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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1941
Page
4
Banquet in honor of the 16th anniversary of Christian held Thursday. Friday at 12 30 p m weekly luncheon meeting of American Legion Post at hotel.
Clarke County Little Theatre League presents The Spooky Tavern a three act mystery farce in Boyce Parish Hall tomorrow night at 8. Cast includes Lon Hacker Kathleen Yowell Lucy Hacker and Joyce Wingate with a list of supporting players. Reserved seats sold at Gardner's Pharmacy Boyce or through Miss Betty Robertson Berryville.
Dr and Mrs Randolph Shields of Taiwan announce Evy Tucker Shields engaged to Dr MacClellan Fellows of Shanghai formerly of Detroit. They plan to visit next month. Mrs George Whitacre celebrated 77th birthday at a family dinner with many relatives and friends. An engagement of Miss Graceille McCarty to Dovell Renner is announced. Virginia Moseley from Bowling Green attended events and travels to Dartmouth and New York City for weekend plans.
A sequence of formal gatherings honors Aud rey Cain on her 18th birthday with dancing and refreshments. Guests include Misses Jessie Fanning Rita Milburn Louise Ensogna Marjorie LaFollette and others from Front Royal Martinsburg and beyond. Attendees also note visits from J Ralph Forrester of Washington and Mrs B O F Randolph's return from Memorial Hospital.
Advice about shaking Hanae with a light touch, greeting guests at weddings, and congratulating the couple. The bridegroom receives best wishes, while a valentine to the wife is appropriate and may be a card candy or flowers.
Mrs. Johns Miller recovers from two weeks of influenza and shows great improvement. Mrs. Edward Peer, homebound on Gray Avenue for three weeks, is better. Mrs. Marion Anderson remains ill with flu at Clifford Street home. Mr. Samuel Grubbs of Valley Avenue was admitted to Memorial Hospital Tuesday for an operation.
Dan Wright Jr will address the regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Civic League at the George Washington Hotel with lunch at 12 45 and talk at 1 30 on today’s European situation. Mrs Russell Cather chairs the luncheon and invites attendees to contact her by 9 tomorrow morning.
Grace Warden Parkins of Augusta county sells two thirds of the Harry C. Warden farm near Berryville to M. W. Jones Jr. The Bank of Clarke County holds the remaining third. The purchase price is not disclosed. The farm spans 284 acres.
Boston reports firming prices for fine wools from South America South Africa and Australia due to tight shipping space with little domestic interest. The piece notes South American imports and forthcoming arrivals drive the market while small domestic lots are scarce. It also includes a brief trivia about the origin of the term juke box mentioning theories about the word jook and Julius Juke.
An article urges deep breathing and proper posture to strengthen chest muscles, improve lung function, and enhance appearance. It provides basic exercises to correct shallow breathing and notes skin irritation from washing products, recommending zinc oxide ointment and gauze for open wounds.
Roanoke ministers joined a state wide ABC board hearing opposing liquor sales in Roanoke city and county. Officials present included Hunter Miller and Wade M Miles with local police chief Maj James I Ingoldsby and Commonwealth's Attorney R S Smith. Church leaders urged protection of youth and residential areas citing moral concerns and a legal challenge to the licensees' business.
Kiwanis Club luncheon featured two reels of sanitary plumbing by B Y Kinzey of Richmond. L I Miller presided. program arranged by Dr R H Kerlin. Burns Huyett of Charles Town visited. Sam C Brooks won an attendance prize from Andrew Bell. Motion to waive next week for February 14 Co OC banquet. Funds approved to buy raincoat for a safety patrol boy and to sponsor the National Guardsmen banquet. President Miller to present at the banquet.
Berryville Virginia February 6 Mr and Mrs George P Greenhalgh will entertain at luncheon tomorrow in honor of Elizabeth Love and Elliott Nugent both cast members and Nugent co author of The Male Animal now on stage in Washington DC. Other guests included Miss Margaret Della Meade and a party from Washington Baltimore Winchester and Charlottesville with several social visits and gatherings noted at Edgewood and Boulder Crest during the week.
Miss Annie B. C. Moore leaves Madison Wisconsin where she stayed with her mother in law and sister Mrs Eric Miller to visit Cumberland Maryland with Mr and Mrs William B Starmaker. She plans to return home by the end of next week.
Capt. John B. Neill Jr. of the U S M C R has been stationed in Washington for three months. This week he was joined by Mrs. Neill and their two children Miss Jean Elizabeth and John B. Neill III.
A meeting at the Berryville courthouse at 7.30 tonight will organize a protective force to serve while the National Guard trains. Capt. Frank M. Wray leads a 60 member unit with a captain and two lieutenants. Eligibility is 18 to 45 years old.
Harry T. Cook of the Col James H Baker Camp Span ish War Veterans announced that Judge Philip Williams C Vernon Eddy and W W Glass were named judges for an essay contest run by the Handley school on the Spanish American War. Essays are limited to 1000 words and winners will attend a veterans banquet at the George Washington Hotel on July 7.
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