Xmas Rites At Refuge Church Christmas Program
A Christmas program will be presented at Refuge Church tomorrow night at 7 30. The event features choir performances of Hark the Herald Angels Sing While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night and Joy to the World with recitations by Raymond Conner Mary Anna Hough and others. The program concludes with an address by the pastor and a closing recitation by Avis Broy.
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Refuge
Hark
Herald Angels
Homer ‘Welsh
Raymond Conner
Mary Anna Hough
Mary Evelyn Headley
Roberta Conner
Lonis Shuler
Delores Henry
Oe Charlotte
Louise Shuer
Nancy Bray
Claude Bennington
Charlotte Shuler
Garland Hearley
Lord Jesus
Clayton
Beverley Bowman
Douglas Curry
Shepherd
Opal Shuler
Charlotte Conner
Avis Bray
Jimmy Bowman
God
Courtney Bennington
Edna Bauserman
Shirley Lillard
Avis Broy
Property transfers across Winchester area named buyers and tracts
City M. M. Lynch and J. M. Steck transfer two Highland Avenue lots and a 34 Freemont street lot to H. B. and Pearl Garber. Upton F. Ashley transfers half interest in 547 Highland Avenue to Bertha V. Ashley for $1. Ritter to Thompson trustees 100 acre tract 5 miles south of Winchester for $10. Huyett to Clevenger 220 acre tract on Opequon Creek for $10. Roy M. Good and Agnes F. Good to Minnie E. Ward Northwestern Grade Gainesboro district for $20. Luttrell to E. L. Walters 3 1/2 miles north of Winchester on Route 7 for $4,000. Foreman to Batt and Forney 16 acre tracts near Buffalo Lick road for $10. Newlin to Snider 14 acre tract west of Winchester for $25.
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M. M. Lynch
J. M. Steck
H. B
Pearl Garber
Highland Avenue
Freemont Street
Upton FP. Ashley
Bertha V. Ashley
Frederick County
Pearl E. Ritter
W. R. Thompson
Winchester
Pee Hattie C. Huyett
Grace E. Clevenger
Opequon Creek
Roy M. Good
Agnes F. Good
Minnie E. Ward
Gainesboro
Howard Luttrell
E. L. Walters
Marie V. Foreman
Kermit Batt
William Forney
Buffalo Lick Road
Henry W. Newlin
Cora L. Snider
Als
Local Visitors Attend Weekend Gatherings Across Virginia
Cross Junction news notes several visits over the weekend. Edgar Braithwaite and Paul Braithwaite of Westernport Maryland visited R. G. Braithwaite. O. G. DeHaven joined Paul Braithwaite and Mrs. DeHaven from Albin for southern Virginia trips.
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Gross Junction
Edgar Braithwaite
Paul Braithwaite
Westernport
R. G. Braithwaite
O. G. DeHaven
Albin
Virginia
Floyd Fletcher
Winchester
James Grove
Gilbert DeHaven
Glenn
Eldridge Baker
Clarence Carter
Martinsburg
C. G. Baker
S. H. Braithwaite
C. R. McCann
Lee Whitacre
Jean
Betty Braithwaite
O. W. Dick
Whitsere
Bank Closing Notices on Christmas Day 1939
Banks announce Christmas Day holiday closings with notes that operations resume Tuesday December 26 1939. Signatories include George B Bushnell Harold G Brown John L Sloat and other bank officers.
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Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat’l Bank
YOST
Farmers and Saleees National Bank and Trust Co
John L. Sloat
Virginia Court Publishes Divorce Action Against Paul Martin Jr
In Frederick County Virginia on December 9 1939 the court orders Paul Martin Jr to appear within ten days for a divorce a vinculo matri from Virginia Painter Martin on desertion for over two years. Publication of the notice is to run weekly for four weeks in the Evening Star Winchester and a copy posted at the courthouse front door. A copy is mailed to the defendant at the address in the affidavit.
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Commonwealth OF Virginia
Circuit Court
County of
Frederick
Virginia
Martin
Paul Martin, Jr
State of
J. W. Baker
J. Lynn Lucas
Erwin Hackley
Apple expert Holt hunts 365 recipes for apples
L F Holt of Wenatchee shows Seattle Star a year long catalog of apple dishes from soup to desserts. He travels to promote apples as versatile food and aims to publish a Washington statewide booklet for daily apple use.
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Wenatchee
Wash
L. F. Holt
Yakima
Seattle
Seattle Star
L. F
Holt
T& Jeleditte
State of Washington
Outgrowing Adolescent Anguish and Christmas Spirit
A childlike voice questions grownups on facing harsh facts while praising Christmas cheer. The piece argues Christmas should be a season of celebration not shopping stress, urging holly, tree, and kindness to the poor, balanced with practical planning and shared joy.
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Ana
Safety rules for Christmas programs urged by Winchester Safety Commission
A Winchester Safety Commission notice recalls deadly crowd crushes in Michigan and the Iroquois Theatre. It urges Christmas program planners to assign a firefighter on front row, flame proof decorations, clear aisles, doors that open outward if needed, tested electrical cords, avoid open flames, and trained ushers to evacuate calmly.
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Winchester Safety Commission
Michigan
Carolina Chatfield Readers Column Policy
Problems of general interest submitted by readers will be discussed in this column. Letters unsuitable for publication will be answered personally if they include stamped self addressed envelopes. All names are kept confidential write Miss Chatfield in care of this newspaper.
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Miss Chatfield
Thanksgiving concert at Sponsors Pet Clinic features choirs and solos
The Shepherd's Story congregation presents a Christmas program with sponsors Dorothy Greenawalt and Jean Whitham. Solos by Dr. Robert McC Glass and Hubert Kerr. Benediction postlude Gloria In Excelsis by Andre. Music ministry by Mrs A Gordon Whitham and junior choir led by Mrs Leonard Sirbaugh with organist Annette Roberts Warren Eddy and others.
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the Shepherd’s Story
Dickinson
Dorothy Greenawalt
Jean Whitham
Robert McC. Glass
Hubert Kerr
Andre
Ministry of Music
A. Gordon Whitham
Annette Roberts
Warren Eddy
Philip N. Hunter
Leonard B. Sirbaugh
Candle Light Service Set at Presbyterian Church
The Junior and Senior Choirs present a third annual Candle Light Service at 5 O'clock Sunday afternoon replacing the regular service. The program includes chimes, "Shepherd's Song," "Adeste Fideles," "Hallelujah Chorus," "O Come All Ye Faithful," solos by Mr. Floyd Haines and Miss Jean Whitham, and a Christmas offertory. The public is invited to attend all church services.
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Presbyterian Church
Merkel
Vesper Orison
Floyd Haines
Jesus
Hopkins
Dorothy Greenawalt
Marshall Kline
Weather and social notes from Middleway
The column reports continued fine weather in Middleway West Virginia with good wheat and stock conditions for winter. It notes visits and social events including Mrs Rose Kearns trip to Washington and gatherings at the home of Mr and Mrs Johnson and other locals visiting relatives in Towson Philadelphia Winchester and Summit.
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Middleway
W. Va
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Towson, Md
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Philadel
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Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester
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