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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1937

Page

2

Braddock Street Pageant Presents World Christmas Ritual

Braddock Street M E Church Souths Junior Intermediate and Young People present a pageant titled A Song The Whole World Sings on Wednesday at 7 30 PM The program features a First Christmas tableau with Mary and angels roles by local youth and a second part showing Christmas customs from around the world with many named child roles and a chorus of Juniors Intermediates and Young People. The reader is Marshall vs Miss Mary Glenn Lupton. Frank Butsler sings O Come All Ye Faithful and Terry Copenhaver performs Kolyada The public is invited.

Church School Braddock Street M. E. Church South Wrld Carol Lindstrom Mary and the Angels Mary Elizabeth Cooper Helen McClure Colleen Crowser Gladstone Crim Palestine Keith Ritter United States Marshall Mary Glenn Lupton Frank Butsler Kolyada Terry Copenhaver

Candlelight Christmas Eve Service at Christ Church

A candlelight service will be held at Christ Episcopal Church at 11 30 pm Christmas Eve with carols and the Christmas story. Carollers will light candles as red candle standards and spruce decorations illuminate the altar, marking Winchester’s first such service.

Christ Episcopal Church Winchester

Mass Slaughter Charged By Haiti

Haiti's Minister Elien Lescot cited refugees reports estimating 12 168 Haitians killed in the Dominican Republic since early October. He released the figure after Bishop J Man of Cape Haitian published a letter describing nameless savageries against Haitians crossing the border.

Elien Lescot Haiti Dominican Republic J. Man Cape Haitian Dominican

Victims' Families To Be Well Paid

Washington Friday reports that families of Panay victims may receive large compensation. State Department records show other nations have settled similar cases with heavy payments, though specific sums for Panay victims were not named.

Washington Panay State Department

Telegraph Firms Seek 15 Percent Rate Increase

Western Union Telegraph Company and Postal Telegraph Company said they will apply to the Federal Communications Commission for a 15 percent rate hike. If approved, it would be the first rise in 30 years outside wartime government control, driven by declining revenues and weakened financial resources.

New York Western Union Telegraph Company Postal Telegraph Company Today Federal Communications Commission

Another Infant Dies Of Scourge In Chicago

Baby Edmund Wozniak died at St. Elizabeth's hospital today, the fourteenth infant victim of a baffling epidemic diarrhea that struck the infant ward late last month.

Chicago Edmund Wozniak St. Elizabeth’s Hospital

Bread Truck Cases Before Higher Court

Corporation Court convened by Judge Philip Williams to hear appeals from four out-of-town baking companies fined under City Tax Ordinance Section 91. The license fee of $50 was required for street use. fines were $10 with $9 costs. Defendants include Manbeck, Baumgardner, Ords, and Schmidt Baking. December 28 set for trial along with other cases.

Philip Williams Donald Weems Manbeck Baking Company Baumgardner Baking Company Ords Baking Company Schmidt Baking Company Commonwealth William Sullivan Justice’s Court Luella Belford

Celebration At Mount Pleasant Changes Christmas Service Time

The Rev. W. B. Obaugh announces Mount Pleasant Church Christmas celebration moved to 7 30 p m tomorrow evening from Thursday. He urges all concerned to note the date change.

W. B. Obaugh Winchester Charge United Brethren Church Mount Pleasant Church

War Hatchet Found Near Shenandoah River Giants Hint

A stone battle axe of exceptional size, found by youth Oliver near the Shenandoah River at Castleman's Ferry, is on display at the Gas Company office. The weapon, made of flint and well preserved, suggests a giant warrior once roamed the area amid flooded graves said to be seven feet long.

Cr Aek Shenandoah River Castleman’s Ferry Oliver E. C. Goss Gas Company

Funeral Rites Held for James Lewis Hensell

James Lewis Hensell 34 died at Memorial Hospital from injuries after a motorcycle accident near Cedar Creek. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev. Mitchell at the Hensell home in Strasburg with interment at Reliance. Survived by mother Bertie Sargent Hensell and sister Mrs. Maude Harpine of Martinsburg. Sheriff seeks information about a truck possibly involved.

James Lewis Hensell Memorial Hospital Strasburg Hensell Cedar Creek J. W. Newcome Silas Bertie Sargent Hensell Maude Harpine Martinsburg W. Va Mitchell Reliance

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