Little Theatre Proposes Winter Program and Skit
A Winchester Little Theatre meeting at Handley Library deliberated a year plan with dates and spaces for future plays. Miss Mary Greenway Russell heads a December skit committee. Miss Mary Darden leads January program planning. A short play East of Eden was performed post meeting. Birthday party noted for Mr. Clifton Emery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
Handley Library
Mary Greenway Russell
Capitol Theatre
Mary Darden
Christopher Morely
Adam
Maurice Pifer
Eve
Jane Scully
Cain
John Weems
Emery
Clifton Emery
John Patterson
J. E. Patterson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles Patterson
Washington
Winchester
Walter Bowers
Franklin Snapp
Local Social Calendar Notes Week Schedule
A compact listing of evening meetings and events across town including Ladies Aid Society at First Christian Church Mrs A K Sirbaugh home 11 East Leicester Street Young Christians Class Braddock Street Church Mrs E C Yost West Clifford Street Old time spelling bee at Community League Kaufman School Centry Club and other group gatherings listed with venues such as Rouss Hall Centry Club Baker Sunday Gidls Guild Sir Galahad pageant and church activities across Monday through Thursday at various locations including George Washington Hotel Union Brethren Church Grace Lutheran Rotary Club and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Christian Church
A. K. Sirbaugh
East Leicester Street
Young Christian
Braddock Street
Methodist Episcopal South
E. C. Yost
West Clifford Street
Community League of Kauffman School
Music Lover ® Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Lions’ Club
George Washington Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Young People's Choir
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Music Lovers Club Prepares For January Recital
The Music Lovers Club met at Mrs. Frank L. Buckley s home to finalize a tentative program of solos duets and choruses for a January recital open to the public. Attendance rules were set for absences and the next meeting is scheduled for Monday at 8 pm at Mrs Buckley s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Lovers’ Club
Frank L. Buckley
South Stewart Street
Buckley
Red Bailey and His Ten Collegians To Play At Associa Public School Dance
Associa Public School will sponsor an evening in Rouss Hall with music by Red Bailey and His Ten Collegians. The group began as high school boys and young musicians and has risen to acclaim, praised after Thanksgiving dances in Roanoke. Dancing starts promptly at 9.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associa’ Public School
Rouss Hall
Red Bailey
Religious Pageant And Services At Centenary Church
Plans complete for the annual bank offering service Sunday evening at 7 30 sponsored by the Woman's Missionary Society and the Girls Guild of Centenary Reformed Church. The Girls' Guild will present a pageant titled Sir Gallahad. The public is invited. Troop No 3 Boy Scouts postpones anniversary meeting to Friday December 9. Regular Tuesday bridge club meets December 5. Several locals travel and attend events in New York and Martinsburg. A Front Royal license issued for May Ford Abshire and Grandon C Robinson of Middletown Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Christ Episcopal Church
Agen Baker
Gidls’ Guild of Centenary Reformed Church
Sir Galahad
Woman's Missionary Society
Girls’ Guild
Centenary Reformed Church
Sir Gallahad
Boy Scouts
Middletown
Warren County
Front Royal
May Ford Abshire
Grandon C. Robinson
William Ford
J. G. Robinson
Special Feature At Sunday School Of U. B. Church
The United Brethren Sunday School opens this Sunday at 9.45 a m with Miss Maude Hollar's class in charge and several selections by the orchestra. W P Anderson head of the school has a committee arranging a weekly feature and aims to boost attendance with drives for current and new members. Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Sunday School
Odd Fellows Attend Thanksgiving Services in Middletown
Machison Lodge No 6 Winchester members urged to gather at their hall at 6 p m Sunday December 4 to attend the Thanksgiving sermon at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South Middletown Rev W P Saunders will preach cars provided for those without transport large attendance hoped by the committee all members invited to participate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Middletown
W. P. Saunders
Machison Lodge
No. 6
Winchester
Middletown Brethren
Fire Safety Tip With Silk Handkerchief
In case of fire a wet silk handkerchief tied over the nose and mouth provides complete security against suffocation by smoke.
