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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1937
Page
5
Work has started on the road from John Marshall highway to the Beeler property near Massanutten mountain east of Strasburg to give access to a woolen mill site. A loop road will connect from both directions. The Highway Department oversees the construction.
The Presbyterian Church South Loudoun Street invites all to Sunday School at 9 30 a m Men and Women’s Bible Classes at 9 45 a m Morning worship at 11 a m with Dr H Tucker Graham Evening worship at 7 30 p m with Dr H Tucker Graham and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m located at 331 North Braddock Street and 114 een ipemwes Street contact listed for office hours.
Major and Mrs Mars and Captain Hazel Pownell present an open air service at 9:45 a.m. and jail 0:30 a.m. Sabbath School at 2:00 p.m. Y P L at 6:45 p.m. Open Air at 7:30 p.m. Preaching at 8:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Cor Cameron and Cork Streets announce Rev Herman McKay as pastor with church school at 9 45 am led by A C Halvosa. Morning worship at 11 am features speaker Joseph W Morrow assisted by Halvosa and Baritone Scott Atkinson. Epworth League outdoor fellowship quotes My House Shall Be Called A House of Prayer For All People.
Corner of South Braddock and West Clifford Streets hosts Congregational Christian Church services. Sunday School meets at 9 45 a m with John A Spaid as superintendent. Divine worship at 11 a m with topic Our Inheritance and a morning sermon on Reaping a Harvest. Rain invitation extended to all.
Public worship with preaching at 11 a m no evening service Sunday School begins 9 45 a m with W P Anderson superintendent Men's Bible class 9 45 a m Emerson Brown president Lewis W Fries teacher Christian Endeavor 7 15 p m Mrs Ella Hodges leader Womens Missionary Society meets Tuesday August 10 8 p m at Mrs Lewis W Fries 525 North Braddock street Miss Pearl Brown leader Young people choir practice Wednesday 6 45 p m Prayer meeting Wednesday 8 p m Senior choir practice suspended Come thou with us we will do thee good.
Opequon Group Presbyterian. Rev E 8 McGavock pastor. Opequon Memorial Kernstown Sunday School 10 a m Preaching 11 a m by the pastor Rev J Summers McGavock. Round Hill Sunday School 10 a m Christian Endeavor 3 p m Preaching 8 p m by the pastor. Public invited to all services.
Rev Hubert Sydenstricker D D ministers at Braddock Street M E Church South. 9:45 a m Church School Walter M Shade general superintendent. 11 a m Sermon by the pastor Gods Investment In Me In You Does It Pay. 8 p m Sermon by Rev W Mitch McIntyre presiding Elmer Life. Wednesday 3 p m prayer service. Services held in Golden Rule Bible Class Room for next two or three Sundays due to repairs. Visitors welcome to worship with us.
Roberta Brass, member of a longtime Idaho pioneer family, was chosen Miss Sun Valley to reign over the August 14 rodeo at Sun Valley Idaho. The event marks a highlight for the resort area popular in the region.
Winchester U B Circuit Rev W B Obaugh minister schedules Sunday School at Pleasant Valley 10 am Vesper outdoor service 6 30 pm Official board meeting Tuesday 8 pm Mt Pleasant Sunday School 10 am Preaching 11 am Christian Endeavor 7 30 pm Red Bud Sunday School 10 45 am
There will be no preaching services tomorrow due to the minister’s absence. Bible School begins at 9.30 a.m. led by Supt. A. C. Frye. The Allen-Miller party will return Tuesday for a two-week meeting and all are invited.
Rev B F Spitzer pastors Pleasant Grove Mount Hebron Laurel Hill and Mt Pleasant as services are listed with times 9 a.m 10 a.m 11 20 a.m and a revival at 7 45 p.m.
Galilee Church of Christ Welltown Road announces Bible School at 10 a.m. led by Charles E. B. McVay, evangelistic services at 11 a.m. with Communion, and 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor. Evening revival services follow at 8 p.m. with special music by a children's chorus. revival continues next week.
Brucetown Circuit M E Church South led by Pastor Thomas Morgan schedules services at Brucetown Crums Stephenson Welltown with church schools and young people's services. Sept 11 worship with communion at Brucetown and Massaneta Springs attendance report and music by Young People. Everyone is invited to all services.
Reliance United Brethren Church invites worshipers for Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 7 45 p m. Pastor W D Mitchell will lead services at Reliance Greenway and Stephens City with Sunday School 11 45 a m 2 30 p m and preaching 11 a m 3 30 p m respectively. Public cordially invited.
Rev. Howard M. Amoss will lead a two week series at Little Mountain starting Monday at 8 p m with sermons on The Sermon on the Mount. Services at Bunker Hill and Little Mountain include Sunday School at 10 a m and 2 p m, preaching at 11 a m and 3 p m. The high school building hosts all services due to church renovations.
Guests of Mr and Mrs Joe Cooper included Homer Davis Linden Rog ers Herbert Davis Frances Lindenburg and Georgia Lindenburg. Lynwood DeHaven from Cross Junction visited Cecil Adams. The M E Church Bible School has drawn good attendance this month. Madeline Davis works for Mrs Janney Davis.
