Community Christmas Tree Service at Stephens City
Stephens City Va December 20 a community Christmas tree service will be held on December 23 at 3 pm on the lawn of the Southern Methodist Church. The Rev Snyder Alleman will lead with carols by combined church choirs, a prayer and an address, plus toy distribution.
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Stephens City
Snyder Alleman
Lutheran Church
F. M. Lucas
Methodist Church
H. E. Richardson
United Brethren Church
Strange Wives at Habie's Palace Theatre Today Only
A domestic comedy drama titled Strange Wives stars Roger Pryor and June Clayworth. The Universal picture hinges on a young couple dealing with uninvited Russian relatives who are former aristocrats banished from their homeland. The showing includes a Fox News reel and a musical comedy.
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Roger Pryor
Habie’s Palace Theatre
Habie’s Palace
America
June Clayworth
Pryor
Miss Clayworth
Hollywood
New York
Fox News
Binnie Barnes
Palace
Hable’s Palace
Mhen
Neil Hamilton
Paul Cavanagh
Tommy
Cagney Proves He Can “Take It” In The St. Louis Kid
James Cagney stars in The St. Louis Kid at the Capitol Theatre playing a rough Irish truck driver who gets smacked by Patricia Ellis’s character. Allen Jenkins lights up the supporting cast as a loyal pal while Dizzy and Daffy Dean perform a Baseball Novelty and Billy Barnes accompanies on the organ.
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Cagney
St. Louis
Jimmy
Patricia Ellis
Allen Jenkins
Dizzy
Daffy Dean
Billy Barnes
News Briefs From Stephens City Virginia
Local item notes visits and illnesses among residents. Virginia Gardner visits her parents J C Gardner. A W Walker and W B Vincent with families travel to Martinsburg. Carl Gordon to Memorial Hospital for appendectomy. Roy Richard ill at home.
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Carl Gordon
Memorial Hospital
Local Social Notes From Siler Virginia
Mrs Ruth Kerns and Mr Harry Kerns visited Mr and Mrs A H Lamp Sunday. Armilda DeHaven improves at home. De Haven family and Whitacre visitors called on various neighbors. De Haven porkers butchered. a 498 pound hog noted. Howards Chapel School progresses under teacher Harvey Mauzy. Multiple local residents called on A L DeHaven and other neighbors.
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Siler
Ruth Kerns
Harry Kerns
A. H. Lamp
Armilda DeHaven
Martha
Othella DeHaven
Ray DeHaven
Philip Shade
A. L. DeHaven
Isaac and
Jack DeHaven
Earl Whitacre
F. G. DeHaven
O. E. Whitacre
Brent DeHaven
W. M. D. DeHaven
A. L. DeHaven and
Harry
Henry
R. A. Whitacre
S. A. DeHaven
Nettie Lamp
Mabel
Howards Chapel School
Harvey Mauzy
Marvil Whitacre
Bill Holliday
The Divine Afflatus in Whittier and Carlyle
The phrase The Divine Afflatus expresses a sudden inspiration or supernatural impulse. Whittier used it in The Preacher, while Carlyle, the historian, employed the term to describe a transcendent mental surge guiding thought and writing.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Thomas Carlyle
Pleasant Grove school event in Cross Roads
Cross Roads note: an entertainment will be held at Pleasant Grove school house on Saturday evening December 22 with a program by the pupils and music from a string band. A candy sale for the school fundraiser will follow. All invited to attend. Local residents W W Carpenter family shopped in Winchester Monday. Delbert Whitacre and W W Hicks in Winchester Tuesday. W W McKee has rheumatism. Mrs W B Whitlock remains indisposed.
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Cross Roads
Pleasant Grove School
Local Social Notes from Brucetown and Surrounding Areas
Brucetown VA reports Rev and Mrs Thomas Morgan as supper guests of A L Omps in Stephens on. Nellie Unger Romney WV nurses Edith Smith who is ill. Elmer Dorsey and children Jack Thelma visited Ray Sloat Cedar Grove VA Sunday. Ward Purcell Chambersburg PA with Charles Snapp Hagerstown MD spent weekend with his parents 8S Purcell.
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Brucetown
Thomas Morgan
A. L. Omps
Stephenson
Nellie Unger
Romney
W. Va
Edith Smith
Elmer Dorsey
Jack
Thelma
Ray Sloat
Cedar Grove
Ward Purcell
Chambersburg
Charles Snapp
Hagerstown
8S. B. Purcell
Relief Brevities from Relief Virginia Community
Relief town notes report Raymond Grove progressing toward recovery while George Branner remains ill. Local families visit Brill and Branner households. Christmas Eve service plans underway on December 24. Hog slaughtering underway this week as the community prepares for holiday observances.
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Raymond Grove
George Branner
Cc. C. Brill
Edna Snapp
Ralph
Asbury Swartz
Russell Robertson
Louise
Harry Hicks
Cecil L. Martin
Fred Crim
Thomas Plougher
Eloise Blosser
Alfred Snapp
George Olinger
Washington
E. J. Hicks
Alfred
C. C. Brill
William Branner
Ashby Graves
Cedar Grove Notes Highlight Local Visits and Services
Cedar Grove Virginia notes list visitors and family gatherings from December with Mrs. Roy Hott and Miss Ethel Barrett cited. Funeral services for Mrs. John M. Fries are reported as well attended. A women’s missionary meeting is planned at Mrs. Dora Dick’s home and Christmas treats for church children are announced.
