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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1940

Page

3

Attend Church Sunday Gainesboro Services

Gainesboro Circuit Methodist Church invites attendance for all day services on September 1. Activities include Sunday School at 10 am, layman service at 11 am led by Wade Luttrell, and a 3 pm sermon by Rev W W McIntyre. Evening service at 8 pm by the pastor.

Gainesboro Circuit C. B. Larrick Pine Grove Wade Luttrell Martinsburg W. W. McIntyre D. D Gainesboro

White Post Circuit Worship Notices

White Post Circuit announces worship times with Rev. W D Sheets. White Post at 11 a m for worship and sermon. Millwood at 8 p m for worship and sermon. We invite you to worship with us.

White Post THE Methodist Church W. D. Sheets Millwood

Winchester A B Charge and Area Church Services

Mt Pleasant Sunday School 10 a m W M A program 7 p m Divine Worship 7 30 p m Pleasant Valley service Old Stone Church Sunday School 10 a m Divine Worship 11 a m Christian Endeavor 7 30 p m Red Bud Sunday School 9 30 a m Preaching 3 p m

Winchester A. B WM. B. Obaugh Mt. Pleasant Pleasant Valley Old Stone Church Christian Endeavor Little Mountain Red Bud Taim

Reliance United Brethren and Disciples Notices

Religious notices for Reliance United Brethren and Disciples of Christ list pastors and service times across several chapels and towns with public invitations and reunion address at Augusta West Virginia. Circuit schedule includes Bible schools morning worship epworth leagues and evening services at multiple churches and towns.

Disciples OF Christ, Rural Charge S. J. Goode Ebenezer—Bible School Smith Augusta W. Va Capon Bridge—Bible School Christian Endeavor

Cedar Cliff Church Services and Programs

Cedar Cliff group Presbyterian led by Minister Julian T. Owen lists church school at 9 30 a m morning worship at 11 a m and a Friday youth program. Cedar Creek church school at 10 a m and evening worship at 7 45 p m Mount Hope morning worship at 9 45 a m church school at 10 30 a m.

Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Julian T. Owen Cedar Creek Mount Hope

Jubilee Services At Salem Congregation

Church of the Brethren Salem congregation announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching on the second and fourth Sundays from Salem near Stephens City. Pastors LR Fahnestock and Rev W L Riggleman invite all to attend with services on the first and third Sundays at 11 a.m.

Stephens City W.ethodist Church Domer Welch Fairview Kernstown Church OF the Brethren Salem LR. Fahnestocek W. L. Riggleman Jubilee Royal Pike

Praising God for His Blessings Sunday School Lesson

A Sunday school lesson overview praises Jehovah for blessings from Psalms 103 and 107. It urges gratitude for family, home, and comfort, notes forgiveness and mercy, and recalls God guiding and sustaining people through storms and exile.

Jehovah

Opequon Group and Stephens City Lutheran Parish Services

The notice lists Sunday School and service times for Opequon Memorial Burnt Church Round Hill and Opequon Chapel with Christian Endeavor in the morning and evening. Stephens City Lutheran Parish under Pastor F L Roof shows St Paul Trinity services and Lutheran League events with weekly prayer and vesper schedules. It urges church support during a chaotic era.

Opequon Group Yterian M’gay Opequon Memorial Burnt Church Round Hill Christian Endeavor Opequon Chapel Stephens City

Chambersville Notes Report of Local Visits

Chambersville residents share social visits with neighbors and relatives. Viola Bradfield and daughter visited Winchester. Abner Anderson visited Luther Hamilton. J Ward of Philadelphia spent the week with G L Roser. Mrs J E Patterson improves after illness. Loring Ritter visited P H Ritter. Annie Marie Brewer stayed with Colleen Rosier. Henry Boyce and F C Boyce hosted a Sunday visit.

Chambersville Viola Bradfield C. J. Keckley Winchester Abner Anderson Luther Hamilton J. Ward Philadelphia, Pa G. L. Roser Annie Marie Brewer Colleen Rosier Henry Boyce F. C. Boyce

Change of name approved for doctor with multiple aliases

In Pittsburgh a doctor seeking a name change testified he was known as Ichoks Sloms Tacs Jizchok Taitz and Izaks Sloms Taics. The judge approved Amerinizing his name to Irvin Sloms Taitz reflecting his chosen identity.

