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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1939

Page

8

Winchester Society Calender of Tuesday and Wednesday events

Regular monthly Winchester Little Theatre meeting at West Boscawen street studio at 7 45 p m. Senior Girl Scout Troop meets at Mrs Nancy Cobl home at 9 30 p m. Rebekah Association holds 8 p m session in Odd Fellows Hall. Market Street Foreign Missionary Society elects officers at church 8 p m. Lutheran Church Missionary Society meets 6 p m. Kiwanis luncheon at George Washington Hotel on Wednesday 2 30 p m. Junior Century Club first fall meeting with Mrs Edward Barr on Tennyson avenue.

Winchester Little Theatre, Inc West Boscawen Street Nancy Cobl Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Market Street Foreign Missionary Society Missionary Society of Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Junior Century Club Edward Barr Tennyson Avenue

Wedding of Kathryn Supinger and George Wines in Front Royal

Miss Kathryn Supinger and Mr. George Millard Wines were married Saturday at the Front Royal Methodist Church with a ring ceremony conducted by Rev. John F. Owens. The event featured organ solos, floral arrangements, and a reception at the bride's parents' home on Cloud Street.

Kathryn Supinger George Front Royal Methodist Church Kathryn Carson Supinger Theodore Supinger George Millard Wines George W. Wines John F. Owens John C. Boggs Leslie Blankenship Lohengrin Nendelssohn Helen McKee Allen Franks Helen Cornelia McKee William McKee Highland Avenue Allen L. Franks Charles L. Franks Centennary Reformed Church S. L. Flickinger George McFarland Washington Jones Oscar Nobel Co Winchester

Crocked Smokes Headline Hint at Crooks Cigars

Advertisement note for cigars and pipes with a humorous claim of a wine cured blend. Mentions a product called Crooks Cigars, price 1.15 for a box of 50, and a Brooks' Pharmacy with phone number 766.

Straight Brooks’ Pharmacy

Modern Etiquette Q A Refusals and Compliments

A column offers polite dance refusals for a girl with gracious words and a warm smile. It notes husbands dislike wife interference while carving. It also answers a question about flattering color for greenish eyes and golden brown hair: jade green.

Market Street Society To Elect Officers

Market Street Methodist Church Foreign Missionary Society will hold its annual officer election tonight at 8 o'clock inviting full attendance. Ever Ready Class Of Presbyterian Church to meet for a 7 30 p m business session in their classroom tonight. Braddock Street Sunshine Club meets Thursday at 3 p m in the Woman's Assembly room with hostesses named.

Market Street Society Market Street Methodist Church Foreign Missionary Society The Presbyterian Church Braddock Street Sunshine Club Braddock Street Methodist Church P. G. Ireland E. C. Keller W. S. McClintock Earl S. Parrish Hoye Riley

Convicts Dig Under Wall in Huntsville Kidnap Case

One of four desperate inmates who tunneled under Huntsville prison walls and abducted four high school students in a bid for freedom became the focal point of a vast man hunt. The students were later found and freed unharmed.

Huntsville Tex S. J Baldy) Whatley, Jr

Heavy Hayfield Storm Drenches Village and Stuns Tourists

A severe September storm hit Hayfield Virginia on Saturday afternoon with lightning and thunder lasting about a half hour. Rain and hail flooded streets, boosting moisture for crops while damaging the filling station where tourists were stunned and items blown around.

Hayfield

Reenacted murder during Camden court trial

In Camden New Jersey Peter Shewchuk a 21 year old circus roustabout re enacts the killing of Wanda Dworecki 17 using crushed paper as a rock. He testifies he strangled and beat her after Wanda Dworecki s father the Rev Walter Dworecki now on trial offered him 100 to commit the insurance murder.

Peter Shewchuk Camden N. J Wanda Dworecki Walter Dworecki

Art display open to visitors midweek at high school

Miss Katharine Pannill announces a painting display at the high school open to the public Wednesday Thursday or Friday from 9 a m to 5 p m. The event is presented by the art instructor who revealed the schedule today.

Katherine Pannill

39 Members In County Band

Thirty one boys and girls from six Frederick county schools study music under Paul Riley who directs the Frederick County School Band. The band organized a year ago and has played 24 engagements in summer. Eight more members may join before Christmas, totaling 39 instruments, with a bass horn planned. Members and their schools are listed from Stephens City Middletown Kernstown Gore Gainesboro Miller School and others.

