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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
8
Pouches beneath the eyes are caused by fatigue inheritance allergies or intestinal disturbances. The remedy includes hot and cold compresses twice daily a heavy cream gentle eye massage water intake early bed rest lighter diet and outdoor exercise to reduce swelling and restore well being.
Curtain rises at 8 30 p m Friday for The Family Upstairs at Cap itol Theatre. Local patrons invited to opening night featuring a cast of regional performers and live stage action.
Curtain at the Capitol Theatre and Winchester Little Theatre opens the Martinsburg Civic Theatre comedy tonight at 8 30. The production closes the Little Theatre's eleventh season. Tickets at Capitol box office windows this afternoon or tonight. Miss Elizabeth Kern remains hospitalized after surgery this week.
Miss Elsie Gray Hume daughter of Gray Walton Hume Leesburg and the late Elsie Payne Hume married Jones Moore Lawson of Washington and Birmingham June 2 in Baltimore. Rev J George Carr officiated. Mrs Lawson is sister of Mrs Clay Carr of Boyce and has visited Boyce.
Rebecca Carter 18, daughter of Mrs. R C Carter and the late Mr. Carter of Berryville, was selected by the Berryville Chamber of Commerce to represent Berryville and Clarke County as a Princess in the annual Tomato Festival at Berkley Springs West Virginia. A Berryville High School graduate class of 1940, she is employed as fashion editor of the Clarke Courier.
Mr C M Martin, who underwent an eye operation Wednesday in Memorial Hospital, has recovered sufficiently to be discharged to his home at 325 West Piccadilly Street.
Front Royal social note reports Jeannie Marie Williams engaged to Dr Karl Preiderich Steinbach U S Army. The wedding is planned for July 12 at Calvary Episcopal Church Front Royal with preparations and related society movements across nearby towns and families.
The guidance warns against smoking or gum chewing during job applications and suggests modest grooming. It states advice should be given only when asked and ridicule is cruel. For vacations, plan several weeks in advance to avoid disappointment.
Young People of Rest Church present a Sunday night pageant titled Journey of Youth on June 29 at 8 pm with special music. Public invited. Timber Ridge Christian Church Ladies Aid hosts a yard party June 28 at 6 pm in the church grove with rain plan to move to the shed. Home made preserves, cake, chicken salad and sandwiches on sale.
Berryville July 27 75 students attend two week Daily Vacation Bible School at Presbyterian Church. After two weeks of study they traveled to Winchester for an all day picnic at Rouss Park to end the session and celebrate with closing program and shared readings.
Red Cross knitters must submit finished articles by July 3 to Mrs Richard Griffith at 320 West Clifford Street. The display will open this afternoon in the show window beside Pifer's printing company and continue for the next five days.
A yard party fundraiser hosted by the Ladies' Aid Society at the Christian Church Timber Ridge on Saturday June 28 to benefit the church community activities and programs. Local attendees invited for food games and socializing.
Local families from Alexandria Baltimore Martinsburg and Winchester spent weekends and Sundays with friends and relatives in Stephens City and nearby areas. Attendees included the Evans Orndorffs Tobins Sagers Lemleys and other neighbors with several residents listed as visiting or hosting.
Cumberland Maryland June 27 James Ward 29 described in satisfactory condition at Allegany Hospital today after burns from an accident that electrocuted three men near Short Gap West Virginia The dead are W M J Daniels 55 Samuel Maxey 29 and Raymond Emmert 27 all of Short Gap Ward also from Short Gap Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Hogsdon Mineral County West Virginia says four men were pulling a pipe from a well on the Maxey farm when the pipe touched a power line
For all social personal and club notices dial The Star 3424 and reach the paper.
Frances Virginia Chapman and David Compton Jenkins were married yesterday at 11 30 in the United Brethren Church Harrisonburg. The bride wore a natural crepe dress with brown accessories and orchid corsage. They will reside at 37 1 2 East Piccadilly Street after a wedding trip.
Lebanon Church notes on visits to the McDonald and Keller families. Miss Bobbie Miller of Capon Springs stays with Mick ey McDonald. Edna Dellinger and Leo Madigan visit. Lillian Whitmer returns from Ohio. Ruth Elaine Bowers visits Leesburg. Veda Hockman undergoes emergency appendectomy. Kitty Lou Beeler born in Clary. Raymond Dinges recovering after appendectomy. others visit Front Royal and Skyline Drive. Strasburg business trip details.
Miss Alice Himelright daughter of Mrs Edgar R Himelright of Hagerstown Maryland married Joseph M Harp of Hagerstown Tuesday at 1 pm in Frederick Maryland The Rev Ralph Hartman officiated The couple planned a wedding trip from Baltimore to Miami and will reside at 39 North Avenue Hagerstown The bride a Hagerstown High School graduate works as a secretary in Lane Bushong and Byron law offices The groom is city editor of the Hagerstown Morning Herald
The Rev. H. W. Roth of Rice Virginia will preach Sunday at Nineveh 11 a.m. Mount Hope 2 45 p.m. Cedar Creek 4 p.m. and Cedar Cliff 8 p.m. Cedar Cliff Group has been without a pastor since Rev Julian Owen moved to Falling Waters West Virginia months ago.
By dialing 3424 you may inform readers when you entertain guests depart or return home The Star will publish all such notices in this social column
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