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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1937

Page

8

Social Calendar Pre Christmas Events At Local Venues

At 5 00 p m Dr Ralph Snapps hosts a pre Christmas party and 7 30 p m Christ Chi rehearsal for Christmas Eve and Day services. 1 00 p m R Y Conrad Post American Legion meeting and luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. 10 00 p m Shenandoah Valley VPI Club Christmas Eve dance at the George Washington Hotel. 11 00 p m Lutheran Church Christmas Eve program at Grace Church. 11 30 p m Episcopal Church candlelight service. public invited.

Ralph Snapps Christ R. Y. Conrad Post American Legion George Washington Hotel Shenandoah Vailey V. P. I. Club Lutheran Church Grace Church The Episcopal Church

Santa Delivers Cheer at Rev Rohart Home Christmas Evening

Old Santa Claus visits the Berryville pike home of Rev. E. J. Rohart and family bringing foodstuffs and gifts. The First Brethren Church circle and friends assist with packages while carols and fellowship fill the brief visit. Also notes on local clergy moves and Christmas programs at Greenway United Brethren and Bethel Lutheran Sunday Schools.

Santa Claus Berryville Pike E. J. Rohart First Brethren Church Norman Uphouse Santa Old St. Nick Pike

Miss Virginia Adams Weds Daniel Brumback in Frederick County

Miss Dorthea Virginia Adams of Stephens City became the bride of Daniel Brumback of Stephens City in a simple ceremony at the Centenary Reformed Church parsonage in Frederick County. Dr S L Flickinger officiated. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Raymond Penn. The couple plans a brief honeymoon in Washington before living with Brumback's parents in Stephens City.

Frederick County Centenary Reformed Church Cameron Street Dorthea Virginia Adams Daniel Brumback S. L. Flickinger Raymond Penn W. C. Adams Stephens City Brumback C. S. Brumback County Board of Supervisors Washington Mr. Brumback

Modern Etiquette Q&A by Roberta Lee

The column answers readers questions on bridesmaid gown colors, addressing invitations for receptions, and luncheon course counts. It explains the bride decides gown color, yes to replying when RSVP letters appear, and recommends no more than five courses for a luncheon.

G A A Christmas Dance Set At George Washington Hotel

The annual G A A Christmas dance will be held Monday night December 27 at the George Washington Hotel with Joe Stevens and his Frederick Maryland orchestra providing music from 9 to 1. Tickets from Miss Margaret Kelchner at Mr. Lynch's office by Friday. Guests may include alumni and out of town visitors.

George Washington Hotel Joe Stevens Frederick Margaret Kelchner Carl McMullan South Stewart Street McMullan Betsy Rice Christ Episcopal Church Philip Glaize J. W. Rice, Jr Beall Knight John Scully Joe Thomas Robert Class Joe Hahannes Gilbert McKown William Morris Harry Byrd Roy Cather James Walton Ridgely White

The Wisslers Host Dance for Dorothy Page Wiser

Mr and Mrs Frank Wissler of Mr Jackson invite guests to a dance honoring their daughter Dorothy Page Wiser at Shanvalee Hotel New Market Virginia on Monday evening December 27. Local families on the Master List of the Fellowship Club will receive Christmas baskets along with several congregation families. Additional assistance is urged as new calls for help have come in. Baskets will be distributed on Christmas Eve with gifts to be left at the church by 5 o clock tomorrow afternoon.

