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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1939

Page

6

Calendar of Thursday and Friday community events

Calendar shows G A A supper at Tokus Inn at 5 30 p m. Onward and Upward Class at Nome of Mrs Albert Stine Middle Road at 8 p m. Friday luncheon by R Y Conrad American Legion Post at George Washington Hotel at 12 30 p m. Woodmen of World meeting at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen Street at 8 p m.

Tokus Inn Kernstown R. Y. Conrad American Legion Post George Washington Hotel Woodmen of World Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen Street

Alfresco Benefit Draws Northern Virginia Society Members

A Clarke County Nurses Association benefit at Springsbury in Chake attracted over 100 Northern Virginia attendees. Guests enjoyed a supper, spirituals sung by a Winchester choir, monologues by Tom Powers, a Little Theatre preview for Outward Bound, and Bingo and fortune readings as the event showcased community support and theatre ticket sales.

Northern Virginia Alfresco Chake Northern Virginia Society Clarke County Nurses’ Association New York Long Island Virginia Powers

Mrs Bott Recovering After Appendectomy At Memorial Hospital

Mrs M W Bott wife of Captain Bott local Salvation Army commander underwent an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital yesterday performed by Dr C R Anderson and Dr George Snarr. Her condition is very pleasing and she is getting along very nicely according to friends.

M. W. Bott Captain Bott Salvation Army Memorial Hospital C.R. Anderson George Snarr

Luncheon Place Setting and Cake Boxes Origin

The answer describes luncheon table setup with place plates two knives three forks and a small spoon. It notes the word tuxedo derives from Tuxedo Park country club in southeastern New York. It confirms each guest receives an individual cake box.

Tuxedo Park New York

Imagined Biography From a Play Cast Member

A series profile reveals Mrs Cliveden-Banks in an imagined backstory for the play Outward Bound. The narrator recalls hunger, class tension, and theft as formative moments leading to a marriage with Cliveden Banks and a life shaped by desire for status and warmth.

Mrs. Cliveden-Banks Douglas Fuller Smith

Local Social Notes From Middletown Area

Miss Jaanne Border of New York City visits Mrs. R E Byrd. Lynn P Johnson of Berryville Avenue improves after electric treatments at Mrs. Allison Kline's Middletown nursing home. Mrs. W H Clem and daughter Helen plus Mrs. Will Sipe return from a ten day World Fair trip to New York and northern states. Centerville weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs John Myers and Mr and Mrs McKinley Turner. Sketch Club meets at 7 30 this evening. Mr Jolliffe recovering well after appendicitis at Memorial hospital. Mrs Florence Cooper hosts Bertha Woodfill Alfred Cooper of New Jersey and Douglas Babbit of New York City. Elizabeth Kern departs for Washington DC to visit Capt and Mrs W B Kean. D J Howard Jr attends F F A camp near Richmond. wife Mary Anna stays with Brookfield Md hosts Mr Howard's parents. The Ho wards Ayers and daughter Alta May move into new West Leicester Street residence. S D Preston and Lions International convention attendees spend the week in Pittsburgh. expected home tomorrow. L J McElliott and children Jackie Jill visit Genesee area in Gen eva New York with grandparents.

Sketch Club Lawrence Jolliffee Jolliffe Memorial Hospital Florence Cooper Bertha Woodfill Alfred Cooper New Jersey Douglas Babbit New York City

Mary Payne Baldwin Joins Norfolk Visitors in Berryville

Berryville Virginia reports Miss Mary Payne Baldwin of Norfolk yesterday joined her parents visiting Miss Annie Stribling. Luncheon at South Church street hosted guests including Mrs. J Tyson Dortch and Mrs. Armi stead from Philadelphia. Other social notes mention local residents and visitors from Washington Culpeper Pittsburgh Edgewood and New York with travel on the Bremen.

Berryville, Va Mary Payne Baldwin Norfolk Ludwell Baldwin Annie Stribling F. L. Ayler South Church Street J. Tyson Dortch Armistead Philadelphia E. P. Berlin Stine Washington William D. Garvin Charles Town William S. Powers Kate Powers Margaret Dole Richard E. Dole Alice Winslow Alexis Summerson New York Virginia

Local Notes and Travels of Front Royal Residents

Mrs. William Wake returns from Philadelphia with husband employed there and visits relatives in Madison county. Mr. and Mrs. Haley travel to New York for the World's Fair while Mrs. Pomeroy returns from Charlottesville hospital. The Fielder couple visit the New York World's Fair as well. M C Vint recovers from a ten day illness and is able to be out. Dr. and Mrs. J. McIver Jackson vacationed in Hunterville North Carolina with Mrs. Jacksons father. Mrs. Harold Smith hosts the Afternoon Bridge Club at The Hemlocks. Mrs. Sam Simpson hosts the Monday Bridge Club. Lawrence Boerner of Baltimore visits with Mrs. Boerner and their daughter Prudence. Capt. Alexander Stewart of Washington spends the weekend with Mrs. Stewart at her mother Mrs. Hillidge's home.

Miss Amick Capon Bridge Reta Amick Frank Duckworth W. Va Frank Kerns Hampshire County Front Royal William Wake Philadelphia Wake Capt Alexander Stewart Washington, D. C Mrs. Stewart B. J. Hillidge

Weekend Social Roundup of Local Residents

Miss Ellie Byrd Eastham of Luray visited her mother Mrs. P B Eastham while Evelyn Higgins returned from Virginia Beach with grandmother Mrs E A Clark. The list notes trips to Schuyler Fort Meade North Carolina and Roanoke with relatives and guests visiting local families and hospitals in the area.

