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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1941
Page
3
Church notices list Christ, Scientist and other congregations with services on Sunday November 2. R Ritter and Dr L S G Miller speak, with multiple church activities including children’s and youth programs, and a festival at St. Paul’s Church Strasburg. Attendance at services and special programs is requested.
Rev L G Bridgers leads Sunday School and Bible classes at 9 45 with Silas Cather as general superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features The Evangelistic Challenge of the New Age. Evening worship at 7 30 follows a 6 45 High School and Senior Christian Endeavor. Board of Christian Education meets Tuesday at 7 30.
Pastor Rev Robert A Whitten leads Sunday School at 9 45 with Charlies Dunlap as superintendent. Divine Worship at 11 features The Blood Covenant with communion. Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Prayer services at 7 30 Wednesday.
The Montague Avenue Methodist Church led by Rev. Homer Welch hosts church school at 10:00 a.m. with Revere R. Haines as superintendent. Worship and sermon conducted by the pastor at 7:30 p.m.
Rev J B Shade leads services at the Pentecostal Mission new Braddock Street location with Sunday School at 9 30 morning worship 11 Young People 6 30 song service 7 30 and evening sermon 8 o clock Prayer 7 30 Thursday Sunday School 9 30 Helsley Chapel Nain Va supervised by Geo Helsley superintendent
Rev Ronald Wilson pastors a 9 30 a m Sunday School led by J H Moling Jr. at 11 00 a m Morning Worship with Rev J A McMurray D D. 7 30 p m Young People meeting and Evening Worship titled Christ and the Worlds Blackout with text I Am the Light of the World by Mr Wilson. Wednesday 7 p m Mid week Prayer Service.
Rev. W. Andrew Wilkerson leads Sunday School at 3:00 p.m. with Elwood Willey as superintendent. Evening programs include Young People's Vesper at 7:00 p.m. and an age worship service at 7:30 p.m. Mid week prayer service is noted for Friday evening.
Rev Garland Evans Hopkins leads Sunday services at 9 45 a m Sunday School 11 a m Morning Worship 6 30 p m Intermediate Fellowship Youth Fellowship and Senior Fellowship 7 30 p m Evening Worship Weekly activities include Cherub Choir Stamp Club Boys Choir Circle meetings Circle No 1 2 30 p m Mrs Mackie 608 W Cork St Circle No 2 8 00 p m Miss Annie Dorsey Miss Ella Sartelle 109 E Monmouth St Circle No 3 8 00 p m Miss Eliza Diffenderfer 502 S Cameron St Circle No 4 8 00 p m Miss Willie Wood 527 N Braddock Girls Chorus 7 30 p m Choir Rehearsal Radio Program 7 15 p m Boy Scouts troop 9
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church invites all to attend Sunday services with Rev. S L Flickinger M D presiding. Church School at 9 45 a m directed by Herman Lee acting superintendent. All Saints service and sermon by the pastor followed by a 6 30 p m young people's meeting.
St Paul M E Church announces Sunday School at 10 a m Noonday service at 11 a m and a communion service at night. A week of services features Rev Swann Berryville and choir Monday night Rev J W Carvel Tuesday Rev L Ford Thursday Rev B Johnson and choir with visiting Rev Butler from Rippon W Va Tuesday. Mt Carmel Baptist plans 10 30 a m Sunday School led by Charles Reed with morning 11 30 a m worship and 8 30 p m evening service including Holy Communion. Church of Christ at 20 W Cork Street holds Bible School 9 45 a m worship at 11 00 a m with communion and a 6 30 p m Christian Endeavor. Sacred Heart Church lists Masses 6 30 8 10 30 a m with Sunday School after the 8 o clock Mass and Novena Devotions Monday at 7 30 p m.
Rev. R. B. Nelson leads services at eight in Holy Communion and at eleven in Holy Communion with the sermon on The Victorious Christ. Sunday includes 9 45 a m Sunday School and a weekly prayer asking for grace to follow saints.
In 1800 Congress enacted that all letters and packages to and from Martha Washington, widow of General George Washington, be received and conveyed free of postage for life. Martha Washington thus became the first president's widow to receive the franking privilege.
The Rev and Mrs J W Smith of Hillsboro Va arrived at the Methodist parsonage to a warm welcome from Christian Service ladies led by Miss Mildred Lee Grove. Private Robert Campbell returned to Camp Pendleton after visiting home due to his sister’s death.
Apple Pie Ridge Virginia reports residents at Memorial Hospital visits and home recoveries. Families host relatives from Pikeside West Virginia Culpeper and Washington D C while others move homes or return to duty. Apple harvest winds down as frosts arrive and electrical wiring completes on a new home.
Rev. L H Smallwood and Rev. W O Talbert to lead one month of revival meetings with home visits and short Bible drills before sermons. Two choirs directed by Prof J Owen Long will accompany services in Purcellville, Virginia. First service tomorrow at 11 oclock.
Star Tannery Virginia reports multiple births and family announcements including a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brill and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Elsworth Dodson. Grief and health updates, visitors from Strasburg and Baltimore, a week of services at Gravel Springs Church, and a triple birthday event at the Brill home are also recorded.
L J McElligott chaired the Shenandoah Area Council meeting at the Telephone Company on October 29. The central district reviewed advancement records for troops 1 2 3 9 18 21 40 with merit badges awarded and plans to boost Scout advancement.
In ten years since construction 71 million vehicles have crossed the George Washington Bridge. Toll revenue totals about 40 million dollars. The peak day was August 3, 1941 with 60 202 vehicles and over 33 thousand dollars in tolls.
Special Commissioner will sell at 11:00 A M on November 8 1941 in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia lot at North Market and Baker Streets improved by a two story brick store and warehouse fronting Market 42 feet running 178 feet with elevator and two stories plus cellar. Terms one third cash. balance in two annual installments with bonds bearing six percent interest secured by deed of trust and fire insurance or pay all cash. Bond of 7000 executed by Special Commissioner confirmed.
A circulated circular from the Alcohol Tax Unit urges retailers to report sugar sales and avoid selling to suspected moonshiners. In this week's U S District Court session three Alabama Greene County merchants were fined 40 to 150 dollars for not reporting sugar sales. Investigator L J Bishop presented the violations.
Fort Benning in Georgia, formerly Camp Benning, was named in honor of General Henry L. Benning a district lawyer and judge from Columbus who died in 1875. A tablet acknowledging his service was erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy.
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