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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
8
Announcement of Miss Virginia Noel Lupton engagement to Leonard W. Riley of Roanoke with stated parents and addresses. No wedding date set.
Channing K. Jacques an engraver and social figure filed for divorce citing a diary he says records his wife's misconduct. Mrs. Jacques seeks separation and counterclaims his diary is a plagiarized copy of hers.
Announcement of the marriage of Mary Jane McDonald daughter of Mr and Mrs James McDonald to Louis Wender a Winchester merchant. The ceremony took place yesterday at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration New York City with few attendants and a reception at Hotel Pennsylvania. They will reside at 112 North Washington Street after March 15.
Lieut and Mrs George P Koch announce the birth of a son in a Panama Canal Zone hospital on January 1. Mrs Koch, formerly Virginia Bredenburgh of South Washington Street, has one other son. Koch, with the U S Naval Air Corps, is a Maryland native.
Informal etiquette guidance covers calling a friend to confirm arrival at home. Local notices report births, personnel moves, hospital updates, travel plans, and social visits involving residents of Roanoke, Towson, Lynchburg, and nearby towns with multiple named individuals and family connections.
Mrs Valley V Brewer, long seriously ill with pneumonia, has shown improvement while staying at her residence with her daughter Mrs Virgil Prince on Valley Avenue.
The Men's Fellowship Club of the First Baptist Church will not meet tomorrow evening. Instead a dinner meeting is scheduled for Friday evening March 1 in the church social rooms. The club has about 150 members. Mr Van Camp of Miles Music Company will lead the program for the dinner.
An administration poll indicated the Senate would approve continuing the reciprocal trade program by a close margin. The survey, described by Senators Barkley Harrison and Byrnes in administration quarters, showed 49 oppose an amendment, 41 favor it, and 6 undecided.
Helsinki reports that the 1894 and 1895 birth classes, men aged 44 to 46, have been called up for military mobilization. The prior two classes were summoned last week, with 1897 on Wednesday and 1896 on Thursday, followed by 1898 on Saturday.
Madrid dispatches report 23 survivors saved from the 4760-ton Netherlands freighter Tara after she sank off Cape Finisterre following shelling. A lifeboat with 112 crew members remains missing, according to La Coruna dispatches.
Washington report says a bottle of pickles could beat candy for certain girls as Dr S Davidenkov of Leningrad notes inherited intolerance to sweets in some families. He cites pickles bread potatoes cranberries and pickled items as acceptable foods and links this to allergenic theory.
Fifty two Sinclair chickens stolen from near The Plains Sunday night were recovered after police traced them to Washington by wing tattoos. Two men were arrested and jailed in Fauquier on theft charges.
Kalamazoo Michigan February 22 Dr Paul Popenoe sociologist and founder of the Los Angeles Institute of Family Relations described the modern girl as vague inside and out while critiquing contemporary affectional ideas. He warned the family is endangered by flawed romantic notions and called love unscientific for marriage.
Charles K Harris wrote both words and music to several hundred popular songs among the most famous were After the Ball Is Over Break the News to Mother Mid the Green Fields of Virginia Ive a Longing in My Heart Louise and The Old Homestead.
Warenton Va February 22 Dr Raymond B Pinchbeck dean of Richmond College University of Richmond will discuss County Government at Warenton High School February 26 in the Fauquier County Forum series second lecture.
Langley Field Virginia February 22 The 29th heavy bombardment group of the Army Air Corps is conducting intensive training with its four squadrons in preparation for transfer orders to the new base at MacDill Field Florida near Tampa.
Farmville Va February 22 The Artist dance group of Farmville State Teachers College Orchesis will present its annual dance recital tomorrow night in the college auditorium.
Police halted traffic and mobilized ambulances as a precaution while naval experts were summoned to deal with a mine that washed up on a beach just 50 yards from local stores and homes in a southeast coast town.
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