Ellie Byrd Eastham Luray P. B. Eastham Evelyn Higgins Virginia Beach E. A. Clark Barbara Higgins Francis McFall Buddy Dodd Clark

Judge Kennedy Honored as District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler

Judge Harry F. Kennedy of Alexandria Lodge No 758 is named district deputy grand exalted ruler for Virginia west by Henry C. Warner. The assignment covers Alexandria Winchester Harrisonburg Charlottesville Roanoke Danville Clifton Forge Pulaski and Lynchburg. Kennedy accepted promptly, following a telegram of praise. Previous officeholders in the area include Andrew Bell and Lawrence Hollis from Winchester.

Harry F. Kennedy Alexandria Virginia West Kennedy Winchester Harrisonburg Charlottesville Roanoke Danville Clifton Forge Pulaski Lynchburg Andrew Bell Lawrence C. Hollis

Notice of Personal Responsibility Claim

Virginia Sandlin states she will not be responsible for debts incurred by others. Filed as a public notice dated January 15.

Virginia Sandlin

Barbara Bell Pattern No 1787 B Opens for Sizes 14 to 42

Barbara Bell pattern No 1787 B covers sizes 14 through 42 with busts from 32 to 42 inches. The size 16 34 line requires 43 yards of 35 or 39 inch material with short sleeves and 134 yards of trim. Pattern price is 15 cents and pattern book price is 15 cents.

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Young Woman's League of Christchurch Millwood Graham Dougherty Mr. Powers Evelyn Shryock Blue Ridge Hunt Little Theatre Roy Ryden L. M. Allen Howard Douglas and Lewis Arthur Field Frances Page Mary McCone Hunter McGuire J. Victor Arthur B. B. Dutton Joseph Massie R. E. Byrd H. B. McCormac H. K. Benham H. K. Russell Frank Hack Orville van Deusen Orville Caroline Carson Clarke Cooper Jack Engle Elizabeth Payne Ross Virginia Boyd Hugh Green John B. McKee William Bleck Frank Hacks P. W. Boyd John Woolfolk W. A. Baker Carl Massey Champe Conner C. MacCallum Brooks’ Pharmacy Haldeman’'S Alecia Beauty Salon Monogram N. Loudoun &T Maxine Butler Lewistown Winchester Memorial Hospital Loney Cline East Cork Street Miss Butler Edward Mo Staff Paul E. Neckerman Wilkensburg Irvan O'Connell West Cork Street E. Bennet Faringer Thomas J. O'Connell Madeline’o’connell A. J. MacHamer Baltimore, Md Frank Kershner, Jr Baltimore Irvan O'Connell, Jr South Washington Street Robert E. Lee Betty Oyler Gettysburg Zelma Carper North Loudoun Street Samuel G. Spangler Gettysburg, Pa Taylor F. Hahn Grover Hahn Marion, Ohio Henry Bailey Bull Line Merchant Marine Miami, Fla Kay Bailey West Boscawen Street Charles Mort William and Mary College Williamsburg Columbus Ohio H. D. Flood Jack Portner W. L. Poston Mr. Examiner Miror Jenny Jimmie Clividen Banks Jolliffe Photo Jaanne Border Lynn P. Johnson Berryville Avenue Allison Kline Middletown W. H. Clem Helen Will Sipe John Myers McKinley Turner Centerville, Pa Elizabeth Kern W. B. Kean D. J. Howard, Jr Virginia Vocational Agriculture Richmond Edward .G. Ayers Alta May Ayers Shirley Street Leicester Street S. D. Preston Pittsburgh L. J. McElliott Jackie Jill Mrs. McElliott Geneva, N. Y Berryville Social News Anna Briggs Culpeper Shepherd Charles F. McIntosh John McIntosh Mary Dougherty Howard Wood Maryland Woodley Thomas Gold Miss Rebecca Gold Peter Williams Riverside Williams Charles Lyle Robert W. Cummins Edgewood, Pa Alden . Cummins W. B. Snider & Son Chesapeake Seafood Store Miss Dole England Miss Winslow Germany George P. Greenhalgh Billy Jacobs Weatherall Spring Lake N. J Ruth Campbell Caryswood Anna K. Cummins Miss Campbell American Scholar Phi Beta Kappa Society J. G. Pearce Blue Ridge Sol Bloom Huron Lawson Carl Droop Chandler Smith Isabelle Rowland Lloyd B. Wilson Genevieve Hendricks William Cabell Moore E. J. Sandoz Mas Jesse L. Miller Joshua Holmes Betsy Jacqueline Sally Holmes Front Royal and Warren County News Mrs. W. A. Haley W. J. Pomeroy University Hospital Mrs A. J. Fielder M. C. Vint Mrs. J. McIver Jackson Hunterville N. C Harold Smith Sam Simpson Monday Bridge Club Lawrence Boerner Underwood N. Loudoun St J. M. Lockman Fort Meade Lockman North Carolina R.M. A Aubrey Henry The Johnson's Women’s Nursing Home B. F. Rowe, Jr Barbara Elaine Mrs. Rowe Jesse Greenwalt Newbern Mr. Rowe E. W. Brubaker Mrs. Willard Brubaker and Family Williams C. Armstrong Catherine Albert Darby Darby Elder A. L. Harrison Dawsonville Springfield Mass Mrs. P. I. Rogers Mary Jane and Morgan Eleanor Weaver Reedville Chilton Weaver T. D. Smith Farmville W. W. Smith Franklin Charles Stossell R. E. Purdum Judge Kennedy Ruler of Elks Potomac By-Products Co Harpers Ferry, W. Va Gilbert Sullivan Miky B ‘Enny-Baker Jean Colin D’'Oyly Carte Chorus Technicolor Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Goodyear Buncutter Tire CO Braddock & Germain Sts John S. Miller & CO the Evening Star Barbara Bell Barbara Bell Pattern Service Winchester Evening Star Times Square Station New York, N. Y
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