Winchester Little Theatre opens year with first meeting and play
The Winchester Little Theatre held its first 1939 meeting at Handley Library. Ted Matthews announced a new director and a refreshed program while Lewis N Barton resigned from the board. A one act play A Portrait staged after two hours of rehearsal drew local attendees and noted members attended a bridge luncheon in honor of Barton and Mrs Carr.
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Winchester
Little Theatre
Handley Library
Martinsburg
Guild
Ted Matthews
Lewis N. Barton
Roy Ryden
A Teur
Benjamin Belchie
Ian C. MacCallum
Raoul Garrabrandt
W. B. Watkins, Jr
H. Neville Stephenson
Helen Z
Joel Leadbeater
Richard Griffith
Jim Sargent
William Massey
Forrest Jones
Harry Frantz
Raymond Sheetz
Richard Owen
Ralph Hardy
Ralph Stickler
Marion L. Sutton
Thurman Potts
Walter Massey
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Billy Boyce
William Harris
Larry Castleman
Joe Schroth
Tom Baldridge
Vance
Monte Bourjaily
Stephenson
Miller
Carr
John Barnes Carr
Clarksdale
Barton
Philip Williams
B. B. Dutton
J. Victor Arthur
Virginia C. Russell
Peyton Marshall
W. W. Baker
Jack Engle
Burr Harrison
Clarke Cooper
John B. McKee
James Miller
Thomas Gibson
Edward Barr
Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Phyllis Meem
Austin Hoa
John M. Steck
Calendar of Events for Thursday Evening
Meeting of Francis Asbury Union Council at Miss Unn Dorton residence on National avenue at 7 30 p m. Community Chorus rehearsal at Market Street M E Church at 7 30 p m. Woodmen of World weekly meeting at Odd Fellows Hall on East Bosca wen street at 8 p m.
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Francis Asbury Union Council
Unn Dorton
National Avenue
Market Street
M. E
Woodmen of World
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
M. E. Church
Peter Yates Brinton
Arabella Davies to Russian Is Engaged Doctor on West Coast
Announcement from Mrs Seabury Davies of Baltimore announces the engagement of Miss Arabella Davies of Baltimore and Pasadena California to Dr Alexander Kossiakoff of Seattle Washington a native of Russia. The couple plan to wed soon and then move to Washington where Dr Kossiakoff will be an assistant professor and researcher at Catholic University.
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Arabella Davies
Seabury Davies
Baltimore
Ter
Pasadena
Calif
Alexander Kossiakof i
Seattle
Wash
Davies
Winchester
Julian Ward
Katherine Harrison
Thos W. Harrison
Maryland Institute of Art
Harrison Davies
Washington
Kossiakoff
Catholic University
Define pecten in zoology as comb like organ
The term pecten is Latin for comb and refers to several comb like organs in different animals. In birds it denotes the comb on the underside of the claw of the middle toe found in herons whippoorwills night hawks and barn owls. It aids in cleaning plumage and removing bird lice.
Virginia Women's Clubs Hold Mid-Winter Board Meeting
Leaders from all sections of the state gather in Richmond for the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs annual mid winter board meeting. The formal dinner opens tonight at the Jefferson Hotel with honor guests Mrs. Edward Bevans and Mrs. David S. Long speaking briefly.
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Richmond
Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Jefferson Hotel
General Federation
Edward Bevans
David S. Long
France’s Bonnet Warns Italy to Respect Empire
Paris January 26 Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet warned Italy to keep hands off the French colonial empire as Italian troops aid insurgents in Barcelona south of France. He said France cannot permit anyone to touch its empire and stressed ongoing commitments with Soviet Russia and Poland amid shifting central European tensions.
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Paris
Georges Bonnet
Italy
France
Barcelona
Bonnet
Chamber of Deputies
Europe
Russia
Poland
Soviet Russia
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Sudetenland
Fletcher Rites Set For Friday
Funeral services for Arthur B. Fletcher 69 farmer and orchardist will be held at 2 p.m. Friday from Jones funeral home with Rev. Ralph Cather officiating. Pallbearers are Robert Ashley Edward Good Robert D. Rinker Robert L. Rinker Carl Rinker and O J Dorsey. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Arthur B. Fletcher
North Cameron Street
Jones Funeral Home
Ralph Cather
Robert Ashley
Edward Good
Robert D. Rinker
Robert L. Rinker
Carl Rinker
O. J. Dorsey
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Cranberries hand picked with rake scoops and flooded fields
The best grade cranberries are hand picked but most of the crop is gathered with rake scoops. Berries are sometimes raked from bushes onto the ground. The ground is flooded and floating berries are drawn downstream to be recovered.
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Q. Howate
Modern Etiquette Q A guide to polite dining and introductions
A column on etiquette answers common questions. It says it is fine to ask a waiter about unfamiliar menu items. It advises modestly explaining prior acquaintance when meeting someone again. It condemns using a telephone to acknowledge a gift as poor form.
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Marshall
R J Thomas elected UAW head by executive board
Backed by the CIO and supported by the CIO R J Thomas was elected new head of the United Automobile Workers by the executive board which was recently suspended by Homer Martin executive president Repudiation of Martin followed conference by CIO leaders.
