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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1939

Page

8

Calendar of Community Group Meetings This Week

Calendar of events lists Braddock Street Missionary Society Rotary Sunshine Club and church groups. Activities include weekly garden club gathering at Fairmont avenue home and Grace Lutheran Woman's Auxiliary annual meeting. Choir rehearsal at Christ Episcopal Church and Civic League and Junior Century Club meetings are also scheduled this week.

Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Sunshine Club Braddock Street M. E John I. Sloat Loudoun Street Christ Episcopal Church Woman's Civic League Junior Century Club Virginia Boyd Fairmont Avenue Grace Woman's Group Woman's Auxiliary Grace Lutheran Church Jennie Green

New Year Dinner Hosted by Adams Family at Gainesboro Home

Mr and Mrs Merlin Adams entertained relatives and friends at a New Year’s Day dinner at their Gainesboro area home. The event featured a tempting turkey meal and guests included the Parish and Adams families from Gore Gainesboro Washington DC Boyce Winchester and Randolph Macon. Also mentioned are Mrs Fred Rathman’s hospital discharge and husband’s improving condition as well as local club and church notices and a student returning to Lynchburg Virginia after Christmas.

Merlin Adams Gainesboro Adams Charles Parish Charles Parish, Jr Delwin Parish Margaret Parish Gore Charles Adams Wilda Adams Holbert Berryhill Holbert, Jr Peggy Washington, D. C Statton Orndorff Dorothy Bobby Shirley Boyce

Brooks Pharmacy ad for indigestion powder

An anti acid powder for relief of indigestion and gastric acidity. Generous size bottle 50c. Free sample with this ad. Brooks Pharmacy phone 766.

Brooks’ Pharmacy

Open House at Boydville Martinsburg W Va

Martinsburg hosts an informal open house at Boydville with Mr and Mrs Charles J Faulkner Jr and Mrs 8S R Snodgrass hosting guests from Winchester and nearby towns. Attendees include Mrs R E Byrd Dr and Mrs Hunter McGuire and others. Simms formerly private secretary to Sen Charles J Faulkner.

Charles J. Faulkner, Jr R. Snodgrass Boydville Martinsburg W. Va Winchester R. E. Byrd Hunter McGuire Harry Russell Lewis Hyde Fred Glaize Philip Boyd H. D. Puller George Smith A. C. Carson Carolyn Riverton Harry Byrd Beverley Hal Flood Rolling Flood Conrad Simms Basil Cooper Washington Philip Cooper Lebanon Simms Charles J. Faulkner

Mrs Passucci Improves After Memorial Hospital Operation

Mrs Rosie Passucci wife of Carmine Passucci of East Leicester street underwent a serious operation Monday at Memorial Hospital and is reported improving as expected. Her condition is considered favorable. Mrs Nora Carlile returned home on North Braddock Street after spending Christmas with Mr and Mrs Strother Serman.

Fred Rathman East Monmouth Street Memorial Hospital Mr. Rathman Passucci Rosie Passucci Carmine Passucci East Leicester Street Friends Nora Carlile North Braddock Street Mrs. Strother Serman

Modern Etiquette Q A: How to handle unknown names and gifts

A reader asks how to introduce someone when the name is forgotten and a friend arrives. Advice suggests a brief apology and name recall. Gift timing for weddings should be ten days to two weeks before the ceremony to allow acknowledgments. A speaker at a daytime event should wear street clothes and a hat.

Hart Family Hosts Birthday Dinner for Harvey Hart

A dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Hart on Apple Pie Ridge honored Harvey M. Hart on his 39th birthday. Guests included extended Hart families from Winchester and Darkesville plus relatives from Charles Town and Nineveh Virginia.

James Hart Apple Pie Ridge Harvey M. Hart James Hart, Jr Howard Hart Hammond Hart Russell Haymaker Arthur Haymaker Winchester Harvey Hart Darkesville O. A. Bradenburg Charles 'Town W. Va

Chicago Teens Clinch National Indoor Tennis Titles

Jimmy Evert of Chicago defeats Gardner Larned to win the boys' title at the national indoor championships in New York City. Evert shares a victory kiss with Jean O Connell after the win.

Jimmy Evert Chicago Ill Tiny Jean O'Connell New York City Evert Gardner Larned

U S Flyer Dies in China Crash with Chiang Pilot

Pictured is Jack A. Johnson, personal pilot of General Chiang Kai Shek, whose body and that of three companions were found in a crashed plane twenty miles from Kunming, China. Johnson was an American from Lafayette Indiana.

