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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1942
Page
3
County Brevities recounts visits from Lebanon Church and Middletown residents, with a pre school clinic set for May 20 at 10 a.m. for diphtheria and smallpox vaccines. Parents with enrolling children next fall urged to attend, while many local families and visitors are listed through the valley.
Sheriff William B. Severyns and deputies study a six page typewritten complaint from a man describing a dog that growled at him. The document is described as the most exhaustive ever received by the sheriff as investigators inspect the case details.
Canterbury CANTERBURG Va May 20 regular monthly meeting of the Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church held Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Lloyd Painter leading devotionals after the business session. Refreshments served by the hostess. Several members and guests attended including Mrs Henry Mears Mrs Journal Orndorff Mrs Ben Derflinger Mrs Robert Letterman Mrs Earnest Letterman and three sons Gale Stanley Connley Mrs Emma Dovell Mrs Kenneth Triplett Mrs Howard White Miss Beatrice Mildred and Jean Painter. The June meeting will be at Mrs Leroy Franklins home.
Brucetown Virginia residents note a busy spell of visits with Kenneth Carter of Washington DC staying several days with cousins Owen and Mrs Swimley. A string of calls and gatherings include Whitacre Smith Cain Yeakley Mould Triggs Hensell and Siler with meals and dinners shared at various homes around Brucetown and nearby Berryville and Martinsburg.
May 20 notes visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Place include Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lanty with son from Kernstown and other local households in Martinsburg Winchester Kearneysville Berkeley Springs and Cumberland. Fannie Marston is improving and Harley Place returns from hospital with steady progress. Sunday School at Pentecostal Church advances. Shenk and Collins families also visited.
Capon Bridge Virginia May 20 Mrs Lydia Kerns longtime resident dies at home Funeral services held Thursday at Fairview Church led by Rev C G Russell Several locals visit relatives and attend memorials at Fairview Lutheran Church Other items note Elon College student Brevitt Hook stays with parents and various local visits The annual Baccalaureate Sermon to be given at the high school auditorium Sunday night by Rev C R Line.
Refuge Virginia May 20 Mr and Mrs Thomas Whitely and children Betty Lou and Tommy from Washington spent the week with Mr and Mrs Amiss Lillard. Several relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Carlton Conner and the Grim and Broy families visited Middletown and Baltimore area households over the weekend and Thursday afternoon.
The May 20 1942 Handley High School junior edition profiles graduates Bobby Lee and Doris with Bianca of the school chorus, notes Susie editor of HANDLIAN and valedictorian, and outlines a war stamp fund drive raising 801.75 dollars since January 15. Doris plans to move to Fredericksburg. Susan aims for the University of Chicago to study bacteriology. The piece blends student bios with a WW II war fund appeal.
A list of song titles and performers including Dont Sit Under The Appletree Keith Ritter I Dont Want to Walk Without You Vincent Fansier and Mary Cooper What Is This Thing Called Love Bill Pifer Along the Street of Regret Dick Rhodes Breathless Ray Burke Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Mary Bowman I Love You Truly Johnny and Betty Jeanne Small Fry Jizzie Bill Harty Bicycle Built for Two Gasoline Rationing.
In May students feel the countdown to summer. The piece urges more daily study now to avoid cram sessions and achieve better A and B grades, pleasing parents and teachers and oneself in the final exam stretch.
Readable notes describe Senor Plays as a big success with audiences at Ais and Bling date 6 feet St. They report strong runs for Capper and Teets Pacisee since last summer and tease a playful love theme, mentioning Love Bug and lighthearted theater chatter.
The itemized school gossip mentions a Latin class party on Tuesday night the 26th and reflections on dances. Edger Schutz may bake gingerbread while Handley girls note no surgical dressings this week or next. Reggie may move to Culpepper and Evelyn spent the weekend with Judy.
The senior class presented Young April on Friday night to widespread acclaim at Handley High. Morris Cather led as Professor McIntyre with Anne Woolfolk as his wife Brenda Carter as the daughter and Howell Rivers as the son. Dorothy Davis Mary Pappas and Mildred Kramer also received praise for their strong performances in a briskly paced production directed by Mrs. Clowe.
Local chatter wanes as residents report few rumors and stalled discussions about community events. Gail Robinson and Susan Shry are named in fragmented chatter with no solid rumors or new developments.
The note lists young couples and social hints from a small town. It mentions Bea and Charles Stuart doing well, Jeanie Whitam dating Billy Pifer, Dick Rhodes and Betty doubles dating, Jim Thompson visiting, Gail Robinson and civil engineering plans, Doris Sartelle, Anne Barton and Buck Yost, Charles Shuttle and Helen Miller, and Izzie with Billy Harty while friends comment on who is getting along and who might have competition.
Scientist Dr. W. Gilmore identifies a large Cretaceous thighbone found near Washington as belonging to a gigantic plant eating dinosaur. The fragmentary fossil suggests a creature about ten feet tall and fifty to sixty feet long, weighing around ten tons. It likely died in a mudhole long ago.
A Lyons Kansas story centers on a station sale tied to B Needham and a real estate nominee. The piece notes an involved small station at ville and hints at business bravery in the 1942 contest.
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