Calendar of events for Friday and Saturday in Winchester
Friday events include a V P I alumni dinner at a hotel at 4:00 p m and meetings by Kernstown Young People, Margaret Collins Denny Class, W O W, Winchester Council of Religious Education, with a 8 20 p m presentation of The Thirteenth Chair by Little Theatre at Capitol. Saturday lists a 3:00 p m meeting of the local A A A W branch at Mrs George Snarr’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Alumni Association of
Winchester Council of Religious Education
Presbyterian Church
Thirtenth
Little Theatre
Capitol
George Snarr
South Stewart Street
Annual Dance of V. P. I. Apple Club Holiday Event
The VPI cadets Apple Club hosts its annual Christmas dance at the George Washington Hotel on Friday December 27. Music by the VPI Southern Colonels, a favored college band, draws cadets alumni and local residents within a 50 mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadets of Polytechnic Institute
Shenandoah Valley
George Washington
VPI
Southern Colonels
William Bennett, Jr
Apple Club
Shenandoah Valley Club
South
Bennett
Engagement Announced Between Miss Fred and Mr Hedges
Miss Mary Katherine Fred of Middleburg and Chattanooga Tenn announces her engagement to Mortland McLain Hedges of Chattanooga. Fred is daughter of Mrs Burkett Miller and T Walter Fred, attended Girls Preparatory School and Mount Vernon Seminary. Hedges is son of Mr and Mrs James R Hedges of Chattanooga and a University of Pennsylvania and Canterbury College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Clarke County
Mary Katherine Fred
Middleburg
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mortland McLain Hedges
Fred
Burkett Miller
T. Walter Fred
Girls Preparatory School
Mount Vernon Seminary
Washington
D. C
Mr. Hedges
James R. Hedges
Mccallie School
Georgetown Preparatory School
University of Pennsylvania
Canterbury College
New Milford
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Cotillion Club
Combustion Engineering Co
Modern Etiquette Q A on visiting and addressing manners
A reader asks if a friend with a large house and maid may host a weekend visit. Answers advise against presumption, and note proper etiquette for leaving a dining chair. The column also confirms using Miss for young girls and reports several local social visits and expected arrivals in Winchester around December and the holidays.
Primary Department To Lead U B Devotionals
The United Brethren Sunday School primary, led by Mrs. Ora Bailey, will conduct Sunday morning devotionals at 9 45 per Kenneth Pattom. The Fort Loudoun chapter D A R met at Mrs. Grover Cooper’s home for a ten cent sale benefiting the ambulance fund for England and Kate Duncan Smith school. Mrs. John H. Rosenberger spoke on colonial Christmases as members sang carols with soloist Mrs. Francis Dix and pianist Mrs. Guy Benchoff assisted by hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United Brethren Sunday School
Ora Bailey
Kenneth Pattom
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Grover Cooper
Ambulance Fund
England
Kate Duncan Smith School
Ellis Island
John H. Rosenberger
Guy Benchoff
Woodstock
Francis Dix
Berryville
J. H. Moling, Jr
D. E. Letherman
May Griffin
Melvin Shirkey
Mary Robinson
Turner Ashby Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy Meets
Turner Ashby Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs. Herbert Larrick 403 West Clifford street on Thursday afternoon December 12. Mrs. Larrick gave a talk on Hospitalization in The South From 1861 1865 and Virginia's role. The group praised Winchester women for battlefield care and hospital work. A letter from the Lee Camp Soldiers' Home thanked the chapter for Thanksgiving contributions and a New York contact sent holiday greetings. The unveiling of Jefferson Davis statue in Montgomery was noted as a convention highlight. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Herbert Larrick
West Clifford Street
South
Virginia
Winchester
Lee Camp
Richmond
George Hammond Sullivan
New York City
Jefferson Davis
Montgomery
Alabama
Beauty Trail Promotes Cold Baths and Exercise
A vintage beauty piece urges daily cold baths and brisk rubdowns to improve circulation and complexion. It promotes regular exercise, facial cooling with cold water, depilatories for leg fuzz, Popper's razor only in emergencies, and bleaching with ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninon de Lenclos
Beauticians
Notable Beta Sigma Phi Guest Speaker in Clarke County
Mrs Ronald B Wilson wife of Rev Wilson spoke on Artistically Living to Beta Sigma Phi members as part of their Christmas planning session. The club also discussed delivering Christmas baskets December 23 and 24 with Ed Molden hosting, while Mrs Richards Linaburg led a program on Friendship. Berryville Clarke County Woman's Club heard Dr Robert Cleverlee on The Bible the greatest classic of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald 8. Wilson
Beta Sigma Phi
International Sorority of
Ronald 5. Wilson
Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Ed Molden
Richard Linaburg
Clarke Woman's Club
Berryville
Robert Cleverlee
First Baptist Church of
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
Woman’s Club
Clarke County
Hawthorne
L. A. Parker
Berryville Baptist Church
Shakespeare
Germany
Hitler
A. F. Robertson
Chamber of Commerce
Robert T. Caverlee
Woman's Club
Dr. Caverlee
Alfred M. Kerfoot
War News Censored Caution to Readers
Readers of The Star are cautioned that most European news is censored before transmission to the United States, signaling restricted information and limited coverage of ongoing events.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Gilpins Host Long Island Guests Amid Social Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin entertained at Scaleby for guests from Westbury New York and Mt. Kisco while Blue Ridge Hunt met at Milton Valley. The roster included Walliam Watkins Earl Boy-Ed and Capt. William Barrett with other attending friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Blue Ridge Hunt
Milton Valley
William Beverley
Field
Christmas visitors and holiday travel in Clarke County
Fitchburg Mass visitors plan Christmas holidays with relatives. Local students and families prepare for the season, including Misses Hewitt Mitchell and others returning from Foxcroft and Ohio College. Notables attend a library relief event in Purcellville and Dr. Caverlee speaks to the Clarke County Woman's Club.
