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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1936

Page

3

Phi Kappa Phi honors 1936 Virginia Tech senior Dennie Hayley

Dennie Hayley of this city is among 32 Virginia Tech seniors invited to join Phi Kappa Phi for high scholarly attainment. The society grants a $500 scholarship for graduate study and admits at most one eighth of the class based on a quality average. The senior class size and April elections may yield further eligible members.

Denis Hayley Phi Kappa Phi Dennie Hayley J. P. Hayley Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg United States

McKinley O E S Holds Annual Benefit Card Party

McKinley Chapter No 19 Order of the Eastern Star held its annual benefit card party at the George Washington Hotel with thirty five couples playing. Prizes went to top finishers in Contract and Auction Bridge Five Hundred and Setback for both ladies and men. A door prize permanent wave was won by Mrs J W Morrow.

McKinley Order of the Eastern Star George Washington Hotel R. G. Hengeveld Robert Deckart John P. Allen Alfred Chapman

Entertainment Plans By Girl Athletes

At a Girls Athletic Association meeting in a Piccadilly street club room plans for a summer social on Thursday February 18 were discussed. Miss Marie Fries will host with Mrs. Robert Rea and a committee including Mrs. A Mirkle Mrs. Robert Hoekman Miss Virginia Sool and Miss Vences Trimble. After supper guests may play cards monopoly or other games. Opal Robinson presided and reports note active committees and a successful ticket sale for the film Dangerous. Tap dancing class plans are tentative awaiting details. Also noted is Mrs Douglas Crocker traveling via Pinehurst NC to join a South America cruise with Mrs. Frank W. Christian and Mrs. Robert Randolph of Boyce.

Girls’ Athletic Association Piccadilly Street Marie Fries Robert Rea A. Mirkle Robert Hoekman Mires Virginia Sool Vonces Trimble Opal Robinson South America Douglas Crocker Pinehurst N. C Myr Herbert Claiborne Fitchburg Mass Crocker Isabel Carter Thomas Nelson Carter Richmond Polkwhatan Clarke County Carter Frank W. Christian New York Robert Randolph Boyce Richmond Times-Dispatch

Clare Tree Major Players Bring Heidi to Winchester

The Clare Tree Major Players of New York present Heidi by Johanna Spyri in the Handley High School auditorium at 2 30 p m on Friday February 14. The show follows Heidi in the Alps with her grandfather and goats as Winchester audiences enjoy a children’s stage production new to the area. The event accompanies a Braddock Street Methodist class devotional program led by Mrs Hubert Sydenstricker with a vocal solo by Mrs Walter Shade and a lesson by Mrs J H Light.

Wanderer Little Theatre Heidi Johanna Spyri Winchester Clare Tree Major Players New York Little Theatre Alps Handley High School Margaret Collins Denny Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Hubert Sydenstricker Walter Shade J. H. Light

Elizabeth Myers Soprano To Sing For Concert Association

Elizabeth Myers eminent lyric soprano will headline a Concert Association presentation, expected to be a season highlight. The Lebanon Valley College group will conduct services at United Brethren Church in Lykens under Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton, directing a Young People’s Bible Class.

Elizabeth Myers The Concert Association Miss Myers America Lebanon Valley College United Brethren Church Lykens Sarah Margaret Lupton Si Life Work Colege

Miss Lupton Returns To Lebanon Valley College

Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton resumes her senior year at Lebanon Valley College Annville Pa after a vacation in Harrisburg with roommate Miss Esther Flom. She plans to graduate in June. Mrs Deming and Mrs Burr of Hartford Conn hosted visits and a supper with bridge in their honor. Mrs Steck remains critically ill after a blood transfusion at Memorial Hospital. Mr J Pinckney Arthur supplied the blood after tests. Walter H Bosserman Jr returned home from a trip to Norfolk.

Sarah Margaret Lupton Lebanon Valley College Annville Harrisburg Esther Flom Lupton Deming Burr Hartford Conn R. E. Byrd Florida John Michael Steck, Jr Memorial Hospital J. Pinckney Arthur Steck Walter H. Bosserman, Jr Norfolk

Home economics instructors meet in Stephens City

Frederick Clarke Shenandoah and Page county teachers gather at Stephens City High School cottage Saturday February 15 to discuss work under the new state curricula led by Martha Creighton Richmond state supervisor of home economics. Lunch served at noon by Stephens City pupils supervised by Mrs C C Rhodes. About 19 teachers attend.

