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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1938

Page

8

Mrs Gilpin Describes Trip Abroad At A U W Meeting

Mrs Henry B Gilpin spoke of her recent European trip at an A U W meeting hosted by Mrs Herbert Larrick and Miss Nancy Larrick on West Clifford Street. She toured Denmark Stockholm Paris London and Holland and shared vivid notes and photos including times in Copenhagen and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris. She contrasted Danish royalty Swedish governance and wartime mobilization scenes with memories of Queen Wilhelmina’s jubilee and Daladier’s Munich return.

Herbert Larrick Nancy Larrick American Association of University Women West Clifford Street Henry B. Gilpin Gilpin Denmark Kobenhavn Europe Storktown Stockholm Sweden Calais England London Mr. Chamberlain

Junior Auxiliary Of Hospital Names Committees For New Year Dance

The Winchester Memorial Hospital Junior Auxiliary lists chairs for the annual New Year’s Eve ball with Mrs. J M Steck Jr heading reservations and Mrs. James Miller leading arrangements. Mrs. Burr P Harrison hosted a buffet for three newly married couples and many local residents attended.

Greater Gift Sale At Rexall Drug Store

Gift sale underway at Rexall Drug Store featuring best value gift items in town. Brooks Pharmacy contact listed for reference.

Rexall Drug Store Brooks’ Pharmacy

Winchester Calendar of Community Events Roundup

At 8 00 p m Madison Lodge of Odd Fellows meets at East Boscawen street hall. 8 30 p m National Concert Association Winchester Branch concert at George Washington Hotel featuring Nina Gordon. 12 30 p m Lions Club meets at Friendship Barnor on West Boscawen street in McVicar building. 3 30 p m Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital meets at Nurses Home on West Clifford street. Winchester Rebekah Association meets at Odd Fellows Hall.

Madison Lodge of Odd Fellows East Boscawen Street Winchester National Concert Association George Washington Hotel Nina Gordon Wekly Lions Club Friendship Baynor West Boscawen Street McVicar Winchester Memorial Hospital Nurses Home West Clifford Street Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall

Little Theatre Elects Officers And Presents Olga's Christmas Star

The Winchester Little Theatre will hold its annual election of officers and directors tomorrow at 7:30 PM in Handley Library. Over 150 invitations have gone out for the event, with a short play Olga's Christmas Star by Mrs. Schuyer Larkin to be staged, and a large attendance expected.

Little Theatre Winchester Little Theatre Handley Library Winchester Olga Schuyer Larkin The Georgia Conrad Betty Zigler Tom Baldridge J. R. Rhodes Douglas Fuller Smith E. P. Browning Virginia Boyd Arthur Field

Several Parties Planned For Miss Bobbie Conrad

Baltimore society notes list multiple engagements honoring Miss Bobbie Conrad. Invitations go to a December 22 dinner at Mt. Vernon Club and December 21 at Mrs Alexander Gordon's home. New Year’s Eve events include a Sulgrave Club dinner before a dance. Leesburg assembly dances set for December 26 at Leesburg high school with regional social prominence.

Debutante Miss Mildred McConnell Dance in Warrenton

Miss Mildred McConnell of near Middleburg Va will be honored at a dance at the North Wales Club Warrenton Va on Thursday Dec 29 Several Winchester youths will attend Preceding the dinner Miss Nancy Iselin a northern Va debutante will entertain at a dinner party at her Middleburg home Elizabeth Pinkerton Engaged to Frederic en Scott Dr and Mrs William Alfred Pinkerton of Bayonne N J announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth McMurtrie Pinkerton to Frederic en Scott Jr of Richmond The couple learned at Sweet Briar College and the University of Virginia where he was known to several young men of the city No date set for the wedding Business Women of Baptist Church to meet Tuesday Circle of the Missionary Society First Baptist Church will meet tomorrow from 730 to 830 PM There is a note of time change There will be no dinner meeting this month Mr Clarence LeFrois of Fairfield NY is in Winchester on business He stays with Mrs Nancy Coble on West Boscawen Street

