Community Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings
A dense schedule lists regular meetings and events across Winchester andarea, including Amer Post luncheon at Mrs. Philip Williams home, Braddock Street choir practice, Kernstown Civic League at the school, Circle No 2 at 320 Handley Avenue, Ever Ready Missionary Society at Amherst Street, and several church societies. Nurses' association plans in Arlington. Also notes social visits, weddings, and births.
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Amer- Post
George Fair
Philip Williams
Amherst Street
Young Pew
Braddock Treet Methodist Episcopal Church
Kernstown
Edward G. Rusk
Handley Avenue
Ever Ready Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
K. H. Sale
Woman’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Ruth Hottle
National Avenue
Centenary Reformed Church
C. E. Seastrunk
Hagerstown Shrine Club
Gateway Inn
Winchester Shriners
Altar and Sanctuary Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Home Service Department
Northern Virginia Power Company
Home Service Hall
South End Hose Company
Presbyterian Auxiliary Nears $4000 in Fundraising
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church wraps up its year with an all day meeting in the Sunday School room on Monday. A lunch is served from 12 to 1 pm and officers will be installed after. Under Miss Lela Rosenberger leadership the group reports a successful year, nearly $4000 raised, and active church work. Mrs. J Henry Moling Jr will be the new president. A large turnout is expected at 10:30 am for the day’s exercises.
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Presbyterian Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Lela Rosenberger
J. Henry Moling, Jr
Martinsburg Clubs and Society Meet in City
Local clubs and church groups announce upcoming events including the Women s Missionary Society meeting at 7 30 this evening at 342 National Avenue with officer elections and committee reports. The Martinsburg Club plans its March meeting at the George Washington Hotel with Antoinette Hechmer as speaker and a musical program.
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The
Woman's Club
Martinsburg
George Washington Hotel
Antoinette Hechmer
Washington
Illustrated Lecture On National Park Service Work Draws Crowd
Prof Flickinger led an illustrated talk at Handley Library on the National Park Service and Virginia sites. Attendees heard about Washington’s early training, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Park Service efforts with Yorktown tours planned by the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. National Park Service
Handley Library
B. Flickinger
National Park Service
Robert B. Nelson
Fort Loudoun
D A. R
Winchester
George Washington
C. Vernon Eddy
Winchester Historical Society
Washington
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
Flickinger
Swein
William and Mary College
Eddy
W. E. Carson
Riverton
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Colonial National Monument
Shenandoah National Park
J. W. Rader
R. B. Nelson
Yorktown
S L. Flickinger
North Washington Street
Virginia
Department of the Interior
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon
Sequoia National Park
Jamestown
Williamsboro
Lord Cornwallis
Moore House
Lenten Cantata Olivet to Calvary Set For Palm Sunday
A Maunder masterpiece titled Olivet to Calvary will be performed by a choir of over 40 under Floyd Haines at Capitol Theatre on Palm Sunday March 20 at 3 PM. Warner Brothers provides the venue free of charge and Billy Barnes will play the organ. Additional rehearsal at 7:30 PM today at First Baptist Church aims for full attendance.
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Olivet
Calvary
Floyd. Haines
Capitol Theatre
Palm
Warner Brothers
Billy Barnes
First Baptist Church
Haines
Five Princesses Named for Apple Festival Parade
Baltzell of Marianna named Princess Florida by Gov. Carlton. The Parade Committee, led by Fred A. Read Jr. and Grover Schlack, scheduled a meeting to finalize plans for the Trail of the Pink Petals march honoring the fete queen with committee members and local officials named.
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Baltzell
Marianna
N. A. Baltzell
Florida
Doyle E. Carlton
John Garland Pollard
Richmond
A L. Schmelz
Hampton. A
Fred A. Read, Jr
Grover
Schlack
Parade segment to honor Washington bicentennial in local history
Co chairmen say a parade section will present George Washington's ties to the area. The historical feature aligns with the Washington bicentennial celebration.
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George Washington
Washington
Elon College President to Preach at First Christian Church
The Rev. L. B. E. Smith D. D recently elected president of Elon College will preach at First Christian Church Sunday morning.
