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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1942
Page
6
A Little Garden Club session at 7 00 p m features talks by Miss Bil Barr and Miss Sprouse. At 8 00 p m the Motor Corps meets with Miss Mary Warden at Fairmont Avenue for activities and discussion.
Practical beauty guidance advises drinking water and daily halibut liver oil for dry skin. Emphasizes gentle washing, bland soap, light cloth use, heavy fast absorbing cream nightly, morning milky emulsions, and careful makeup techniques to avoid flaky skin.
The column notes overheating discoloration of iron soleplates, warns against washing the iron, and advises cleaning with a damp cloth after cooling. It also supports a young woman asking a new Army-bound acquaintance to write, as letters help morale, and suggests keeping him informed of home life. It ends with a question about hosiery expenditures.
The data show 17.8 percent for men's hosiery 7.7 percent for children's 1 percent for miscellaneous and for women's hosiery as part of the 1939 distribution.
Seaman Alfred H. Frye returned to regular U S Navy duties after a furlough at 435 Highland Avenue. Pvt Harry D. Brown of 522 North Loudoun street arrived at Fort Knox replacement center awaiting Armored Force training. Sergeant Robert G. Gibbens, son of Mr and Mrs Aulick Gibbens, is home on leave at North Loudoun street then to Camp Lee Virginia. Staff Sergeant Charles A Gibbens attends Infantry Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning after maneuvers with the 29th Division at A P Hill. Paul Everly of Middletown has passed physicals for the U S Naval Air Corps and sworn in as an aviation cadet heading to primary flight school in August or September.
By dialing 3424 readers may report entertaining guests entertaining schedules or visits and the Star will publish such notices on page Aegean in this column letting the community know about social events and comings and goings.
Richmond residents announce the engagement of Carol Regina Lindstrom to Staff Sergeant Charles Aulick Gibbens. Lindstrom recently attended a Pan-American School in Richmond and holds a government position. Gibbens is at Fort Benning attending Officers Candidate School. No wedding date set.
Los Angeles July 18 Joan Marsh 27 screen actress filed suit to divorce film writer Charles Spencer Belden 38 and obtained a protective order amid claims he threatened her with bodily harm and displayed a gun. A hearing is set for July 27. They married December 2 1938 and separated last Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Everett D Kline announce the engagement of their daughter Kathryn Elizabeth to Corporal John B Horsfall son of Mr George Horsfall and the late Mrs Horsfall of Martinsburg West Virginia The couple plan an early August wedding Kathryn is a Handley High School graduate now a cashier at the C Penney Company Corp Horsfall is in the United States Army Air Corps and attends flying school at Turner Field Georgia
Washington July 18 Quick House action on a bill to outlaw commissions on war contracts was urged by Naval Committee Chairman Vinson as the Army Navy and a grand jury moved to curb agents profits driving war costs. The Naval Committee approved the measure and recommended broader scope to cover all departments with penalties up to six months imprisonment and a 5000 dollar fine.
The Cyrenaic school derives its name from Cyrene in Africa where Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates, taught. He flourished around 380 BCE, guiding a hedonistic approach to pleasure as the measure of good.
Miss Caroline Evelyn Stretchberry daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Stretchberry of Parkway marries Edwin Rhodes Ebersole son of Mr and Mrs Ollie Ebersole of Berryville Avenue in Market Street Methodist Church. Rev Garland Evans Hopkins officiates with music by Miss Martha Babb and Miss Elizabeth Grim. They plan home in Hagerstown after August 15.
Ira Pugh 63 a Hamp shire county farmer died from pneumonia at his Millbrook home after a hospital stay. Survived by widow Estella Davis and a large family, funeral at Timber Ridge Christian Church near High View conducted by Rev. G C Russell with pallbearers listed. Burial in adjoining cemetery.
The Sixteenth Amendment authorized Congress to levy a tax on incomes without apportionment among the states. It was ratified in 1913.
Miss Dolly Hart daughter of Mr and Mrs J Frank Hart married Private John L Enders of the U S Army at 2 30 pm in Berryville The Rev E D Vaughan officiated Before family members The bride wore dusty rose crepe and baler roses They will honeymoon in Richmond and reside with the Hart family during his service time.
Berryville hosts the Clarks as they occupy their newly purchased home. Isobel Lee and Ashton Lee of New York visit Baltimore this weekend with Mr. and Mrs. David Nes and plan to stay with their parents the Lees at Rosney in Clarke for several weeks. Mrs. Graham Doughtery, head of the Red Cross Canteen Department, arrives at Woodley after two weeks in California on business.
Stephens City residents and relatives plan vacations and visits. Several travel to Washington Charlottesville Birmingham and Maryland for shopping, education, and hospital visits. Families include Hurst Golliday Ware Orndorff Strickler Parker Carper and additional relatives with means of transportation noted.
Four families of war prisoners were informed that discovery of letters in food packages sent to prison camps would lead to German disciplinary actions against the prisoners.
The Bible School at St Johns in Bloom Virginia is in session with 56 members enrolled. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Brasser of Chevy Chase Maryland and Mrs Julian Cooper and sister Mrs Kline of Washington. Several local residents and visitors are named visiting relatives and attending events in the area.
The Star Dial 3424 serves for all social personal and club notices and social listings advertised by The Star-3424.
Recent guests include Mrs. Yates Willey and daughters from Frofit Royal, plus visits by Mr. Russell Lloyd to Richmond and by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brent from Richmond. Others from Washington and Winchester are noted guests. A new Boyce school is under construction and residents plan day and night watch for planes.
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