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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1940

Page

6

Social and Personal Club Meetings This Week

A schedule of local society gatherings including American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs. Harry Lupton's West Piccadilly Street Monday at 7 30 p m. Madison Lodge S O O F at East Boscawen Street 8 00 p m. V F W at North Loudoun Street 8 00 p m. Circle No 9 Braddock Street Church at Mrs W H Reed 224 South Braddock Street. Tuesday Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel 12 30 p m. Faith Lippard Circle Grace Lutheran at Mrs Harry Schmidt 311 South Washington Street 3 00 p m. Congregational ham dinner Loudoun Street Universalist Church 6 30 p m. Missionary Society Market Street Church Mrs A C Halvosa 1503 Valley Avenue 7 30 p m. Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall at 8 00 p m.

American Legion Auxiliary Harry Lupton West Piccadilly Street Madison Lodge East Boscawen Street North Loudoun Street Circle No Braddock Street W. H. Reed South Braddock Street Lions Club George Washington Hotel Faith Lippard Circle of Grace Lutheran Church Harry Schmidt South Washington Street Congregational Ham Loudoun Street Uterian Missionary Society of Market Street A. C. Halvosa Valley Avenue Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall

Lutz Family Honors Forty Fifth Birthday Gathering

Mrs. W. O. Lutz celebrated her sixty fourth birthday with a Saturday evening party at the home of her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Peer on Euclid avenue. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Lutz and extended family, with music by Mrs. Wallace Lutz and Mrs. Peer and refreshments served.

W. O. Lutz Cecil Peer Euclid Avenue Civn Wallace Lutz Peer George Lutz Vernon Miller McDonald Oscar S. Brown Dorothy Virginia W. A. Bailey Ralph Baan Stanley S City William B. Cassilier E. W. Albin

Engagement of Elizabeth Barton to William White Announced

Elizabeth Hawkins Barton of Airslie Maryland will wed William L White son of Mr and Mrs John O White of Sudbrook Park. White a Johns Hopkins class of 1929 member. The wedding planned for early June.

Randolph Barton, Jr Airslie Pikesville Elizabeth Hawkins Barton William L White John O. White Sudbrook Park Barton Baltimore White Johns Hopkins University

Social rounds highlight weddings and showers in Winchester notes

Mrs Fred Duncan hosted a shower for Mrs Harry Riley of Augusta West Virginia. Mrs Alfred Schwalb entertained brothers in law Jules Schwalb and family at a dinner with 26 guests including bridge and mahjong. Miss Isobel Cameron will speak on Finnish relief at Annefield Clarke County. Miss Gladys Cather to wed Virgil Alabaugh of Capon Bridge on March 1. Various birthdays and visits noted with locals and out of town guests. Dr Charles R Anderson and James Himelright mentioned in Winchester community update.

Fred Duncan Harry Loy Hugh Carpenter Harry Riley Augusta W. Va Riley Ruth Hiett Capon Bridge Schwalbs Alfred L. Schwalb National Avenue Dimner Jules Schwalb Brooklyn Winchester Bridge Mah-Jong Gladys Cather Alabaugh M. R. Cather Virgil Alabaugh T. M. Swann Braddock Street Methodist Church Winchester Knitting Mill West Virginia PWA Ellen R. Wheeler Fairfield, Conn Virginia Frederick Sturges Clarke County Orton Prime Oconomowoc Wisconsin William RP. Watkins Annefield Miss Wheeler

Modern Etiquette Q and A on Smoking Manners

The guidance covers not smoking where it may bother others and reprimanding those who blow smoke into faces. It advises avoiding public corrections during a card game and stresses focusing on the next hand. It also prescribes a proper introduction for an eighteen year old to a sixty year old woman.

