Christmas events and social notices in Winchester
Social pages list a morning Christmas breakfast by Girls Athletic Association at Tokes Inn. New Year's Eve Ball music by Dan Gregory at George Washington Hotel. reservations led by Mrs Quarles, Mrs McKee, Mrs Covington. Scouts carol routes announced with gatherings after. Births, weddings, moves and hospital updates roll through town featuring Rosanna Lewis and Virginia Knight Hargrave. Spooky Tavern to premiere by Clarke County Little Theatre. illness notes on Dr A P Osborne and student comings and goings from University of Miami and Madison College.
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George Washington Hotel
Dan Gregory
Gregory
Winchester
D. C. Buchanan
Japan
Buchanan
Northern Presbyterian Church
Kyoto
J. George Baetjer
Fairmont Avenue
George C. Buchanan
Washington and Lee University
Etiquette Quiz and Christmas Travel Notices
Q and A on table service from the left and greeting colleagues. Local notes list Miss Evelyn Weakley returning from Ferrum Union College to Shenandoah Avenue, and multiple students traveling for Christmas breaks between Winchester, Richmond, New York, and Washington with family visits and college returns.
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Evelyn Weakley
Ferrum Union College
Ferrum, Va
Hunter Weakley
Shenandoah Avenue
Pretty Hands Beauty Guide for Actress Training
Directors stress that calm graceful hands win appeal while energetic gestures irritate observers. Exercises build wrist flexibility and finger control. avoid bossy poses and fiddling with hair or dress. Also notes on hair dye safety and choosing a first class establishment.
Widow recalls night husband slain on Nantasket porch
Mrs. Kenneth S. Legro, widowed after three months of marriage, watched her Dartmouth College alum husband be ambushed and shot on the Nantasket porch as he returned from work. A former suitor of Mrs. Legro is being sought in connection with the killing.
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Kenneth S. Legro
Nantasket
Mass
Dartmouth College
Candle Light Service Set For Christmas Eve at Christ Church
The St. Joan's Guild of Christ Episcopal Church announced the annual Candle Light service will be held Tuesday night December 24 at 11 30 o'clock. The Guild invites all to attend. Denny Comrade Bible Class To Meet Sunday at Braddock Street Methodist Church joins Margaret Collins Denny Comrade class for devotion at 9 45 Sunday morning.
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St. Joan’s Guild
Christ Episcopal Church
Miss Kern Reads Paper On Christmas Decorations
Miss Katherine Kern spoke on Legends of Christmas Decorations at the Old Fredericktown Garden Club meeting held Wednesday at Mrs. Herbert Larrick's home on West Clifford Street. Assistant hostess Mrs. L. M. Allen aided. Ribbon awards honored formal table and informal table exhibits with blue and red ribbons to several members, including Mrs. Harold Brown, Mrs. E. G Rusk, Mrs. E. B. Coopey, and others.
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Kern
Katherine Kern
Old
Fredericktown
H. I. Pifer
Ronald Wilson
D. J. Howard
Christmas program plans announced by local women
Mrs A T DeMarzo and Mrs C C Gough will present the program. Miss Kathleen McCartney will perform piano solos. Mrs J W Rosenberger will teach the Denny class and Mrs F W Danley the Comrade Class. Comrade Class members should bring gifts for the Christmas basket. Sunday morning.
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A. T. DeMarzo
C. C. Gough
Kathleen McCartney
J. W. Rosenberger
F. W. Danley
Bevin Praises Roosevelt Plan to Pay with Goods for War Aid
London December 20 Minister of Labor Ernest Bevin praised President Roosevelt's idea of paying for goods with goods as a war aid measure. He said the plan would help win the war and free Britain from speculators after the conflict. Bevin noted the U.S. currency stabilization aim and called Roosevelt's approach an indication of international cooperation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Roosevelt
Britain
Foreign Press Association
Bevin
Labor Party
Churchill
McCarthy in New Role With Ducks Unlimited
McCarthy takes a new role in the Ducks Unlimited movement founded in 1938 to boost North American duck populations. National president John B. Coleman notes voluntary membership and annual fundraising that has reached 350000 dollars, funding Canadian duck breeding grounds and public enjoyment through duck hunting after hatching.
