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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1936

Page

3

Social calendar notes for Monday and Tuesday

Monday events include the Little Garden Club at Mrs. Joseph Kalbach's West Leicester street home at 3 30 p m the Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliary at Nurses' Home West Clifford street at 4 p m and the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Post Headquarters Loudoun street at 8 p m Tuesday features a Lions Club regular weekly meeting and luncheon at George Washington Hotel at 12 30 p m

Little Garden Club Joseph Kalbach West Leicester Street Women’s Auxiliary Winchester Memorial Hospital Nurses West Clifford Street Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Headquarters Loudoun Street Lions’ Club George Washington Hotel

Miss Sara Rankin Calhoun to Wed Horace Smithy in Tampa

Engagement announced of Miss Sara Calhoun Rankin daughter of Mr and Mrs Lacy E Rankin of Tampa to Horace Gilbert Smithy Jr son of Mr and Mrs Horace G Smithy of Washington and Berryville. Ceremony to be at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church Tampa at noon December 23.

Sara Calhoun Rankin Horace Smithy Tampa Fla Lacy Eugene Rankin Horace Gilbert Smithy Jr Horace G. Smithy Washington Berryville Hyde Park Presbyterian Arch Miss Rankin Columbia S. C Boineau Plant School Florida State College Omen Co. T. Club Chi Omega Fraternity Smithy Marshall McCormick Col Charles Simms En of the Cincinnati Cuthbert Powell Llangolen Upperville North Carolina Friends School Episcopal High School Coveray Theniversity of Florida University of Virginia Sigma Nu the Pirate Honor Court University of Florida Cuba H. G. Smithy, Sr Charles F. McGuire Gement Hazel H Truitt Hazel S. Truitt New York George W. Truitt, Jr Norfolk Walter Hensel Bosserman, Jr W. H. Bosserman Winchester Miss Truitt Kent Sarre

Modern Etiquette Q and A and a Virginia wedding

The column offers etiquette answers on opera seating and overcoming sensitiveness, followed by a wedding notice: Miss Jane Jolliffe wed Mr Wade Hampton Palmer Jr at West River Parish Charles City county. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Powell Jolliffe, teaches at Boyce High, and the groom works in Berryville Virginia.

Ann Marie Howard Frank B. Reardon Baltimore Winchester Mary R. Howard Samuel Thomas Howard Franklin Bailey Reardon Patrick H. Reardon Saint Martin’s Church Louis O’donovan Marie Vv. White Saint Joseph's Parish Washington Frank G. Howard Gertrude Lally Miss Lally Our Lady of Good Vera Kramer Schubert Leonard Alcazar New York West Lanvale Street Reardon Home Owners’ Loan Corporation Jane Jolliffe Mr. Palmer Thomas Powell Jolliffe Boyce High Schol William and Mary College Williamsburg Boyce High School Palmer Upperville High School Berryville Virginia

Winchester Plans For Blacksburg Parley And Roanoke Meeting

Winchester residents plan to attend the annual Extension Conference in Blacksburg December 14 to 18 led by Elizabeth Farrar Ethel Fisher and Louise Cooley. A separate group will travel to Roanoke December 8 9 10 for the joint American Pomological Society Virginia Horticultural Society meeting. Braddock Street Methodist circles meet December 8 and 9 10 with multiple hosts. The Little Garden Club meets Monday at 3 30 at Jos eph Kalbach home with a report on Rock Gardens and Christmas table displays.

Centenary Reformed Church Centenary Women’s Missionary Society Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church Blacksburg Winchester Elizabeth Farrar Ethel Fisher Louise Cooley Nelson County Cooley Farrar Miss Fisher Roanoke American Pomological Society Virginia Horticultural Society M. L. Parsons Phillip Glaize Roy Saxe Pat Barr William Beverley J. B. Beverley W. L. Tyson W. W. Baker Robert Solman Braddock Street S. M. Wisecarver South Washington Street Thelma Brown Amherst Street Frank Yeakle Valley Avenue Little Garden Club Joseph Kalbach West Leicester Street Stewart Elting Rock Gardens

Social notes and church meeting reminders

Miss Georgie Wakeman Miss Dorothy Johnson and Miss Fannie Dyer travel to Philadelphia for the weekend with Miss Ella Dyer then return to Winchester Monday. The Council of Grace Lutheran Church holds its monthly meeting at the parsonage Monday at 8 PM. The Women’s Missionary Society of United Brethren meets Tuesday December 8 at Mrs. Ray Hicks 361 National Avenue led by Mrs. Nettie Carpenter and Mrs. Conrad A Burgoor and son from Custer City Oklahoma leave Cedar Creek Grade after a week with Dr. and Mrs. F J Marshall. While here Mrs Burgpers and her son toured Shenandoah Valley caverns and Washington DC.