Jean Norton

Local residents note illnesses and visits this weekend

Mr G W Riley is confined to his home with the flu. David H Allen Jr of Middlesburg Va spent the weekend at his home near Berryville. Kenneth Robinson returned from a trip through the south eastern states. Aloise Brill a Mary Washington College sophomore spent the weekend here, met by relatives Mrs Henry Bell and Miss Audrey Lee Cammer. R G Farrer slightly improved after a fall. Charlotte Nicodemus and Mary Gail Cather visited Washington DC over the weekend. Edmund Bradfield a student at Ohio State University stayed with grandparents and relatives. Dorothy Funkhouser went home to convalesce from an appendectomy. Mrs Harry A Spencer of Martinsburg spent the weekend with her parents on South Cameron street. Mrs Raymond Forney back to work after illness. Mrs Forney owns Lois Beauty Shoppe. Mrs Charles J Athey convalescing on Gray avenue from influenza.

Aloise Brill Mary Washington College Fredericksburg Henry Bell Winchester P. H. Cammer Audrey Lee Cammer Front Royal Edmund Bradfield Ohio State University Anest Ely B. F. Arthur, Jr Harry A. Spencer Martinsburg, W. Va L. L. Cone South Cameron Street Charles J. Athey Gray Avenue

Winchester Little Theatre Plans Tuesday Meeting

The Winchester Little Theatre will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the studio on Boscawen Street. A discussion of the next major production and the director’s name will follow. A new board member will be elected to replace Virginia Boyd. A one act play titled A Comedy Perhaps by Bentley Kinney will be presented with actors Ian MacCallum Ben Belchie Bennett McCarthy Forest Jones and Billy Bell. The set was designed by Martin Kermacy and built by Louise Harper.

Little Theatre Kinney Winchester Little Theatre Boscawen Street Virginia Boyd Bentley Kinney Ian MacCallum Ben Belchie Bennett McCarthy Forest Jones Billy Bell Martin Kermacy Louise Harper Douglas Fuller Smith Frances Beverley

Women and the Way In Europe and Great Britain

Mrs Harold Rowe will lead Circle 9 of Braddock Street Methodist Church in a study on Women and the Way In Europe and Great Britain at 8 oclock this evening at Mrs William H Reed’s home 224 South Braddock. District Nurse Association meets Wednesday at 3 pm at their office near the county courthouse. All are welcome.

Europe Great Britain Harold Rowe Braddock Street Methodist Church W. S. Clark William H. Reed South Braddock District Nurse Society District Nurse ‘Association County Court House

Blue Ridge Hunt Meets at Springsbury Despite Rain

Berryville reports the Blue Ridge Hunt meeting at Springsbury with only one spill. Alexis Sommaripa fell at a jump but remounted and rejoined the field. Guests gathered at Springsbury for a Greenhalgh family breakfast. Various visitors, including Miss Marie Crow and the Stevens and Robertson families, discussed property repairs and visits in Clarke county. Capt. and Mrs. Wray departed for Williamsburg to visit a historic gift shop.

Berryville Blue Ridge Hunt Springsbury Alexis Sommaripa George P. Greenhalgh George P. Greenhalgh, Jr Toledo Ohio Greenhalgh, Jr Burwell Jacobs Montague Stevens Chatham, N. J Marie Crow Frank M. Wray Williamsburg Duke of Gloucester Street

Notable Local Events Highlight Community Building Efforts

Reports show Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. maintains a museum site at the house, Capt. Wray returns home with Mrs. Wray planning to come back in about ten days. The bazaar profits total between 250 and 300 dollars, aiding pay off the new community building debt.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr Capt. Wray

Bombed Dutch Vessel Eliziena Reported Off North Sea

Three survivors reached a northeast coast port after spending 36 hours on a raft following the bombing of the Netherlands coastal vessel Eliziena in the North Sea. The two other crew members were killed. a Danish vessel picked up the survivors after the attack by a German bomber early yesterday.

