Winchester Society Notices And Local Appointments
Calendar items list meetings for the Women's Society of Market Street Methodist Church Rebekah Association Kiwanis Junior Century Club and a church supper. Brief notes report Judge A J Tavenner and family returning from Washington inauguration Harold Lucas to manage WRVA Norfolk studio. Winchester girls Mary McDonald and Eleanor Leatherman appear on Madison College honor roll. Various society greetings births and travel updates included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of
Market Street Methodist Church
Rebekah Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Winchester
Madison College
Mary McDonald
Eleanor Leatherman
Virginia Garden Week funds to aid Britain
The Garden Club of Virginia voted to send this year’s Garden Week proceeds to Great Britain. Douglas Freeman praised the Garden Week concept, noting England’s gardens inspired Virginia and money will go back to England. Virginia Garden Week runs April 28 to May 3, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club of Virginia
Richmond
Virginia
Great Britain
Douglas Freeman
England
Delaware Under Republican Rule
Governor Richard C. McMullen prepares to relinquish the Delaware governorship to Walter W. Bacon who was elected last November. Bacon, former mayor of Wilmington, arrives as hundreds gather for the inauguration in Dover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Richard C. McMullen
Delaware
Walter W. Bacon
Bacon
Wilmington
Etiquette glance on hats gloves invitations and seating
The hostess should not wear a hat at home but may wear one in public venues and she does not wear gloves. For a quiet wedding informal notes suffice. Serving dishes belong to the left of the server.
U S Girl Scouts Gift Ambulance to Britain
The Girl Scouts of the United States presented an ambulance two mobile canteens air raid shelter supplies 330 pounds of knitting wool to the Girl Guides of Great Britain purchased with pennies from over 630 000 U S scouts through the International Committee of the Girl Scouts led by Mrs E Swift Newton and the Juliette Low Memorial Committee chaired by Mrs Arthur O Choate local scouts helped raise funds for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scouts of
United States
Girl Guides of
Great Britain
International Committee of the
Girl Scouts
E. Swift Newton
Daylesford
Juliette Low
Arthur O. Choate
Pleasantville
N. Y
Plan of self-government in prisons introduced at Sing Sing
Question asks who introduced the plan of self-government in prisons. It was first introduced at the New York State Prison at Sing Sing by Thomas Moit Os borne, a noted prison reformer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Sing Sing
Thomas Moit Osborne
Is Gold Hoarded in India Across Classes
The text states that gold is kept as famine reserve by all classes in India with wealthy princes holding large sums. It estimates India's hoarded gold at 2.5 billion dollars and silver hoards at 2.75 billion dollars in diverse forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
J. A
Breathing Exercises for Beauty and Dental Care Tips
Public health style tips encourage natural rosiness and breathing exercises. Readers are advised to practice clavicular and costal breathing, diaphragmatic breaths, and to improve dental hygiene with hard vegetables, a salt and baking soda mouthwash, and a dentist check for tartar.
Plan for Nationwide Dentists Tabulation for Defense
The American Dental Association seeks cooperation from dentists nationwide for a first of its kind tabulation of dental resources for national defense. Over 70 000 questionnaires have been mailed to all dentists to gather data on abilities and training, aiding civilian dental care and military assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
American Dental Association
United States
Association
Chicago
Army
Navy
Public Health
Shooting Probe Shocks South Nyack Home
An 18 year old identified Walter Groebli is accused by banker Percival W Whittlesey of shooting him five times at the Whittlesey home in South Nyack New York after an argument over a German record Sailing Against England The banker was taken to a Nyack hospital in serious condition as police search for the suspect
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Groebli
Percival W. Whittlesey
Whittlesey
South Nyack
N. Y
England
Nyack
Origin of the word hackney as applied to a vehicle
An origin note explains that hackney derives from the word hackney originally a riding horse. The term hackney carriage traces to the French haquenee meaning an ambling horse or mare used by ladies for riding.
