Social Calendar Events This Week in Middletown
7 30 p m Choir rehearsal at Christ Episcopal Church. Friday 11 00 a m Dress rehearsal for Christmas Cantata The Shepherds Prayer at Capitol Theater. 3 00 p m Regular semi monthly meeting of the W C T U at Handley Library. 1 00 p m Regular weekly meeting and luncheon of the Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion at the George Washington Hotel. 8 00 p m Junior Class Play at Middletown High School for benefit of the library fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theater
Handley Library
Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
George Washington Hotel
Middletown High School
The
Library Fund
Winchester Girl Scout Leaders Hold Meeting
A meeting of Winchester Girl Scout leaders was held yesterday at the home of Mrs. George Earl Owen on West Germain street. Miss Helen Massey presided. Leaders announced a December 30 hike by Troop 4, gifts to County Home inmates by Troop 5, a Grace Lutheran Christmas Party by Troop 2, and aid to the Red Cross Motor Corps for delivering packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Earl Owen
West Germain Street
Helen Massey
Harold Rowe
Winchester
Jean Ebert
Grace Lutheran Church
Motor Corps of the Red Cross
Fred Ritter
Adelle Hutchinson
Herbert Solenberger
Allegree
Fred Stine
Mary Louise Sartelle
Mary Margaret Lupton
Robert McNally
Edith Cornwall
Kernstown Community League Stages The Christmas Shadow Play
Kernstown Community League presents Edith Squires three act play The Christmas Shadow at Kernstown School on December 22 at 7 30 pm directed by Mrs Mitchell Boyd. Cast features William Grove Marie Snyder William Sager Emily Grove Ruth Omps Eugene Santimier and Mil lie Boyd. Set Christmas Eve seven years after the Armistice in Mrs Randolphs living room with entertaining events and a between acts program planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Community League of
Kernstown
Edith Squires
Mitchell Boyd
William Grove
Marie Snyder
Katie
William Sager
Jim Jennings
Emily Grove
John Randolph
Ruth Omps
Helen Randolph
Eugene Santimier
David Miller
Millie Boyd
Felice Randolph
Social items and upcoming weddings in local society
Mrs. Herman B. Stine hosts a dinner at Tokas Inn for Miss Harriett Pearson ahead of her marriage to Mr. Douglas Sale of New York. A cake shower is planned for Miss Winifred Browne with Miss Barr hosting at West Boscawen Street, and James Reardon Jr. to marry Browne on January 2. The Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church meets at eight after a 7:30 council session. The Junior Century Club gathers at Miss Elizabeth Rice’s home with a talk on Japan and Germany given by Mrs. A. H. Morgan, who notes population, military, and dictatorial trends. Betty Riley, student at Sullins College, returns from Bristol, VA for Christmas with her mother Mrs. J. W. Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman B. Stine
Tokas’ Inn
Harriett Pearson
Doulas Sale
New York
Charles Snider
Helen Buckley
Elsie Snider
Mary Pearson
John D. Glover
Sue Schlack
Winifred Browne
Woodhull Baker
Elizabeth Barr
Miss Barr
West Boscawen Street
James Reardon, Jr
Missionary Society of Baptist Church
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Church Council
Junior Century Club
Elizabeth Rice
North Braddock Street
A. H. Morgan
Japan
Germany
Virginia Russell
Betty Riley
Bristol
Sullins College
J. W. Riley
North Piccadilly
Century Club
Little Theatre
Robert Barton
South Washington Street
Jane Bickers
Myron Bickers
South Stewart Street
Bennett Junior College
Millbrook
Mary Elizabeth Ebert
Randolph-Macon Womens College
Lynchburg
H. W. Ebert
Eleanor Scully
Pine Manor
Mass
John §. Scully, Jr
Miss Agnes McCrea Weds Mr. Lewis in New York Church
Miss Agnes McCrea daughter of Mrs. James A. McCrea of New York married Henry Lewis 3d at St James Church Madison Avenue and Seventy first Street New York. The Rev Dr Samuel Drury officiated with Rev Horace W B Donegan assisting. The couple plan to reside in New York after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes McCrea
James Alexander McCrea
East Fifty-seventh Street
New York
Colonel McCrea
Henry Lewis
St. James Church
Madison Avenue
Seventy-first Street
James A. McCrea
George Draper
Boston
Frederick N. Dearborn, Jr
Nathalie Swan
Julie Gillespie
Maria Zimbalist
Lilian Swann
Joan Waldo
Agnes Hobart
Margaret Dole
Lewis
Richard Dole
Philadelphia
Boyce
Clarke County Va
William Draper Lewis
American Law Institute
Lincoln Field Mills Corporation
Squadron A
Wedding Etiquette Answers For Guests And Grooms
A bridegrooms duties include providing ties gloves boutonnieres and small jewelry gifts for his best man and ushers. A child should learn that being remembered matters more than the gift itself. For an informal dinner a woman may wear any pretty dress with careful attention to coiffure.
