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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1939

Page

8

Calendar of Events for Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday events include a 7 p.m. graduation banquet by Dale Carnegie members at the Golf Club and an 8 p.m. Winchester Rebekah Association meeting at Odd Fellows Hall. Wednesday features a 12:30 p.m. Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, a 1 p.m. D A R tour of gardens and homes south of town, a 3:30 p.m. Garden Club meeting at Mrs Karl Boy-Ed's home in Clarke County, and a 3:30 p.m. Junior Century Club season finale at Miss Mary Warden Boyd’s Fairmont Avenue home.

Dale Carnegie Golf Club Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Fort Loudoun Valley Winchester Clarke County

Schedule of Tri-Club Flower Show Classes June 15

The Old Fredericktown Winchester Clarke County and Little garden clubs release a tentative schedule for a large flower show to be held June 15 in the George Washington Hotel Gold Room. The list details classes for roses delphinium arrangements and garden flowers with pre-entry deadlines and open to public or club members. Cochairs Mrs Kenneth Gilpin and Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr invite inquiries for further details.

Fredericktown Winchester Clarke County Little Garden Clubs George Washington Hotel Kenneth Gilpin Fred L. Glaize

Gifts For The Graduates Pleasing and Useful

Brooks' Pharmacy Rexall Store offers a complete assortment of graduation gifts that are both pleasing and useful at reasonable prices. Phone 766 for selections.

Brooks’ Pharmacy Rexall Store

Lutheran women to host fried chicken dinner at church

On Thursday this week the women from the Lutheran Church of Our Savior sponsor a fried chicken dinner at the church from five to eight in the evening. A committee will arrange tables with silver candle sticks and summer flowers. Menu includes a quarter fried chicken with gravy, buttered potatoes, green beans, salad, pickles, bread and butter, strawberry short cake, ice tea or coffee.

Lutheran Church of Our Saviour

Winchester District Methodist Home Guild Meeting

The annual meeting of the Winchester District Methodist Home Guild occurs Thursday May 25 at the Gaithersburg conference home for aged. An 11 am business session and guild program precede a 12 pm guest program. The president Mrs J H Balthis urges a representative from every church and asks attendees to bring a box lunch with coffee provided.

Winchester District Methodist Home Guild Gaithersburg J. H. Balthis

Final Junior Century Club meeting tomorrow at Fairmont home

The final weekly meeting of the Junior Century Club before fall will be held tomorrow afternoon at Miss Mary Warden Boyd's Fairmont avenue home. Mrs. Jack Engle will present a paper on Brantiey and the Kentucky Derby. A business meeting will follow and all members are urged to attend. A luncheon next week will close the 1938 39 season. Mrs. Delmar Robinson is visiting her mother in Fairmont West Virginia.

Famous Aviator Earhart’s Ex-Husband Marries Beverly Hills Socialite

George Palmer Putnam aged 52 of Hollywood publisher and socialite wed Beverly Hills divorcee Mrs Jean Marie Consigny James in Boulder City Nevada. Putnam is former husband of Amelia Earhart who disappeared on an ocean flight and was declared legally dead in 1937.

George Palmer Putnam Hollywood Jean-Marie Consigny James Beverly Hills Calif Boulder City Nev Amelia Earhart

Etiquette Answers on Theater Noise Bouillon and Gifts

Quietly ask talkers to stop in a theater and contact an usher if needed. Soup is eaten with a spoon while bouillon is sipped from the cup. the tenth anniversary is the tin anniversary.

Local social notes span visits and hospital reports

The column lists Mr. and Mrs. William Miller of New York visiting relatives of Dr. James Miller in West Piedmont Street. Billy Miller had tonsils removed at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Leslie Golliday of Middle Town Va. is set for surgery at Memorial Hospital. Several residents and guests from Harrisonburg Front Royal Strasburg Purcellville Oak Hill Delaplane attend teas, luncheons, bridge parties, and a May 28 musical event.

William Miller New York James Millers West Picadilly Street Billy Miller Memorial Hospital Alvin Baird Oak Hill Delaplane

Girl Found Safe After 56-Hour Vanishing Near World’s Fair

Isla Aylesworth, 13, vanished with a roaming drifter near the World’s Fair grounds for two days and nights. She was found unharmed sleeping behind a billboard after saying she slept in the swamps and that her companion deserted her after the first night.

Isla Aylesworth New York

Three Bad Men Return To Prison After Fleeing

Three western fugitives who boasted of a gunfight surrendered in a mountain cabin near Garden Valley Idaho. In a large operation near CHURCH 70 miles north of Boise nearly 100 armed men surrounded the hideout. The four escapees included Lonnie Walling who is still sought after reportedly slipping away with the others.

Church Idaho Garden Valley Boise Lonnie Walling

Beekeeper Dies After Bee Sting Attack

In Oarville Ohio on May 23 Christian Conrad age 79 was mowing weeds near a hive when a swarm stung him about 50 times. He died a half hour later at the scene.

