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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
6
The column lists a wedding at St James Church Warrenton with Rev Bowden officiating and details of bridal party including Miss Barrett and Miss Anne Camden Barrett. It also notes births, Easter visits, and multiple students and residents visiting or traveling for holidays, mentioning families like Brown, Uphouse, Richards, Schneider, Piper, and Babb, among others.
An Easter sunrise service will be held at Rest Methodist Church on Sunday at 6 o clock. The Rev G L Fielding will deliver the Easter message as a special music program is planned. The Republic is invited.
Special Easter services will be held at Mt. Falls Methodist Church on Sunday night March 24 at 7 30 o'clock with Rev. Gilbert Russell in the pulpit. All are invited to attend.
Special communion services will be held at Cork Street Church of Christ tonight at 7.45 o clock led by Rev. Charles Hume Funk. A Sunrise Service is planned for Easter Sunday at 6 o'clock. Public invitation extended to both services.
Holy Communion will be observed at Christ Episcopal Church tonight at 8 o’clock and on Good Friday tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. The observances bring the church’s Holy Week rites to the local congregation.
Four German airmen shot down in the North Sea were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat about 150 miles off shore and brought to Ijmuiden. One flyer was wounded in the knee and another had a broken leg. A German news agency later said one of the raiding planes failed to return.
The Junior Board of Trade held a safe driving demonstration for about 1,060 students in Handley auditorium. Henry Pontious demonstrated proper driving and stopping times for different speeds, and lectured on safe driving practices and common traffic violations observed by students and teachers.
The rector Rev Reber Nelson announced a special Good Friday service at 12 o'clock tomorrow morning at Christ Episcopal Church. The offering will benefit the church in Jerusalem and everyone is invited to attend this solemn service.
Readers ask about handling debates between friends remaining neutral diversions etiquette for arguments and tipping hotel telephones tips for service and proper table manners by Roberta Lee. The guidance covers neutrality in disputes tipping norms and serving silver etiquette.
Funeral services for Mrs Nannie F. Miller wife of Robert B. Miller of Gerrardstown West Virginia will be held Friday at the Galilee Church with Rev Wilbur Reid officiating. The procession will include nephews as pallbearers and visiting relatives from Martinsburg Hagerstown and Winchester. Memorial details note she was born December 14 1870 and survived by four brothers five sisters and multiple children. A grandson E Bruce Shade and wife are among distant attendees arriving from Cincinnati.
The Junior Board of Trade Men's Chorus will meet for a rehearsal Friday night at 7 30 at the Sarah Zane Tall. Andrew Bach, chairman, announced the event. About 20 members are trying out, with more expected at tomorrow's meeting.
Hayfield Virginia March 21 Eastertide joy fills the air as Mount Olive United Brethren Church hosts a 730 pm Easter service with a play titled Spring Miracle. The program features hymns responsive readings and a benediction by Buddy Ramey plus egg contests and decorations for a community celebration.
UNIONTOWN Pa March 21 Freed from jail on 2000 bond Clayton R Miller 63 year old spiritualist preacher said today he was not worried by charges he participated in a murder for insurance plot that failed Motor Police Lieutenant William R Hanna charged Miller and Mrs Amelia Santilli 31 year old chunky brunette plotted the death of her husband Albert tavern keeper here Mrs Santilli is still held but her attorney said she was expected to raise bond soon She and Miller waived hearing each blaming the other for originating the scheme Hanna said a state trooper posing as a paid killer frustrated the plot He charged Miller had planned other slayings to collect insurance Santilli was insured for 5000.
The pound sterling rose 3 8 cents to $3.7178 in New York trading, extending a week’s gain after a brief dip yesterday.
Clarke county social column lists residents and visitors returning for Easter. Notables include John A. Chew and family at Ellwood, Frazer Dougherty and two schoolmates from Gilman, and Miss Virginia Watkins from New York. Various relatives visit Ellwood, Hawthorne, and Caryswood. several plan Easter trips or host students and guests from Choate, Wilbraham, Gettysburg, and Hampden-Sydney.
The Peyton family of Bethesda Maryland will travel to Florida after visiting Charleston South Carolina and will stay with Mrs. Peyton’s brother-in-law Capt. Ashe and Mrs. Burks. Hampden Sydney College editor-in-chief among students returning home for Easter. Dorothy Young, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Young, revisits in Columbus after winter stay.
Sacramento Calif March 21 Gov Culbert L Olson says Harry Blosdale should not be extradited to Raiford Fla prison from which he escaped five years ago. Olson cites rehabilitated status after five years in California and discusses Florida chain gang conditions. Heine quote follows in the text.
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