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Cedar Grove
Roy Hott
Ethel Barrett
Ruth Harty
Waynesboro
H. K. Dick
Alson Smith
John Hopkins Hospital
Ellie Emmett
Washington
W. H. Crim
John M. Fries
Messrs. J. Theodore
Miller Fries
O. C. Dix
John Livengood
Berryville
North Clark
Martinsburg
W. Va
J. T. Fries
Women’s Missionary Society
Dora Dick
Jessie Lewis
Marjorie
Jess Himelright
Kirk Dick
United Brothern Church
Methodist Church
Iune
Refuge area social notes from Refuge Virginia
The column lists visitors and visits in Refuge Virginia including Minnie Rouzee and relatives from Winchester, Clarence Heartly and family, Rev George Gaither and Mrs Gaither, Robert Grim with a facial boil, Wayne Feed Co and Virginia ed Co men, Gretta Bray with Mildred and Lucille Walker, Richard Steele and Bessie Derflinger visit Front Royal, Kate Riggleman ill in Cumberland Maryland, R C Hicks and daughter June with Phil Bowman, Elizabeth Ridenour with Ben Derflinger, and Arthur Grim visiting his parents.
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Refuge
Minnie Rouzee
Winchester
Clarence Heartly
George Gaither
Clarendon
E. R. Conner
Robert Grim
Cane
Wayne Feed Company
Marvin Seldon
Virginia Ed
Ben Derflinger
Arthur Grim
Star Gleams Christmas Pageant at Rest Church
Rest Brevities reports a Christmas Eve pageant at Rest Church at 8 oclock with olden and modern interpretations and an anthem by the choir plus a male quartet. An offering for the Home of the Aged at Gaithersburg will be collected. Local social notes list visits among Martinsburg and Green Spring residents.
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Rest
Rest Church
Gaithersburg
William Stevens
Holmes Snapp
Martinsburg
W. Va
David Prince
O. C. Miller
Greenwood
H B. Sell
George Clark
Reynolds Store Notes and Local Social Roundup
Reynolds Store Va December notes list Sunday dinners at local homes. Families visit relatives in Washington and Winchester. Includes updates on health, travel, shopping, and a cow rescue incident, with several motor trips and visits among Hawkins, Holliday, Moore, Lloyd, Batt, Hovermale, Luttrell, and others.
Christ mas Program At Gravel Springs Sunday School
Gravel Springs Sunday School members plan a Christmas service titled The Grand Old Story to be held December 23 at 8 p m A post service treat will be given to all school members and Bible School attendees from last summer The Orphans Home relief collection will be noted with services at 10 a m and 11 a m on December 23.
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Star Tannery
Gravel Springs
Zennie Brill
Mrs
Clarence
Malaria Epidemic Taking Hundreds
Malaria epidemic spreading across Ceylon with hundreds affected as health officials warn of growing cases. Reports detail rising fever cases, strain on clinics, and urgent calls for preventive measures.
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Habie's Palace
Warner Bros. Capitol
Stephens
Virginia Gardner
J. C. Gardner
Mr. Snapp Williams
Hinkle
A. W. Walker
W. B. Vincent
Roy Richard
Curtis Williams
Snapp Williams
Leslie Orndorff
Blue Ridge Sanacee
Charlottesville
E. C. Brumback
Fred Lemley
Phil Carbaugh
David Gregory
State Sanitorium
Herman Vendal
Washington, D. C
Charles Kane
Kay Frances
Kane
Mary Roberts
James Golliday
J. W. Venable
Nina Glynn Anderson
Goodyear
W. W. Carpenter
Delbert Whitacre
W. W. Hicks
W. W. McKee
W.B. Whitlock
C. W. Moore
H. C. Reynolds
Earl Farmer
Lynn Smith
Gainesboro
Charles Lloyd
Wilmer Stine
Sunny Side
H. B. Dick
Chester Brannon
E. B. Brannon
Martha Pugh
Retta Place
B. V. Unger
Near Albin
Ernest Batt
Margie Bohrer
Viola Catlett
Robert Crouse
Mount Trimble
Austin Hovermale
Richard Hovermale
Ada
Della Hawkins
Beatrice Leath
Linwood Hawkins
Bloomery
Marvis
Paul Havermale
Janey Batt
Ira D. Hinton
Heathville
Perry Kerns
James Bageant
Angers Store
F. J. Gardner
F. J .Gardner
Harry Gardner
Eddie Largent
Whitacre
Offutt Peacemaker
E. N. Luttrell
Elizabeth Holliday
Silk and Woolens
Vale
Wonder
Muggs McGinnis
Pease
Ally
BY Wally Bishop
Grames
Star Tannery Notes
Brill
Relief
Elijah Pifer
A. S. Cover
Easton
Elwyn Herrell
Winchesterr
Louise Cooper
J. B. Baker
Montgomery Ward and Company
Columbo
Ceylon
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