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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1937
Page
3
Social calendar item notes a 4:00 p m gathering of the Women's Auxiliary at Winchester Memorial Hospital in the Nurses' Home on West Clifford Street.
Mr and Mrs Preston of Princeton NJ stayed at the Southern Inn en route to Baltimore to visit Mrs Preston's son Richard Cleve. Sir Wilfred and Lady Grenfell visit South Carolina natives with Labrador expedition plans. Also notes are Woman's Auxiliary meeting at Winchester Memorial Hospital and a large neighborhood gathering at Miss Bailey's home with many local names.
The executive committee of the First Baptist Church meets after the evening service in the church lecture room. Royal Ambassadors gather Tuesday at 7 30 p m at Mr. F W Danley’s home on National Avenue. Lake Circle meets Monday at 8 00 p m with Miss Eleanor Carver 130 South Cameron Street. Wiley Circle meets Tuesday at home of Mrs. Andrew Bell Handley Boulevard. Appleby Circle meets Tuesday 8 00 p m with Mrs. E T Clark West Piccadilly Street. Saxon Carver Circle meets Wednesday at 3 30 p m with Mrs. T J Noffsinger 315 West Cork Street.
The Braddock Street Methodist Church Women’s Missionary Society meets Tuesday at 8 pm in the Golden Rule Bible Class room with theme Life Anew directed by Mrs. Harry Butler. Miss Bertha Kline and Mrs. J. O. Jamison present topics. Mrs. Douglas Grim will give The Reexperience of Penticost. All members urged to attend.
A column presents etiquette Q and A on common manners. Roberta Lee answers questions about hats in shops with women, proper use of utensils for asparagus, and the underlying principle of etiquette as considerate behavior.
Mrs. Weems entertained at a Tennyson avenue tea honoring Mrs. O. P. Wearn from Charlotte. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Scott Parish from Richmond and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Barton Jr. from who will be hosted Sunday. Also, Mr. Douglas Cather from Washington stays with E. W. and M. Cather on West Boscawen street. Circle 13 Braddock Street Methodist to meet Monday at Mrs. Edith Lickliter’s Valley Avenue home. Bruce Shade and Arthur Shull, recent visitors to their parents, return to Cincinnati to study geology.
Homecoming continues with Captain C W Caulkins delivering the afternoon address. Rev George Earle Owen speaks at 7:30 PM on If Jesus Came to Winchester as the church marks two years of ministry and welcomes a new Moehler organ, presented by Circle Nos 1 and 2, with guest organist Mrs Tone Shull Cookus and guest soloist Mrs C Wray Lemon from Hagerstown.
Hugh Taylor, ex deputy sheriff of Harlan County Kentucky, testified before a Washington senate civil liberties committee about being shot and wounded by fellow deputies on February 20 after resisting taking part in “shooting up” a union worker’s home. He showed twisted hands from bullets and said he was offered $2000 to skip the summons. He played dead to avoid a second firing.
In San Juan on May 1 a 1-A bomb exploded against the wall of El Imparcial editor Antonio Ayuso's office injuring three people. The thick walls limited damage as Ayuso feared an attack over his paper's riot coverage in Ponce between independence advocates and police.
The comedy with music Waikiki Wedding opens Monday at the Capitol Theatre featuring Bob Burns and his pig Wafford as part of the cast. Martha Raye Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross also star in the film likely appealing to audiences seeking light music comedy.
Miss Elspeth Collier and Edward Lewis McCormick wed in Port of Spain Trinidad and sailed to New York before visiting Berryville relatives. McCormick works for West Indian Tobacco in Port of Spain, and the couple will be hosted by his sister in Clarke County before returning abroad. The piece also notes upcoming marriages and social visits among Clarke County residents including Miss Margaret Crockett and families attending Apple Blossom events and local engagements with Baltimore and Washington guests.
The Rev. Kenneth Morris of Kyoto Japan spoke in Christ Church Millwood and has accepted to be the speaker for the Woman's Auxiliary of the Valley Convocation meeting in Front Royal on May 12. Morris will be a guest of Mrs Archibald Cummins and Mr and Mrs Henry S Gregg in Minneapolis while visiting Virginia and Williamsburg. Virginia Page joined the Gregg party for the trip. William Ferrall of Petersburg and his wife stayed with John S. Ferrall during their three month England visit.
Miss Elizabeth Colston, a State Teachers College student from Harrisonburg, visited her father Mr. R. H. Colston in Boyce over the weekend. Other guests included Bobby Hooker of Berryville and Sylvia Pope of White Post visiting families on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Robert Colston of Winchester and Mr Painter and family of Frederick County visited friends at Boyce on Sunday. The senior play at Parish Hall Friday night was a great success directed to Professor Purcell and Mrs Wa Palmer of Boyce High faculty.
NBC plans June 8 solar eclipse coverage from Enderbury Island with George Hicks at the mic and Hayden Planetarium aid. CBS follows Peru Andes location with William Perry. The National Geographic Society and U S Navy Eclipse Expedition tie the NBC telecast. WSPD Toledo shifts from CBS with 15 minute NY and Chicago segments. Labor leader John L Lewis appears May 14 on WABC CBS. Coronation features include Bob Trout in London and various music and variety slots through the weekend.
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