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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1941

Page

8

Calendar of Tuesday and Wednesday club meetings

Tuesday 7 30 p m Little Theater meeting at American Legion building. 8 00 p m Rebekah Association at Odd Fellows Hall. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis Club luncheon at hotel. 3 30 p m Junior Century Club at Miss Nancy Larrick home. 9 30 p m Rehearsal for Late Christopher Bean at American Legion building.

Little Theater American Legion Building Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Kiwanis Club Junior Century Club Nancy Larrick Christopher Bean American Legion West Clifford Street Thomas Gibson Balkans

Cast Announced For The Late Christopher Bean

Winchester Little Theatre selects Beatrice O Connell Anne Quirk Hardy Ethel Jol liffe Lucille High C Ridgely White Harry Kern Jr Alvin Tavenner and Dr E E Collins for Capitol Theatre production directed by John J Williams The Late Christopher Bean opens March 7.

Winchester Little Theatre Capitol Theatre Beatrice O'Connell Anne Quirk Hardy Ethel Jolliffe Lucille High C. Ridgely White Harry R. Kern Alvin Tavenner E. E. Collins John J. Williams Christopher

Palatka Names Azalea Festival Beauty Contestant

Eva Dyer from Palatka chosen by the Palatka Jaycees to represent them in the Fourth Annual Azalea Festival Beauty Pageant at Ravine Gardens Palatka March 9 during a Pre Legislative Conference of the Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce and Southern Jaycee Jamboree. The event will crown an Azalea Queen for 1941 amid more than 105 000 azaleas. Winchester Virginia board of trade members invited to sponsor a contestant.

Palatka Ifla Eva Dyer H. R. Dyer Palatka Jaycees Ravine Gardens Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce Dyer Palatka Kiwanis Club

Weekend Visits Highlight Local Social Notes

Mr and Mrs John H Riley and son Kenneth plus Mr and Mrs Vernon Bradley of Baltimore visited Mrs Laura V Ashley on Highland Avenue as she improves from a serious operation. Many friends sent flowers and tokens. Virginia and Esther Butler spent the weekend in Washington DC. R Gray Williams and wife traveled to Richmond for a few days. Mary Sherman and Clayton Sherman hosted a charity party for Round Hill Methodist Church with games and refreshments on Valley Avenue. Mrs R R Grant of New Orleans returned home after two weeks with her sister ill in hospital. Lawrence Clark visited his Petersburg home for several days. John Parsons arrived for a few days visit. Rev R B Moore and Judith Anne Moore, ill at their MorningSide Drive home, are recovering. Miss Jessie Hotte ls condition at Memorial Hospital is unchanged.

John H. Riley Kenneth Vernon Bradley Baltimore Laura V. Ashley Highland Avenue Upton Ashley Ashley Mary Sherman Clayton Sherman Valley Avenue Round Hill Methodist Church Rev R. B. Moore Little Judith Anne Moore Morningside Drive

Etiquette tips and social notices from Winchester column

Practical advice on margins and engraving followed by a social blur of travel and visits. Entries note left margin of three quarters inch and top start two inches, ring engraving with date and initials, and a luncheon distinction. Then multiple local residents depart or host events in Winchester and nearby places with family ties and travel plans.

Fear and Courage for Everyday Beauty Resolve

An advice column urges fear control through courage and calm thinking. It links worry to physical tolls and prescribes rest, deep breathing, and pleasant imagery. It warns against eating on the run and invites readers to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor with a stamped return envelope.

Mary Robbins Shutt to Wed Navy Lieut Pleasant

Berryville Virginia resident Miss Mary Robbins Shutt announced to friends and relatives an engagement with Lieut Joseph L Pleasant of the United States Navy. The couple's wedding plans followed Major Logan Shutt's recent orders to the Southeast Air District in Tampa Florida.

Berryville Fort Bragg N. C Logan Shutt Mary Robbins Shutt Joseph L Pleasant United States Navy Major Shutt Southeast Air District Tampa Fla Jefferson County W. Va Miss Moore Frank V. Tilford Milton Valley

Movie Girl Crowned Queen At Peanut Festival In Suffolk

Olive Cawley will reign as queen at the National Peanut Festival in Suffolk with a 75 princesses parade. Governor Price will crown her at park ceremonies Wednesday afternoon after a peanut plant tour and reception. Felix Adler of Ringling Brothers performs in the parade as part of the festival events highlighting peanut industry in Tidewater Virginia.

Suffolk Olive Cawley Tidewater Virginia Governors Price Virginia Broughton North Carolina Governor Price Mildred Sheffield Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Planters Club

Prayer of a Knitting Daughter for Peace and Family

A mother offers a knitted garment as comfort for a fallen son and a prayer for peace. She envisions another sweater for a grieving daughter, asking blessing and safety for her family. The verse seeks to end war and unite all people in harmony.

Music Group Hosts Miss Krise With Shubert Paper

The Music Group of the American Association of University Women met with Miss Harriet Krise. Miss Charlotte Campbell organized the program and read about Shubert and his unfinished symphony followed by a musical quiz.

Krise American Association of University Women Harriet Krise Charlotte Campbell Campbell Shubert

Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures For Jan 25

Treasury data shows receipts of 9.864 million dollars and expenditures of 26.367 million for January 25. Gross debt rises to 45.175 billion dollars, an increase of 151 thousand dollars from the prior day.

Washington the Treasury

The Wreck of the Old 97Fact or Fiction

The post states the ballad recounts the Southern Railway train No 97 wreck near Danville Virginia on September 23, 1903 killing and injuring postal and express workers and crew. The song blends fact and legend with details that may be contested by records and oral tradition.

Southern Railway Danville Postal and Express

Crepe Georgette Patented by Haas Brothers in 1912

The text notes that the name Crepe Georgette was registered in the U S Patent Office in 1913 by Haas Brothers, who introduced crepe in New York City in 1912. It also includes unrelated prayerlike lines about charity and mourning.

United States U. S Haas Brothers New York City

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