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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1940

Page

7

All This and Heaven Too Contest At Capitol Theatre

Evening Star and Capitol Theatre offer two movie passes for the Warner Bros drama All This and Heaven Too starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. For four days this afternoon a scene from the film will be shown with a caption revealing initials. Readers pick the correct initials from ten, submit with name and address, and the first twelve correct entries win tickets. The film opens Monday at the Capitol and runs a week.

Bette Davis Charles Boyer Rachel Field Heaven Evening Star Capitol Theatre Warner Bros Capitol

Barber Strikes Against His Wife in Union Oddity

Elmer Hedden forced to strike against his own barber shop and wife Margaret after she refused to sign a new contract with the union. Four employees quit, and Hedden followed, losing his union shop card as the Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Union sided with the wife.

San Rafael Calif Elmer Hedden Hedden Margaret

Gruver Family Vacation Visit Noted in Reliance

Reliance notes Mrs. Maryl Gruver and husband from Waynesboro with their infant son visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Gruver. Also present are Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gruver and their two daughters, Mrs. William Stickley, and Miss Clara Bell.

Reliance Maryl Gruver Little Son Waynesboro Mr. Gruver D. N. Gruver H. E. Gruver William Stickley Clara Bell

Fill-in Initials Quiz With Historic Acronyms

Determine the matching expansion for each acronym MD GWTW RSVP ATAHT pp LLB FDR PS RRR AM. Provide the standard full forms as in common usage and historical references.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Local Social Notes From Middletown and Nearby Families

Gruver spent Sunday with Mrs Gruver's parents in Long Meadows. Several visitors return home after week with Stickleys. Illness at Charlottesville Hospital involves Mr Scott Owens. Home Coming Day set for Aug 18 at the U B Church. Multiple visits connect Middletown and Winchester, Strasburg and Marlboro communities.

Gruver R. R. Stickley Scott Owens Charlottesville Hospital Middletown Charles Grover C. E. Cougill Helen Lee Weirick Harry Hammack Strasburg Nancy Brumback Marlboro Ruth Jean Derflinger U. B W.D

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