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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1936

Page

3

Birthday Dinner Surprises Elmer Bennett at Sun Day Home

A birthday dinner for Mr. Elmer Bennett was hosted at his Sun Day home near Old Bethel. Guests arrived as he finished Sunday School, filling the room with gifts and forty candles on the cake. Attending were E. C. Shade and family, Clyde Smiths, Eugene Russell family, Unger family, N. R. Parkinson family, Jerry Bennett, Welda McKee, Jesse Whitacre, Glen Parkinson, Garland Smith, Eugene Russell Jr., Earl Parkinson, and Rosmary Smith.

Elmer Bennett Old Bethel Jerry Bennett Welda McKee Jesse Whitacre Glen Parkinson Masters Garland Smith Eugene Russell, Jr Earl Parkinson Rosmary Smith

Shrine Club Dinner Dance At George Washington Hotel

Winchester Shrine Club plans a Friday dinner dance at the George Washington Hotel with dinner 7 to 8 pm and dancing 9 to 1 am. Joe Rowe and His Orchestra will perform. attendees expected from Martinsburg and other nearby communities.

Winchester Shrine Club George Washington Hotel Joe Rowe Shriners Martinsburg W. Va

Various Local Club Meetings and Recitals This Week

Social calendar lists 6:45 p m Young People's Choir practice at United Brethren Church. 7:30 p m joint Ladies Aid and Missionary Society at Ebenezer Church. Frederick Recreation Club meetings at 348 National Ave. 8:00 p m Winchester Lodge and Grace Lutheran adult choir. 8:30 p m Washington String Quartet at Handley Auditorium. Rotary luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Shawnee Home Demonstration Club. W C T U semi monthly meeting. Gore Community League. Braddock Street M E Church South Circle No 12. American Legion Robert Y Conrad Post luncheon. Stephens City high school dance. Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel.

United Brethren Church Ladies’ Aid Society Missionary Society Ebenezer Christian Church Ruel P. Anderson Gore Frederick Recreation Club Temple Homar National Avenue Frederick Recreational Club Winchester Ellis Piccadilly and Braddock Grace Lutheran Church Washington String Quartet Handley Auditorium Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Shawnee Home Demonstration Club Wyatt Richard Middle Road Minnie Beemer Amherst Street Gore Community League Circle Braddock Street M. E J. W. Rosenberger Germain Street Robert Y. Conrad _ Post American Legion M. E. Church South Harry Butler West Clifford Street Stephens City High School Bank Building

Coming From Indiana For The Festival

Mr and Mrs Charles Fisher and their children plan to travel from Gary Indiana to Winchester for a family visit and to attend the Apple Blossom Festival in April May. They will also visit Washington DC and New York City before returning in mid May.

Charles Fisher Mary Jane Leroy Gary Ind Winchester Shenandoah Valley Washington D. C New York City Fisher Ella Peer Frederick County Indiana Jackson Bucher Mountain Falls Ollie Peer Kernstown E. E. Peer

Radio Highlights Tonight Airing Across Networks

The schedule lists programs from WOR WEAF WJZ WABC and WMAL WBAL and WRVA with entertainers news cartoons and festival coverage including Apple Blossom Festival remarks by Governor Peery and Virginia apple award segments. Multiple times feature concerts comedies and sports updates.

WOR Uncle Don WEAF WJZ Lowell Thomas WABC Gertrude Niesen Avery Brundage M. C. Wallgren Washington Folies de Paris Willie Eugene Howard Fifi D‘orsay Jimmy Mattern Wayne King George Burns Gracie Allen Fred Allen van Steeden Ray Noble Connie Boswell Bestor Jesse Crawford Hines National Carter Glass Fred Read WMAL WBAL Baltimore WRVA George C. Peery WRC Winchester Virginia

Bowman Recovering After Sinus Operation

Mrs. Bowman, wife of E. Bowman, is back home in Lebanon Church Shenandoah county after five weeks with daughter in Baltimore for sinus surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Coffman and children visited Baltimore with the Bowmans. Mrs. B. E. Russell visits Richmond while Miss Margaret Byrd travels from Green Spring Md to Virginia Military Institute for spring dances.

