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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1940
Page
8
Tuesday events include a Service Guild meeting at Market Street Methodist Church at 8 20 p m and a Little Theatre presentation of You Can t Take It With You at Handley High School auditorium Wednesday features a 3 30 p m Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club meeting at Mrs Louis Baker s residence.
Mrs. Beverley Browne of Front Royal will speak at the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club on Wednesday July 24 at 3 30 in the afternoon. Mrs. Louis Baker serves as hostess with Browne discussing Planning the Perennial Border and summer flowers on display.
Grandmother of Betty Holland, age 16, receives 600 offers from Americans to adopt the Maidenhead, England girl for wartime duration after a cable appeal to President Roosevelt. Betty is pictured packing for a voyage to safety and is the great great granddaughter of the submarine inventor.
Miss Elspeth Hall Peyton became the bride of G Wilson Borden at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Richmond Virginia with Rev Frederick D Goodwin officiating. The couple will reside in Middletown after a wedding trip through Southwest Virginia and nearby West Virginia. An annual Miller reunion was also noted at Berkeley Springs with 52 attendees and plans for future gatherings.
A quiz on proper social conduct advises caution in choosing associates and suggests using the term women for peers aged thirty and over. It also states a lighted cigarette on a beach should be covered with sand immediately if it is discarded.
About 150 Butler family members gathered Sunday at Willow Brook Farm near Arden for the sixth annual reunion. Heat reduced attendance from last year, but festivities included music by local bands and a short family history read by Miss Hester Roland.
A chatty dental health piece discusses caries causes and prevention, urging brushing after meals, diet considerations, and vitamin tips. It notes varnish and tartar removal, discusses toothbrush design, and offers old fashioned facial beauty and skin care guidance linked to health beliefs.
Dr and Mrs Ralph B Snapp hosted guests over the weekend at their Capon river cottage. Petersburg Virginia visitors Dr and Mrs E F Hodges and their children Miss Preston Hodges and Mr Emory Hodges join Newport News pair Mr and Mrs William Stewart at Mrs Joseph Massies Amherst street home for the week. Mrs Robert Barton Jr of Richmond visits mother in law Mrs Robert Barton Sr on South Washington street and will stay in Winchester for several weeks.
The United Brethren Sunshine Class held an outing at Rouss Park Friday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Eyler, Mr and Mrs Rathman and son, Mr and Mrs Rush, Mr and Mrs Stover Walters and son, Mr Roland Dean, Miss Alverna Patterson, Miss Ruth Andrews, and Mrs Hodges. Comrade Bible Class To Hold A Picnic: Braddock Street Church plans its annual picnic Friday evening at the Park near Front Royal with church meeting at 6 o clock and transportation provided for those without a ride.
Mrs J W Eddy visits Winchester while Katharine Jolliffe from Walter Reed Hospital stays with the Jolliffe family at Roseville near Boyce. Several residents host guests including Ruth Clarke in Berryville and the Millys in Charles Town. Guests travel from Hagerstown and Leesburg. church Children’s Day program at Boyce M E Church set for next Sunday at 8. An efficient committee plans an interesting event.
Millwood and Clarke residents host guests and visitors from Baltimore Washington and New York. Notable scenes include Mrs D W Burchard from Baltimore at Fairview, the Huidekopers planning a Long Island visit, and the Beatty sisters joining the Washington concert trip. Local dances benefit the Red Cross at Goose Creek Tavern. Episcopal services in Millwood will be led by Rev Chelton while Goodwins entertain guests from Harrisburg Chapel Hill and China.
A report describes transfer to the quarantine ward where the subject will receive forties-changing civilian clothing for prison use, followed by a bath and medical examination. Records will be compiled during this process.
A Montgomery county jury acquitted ten men charged with rioting after a Jehovah's Witness meeting in Rockville Maryland June 19. Policeman L B Thompson identified each defendant claiming to have seen them during or after the disturbance.
After a disturbance began when sect members refused to salute the American flag, defendants claimed curiosity was their motive for entering the meeting hall. They said they followed Burroughs with the flag to see if sect members would salute, denying any damage to furniture or furnishings.
Edith Day played the title role in the first stage production of Trene. The musical opened at the Vanderbilt Theatre in New York City on November 18.
Lewisburg Pa July 23 Warden Hiatt said Philadelphia publisher M L Annenberg will be treated like any other prisoner upon arrival at Northeastern Federal Penitentiary to begin a three year term for violating federal tax laws. He will be escorted from Chicago to the prison and processed by officials.
Barbara Bell pattern No 1965 B is shown for sizes 11 13 15 17 and 19 with busts 29 31 33 35 and 37. The Fall and Winter Pattern Book offers over 100 designs with easy to follow patterns and a sew chart.
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