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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
8
Friday at 00 p m a meeting of the W O W is set for Odd Fellows Hall. Saturday at 8 00 p m another W O W session and at 7 30 p m a rehearsal for The Late Christopher Been at the American Legion building.
Over 300 people from Winchester and nearby joined a green and white ballroom celebration at the Washington Hotel to support the Infantile Paralysis fund. Dr James Davis led arrangements with certificates of appointment given to Infantile Paralysis draw chairmen as the event closed.
Invitations were received in Winchester for the marriage of Miss Barbara Lee Higgins of Front Royal to Mr. Richard Winfield Boisseau of Petersburg Virginia. The ceremony will be at Calvary Episcopal Church Front Royal on February 22 at 8 PM with a reception at Hotel Royal. Jennings Statler in Washington Navy Yard. Mr and Mrs Bryan Statler Sunnyside report their son Jennings Statler of Vienna has an appointment in the Navy Yard engineering department. He is married and has one son and is a Handley High School class of 1937 graduate. Harry Kables of Charles Town Welcoming a baby girl born yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. C W Huntsberry Ass Squad Leader. Mr C William Huntsberry has been named assistant squad leader in the Naval ROTC unit at the University of Virginia. He is a third year arts and sciences student. Officers are chosen for a term by academics and drill.
A collection of etiquette Q and A on thanks notes and dancing courtesy, followed by society notices from Berryville and nearby towns. Births include Patricia Lee Jenkins in Winchester Memorial Hospital on January 21 and Roosevelt Jenkins’s son at home in Berryville. Various locals plan dances, visits, travels, and weekend gatherings with multiple named residents and institutions.
The piece advises against nail biting as it can cause open wounds and infection. It details gentle care with soap, orange wood sticks, boric acid soaks, and cautions that pus or blood poisoning may require medical attention. It also provides an air facial routine to protect the complexion during cold weather.
Berkeley Civic Theatre will present Blind Alley a three act melodrama by James Warwick beginning Friday February 7 at 8 30 pm in Martinsburg High School auditorium. The story pits a college professor against a ruthless gangster in a psychological duel to prove brains beat guns with Boyd Keller and Forrest Yeakley in lead roles supported by Evelyn Redue Edwina Odom and others under Albert Geyer’s direction.
Local residents are listed as visiting Arlington and Baltimore areas while others return from business trips in Richmond Springfield and Emory College. Families and individuals plan weekends with relatives, hospital recoveries are noted, and a military induction prep at Fort Meade is described for the 88th Infantry Brigade.
Guests include Misses Mary and Virginia, Scouts and friends. Virginia Mos ley of Bowling Green will visit Mrs Westwood Byrd. Thornton T Perry of Charles Town plans to return from Baltimore. American Legion Auxiliary meet Feb 3. Cadet Paul Thomson of VMI visits, several Girl Scout leaders and council members attend a meeting in Washington with Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt as honorary president.
Mrs Walter H. Bosserman Jr entertained this afternoon in honor of Miss Peggy Garvin of Rye New York. The gathering featured bridge games and social conversation among invited guests.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital Womens Auxiliary meets Monday at 4 PM in the Nurses Home to discuss the annual card party. The event was postponed from Valentine night February 14 to Thursday February 20 due to conflicting activities.
Berryville notes a dinner tonight at the Sign of the Motor Car honoring Mrs. Morton C. Mumma Jr. as she prepares to depart Saturday with her family for San Diego California. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dorsey Mr. and Mrs. D H Allen Mr. and Mrs. H B Harris Lieut Col and Mrs Joel D Griffin Mr. and Mrs Hobson McGehee and Mr. and Mrs. Gray.
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