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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1941
Page
5
The schedule lists Rev Garland Evans HO minister at Street Metho Church with worship and sermon at 5 30 p m and evening services. Various youth, choir, and church board events follow through Friday with a joint conference planned Saturday and Cherub Choir at 10 a m.
A collage of church notices lists services and events at Highland Avenue Chapel First Baptist Church and Ridgeway Methodist Church including Sunday School at 9:45 to 11:00 am, evening worship with sermons by Rev Edwards and Rev Clark, Young People meetings, midweek prayers, and Missionary Society activities. Also notes Boy Scouts Troop 40 attendance, Epworth League activities, and a fourth quarter conference at Rest Church with Dr Evans presiding.
Community churches list Sunday services with times including morning prayers and sermons. Topics include In His Name and Thy Will Be Done. Church School times vary from 9 45 a m to 2 80 p m with additional midweek services and worship sessions at multiple congregations including Pleasant Valley and John s Lutheran Church near Mt Williams.
The Centenary Evangelical and AM Church announces services led by Rev. S L Flickinger with a church school at 9 45 a m conducted by acting superintendent Herman Lee. Morning worship at 11 a m features a sermon on The Sunday Question, in line with the Winchester Ministerial Association action.
Rev T M Swann leads a Sunday church program with services at 9 45 am and 11 45 am including a sermon Is there an ee Life for the young People League led by Patsy Capper Prayer service Wednesday and a Winchester District Home Guild meeting set for Thursday at 11 am at the Gaithersburg Md home.
In Christ Science churches and societies on Sunday May 18 the Lessors-Ser Mon area presents Mortals And Immortals. The Golden Text cites Proverbs 9 6 about rejecting folly and seeking understanding. The Lesson includes Job 20 4 5 8 and Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, noting Love as the divine principle that destroys error and brings immortality to light.
DIST CHURCH observances for Church School Day with 10:00 a m school, 11:00 a m worship featuring a child centered program God Gives Us Homes Where Joy and Love Abound by Church School. Evening service at 7 30 p m with pastor delivering sermon. CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR at 308 S Loudoun Street with 9 45 a m Sunday School and Men s Bible Class, 11 a m morning worship, 7 30 p m vespers and Wednesday 8 p m prayer service.
The St Stephens C M E Church invites all to a preaching service by Elder E W Wilkin from Washington D C with a sermon at 7 30 p m followed by a Young People meeting and a night prayer gathering all are welcome to attend.
The Winchester Terian Church led by Pastor Ald. Wilson invites worship. Sunday School at 9:30 with Mr. J. wf. Morning worship at 11 led by the pastor on What Is Sunday For. Young People meet and Evening Worship follow. Wednesday service at 7:30 P. M. midweek meeting announced.
Local notes list social visits among residents and visitors from Carlisle Pennsylvania and nearby Hayfield. Names include Miss Madiline Muse Mr Brent Goss and families while other entries mention Sunday gatherings and church activities led by laypersons.
May 17 report from Lebanon Church lists measles cases among Bowers McDonald children and others. Several local residents and visitors are mentioned visiting relatives, with social events, illnesses, and army camp departures noted amid community updates.
Stephens City Virginia May notes report Mrs Eugene Childs of Front Royal and the Ladies Aid Society buying window shades and papering a parsonage room. Walker Shryock of Camp Belvoir visited his parents Mr and Mrs George Shryock. Lomax Parker and children Garland and Nancy met at Capon Bridge on business. Sewing Club met at Miss Dorothy Homs home with Mrs Eugene Barley and others present. Next meeting set at Mrs Eugene Barleys home.
Rev and Mrs A H Derton of Pa attended the Apple Blossom Festival as guests of Mr and Mrs T S Cooper and relatives in Frederick County and Winchester. Other visitations included Mrs Lamp with Miss Nellie Lockhart. Elmer V Gettys of Droit Mich and O S Gettys of Winchester visited Cooper family. Rural Life Day Service at St John s Sunday at 2 30 p m.
Mr H P Clemons and family visited relatives in Stephens City. Junior Cathaleen and family from Baltimore stayed at the Oates home in Gore. The Cornstable family from Security Maryland visited for the weekend. The Prince family from Cumberland, Mrs Sher and Wayne Wisecarver were mentioned with a new fence project.
Community notices list visitors and weekend guests across Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs including Mr. and Mrs. R E Place Mrs Bertha Stine Ed Shank A L Clark Mrs C W Moore and others. Comments note illness of R E Place and a church painting project at Wesley Chapel.
A large gathering from multiple towns visited Mrs. Lamp at her Brush Creek home for a surprise party. Guests from Berkeley Springs, Winchester, Hagerstown, Martinsburg and Washington brought gifts and shared a noon meal and greetings for many more birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Williamson and daughter Joyce visited the Bayliss family over the weekend. Elwood Eaton from Baltimore joined relatives Mr. and Mrs. DeHaven in Keyser and others called on friends in the area. Earl McKeever spent Saturday night with his parents in Chambersville, while Mrs. Walter DeHaven and her sons visited East Berlin relatives. Kenneth DeHaven and Miss Bessie Ruble were weekend guests of local relatives.
The admiralty warned last night that all eastern Mediterranean waters, except Turkish territorial waters, are mined and dangerous to shipping. The move is interpreted as aimed at blocking passage of German troops and supplies to Syria.
President Roosevelt notes that loans up to 86 percent of parity must count cash benefits to farmers. He cites cotton at about 2.0 cents in cash benefits toward parity and argues that excluding these benefits could push prices above parity under an 85 percent loan plan.
Baltimore officials report the War Department will send about 80 reserve officers in chemical warfare ordnance signal and field artillery to active training in June. An estimated 300 men in the area will receive commissions next month with another 150 eligible after additional ROTC training in summer camps.
In Washington on May 17 the Senate defense investigating committee urged immediate settlement of the AFL CIO machinists strike in San Francisco delaying $500 million in shipbuilding. Chairman Truman warned hearings would begin in Washington Thursday to determine who is responsible for not reopening shipyards unless the strike ends by Tuesday.
In 1040, more than 100 million pounds of tea were consumed in the United States, highlighting a substantial national appetite for the beverage.
Canton Ohio May 17 Robert Efinger a bi year old safe operator resisted two robbers as he emerged with $13 700 from a payroll check cashing job He fired at his attackers but was shot in the stomach and died within an hour The robbers fled to a parked car with a third man waiting to drive away.
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