Oarville Christian Conrad

Newlywed Pugh Family Hosts Postnuptial Dinner

Mr. and Mrs. Upton Pugh of Gore entertained family and friends at a Sunday dinner honoring their son Smithey Pugh and daughter in law Ethyl Whitacre Pugh, married May 13 at First Baptist Church. Attendees included extended relatives and neighbors. afternoon callers arrived from Lexington and Capon Bridge.

Upton Pugh Gore Smithey Pugh First Baptist Church Pugh Ethyl Whitacre Douglas Whitacre Arthur Pugh Harold Harry Julian Leslie Whitacre Maxine Orvis Russell Cooper Lottie Bageant Evelyn Anderson Mollie Billy Jo Anne Kerns Sirbaugh Bryan Kerns Douglas Richard Campbell Mary Lou Cooper Ira Allanson Louis Nashley Lexington Robert Giffen Capon Bridge W. Va

Tron Lang Man Seeks Care At Loudres Shrine

Fred Snite Jr. in an iron lung began the final leg of his pilgrimage to Lourdes Shrine aboard a special trailer traveling at high speed. The trip starts in Tours as his Chicago banker father calls it a thanksgiving for a miracle already seen and a prayer for another.

Tron Lang Loudres Shrine LE Havre France Fred Snite, Jr Lourdes Snite Pyrenees Tours Chateau Touraine Chicago Peiping

Red Bud Church Hosts Mae Bender Speaker

Mrs Mae Bender of Martinsburg West Virginia was a guest at the Red Bud United Brethren Church Sunday afternoon at 3 oclock. She gave an excellent address on the resident of the Red Bud section and is the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Newton Keller. Her friends were glad to welcome her again.

Mae Bender Martinsburg W. Va Red Bud United Brethren Church Red Bud Newton Keller

Garden Club Sets Talk on Perennials by Elizabeth Rawlinson

Miss Elizabeth Rawlinson of Staunton Va will speak to the Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club tomorrow at 3 30 PM at Mrs Karl Boy Eds near Millwood Clarke County Her topic Perennials Includes lunch host Mrs Kenneth Gilpin at Scabby prior to the meeting Local club members to judge Clarke County flower shows later this week in Berryville and Woodstock with luncheons provided by hostesses The McElligotts host a small dinner party Saturday night at their Shirley Street residence with guests including several area residents.

Elizabeth Rawlinson Staunton Winchester and Clarke County B. F. Arthur, Jr H. Cley deGrange Winchester-Clarke Garden Club Woman's Club Berryville Blackburn Smith Arthur L. J. McElligotts L. J. McElligott Shirley Street Albert Hunter W. P. Hearty Fred Sturm, Jr Charles McCormick John Yare Kay Whitham Bernard Sullivan

Theresa McMahon Vanishes on Eve of Wedding

Theresa McMahon disappears on the eve of her wedding to John Herrion of Harrison New Jersey. Police hunt her across the East while her family says she had no change of heart. authorities think she may be a prisoner or suffering an amnesia episode.

John Herrion Harrison, N. J Theresa McMahon East

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Winchester Methodist District Junior Century Club Mrs. Delmar Robinson Fairmont, W. Va Grair and Lovelizr Margaret Hodgson Margaret L. Hodgson Weds Putnam George P. Putnam Margaret Snyder Oo Kershner Baltimore Hugh L. Houchins East North Avenue Leslie Golliday Middletown Messrs Vincent Fansler Lewis Hoover Eddie Shanholtz Walter Brown Front Royal and Strasburg Susie Carbaugh Harrisonburg Connie Figgatt James Davis School of Denistry University of Maryland C. A. Davis William DeWeese James Nevitt Hot Springs Jenkins, Ky J. M. Steck,Sr Fairmont Avenue Victor L. Denny Arlington C. K. Davis June Neff Purcellville, Va Herman Lee Woodland Avenue Fairmont S. Loudoun Leicester St Montague Avenue Towns Dixon Red Bed Road Jersey Loudoun Street Palace Theatre Loudoun W. Clifford St Care Star Frank Baylis Amherst St C. M.bacon 14Th Street N. W Washington, D. C S. Cameron Street Leicester S. Kent St Bailey W. L. Kuhn Berryville Ave Nain George Helsley Jefferson Street Shentori Winchester Hotel Great American Tea’ Company Gerrard and Valley Avenue Reichert Delco Kohler J. H. Brant Stephens City Virginia Trail’s End Gordonsville Buhl's Grocery Wilson Keller Boyce J. M. Snapp & Son Opequon Shenandoah Commercial Hatchery Maurertown Mrs. Bender the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Worlds Fair Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Terminal N. Braddock Street Gradwatio Megzis Pife Printing CO N. Loudoun St Huntsberry Underwood Haldeman’s Creamery W. B. Snider & Son Ead Mae Murray Jeans Setliff Braddock House N. Braddock St B. Smalts C.B. Smalts & Son National Ave Florists Telegraph Delivery Assoc
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