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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1935
Page
5
The Stephens City column records birthday parties, family visits, illnesses, and social gatherings. Highlights include Janice Bucher turning eleven, shifts in visits between Stephens City, Weyers Cave, Staunton, and Martinsburg, and various church group events attended by local families.
Miss Mollie Lindamood returned to Winchester after holidays with sisters Miss Nina Lindamood accompanied her for Christmas Miss Edith Boyce Mine Bank visits sister Mrs Carl McDonald Mr W H Wisecarver lost a horse Tuesday night and Mr Charles Pingley lost his mule named old Jack the same night
In Minnie Wood Chapel Virginia on January 5 neighbors recount a Sunday School Christmas program followed by candy oranges and small gifts for attendance. Local leaders O P Hamilton Berryville praised for work. Santa visited and benediction closed. New Year’s Eve party at H J Hardesty home included many relatives with games and refreshments.
Local news from Hogue Creek Virginia lists residents visiting relatives in Lenore Cumberland Md Baltimore Md and Martinsburg W Va. Names include Ollie Clowser Frances Larrick Mildred McCormick and Laura Orndoff with several Larricks and Orn doff family members mentioned.
The Rev Thomas Morgan of the Brucetown charge plans a series of evangelistic services starting January 6 at 7 30 in the Stephenson Church with invitation to all. Local social and family updates follow including visitors and Christmas gatherings among residents. The Stephenson Social Club meets January 9 at 1 45 at the home of Mrs H P Boyce with officers to be elected.
A social note records Christmas Day visits at the Buckner family residence near Berryville with Mr and Mrs F M Buckner hosting relatives and friends.
Oranda resident Mr. M. M. Orndorff and Mrs. Orndorff joined Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Jackson of Winchester for dinner with Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Stickley. John Saum remains ill with little improvement. Many local youths work in Washington and spent Christmas nearby. Alfred Beaver bought land at Walnut Spring Church corner and started building. Bailey and Mae Hausenfinck from Washington holidayed with J. F. Hausenfluck family.
Bracetown Virginia reports Jack McAboy entertained friends for his thirteenth birthday. Local residents and relatives from Martinsburg and White Hall visited family gatherings and Christmas Day meals. Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Paule of St. Louis were held at Brucetown Church with Rev. Thomas Morgan officiating. she was a former Brucetown resident.
Refuge, Va. Mrs. Clare Keller and two children returned home after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bowman for several days. Mrs. Charles Bray visited Miss Julia Grim and Mr. Isaac Grim. Jimmie Bowman stayed with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. James Orn. Elizabeth Ridenour's grandchildren gathered to chop and haul wood Thursday. Cold and grippe affect many in the community. Ethel Bray visited Thursday with Misses Gladys and Virgie Orndoff.
Rev L B Williamson of War densville West Virginia preached at Fairview from the first Sunday evening to the third Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock with services continuing at that time until further notice Mrs Jennie Peacemaker and three children of Martinsburg visited Mr and Mrs W W Hicks Tuesday Mrs R W McKee and two children Wanda and Margel spent time with Mr and Mrs Powers at Paw Paw West Virginia Mrs W B Whitlock who had been ailing is not as well for several days Mr W Hicks and Mr Delbert White spent Monday in Winchester on business
The column lists visitors and residents from Boyce and nearby towns. It notes travel between Boston Washington Albany Berryville Winchester Staunton and Richmond with many local families hosting and greeting relatives during Christmas and New Year. Several individuals return to colleges, hospitals report improvements and local social events are described.
The article notes certain eastern Asian tree snakes with head shapes elongated into lanceolate forms and grotesque patterns. A long bifurcated tongue rapidly flicks, continuing the head markings and creating a startling telescoped facial impression.
Water with meals helps stomach juices and digestion. A spoonful of Adlerika cleanses poisons and washes both upper and lower bowels. Baker's Drug Store in Stephens City by Steele and Brother druggists advertises this remedy.
The notice promotes a Marian Martin pattern with a slender front panel, three-quarter sleeves, and a pleated skirt in turquoise rust or green. Sizes 12 through 40 available. fabric 39 inches wide requires 3 ¾ yards for size 16. Send fifteen cents per pattern plus write size and style clearly. pattern and book together cost twenty five cents. Patterns and book available from The Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department.
A local town psychologist reports most stutterers are slender, with five percent of cases among asthenic individuals. The finding suggests a correlation between speech fluency and body type in his patient sample.
An essay notes Bermuda’s 1834 emancipation act freed slaves, yet present residents cling to a belief that Lincoln, via the Civil War, caused their freedom. The piece also discusses England’s historic policy of capital punishment by self harm as a deterrent, per E. M. Million in Collier’s Weekly.
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