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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1941
Page
6
Calendar lists rehearsals for The Late Christopher Bean and various meetings at clubs and lodges. Notes cover social visits, anniversaries, travel to Florida and New York, college and society news, and local residents' activities with multiple named individuals and places in Clarke city.
The first anniversary of the Junior Euterpian Club was held at Miss Betty Joe Stretchberry’s home. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Miss Thelma Edwards, Secretary Bobby Edwards, Treasurer Morris Cather, Publicity Chairman Miss Betty Joe Stretchberry, with Miss Gladys Cochran reelected as counselor. The next meeting will be held at Miss Thelma Edwards’ home the first Saturday in April. The notice also lists a Baptist Church class meeting, Garden Club event with Edward G. Butler, and multiple church circle meetings for Market Street Church. Additionally, Troop 40 leaders and district nurses association are noted for upcoming events.
A dialogue on etiquette covers a father's duty to set a good example for his son, not scold, a hostess should not pay for a guest's long distance calls, and how to handle misunderstandings when listening on the phone with the line I am sorry I didn't understand what you said.
Tugboat captain's daughter Wilma Board wed Count Nava de Tajo after a two week courtship in New York. Two years earlier Wilma was presented to society by fourteen prominent men, echoing Brenda Frasier's famed coming out. Nurses Association meets Wednesday at 3 00 in their offices near the Court House with reports by Miss Mary L Pierson and Miss Evelyn C Dean. The Women's Society of Christian Service meets tonight at 7 30 at Miss Genevieve Massie's home in Stephens City. The Century Club gathers tomorrow at 3 30 at Mrs P W Boyd's Fairmont Avenue home where Mrs Louis L Baker will speak on Peru and Chile.
David H Sirbaugh 81 died Friday at his home 333 East Piccadilly Street. Funeral services at Omps funeral parlor on North Braddock Street led by Rev Dr L Flickinger of Centenary Reformed Church. The Historic City Four sang hymns Sometime We'll Understand and Abide with Me. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Samuel Miller Robert Snapp Gilles Bray Henkel Carpenter Frank Harry and Samuel Renner. Sirbaugh, a Hampshire County native, spent much of his life in Winchester and worked for the city street department.
An exhortation on fashion and fitness urging curvy women to slim down through daily exercise and strict dress choices. It mocks heavyweight style, promotes boned foundations, and encourages persistent workouts to reduce midsection and thigh bulk.
James Pomeroy of Duquoin Illinois, 18, tried to hitchhike to save his last ten dollars when a car picked him up. A second man in the vehicle struck him with a blunt instrument, took the money, and left him unconscious by the roadside near Wichita Kansas on March 3.
Fire chief Alfred Marker notes residents’ zeal as a problem when nonmembers forced open the fire house door and drove the Tacoma volunteer company truck to a blaze. Firemen pursued on foot.
Berryville Va March 3 Miss Emily McCormick hosts Mrs Bolling as guest while Grace Church members study the Unified Plan and hear Mrs Charles Boon of Richmond discuss its churchwide success. Local visitors include Miss Ruth Campbell and Miss Emily Powers as well as others cited among parish and town residents.
Frank Maloney returned to his Ogdensburg residence after winter away to find the cellar flooded with 10 feet of ice while the parlor and bedroom held four feet of ice. Doors were stuck and the house had risen several inches off its foundation due to ice expansion.
Colleen Moore's doll house cost five hundred thousand dollars, a sum reflecting its elaborate craftsmanship and historical fame from an earlier exhibition.
Baltimore dispatch reports about 1,100 city trash and garbage workers returning to duty after a 12 day strike. City Engineer George Cobb estimates it will take about a week to clear the estimated 10,000 to 17,500 tons of refuse littering streets and alleys. About 600 street cleaning workers voted to return to work and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor.
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