sleeplessness, seasonal ease, morning alertness, and the first two hours of sleep.
In Richmond on April 5 a consent decree by the U S Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals orders Vaughan Furniture Company to cease from restricting employee organizing and collective bargaining. The company must offer full unconditional reinstatement to 13 former employees after a strike at the plant. The decree follows a National Labor Relations Board petition for enforcement of a prior order issued last September.
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