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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1940

Page

2

Trinity Lutheran Church Marks 175th Anniversary Week

Trinity Lutheran Church observes its 175th anniversary with a week of services starting August 18 led by Pastor Rev. Frank Roof. Speakers include Dr. Charles J Benith and Dr. Morris Smith with sermons by Rev. J B Castle and Rev. Lewis Koon, followed by a basket luncheon and visitor greetings.

Trin- Church Stephens Frank Roof Charles J Benith Roanoke College L. L. Smith Stephens City Smith Morris Smith Susquehanna University L W. Strickler Lutheran Church Norfolk J. W. Strickler City J. B. Castle West Columbia S. C C. W. Castle Lewis Koon New Market Lutheran Synod of Virginia Trinity Christian Streit Winchester Council of Trinity Church P. E. Linebure F B. Cadwallader J. B. Funk N. M. Wiehels Frank Huffman Vernon Ridings George Cadwallader Berlyn Yancey

Card of Thanks for R. J. Oates

The family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and ministers for kindness during the illness and death of husband and father R J Oates. They thank undertakers and Mr Slonaker for use of his ears and for the flowers from Mrs R J Oates and family.

R. J. Oates

Fall Garden Prospects Bright After Recent Virginia Rain

Virginia vegetable specialist L B Dietrich says gardens can yield abundantly for fall and winter with proper planting. Beans beets kale lettuce mustard radishes spinach Swiss chard turnips and turnip salad can be sown statewide. carrots collards and corn in Tidewater and middle Virginia. cabbage tomato and celery in those sections.

Blacksburg Virginia L. B. Dietrich Extension Service Gardner Dietrich Tidewater Middle Virginia

August Crops and Livestock Progress Reported Favorable

The Virginia Cooperative Crops Service and Weather Bureau say August 3 progress was good for crops and livestock. Rainfall varied across the state with heavy southern and western areas and light to trace amounts in the northeast. Overall temperatures averaged 78 with highs near 92 and lows around 64, boosting crop prospects as moisture remains ample and stocks of feed grain are plentiful.

Virginia Cooperative Crop Reporting Service United States Weather Bureau James River Walkerton Wytheville Dale Enterprise Hopewell

No Intention Of Fighting In U S

Virginio Gayda, an authoritative Fascist editor, said Germany and Italy do not intend to carry the war to the western hemisphere. He accused Hull of creating a phantom menace and warned against American imperial aims, insisting Axis powers seek only European problems and pose no threat to other continents.

Rome Virginio Gayda United States Hull Germany Italy Gayda Il Giornale d'Italia

Desirable office space for rent on Rouss Ave

Classified ad says Winchester Credit Corp offers desirable office space for rent on Rouss Avenue. Also notes a new modern apartment for rent with a contact at Pine Le ove phone T-1 for details.

Rouss Ave Winchester Credit Corp

Answers to Today’s Quiz

Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list ten items. Names include Rudyard Kipling, William Henry Harrison, Daniel R. Topping, and Alexander Graham Bell. Topics cover insects larvae, Central Asia, movie executive, death, auto and rubber industries, horsemanship in the Russian cavalry, and flour milling.

Rudyard Kipling William Henry Harrison Central Asia Daniel R. Topping Alexander Graham Bell

Government homes for women nurses of World War

The Veterans Administration runs three homes with special domiciliary quarters for women. The facilities are at Bay Pines Florida Day ton Ohio and Los Angeles California.

Veterans’ Administration Bay Pines Florida Dayton Ohio Los Angeles California

Murray Hooker Dies in Roanoke at 66. Virginia Dem Leader

J Murray Hooker longtime Virginia Democratic chairman since 1925 died in a Roanoke hospital following pneumonia and a heart attack at 66. A Stuart lawyer and former Fifth District representative, he served 40 years on the state central committee and eight as its chairman. Funeral at Stuart with burial in the family cemetery.

Roanoke J. Murray Hooker Virginia Chicago Stuart Patrick County Hooker Democratic State Central Committee Washington and Lee University Virginia Fisheries Commission T the Board of Visitors Virginia Military Institute Claude Swanson Secretary of the Navy Congress William and Mary College W. and L. Law School Lexington William and Mary W. B. Pedigo Patrick Circuit Court House of Representatives Roger A. James Danville John D. Hooker J. A. Hooker Nokesville R. L. Hooker Botetourt County S. H. Hooker Martinsville I. T. Hooker C. W. Hooker C. P. Hooker West Palm Beach, Fla H. Lester Hooker G. S. Nolen Nannie Turner

Disciples To Hold Meeting In Hampshire District

The fifty ninth annual convention of the Hampshire District Churches of Christ will meet at Laurel Hill Church near Franklin West Virginia August 23 to 25. Host church minister Gilbert E Counts and song leader J O Patterson with Mrs Patterson as organist lead the program. Officers include President Earl Loy Vice President Ennis Kidwell and secretary treasurer Claude MacDonald. Visiting ministers include Ralph Valentine Mrs D A Nilsson James Lilley R H Kinney and S J Goode among others from West Virginia Maryland and Virginia attending with participating churches listed.

Hampshire District Churches of Christ (Disciples Laurel Hill Franklin W. Va Gilbert E. Counts Harrisonburg J. O. Patterson Paw Paw Patterson Earl Loy Augusta W. Va Ennis Kidwell Augusta Claude MacDonald Cumberland Ralph E. Valentine Charleston D. A. Nilsson

Booklet on swimming offered by Information Bureau

The Winchester Evening Star announces a self instructional booklet on swimming with diagrams of strokes and rescue holds. Send ten cents to cover cost, with name and address to Washington D C for delivery.

Washington Information Bureau Information Bureau The Winchester Evening Star Frederick J. Haskin Washington, D. C

Mrs. Bierer Dies After Long Illness in Winchester Ties

Susan Bierer 90, widow of John Michael Bierer, died Monday night at her son John M. Bierer’s home in Waban Massachusetts after months of poor health. Born 1850 in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania, she lived in Virginia and Massachusetts. Survived by four children and numerous grandchildren, she was a Grace Evangelical Lutheran member and summer visitor to Winchester for nine years.

Susan Bierer John Michael Bierer John M. Bierer Waban Mass Peter Painter Mary Rumbaugh Painter Westmoreland County John Michael Ever Brookside Farm Cedarville Warren County Front Royal Bierer Evening Star Winchester Mary B. Wineman Greensburg Irwin G. Bierer Prot Royal Ralph W. Bierer Binghamton N. Y Elizabeth Kepple Greensburg, Pa

Funeral arrangements announced for Winchester residents

Melvin C. Finnegan and Miss Nancy Susan Swimsey of Winchester are survived by great grandchildren Ross Knee Howard Knee Susan Larrick and Billie Bierer of Lexington Virginia. Maddox Funeral Home in Front Royal will hold services at 2 30 p m Thursday afternoon with complete arrangements not yet made by noon today.

Melvin C. Finnegan Nancy Susan Swimsey Winchester Ross and Howard Knee Susan Larrick Billie Bierer Lexington Maddox Funeral Front Royal

New dress design flatters figure with bloused back

The dress features a bloused back that minimizes waist and hip size, a plain button front with fullness above side belts to add height and reduce width, and a neckline with narrow revers trimmed by a bright white flash.

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