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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1940
Page
11
Crowded days between Christmas and New Year invite cozy tea gatherings. Here is a practical fruit scones recipe using cake flour, double acting baking powder, raisins and orange rind with steps for mixing, cutting, glazing and baking to yield about 18 scones.
Brush Creek Va December reports three to four days of mild weather for December. Families host birthday dinners and visitors share meals with the Kerns and Whitacre families. An all day Primitive Baptist Church meeting is planned December 29 with Elder A J Garland as speaker. Christmas preparations are underway slowly.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox returned from a week of inspection in the Canal Zone and Caribbean and said the defenses of the Panama Canal were not adequate. He added that there is always more to do and never full satisfaction.
Miss Alice Albin of Baltimore stayed with her sister Mrs Herbert Pope in Winchester. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Maligan greet a new baby son born November 28. Nellie and Mae Painter visited Emma Fleming near Luray. Russell Clevenger of Pontiac Illinois and Charles Hawes of Hillsville Pa visited Arth Clevenger and relatives. Estelle Maligan of Winchester spent time with son Lawrence Maligan. Howard White visited L W Painter as children recover from whooping cough.
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