Bourges Cathedral Compared to Notre Dame in Plan
The Bourges cathedral is said to resemble Notre Dame of Paris architecturally. Both cathedrals are noted as the only French churches planned with double aisles to nave and choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourges
Notre Dame
Paris
Grimes Gleanings Brief Local Notes and Weddings
Grimes Virginia reports Thanksgiving visits by Selma Hense and others from Brucetown. Shockeysville route opens bids for a four year carrier replacing Henry Shirley. Local pork slaughter high as crops are light. D L Affleck paints Valley View kennel house. Cold morning with lows near 10 above zero. Clara M Clevenger engaged to Cecil Barrow US Navy. wedding planned at Rich Hill Farm December 21. Les D Kline visits Woodbine school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Leslie
Hense
Selma
Sar
Paul
Brucetown
C. W. Hensell
Shockeysville
Henry Shirley
D. L. Affleck
Valley View Dog Kennels
Mercury
Robert G. Clevenger
Clara M. Clevenger
Cecil Barrow
United States Navy
Rich Hill Farm
Leslie D. Kline
Woodbine
Dioptric Scale Chosen by Ophthalmologists for Lens Strength
Ophthalmologists adopted the dioptric scale as the unit to measure lens strength in correcting defective vision. This standard helps quantify how strong a corrective lens must be for patients.
Madison Square Garden at Capitol Screen Opens Today
Warner Bros presents Madison Square Garden at Capitol with a star cast led by Jack Oakie Marion Nixon Zasu Pitts Warren Hy mer Thomas Meighan Lew Cody and others. The film features inside Madison Square Garden with a manager and two fighters portraying sportsmanship and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Square Garden
Capitol
Fea
Ture
Jack Oakie
Marion Nixon
Zasu Pitts
Warren Hymer
Thomas Meighan
Wm. Collier, Sr
Lew Cody
Wm. Boya
Garden
Texas Buddies stars Bob Steele at Colonial tomorrow
Warner Bros presents Bob Steele in Texas Buddies at the Colonial. The film centers on frontier action with suspense built by the last act setting, promising a lively western night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Steele
Colonial
Early Labor Strikes and State Subdivision Provisions
The record notes a 1741 New York bakers strike over wages. It also mentions Texas’s 1845 constitution provision allowing subdivision into up to five states if desired. It references pencil log imports from western railroads and red cedar heartwood quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ast
United States
New York City
Phantom Express Tops Palace Show In Winchester
The Phantom Express a Majestic melodrama written and directed by Emory Johnson leads a triple bill at the Palace Theatre in Winchester with a strong cast headlined by J Farrell MacDonald Hobart Bosworth and William Collier Jr. The program includes Heroes of the West final chapter and a Mickey Mouse cartoon plus a Saturday 3 pm Black Beauty stage showing as a holiday giveaway for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee Rairo
Palace Theatre
Emory Johnson
J. Farrell MacDonald
Hobart Bosworth
William Collier, Jr
Sally Blane
Axel Axelson
Bessie Eddie Phillips
Lina Basquette
David Rollins
Claire McDowell
Huntley Gordon
Carl Stockdale
Broadway
Winchester
Charity Grid Game Draws Support From Local Clubs
Handley High School meets Shenandoah Valley Academy in a charity football game on Handley Field at 2 30 pm with film of the event to air at Capitol Theatre. Kiwanis Rotary Lions and Elks each bought five dollar tickets and donated to underprivileged children. Tickets were sold by Union Bank of Winchester which apologized for an omission in the list. The 9 pm show will honor the winning team with a silver trophy donated by B F Arthur Jr and present a woolen sweater to an outstanding player from each team funded by Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works and Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre. An All American will be presented by Draper Maynard. The football is on display at John S Miller and Company hardware on North Loudoun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Handley Field
J. A. Pratt
Nate Glasser
Warner Technical Department
Capitol Theatre
Kiwanis
Rotary Lions
Elk's Clubs of
Winchester
Union Bank of Winchester
Ommssion
Handley
Shenandoah
B. F Arthur, Jr
Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works
Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre
Draper- Maynard
Plymouth
N. H
Johns. Miller and Company, Hardware Ee
North Loudoun Street
Land grabbers condemned by those who took the most
A reflective remark notes that nations mirror each other with land grabbing seen as wicked chiefly by those who have already seized plenty. The observation contrasts moral judgment with power and possession.