Pittsburgh Ichoks Sloms Irvin Sloms Taitz

Brush Creek Notes From Siler And Nearby Towns

Aug 30 Brush Creek notes describe visits and calls among residents of Siler Martinsburg Cross Junction and Hagerstown. Families including Collis Mau ry Whitacre Dailey Kerns Lamp and Hinckle are mentioned with routine calls visits and a Shenandoah county man operating a local sawmill on the Hyde land.

Brush Creek J. R. Collis Martinsburg W. Va Siler Bettie Blythe Maury P. B. Heironimus L. V. Heironimus Hagerstown F. C. Heironimus L. C. Dailey R. M. Kerns Harvey Mauzy Nora Whitacre Audrey Whitacre

Vitamins Shortage Threatens European Survivors Say Scientist

North Carolina biochemist Prof. G Howard Satterfield warns that war induced malnutrition will doom thousands as vitamin shortages trigger blindness stunted growth and respiratory infections. He cites Denmark Port Arthur Ket-El-Amara sieges and costs of purified vitamins to illustrate the danger. He notes synthetic production is costly with vitamin A unavailable vitamin B priced at 800 a pound and vitamin C at 40 a pound.

Frank B. Gilbreth Raleigh N. C Europe G. Howard Satterfield North Carolina State College Satterfield Denmark Port Arthur Ket-El-Amara Mesopotamia

Weather Aids Crops While Neighbors Bemoan Rain Delay

In the county last week threshing continued as rains helped buckwheat late potatoes and other crops. Several residents are laid up with grippe. Nettie Lamp visited her daughter and son in Gore Virginia. Clinton Tinsman and family could not move into their new home due to rain and will relocate when weather improves.

Grippe Nettie Lamp Allen DeHaven Gore Clinton Tinsman

Radio call sent to 200th anti aircraft unit

In Santa Fe on August 30 a radio relay warned Battery C of the 200th anti aircraft regiment to contact National Guard HQ. Troopers believed the message was for service, but the call urged participation in fiesta festivities.

Santa Fe N. M 200Th National Guard

Phantom ship at Crater Lake draws Massachusetts tourist

A Massachusetts tourist asks Rae Beaver of the Oregon Motor Association what time he must reach Crater Lake to see the phantom ship, a rock formation in the lake center, go by.

Bend Ore Massachusetts Rae Beaver The Oregon Motor Association Crater Lake

Local notes from Armell Brevities update residents and visitors

The Armell brief mentions several moving or visiting townspeople. Walter Biggs of near Armell is ill and at Walter Reed Hospital. Turner Bowen moves to Winchester for work. Mrs. John S. Holt plans a brief stay at Ken Holt while in Pittsburgh. George Cornwell returns to Hillsville with Elder Cornwell. James Porter returns to Toledo after visiting relatives. J M Woolford visits Front Royal. Marguerite Shiley returns to Charlottesville and visits Washington, D C with friends. Elder Cornwell recovers from a fractured wrist. Armel and Price couples visit Gordonsville. May Manuel visits from Farley Whites Post. George Fleury and daughter Lena spend time in Winchester. Mrs. Haymaker improves from muscular condition. G E Armel relatives visiting Marlboro.

Armel Walter Biggs Near Here Walter Reed Hospital Turner Bowen Winchester John S. Holt Pittsburgh Ken- Holt George Cornwell Hillsville Elder Cornwell James Porter Toledo W. W. Porter J. M. Woolford Front Royal G. W. Haymaker Marguerite Shiley Charlottesville S. R. Shiley James P. Reardon James P. Reardon, Jr C. E. Armel M. F. Price Harry Rickard Gordonsville May Manuel Farley Whites Post George Fleury Lillian

India Demands Complete Independence From Britain

Nehru declares India will back the Allied fight only if independence is acknowledged. He criticizes Lord Linlithgow’s empire partnership pledge as Imperialist policy and says Congress seeks an elected constituent assembly to draft India’s constitution. Autonomy has been suspended and autocratic rule prevails.

Bombay Associated Press India Britain Pandit Jawaharal Nehru Indian National Congress Nehru Lord Linlithgow India Congress Congress England America France

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