Jack A. Johnson Chiang Kai Shek Kunming China Johnson Lafayette Indiana

Visitors in Baltimore Guests of Friends Spend Month

Dr and Mrs Hugh Clark stay in Baltimore as guests of friends and plan to return to Winchester about February 1. Mr and Mrs Edwin Haines of this city dined with Dr and Mrs E W Miller on North Braddock street New Year s day. Mr Carl Campbell convalesces at home after tonsil removal operation yesterday morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital.

Arthur Dunlaps Arthur Dunlap Winchester Memorial Hospital Dunlap Margaret Evans Mr. Dulap Walter Pinckett Baltimore, Md R. E. Byrd Hugh Clark Baltimore Winchester Edwin Haines City E. W. Miller North Braddock Street New Year's Day Carl Campbell

Insurgents Capture Artesa Catalonia Key Town in Offensive

insurgent columns captured Artesa, a 2700-person town 65 miles from Barcelona, giving control over three major highways. Urgel and Maestrazgo forces joined northwest and west sectors as government defenses faced heavy fire and a central pocket east of the Segre river was reduced.

Hendaye France Artesa Catalonia Barcelona Urgel Maestrazgo

Rites Set For Clara Funkhouser At Woodstock

Funeral services for Clara Belle Funkhouser 48 who died of pneumonia at 610 South Loudoun Street will be held Thursday at 2 PM at Wesley Chapel M E Church South near Woodstock. The Rev George Lightner will conduct with the Rev C H Anderson officiating. Pallbearers include Robert Grim S P Tanen P M Lockhart Thomas Clark D M Kater and John Jay. She was born November 3 1891 in Edinburg Shenandoah County and survived by two daughters Hazel and Irene F Kelter two sons Raymond and Stanley and four brothers and three sisters.

Clara Belle Funkhouser South Loudoun Street Wesley Chapel M. E. Church Woodstock George Lightner C. H. Anderson Robert Grim S. P. Tanen P. M. Lockhart Thomas Clark D. M. Kater John Jay

Byrd To Address Maryland Growers

The Maryland State Horticultural Society opened its winter sessions in Frederick with Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia as principal speaker at a banquet this evening at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The meeting runs through Thursday.

Frederick Maryland State Horticultural Society Harry F. Byrd Virginia Francis Scott Key

Enumerators aided by educators in Philippine census

In the Philippine Islands two groups work on the census count. Enumerators tally residents while educators preface the process by visiting natives to reassure them that census takers are not tax collectors.

Manila Philippine Islands

Heat Deaths at Klondike Prison Hunger Strike

Craven and Tuddy refused to turn on heat as prisoners in a brick Klondike facility endured a hunger strike over a monotone diet. Scores were hospitalized after keepers testified inmates were baked by steam radiators. four died of heat stroke amid agonized pleas and stripped clothing.

Klondike Craven

Berryville Social Notes Highlight New Year Gatherings

Berryville and Clarke County residents share updates from New Year parties and visits. Guests come from Winchester Millwood Clarks Town Leesburg and King George. Local families host trips to Richmond Decatur and Florida with university returns noted.

Local Social Notes From Clarke and Surrounding Areas

Miss Charlotte Young returns to Fairfax Virginia after visiting Miss Branch Grove. Miss Mary O Falling leaves for St Louis Missouri to join her parents. Polly Winslow of Millwood stays with the Randolphs for the winter. Willard Bauer family of Aiken South Carolina visit Arlington Virginia then. Joseph F Moore Jr resumes studies at the University of Texas after Christmas with his parents in Austin.

Charlotte Young Fairfax, Va Mary O'Fallon Percy Randolph St. Louis Missouri Howard O'Fallon Polly Winslow Millwood Willard Bauer Sarah Jane Aiken S. C S. B. Crown Joseph F. Moore, Jr Austin Tex University of Texas Joseph F. Moore, Sr

Hampden Sydney Visitors Return After Holiday Break

Mr Craighill Burks and Mr Beverley Whiting returned to Hampden Sydney College on Monday afternoon with Mr Edward Devis of Richmond as their guest. Mrs Herbert Whiting and her companions then returned to Berryville on Tuesday. The Greenhalghs hosted a late New Year party for neighbors, with their son George Greenhalgh Jr and Billy Greenhalgh and Miss Libby of Toledo, Ohio visiting. Betty Robertson and Mary Frances Dix plan to attend Farmville State Teachers College after holidays. George Kackley has returned to Kentucky, while his father Judge Lorine Loring Kackley notes their son is a student at Western College in Bowling Green.