Frederick, Clarke Shenandoah Page Stephens City High School Martha Creighton Richmond C. C. Rhodes Stephens City

John Kerr Virginia Avenue Honor Students Named

The honor roll for John Kerr and Virginia Avenue schools lists students across grades I through V. Named are numerous students such as Anne Copeanaved, Leen Grim, Betty Hurst, Patricia Stephenson, Peggy Gladay, Barbara Hough, Jane Grove, Courtney Pappas, and Billy Pappas among others with a second grade cohort including Woody Baker, Bobby Edwards, Pershing Hill, Bryan Minnigerode, and Donald Sartelle, plus third and fifth grade names such as Charles Bush, Paul Carper, Frank Butsler, and Tevious Bailey in the reported roster.

John Kerr Virginia Avenue Anne Copeanaved Colleen Grim Betty June Hurst Patricia Stephenson Peggy Goladay Barbara Ann Hough Jane Grove Courtney Pappas Billie Jean Smith Jane Schneider George Fries Reynolds Legue Richard Owens Wendell Seldon Marshall Novick Billy Pappas Ralph Sandlin Jack Lillis Thomas Netherton Louis Patton Gibson White Geraldine Brown Betty Kerns Margit McFarland Ann Beverley Wright Woody Baker Bobby Edwards Pershing Hill Bryan Minnigerode Donald Sartelle Jimmy Saxe Charles Sheetz George Snarr James Taylor Martha Clay Arnold Anna Bailey Barbara Bond Nancy Butler Massie Hawthorne Helen Kaknis Ellen Largent Jamey Lupton Armetha Oates Patsy Ritter Mary Sencindiver Retha Shirkey Linette Spice

Mrs. Ian MacCallum Recovering From Scarlet Fever

Mrs. Ian MacCallum, confined to Sydenham Hospital Baltimore for ten days with scarlet fever, is reported improving. She will remain about two weeks more. Illness began during a visit to her father in Elkridge Maryland. Her two sons stay with their grandfather, an architect employed by the government, who is arriving this evening for the weekend on business.

Ian MacCallum Sydenham Hospital Baltimore Mr. MacCallum

Mrs. Sydenstricker to Teach Church Class This Sunday

Mrs Hubert Sydenstricker wife of the Rev Dr Sydenstricker pastor of Braddock Street M E Church will teach the Young Christians Class on Sunday morning. The subject is Jesus Insists on Righteousness with a 100 percent attendance urged. Visitors welcome.

Hubert Sydenstricker Sydenstricker Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church South Jesus

Mrs Talliaferro Reaches City to Visit Critically Ill Daughter

Mrs. Harry T. Talliaferro arrived today over the Pennsylvania Railroad via Martinsburg West Virginia from White Plains New York to be with her daughter Mrs. J M Steck Jr who is critically ill in Memorial Hospital. Steck was reported this afternoon to be showing slight improvement.

Harry T. Talliaferro Pennsylvania Railroad Martinsburg W. Va White Plains N. Y J. M. Steck, Jr Memorial Hospital Steck

Duluth Denies Being Coldest Spot in Nation

Public indignation rose as Duluth officials protested to Cincinnati radio station WSW over a report calling the city one of the coldest spots. The chamber said the temperature was 34 below zero, not 55 below as broadcast.

Duluth Minn Chamber of Commerce Cincinnati Radio WSW Charaber

Winter Deepens in Rock Enon Springs West Virginia

Real Winter reports heavy snowfall in Rock Enon Springs with about 20 inches on the level and ice 15 inches thick. Authorities note this is the coldest winter since 1912, as more snow continues to fall and blanket the area.

Rock Enon Springs W. Va

Northeastern Storm Warning Issued for Atlantic Coast

The Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory at 9 am warning of a moderate disturbance near Cape Hatteras moving north northeast with increasing intensity. Strong northeast winds and gales with rain and snow expected today, shifting to north tonight from Boston to Virginia Capes.

Boston Virginia Capes Cape Hatteras

Cardinal Sincero Dies in Rome Conclave Circle

Cardinal Luigi Sincero, secretary of the Rome conclave, died today at age 4 years after paralysis struck a week ago. Pope Pius sent a special benediction as the funeral plans were discussed.

Rome Luigi Cardinal Sincero Cardinal Sincero Pius

Shell Reveals Fortune In Alsace Attic Discovery

Workmen repairing an attic in Haguenau, Alsace, found a fully loaded shell containing gold coins worth 13500 dollars, formerly a martial savings box of a deceased owner. Authorities seek heirs and custody of the fortune.

Haguenau Alsace

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