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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1936
Page
8
Lawrence P. Thul, 32, fled when police stopped him over a dragging bumper. He admitted the car was stolen and was also wanted for forgery. He received a prison term for the forgery charge.
Christmas program at Market Street M E Church and Union Church features pageants cantatas and sermons led by Rev Herman McKay Rev Hubert Sydenstricker and others. Programs include Epworth League gatherings junior Endeavorers and choir concerts with solos and ensembles.
The United Brethren Church on North Braddock Street hosts a 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. Geo W. Stover with special choir music directed by Mrs. Ella Hodges. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and a Christmas Day entertainment at 7:30 p.m. An offering for Quincy Orphanage will be taken Sunday morning.
Grace Lutheran Church presents Sunday School at 9 45 with Carl Ritter as superintendent and Irvin Rose as assistant. Morning worship 11 with sermon Who Art Thou. Evening vespers 7 30 with sermon On Fear. Christmas Eve service at 11 p m December 24 with special music by Chanters Men's Bible Class orchestra and choir. Congregation annual meeting December 27 after service. Sunday School starts 9 30 next Sunday.
Church St Stephens C M E invites all to regular Sunday services. The committee will hold a social Wednesday at 8 o clock. Thursday the Sunday School will present its program. All are invited to attend.
Winchester Full Gospel Tabernacle at 455 N Cameron Street announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m with Holmes McFarland as superintendent. Preaching at 11 a m Christ's Ambassadors meet at 7 p m with a sermon by Pastor C Anderson at 8 p m. A Christmas program is set for Christmas night at 7 30 p m. Welcome to all.
The program lists Rev S B Virgil pastor at East Cork Street 9 30 a m church school led by Pocahontas Jackson superintendent Christmas As It Applies To This Age at 11 a m Musicale at 8 p m A union Christmas Service by four churches on December 25 at 6 a m at John Mann M E Church carols on the steps come early
The Pentecostal Mission led by Rev J S Shade at 113 South Cameron Street presents a full schedule. Sunday: 9 30 a m Sunday school 11 a m morning worship 6 30 p m Young Peoples meeting 7 30 p m song service 8 p m evening sermon. Tuesday and Thursday prayer and Bible study hours announced.
William Schmidt fished the San Joaquin River at Antioch California and hooked a big bass. While lifting it into the boat the line broke and after hours without another bite he found the fish snagged on the anchor rope still attached to the broken line.
Major and Mrs Mars and Lieut Hazel Pownell invite prisoners to jail services Sunday at 10 30 a m. Sabbath School at 2 p m Y P L at 7 p m and preaching at 8 p m All are welcome to these meetings.
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church at Market and Cork Streets invites all to Christmas services. 9:45 a.m. Church School led by Courtney Taylor. 11:00 a.m. morning worship with Christmas sermon. 6:30 p.m. Junior and Intermediate Christian Endeavor. 11:00 p.m. Christmas vigil and 6:30 p.m. Children's Christmas service on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day services follow with a cordial welcome.
North Loudoun Street church led by Rev J E Richards with Sunday School at 10 am led by A F Martin. Sermons at 11 am The Supreme Gift of Love and 8 pm Is The World Growing Better. Reunion Christmas service at John Manns M E Church on December 25 at 5 30 am all are invited.
Mount Carmel F B Church on South Braddock Street led by Rev S E Spriggs announces Sunday School at 10 30 a m class roll call at 10 45 a m John Morris and William Brown serve as superintendents. Services at 11 45 a m and 8 15 p m with theme The Supreme Gift of Love and evening subject The Messianic Prophecy. Special deacons and trustees meeting Monday night prayer meeting Wednesday night. A hearty participation urged.
Millwood Virginia residents report a holiday social note with Ann Meade and sister Mrs Archibald Bevan visiting, music, gifts for mission schools, and assorted gatherings. Local families send children and relatives to colleges and cities for winter breaks with plans to reunite by Christmas Day.
Gordon Jones a 23 year old Iowa minister's son walks onto the Night Waitress set at RKO Radio as a potential star opposite Margot Grahame. The gun runner role showcases his tall, muscular frame and refined English diction shaped by his father.
An advertisement promotes ARAX a herbal remedy claimed to ease gas heartburn indigestion and constipation. It touts liver bile flow cleansing intestines and a prescription by a famous specialist with a traveling ARAX man at Miller's 107 North Loudoun Street Winchester Virginia for sales.
A Washington Post quotation contrasts public sympathy for a man with a wooden leg with contempt for a man with a wooden head, highlighting attitudes toward disability and intellect.
J Hohnes Spence has purchased the entire business of Spence and Seldon. Creditors are asked to call and settle accounts on or before January 1. Public notice dated 12 18 31.
C. J. Staley of Welch West Virginia credited a tree with saving his life after his car plunged 150 feet down a mountainside and landed upside down. He hung in the wreck for an hour and used the horn to attract rescuers before three miners freed him uninjured.
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