Snyder Alleman Ladies’ Aid Ladies’ Aid Society Trinity Lutheran Church Stephens City H.A. Funk Adam Trussell Mimmie White Harry Frazier Minnie Dinges Howard Evans Cleve Adams Alleman Ada Trussell Georgie Wakeman Dorothy Johnson Fannie Dyer Philadelphia Miss Dyer Ella Dyer Winchester Council of Grace Lutheran Church Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church Ray Hicks National Avenue Nettie Carpenter Conrad. A. Burgoor Conrad, Jr Custer City Okla F. J. Marshall Cedar Creek Grade

Elks Hear Orator at Memorial Service

Memorial service details list four members who died since the last observance: William E. Harlee, February 4. William T. Birmingham, March 2. Fred Glaize Sr., March 24. Homer E. Guyer, August 22. The Chanters lead a musical program with Floyd Haines directing. proceedings include opening ceremony, prayers by Rev. Robert B. Nelson, violin solo, calling roll, altars, male quartet, address by Judge Edwin Seward Puller, and closing ode. Fred Hunt Jr. drove to Washington for the day.

William E. Harlee William T. Birmingham Fred &. Glaize Homer E. Guyer Floyd Haines Chopin Joseph Barney Robert B. Neson Helen Bailey Es H. Woodward Chains Henry Keller Eugene Russell Andrew Babbart Freemont Dick Edwin Seward Puller Washington, D. C Fred Hunt, Jr Washington

Insurgent Bombers Strike City Barricades and Government Lines

Franco's air force sent 30 bombing planes in a mass attack over Madrid. The raids targeted Arguilles Chambers and Hospicio districts with 400 bombs and incendiaries. Government defenses faced heavy damage as militiamen fortified Dehesa villa and Arguilles blocks.

Arguilles Chambers Hospicio Dehesa Villa Francisco Franco Paseo de Rosales Pozculo de Abacora

Fascists Renew Drive Near Madrid Amid River Valley Attack

War updates describe a renewed Fascist push to separate Madrid from Casa Del Campo by attacking Po suelo and the Mazanares river valley. In the same period government forces reportedly hit targets within 25 miles of Burgos as civilians evacuate Vitoria. government planes also attacked Fascist positions around Alava in the Basque region.

Madrid Casa del Campo Park Posuelo Mazanares War Office Burgos Vitoria Bay of Biscay Concentra Alava Basque

Calls for American Nations Unity on Peace and Trade

The document urges frequent conferences among American nations to foster peace and understanding, complete ratification of five existing peace pacts, a shared neutrality policy in conflicts, and an American wide liberalization of trade to reduce barriers and discrimination while restoring essential international relations.

Hull Warns on Treaty Breakdowns and Global Chaos

Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounces disregard for rights and treaties, calling broken agreements a perilous path toward world disorder. He urges restoration of peaceful procedures and mutual understanding to preserve international law and relations.

Hull

Kedroff Quartet To Appear Here In Winchester

The Kedroff Quartet, renowned Russian singers, will perform in Winchester on Thursday night December 10 at Handley School. The Winchester Branch of the National Concert Association extended its membership drive to secure the program and expects a large attendance from local and nearby communities.

Winchester National Concert Association Handley School

Radio Highlights From New York Through Crisis Broadcasts

Radio listings show varied programming as the King Edward Cabinet crisis disrupts information flow. Inter American Conference coverage on WEAF NBC and other stations includes interviews, dramas, music, and orchestras across the evening schedule.

New York King Edward WEAF NBC Buenos Aires WJJZ WABC CBS Irvin Cobb Kansas City Philharmonic Columbia Workshop Ed Thorgersen Gibbons and Lopez Ted Fiorito Wjz-Nbc Ed Wynn Hildegarde Glen Gray's

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