Virginia Boyd J. M. Steck Jr Thomas Gibson Mary Warden Boyd Agnes Page Mitchell Clarke County Steck Gibson Miss Mitchell Boyce James Miller Benjamin Knight Peyton Marshall C. T. Cooper Victor Arthur Lewis Barton Thomas Kremer Walterman John Minnege-rode Ellsworth Johnson George Washington Schuyler J. B. Mee- Kee George Smith Edward Barr Fannie Page John Harris Burr P. Harrison South Wash Pe Street Robert McC. Glass, Jr Harry K. Bent Lewis N. S. Barton Frances Beverley B. M. Knight Anne Russell Hille Stephenson J.M. Steck, Jr J. Victor Arthur Fred L. Glaize, Jr Georgia Conrad Braddock Street M. E. Church South Clay Manuel Edith Leight Amher Street Lillian Russell Roger Williams J. D. Russell Front Royal Lillian Reid Russell Stuart Roger Williams Hancock W. E. Wilson Robert Young Conrad Baltimore Society Malone Miss Conrad Mt. Vernon Club Baltimore Alexander Gordon H. D. Flood Eleanor Flood Washington, D. C Sulgrave Club Dermarest Lloyd Angelica Lloyd Miss McConnell Warrenton Mildred McConnell Middleburg North Wales Club Winchester Nancy Iselin Northern Virginia Elizabeth Pinkerton Fred Scott William Alfred Pinkerton Bayonne N. J Elizabeth McMurtrie Pinkerton Frederic En Scott, Jr Richmond Pinkerton Sweet Briar College Mr. Scott University of Virginia Weild Business Women of Baptist Church Business Women’s Circle of the Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church Clarence LeFrois Fairport, N. Y Nancy Coble West Boscawen Street

Etiquette Q and A on addressing and hosting tips

A reader asks if an eighteen year old should call a forty-year-old by first name. The answer: not unless the elder invites it. The piece defines cher ami as dear friend and chere amie for a woman. It states a hostess should greet guests inside the door of the reception room at a formal afternoon tea.

Cher Ami Chere Amie

Winchester String Ensemble Delights at Market Street Church

The Euterpian Club presented the Winchester String Ensemble in a Sunday concert at Market Street Methodist Church. The group featured Helen Bailey, Meta Sloat, Roland Snapp, Louis Knieling, and Georgia Cather with Mildred Jones at piano. Pieces by Jiranek Friml Goltermann Kreisler Humperdinck and a Chopin set showcased rich tones and technical skill.

Winchester Euterpian Club Market Street Methodist Church Helen Bailey Meta Sloat Roland Snapp Louis Knieling Georgia Cather J. Jiranek R. Friml G. Goltermann Fritz Kreisler Hansel and Gretel E. Humperdinck Knieling Mildred Jones Euterplan Club Virginia Lupton

Executive Meeting of C E At U B Church Tonight

The United Brethren Church Christian Endeavor Society holds its regular monthly meeting at the church at 7 30 this evening. Officers and committee chairs are urged to attend. Several local residents arrive or travel for family visits and medical updates are noted.

C. E U. B. Church United Brethren Church Christian Endeavor Society

Grilled by U S Two Pennsylvania Couples Wedded

The Rev George W Stover officiated two Saturday weddings at his National avenue home. Couples from Pennsylvania were Myers R Motz of Chambersburg with Ella A Hess of Waynesboro and Henry L Spoonhour Jr of Fayetteville with Eleanor Virginia Wetzel of Waynesboro. Junior Auxiliary Of Hospital To Meet. ary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet tomorrow at 3 30 p m to discuss plans for the annual New Year s Eve Ball.

Pennsylvania George W. Stover United Brethren

Town Buried by Storm Debris in Philippines

Relief workers report Camalig town in Camarines Sur buried by volcanic debris from Mayon Volcano after last week’s typhoon. No casualties mentioned. Once home to about 20 000 people in 1920, the town reportedly disappeared under ash and debris as winds and waves aided the slide from the volcano slopes. A German good will plane wreck also noted near Manila Bay after a forced landing.

Manila Mayon Camalig Camalic Trayon Manila Bay

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