Bessie Cooper Clara Burner South Washington Street W. H. Lamp Holmes Rosenberger Elaine Joy Roe Anna Smithey Roy Lamp Katherine Newcome Edison Fawcett Gladys Emily Billy Russell Newcome Burner J. A. Perry Canterbury John Hartley Refuge James Hartley Medricks Ferrebee Nineveh Stuart Perry Rileysville Mary Perry Ben Derflinger George Grim Louis Perry Elethia Jones Violet Pearl Ruth Hartley Betty Ferreby Ethel Hartley Leslie Perry Thornton Clayton Asa Shanholtz Maynard Shanholtz Winchester Jane Bickers Betty Riley West Piccadilly Street Fredericksburg Josephine Ebersole Washington William K. Routt, Jr Waynesboro Louis H. Grimm West Clifford Street Ralph N. Dorsey Meade Dorsey University of Virginia University Charles Tucker Kenneth McAfee Harold Potts W. S. Dix William Dix, Jr Rome Dixes Florida Craighill Burks Beverley Whiting Hampden Sydney College Burks Edward Devis Richmond Herbert Whiting Berryville George Greenhalgh Greenhalghs Geore, Greenhalgh, Jr Billy Ghalgh Betty Robertson Mary Frances Dix Farmville State Teachers’ College George Kackley Kentucky Mr. Kackley Lorine Loring Kackley Western College Bowling Gree

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Braddock Street Missionary Society Mr. and Mrs. Adams Modern Woodmen Modern Woodmen of America Odd Fellows’ Hall Order Norma June Richards Randolph-Macon Woman's College Lynchburg W. M. Richards Angerona Terrace Bisma - Rex Wilmer F. Shayouck Alecia Beauty Salon Haldeman Mrs. Cooper Tees W. M. Teeds Lee Clevenger Will Clevenger Weedon Cochran T. S. Cochran Lee Orndorff Bertha Ashwood Meredith Martha Richard Grover Teets Grover, Jr Marshall Bettie Lou Middletown W. P. A. Community Chorus Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Peter Y. Brinton Junior Luther League Lutheran Church of Our Saviour A. C. Ridings Fairview Avenue Eleanor Crisman Helen Crisman Kenteh Rubin Conley Trenary Jack Weatherholtz Betty Jean Trenary Kelly Estes Jane Jenkins Lula Marple Sonny”Marple Joyce, Ridings Geraldine Hockensmith Denis Wingfield Betty Landacre Christie Landacre Grants Nelson Mildred Smith Juanita Weatherholtz Ann Weatherholt Janet Jenkins Jack Jenkins Margaret Marple Philip Jenkins Douglas Cain George Ridings Kenneth Wingfield Virginia Hockensmith Rubin Henry Schenider W. B. Snider & Son Howard L. James Piccadilly Ewing Studio W. Monmouth St Roberta Lee Mrs. Hart Son Girl’s Athletic Association North Washington Street Edgar Cornell Bennie Jones, Jr Keyser William Cornell Lions Club Mary Margaret Truitt Mt. Vernon Seminary Walter H. Bosserman, Jr A. J. Tavenner Sally Tavenner County John A. Kern Ellensburg Wash William R. Willis South Cameron Street Loudoun St Mme Margherita Sarfatti Benito Mussolini Italy Paris Champ U. S Paradise Cakes Underwood N. Loudoun St Jara Belle Funkhouser Edinburg Byrd Maryland Berryville and Clarke County Society News J. M. H. Clagett Clarks Town Leesburg William Clagett Hobson McGhee Morton C. Mumma McGhee E. P. Vaughn Mr. Vaughn Union Theological Seminary Vaughn Decatur Rev. Vaughn Presbyterian Church Bobby and Paul von Beck Elliott Marshall Front Royal D. G. Cooley Broaddus Elsea Arlington, Va Alberta Elsea John Guy Bentonsville, Va Florence and Lula Shepherd S. A. Beyland Bob Beyland King George, Va Tom Iden Ashland Randolph-Macon College C. H. Iden Lower Garland Williams Margaretta Whiting Joel D. Griffing Harold Brown Fr. Churchill Jones Peggy Moore Stalnaker Annie Moore Anne Williams Stalnaker Bryn Mawr, Pa Bryn Mawr College Huntsberry U.S Commercial & Savings the Commercial & Savings Bank Charles R. Anderson Howell M. Bond Fred S. Boyd George H. Eagle Joseph H. Funkhouser E. A.jhumston Philip Klompus H. S. Larrick J. Henry Moling, SR Charles A. Pine H. C. Sheet, R. Bruce Slonaker Winchester Business College North Loudoun St Sunshine Cleaners E. Piccadilly St United Hamburger’s Colonial Beauty Cameron & Piccadilly
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