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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1929

Page

5

No Mail Delivery on Christmas Day at Winchester

Announcement from Winchester post office states no mail delivery on Christmas Day except special delivery. no window services, stamps, money orders, or rural carrier pickups. only special delivery mail will be handled. carriers observe a full holiday next Wednesday. collections from street boxes and general mail dispatching suspended until Thursday morning. office mail will be dispatched as usual.

Winchester Post Office

St Johns Sunday School to Hold Christmas Service

Bloom Brevities reports St Johns Sunday school plans a Christmas service on Christmas Eve at 7 30. Annie Crabill is ill from a fall on the ice last Thursday and Dr Shaffer treated her. Lily Purches from New Jersey stayed with sister Pau Glynn last week. Mrs J C Crabill Mae Crabill and Mr Howard are named in a local note.

Bloom St. Johns Annie Crabill Shaffer Lily Purches New Jersey Pau Glynn J. C. Crabill Mae Crabill Howard

Sacred Heart Church Advent Services and Santa Visit

Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Loudoun and Cecil Streets announces Fourth Sunday in Advent with Mass at 7:30. Sodality communion follows, Sunday school at 9:45, and a children’s Sunday school at 3:30 with Santa visiting. Public invited. Also notes a science bulletin about bees and a remark about a congressman.

Sodality Sunda School Santa

Grace Lutheran Church to End Pastorate at Grace Church

Grace Lutheran Church West Boscawen Street in Washington will bid farewell to acting pastor D. D. Stahler tomorrow after festival services. The 11 a.m. service features music by Mrs. H. C. Stouffer and Mrs. Frank Buckley with solos, choir, and a sermon by Dr. Stahler. Bible School at 9:30 a.m. and a 7 p.m. Christmas program led by Eugene Cooper includes gifts for children and an address by Dr. Stahler.

Stabler Grace Church H. C. Stouffer Frank Buckley Godard Harke Herald Angels Judson Jesus Matthews Dr. Stahler Borowski Evva Stouffer Adams Miss Laren Ward Bible School Eugene Cooper Stahler

John Mann M. E. Church Christmas Services

Rev Horace A Johnson pastor of the East Cork Street church invites all to attend a church school at 10 am and a sermon at 11 am with the topic The Child Life. Epworth League meets at 7 pm with special music. Christmas morning prayer and praise at 5 am followed by a young people's choir and 8 pm Christmas program promising a great demonstration.

Church School Epworth League

Christmas at First Brethren Church Service Schedule

Berryville Avenue church announces Bible school at 9 30 a m with W B Wells leading. Morning worship at 11 a m features The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. Evening Endeavor at 6 30 p m with gospel singing. Special Christmas service at 7 30 p m Tuesday. Quote by Ruth Rowland on women in profession and marriage.

Bible School W. B. Wells Jesus Christ

Handley High to Open 1930 Basketball Schedule

Handley High School announces a fourteen game winter basketball schedule starting January 10 1930 coach Otis Sargent says two practice games have shown good form. Key letter men Sirbaugh Norton return with Garber Eckley Clark Rush Linwood Flickinger and Simpson providing depth. The team aims to compete for the Cumberland Valley Athletic League title with town and student support. Schedule lists games through late February against Winchester Berkeley Springs Hagerstown Shepherdstown Martinsburg Waynesboro R M A and more. Billy Barton the American bred horse owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore returned from England after a 1928 Grand National runner up finish. Meantime VMI intramural boxing and wrestling concluded with C Company the champion. 222 cadets competed from 700.

Handley Handley High School Otis Sargent Todey Handley Boys Sirbaugh Norton Mr. Garber Eckley Clark Rush Lucas Flickinger Simpson Sargent Anenhance Winchester Charles Town Berkeley Springs Hagerstown Shepherdstown Martinsburg Berkeley Springa Waynesto Waynesboro

Patchin Leads Interdepartmental Sports Tournament Versus Forthcoming Spring Events

The event was run by Trainer Herb Patchin with help from Wrestling Coach Pete Hesmer and drew strong enthusiasm from competitors and spectators. After Christmas, Patchin plans inter company competitions in basketball, swimming, boxing, wrestling, freshmen relays and basketball throwing ahead of spring tournaments in track, baseball, golf and tennis. The University of Virginia swimmers resume training January 3 after the holiday recess, with five veterans forming a core for the 1930 team. Brooke Maury of Brookline is Cavalier captain, focusing on water sports in winter while his cross country letter remains recent.

Herb Patchin Pete Hesmer Patchin

Pentecostal Assembly Hall Service Times Advertised

A brief church notice for the Pentecostal Assembly Hall lists Rev. C. H. Anderson as pastor with Sunday school at 2 P M and preaching at 7 30 P M. An invitation extends to attend services at Hayfield at 2 30 P M. The notice includes a remark attributed to Senator Wheeler.

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