Births and Visits Highlight Bloom Items
Mr and Mrs George W Hulver Jr celebrate the birth of daughter Janet Irene at Winchester Memorial Hospital on November 16. Janet is welcomed by former High View West Virginia resident Genevieve Moreland. John R Cooper and Jack Sale, workers at Hercules Powder Co plant near Radford VA, visit Washington DC en route to Roanoke on November 25. Mrs Charles Burke and two children of Winchester visit her parents C E Clowser and wife. St Johns Sunday School plans a Christmas program for Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloom
George W. Hulver, Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Janet Irene
Hulver
Genevieve Moreland
High View
W. Va
John R. Cooper
Jack Sale
Hercules Powder Company
Radford
A. M. Cooper
Washington, D. C
Roanoke
Charles Burke
Winchester
C. E. Clowser
St. Johns
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Kernstown
Eugene Lupton
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock St
Odd Fellows Hall
V. P
Elizabeth Welbourn
John Armistead Welbourn
Leesburg
Elizabeth Clagett Welbourn
Alfred Burdon Seccombe
St. James Episcopal Church
Miss Welbourn
St. Catherine's School
Richwee
Bryn Mawreolere
Loudoun
Purcellville
R. E. Griffith
Ben Arthur
H. Clay deGrange
John Woolfolk
L. M. Allen
Horace Browne
Hugh Duffey
Ernest Ely
Margaret Walters
Gray Beverley
H. B. McCormac
Percy Randolph
Mary Lewis
W. T. Lewis
F. B. Whiting
Bayard Stevens
John B. Neill
R. F. Hatcher
Memorial Hospital
Mary Jane Cuddihy
Ann Marie
James
Butler Maguire
St. Vincent Jerrer’s Church
Mary Jane
Anne McDonnell
Henry Ford
Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Pingley & Carper Plaza Cleaners
Henry Schneider
Carthage College
Carthage, Ill
Mrs
National Avenue
Austen Clem
Neva Brill
Strasburg
B. F. Solenberger
Carol S. Solenberger
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
Norma June Richards
Randolph- Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
J. H. Henry
George Bennett
Baltimore
C. L. Williams
Helen Elizabeth Williams
City
Floyd Lucas
Fairfax
Boyd
Minnie Baker
Elizabeth Massie
Messrs
Joseph Massie
University of Virginia
William Massie
Newport News, Ee
U. B
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
Allen
Huntsberry
Gilpins
Ralph Richardson
Chicago
Rose Cottage
John D. Richardson
Beatrice Joyce
Henry Post. Mitchell
A. A. Baldwin
Agnes Mitchell
Gwynne Harrison
R. C. Mitchell, Jr
Benjamin Harison
Pembroke Thomson Grove
Washington Berry Grove
Dr. Grove
Worothy Warrington
H. Warrington
Chevy Chase
West Coast
U.S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
George P. Greenhalgh
Springsbury
Edgar Scott
Philadelphia
Eryn Mawr
John W. Labouisse
Walter Robertson
Thomas Nelson Carter
Powhatan
Paradise
N. Loudoun St
Fitchburg
Mass
Douglas Crocker
Carter
West
Mary Hewitt
A.S. Hewitt
Montana Hall
Lucy Mitchell
Thomas Bolling Byrd
Foxcroft
Josephine Griffith
Alfred Moss Kerfoot
Virginia Harris
H. B. Harris
Oe College
Columbia
George Ashe
Ashe
U. S.N
Edward McCormick Williams
Airlie
William T. Lewis
B. Neill
Anne B. C. Moore
8. C. Williams
Charles F. McIntosh
William Wattles
Lippitt Hatchell
William E. Sparrow
China
Seee
B. Duvall Chambers
Chambers
Westover Parish
Roxbury
Agnes
Mary Page
Saratoga
Cunningham Parish
Arthur Lowe
J. D. Griffing
Joel Griffing
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pffer Company
Jolliffe’s
Amersuede
Nan Koalls
Margaret L. Hodgson
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