E. D. Funkhouser Lebanon Church Shenandoah County Harry Bowman Baltimore Bowman Lloyd Coffman Jenny Betty Mrs Bowman B. E. Russell J. T. Yates Richmond Margaret Byrd Garrison Forest School Green Spring Valley Virginia Military Institute Lexington

Miss Kern Visits With Mother During Spring Vacation

Miss Kern Rebecca Kern a physical education major at the University of Wisconsin Madison is here to spend spring vacation with her mother Mrs John A Kern of South Cameron Street. She will stay until week’s end. Mrs Joseph Clark and Mrs Llewellyn Oliver of Washington DC were guests of Mrs R T Barton on South Washington Street. General J T Lindsey of Washington plans a weekend visit with Dr and Mrs H H McGuire. Howard S Nulton of Richmond has spent several days in town on fire insurance business.

Warren Brown Charles E. Brown East Cork Street Altoona, Pa Brown Fauver Henry Fauver Mount Williams West Pratt Street Baltimore Patricia Lee Rebecca Kern University of Wisconsin In Madison John A. Kern South Cameron Street Kern Joseph Clark Llewellyn Oliver Washington D. C R. T. Barton South Washington Street J. T. Lindsey Washington Mrs. H. H. McGuire Howard S. Nulton Richmond Isurance

Sixteen Seek Share of $700 Reward in Coleman Slaying

In Fredericksburg Virginia Judge Frederick W. Coleman set June 1 in Spotsylvania circuit court to hear claims to the $700 reward offered for the murder of Mr and Mrs John T Coleman last year. John Shell and Joe Jackson were executed for the crime in February with twelve claimants already filed and more expected.

Fredericksburg Frederick W. Coleman Spotsylvania Circuit Court John T. Coleman John Shell Joe Jackson

Ice Mint Foot Remedy Promises Quick Relief For Suffering Feet

Foot remedy Ice Mint claims rapid relief from hard and soft corns and tightened callouses. The ad promises soothing cooling relief with no skin irritation and says it prevents foot odors while keeping feet comfortable and healthy for long wearers and workers.

Two Divorces Filed in Frederick County Circuit Court

Two divorce petitions proceed in Frederick County circuit court. Charles O. Keckley seeks dissolution from Mary Boyd Keckley for desertion dating from November 28, 1931, after a January 4, 1930 marriage in Hagerstown Maryland with no children. Carrie E. Clark separations Bryan Clark citing a history of felonies and current incarceration in a West Virginia penitentiary.

Frederick County Charles O. Keckley Mary Boyd Keckley Hagerstown Carrie E. Clark Bryan Clark West Virginia

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Nia Osuke Shrine Club Valley Convocation Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester Christ Episcopal Church Millwood R. E Griffith Frances Jones Stevens Arthur M. Field Sophie Baker Harold G. Brown Herbert S. Larrick B. F. Arthur, Jr Clara Wood Jaynes Lyman Kenneth Gilpin Cornelia Larus Kenneth N. Gilpin Cecil Grove Cecil S. Grove Strasburg George Clarke Grove Memorial Hospital Grove Anne Cecelia United Brethren Young People’s Choir Lions’ Club Kiwanis Club Fairview Grange Fairview Grange No The Grange Place the Grange James Mars Hazel Pownall Salvation Army Washington, D. C Douglas A. Sale Brooks’ Pharmacy Prescription Druggists Miss Kern Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Capudine Tavenner Loudoun Street ROYAL MCKAY R. G. A. Stores Ent Sport Huntsberry Tarzan the Human Ape Jewell America Conservative Commercial & Savings Bank Ruy aRiey Rocky Lovett Brothers Lovett Bros N. Main Street Balmere N. Loudoun &T Margaret L. Hodgson Clowe’s Jewelry Store Underwood N. Loudoun St Westinghouse Automatic Northern Virginia Power Co Siimmon R. M. Swimley
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