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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1937

Page

3

Social calendar with church and club meetings listed

The evening agenda lists numerous church and civic group meetings across town. Highlights include Gladys Morgan Circle, Aid Society events, Bible School officers, Diehl lectures, Century Club, Women's Service Guild, Kiwanis luncheon, Rotary Club, and W C T U gatherings with times from 12:30 to 8:00 p. m. on various dates and homes or churches.

Gladys Morgan Grace Lutheran Church Mildred Jones Aid Society of United Brethren Church Cn Urch Church of Christ Bible School Diehl Woman's Auxiliary Presbyterian Church Century Club P. W.boyd Fairmont Avenue Women's Service Guild Market Street Methodist Church

Martinsburg Pair and Others in Local Marriages and Notices

Miss Ruth Virginia Hines wed Ned Hamilton Pitzer in Hagerstown with Rev. Mentzer officiating. Engagements include Miss Eline d’l Browne and Benjamin Ham Schley. Browne lives in Baltimore as Schley studies art. Winners in a national food contest are Earl Hess and Jack Harrell from Harrisonburg. Arnold family skating injury, Welbourns in Baltimore and Leesburg. Caroline Carson to discuss Rockefeller Foundation at Junior Century Club. WCTU meets at Handley Library. United Brethren Church groups plan repairs and beautification. Mildred Cain and Howard Yeager wed in Altoona on January 16.

James H. Hines Martinsburg W. Va Ruth Virginia Hines Ned Hamilton Pitzer George S. Pitzer Inwted Berkeley County Hagerstown Frank G. Mentzer United Brethren Church Walter Bryant Pierce New York Eline D’l Browne Benjamin Ham Schley Harrison Schley Shepherdstown Miss Browne Raymond Baby Baltimore Schley Maryland Institute of Art Earl E. Hess Harrisonburg Jack Harrell Winchester Hess Harrell Caroline Carson Rockefeller Foundation

French Class Forms In Millwood Under Teacher DeMon taigu

A new French class formed in Millwood with Francis DeMontaigu as instructor. The group meets Wednesdays at 3 30 p.m. at Mrs. Courtney B Jones home and includes twelve members such as Miss Elizabeth Bradford Miss Mary F Page and Mrs B O F Randolph among others.

Millwood Francis DeMontaigu Elizabeth Bradford Blue Ridge Country School Mary F. Page B. O'F. Randolph Jane Cary Randolph F. A. Read, Jr Henry Post Mitchell Agnes Page Mitchell Richard Dole Margaret Dole E.G. Butler Everard K. Meade Courtney B. Jones

Etiquette Q and Local Notices From a Virginia Town

A reader questions proper wedding aisle conduct and tipping etiquette. Local items include church meetings, visitors in Washington and Petersburg, bridge club gatherings, travel plans of residents, and social visitors at homes and church events.

May Legalize Horse Race Bets

Harrisburg Pa January 26 The bid to legalize betting on horse racing advances with Governor George H Earle’s cautious support. A House bill proposes licensed track wagering hours before racing under a three member racing commission with $10 000 salaries and power to revoke licenses.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania George H. Earle

Final Service Conducted For Rep Montague

Urbanna Virginia mourns Andrew Jack Montague former Virginia governor and long time U S congressman from the Third District. He died at 74 after pneumonia and a heart attack with funeral at the homeplace and interment at Christ Church cemetery. He was born October 3 1862 in Campbell County and was part of the Montague family long prominent in Virginia politics.

Montague Washington Richmond Governor Montague Campbell County Virginia Robert Latane Montague Gay Eubank Montague England Peter Montague Jamestown Nansemond County Middlesex County House of Burgesses

Red Cross Quota Raised as Flood Relief Push Builds

Front Royal Red Cross chapter reports meeting its first relief quota while aiming for the second. Admiral Grayson urges intensified campaign as Ohio and Mississippi Valley floods displace hundreds of thousands. telegram requests doubling the quota and notes national funds committing a million dollars, plus 300 Red Cross relief workers and 350 nurses in the field.

Front Royal The Red Cross Admiral Gray~son Claude Stokes Warren Ohio Mississippi Cary T. Grayson

Marie Prevost Cremated Amid Private Services

Hollywood obituary notes Marie Prevost, screen comedienne, had private funeral services in Hollywood. Her body will be cremated and ashes placed with her mother in an urn. A county autopsy reported acute alcoholism as the cause of Prevosts death after her sudden passing last week.

Hollywood Marie Prevost Screen Comedienne H. Prevost Miss Prevost

Actress sues husband in anniversary divorce filing

Evelyn Prentiss accuses Earl Cook of striking her on their first wedding anniversary. The incident allegedly happened in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on January 20, 1935, per the divorce complaint filed today.

Hollywood Evelyn Prentiss Earl Cook Grand Rapids Mich

Ladies Aid Society Set to Meet in Front Royal

Front Royal Va January 26 The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs Claude A Stokes. Other local holds include visits by residents to Baltimore Washington and Winchester hospitals and several social gatherings in town this weekend with bridge luncheons and visits from relatives and friends.

