Annual Ball in January Climax for March of Dimes Campaign
The March of Dimes committee led by Dr. C L Riley and Dr James Davis plans the President's Birthday Ball as the January climax. Ralph Sprinkle handles publicity while posters and dime cans will appear in public buildings and banks with girls collecting funds. Mile of Dimes boards will be set up in theatres and a Loudoun street location will be announced. Funds support the national office and local Winchester efforts to fight infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ritter
C. L. Riley
James Davis
Ralph Sprinkle
Loudoun Street
Winchester
Merchants' Decoration Contest Seeks Entries for Private Homes
Enter by registering at the Chamber of Commerce by telephone 362 to aid judges. On Christmas night December 25 the panel will tour the city between 8 and 10:30 pm with all lights on. Prizes include $60 in cash and numerous merchandise awards such as $5.50 and $5 items, subscriptions, and other valued prizes for nearly every contestant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Star
Thomas Ridings Dies In Kansas
Thomas A. Ridings aged 83 of Middletown died last week at his Topeka home. He lived in Topeka 61 years and retired from the Santa Fe Railway shop foreman post 12 years ago. He was married to Miss Mattie Ford of Virginia and survived by a daughter Ruth R. Banta of Topeka and a granddaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Ridings
Middletown
Topeka
Kans
Santa Fe Railway Company
Mattie Ford
Virginia
Ruth R. Banta
Rev W O Talbert Declines Fredericksburg Pastorate Offer
Rev W O Talbert of this city declined a long distance offer to accept the Fredericksburg Methodist Church pastorate for the remaining nine months of the conference year. The post became vacant after the death of Rev R B Clagett. Talbert said age and heavy responsibility plus prior evangelistic commitments across Virginia Baltimore and Peninsula Conferences influenced his decision.
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W.o.talbert
Fredericksburg
W. O. Talbert
W. W. Peele
Richmond
Frederiksburg
R. B. Clagett
Virginia
Forrest J. Prettyman
United States
Senate
Clagett
I Talbert
Talbert
Baltimore
Klingaman Rites Held for Mrs. Kate Klingaman at 82
Mrs. Kate Klingaman of Route 1 Winchester aged 82 was buried in Hagerstown Maryland after services conducted by Dr Paul Holdcraft. She was born in Ringtown Schuylkill County and survived by two sons two daughters nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Her son Rev J Edward Klingaman has served as a minister of the Reformed Church for 32 years and grandson Rev Ray H Klingaman has been a minister there for 18 years.
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Kate Klingaman
Hagerstown
Paul Holdcraft
Klingaman
J. Edward Klingaman
Route 1
Winchester
Ringtown
Schuylkill County
The
Reformed Church
Mr. Cornwell
Fauquier County
John
Elizabeth Pier Cornwell
Frances Cornwell
Rita Cornwell McCarty
Hawaii
Henry Clay Cornwell
Elizabeth Cornwell
Charles Castleman
Hugh Thomas
Sam
Thomas
George Levi
Shade Moore
W. A. Bradford
Ad Withers
Cassell Kercheval
J C Huffman Ordered To Report For Training
J C Huffman son of Mr and Mrs J C Huffman of Mitletown and a vocational agriculture teacher at Milboro Virginia has been ordered to report at Fort Myers January 2 for training He is a first lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Reserves and a graduate of V P I He has many friends in this area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Huffman
Middletown
Milboro
Fort Myers
Huffman
Coast Artillery
Midnight Christmas Eve Service at Market Street Methodist
The Market Street Methodist Church hosts a midnight Christmas Eve service with soloists Eugene Russell and Mrs A Harold Rowe performing O Holy Night and A Christmas Prayer. The choir will sing Chanson Joyeuse. Pastor Rev Garland Evans Hopkins wrote the prayer carol. Rev W W McIntyre and Rev John Hawse assist. Prelude at 11 50 p m features a medley of carols and the Galician rite midnight communion follows with Kyrie Gloria in Excelsis and Sanctum plus It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and The First Noel.
