Engagements and social notes span Hart and Hagerstown
Mrs. George H. Smith announces Olivia Smith to John Brandon Parry of Brooklyn New York with ties to Rugby Academy New Orleans Gulf Coast Academy and Tulane University. The couple plans February 15 wedding at Trinity Episcopal Church Hart Connecticut and reception at Town and County Club. Also Ruby Weatherholtz engaged to Charles Trenary in Hagerstown Maryland with plans to reside with his mother in Clifton Station Virginia. Numerous local social items follow including dances, hospital study, and travels across Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart, Connecticut
Miss Ith
William H. Deming
A. E. Wether
Holtz
North Street
Ruby Weatherholtz
Chas . Trenary
Hagerstown
Luthieran Parsonage
Trenary
Winchester Memorial Hospital
T. C. Weatherholtz
Clifton Station
Em. Trenary
T. . Trenary
E Virginia Woolen Co
North Loudoun Street
Woman's Society To Meet Tonight At Ridgeway
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Best Methodist Church will meet at 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Dailey in Ridgeway West Virginia. President Mrs. G. H. Fielding has prepared an interesting program and urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Best Methodist Church
W. D. Dailey
Ridgeway
W. Va
G. H. Fielding
Miss Ida Swann Initiated Into Sigma Tau Chi at Mary Washington
Miss Ida Grace Swann, daughter of Rev and Mrs T M Swann of South Washington Street, has been initiated into Sigma Tau Chi at Mary Washington College, reflecting the organization’s emphasis on scholarship and personality. The club notes also mention the Little Garden Club planning a Monday meeting on December 16 at Mrs Frank Armstrong’s home where Katherine Kern will speak on evergreens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Garden Club
Frank Armstrong
Katherine Kern
Stephens City Notes Bake sale and community updates
Stephens City reports include visits by national and local residents. James Calvert and Lomax Parker host family in Martinsburg while Carmel Boyer recovers from a hospital stay. The M E Church WSC S plans a bake and soup sale on Saturday.
Plan to Guard New York Harbor by Seaplane Patrol
The navy weighs a daily vigil 75 miles offshore by seaplanes to guard harbor approaches. Flights could start in coming months. The Seaplane In shore patrol would supplement the Coast Guard and Neutrality Patrol and use radio to query foreign vessels about their destination and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Navy
U. S. Navy
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Neutrality Patrol
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers
A society Q and A column addresses engagement announcements later canceled. It discusses whether to inform newspapers about breakups, etiquette for a bridge party without prizes, and proper attire for a female speaker at an evening event, recommending a simple evening dress.
Christmas Music Featured at Market Street Services
The Market Street services plan a morning program with Miss Edythe Ballard alto solo and the Senior Choir performing an Offertory Anthem. Instrumental offerings include Mr. Kneiling on cello with Miss Sartelle at the piano and Miss Kathleen McCartney accompanying a cello solo. The church School officers will be installed and the pastor will preach on Christian Education. Evening includes a miniature concert with Andrew Babb baritone and Miss Elizabeth Grim organist, plus coral singing led by Eugene Russell. A duet by Mrs. Halvosa and Mrs. Rowe will sing Joy to the World and the minister will conclude a Judas Iscariot study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Edythe Ballard
Guion
Lord
Garrett
Louis Kneiling
Doris Sartelle
Kneiling
Golterman
Kathleen McCartney
Andrew Babb
Elizabeth Grim
Eugene Russell
A. C. Halvosa
A. Harold Rowe
Handel
Mystery
Judas Iscariot
British Meat Ration Reduced
The Food Ministry in London announces a weekly meat allowance drop to the pre temporary increase level of one shilling 10 pence per person, due to lower home-killed meat supply and need to tap cold storage stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Food Ministry
Britain
Guest Pastor Womeldorf to Speak at Montague Avenue
The Rev. H. G. Balthis announced that Rev. Herman J. Womeldorf will be guest pastor at Montague Avenue Church for the 11 o clock service tomorrow. His sermon topic is Preparing For Christmas. Balthis will also preach at Macedonia Methodist Church at 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Balthis
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Herman J. Womeldorf
Highland Avenue Church
Montague Avenue
Womeldorf
Balthis
Macedonia Methodist Church
Winchester Gun Club Announces Sunday Practice Shoot
The Winchester Gun Club invites all to a 1 PM practice shooting event at the club grounds on Sunday. A still target shoot for turkeys and chickens is also planned for the afternoon. Barrymore is a stage name adopted by T. H. A. Barrymore, real surname Blythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Gun Club
Barrymore
T. H. A. Barrymore
Blythe
Pineapple cut hair returns for youthful looks
Reviving the pineapple cut gains favor among young people and Hollywood, with ringlets formed in inch squares and secured by paper spirals. A double disc iron curls each strand, producing a fluffy wave that endures for two weeks, also known as the cherub cut. Eyebrow styling guidance follows, advising balanced width to suit facial features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
John Henry Himelright Dies at 70 in Maryland
