This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1941
Page
8
Listings for Monday and Tuesday evening meetings including Winchester Little Theater Lions Club Century Club and Rebekah Association. Also notes a Washington Hotel ball Thursday night with plans and entertainment, plus local weddings and society news.
Birth reported for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clause at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Clause formerly Miss Ardinelle Pye of Chrystal Pa. Roanoke awards for Howard F. Minor of Winchester Investors Syndicate salesmen include Balfour Wall Plaque salt and pepper set and a King Meritt picture. Lexington official Malcolm D Campbell presented awards. City Councilman Miller Street ill with flu but improving. M Edlevitch broke collar bone. Local residents return from Miami and visit Blacksburg. Various trips and illnesses cited among Winchester Sunnyside residents.
The dialogue presents rules on sales assistance varying with customer confidence and on dating Theater etiquette. It covers when a saleswoman should offer advice, where a young woman should stand in line with a date, and the propriety of asking a porter to summon a call at a specific hour.
Readers invited to share social notes by phone or mail. Mr. C L Garton visits Winchester relatives. Laurens Jones hosts a gathering with multiple couples. Mrs Fred E Tappan returns from New York. Fred Sturm returns from Florida. Peggy Garvin visiting Mrs Justin Funkhouser. Dr A P Osborne returns from Florida. Archie Weatherholtz welcomes a baby boy. Mrs Eila Miller to Fort Lauderdale for two months. Helen Avis Grimm back at Madison College. Mrs William De Wesse returns from Johnstown.
The Century Club meets tomorrow at 3 30 at Mrs B F Arthur Jr home with papers on Venezuela and the Monroe Doctrine. Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church Circle 1 meets at 7 30 with Mrs Robert Grim on Millwood Avenue. Round Hill 4 H Club plans a February 3 social hour at 7 in the Court House with officers installed by L Fred Stine and Carl Coiner and a 4 H demonstration. Market Street Stamp Club to meet at Market Street.
A beauty column advises against risky home dyeing for white or graying hair and endorses professional help. Henna rinses can add red highlights to brown hair but not suitable for blondes or white hair. It notes past risky cosmetic trends and mentions eyebrow grafting as a hair repair option, inviting readers to submit beauty problems to the Beauty Box Editor.
John Garfield, the actor famed on Broadway and in Hollywood, joins the back-to-the-land movement along with stars Bette Davis and James Cagney. He builds a Hollywood home while taking an option on a 300 acre Vermont farm in the Green Mountains.
The Gainesboro Chapter of the Future Farmers of America announces a Fun Frolic this Friday January 31 at 7 30 PM in Gainesboro High School Auditorium Proceeds support Chapter work An amateur hour boxing bout Denzil Wingfield Stephens City High School versus Scott Wingfield Gore High School and games including bingo and cards will conclude the evening All are invited to attend.
The Girls Athletic Association held a card party at Liberty Tea Hall with attendees including Mrs. Cornelia Richard and Mrs. Ella Bauserman. Prize winners were Edna Snider Mary Stine and Ella Bauserman. The next meeting is February 6 at 7 30 p m. The Euterpian study group will meet tomorrow at 8 00 p m in the Winchester Studio of Music 807 South Braddock Street with guest pianist Carolyn Quantz performing Sibelius pieces. Also included are brief Q A exchanges on the Monroe Doctrine and youth age definitions.
Doorn Netherlands January 27 ex Kaiser Wilhelm II aged 82 celebrated a quiet birthday in exile. Surrounded by his wife Hermine and a few relatives he avoided his usual wood chopping. He follows current campaigns in Africa and Albania with interest, mapping them in his smoking room. General Wilhelm Von Dommes joined the gathering.
Virginia dietitians will register for state and national defense programs today. Cards go to active and inactive dietitians. Mrs. Bernice Warner of Madison College leads the state survey. Miss Mary Barber of Battle Creek urges all dietitians to register in the national survey.
The lake contains nine islands, with the longest measuring 16 miles in length.
Victim of a weekend assault in Ridgely Maryland, Miss Katherine McElwaine about 62, remained in serious condition after being beaten by two men who robbed her near her home. Police continued their investigation and did not yet locate the assailants.
The Anti Steel Trap League, Inc. founded in 1934 by Lt Cmdr Edward Breck advocates banning steel traps for fur bearing animals. It supports humane hue mane traps that capture without harm and backs legislation to promote this program.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.