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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
3
A clipped notice references Leabelle B. Miller and a social reporter, detailing a scheduled event the next day. The fragment cites a "Peqne No 33" alongside unclear wording about contacting by telephone or mail for attendance.
Miss Dolly Inez Meadows wed Scott Isaac Haymaker in a Centenary Reformed Church ceremony. Ada McVicar Wagner and Charles J. Desper visiting relatives from Tidewater areas arrive, and Shenandoah Valley Club of Va Tech hosts annual dance with Russ Yohe and his Californians providing music.
West Virginia couples were issued marriage licenses in the corporation clerk's office. Carl Peters of Hampshire and Olive Pauline Davidson of Hardy counties wed. The bridegroom is a farmer. the bride is child of Charley Davidson and Leathy Kline of Hampshire. Alle Carr Wooten married William D. Smith Jr, son of Rev. W. D. Smith, at Clarksdale Mississippi. After January they will reside in the city.
Members of Mrs. P. J. McFadden's family from Parsons West Virginia Mount Vernon New York and Fairfield Alabama are visiting at her South Washington Street home for Christmas. Also noted is a quiet wedding at United Brethren Circuit parsonage on National Avenue with Miss Martha Whitacre Gore marrying Mr Cecil Dyche Mount Williams. Additional holiday visits include V C Kline and daughters and Elizabeth Faulkner Philadelphia with A J Kline family, plus S V Crisco Charleston Virginia guests at Hotel Jack and Abner I Johnson Martinsburg day trip.
Marriage license notices list Amos H. Ritter and Sadie M. Donald, Lester S. Carroll and Lyra E. White, and John I. Brown Jr. with partners, plus a holiday stream of socially connected residents visiting in Winchester and Stephens City, with links to Martinsburg, Cumberland, and other nearby towns.
Fire company captains urge callers to specify the fire's character when giving alarms by telephone. This would help determine needed response and may prevent dispatching all companies in many cases.
The Dallas News comments that Mussolini ought to remove the saber from public display and address the rattle of unrest by quiet reforms. It argues for prudent leadership to calm affairs without provocative showmanship.
The passages provide Jesus teaching on spiritual birth, contrasting flesh and spirit, and noting the wind as a metaphor for the Spirit. Believers who receive him are granted the right to become children of God, born of God rather than human lineage.
Stephens City M E South and Epworth and Refuge churches announce a Sunday schedule led by Rev O D Lambert and Rev Dr E L Woolf. Services include Sunday school 9 45 a m Epworth 11 a m communion at 11 with presiding elder preaching 7 30 p m Refuge and Fairview offerings listed.
West Frederick Mt Hebron Sunday school 10 a m preaching 11 a m Pleasant Grove preaching 3 p m Laurel Hill preaching 7 p m All are welcome at these services
Mount Pleasant West Virginia reports a Winchester U B Circuit schedule with Sunday school at 10 a m Red Bud 2 p m Pleasant Valley 10 a m including Christian Endeavor 6 45 p m and sermons at 11 a m 3 p m and 5 30 p m A short official board session follows each service. officers must bring written reports.
Pastor H E Richardson preaches at Friendship Double Churches at 11 a m. Sunday school at Stephens City 2 30 p m. Sermon 3 30 p m with quarterly official board. Christian Endeavor at Reliance 7 p m followed by a 7 30 p m sermon.
Rev G M Morrow leads Opequon Group with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m at Opequon Memorial Kernstown. Round Hill and Opequon Chapel offer Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and services. Christmas program Monday 7 30 p m with children’s exercises and treat. Burnt Church hosts 2 30 p m Sunday school and 3 30 p m events. Faithful attendance urged.
The Frederick Circuit announces Reverend P. R. Diehl as pastor. Relief Sunday school at 10 a.m. Sermon at 11 a.m. followed by Holy Communion. Epworth League at 7 30 p.m. Lamps service Sunday school at 2 p.m. Sermon at 3 p.m. Paxton Sunday school 10 a.m. Sermon 7 30 p.m. Everyone is invited to worship.
Tiny Greenwalt invites Frank Byrd and Lloyd Boyce for a yuletide dinner. The guests drink sour lemon punch, Byrd steals the roasted chicken, and a chase ends with all three men arrested for disturbing the peace. This morning they face a disorderly conduct count.
A historical radio grid lists programs and affiliate stations from WEAF to WTAG and beyond. Highlights include News at 6:00 pm, World In Music, Dinner Music, Uncle Abe and David, Literature and Drama, College Memories, and a late-night lineup with Vincent Lopez Orchestra and Armenian Art Chorus.
Prices ease on weak Winnipeg market with corn and rye leading losses. Wheat futures soften as deliveries drop. March and May contracts for wheat slip while corn falls over two cents. Closing quotes: Wheat March 80 1/2, May 81, July 63. Corn March 65, May 67, July 68. Oats and Rye also lower.
The Red Cross and schools collected and distributed rebuilt toys to 300 children and dressed Christmas trees to nearly forty families. Firemen repaired and delivered toys, sharing in the season’s joy, with the John Kerr and East End schools decorating trees. John Kerr School also sent a dozen trees to Winchester Memorial Hospital. The Red Cross and teachers praise the tireless volunteers and extend New Year wishes.
Poem excerpt by Willa Cather appearing in Golden Book Magazine. It describes a winter wood with leafless oaks and white birches, a red sunset, and a silent brook as a stark, deathless landscape.
Mrs J M Albaugh dies of erysipelas at home near Capon Bridge after nursing Mrs Kate Whitacre who died of the same disease. Funeral at Fair view Church conducted by Rev S J Goode. Pallbearers named. survived by husband four sons two daughters two brothers and a sister. Communities extend sympathy.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes Sinclair Lewis gains publicity while learning Swedish before the Nobel prize formal award, while the Andulland Herald quotes a line about every person having at least one check in him.
Major and Mrs Mars preside over a free Christmas dinner with a long menu and ample servings. Andrew Bell and John Dunn visit, praise the event, and leftover food is to be distributed to needy families. New Year wishes go out to contributors as the Salvation Army holds a Sunday School celebration at the Court House Auditorium with apples oranges and toys for children.
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