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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1940

Page

8

Whitley Announces Engagement to Arthur Field Jr

Mr and Mrs L L H Whitley of Windsor Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Sarah Eloise Whitley to Arthur Maxwell Field Jr of Memphis Tennessee now of Winchester. Miss Whitley teaches at Worsham Virginia high school and Mr Field is a University of Virginia student and Hampden Sydney College honor graduate class of 1939. His father served as former city manager of Winchester. No wedding plans have been made.

L L. H. Whitley Windsor Sarah Eloise Whitley Arthur Maxwell Field Memphis

G. A. A. To Hold Benefit Card Party

The Girls Athletic Association plans a benefit card party at the Elks Club on Thursday at 8 PM January 16. Reservations can be made by calling Mrs J B Shocker at 1347 or Mrs James R Snider at 1045-7.

The Girls Athletic Association Elks Club J.B Shocker James R. Snider

Local Society Notes Highlight Visits and Birth

Mrs Elmer Norris hosted a gathering on Gray Avenue honoring her mother Mrs Martha Barnhart of Cumberland Maryland who received a gift. Guests included Mrs Will Hiett Mrs Vernon Shade and others. Admiral Lows M Nulton and wife returned from an extended Ohio Kentucky trip and boys in Cleveland and Maysville. Harry K Benham and Anne Brooke Kern welcome a son at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Hugh Crisman spent weekend at home while attending the University of Richmond.

Elmer Norris Gray Avenue Martha Barnhart Cumberland Barnhart Will Hiett Vernon Shade Coffman James Cather Arthur Stotler Holmes Ritter Evelyn Anna Mary Effen Nulton Lows M. Nulton Ohio Kentucky North Loudoun Street Dean D. Francis Cleveland Meice I. Browning Maysville Harry Benham Harry K. Benham South Stewart Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Benham Anne Brooke Kern Harry R. Kern

Births and Travels Highlight Winchester Area Notices

Congratulations pour in for Mr. and Mrs. Preston Trite on a daughter born at Winchester Memorial Hospital in Gore. Various residents welcome newborns and share travel and illness updates, including Mrs. Mary Triplett and others traveling to Florida, and residents visiting family in Baltimore and Texas.

Preston Trite Winchester Memorial Hospital Gore

Girl Scout Rally Report Highlights Local Event

Mrs. Massey described the Martinsburg grand Girl Scout rally and thanked Winchester troop leaders. Miss Frances Lee from National headquarters impressed attendees, with plans to bring her to town in late spring. Milk donations to the Red Cross and Christmas charity efforts were praised.

Mrs. Massey Girl Scout Council J. A. Richard William P. Massey Martinsburg Winchester Frances Lee National Headquarters Girl Scouts Red Cross

Frederick County Will Books Index Details’s Evolution and War Impacts

Frederick County clerk records 1743 to 1916 indexed by Frederick Griffith. The 50 wills books average 500 pages with 25 480 instruments, including guardianship and trust accounts. War removals near Luray caused sequence gaps. longest will dates to 1745 and shortest to 1863.

Frederick County Luray Griffith Charles M. Cott Company Marquis Marcus Marks Roughenhaver Copenhaver Tarflinger Derflinger Poker Bucher Boogher Laubinger Lavender Kline Klyne Cline Clyne du Mas Demoss Deman du Maurier Demaryea Jacques Jack D’aubigne Dobinny Dobbin McGown McCowen McAllister McCallister Hultz Wood Fogle Bird Swartz Black Zimmerman Carpenter Robert T. Baldwin Middletown

Circles Meet Tomorrow Night Across Market Street Areas

The Market Streets Circles of the Methodist church and Centenary Evangelical group plan meetings. Circle 1 led by Mrs. Melvin Lewis at 721 Woodland Ave. Circle 2 led by Mrs. Austin Sloat at 621 S Stewart St. Circle 3 led by Mrs. John Kern at 125 S Cameron St. Circle 4 led by Mrs. William Argenbright at 324 E Piccadilly St. Centenary Circle 1 meets at Mrs. Robert M. Grim's home, 392 Millwood Ave, at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday.

Braddock Street Methodist Church H. Clay Manuel James H.*myers Handley Avenue Market Streets Market Street Methodist Echugeh Doman's Auxiliary Melvin Lewis Woodland Avenue Austin Sloat South Stewart Street John Kern South Cameron Street William Argenbright East Piccadilly Street Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church Robert M. Grim Millwood Avenue

Modern Etiquette Advice on Hats and Social Calls

In elevators a well bred man removes his hat in hotel or apartment building rides but may keep it on in office or department store elevators. Do not discuss unpleasant topics at table or elsewhere as back fence gossip. A woman may invite a man to call, not solely wait for his suggestion.

Wills and Related Instruments Indexed for 174 Years

A newly prepared index by the office gathers for the first time an accurate and complete catalog of all wills and related instruments recorded since the office’s establishment over 174 years. R. E. Griffith Sr signs the submission.

R. E. Griffith

Britain Says Safety Zone Not Enforceable

British sources say the 21 American republics safety zone around the Americas is unenforceable under international law. Britain sent a note to the Panama government for presentation to the Pan American neutrality committee. Replies to US protests on mail diversion and contraband control points are expected soon.

London Great Britain Panama Permanent Pan American Neutrality Committee United States Americas Uruguay Graf Spee Britain France Germany

Funeral Held For Tragedy Victims At Green Hill Cemetery

Funeral services were held today for tragedy victims at Green Hill Cemetery. The Rev Van Der Linden officiated in place of the ill local pastor Rev Lloyd A Parker. Pallbearers for Mrs Oiler were Athur Herbert Lynwood Randolph Brown Earl Thompson all of Clarke and Leonard Larrick of Washington DC. Mr Oiler was accompanied by pallbearers Benjamin Crampton Walter Rutherford Troy Thompson Preston Kercheval Joshua Hough and Tuck Fuller.

Green Hill van der Linden Boyce Lloyd A. Parker Oiler Athur Herbert Lynwood Randolph Brown Earl Thompson Clarke Leonard Larrick Washington, D. C Benjamin Crampton Walter Rutherford Troy Thompson Preston Kercheval Joshua Hough Tuck Fuller

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