Japan Century Club P. W. Boyd Fairmont Avenue Hirohito Henry B. Gilpin Gilpin Grace Lutheran Church George H. Heist West Piccadilly Street Front Royal Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church Claude A. Stokes Edward T. Whitworth

Hansbrough Named Vice Mayor in Front Royal

Front Royal town council elected Dr. Lyle F. Hansbrough as vice mayor and Hubert H. Marlow as clerk at the January 18 meeting. The council authorized the purchase of 200 water meter boxes and 50 sets of fittings and discussed a new sewage disposal plant.

Pront Royal Front Royal

Randolph-Macon Swimmers Defeated at Fort Defiance Meet

Randolph-Macon swimming team lost to Augusta Military Academy 47 to 17 at Fort Defiance yesterday. The meet featured the local squad facing Augusta Military in a rugged early season competition.

Front Royal Randolph-Macon Fort Defiance Augusta Military Academy

Radio HIGHLIGHTS aid in Ohio Valley flood crisis

Handicapped by power downs radio stations in flood cities switch from normal programs to information hubs for rescue workers and appeals for help. Networks operate 24 hours a day to relay broadcasts and coordinates with outside sources as the crisis continues.

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Pess Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Braddock Street Methodist Church Anne Brooke Kern Centenary Reformed Church Ladies’ Aid Society Board of ‘Trustees Ladies’ Aid Society of U. B. Church Rotary Club Handley Library Ruth Hines Mr. Ned. H. Pitzer Miss Brown Mr. Schley Lester Arnold, Jr L. D. Arnold South Stewart Street Arnold Handley Elizabeth Clagett Welbourn Bryn Mawr College J. Armistead Welbourn North Calvert Street Mrs. Welbourn Miss Welbourn Leesburg Miss Carson Women’s Christian Temperance Union U. B Board of Trustees Ladies Aid Society of the Mildred A. Cain D. R. Cain Howard F. Yeager Adam Yeager Altoona Herman McKay Fred Fries George Ressequie University of Virginia L. B. Ressequie Leslie Fries Jefferson Club of Society Edgar Allen Poe Woodrow Wilson Fries Resseguie M. C. Garvin Church of Christ George Smith Petersburg J. Gray Beverley Senator H. F. Byrd R. E. Byrd H. D. Fuller A. C. Carson Riverton Horace Ray Robinson Florida Georgia Alabama Missouri Chicago Victor Arthur Hillsboro Pompano Walter H. Bosserman, Jr Norfolk W. H. Bosserman J. F. Bly Herman Bly Curtis Bly Takoma Park, Md L. M. Allen Dorothy Riley Paul Porten Washington, D. C Miss Riley Mary Riley Berryville Esther Housenknecht Jack Lindsey Eagle’s Mere, Pa Miss Housenknecht Julia Carlson Ella Thomas East Piccadilly Street Eulalia Nalley American Legion Capitol Theatre Eulalia Savage Nalley Eunice Hammond Naomi Zuckerman Argaret Sullivan Doris Canning Jane Eagle Beulah Stultz Nalley Patty Jane Devlin Millers Drug Store John Froshrink Rep PS Saing Eigh Brooks’ Syr Menthol Brooks Brooks’ Pharmacy Winchester Evening Star Gussie McFall Bareas Telephone Front Royal 149-R Front Royal News Mrs. Stokes Bragdon Randolph-Macon Academy T. S. Melton Melton Memorial Hospital Ruby Golden Castleton, Va Mrs Frank Edmonds Dewey Wood New York City Mark Reid Winchester Hospital Col Warren W. Whitside Sam Kenner A. D. Cone B. J Hillidge Frank Forsyth Orville van Dusen Atlanta, Ga Mrs. T. H. Block Austin Compton Frederick Hoffman Dean Hoffman Culpeper Town Elder A. L. Harrison S. Gardner Waller General Waller N. S. Waller Waller C. A. Ford Mr. I. N. King Philadelphia John H. Vowning Addye Yates H. H. Downing George Rineburg Major Rolfe Millar Hugh D. Hite Fairlawn Hansbrough Shenandoah Valley National Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Beauty Shop N. Braddock Street N. Main ST Gertrude Walter Evelyn Shryock WEAF NBC Henrik Willem van Loon Harry W. Colmery Leo Reisman Fred Astaire Clyde Lucas Alexander Woollcott al Jolson al Pearce Jack Oakle College Eddy Duchin WJZ Dude Ranch Eddie Guest Ben Bernie Lads Husbands and Wives Frank Simon Cleveland Orchestra Henry Busse WABC CBS School of the Air David I. Walsh Wjznbc Ohio-Mississippi Roosevelt American Red Cross the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Snowflake Biscuits Underwood N. Loudoun St Hamburger’s Loudoun St Big Joe R. M. Swimley East Geo. Washington Hotel
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