Local social notes and holiday plans in Winchester
Mrs. B F Arthur Jr and Mrs Ernest Ely host a Christmas party on Stewart Street. Numerous residents return home for Christmas from colleges in New York Virginia and Maryland with Beta Sigma Phi and Delta Sigma Phi activities noted. A Gravel Springs School program and various hospital visits round out the community roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Arthur, Jr
Ernest
Ely
Stewart Street
Yardley Gifts and Holiday Sets From London
Complete assortment Yardley Old English Lavender preparations and gift sets include April Violet perfume and talc Dara Nome toilet sets and vanities Evening in Paris Xmas sets Norris Exquisite Christmas Candies Brooks' Pharmacy 766 Boy's and Girl's Contest A Vote with each penny purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Norris
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Plane Wreck Search Winds Through Wasatch Snow
Rescue teams from the Civilian Conservation Corps the Army and ranchers search six miles square of Wasatch terrain after a Western Air Express flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City disappeared. Seven missing include Mr and Mrs Wolfe Core suspects and crew. Officials fear the plane occupants perished as cold weather hampered recovery efforts and hopeful messages faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
J. I. Hess
Forest Service
Grimly
A. E. Cahlan
Las Vegas
Western Air Express
John F. Wolfe
Chicago
Henry W. Edwards
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Carl Christopher
Dwight
Gladys Witt
S. J. Samson
William Bogen
George Keyser, Jr
Jimmy James
Western Air
Samson
Civilian Conservation Corps
Alvin P. Adams
James
Allen Barrie
Fred Kelly
Wasatch
Barrie
Gallup
N. M
James E. Doles
Albuquerque
Alpine
Miss Witt
Comely stewardess ends romance vows and returns to flight
The unnamed blonde stewardess quit her chief position to marry Balzer then traveled east to meet Roe. They did not wed, she did not stay, and she later resumed flying duties back on the western route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balzer
Roe
Madrid Readies for Franco Offensive Amid Siege Lines
Loyalist commanders anticipate a new Franco assault after Moorish Legion deployment and moves near Majadahonda and Algete. Government officers expect a west or flank push toward Madrid with the capital ringed by trenches as rescue teams search ruins and prisoner exchanges surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drid
Francisco Franco
Majadahonda
Robledo de Chavela
Algete
Madrid
Salvation Army Kettle Simmers Needs Boost This Christmas
Major James Mars explains the kettle in front of the Colonial Theatre on North Loudoun street has simmered for a day. He urges Christmas shoppers to donate more to help a large list of needy people during the Yuletide season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mars
Salvation Army
Colonial Theatre
Loudoun Street
Mars
Dick Romack Returns to Army After Enlistment
Sgt. Frank Likar announces Richard H. Romack of Middletown has enlisted at the local office and is assigned to Coast Artillery Hawaii. He receives a 30 day furlough to spend Christmas with his parents before sailing to Hawaii. This is his third enlistment after two prior three year terms at Fort Myer Virginia with vacancies in Hawaii Panama and the U S for all branches. Ex service men with good discharges may join the 15th Infantry China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Likar
United States Army
Richard H. Romack
Middletown
Coast Artillery
Hawaii
Romack
Fort Myer
Panama
United States
15Th Infantry
China
Likar
States
Ras Imera Captured by Italians in East Africa Campaign
Italian dispatches from Addis Ababa report Ras Imera former ruler of Gojjam, cousin of Emperor Haile Selassie, has been captured. Officials say he was the last major Ethiopian chief resisting Fascist occupation as hundreds of miles of territory reportedly fall to Italy in the second campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Addis Ababa
Ras Imera
Gojjam
Haile Selassie
Singing Mouse Gains New Name and Soprano Rating
