Community Christmas Tables Hosted by Local Hospitals and Homes
A Winchester area social page lists charity and holiday gatherings. Notables include Mrs John M Stock Jr and Mrs Thomas Carson hosting seated events, plus Dr Hunter H McGuire and Dr Robert McC Glass among others. Clayton Cochran moved home after six weeks with broken legs from Winchester Memorial Hospital. P C Petrie Jr of U S S Boise returns to Bartonsville for ten days with ship recently back from voyage to Monrovia and Cape Town. Relatives of Mann Page Carter visit from Riverside California and North Carolina forestry leader James L Averel arrives with lodging arranged. E B Smith hosts Ladies Aid Society Christmas retreat with 39 members attending. Dr Miller and family invite guests for December 29 gathering. Margaret Byrd travels to Baltimore and Richmond for dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Petrie, Jr
Boise
Portsmouth
Bartonsville
Monrovia
Libera
Cape Town
South Africa
Carter
Louise A. Patten
Riverside
Calif
Mann Page Carter
Winchester
Elizabeth Carter Whipple
Nancy Lee Cable
West Boscawen Street
James L. Averel
Patten
Franklin
N. C
Forestry Service of
North Carolina
Charles D. Gilkeson
North Washington Street
Calendar of events for Winchester week
Tuesday 7 30 p m Christmas party by the Winchester Rebekah Association at Odd Fellow Hall. 8 p m District meeting of A F and A M at Masonic Temple. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis Club weekly meeting at the George Washington Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christimas
Winchester Rebekah Association
Odd Fellow Hall
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Kiwanis Club
the George
Holiday Returns From Several States
Miss Virginia Cather returns home to Hollins Virginia for holidays welcomed by State Senator and Mrs. T Russell Cather. Mary Katherine Baker comes home from Shenandoah College to spend Christmas with the E E Baker family. Loring Himelright arrives from Duke University to host a Handley class of 1936 party on December 26. Lucille Senciadiver moved from Johns Hopkins to West Cecil street for recovery. Cadet William Bennett arrives from VPI Blacksburg to spend holidays on Valley Avenue. Ripley Carter and son of Millboro join family for Christmas with Mrs Carter and the Roches. Georgia Conrad heads to New York City for Christmas with C Russell Griffin. Lieut Julian Lindsey and family arrive from Fort Meade to visit Dr Hunter McGuire and Mrs McGuire. Frank Pierce from Duke University spends Christmas with Noble Pierce Sr on South Stewart Street. Noble Pierce Jr. joins for several days. Thomas Bolling Byrd leaves for Detroit for Christmas, returning Jan 5 or 6. E R Coffey and wife now in Miami for Christmas with golf duties at Chokoloskee Bay. Mary Louise Ryan visits Philadelphia to see sons John Reynolds II and W M Reynolds. Kathryn Newcome returns from Fredericksburg to spend holidays with Aunt C J Burner. Jack Minnigerode spent Tuesday in Baltimore. Ralph Sprinkle of New Bern arrives to spend holidays with Capt and Mrs D M Sprinkle on National Avenue. Mrs Irvan OConnell and children travel to Baltimore for Christmas visits. Mrs Everett Kline of Virginia Avenue improves after a serious operation at Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pierce
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Winchester
Noble Pierce, Sr
South Stewart Street
Noble Pierce, Jr
Baltimore
Jack Minnigerode
Ralph Sprinkle
New Bern
The
New Bern Tribune
D. M. Sprinkle
National Avenue
Modern Etiquette Qs and As Refine Social Customs
A collection of etiquette questions answered by Roberta Lee covers groom party assembly before church, a boy greeting a man, and proper letter salutation to a priest. Local notices note Kenneth Gilpin returning to Clarke county from Baltimore after surgery and Ruth Rogers planning holiday travel with her parents in Kimballton Heights.
