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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1941

Page

8

Social and Personal Notes Featuring Weddings and Births

Weekly W. O. W. meeting and Girl Scout dance announced. Hamrick sent to Singapore from Australia per air letter dated November 24. Mr. and Mrs. Thames Norvell welcomed daughter Pamela. Louise Whittemore engaged to Ensign Herbert Shenk of Scarsdale NY. Kildee on Dulaney Farm ready for occupancy. Various local visits, hospitalizations, and travel noted. Engagements, weddings, and Christmas program details at New Clearbrook School and Chanters gathering.

Oes Walter Hemrick Singapore Ecr Socony Vacuum Oil Company Australia Hamrick Morgan Street Japan United States Louise Whittemore Ensign Shenk Wyman Whittemore Clarkes County Boston Louise Ensign Herbert Branson Shonk Herbert Branson Shonk Scarsdale N. Y

Miss Bertha Williams Addresses D A R Meeting

Miss Bertha Williams spoke at a December afternoon D A R gathering at the home of Mrs. D E Leatherman. She traced Christmas origins from early church condemnation to fourth century festivity and noted King Arthur in 521 as part of the lore.

Bertha Williams Daughters of the American Revolution D. E. Leatherman C. Vernon Eddy Grover Cooper M. K. Shirkey J. H. Moling, Jr S. Bertha Williams Mary E. Robinson Fort Loudoun Fort Loudoun Seminary Miss Williams Arthur

Milk Fund Report Highlights Berryville Club Work

Mrs Loring Kackley reports that since 1930 the Berryville milk fund distributed to undernourished pupils has grown sharply with about 4000 bottles consumed last year and more this year. Some milk is paid for, some free, with crackers provided. Teachers note health and grade improvements. The meeting also urged a new high school lunchroom and a civic department for town improvements. The next meeting is Jan 15 with Miss Rose MacDonald presiding. Rock salt is used each winter to clear streets and roads.

Berryville Loring Kackley Woman’s Club of Clarke County Hawthorne Thomas W. Jones Berryville High School A. F. Robertson Rose MacDonald First National Bank Jannuary William Sparrow

Diet Best Help for Over-Plump Women in War War Era

The article urges debt or battle imagery to urge weight loss through a strict diet. It prescribes 2500 calories for a typical active woman, but promotes a reduced intake of fats starches and sweets to lose about two pounds weekly. It advocates lean meats cottage cheese buttermilk vegetables and one daily egg plus unbuttered rye bread and clear tea or coffee with brisk daily walking. Facial massage with heavy cream is advised to prevent lines.

Clarke County social events and meetings in Berryville

Clarke County volunteers gather for Red Cross chapter planning with Mrs Graham Dougherty and other chairmen in Winchester. The Junior Woman's Club holds a Christmas party at Hawthorne Library. Several Berryville residents attend meetings, visits, and weddings in nearby towns, with notes on deceased Gordon Winston Kennerly and ill Tom Dix.

Berryville Graham Dougherty Washington, D. C American Red Cross Woodley Clarke County The Red Cross Victor Arthur Winchester Amory Perkins Middleburg Dougherty Hawthorne Library

Army orders reinforcement for five armored divisions

Washington December 12 The army ordered reinforcement of its five armored divisions with a large proportion of medium tanks and with self propelled assault artillery and armored cars.

Washington

Etiquette Q A Guide From Roberta Lee

Questions and answers on hosting manners during entertaining ask whether the husband should answer the door in absence of a servant and if the tea should be held while pouring. It also addresses whether bridal showers belong in the afternoon and suggests evenings are preferable for such events.

Gloria Vanderbilt to Wed Son of Italian Farmer in California

New York report says Gloria Vanderbilt announced engagement of her daughter Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt to Pasquale Di Cicco son of an Italian immigrant who rose to fame as a broccoli king with a truck farm. The Christmas Day wedding is planned in Beverly Hills.

New York Long Island Gloria Vanderbilt Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt Pasquale di Cicco Hollywood California Beverley Hills Reginald C. Vanderbilt Pasquale di Cicco, Sr Italy di Cicco Thelma Todd Gloria Harry Payne Whitney

Apple Pie Ridge Community News This Week

Events include Berlin Webber’s 16 pound wild turkey kill in Green Spring. Deaths include Mrs. Annie Boyd at Winchester Memorial Hospital and Mrs. A G Clark. Frances Jackson ill with Scarlet Fever. Families move to Bloomery and Frederick. local social visits noted among residents.

Apple Pie Ridge Berlin Webber Greenspring Annie Boyd Garland Clem Winchester Memorial Hospital Frances Jackson J. E. Bean Bloomery W. Va Joe Cave Frederick Jacob Hausenfluck Walter Jackson Melvin Brown June Inez A. W. Adams A. G. Clark

Costa Rica to Declare War on Germany Italy

Costa Rica announced it will declare war on Germany and Italy within hours. War has already been declared against Japan. Multiple officials confirmed the move as part of regional alignments in World War II.

San Jose Costa Rica Germany Italy Japan

Hay Wanted On Farm Board Highest Prices Paid

Classified notice seeks alfalfa and timothy hay buyers offering top prices. Contact Bill Sakol at the Royal Inn Main Street Front Royal Virginia for details.

Alfalfa Timothy Hay Bill Sakol Royal Inn Main ST Front Royal

State Fruit Men Close Meeting

The Virginia Horticultural Society closed its annual convention at Hotel Roanoke with technical papers and a patriotic program. Miss Mary Craig McGeachy of the British Embassy urged acceptance of the Hawaii attack as a victory for spirit, while Dr. J. R. Hutcheson of Virginia Polytechnic Institute outlined farm programs for war conditions and urged debt repayment, soil conservation, repairs, and active farm organization.

Roanoke Virginia Horticultural Society Mary Craig McGeachy Washington America Hawaii Spirit Dunkerque J. R. Hutcheson V. P. I. Extension Division Virginia

Treasury December 10 receipts and debt figures released

The Treasury reports December 10 receipts of 32,479,404.53 dollars and expenditures of 76,692,772.44 dollars. Gross debt stands at 55,310,292,171.74 dollars.

Washington Treasury

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