London Netherlands North Sea

Harrison Opposes Road Fund Change in Virginia

State Senator Burr P. Harrison of Winchester backs the Weaver-Norris-Robinet te amendment for a public vote on a constitutional prohibition against diverting motor fuel taxes. He argues the measure protects taxpayers and ends repeated efforts to divert road funds, urging Virginians to vote on the issue.

Richmond Burr P. Harrison Winchester WRVA WDBJ Roanoke Harrison Senate Mittee House of Delegates Virginia

Jailed Suspect Found After Long Sacramento Search

Detectives A. J. Babayaco and T. R. Rosman pursued a suspected criminal across Sacramento until exhaustion, discovering the man had already been jailed two days earlier on a vagrancy charge.

Sacramento A. J. Babayaco T.R. Rosman

Swiss Bees Receive Sugar Ration Break for Winter

Swiss sugar rationing includes a special order from the Federal Office of War Supplies. Domesticated bees kept by Swiss beekeepers will get ten pounds of sugar per hive this winter to aid production.

Berne Switzerland Federal Office of War Supplies

Riddle clues mix with mythic names and wordplay

A crossword style prompt lists seven clues including Spirit Exclamation Guido's lowest note Abyss Angel of death Mother of Perseus and a hard wood, followed by note about distribution by King Features Syndicate.

Guido Angel of Death Mother of Perseus

Also Mentioned on This Page

Elizabeth Barton Mr. W. I. White Mrs. Davis B. F. Davis Rite-Way Cleaners Corporation Davis Liberty Hall Virginia Miller Dson Miller South Camstreet Eeean Giant Bridge Brooks’ Pharmacy Alecia Beauty Salon C. B. Smalts & Son Imo Sunshine East Pickadilly Isobel Cameron Isobel ‘Mayo Cameron Charlotte N. C Powhatan Thomas N. Carter W. B. Watkins Miss Cameron Joseph Thrift Urbanna James W. Thrift Langley Field Carson Spillman Nationa] Avenue Cornelia Carter Spillman William Fauver Garland Spillman Charles R. Anderson James Himelright Hagerstown, Md Miller Street Beth Fanchon Huntsberry Mr. G. W. Riley David H. Allen, Jr Middleburg, Va Kenneth Robinson R. G. Farrer Middletown Charlotte Nicodemus Mary Gail Cather Washington, D. C Dorothy Funkhouser Memorial Hospital Raymond Forney Forney Lois Beauty Shoppe Underwood N. Loudoun St Finland Ruth Elizabeth Niemela Paul Herbster, Wise Schoo Niemela Kuusamo Mrs. Reed Social News Loudoun St Polly Winslow Anne Cabell Williams Washington Samuel Chew Williams E. P. Berlin Legion Lloyd Williams Post American Legion Oil Fund Duncan Memorial Methodist Church Nellie Cobb Hazel Jenkins Women’s Club of Matthew Page Andrews Shepherdstown Andrews Old Dominion Rose MacDonald George Washington Hotel Orchestra Ernest H. Williams Grace Episcopal Church Frederick D. Goodwin Diocese of Haldeman's Haldeman’s Creamery the Plaza Royal Road Pocahontas Red Ash Cavals Lumpy Run-Mine W. B. Snider & Son Valley Pride United Food Florsheim the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Fairmont S. Loudoun St National Ave S. Main Taylor Evans Kent St Gem Billiard Parlor W. Water Zeal Cherry Millville W. Ce E. M. Locke Swimley Brill’s Grocery N. Main St A. M. Hannum Route 275 Yellow Springs Care Star Goodrich Silvertown Te Ee Clay Carr Boyce Shenandoah County M. Howerton Nichols Hatchery Rockmart Jesse van Camp c/o Winchester Star Waynesboro Nurseries Waynesboro Martinsburg Live Stock CO Durham W. Lewis Mgr Martinsburg W Va Susie Prince A. J. Prince Admr Coleman Dunn Auct Falls Church Daily Crossword Low Island King Features Syndicate, Inc
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