The Woodstock singing mouse now named Minnie and rated a soprano, not a tenor, after officials from the Industrial Home for Children and the Chicago Zoological Park confirmed the change. Minnie was set to perform on an NBC broadcast from a Chicago studio at 9 30 p.m., pending radio deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
Ill
Singing Mouse
Industrial Home For Children
Minnie
Micey
Herbert C. Gasch
Industrial Home
Robert Bean
Chicago Zoological Park
NBC
Chicago
Maryland Groom Faces Bigamy Charge After Wedding Shock
Snow Hill Maryland reports 63 year old Harry E Barton of Salisbury is held on bigamy charges after allegedly marrying Mary M Grandee in Pocomoke City while his first wife Ida Altman Barton was away in Baltimore. A grand jury action was planned as Barton could not post 1000 bail. The couple wed in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
Ida Altman Barton
Harry E. Barton
Salisbury
Worcester County
Barton
Pocomoke City
Mary M. Grandee
Baltimore
Walter W. Price
Fellowship Club Campaign Seeks Christmas Donations
The Fellowship Club advocates personal fund campaigns to help families in need. Donors unable to adopt a family may contribute to spread Christmas happiness, with all money used for food purchases and no overhead expense. Every penny goes to individuals on the club master list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club
Handley F F A Repairs Toys for Christmas
Members of the Handley Chapter of the Future Farmers of America devote time until Christmas to repairing donated toys for the Fellowship Club. Toys are mended and repainted and made nearly as good as new.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Chapter
The
Future Farmers of the Future Farmers of America
Sata
Fellowship Club
Goodwill Court Radio Program to Continue Despite Court Ruling
New York ruling blocks lawyers from appearing on broadcasts to answer public questions. Pi Alpha Alexander plans to keep the Goodwill Court program on WMCA and WEAF NBC without violating rules, though it is unclear who will provide legal advice.
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New York
Pi—A. L
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester Girl Scout
Kernstown Community League
Mrs. Herman Stine
Mr. Lewis
Girls’ Athletic Association
Shenandoah Valley Club
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Fauquier Club
Duke
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Simpson
Warrenton
King of England
Simpson
Robert Winmill
Duchess of Windsor
Kenneth Robinson
Walden Reseguie
George Reseguie
Horace Hott
Rinard Largent
James Good
Jack Pennypacker
Edgar Koontz
Harry Deikman
Garland H. Baptist
Leesburg Assembly
Thomas Balch
Leesburg
Lydia Irish
Lucille Sirbaugh
Lola Dixon
Hagerstown
Grover C. Cooper
North Cameron Street
Harrisonburg
Ethel Athey Cooper
Retha Carson Cooper
State Teachers’ College
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Beta Sigma Phi
Alexander Hotel
Delta Sigma Phi
H. W. Ebert, Jr
Noble C. Pierce, Jr
Hubert Sydenstricker
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Ethel Lemaster
Gravel Springs
Mr. Howard Bond
J. Mack Noonan
Inchester Memorial Hospital
Ashly C. Stouffer
Valley Avenue
R. F. Cline
Jane
West Clifford Street
Alfred Kerfoot
Billy
Eleanor Griffith
Josephine Griffith
Robert Beach School
Lee Luttrell
Bruce Shockey
Washington, D. C
J. K. Luttrell
Senseney Road
Hunter H. McGuire
George B. Carver
Berryville
Clarke County
Dayton
Harry Duncan
Duncan
Yardley
Newark
N. J
James Roe
Trans-Continental
Kansas City
California
Erick K. Balzer
Steamship Executive
GAY Times
Geo
Washington Hotel
Nina V. Wolford
Dick’Romack
Maryland
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Santa Claus
Underwood
N. Loudoun St
Clowe’s
Clowe
Handley F. F. A. Repairing Toys
RADIO
WJZ
Gen. Hugh
Johnson
Clinton L. Bardo
WABC
CBS
Frederick V. Field
WEAF
Voice of Experience
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Mary Astor
Ted Husing
Kate Smith
Major Bowes
Vincent Lopes Orch
East Aces
Boston Symphony
Bobby Hayes
State Hall
Harmodia Arias
Ohio State Glee Club
George Hall Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony
Lipsia
Radio Guild
Patriot
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Jones
Margaret L. Hodgson
R. M. Swimley
East of Geo. Washington Hotel
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