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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1944
Page
7
Berryville High School hosts a formal Christmas gathering in the high school building. Students, faculty, and guests attend as the dance committee led by Miss Nancy Davis and Jane Carey Isay stages events with red green and white decorations.
The Knights Templar of Winchester Commandery No. 12 will hold their annual Christmas observance with Rev. Robert A. Whitten delivering the speech on "The Spirit of Christmas." Arrangements chair Roy A. Larrick, with Mifflin B. Clowe and Wilbur E. Hewitt among the committee.
Ralph Hengeveld announced that nine Dr Pepper Bottling Company workers in Winchester each received a Christmas bonus and a week of vacation. The plant closed today and will reopen Tuesday, January 2. J Curtis Fray, senior partner, is noted as U S Army on Force in the Southwest Pa Ce.
The Sunday schedule lists no early communion with services at 9 45 a m Sunday School 10 15 a m Dr Smiths Conference Class 11 a m Morning prayer and sermon on Preparation for the Coming of Christ 11 30 p m Candlelight Watch night service Christmas Day includes 11 a m Holy Communion and Christmas message with a weekday prayer snippet included.
The 66 bells of Virginia's War Memorial Carillon will broadcast a 15 minute statewide Christmas program from 9 to 9 15 a m on December 25th. The program originates at the singing tower in Byrd Park Richmond and is aired on WRVA and 12 Virginia stations led by Hilton Rusty. The carillon is the third largest by bell count and features a mix of classic hymns and carols performed by carillonneur Hilton Rusty.
The Mens Open Door Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will meet Sunday at 9 45 in the morning. Mr EB Mason will teach the lesson. All men of the church are urged to attend. Visitors will receive a cordial welcome.
William G Hardy will teach the Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church Sunday morning at 9 45. All members should be on time and bring a friend who might become a member. Visitors are welcome.
The First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue hosts a Christmas program by its Sunday School committee. The event features songs, recitations, carols, solos, and a candlelight service ending with a tribute to church members in the armed forces led by Rev. Paul E. Dick.
Royal Crown Blue Devils and Junior Board Green Wave players join to face Mt Weather Wildcats in a game here on December 31. Wildcats coach and captain George Weldon from Oregon State leads a squad averaging 165 pounds with two 195 pound tackles.
The eighth annual Candle Light Service of Christmas Music will be presented Sunday afternoon December 24 at 5 o'clock at Loudoun Street Church by Winchester Presbyterian Church choirs. Directed by Linda Betts Frazier, the program features organ preludes, carols, and selections from the Messiah with soloists and junior and senior choirs. Mrs. Frazier, wife of Lt. Robert Yost Frazier, has performed with major orchestras and churches and studied at Westminster Choir College.
Boyce Virginia residents welcome holiday guests including Mr. Car roll Goodridge a Western Maryland College student returning home. Cpl Roland Willingham Camp Pickett visited sister and another relative over the weekend. The Misses Propers from Pennsylvania visited Pfc Harriss Shephard at Martinsburg General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Oscar Carr and son John Nelson Carr were visitors Sunday afternoon. Pvt Randolph Frazier U S M.
C stationed at Newport Arkansas is expected to arrive home today for a five day visit with his parents. Friends of Pvt Ernest Hottell of Winchester who is a patient at Regional Hospital Camp Swift Texas are with him for a speedy recovery.
An old style advertisement promotes Ted as a powerful germ killer that eliminates odor. It claims ordinary antiseptics fail and promises a 35 cent refund if not completely pleased, with sales at Boyd's Drug Store.
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