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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1939
Page
10
Rural Virginia towns get ready for Christmas with decorations, evergreen trees, and church services. Children rehearse carols as Saint Nicholas is awaited with festive pomp and a cold journey expected to West Frederick.
Hogue Creek Virginia residents report a quiet period of social visits. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brengle Jr hosted guests with the Marples family and Rev L C Messick noted as a recent visitor. The Mt Olive Christmas entertainment is set for December 23 at 7 45 PM with the Ladies Aid Society hosting a gathering at Cleve Marple’s home.
Floyd W. Haines directs The Chanters in a 9 p.m. Christmas Eve program of carols and miniature cathedral chimes at Capitol Theatre with later amplified carol singing from Rouss Fire Company Hall to reach shut ins. The program features Miss Mary Louise Sartelle and violin, Mildred Jones at piano, and audience participation in several numbers.
Sealed proposals will be received by the Mayor and Council of Stephens City Virginia until 8:00 P M December 26 1939 for digging a well for the town water supply. Contact Mayor W Lomax Parker Box 13 Stephens City for proposals and specifications and a cost of 1.00. W L Parker Mayor.
Classified ads advertise nicely furnished rooms with hot water heat and a contact phone number 1056. Other listings include rooms at 303 Fair Ment, an apartment at 411 Loudoun Street, another at 406 Loudoun, and a new modern brick house near Pine Motor Co. All use local phone or company references and date stamps in 1921 1930 style.
Atlanta audiences praised the new Gone With The Wind film as a three hour and fifty seven minute spectacle. Vivian Leigh drew strong notice for Scarlet O Hara while Margaret Mitchell spoke to a nationwide audience and called the picture a great emotional experience.
The shell scarred British cruiser Exeter was believed to be en route to the Falkland Island base as naval sources estimate about 100 wounded with unknown deaths from Wednesday’s battle with the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. Bahia Blanca had been expected as a rendezvous, but officials had no word on her location.
Police called at 23 University of California fraternity houses at Christmas vacation to collect items that followed the boys home during the term. Thirteen street signs 76 red lanterns a garbage can and assorted odds and ends were returned to city departments.
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