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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
2
The Fellowship Club distributed Christmas baskets to Winchester city and Frederick county families. Adoption totaled 181, with 122 city and 59 county families, aiding 1,429 individuals across 387 families. Officials praised the response as the best in the club’s history with no direct solicitations needed.
A candlelight carol service at Grace Lutheran Church starts at 11 15 and ends at midnight with It Came Upon A Midnight Clear. All worshippers are welcome to attend.
R G Phillips speaks on Advent reflections urging grateful remembrance of liberty of thought action and worship. He ties lighted candles to the gift of freedom and calls for guarding preserving and cherishing this heritage through the spirit of service.
Christmas morning services begin at six o'clock at Braddock Street Methodist Church with Rev. T. M. Swann in charge assisted by Rev. W. O. Talbert and John Hawse a George Washington University medical student. The program includes hymns prayers and a Christmas story with a meditation titled Crowded Out.
Miss Theodora Cox left for Millwood to spend the holidays. Bertha McClanahan visited Mrs T A Crabill. Tom Smith and Leo McClanahan from Washington stayed with A M McClanahan. Mrs Marcus McInturff returned from Cora Miller Hospital. Moberry Chrisman Lou McInturff and R L Clem worked near Warrenton and weekended at home. Zola Pyle Margie and Johnson from near Detrick visited Habron and Stephens families.
Tydings criticized departure from democratic methods and urged extending aid to Great Britain. He urged that if a durable peace could not be reached, knowledge gained would guide U.S. defense planning and future international policy.
Joseph Ervin Coates 18 of Madison county died at Charlottesville hospital at 10:30 Wednesday after pneumonia following appendicitis surgery. Survived by father Ervin Coates Winchester. stepmother Mrs Ervin Coates. two sisters Mrs Mildred McFarland and Ivy Coates. brother Douglas Coates. grandparents in Madison. Funeral near Nethers Mill. Interment in family burial ground. Pallbearers John Jenkins Dan Coates Tom Jenkins Will Dodson Harry Jenkins Henry McKee.
Community event presents A Legend of The Christmas by Mattie B Shannon with characters Peggy Kibler Anna Greta Mimi and others. Opening and closing carols plus offerings and awards mark the pageant with school choir and villagers taking part. The Red Cross informs on POW mail from Geneva handling about 60 000 pieces daily.
Financial notices state that on Wednesday December 25 1940 banks will be closed for Christmas Day. Paper maturities dated that day may be paid on Thursday December 26 1940. Bank officials include J H Yost John I Sloat Geo B Bushnell and Harold G Brown with local branches cited in Shenandoah Valley area.
Employees of the Winchester Coca Cola Bottling Works and their families attended the annual Christmas party last night. Santa arrived through a chimney as workers received Christmas checks with letters from president Walter L. Sams of Richmond. A personal bonus amount was not disclosed. Guests included numerous couples and children such as Benton Stickley and family, William Brown, Lawrence Long and daughter Shirley, Paul Himelbright and daughters Barbara and Peggy, and others.
Shirley Fletcher a 57 year old Massanutten Bank of Strasburg assistant cashier, died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after months of illness. A Shenandoah Valley banker and singing member of the Strasburg Music Lovers' Club, he retired July 28 1940. Funeral services planned Thursday at 3 p.m. from his Strasburg residence, with interment to follow in Strasburg. He survived by sister Miss Mary S Fletcher and brother Claude Fletcher.
A Holy Night service will be held at Centenary Evangelistical and Reformed Church at 11 p m tonight. Adoration of the Nativity with Christmas carols and a pastoral greeting offer a fitting approach to the Day of the Nativity. All who seek quiet reverence before Christmas are invited.
W. D. Sievers of the Shenandoah Area Council released President Roosevelt s Christmas message to Boy Scouts. The president lauds Scout virtues and the nation s debt for their service. Council reports its best year yet with growing resources and membership across nine Shenandoah counties. John J. Scully Jr. predicts 1941 will bring further progress and intensified community service.
Market quotations for livestock and produce from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago show mixed movements with hogs and calves firm near prior levels while top hogs advanced to 7.40 for 180 to 240 pounds in Baltimore and Chicago saw gains of 25 to 35 cents before closing weaker for heavier weights. Cattle and sheep were uneven to higher with prime light steers reaching about 15.00 in Chicago and vealers near 12.00 in Baltimore.
Chicago on December 24 reports scattered, persistent demand lifting wheat futures by up to 1 1-4 cents from yesterday. May futures at 85 1-2 to 5-8, July 80 1-4 to 3-8, Sept 80 1-4. corn May 61 1-8 to 1-4, July 61 1-8, Sept 60 3-4. Cash grain shows varied values across grades and regions with mill deliveries noted.
German high command claimed large air formations attacked Manchester and London with fires. Nazi speedboats raided Britain’s east coast sinking a 10,000 ton tanker and a 6,000 ton freighter despite British destroyers. Greek dispatches said Greece’s troops advanced north along the Adriatic after the Italian port Chimara fell. King Vittorio Emanuele urged armies that no obstacle can halt Italy’s ascent.
Quotations of numerous stocks at 2 p m show Alcoa 163 1 2 Am Can 86 1 8 Am Rad 6 3 4 Am Smel 42 1 2 AT and T 166 1 8 B and O 3 1 4 Anaconda 26 3 8 Bethlehem 85 3 8 Gen Elec 8 Int r 49 1 2 J Manville 57 5 8 Kennecott 36 M Ward 36 Natl Dairy 13 1 4 NY C 13 1 4 Packard 31 8 Penny JC 83 Republic Steel 213 4 Sears Roebuck 177 Southern R 12 1 8 Texas Corp 39 17 8 Union Pac 75 3 4 US Steel 68 1 2 Va Car Pict 23 3 4 Western Union 20 Woolworth 30 3 4.
Boston wool market remains quiet with little price change. Foreign wool inquiries focus on finer grades, driven by mills with recent government contracts. domestic demand shows low urgency and some award recipients not actively buying.
Christ Episcopal Church announces a Christmas program with a Sunday School service at 4 PM this afternoon a Candle Flight service at 11 30 PM tonight a Holy Communion service at 8 AM tomorrow and a Holy Communion and sermon at 11 AM.
The Weather Man predicts no White Christmas for Winchester, yet a heavy frost greeted early risers. Frost coated park vehicles forcing removal from windshields before driving, as the temperature fell to 26 degrees.
Following the year end business session the Middletown Grange presented a Christmas program led by lecturer Mrs. D N Gruver. Juvenile Grange participants performed readings and songs including Santa Claus themes and Christmas carols.
The Church of Our Savior hosts its annual Christmas service tonight at 11 30 P M with special choir music. Marshall J Snapp is named the organist.
The Highland Avenue Sunday School Christmas program will be presented at 7 o clock Christmas night. The Rev. Herman J. Womeldorf, pastor, said today. All members are invited to be present.
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