End gas pains with two simple steps from Baker's Drug Store
The ad promotes relief from gas pains by taking a tablespoonful of Dave's Mentha Pepsin before meals and lying flat after eating. It claims elimination of gas belching and heart pressure and notes Baker's Drug Store offers checks on failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Baker's Drug Store
Forty Hours Devotion at Sacred Heart Church
The Church of Sacred Heart at Loudoun and Cecil Streets led by Rev. Robert E. Hannon announces Sunday masses at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday School is at 9:30 a.m. The forty hours devotion begins at the 10:30 a.m. mass with Eucharistic exposition and ends Sunday night with benediction at 7:30 p.m. A high Mass with exposition and benediction continues Monday, and the devotion closes Tuesday with a final high Mass at 8 a.m. and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun
Cecil Streets
Robert E. Hannon
Indian Program Sunday At Church Of Christ
The missionary organization of the Church of Christ presents an Indian program Sunday evening at 6 45 oclock in the church. It will relate facts about the first Americans including religion home life and the Indian contribution to civilization. Sponsored by the Woman's Missionary Society. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
Missionary Organization of the Church of Christ
Woman’s Missionary Society of the Church
Refuge Church News and Local Births in Refuge Va
Mr and Mrs Charles Bausermar and children visited Mr and Mrs Willis Ruggles on a recent Sunday evening. Mrs E R Conner spent Monday evening with her parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Ritenour. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Elwood Emmons and funeral services for their infant son were held Sunday at 2 o'clock at Relie Church with Rev W R Hardesty officiating. Interment followed in Refuge cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Grubbs
Linda Huffington
Hagerstown
Engle
Richmond
Edward Engle
Frank I. McFaden
North Braddock Street
William Mayor
Peter Mayor
Powhatan
Millwood
Clarke County
Refuge
Charles Bausermar
Willis Ruggles
E. R. Conner
Floyd Ritenour
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Loudelle Potts
Mary Boxley
Elsie Proffitt
Electa Stembock
Virginia Fritts
Winchester Public Schools
Germantown
E. H. Cogt
Potts
Boxley
Profitt
Stembock
Fritts
Philadelphia
Miss Grubbs
Woman's Auxiliary of
West Boscawen Street
Hose Company
South End Hose Company
New Hall
West Monmouth Street
Louis Tepper
City
Master Louis Tepper, Jr
Nina Glynn Anderson
Huntsberry
B. A. Rowland
Stephens City
W. B. Timberlake
Tuesday Bridge Club
B. B. Dutton
South Washington Street
Mary McDonald
Wonder Apparel Shop
Phillip Small
Mr. Small
Mrs. Small
Lucy Dean
National Avenue
Delmer Robinson
West Leicester Street
Wednesday Bridge Club
Harry K. Russell
Robert Mc. Glass
New York
Hazel Baker
Curtis Funkhouser
Atlantic Greyhound Bus Line
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Charles H. Consolvo
Eventide
Baltimore
Sunday School of
U. B. Church
Odd Fellows
Tive Vision
Warner Bros. Capitol
Warner Bros. Colonial
State of
Texas
Hable’s Palace
Sturtl
VICKS
Suedes
Marcelle
Lovett Brothers
Loudoun St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Church OF Sacred Heart
R. M. Swimley
Yeast of Geo
Washington Hotel
Margaret L. Hodgson
the Bell Clothes Shop
Nave
Koscawen St
Lovett Shoe
N. Main St
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