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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1940
Page
8
Chanters under Mr Haines will sing at 8 o clock Friday in the Woodstock Methodist Church. Sponsored by the junior and senior choirs, the event highlights local social and church activities with plans noted for further church staff and program improvements.
Calendar lists second performance of The Night of Jan 16 by Little Theatre at city hall Wednesday at 8 30 p m. Other events include a flower arrangement clinic by Dorothy Biddle at a hotel for the Old Fredericktown Garden Club Thursday at 2 30 p m a Nancy Byrd Turner Virginia poet readings for Clarke County Woman's Club at Berryville Legion Building 3 30 p m and a dinner party by G A A members at Wayside Inn Middletown 7 20 p m.
The section describes Labor Day weekend in Northern Virginia with numerous dances and parties. Betsy Lyon and Virginia Watkins are to be presented at local homes and clubs, while two major sporting events the Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show at Carter Hall Grove and Warrenton Gymkhana Races in Warrenton compete for attendees. The piece notes plans for a Horse Show Ball in Berryville, a luncheon during the show, and extensive social activity across Clarke, Fauquier, and neighboring areas, including family visits and local receptions.
Mr and Mrs Robert Devers of Boyce Virginia announce the birth of a son on May 18 at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs Devers was Miss Lillian Royston prior to marriage.
Mrs. Frank N. Hack will host the Thursday Bridge Club at her home on South Washington Street tomorrow afternoon.
A column offers practical etiquette answers. It advises returning a man's fraternity pin if a college girl dates others and notes maturity about engagements. It endorses teaching boys to seat their mothers and praises home lessons for social ease. It also provides the French phrase for good evening bon soir.
At a Monday afternoon meeting at Mrs. Edward Barr’s home on Tennyson Avenue the Little Garden Club viewed a Coca Cola film on Flower Arrangement with Laura Lee Burroughs providing the explanatory record. Nancy Gray Larrick earned blue ribbons for a large arrangement and a lilac specimen, with a red ribbon for a small arrangement. Mrs. Peyton Marshall won a blue ribbon for her tulip specimen.
Final arrangements are underway for a dinner tomorrow at 7 PM for G A A members at Wayside Inn Middletown. Reservations with Mrs Hunter Gaurt by tonight. Miss Kathryn Sullivan named toastmistress. The Woodlands Garden Club notes a separate meeting at Mrs Fred L Glaize's home with a talk on Peonies by Mrs John Boyd of Roanoke.
A seasonal review by Hilma Hottel in the Evening Star Ladies Bowling League presents the 1939 40 averages games and pinfalls with top individual and team marks. Jenny Lind Cather of Hershey tops the year with 102 16 high average. Helen Berry 101 85 second. top three game set by Jedees 378 on Star Office, Cather 368. high score game 148 by Leslie Russell and Loma Cunningham. Star Office 540 team game led by Handley girls 538. Handley girls win year championship and received trophy from H F Byrd Jr on behalf of The Star sponsors.
Raymond Burd was introduced as a new member at a Lions Club meeting by Samuel Preston past district governor. Membership stands at 80 with memorial services held for departed members. Several members plan to attend Boonesboro Maryland charter night on Monday May 27.
Classified ad lists a three room apartment for rent for adults only located at 382 National Ave. It notes the listing as a rental option with no additional amenities or terms provided.
Berryville defeated Middletown 10 to 2 in a Frederick-Clarke league game at Berryville. Bobby Houghton allowed two Middletown runs in the first inning but Berryville answered with six in the bottom half and dominated the rest of the contest.
Middletown put up 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 total nine runs while Berryville scored 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 o in a 10 inning game. Berryville’s pitching and timely hitting led to the 10 inning win.
The Macedonia Methodist Church cemetery will be cleaned on Tuesday May 28 with relatives asked to bring tools and gather early. The following Sunday June 2 marks the annual Macedonia Memorial services.
In New York George Abrams at 163 outpointed Augie Arellano 154 1 2 in an eight round affair in Pittsburgh Gus Dorazio 188 defeated Wild Bill Boyd 188 over ten rounds In Philadelphia Billy Maher 139 1 2 outpointed Tony Morgano 141 in an eight round bout.
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