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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1939

Page

17

Chestnut Grove Notes July Sun Vanishes Within Week

Miss Emma DeHaven visits Martinsburg W Va for a week. Catherine and Pearl DeHaven visit Mildred DeHaven. Mary Anna Luttrell stays with Lester and Berryville. Chestnut Grove Sunday School plans an all day picnic August 5 with a 10 30 program and afternoon singing. Public invited.

Chestnut Grove Emma DeHaven Martinsburg W. Va Catherine Pearl DeHaven Mildred DeHaven Mary Anna Luttrell Lester Ware Berryville George Bowers Albert Whitacre A. J. Ee W. _ DeHaven

Gainesboro Mention Prominent Local Figures

Gainesboro Va July 13 report notes Mr Armel Farmer and Mr Howard Summers along with Mrs Farmer and Mrs Summers in a local social notice. The fragment cites names in a community update from the area.

Gainesboro Armel Farmer Howard Summers

Local visitors and homecomings noted in area

Allen of Philadelphia and Leonard William son returned home from vacation visits with E. E. Bayliss. Charles Crowser visited with Janney Davis family on Sunday. Jamnita DeHaven of Cross Junction spent the weekend with aunt Minnie Lamp. Leonard William son returned to Covington Virginia after a week with E. E. Bay. Hilda Swisher of Bunker Hill West Virginia stayed several days with sister Peyton Darlington.

Allen Philadelphia E. E. Bayliss Charles Crowser Janney Davis Jamnita DeHaven Cross Junction Minnie Lamp Leonard Williamson Covington E. E. Bay Hilda Swisher Bunker Hill W. Va Peyton Darlington

Rev M L Zirkle to Preach at Fairview Church Sunday

Cross Roads Va July 13 Rev M L Zirkle will preach at Fairview Church Sunday at 3 p m Communion will be administered at this service Sunday School at 2 p m Mr W R Berryhill and family of Gore spent Sunday with Mr J B White and family Mrs Belle Hicks and Mrs George McKee were guests of Mr and Mrs W W Hicks Sunday Mrs Esta McKee and daughter Evelyn spent Tuesday in Winchester Rosa Nelson and Mr and Mrs Dick Keffer of Piedmont W Va visited here Sunday evening and Monday

Cross Roads M. L. Zirkle Fairview Church W. R. Berryhill Gore J. B. White Belle Hicks George McKee W. W. Hicks Esta McKee Evelyn

Pleasant news from Mt. Pleasant social notes

Mr and Mrs Vennor Milhon and children dined with Miss Pearl Cochran last Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Perry visited daughter Mrs James Russell and family on Tuesday. Ashby Loy and family visited Dorsey Ritter last Sunday. Mrs Clara Fawcett visits son Edison Fawcett and family. Lucille Perry visits sister Mrs James Russell on Bufflick Road. Naomi Racey spent weekend with grandmother Mrs Bessie Rosenberger. Dorothy Brewer visits Mrs Weirman near Red Bud for several weeks. Ashby Boyce and family spent weekend with Irvin Boyce at Yellow Springs W Va. Eva Perry of Winchester called on her parents Monday.

MT. Pleasant Vennor Milhon Pearl Cochran John Perry James Russell Ashby Loy Dorsey Ritter Clara Fawcett Edison Fawcett Lucille Perry Bufflick Road Naomi Racey Bessie Rosenberger Dorothy Brewer Weirman Red Bud Ashby Boyce Irvin Boyce Yellow Springs W. Va Eva Perry Winchester John Here

Sunday School and Services Schedule Noted at Local Church

The notice lists Sunday School at 2 p m and preaching at 3 p m with Christian Endeavor at 7 30 p m for next Sunday. The Ladies Aid met at Miss Pearl Cochran's home last Saturday night. The Aug 12 meeting at Mrs. Bessie Rosenberger's home is scheduled for 8 p m. A yard party by the Ladies Aid drew a good crowd despite rain.

Christian Endeavor Ladies Aid

Beauty Contest At Tomato Fes tival Opens in Berkeley Springs

Morgan County Tomato Festival officials offer prizes for the bathing beauty contest at Berkeley Springs West Virginia on September 24. The winner receives a loving cup 25 cash and an all expense trip to the World’s Fair in New York plus a possible audition trip to Pittsburgh. Open to unmarried women 18 to 25. entry blanks from director general Jack Hunter.

Morgan County Berkeley Springs W. Va New York Pittsburgh Broadcasting Staa Jack Hunter

Submarines Aid in Squalus Salvage at Navy Yard

Two R class submarines from New London arrive at Portsmouth Navy Yard to assist in raising the sunken submarine Squalus off the coast after 26 men perished when it sank May 23.

Portsmouth N. H New London

What are a cily's beads in a solar eclipse

The beads appear just before totality when sunlight leaks through lunar mountains and valleys, creating a string of bright spots along the sun’s edge. Known as Baily’s beads after English astronomer Francis Baily, the effect results from lunar topography.

Francis Baily

Scores Flock To Church Grotto For Faith Healing Act

In the Bronx, scores of believers visited the Our Lady of Londres grotto after hearing of Mrs. Anthony Geraci's faith cure. She claimed her crippled leg healed after a grotto spring bath, discarding braces and cane after 14 years of disability. Her husband, once without faith since 1908, testified to a miracle of faith while Rev. Pasquale Lombardo noted the recovery.

New York Our Lady of Londres Bronx Anthony Geraci Rev Pasquale Lombardo

Farm Tenancy Act Amendment Sent To House

A Senate approved amendment to the Bankhead Jones farm tenancy act would guarantee each state at least 100000 a year to finance tenant farm purchases and allow refinancing of existing mortgages. Senator Austin said the measure aims to fix inequalities in fund allocation and aid farmers unable to obtain loans elsewhere.

Washington Senate House Austin R-Vt

Farm tenancy in different states noted in title claims

The article observes how inhabitants across states have claimed titles to farms. It notes that farm tenancy is not common in certain states of the union.

Union

Hitler To Have New Speed Troops

Berlin July 13 reports that the German army will organize a new unit called speed troops by September 19 under an ordinance by Col. Gen. Walther Von Brauchitsch, Chief of Staff of the Army.

Berlin Walther von Brauchitsch

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