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CIO
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Martin
Hines Judge Presiding in New York Second Trial
Judge Charles C. Nott Jr. sits at the second trial of James J. Hines in New York after the first trial ended in a mistrial over alleged Tammany Hall policy racket ties. In Chicago, hog prices drifted lower as supplies rose slightly, with light hogs and lambs showing uneven moves and a high of 7.90 for choice light hogs and lambs around 9.25. The four largest weekly magazines report vast circulations, led by the Saturday Evening Post at over 3 million copies.
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Charles C. Nott, Jr
New York
James J. Hines
Tammany
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Collier’s
Liberty
Life
Baltimore Market Quotation Report January 26
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets show mixed livestock and produce data with prices for apples potatoes and eggs. Notable figures include Jersey and U S fancy apples, various poultry prices from chickens to ducks, butter rates, and cattle hogs calves and sheep values, plus feed and miscellaneous items.
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Baltimore
Eastern Shore
Maryland
U. S
Kent Island
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
Local Markets Prices For Patent Brand Bags
Local market listing shows patent brand bag prices by bag and barrel. 12 lb bags priced at 5.40 per barrel and 24 lb bags 5.40 per barrel. 48 lb bags 5.40 per barrel and 98 lb bags 5.30 per barrel. One 12 lb bag listed at each unit price.
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Mindiings Viet Alesse
Ea Nee Ion
Younse Stags
Guineas
Young Guineas
Ducks Pgilde
Old Stags
Stock Market Report Shows Broad Declines In New York
New York stocks slide to September lows with a brief rally before a second hour selling wave. Transfers reach about 1 600 000 shares as leaders such as U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors and Du Pont decline. Bonds and commodities mixed. foreign markets ease after Barcelona shifts to Franco forces.
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New York
Wall Streets
Barcelona
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
du Pont
Westinghouse
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
Santa Fe American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
U.S. Rubber
Anazonda
Aluminum of America
Electric Bond & Share
Bell Aircraft
Lockheed
Niles-Bement Pond
Balantad Géanks
Quotations From Va Livestock Market N Kent St
Sale prices listed for steers heifers and cows with ranges for fat cattle veal calves lambs and hogs. Marked prices include top figures and bulk levels plus feeder and stocker cattle offerings.
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N. Kent St
Market Quotes From The New York Disk Trading Desk
A list of stock prices and percentages including M. Ward 46, Natl. Dairy 12, Penn. R. R. 1938, U.S. Steel 55, Union Pac 89, Woolworth 46.54, Southern R R 17, Texas Corp 42.44, Western Union 20.42, Va Car Chem 35, plus a Penn J C Packard 4 and N Y C 165 cents reflecting the day’s trading figures.
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M. Ward
Natl
Packard
Penney
J. C
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern
R. R
S. O. of
N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U.S. Steel
Va.-Car. Chem
Western Union
Woolworth
Wheat market struggles to sustain price gains in Chicago
Chicago reports show wheat unable to hold upturns above 70 cents per bushel for summer delivery as early gains faded with midsession selling. Closing quotes varied by contract with losses in corn oats and rye. cash grain prices seen across hard and yellow varieties in Chicago and Baltimore markets.
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Chicago
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Roy Ryden, Jr
Edgewood
George’ Radford
Baltimore, Md
Garland Johnston
Judith Lynn
Keyser
W. Va
C. R. White
Richmond, Va
W. E. Riley
Merie Harmon
Dewey Walton
Strasburg
Joseph Miller
Elsie McDonald
A. G. Mason
G. C. Brill
Harry Nelson
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Owen Mason
Washington, D. C
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Peggy Mason
Junior Century Club
Amherst Street
Taylor Pierce
Christian Science Monitor
Pierce
Georgia Conrad
New York City
Margaret Snyder
Frank Kershner
E. Blackburn Moore
E. P. Browning
Delmar Robinson
Joseph Kalbach
Hobson McGehee
H. B. Harris
Otis Sargent
Paul Rhodes
St. Church
Solenberger
Loudoun Street
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Richard Crenshaw
Millwood, Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Margaret Bean
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
E. P. Bean
South Stewart Street
Polly Murphy
Eldorado, Ark
Preston Place
Kenneth
West Virginia Avenue
Mrs. Place
Mrs. Clinton Shade
Stotler’s Cross Roads
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Wilmer F. Shryock
Act
W. B. Snider & Son
Haldeman’s Creamery
Pikeside Tea Room
Valley Ave
Emma C. Benson
Marguerite Beckerle
Alecia Beauty Salon
George Bonnet
Fletcher
Frederick
APPLE
Underwood
N. Loudoun
For All
Star
Stock Market Report
Victor Eubank
Ochveeuw
al. Chem
Can
Rad
Am. Smel
B. and O
Con. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Motors
Goodyear
Int
Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
Suede Shoes
Huntsberry
Howard L. James
Prugress
W. Piccadilly
Sunshine Cleaners
Philco
Philcos
Miller “” Anderson Plumbing & Heating Front Royal Phone 241
Rye
Lard
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Allentown
Pennsylvania
J.W. Hi
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Paramount
Barre
Vermont
Haines Marble
Cork St
York
Hotel Geo. Washington Orchestra
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