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Noel
Herald Angels
Wesley
Eugene Russell
Adam
W. W. McIntyre
Winchester
Methodist Church
John Hawse
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Sears
Candlelight Service at Christ Episcopal Church
The Christmas Eve watchnight service will be held at 11 30 p m Tuesday at Christ Episcopal Church by the light of over two hundred tapers It is the fifth annual service drawing people from many denominations The church will be decorated with evergreens white candles seven branch candelabras will light the chancel and white tapers will adorn the windows and balcony The program includes familiar carols scripture lessons offertory by the choir and a reading by Rev Robert B Nelson St Joans Guild arranges the event chaired by Miss Bentley Thomas Choir members and the organist are listed with several named participants and the service promises simple prayers and song with readings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Robert B. Nelson
Orient
Bethlehem
Merald Angel
St. Joan’s Guild
Bentley Thomas
R. E. Griffith
Hunter. Gaunt
Andrew Babb
Robert McNally
Boston Wool Market Report Quiet Trade On Domestic Wools
New business remained very quiet in the Boston wool market with few manufacturers taking up options on South American wools. Interest surfaced in Australian and South African merino wools recently arrived while most domestic wools held steady with unchanged quotations from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U. S
Winchester Elks Plan Christmas Party for 300 Children
Winchester Lodge No. 867 B P O E has arranged its annual Christmas Party in Christ Episcopal Church on West Boscawen Street. The event begins at 2 PM with arrangements for 300 children and about 50 baskets for families, 25 of which go to the Fellowship Club.
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Winchester Lodge No
Christ Episcopal Church
West Boscawen Street
Elks Club
Winchester
Fellowship Club
Kernstown Christmas program at Kernstown Methodist Church
The Kernstown Methodist Church will host a Sunday school Christmas entertainment on Thursday night December 25 at 7 30 under the supervision of Sunday School superintendent Thomas E Dorton Recitations and songs by younger children directed by Mrs Dorton a choir will perform solos and duets A play Christmas Cheer will be given by the Junior Sunbeam Class directed by Mrs Charles Barton The Heart and Halo a Young People Class play is directed by the superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernstown
War News Censorship Warns U S Readers
The Star cautions readers that European news is censored before transmission to the United States, reflecting wartime information control and limited dispatches across the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Star
Europe
United States
Christmas Parties Lift Spirits at M. J. Grove Co
In Stephens City Virginia the M. J. Grove Lime Company hosted a large Christmas party at the high school for employees and a second event for families of colored workers at the colored school. Santa distributed gifts including baseball gear for a team, toys for children, a radio to Mr. and Mrs. White, ice cream and cake. Bonuses totaling about 7000 dollars were paid, with roughly 2000 going to Stephens City and Middletown plants. Other company plants are in Maryland.
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Stephens City
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Santa Claus
Middletown
Maryland
Answers to Today s Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4. Items include Pine trees, Yes, Medal of Honor, Vermont, Federal Housing Administration, Mercury, January 6 1941, John D Rockefeller Sr, Parcel Post, and Charles Dodgson.
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Medal of Honor
Vermont
Federal Housing Administraon
Mercury
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Parcel Post
Charles Dodgson
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C.C.C
Thomas Ridings
Kansas
Holland Tunnel
Harry Rothauser
Lancaster
Amos King Fisher
U. S. Army
Fisher
J.C. Huffman
Drive E Jones
Loudoun ST
Wees
Peets
Boys
Clifford St
J.B. Cornwell
Clarke County
John Bull Cornwell
Cornwell's Corner
Berryville
Boothey
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Potomac
Bowling Green
Stokol
E. Piccadilly St
Market Street
Boston Wool Market Report
Rees
Leesburg
Washington
Elie Lescot, Jr
Pola Fotitch
Liana de Bayle
Maria Esther Teh-chuan Kuo
Usni
Thailand
Elks’ Party
Mickey Finn
Camden Street
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Winchester Aa Co
Santa
Fred L. Glaize
Northern
PT Abet Et
Ewe
Cross & Chain
A —— Credit Jewelers
North
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