Memphis Maid of Cotton Brings Auburn Crown to Air Tour
Alice Erle Beasley of Memphis Tennessee won the 1941 Maid of Cotton title defeating hundreds of contestants. She will undertake an aerial tour of the United States to publicize the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Erle Beasley
Memphis, Tenn
Maid of Cotton
United States
Military Funeral For Veteran's Son
Nelson E. Ambrose 18 died of a brain tumor at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. A military funeral was held in Largent with Fort Cumberland Squadron No. 13 Sons of the Legion in charge. Ambrose was a charter member of the squadron, son of Mr. and Mrs. Odwin H. Ambrose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Largent
W. Va
Nelson E. Ambrose
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Fort Cumberland
No. 13
The
Legion
Ambrose
Odwin H. Ambrose
Attack on Tobruk and Mediterranean Air Campaign
In London Admiral Chatfield downplayed the Mediterranean air offensive while Britain stresses ships outrun planes at sea. London reports nine merchant ships lost in a 7 day period, about 30 226 tons, half the usual weekly average since the July surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Chatfield
Mediterranean
Britain
Southampton
London Admiralty
England
Slot Machines Under Fire In Frederick County Clean-Up Looms
Law targets gambling devices with element of chance and prize value differences. Pin-ball like games with free plays may be removed. Officials warn businesses in Frederick County to remove machines or face a forthcoming clean-up operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
ABC
Man And Girl Die In Annapolis Crash Near Filling Station
In Annapolis Maryland yesterday Jack K Hare 29 of Hyattsville and Miss Virginia Coffman 21 of Washington were killed when Hare’s car wrecked into a filling station near Drury. Police say the vehicle struck two gasoline pumps and damaged a third and several steel columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Jack K. Hare
Hyattsville
Virgina Coffman
Washington
Drury
Hare
Ducks Halt Flights at Spokane Airport in Snow Melt
Ducks obstruct air traffic at Spokane International Airport causing commercial flying to slow as melting snow pools form ponds across the unpaved field. Pilots dodge birds amid a state game preserve with no shots reported. The Bank of France is described as the largest commercial bank in France with 19 Paris offices and 158 branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
France
Bank of France
Paris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiwanis Club
Junior Century Club
Red Cross
Presbyteria Church
Judge Tavenner
A. J. Tavenner
Sally
Rebecca Tavenner
Alvin Tavenner
Frank B. Tavenner
Harold Lucas
Norfolk
Y. G
Handley and
U. of R
WRVA
Virginia Lucas Wall
West Clifford Street
Capitol
Christ Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Eryone
John Minnigerode
Irwin C. Ridenours
Mgr
Irwin C. Ridenour
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Nannie Creswell
Ray Rinker
Stephens City
Dallas
Texas
Ray Rinker, Jr
M. 8. Wright
Harry N. Hodges
8S. C. Wilson
Staunton
Washington, D. C
Ae William L. Wilson
U. S
Edith Hardy
Robert, Harrison
Raymond Schichknecht
Grace Harbaugh
Hagerstown
C. A. Davis
Nellie Bray
G. R. Forester
Alexandria
Robert T. Barton
Baltimore, Md
Philip Boyd
Frederick Hyde
Boston
Mass
Charles Hart
Clarksburg
Jacksonville
Fla
Port Angeles
Walter Bosserman, Jr
Pompano
Charles Roger
New York City
H. K. Russell
F. L. Largent, Jr
Bryn Mawr
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Haldeman
Haldeman’s Creamery
Huntsberry
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Washington Hotel
Jr. Century Club
Century Club
John M. Steck, Jr
J. B. McKee
H. N. Stephenson
Frances’ Page
West Cork Street
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Clarke County
Little Theatre Meets
Brenda Joyce
Owen Ward
Los Angeles
St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Hollywood
U.S
British Girl Guides
Olga Stoker Coal
W. B. Snider & Son
N. Cameron St
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Helen Follett
Lazy Bones
American Association
Virginia State Dental Association
Raymond Kerlin
State Group
Kerlin
Superior St
Pifer Company. Inc
Underwood
Eclairs
N. Loudoun St
Tobruk
Piraeus
Athens
Pingley & Carper Plaza Cleaners
Lovett Brothers
America
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nior
Stylish Stout Shoppe
Loudoun Street
Presbyterian Church
Barbara Bell
Winchester Evening Star
New York, N. Y
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