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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
8
Wednesday 90 p m rehearsal for Late Christopher Bean in American Legion building. Thursday 100 p m weekly Rotary Club luncheon at the hotel.
Two year old Marjorie Ible wakes three months after a long sleep and shows a bright interest in the cameraman. Physicians report a near complete recovery from the sleeping sickness she suffered. The article lists local visitors and residents from Baltimore, Winchester, Riverton, Alexandria, and Bryn Mawr, with several reports of travel and illness among the community.
The Virginia Id Cup Association announced the twentieth annual Gold Cup race will be held Saturday May 3 at Broadway Course near Warrenton. Mrs. Elwood W. O’Hara and family celebrate birth of son Elwood Wara Jr. O’Hara, formerly Elizabeth Gibson of Upperville, shares in the news.
Market Street Methodist Church Stamp Club met last night with Mr. Wilbur Johnston presiding. A committee was named to draft plans for a permanent club to report findings later. Members appointed included Johnston Hopkins Bevers Lutz Chamberlain Bailey Stretchberry. Stuart Bailey acted as temporary secretary. Members discussed stamps and plans for members to send First Trip covers to Harrisonburg for the February 10 motor bus mail service opening. A meeting was scheduled for Friday at 7 30 at the church office.
A reader asks if they may check on an unacknowledged gift and is advised to inquire since it may be misplaced. The etiquette stance notes that a husband playing bridge should not be corrected in front of others, and that tipping restroom attendants for small repairs is expected.
James Barkus 47 denied to police any knowledge of his wife Marvel Barkus 49 being found strangled in a Hollywood bungalow. Once wealthy, he now appears on WPA rolls. The couple had been separated for two months and no motive or suspect is named. The report notes police statements and the status of Barkus.
In Rome a place where three streets met was called trivia. People gathered there to gossip, so idle stories were deemed tri via or trivial.
A beauty advice column for fifty age girls urges reflection on aging, grooming, posture, and dress. It promotes daily exercise, proper hat and neck styling, and maintaining presentable hands, feet, and overall appearance to stay stylish as weight and wrinkles appear. Readers are invited to send questions to the Beauty Box Editor.
Henry Mears of Stephens City relays an aunt in Kent describing nightly raids and bombs near London. She notes evacuees not sent here, air and naval support, and civilians enduring destruction while vowing to resist Hitler.
The Star warns readers that news from Farore is censored before transmission to the United States, signaling restricted wartime dispatches and limited access to frontline information.
Dr John Richard Craft director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts announces the tenth Cumberland Valley Photographic Exhibition at the museum in Hagerstown Maryland from March 2 to March 30 1941. The show invites amateurs and professionals in a defined region to submit up to six prints 16 by 20 inches with a jury awarding five prizes and three honorable mentions sponsored by the Potomac Valley Camera Club. Entries due by February 16 with return options for rejected works.
Clarke County Virginia notes list weekend visitors to families at several residences. Kenneth N Gilpin hosts relatives from Colorado and dinner guests include the Shelton and Butler couples, with Miss Gwynne Harrison and Miss Betty Bradford among those mentioned. Other residents host or visit relatives in Baltimore New York Richmond Winchester and Washington during the period.
Police Chief C. W. Hollis, treated for a streptococci throat infection at Memorial Hospital, was moved yesterday to his Handley Avenue home. His condition was described as very much improved by headquarters today.
Albert Mersom, 31, of Baltimore, began his year of army training after six and a half hours at the dental clinic. Rejected by a draft board physician, he requested complete dental work in one day at University Hospital, and the clinic accommodated the request.
The first arc lights for public street lighting were made by Charles Brush and used in the public square in Cleveland Ohio on April 29 1879.
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