Funeral services for John Henry Himelright 70 who died yesterday at his home near Middletown after a stroke will be held Sunday at 1 45 pm from the residence and 2 30 pm from Gravel Springs with Rev J T Brown officiating Interment will be in Gravel Springs cemetery He was a son of Joseph H Himelright and Rebecca Himelright and husband of the late Clara C Himelright Surviving are two children Cornelia Walters Middletown and Delmore Himelright Strasburg and siblings Oliver Himelright Nora Butier Kate Blanchfield Mollie Brown and Ella Feathers all of nearby areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Himelright
Middletown
Gravel Springs Church
J. T. Brown
Gravel Springs
Hiselright
Joseph H. Himelright
Rebecca Himelright
Frederick County
Clara C. Himelright
Cornelia Walters
R.F.D
Delmore Wimelright
Strasburg
Oliver Himelright
Star Tannery
Nora Butier
Winchester
Kate Blanchfield
Mollie Brown
Ella Feathers
Fishers Hill
Local Men Attend Training School
Headquarters Company one hundred sixteenth infantry of this city has two men at the Richmond training school. Sergeant Marshall F. Hollis and Sergeant Mifflin B. Clowe Jr. passed entrance exams with flying colors and will complete the course December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
Richmond
Marshall F. Hollis
Mifflin B. Clowe, Jr
Sister M Marcella Heads Marywood College Order
Sister M Marcella became president of Marywood College and mother superior of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary succeeding Mother M Joseph who died December 4. She directs 77 communities and will serve until a canonical election in June 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
M. Marcella
Marywood College
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
M. Josepha
Marcella
Treasury Status December Daily Receipts and Debt Figures
Treasury Daily Status records receipts of 24.999 million dollars and expenditures of 32.448 million. It lists gross debt at 44.296 billion dollars, with an increase over the previous day of 1.437 million.
In Memoriam P F C Cecil H Williamson
In sad remembrance of our dear son and grandson P. F. C. Cecil H. Williamson who departed this life one year ago December 14 1939. By his Mother and Grandmother. Mount Hebron sleeping where flowers wave lies the form we love. Dear Son we miss you and hope to meet again in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. F. C. Cecil H. Williamson
Son
Mount Hebron
War Today on the Axis Endgame in North Africa
The column notes the German Italian axis wobble as Mussolini’s forces suffer a marked defeat in western Egypt. Graziani’s invasion army is smashed with heavy losses, while remaining main forces retreat toward Libya. British sea power and air supremacy shape a new crisis as they threaten supply lines and bases along a desert highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
Egypt
Graziani
Libya
Hitler
Leonaig
Millwood Notes Dinner Guests and Local Socials
Millwood Virginia notes record Mr and Mrs J Townson Burwell welcoming Mrs Courtney B Jones and Mrs Everard K Meade for dinner. Mrs Richard Cole visits Clarke then heads to New York. Hugh Powell of Petersburg guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell. Mrs Alexis Sommaripa hosts at Bellfield with Mrs Lansing Reed of New York and Mr and Mrs Arthur Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Val
J. Townson Burwell
Courtney B. Jones
Everard K. Meade
Richard Cole
Clarke
New York
Alexis Sommaripa
Bellfield
Lansing Reed
Arthur Palmer
Watkin family members guests in War Department circle
A society note reports Mr Palmer being feted in the War Department. Mrs Bell Watkins Jr Miss Vadia Boy-Ed and Miss Virginia Watkins dine with Miss Polly Winslow tonight after Winslow’s return from New York where she had been spending the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pearson
New York
Douglas Sale
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Vadia
Vir
Ginia Watkins
Miss Polly Winslow
Miss Winslow
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Charles Trenary
eHandbey
eHandley
Junior Lass
Ray Early
East Piccadilly Greeat
Pennsylvania
Tommy Kremer
J. T. Kremer
Jefferson Street
J. Pinckney Arthur
Otis Sargent
Stuarts Draft
Her Bean
Mr. Bean
Methodist Church
Marshall Miles
Harrisonburg, Va
Mrs. Leslie Dodd
Fredericksburg
Reba Snarr
Jane Cather
Woodstock, Va
Walter P. Grimm
Mick Carper
Front Royal Road
George Hott
University of Virginia
Hame
Edward Oe
Richmond, Va
William Clagett
Near
Berryville
David Donovan
Clarke County
Colleen Carter
Calif
Hugh Carter
Carter
Round Hill
Loudoun County
Pauline Larrick
Handley
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Madison College
Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Sunshine
Cleaners
East Piccadilly
F. H. Way
Margaret Collins Denny
Comrade Bible
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Lynwood Hammond
Denny
F. W. Danley
Comrade
Stephens
Allen
Huntsberry
Mr. Womeldorf
Parches Monopoly
Logomachy
Helen Follett
Ann Rutherford
Bell
Clothes
Washington
the Treasury
Ee Ae
Epender
Aniowane
Duncan Bros
Kellys
C. B. Smalts & Son
Pingley & Carper Plaza Cleaners
Selby Arch Preserver Shoes
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun St
Wton
Palmer
The
War Department
the Commercial and Savings Bank
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Underwood
Underwood’s Bakery
Loudoun Street
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
Barbara Bell
Gibson Girl
Winchester Evening Star
Station O
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