Calendar of Events Highlights Local Social and Civic Notices
Thursday includes chanters gathering at Miss Doris Whitehurst home, church class at Mrs Loring Ritter, G A A card party, R Y C Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel, and a Daughters of Confederacy birthday observance at Mrs Fred Glaize Sr. Also notices on hospital treatment for Judge John Paul, a grand chancellor fracture, a birth, and multiple social visits and upcoming exhibits at Annefield with Billy DeHomans Chestnut paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Whitehurst
Valley Avenue
Kernstown
Methodist Church
Loring Ritter
Elks Club
Braddock and
Piccadilly Streets
R. Y. Conrad Post
George Washington Hotel
R. B. Lee
Turner Ashiby Chapler
Daughters of Confederacy
Fred Glaize
Old Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
When to announce secret weddings etiquette guidance
The article notes there is no fixed time for announcing a secret wedding and that announcements are optional. It also covers hostess duties when no servant is available, advising providing a place for coats, and on how to eat a small dry cake by taking small bites rather than breaking with fingers.
Ills Improve for Winchester Hospital Patient and Local Resident
Mrs. Gilbert Brown has shown some improvement after ten days of illness at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Wesley O. Crisman on South Braddock Street continues to slowly improve after a three month illness at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Carper
Woodland Avenue
Washington, D. C
Gilbert Brown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Wesley O
Crisman
South Braddock Street
Student Concert by Euterpian Club Sunday
On Sunday afternoon January 21 at 3 o'clock the Euterpian Club presents a Student Concert in the Market Street Methodist Church auditorium. Pianist Betty Jo Stretchberry, daughter of Mr and Mrs A J Stretchberry, and violinist Master Bobby Edwards, son of Mr and Mrs Harold R Edwards, will perform. Edwards is a member of Winchester's String Ensemble and has appeared on other public programs. The club plans three Student Concerts and invites public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euterpian Club
Market Street Methodist Church
Betty Jo Stretchberry
A. J. Stretchberry
Bobby Edwards
Harold R. Edwards
Edwards
Winchester
Mc Kinley Chapter 19 Eastern Star Holds Card Party
The regular meeting is moved to 7 o'clock Monday January 22 with a card party to follow at the later hour. Ways and Means members invite the public to attend and remind members to come early to the meeting before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Chapter No
Order of the Eastern Star
Ways and Means Committee
Order
Miss Mildred Tidler Hosts Kernstown Youth Tonight
Miss Mildred Tidler will host the Young People of Kernstown Methodist Church at her home tonight at 7 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Tidler
Kernstown
Braddock Street Circle Plans Meeting Tonight
Circle No 3 of Braddock Street Methodist Church meets at 8 o clock this evening at 420 West Cork Street at the home of Mrs C C Dettra. Miss Berthya Cline is listed among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street
Braddock Street Methodist Church
C. C. Dettra
West
Cork Street
Berthya Cline
Jcadee
Coyote Protects Child Backfires in Rural Incident
A coyote that had been kept as a pet attacked 12 year old Mildred Baynes, biting her legs and threatening her throat. Neighbors intervened and Dan Mills shot the animal to stop the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Baynes
Dan Mills
Bank Closing Notices for Friday January Nineteenth 1940
Banks announce closures for a legal holiday on Friday January 19 1940. Paper maturities due that day may be paid on Saturday January 20 1940. Banks named include Union Bank of Winchester Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Commercial and Savings Bank with their cashiers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
John I. Sloat
Commercial and Savings’ Bank
Baldwins Host Breakfast for Blue Ridge Hunt at Dandridge
Berryville Virginia January 18 Blue Ridge Hunt met at A A Baldwins Dandridge estate and returned to Barnaby Ridge for a breakfast. Next week January 22 the hunt will meet at C T Halls gate and be entertained at Springfield by the Clagett family. Several guests, travels, and health updates follow, including Miss Eva Neville Irwin’s illness and Miss Mary O Fallon departing for St. Louis with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Blue Ridge Hunt
J. M. H. Clagett
A. Mackay Smith
Foreign Envoys Paying Tribute To Ben Franklin
Foreign envoys paid homage to Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia on his 234th birth anniversary. Latin American diplomats attended a banquet and witnessed the Poor Richard gold medal awarded to Dr. Leo S. Rowe for fostering better Pan American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Richard
Leo S. Rowe
Pan-American Union
Western Hemisphere
Mt Williams Community News Highlights
Mt Williams Virginia items report illnesses of Myrtle Clowser and Winfred Ambrose with limited improvement, a 9 year old girl suffers appendicitis and is hospitalized, several residents visit relatives in DC area, a puppy dies, and a White Hall Grange meeting features a Lee versus Franklin debate with Lee’s side prevailing and plans for a social on January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Williams
