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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
3
The meeting opened with the Pledge and Scout Oath as Good Turns were noted. Scout Bobby Huntsberry earned his Tenderfoot pin and various troop members were named ushers for the armory dedication.
Mrs Wydmire Steele dines with son in law and daughter at Vaucluse. Frances and Mariam Watson visit parents C O Watsons over the weekend. Dorothy Herrell spends Sunday with the Hallow Beavers family. Hugh Racey family visits Hamiltons. Woman's Society of Christian Service meets at Mrs Grove with leader Mrs Lemley. Members and guests listed. Aubrey Doggett returns from Dayton after a week with relatives. Pauline Bean returns to Needmore after stay with Hausenflucks. Friends express concern for Carmal Boyer hospitalized in Winchester Memorial.
Floyd Hulver spent the weekend with his wife and son in Martinsburg, while Mrs. E H Tevall of Winchester visited relatives. Mrs Shiflett, once blind, fell and fractured her arm. Elsie Triplett visited Winchester friends. Stanley Tevalt visited his brother in Middletown.
A church lesson outlines the Lord's Prayer from Luke 11 and Matthew 6 with reflections on addressing God as Father, seeking daily bread, forgiveness, and resisting temptation. It notes Jesus teaching persistence in prayer, warning against Pharisee hypocrisy, and the call to live righteously.
Reverend Robert A. Whitten to lead a worship service at 3 p m with Holy Communion at 11 a m. A special invitation is extended to all residents to attend the religious program at Mount Olive Timber Mountain.
St Pauls Sunday School at 10 a m service at 11 a m with sermon A Honest Doubter. Luther League evenings 7 p m Trinity Sunday School 9 45 a m and Luther League 6 30 p m Vespers 7 30 p m Thursday prayer 7 30 p m Bible study 3rd chapter of John Welcoming all to services.
The Young Peoples Union of the Bunker Hill and Ridgeway Circuits will present a Christmas song and pageant at Rest on the 18th, Bunker Hill on the 19th, and Gerrardstown on the 20th at 7 45. The public is invited and it will not interfere with regular services.
The Brucetown Circuit Methodist Church announces Christmas programs at local churches. Stephenson Crums Welltown plan sermons and Sunday school times while brief listings cover Burnt Factory Aegegen Chapa events on December 22 through December 26.
Reliance church holds 10 a.m. worship with 11 a.m. preaching and 2 p.m. Sunday school at Ridings Chapel with 3 p.m. Communion. Greenway church offers 10 a.m. Sunday school and 8 p.m. worship. Stephens City hosts Sunday school.
The Methodist church listed on Montague Avenue holds combined church school and worship at 2 30 p m with a sermon by Pastor Bal This. Macedonia service at 10 15 a m with sermon by the pastor and a 7 30 p m Young People service. Montague Avenue church school at 10 a m morning worship 11 a m and 7 30 p m sermon by the pastor. Round Hill church school at 10 a m.
Hedgesville charge led by Rev. Lavely D. Gruber announces services at Shockeysville Friday December 13 at 7 p m Howard's Chapel Wednesday December 18 at 7 p m and Ganotown Sunday December 15 at 10 45 a m each service listed in the schedule
Highview West Virginia notices list Rev R A Whitten pastor and Rev Walton Brill as speakers. Sunday School at 10 a m with worship at 11 a m and another worship service at 7 30 p m.
Frederick County transfers list multiple property deeds around Winchester Kernstown and Gainesboro. Louis Ruble to Richard O. Clem a Kernstown lot for 2500 dollars. Janey V. and J. W. Randolph to Leroy Curry 1% acre near Meadow Mill railroad station. Harry E.ley to Albert on Route 50 west of Winchester. John W. Rosenberger to B. H. Keller 65 acre tract west of Winchester on Route 50. Olive Copp Baker to Lillie Walker 1 acre on Paper Mill road east of Kernstown. Blanch Morley to C. R. Derflinger two and one fifth acres in Paxton Chapel. Harry W. Stotler to Albert Larrick Henry addition near Valley pike. Garvin Bowles to Carrie Feltner 200 by 75 foot lot west of Winchester on Route 50. Floyd Puffinberger to Solon Meadows 1 acre lot and improvements five miles west of Winchester to Dix Hollow road. Rex Light to Lora Light 1 acre near Gainesboro.
Little C J Shoemaker improves after a cold at home. Miss June Wolford visited Winchester. Mrs Emma Crane recovers at home after an appendectomy in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Dr M E Gardner spent time in Washington. Mrs Julia Sirbaugh and daughter Georgia stayed in Romney with D L Harrison. Disciples of Christ announce a Christmas program on December 24 inviting the public.
Reverend S J Goode leads Capon Bridge Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11. Sandy Ridge hosts Bible school at 2 p m and worship at 2 30 p m. Ebenezer offers Bible study at 10 a m evening worship at 7 30 p m with communion. Members urged to attend as final regular services of the year.
School at 10 a.m. and Christmas sermon at 11 a.m. with communion and special music. A Christmas tree and program will follow on Wednesday night December 25 at 8 o'clock. Everyone welcome.
Rev J T Brown pastors the Middletown Charge with Grace Church Sunday school 9:45 am H S&S Jones superintendent Worship and sermon 11 am Epworth League 7 pm Worship and sermon 7:30 Hites Chapel service 2:30 pm Relief Sunday School 10 am Epworth Sunday School 2 pm.
Tom White an engineering student received a suspended sentence after an ice caused illegal U turn on a Milwaukee street. He argued the car skidded due to wheels rotating in a plane and gravity, and he chose to complete the turn to avoid stalling in the middle of the street.
In Seattle on December 13 the jury in Judge Robert M. Jones's court convicted Frank Kombol, 36, after he acted as his own attorney and pleaded for acquittal amid a display of juror tears. The article also abruptly shifts to a question and answer about United States government powers.
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