California Depends On Quick Kicks
Eric Tipton of Duke and USC’s quick kicking battle loom as Duke and Southern California prepare for a Rose Bowl clash. Duke averages 40.3 yards per punt with long kicks and safeties helmet Cannon and Day star. USC counters with Lansdell and backfield runners to match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Eric
Notre Dame
Howard Jones
Mickey Anderson
Oliver Day
Ohio State
Trojan
Duke
Tipton
Pitt
Southern California
Grenville Lansdell
Anderson
Day
Landsell and Company
Eric the Red
Little Garden Club awards at December meeting
Mrs Hobson McGehee won the blue ribbon for a child table Christmas arrangement. Red and yellow ribbons went to Mrs James Miller and Mrs B M Knight Jr with Mrs Jack Engle. T J Thomases has a new home at 608 South Washington Street. Debonair Club plans a Fredericksburg dance. Ramey and Shaffer visited Winchester. Thursday Bridge Club meets at Burr P Harrison's on South Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson McGehee
Little Garden Club
Donald Weems
Tennyson Avenue
James Miller
B. M. Knight, Jr
Jack Engle
WN. Stephenson
Burr P. Harrison
South Washington Street
St Paul Christmas Program At St Paul Lutheran Church
Mrs Odessa Mc Donald and Rev Frank Roof organize a Christmas program for Sunday evening December 25 at St Paul Lutheran Church Fawcett Gap. The event features Christmas carols by the choir and a children’s group plus unique exercises depicting the life of Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa McDonald
Frank Roof
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Fawcett Gap
Christ Child
Hartnett says Cubs are stronger for 1939 season
Chicago manager Gabby Hartnett, back from New York talks, said the Cubs are a stronger club than in 1938, with more possibilities. He named the Giants, Pirates, and Reds as the main threats, and noted a Cubs trade that sent Jurges, O Dea, and Demaree for Mancuso, Bartell, and Leiber as a move to add punch. He indicated further signings depend on available deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gabby Hartnett
Chicago Cubs
Cub
New York
New England
Hartnett
Cubs
Gabby
New York Giants
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St. Louis Cardinals
Cards
Reds
Boston
Brooklyn
Giants
Bill Jurges
Ken O’dea
Frank Demaree
Gus Mancuso
Dick Bartell
Hank Leiber
Bull Terry
Gimp Snyder hopes jury of little ladies exonerates
Martin Snyder known as the Gimp faces up to 90 years on five felony counts after a trial in which prosecutors labeled him a kept man and gambler. The six men and six women jurors deliberated four and a quarter hours before retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Martin
Snyder Alderman
Miss Etting
Edith Snyder
Alderman
Jerry Giesler
A. A. Blalock
Giesler
Thomas L. Ambrose
Snyder
Mr. Myers Dies From Pneumonia
Robert L. Myers aged 34 of Washington D C died Monday at 5 10 PM from pneumonia after a 30 day illness. He worked for ten years at the United States General Accounting Office and was a son of Horace E and his wife. Survived by parents a half brother G C Kindig and sister Mrs. Virginia Dolan. Funeral services were held at Hines Funeral Home Washington with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Myers
G. C. Kindig
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Myers
United States General Accounting Office
Horace E. Myers
Washington
Kindig
Treasury status shows daily receipts and debt rise
Treasury figures for December 19 report receipts of 72 million 147 thousand 336 83 dollars and expenditures of 88 million 508 thousand 660 35 dollars. Gross debt stands at 39 billion 405 million 893 thousand 970 90 dollars, up 2 million 130 thousand 663 64 from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
The
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chester Memorial Hospital
George Wton Hotel
John M. Stock, Jr
Thomas Carson
City
Agnes Mitchell
Boyce
Harry K. Russell
Hunter H. McGuire
John M. Steck
Robert McC. Glass
Prank N. Hack
Joseph Right
R. Gray Williams
Frances. Page
Mary McCone
Lewis M. Allen
Arthur Field
H. Clay deGrange
Philip Fowle
P. W. Boyd
Charles Blair
Daley Slo- Naker
Roy Cather
Clayton Cochran
Winchester Memorial Hospital
North Braddock Street
E. B. Smith
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bethel Lutheran Church
Albin
Lou Boley
Guy Smith
Miller
West Piccadilly Street
Barton
Harry K. Benham
Margaret Byrd
Emily Peyton
Richmond
Brooke Conley
Baltimore Country Ub
George Morris
Rexall Drug Store
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Washington Hotel
Virginia Cather
Hollins College
Hollins
T. Russell Cather
Mary Katherine Baker
Gray Avenue
Shenandoah College
Dayton
E. E. Baker
Loring Himelright
Miller Street
Handley
Lucille Senciadiver
Johns Hopkins Hospital
West Cecil Street
William Bennett
Blacksburg
Valley Avenue
Ripley Carter
Millboro, Va
Georgia Conrad
New York City
C. Russell Griffin
Julian B. Lindsey
Robert
Anne
Fort Meade, Md
Lindsey
McGuire
Thomas Bolling Byrd
Detroit
Mich
E. R. Coffey
Miami
Fla
Coffey
Chokoloskee Bay
Everglades, Fla
Mary Louise Ryan
Philadelphia
John D. Reynolds, II
W. M. Reynolds
Kathryn Newcome
F. B. Newcome
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
C. J. Burner
South
Washington Street
Irvan O'Connell
Everett Kline
Virginia Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Friends
J. Liddon Pennock
Roberta Lee
Kenneth Gilpin
Clarke County
Henry B. Gilpin
Washington Streets
Union Memorial Hospital
Ruth Rogers
Mountain View School
William H. Beers
Kimballton Heights
Kimballton, Va
California
By Robert Myers
Mrs. McGehee
Blue
T. J. Thomases
T. I. Thomas
Beau Bentley
Joe
Debonair Club
Elks Hall
John Ramey
Staunton, Va
Frank Shaffer
Harrisonburg
Ramey
Mr. Shaffer
Capitol Theatre
Wilmer F. Shryock, Asgt
China Novelties
North Loudoun St
Peter P. Company, Inc
Howard L. James
Piccadilly
Santa
Claus
Chis
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
St. Paul
Alecia
Alecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Huntsberry
Annabella
Tyrone Power
South America
Clipper
Haldeman
GOING
Hamburger’s
Mr. Myers
Paes
Poinsettias
Begonias
Euphorbia — Gladioli
Primroses
Dracaenas
East Piccadilly St
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Underwood’s Bakery
Shengas
S. Loudoun St
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