Cross Roads Virginia residents hosted and visited relatives on Sunday including Mr and Mrs D S Miller Miss Pauline Miller and others. Mrs R N McKee is ill at home this week with her mother Mrs Powers also ill in Paw Paw.
Rev. Snyder Alleman of Stephens City and fifteen St. Paul Lutheran Church members attended the Lutheran Church Worker's Training School at Masanetta Springs Va this week. Also noted are social and local updates including Lucille Funk's sixth birthday party and local visits.
Middletown M E Church South hosts Sunday School at 9:45 led by W A Everly as superintendent. At 11 Rev R V Whitehurst, a former pastor, preaches with an 8 PM evening service. Epworth class meets 2:30 PM with F Estes Kline as superintendent and 3:30 PM preaching by Rev R V Whitehurst. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
Disciples of Christ pastor Rev. S. J. Goode invites all to morning worship at 10 and 11 with Bible School at Sandy Ridge and Mt. Union and evening worship with communion at Mt. Union. Special invitation extended to attend these services.
The Rev. Alvin E Belt and Alfred J Buescher present a Sunday school lesson on God feeding a people. The illustrated piece explores divine provision and the biblical narrative within a classroom setting.
Mount Carmel F B Church along with Jonn Mann M E and Shiloh Baptist churches will not hold Sunday School on August 8. Morning services at 11 30 o clock, 2 30 p m sacred concert by the Progressive Mount Olive Choir of Baltimore, and 8 30 p m union service on the Douglas School campus led by Rev R E Laws preceding a sermon by Rev W N Holt. Members may pay weekly obligations at the morning service or with clerks at union services.
Salem Congregation Church of The Brethren hosts services with pastors Cephas Fahnestock and W L Riggleman, Jubilee series led by L R Dettra. Sunday School at 10, preaching 11 across first, third, and Fourth Sundays, with youth meetings and local leaders. Delegations from Maryland and Pennsylvania joined recent gatherings led by Elder I N H Beahm.
Grimes Virginia August reports two weeks of services at Galilee starting last Sunday with good attendance and new members. Preaching scheduled for Sunday morning and night and every night next week. Local residents, travel, and funeral visit notes included alongside highway stone quarry activity at the Frank Unger farm in Woodbine supplying Route 11. Nearby residents Grover Hiett, Mrs. Lillie Gordon Langdon, and Mrs. Brook Taylor noted in social Inns.
The John Mann M E Church at 313 South Kent Street lists 10 a m church school 11 30 a m sermon by Pastor Rev W N Holt 8 p m special service at Douglas Junior High School with Ireewill Baptist Church Rev W N Holt to preach Tuesday night board meeting
Residents from Riding Chapel join an Odd Fellows picnic in Middletown. Mrs Hattie Willis visits Bruns wick relatives. Dorothy Willis returns from Middleville. Local guests gather at Rufus Burnham’s, Elmer Evans hosts a Sunday visit, and a shower honors the Pitcock couple who have recently moved here.
The community notes visitors from CCC camp near Washington and from Ohio. relatives like Mrs Laura Burcham host Mrs Cora Blakemore, Miss Sadie Burcham and others as revival services begin at the church urging attendance.
Mrs. Bessie Brill shopped in Winchester with her daughter and niece. A yard party drew a large crowd and proceeds go toward a new church. Grace Miller’s granddaughter visits. Hinkle Pitcock improves after illness. Lee Williams works on the Bell farm. Willie Kingree’s Martinsburg nieces visit. Elsie Line returns from Fairfax to Cedar Creek. Dot Mowerry and Hazel spend Saturday with Headley. Headley harvests early apples for market. Ralph Snapp vacationing with cousins Harold and Melvin at Fawcett's Gap.
Government bulletin urges households to obtain the control guide on ants for home and lawn use. It details ant types with pictures and practical steps, urging all homes to order. The coupon requests five cents for postage and handling to Washington, D. C.
Doris Duke Cromwell the tobacco heiress and her husband James Cromwell reserved today for a clipper plane to depart next Wednesday for Honolulu. They will supervise completion of their mansion at Kaalawai near Diamond Head, Honolulu, estimated to cost 1,000,000 dollars.
Circuit Judge C J Ramage aged 63 of Saluda collapsed and died in Little Mountain after addressing a reunion of Newberry College graduates.
Mrs. George W. Wightman and her 16 year old daughter Dorothy won the Cape Cod women's doubles tennis championship defeating Mrs. William A. Martin of Dedham and Mrs. William M. Shedden of Concord 8-3 and 6-2.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorizes Cuthbert and Hughes to operate as a common motor carrier between Virginia and Washington DC, Baltimore Maryland, and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
A field rumor sparked a crowd in Manchester as five police officers hunted an escaped convict. The chase faded when officials revealed the so called convicts were Japanese beetles and the cops were Department of Agriculture inspectors.
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