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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1938
Page
10
The Young People will meet Sunday morning for their Church School session immediately after the early service at 8 15. They will skip the evening service and instead gather at the church for a Christmas carol event at 10 30 p m. at Braddock Street Church.
Eddie Strang, a 16 year old from Pittsburgh, will spend a third Christmas in a hospital due to osteomyelitis. Despite bandages and pain he keeps cheerful at Children’s Hospital while crafting items in bed side school for his mother. He hopes this will be his last Christmas away from home.
Red Bud will host a Christmas program at 7:30 PM with songs recitations and pageant pieces led by Rev. Wm. Bugh Eloise Albin and Betty Lou Craun among others. The program features choirs duets solos and a pantomime concluding with an exchange of gifts.
Secretary Swanson and Assistant Secretary Edison sent Christmas greetings to the Navy's men officers and civilian personnel. Swanson praised the service for its splendid record and urged diligence to keep the Navy's efficiency second to none.
In memory of Duke Affleck who died in a Martinsburg Pike crash three men perished including the beloved Sarah Zane fire truck driver. The notice recalls family friends and community sorrow and marks the line about the afterlife and church members.
In South Bend Indiana on December 24 the International Union of Hotel and Restaurant Employees ended its 86 day picket at Daniel Clark's restaurant. Clark fed the pickets free meals and the workers grew friendly calling him Danny.
By deed of trust Virginia G Bowman and husband, recorded in Frederick County Virginia, the trustee will auction 3742 acre farm 12 o clock noon Saturday January 14 1939 in front of Winchester courthouse. Property includes two residences one nine room and one five room with a stream and two springs ideal for truck garden and poultry. Terms: one third cash day of sale balance in two annual installments secured by bonds and deed of trust with insurance. M M Lynch trustee. Duvall Dunn auc.
Centenary Reformed Church holds a Christmas Eve 11 pm service and a Christmas morning 10 45 am service with Sunday school at the usual hour. The 6 pm program features children’s and junior choir performances. Christmas offerings aid the Hoffmann Orphanage.
Christmas carols ring out every quarter hour in this oil field town. The chimes were built in the oil company’s electrical department using oil pump plungers for the chime tubes and discarded flywheel spokes for the hammers.
Miss Dorothy Mason, a Muddy Pass School teacher forty two miles from Rand, chose a 450 mile journey by winter routes to spend Christmas with her parents in Rand. Friends warned against a ski direct route due to no direct roads.
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