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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
6
Social notes report an American Legion Post 2 luncheon Friday at 12:30 p m and a Friday Bridge Club meeting at Mrs Lewis Hyde at 2:80 p m.
Social notes list multiple informal and formal gatherings in Winchester area honoring Miss Mary Dougherty and her fiancé Mr. Howard Wood III ahead of their September 1 wedding at Old Chapel near Millwood. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, Miss Winslow, Mrs. Boy-Ed, Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin, and others hosting luncheons, buffets, and a swimming party. Also notes Mrs. Buckner arriving from the West Coast and local births and guests visiting.
Birth announced for a son born August 20 to Mr. and Mrs. Pugh of Gore, with Mrs. Pugh’s prior name listed as Eather Whitacre. Reads like a society notes roundup of local visits, travel, and family events across Gore and nearby towns.
Advice on visiting a sick friend limits hospital stays to ten to fifteen minutes unless staff and patient agree to longer. It allows a bride’s maid to host a small pre wedding dinner. It advises against children performing for guests unless the guest expresses interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stryker Jr and family return home from a York River fishing trip. Miss Frances Sirbaugh and Miss Maxene Grubbs come back after a week in Dundalk and Chester Beach Maryland visiting friends and relatives. Mr J W Stretchberry of Fairmont West Virginia leaves after visiting his son and daughter in law Parkway. Mr and Mrs Robert Walton of Front Royal arrive to stay with Mrs Walton's parents Mr and Mrs Michael Supinger. Mrs Supinger will visit with them before returning home. Mr Thomas Woolfolk of Radford Virginia, employed by Western Electric, returns to Radford Monday after several days with his parents.
By dialing 3424 you may let your friends know when you entertain have guests are going away or have returned home. The Star will be glad to publish all such matters on this page.
An eye expert warns women against DIY eye calisthenics and urges proper science based care. He explains vision varies with use, facial expression affects eye beauty, and fatigue dulls the eyes. A simple routine starts with warm then cold splash to stimulate circulation.
Pittsburgh officials from Carnegie-Illinois and Jones and Laughlin say most steelworkers will forego a Labor Day holiday to maintain defense production. Workers will receive time and a half pay, including continuous process staff who normally work holidays without overtime.
Berlin reports indicate Germany is enlisting Poles of German extraction into its military forces. A spokesman said Volksdeutsche in Poland are registered and volunteers are drawn from these lists, while denying initial labor service drafts. Polish forces are forming in Russia to oppose Germany.
The campus at Princeton University consists of over 800 acres.
Parole Director Herman M. Moser recommended parole for Fred Johnson who was jailed for one year in the House of Correction after assaulting a policeman following a car crash in Washington County. Johnson would be released to his home in Charles Town West Virginia under parole supervision. A partial pardon was urged for another convict.
In Newburgh West Virginia on August 28 G W Hull age 55 of Keyser brakeman for the Balticere and Ohio Railroads was killed instantly while switching at a mine tipple caught between two coal cars. He had been transferred to the Newburg yards from Keyser three months earlier.
The $10,000 Harper Prize award goes to Judith Kelly of Beverly Massachusetts for her novel Marriage Is a Private Affair.
Baltimore August 28 Selective Service officials plan long-range reemployment of discharged draftees Lieut Col Henry C Stanwood Maryland selective service director said details are being drawn up for potential release within months Draftees over 28 may leave after a year of training and some could depart as early as November Boards already have some experience reemploying men called up and later rejected at induction centers
Tim othy C Abbott of Cumberland persists in joining the army after an earlier rejection and an operation. He returned to induction in Baltimore and was again rejected for not yet recovered, but a private physician says he is O E ready for another attempt.
The Caroline county poor farm in Denton Maryland is closing after the county commissioners decided to relocate the seven residents. The property will be auctioned September 4 with 10 horses 15 cows 20 sheep 14 hogs and various machinery and household items to be sold.
Special Commissioners announce a public auction at the Winchester County Court House on September 27 1941 at 11 00 A M offering a limestone land tract of about 28 acres with improvements on Cedar Creek Grade ten miles SW of Winchester. Terms: one third cash day of sale balance in two annual installments or all cash day of sale.
The Star explains all meeting times are listed in daylight saving time until September 28. After that date Eastern Standard Time resumes.
London reports an English farmer grows 1 1 2 acres of sweet corn to sell at 15 cents per ear for corn eating. A writer explains corn as a favorite American food and describes boiling the cob then eating it like a potato in its jacket with butter pepper and salt.
Thomas Nast originated the donkey emblem for the Democratic party in a celebrated cartoon published in 1870. The image became a lasting political symbol rooted in 19th century American cartoon history.
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