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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
8
A Friday schedule features the American Legion Post luncheon at a local hotel and a W. O. W. meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. The column lists numerous visiting relatives and residents from Shepher dstown to Winchester, with travel plans to Pittsburgh, Bluefield, and Virginia Beach. It notes an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital and mentions upcoming visits to Algonquin Maine Niagara Falls and Rehoboth Beach.
Mrs. Mary Wells hosts a surprise birthday party for her daughter Cora with many neighbors and family members in attendance. Upcoming social events include a Winchester Golf Club dance on July 19 with the George Washington Hotel Orchestra. Also noted are two summer weddings and several birth announcements from Memorial Hospital reflecting local family milestones.
Sixteen year old Miss Colleen Cather of Valley Pike has been selected by the Winchester Lions Club to represent Winchester and Frederick County as princess in the Court of Queen Morgan at the Tomato and Heayn Festival in Berkeley Springs West Virginia from August 30 to September 1 1931.
The Webber reunion at Jordan Springs on Sunday drew a large crowd despite morning rain. A picnic lunch followed a noon clearing and a worship program. Music and selections by Burleson, Elliott, Saunders, and others preceded games, with many Webber relatives and extended kin from Virginia to Pennsylvania in attendance.
This unsigned fitness piece urges daily exercise to stay youthful and agile. It describes a ten minute morning routine with simple stretches and movements, plus a warm bath and self-massage to boost mood, digestion, and body tone, stressing consistency and rhythm.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Shull Jr of Dayton Ohio were visiting relatives when they were summoned to Cincinnati by the death of Mrs Shulls w mothers grandmother the late Mrs Cc E Bryant Mr Paul Thomson departed yesterday for Louisiana for a visit through July 31
The Chanters meet Friday at 7 30 in the Presbyterian Sunday School Rooms. With only two weeks left before the Fort Meade Concert, every member is urged to attend. Young People Of Bruce Town To Have Program.
Modern etiquette guidance covers engravings on letter papers and declining invitations. A church musical program on July 20 at 8 pm features Thelma Edwards Bobby Edwards Emma Dettra Gladys Cochran and others at Brucetown Church. Old Fredericktown Garden Club met at Mrs. McSherry Lupton with large attendance and assistant hostesses Mrs. D J Howard and Mrs. Paul Thomson.
An Iowa shed preserves a 1909 Maxwell automobile that has not been registered since 1919. The Iowa motor vehicle department received an inquiry about licensing a car kept in retirement and slated for possible street use.
The Admiralty reports the auxiliary vessel Lady Somers has been sunk with 37 fatalities from a crew of 175. Of the crew, 138 survivors were rescued by Spanish ships and are being landed at a neutral port. Lloyds Register lists the ship as an 8,194 ton Canadian National Steamship cover vessel with Montreal as home port.
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