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San Francisco
John B. Coleman
North America
Canada
McCarthy
Bergen
Vallee
Beverley Hills
Duck Organization
Ducks Unlimited
Hollywood
New York
Some Graduates Are Too Young For Commissions
In San Antonio on December 20 Col. Hubert R. Harmon addressed the Kelly Field Class of 269 as they received graduation certificates, wings, and reserve commissions. Twelve graduates deemed too young will remain as flying cadets until age twenty one before active duty. About 1,500 cadets and student officers trained to fly in 1940.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Field
Air Corps
Hubert R. Harmon
Advanced Flying School
Finland Mourns Ex President Kyosti Kallio
Finland halts public life to mourn Kyosti Kallio former president who died of a heart attack at a railway station on the eve of a trip to his country estate. Flags fly at half staff and public entertainment is banned as a mark of respect.
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Helsinki
Finland
Kyosti Kallio
Kallio
Fastest writer claims and convict stripes origin
The text cites Edgar Wallace as the fastest writing author, reportedly dictating an 80 000 word novel in a weekend. It also notes that striped convict uniforms were first produced in England during the 17th century.
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Edgar Wallace
England
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Girls Athletic Association
Tokes Inn
Ewe Sewin
Garland Quarles
Quarles
John McKee
Henry Covington
Girl Scouts of
Braddock
Washington Streets
Handley Blvd
Boscawen Street
Stewart
Washington
Boscawen
Angeronace
Peyton and
Piccadilly
Kent and
Market Streets
Handley Boulevard
Main
Braddock Streets
North Avenue
Daniel Lupton
North Washington Street
Lewis
Emmatt Lewis
South Cameron Street
Rosanna
Memorial Hospital
Waynesboro
Miss Bess Nicholas
Virginia Knight
Owen Beall Knight
Mr. Knight
Erwin C. Hargrove
St. Joseph
C. Hely Malony
McSherry Lupton
Benjamin Knight
Clarke Little Theatre
Clarke County Little Theatre League
Helen Lane
Albert E. Purcell
Boyce
Kathleen Thompson
Elaine Harrison
Helen Anders
Isabelle Pyle
Alice Rector
Billie Smith
Bill Dearmont
Frank Yowell
Robert Creamer
Allen Gaunt
Glenwood Dodson
Little Theatre League
Boyce School
Jay Tobias
Charlie
A. P. Osborne
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mary Margaret Cooper
University of Miami
Florida
Nancy Harbaugh
Charles H. Harbaugh
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Neehice
Mary Bell Bear
Lexington
New York City
Anne Kay Yost
J. H. Yost, Jr
Messrs
Thomas Whitam
William Bennett
The
George Holl
Ralph Shafer
David Sencindiver
University of Virginia
University of Richmond
Hugh Crisman
Colin
Derek Hayley
Anne Oakes
Westhampton College
Richmond
Charles Harbaugh, Jr
Blacksburg
Meigs M. Green
Melvin Green
Green
Caribbean
Central America
Honduras
Margaret Byrd
Mrs. Palmer Leigh
Lelia Leigh
Miss Betty Reily
Helen Avis Grimm
Holmes B. Grimm
Richmond Medical College
Holmes R. Grimm
Ella Jackson Rudolph
Taylor Rudolph
Erma Kelly
Mansfield
Leslie Fletcher
Hayfield
Harry Himelright
A. B
Walter Davidson
Deland
Orlando
Allison Cooper
William Boyce
Shenandoah College
Dayton
Yardley
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Philmy
Margaret
Hodgson
Helen Follett
Carol Lombard
Kenneth Legro
Christ Church
Pifer Company
Ine
Pingley & Carper Plaza Cleaners
Underwood’s Bakery
Ch. McCarthy
Ducks Unlimited” Society
Wonder
Taffeta
Brookwell Hosiery
Coats
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Baker’s Drug Store
Hahn
Piccadilly St
Sae
Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bel Syston
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