Myrtle Clowser
Winfred Ambrose
Jane Nicolson
Lena Dyke Nicholson
New Jersey
Hase Dyke
Mountain View School
Morniheg
Memorial Hospital
Hayden
Emma Wallace
Lena Wolverton
Mount Pleasant
Clyde Orndorff
Meadow Mills
Robert E. Lee
America
Benjamin Franklin
Grange
Roy Bageant
Fritz and Pollu Exchange Shots In Heavy Fashion
French and German artillery fought for over three hours west of the Saar River. French batteries replied strongly as German bombardment began. Allied communique reports a quiet night overall with fairly strong action in the same region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saar River
Fench
Saar
Twelve Killed In Train Bus Crash In Germany
A passenger train and a bus collided at a grade crossing in a snowstorm near Zittau Saxony killing 12 and injuring 20. It was the eleventh German railroad wreck since Oct. 8 with two prior bus involved incidents. The Genthin crash on Dec. 23 was the worst in the series with 196 killed or fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zittau
Germany
Genthin
Saxony
Laura Ingalls Forced Down Near Bacanachie
Laura Ingalls, American woman flier, made a successful forced landing in Bacanachie, 35 miles from the U S border, after fog halted her flight from Douglas, Arizona to Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Laura Ingalls
Bacanachie
United States
Douglas
Arizona
Tucson
Danish Steamer Olga Wrecked on Southern Norway Rocks
Reuters reports the 803 ton Danish steamer Olga ran aground on rocks near the Torungen lighthouse in Southern Norway. All 18 crew members reached safety at Arential four hours after grounding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Olga
Norway
Torungen
Arential
Fire Kills Eight in Belfast and Dundalk Tragedies
Fire in Dundalk, County Louth traps two families on the top floor, killing eight people. A separate note mentions a Texas harbor laboratory on Piver's Island, Beaufort, North Carolina, reporting a record diamond back terrapin hatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dundalk
County Louth
Bureau of Fisheries Laboratory
Beaufort
North Carolina
Piver's Island
H. F. Prytherch
Charles Hatsel
Friend Goes From Liquor Store To Jail In Drunkenness Case
A man asked a friend to pick up liquor then reported him missing. Detectives learned the friend went from the liquor store to jail for drunkenness, revealing the sequence of events and the arrest as the central fact.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard Cline
Mary Cline
Caroline Cline
Adda
Gertie Kittiewell
Mary Roberts
Thelma Bean
Fyron Ritenour
Scott Cline
Howard Conner
Howard White
William Cline
Charles Inskip
Johnny Kittlewell
Ralph Ritenour
James
Carson Cline
Elmer White
Ray
Albin
Fred
Harry Cline
Raymond Pitcock
John Paul
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Paul
Ian
Ord
Charles E. Fretwell
Statmton
Virginia Knights of Pythias
John Russell
John C Russell
Clarke County
Miss Collum
Baptist
C. A. Davis
Pattie Collum
Durhat
N. C
Mrs. Russell
Daughter
Mississippi
Harry K. Russell
Clarksdale
Miss
John Barnes Carr
Luther L. Shutts
East Piccadilly Street
Grippe
Martha C. Williams
Atlanta, Ga
Robert Williams
Charles E. Harrison
Macedonia Section
Harrisburg
Carrie Bush
This
City
George Tausher
W.H. Bush
National Avenue
R. E. Byrd
Margaret Byrd
Washington
Shoreham Hotel
Byrd
Joseph Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Grace Miller
East Falls Church
Charles Haines
East Leicester Street
Albert van Dine
Huntington
W. Va
van Dine
McCrory Co
M. L. Lockhart
State Highway Department
Elkton
Richard Avenue
Clarence Brill
Morningside Drive
Franklin Patton
North Loudoun Street
Ermodyne Grim
Powell Jolliffe
Harvey Lake, Jr
Lawrence Herrell
Marshall, Va
M. F. Chapman
Louise Shultz
Blacksburg, Va
Kathleen Kline
Rose Grimm
W. E. Jones
Mildred Jones
H. H. Bowman
Bessie Manuel
Front Royal
Harold Brown
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Pocahontas
Red Ash
W. B. Snider & Son
Alecia
Alecia Beauty Salon
Leen, Co
Red Cross
Fashion Plate
Rice-O’neill
Huntsberry
McKinley Chapter
Eastern Star
Lee
Baldwins
Blue Ridge
Mary O'Fallon
Percy C. Randolph
St. Louis
Howard O'Fallon
Mary Lewis
P. C. Randolph
Graham Dougherty
Ewart Johnston
Rosalind Huidekoper
W B. Watkins
Lucy Lee
Agnes
Mary Page
Saratoga
Cooperstown
N. Y
Thomas Nelson Carter
New York
S. S. Kungsholm
Agnes Page
R. G. Mitchell
the Glen
Samuel Chew Williams
Anne Cabell Williams
Mt Pleasant
Washington Public Library
Frank M. Wray
Staunton
Edward Gilkerson
Mr. Gilkerson
James Cabell] Breckenridge
A. P. Thomson
Hawthorne
Parris Island
S. C
Gen. Breckenridge
John A. Chew
Thoenson
Annie B. C.moore
S. C. Williams
Robert Riddleberger
Charles Galloway
Riddleberger
Mas
J. D. Griffing
David H. Allen
Ralph N. Dorsey
Victor Arthur
Mr Arthur
David Donovan
Chapel Hill
Warren, Pa
Rose MacDonald
Charles F. ‘McIntosh
William Beverley
Richmond
Edwin A. Palmer
Milton Valley
Eva Neville Irwin
John B. Harnsberger
Miss Irwin
Marcus Blakemore Irwin
Underwood
Ben. Franklin
Jack E. McAboy
McMullen
Betty Shop
Water St
Miss Rose MacDonald
MacDonald
Pifer Printing CO
N. Loudoun St. Winchester
Fritz
Pollu
Onn Rocks
Roddy Kilowatt
Salt, Lake City
Davidson
Abraham Lincoln
General Scott
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Mrs
May Davis
West Boscawen St
Loudoun
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
N. Loudoun St
Florence
South Main St
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