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Elon College
L. BE. Smith
D. D
First Christian Church
Pastor Resigns After 13 Years Of Service At Norfolk Church
Dr. Smith leaves the Christian Temple of Norfolk where he led a 256 member congregation to a 1500 member church with a new stone building. He sacrifices a larger former salary to serve in a less lucrative post, urged by congregants and a financially strapped college. He urges parishioners to attend Sunday service to show appreciation for his work for a needy cause.
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Ing. Dr. Smith
Christian Temple of
Norfolk
Ambiguous Quote by George Hillard Memorized in Print
An expression quotes George Hillard describing a man as tungish dawdling and dile tory, noting he spasms with activity but never acts continuously with energetic quickness, illustrating a cautious temperament rather than sustained effort.
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George
Hillard
Land and harbor facts from hemispheres and New York
The text notes eight million six hundred thousand square miles of land in the northern hemisphere and thirteen million five hundred thousand in the southern hemisphere. It states the New York Harbor entrance is seven miles wide from Sandy Hook to Rockaway Point.
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New York Harbor
Ocean
Sandy Hook
Rockaway Point
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wl” Vz
Lions’ Club
Kiwanis Club
United Brethren Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Rotary Club
Sanctuary Society of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
St. Patrick's
Stafford Pemberton
Nurses’ Association
Arlington
Graduate Nurses’ Association
Arlington County
Lillian Anderson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dora M. Cornelison
American Journal of Nursing
Miss Anderson
Alexandria
Fred L. Glaize
Fast Piccadilly Street
Virginia Tayloe Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Mary Miller
Belasco
Katherine Cornell
Barretts
Wimpole Street
Miss Boyd
Mary Warden Boyd
Robert Beech School For Girls
Catonsville
Funk
Strasburg
E. G. Grabb
H. L. Hottle
W. B. Goode
Quy Neal
Arthur Funk
G. G. Moyer
Mary Machir
C. E. Miller
W. H. Johnston
P. S. Rhodes
C. M. Palmer
J. R. Miller
Mona Stover
Mabel Horan
Anna Margaret Chiles
Hottle
Johnston
Punk
Helen Baker
Miss Powers
Bruton Church
Helen Powers
Bula Mae Smith
John C. Wiigs
Philadelphia
Old Bruton Parish
Williamsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Roy DeHaven
Sibley Hospital
Franklin Frederick DeHaven
DeHaven
B. F. DeHaven
Gainesboro
Luther Pannett
Virginia Guyer
Frederick Guyer
T. B. Patton
West Boscawen Street
Patton
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
WRVA
Lyda Neeleson
Mary Fishburne
L. Wilson Jarman
Smith
Robert S. Smith
Mr. Smith
Martin Huffman
Martin Huffman, Jr
Isses Mildred and
Ruth Racey
Purgittsville
C. J. Racey
Lewis H. Hyde
New York City
Omar Jackson
Clarendon
Mrs. Nalley
Emma Gina Baker
South Washington Street
Fort Humphrey
Church Missionary Society
Women’s Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
Sadie Hamrick
Martinsburg Club
Naomi Graber
J. A. Parker
Naomine
Baltimore
A. Parker
Medical Department
United States Army
Camp Holabird
Maryland
Ellicott City
Methodist Episcopal de
H. D. Stewart
Emory
Parker
Clarence O'Leary
North Kent Street
Friday Bridge Club
Lily Baker
Washington Street
Tennessee
Texas
Miss Baker
San Antonio
Houston
Arthur Field
Rochester
N. Y
John M. Renner
East Piccadilly Street
M. D. Epes
Anne Brooke Kern
Susan Carson
A. C. Carson
John M. Steck, Jr
North Camae Street
Myra Huffman
Seabring, Fla
Huffman
Hunter H. McGuire
North Braddock Street
Mr. Eddy
Apple Festival
George H. Heistelen
W. A. Baker
Harry W. Butler
J. . Engle
al. C Richards
W. R. Legge
Poe Hey
Funsra
Margaret L
Hodgson
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Lata
R. M. Swimley
Geo. Washington Hotel
Pure Food
Braddock
Boscawen Streets
People's
North Main Street
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