Frederick County Paul Riley Virginia Riley Stephens City Maxine Ridgeway Alfred Hicks Nancy Parker Eloise Sargent James Bowman Albert Dolaw Kenneth Mowrey Byron Harris Billy Brumback Billy Norman Ann Lemley Nina Stine Elizabeth Sheets Helen Beaver Roberta Harris Lester Singhass Billy Sandy Earl Sampsell Middletown James Garrett George Wright Russell McCauley Maggie Murray Frances Cooley Ethleen Henson Kernstown Buddy Stine Mike Collins Gore Richard Campbell Baden Larrick Gainesboro Hugh Dailey Miller School Bobby Norman Gordon Lang

Birthday party and social visits tied to Washington events

Miss Gertrude Pye joined Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Coyle in Washington for a birthday party honoring their daughter Irvina Coyle. Mrs. Janie Arnold, recently in Oklahoma City with the Johnsons, stopped in Winchester on route to Yellow Springs, West Virginia. Mrs. Margaret Byrd and Miss Lelia Leigh will meet in Washington to travel to New York for a week, then attend the Sulgrove Club reception after the wedding of Angela Adams to Barry Mohun Jr.

Gertrude Pye Boyd Coyle Washington, D. C Irvina Coyle Janie Arnold Oklahoma City B. E. Johnson Winchester Yellow Springs W. Va Margaret Byrd Lelia Leigh Richmond New York City New York Sulgrove Club Angela Adams Barry Mohun, Jr

Ownership Statement for Winchester Evening Star 1939

Public notice records the Winchester Evening Star ownership for October 1 1939. Publisher and editor H F Byrd and managing editor H F Byrd Jr with business manager R S Fansler are named along with stock information and circulation figure of 4884.

Winchester Evening Star Winchester Virginia Frederick R. S. Fansler H. F. Byrd H. F. Byrd, Jr E. Bolling Byrd Eloise C. Ridgeway Eloise Caldwell

Volcanic Activity in U S Territory Highlighted

An article notes Kilauea as a continuously active volcano on Hawaii's southern island edge near Mauna Loa. It mentions Mrs. William B. Watkins Jr leaving for New York City and Mrs. Watkins planning to return home Friday while staying with her sister Miss Mary Daugherty and Miss Jacqueline Winslow for the winter.

Mary Daugherty Jacqueline Winslow Mrs. Watkins A. Kilauea Island of Hawaii Mauna Loa William B. Watkins, Jr New York City National Park

Apple Market Shipping Report Saturday Winchester Martinsburg Area

Market demand slow but steady with carloads one. Listings show Black Twigs U.S. No 1 barrels 21 2 in min near 2.60 dollars. Yorks U.S. No 1 21 2 in min bushel baskets 0.75 per car. Delicious U.S. No 1 2 1 2 in min bushel boxes wrapped 1.20 per car. Grimes hand picked orchard run bulk per cwt 2 1 2 in min 0.75 per car.

Winchester-Martinsburg U. S Yorks Grimes Orchard Run

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Cloud Street Wines Warren County High School Front Royal Commercial School Benjamin Franklin University Randloph- Macon Academy James H. Myers Kathryn Whetzel W. A. Shiner Guest Frances Hobson Frank Gearing Betty Jane Gearing Virginia Funk Ada Sloman Baltimore J. Roy Gearing Civic Massey Paul Massey East Germain Street John Peggy Massey Fay Miller Kay Plank Lynn Ellen Burner Suzanna Watson Esther Dearing Lee Rathman Donald Campbell Edwin Smith Hubert Pope Sonny Conner Vernon Tinsman Dick, Hart John Massey Saviour Church Missionary Society Missionary Society of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Alvin Shade Gray Avenue W. F. Bennett Valley Avenue Alecia Beauty Salon N. Braddock St Piper Cub Eene MO. S Solenberger N. Loudoun ST Marshall Little Club Peyton Marshall Little Garden Club James Miller West Piccadilly Street J. Pinckney Arthur W. W. Baker Little Theatre Winchester Little Theatre Handley Handley High School Thomas B. Byrd Kentmere Boyce Detroit Mich Sidney Miller N. K. Larrick Lewis Hedricks Reading Mr. Brown Ralston Alexander, Va William Triplett David William Messrs Bernard Harry Waterman Floyd Combs Mildred Waterman Alexana T. Russell Cather Victor Snow, Jr Staunton Louisville Mr. Snow Cather N. Loudoun St. Winchester Huntsberry Desperado Harvard University Charles G. Loomis Europe Underwood John S. Scully, Jr Eleanor Scully South Stewart Street Sunshine Cleaners W. B. Snider & Son Valley Pride United U. S. Territory M. J Apple the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Dermetics Margaret Agerter Colonial Beauty Shoppe the Evening Star Barbara Bell Barbara Bell Pattern Service N. Y
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