Joseph Hancher Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore White Hall Hancher Virginia Hancher Georgia Groves Spray N. C Charles Fentner Fentner Charles Fentner, Jr Nannie Murnan North Kent Street Hilda Groves Elbert T. Magruder Billy Jimmy Helen Byers Magruder Richmond Frank T. Magruder North Loudoun Street Magruder W. S. Bromley Berryville Pike Betsy Rice B. Bentley Thomas Fenton Nelson Tokas’ Inn Elizabeth Shannon Rice Christ Episcopal Church Carl McMullan R. Kern, Jr John Wace, Jr Virginia Coverdsell Mary Warden Boyd Virginia Bean Sarahaker C. Ridgely White Nelson Thomas Frank Wissler Jackson United Brethren Church Fellowship Club WEAF NBC WABC CBS Roosevelt Washington Bethlehem Church of the Nativity Edward McHugh New York C. T. Bridgeman St. George’s Cathedral Jerusalem Santa Claus Grand Central Station Dublin Eamon de Valera Metropolitan Opera Hansel and Gretel St. Steven’s Cathedral Vienna Shanghai China Federal Theater

Winchester Social Scene Details From Blackburn Moore Party

Winchester residents attend a Berryville hosted gathering by Mr. and Mrs. E Blackburn Moore from 5 30 to 8 00 pm with numerous couples listed as guests. The piece notes helper hostesses and a dance studio party by Dorothy Ann Robinson and Delmar Robinson Jr marking the season’s first social events with many names and travel plans for Christmas.

Winchester Berryville E. Blackburn Moore Delmar Robinson Woodhull Baker Horace Browne Harold Brown Edward Barr J. Gray Beverley Peyton Marshall Arthur Field R. B. Snapp J. Victor Arthur J. Pinckney Arthur B. M. Knight, Jr B. M. Roszel J. T. Engle J. B. Beverley Robert Green B. B. Dutton Moore Hobson McGhee H. B. Harris Winchester and Dorothy Ewing Dorothy Ann Robinson Arthur Robinson South Stewart Street Delmar Robinson, Jr Dorothy Moore Phyllis Fowle Dorothy deGrange Dorothy Hawthorne Frances Bickers Anne D. Williams Reba Snarr Jane

Anatomy of the Nails And Their Physiology

Logan Clendening explains nail structure and growth. Fingernails differ from toenails, forming from the nail root and nail bed with keratinizing cells. Nails grow 130 to 160 days, faster in fingers, in summer, and nails reflect overall body health due to rich blood supply and nerve endings beneath the hard surface.

Logan Clendening M. D

Local Holiday Visits Include Weems Family in Charleston

Mrs A L Green of Charleston will spend holidays with Judge and Mrs Donald Weems at their Tennyson Avenue home. W T Green, Mrs Weems brother, will visit several days. New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance reservations noted for Memorial Hospital Junior Auxiliary at George Washington Hotel.

A. L. Green Charleston W. Va Donald Weems Tennyson Avenue W. T. Green Weems The Memorial Hospital George Washington Hotel P. W. Boyd J. P. Arthur Edward Barr A H. Morgan H. N. Stephenson Virginia Russell Richard Crenshaw

Local families plan holiday visits in Baltimore area

Miss Anna Kiracofe will spend the holidays in Harrisonburg Virginia with her father Mr S H Kiravve and other friends and relatives. Miss Anna Allen a member of the Baltimore public schools faculty will spend the holidays here with her mother Mrs S W Allen of Courtfield avenue.

Anna Kiracofe Harrisonburg, Va S. H. Kiraove Anna Allen The Baltimore Public Schools S. W. Allen Courtfield Avenue

Sunrise Service At Loudoun Street Presbyterian

A special sunrise service will be held at 7 o clock Christmas morn in Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church with Christmas music the story and prayers. A candle light service will be held at 5 o clock Sunday afternoon with music by the senior and junior choirs.

Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church

New Loudoun Street Choir Debuts At Christmas Service

The Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church junior choir, reorganized under Mrs Warren 5S Eddy and Miss Charlotte DeHart, has 30 members and will sing at regular services. Its first appearance is the candle light Christmas music service Sunday at 5 o clock.

Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Warren 5S Eddy Charlotte DeHart

Headlines of 1937 Radio Review Moves to Sunday

New York Dec 23 1937 radio listings note a time change for Headlines of 1937 to Sunday 4 PM on WEAF NBC with reenactments of ten top AP stories. Christmas broadcast plans include Bagdad features and a Democracy discussion with Green and Farmer.

New York Weaf-Nbc

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