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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1939
Page
8
Actress Gail Patrick was removed to a Hollywood hospital after acute ear pain. Doctors called the condition minor and said she would soon report for work.
Mr and Mrs Carroll Hummer Parepte of West Cecil street announce the birth of a daughter on Monday October 2 at Memorial Hospital. The child is named Ole Virginia Hummer. Mrs Hummer before marriage was Miss Margaret Vorous, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Vorous of Boyce.
In a joint Sunday session of the Comrade Bible class and the Margaret Collins Denny class at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 9:45 AM Nina Williams will lead the Devotional Service. Mrs. W. L. Dudley will lead both classes with special music by the Jones Quartet. All members urged to attend.
The Stephenson Social Club will meet on Wednesday October 11 at Mrs John Andersons Clearbrook home for the regular session. Ada Oppie leads devotionals and Virginia DeHaven and Omps organize recreation. Little Theatre Studio opens daily at West Boscawen Street for members and renewals via studio or 751.
Friday at 7:00 p m chicken dinner and entertainment for members at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour. Men s Bible class at 8:00 p m. Ladies Aid Society of Frederick Circuit meets at the pastor s Whitlock avenue home. 8:00 p m weekly session of W O W at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen street.
Miss Dorothy Cather and Harold Bageant were married in a candlelit United Brethren Church ceremony conducted by Rev. M. J. Miller. Attendants included Miss Elizabeth Cather as maid of honor and Wayne Omps as best man. The reception followed in the church social room and the couple planned a brief wedding trip before settling in Winchester. The bride is the daughter of Silas G. Cather and the groom the son of F. M. Bageant. both are Handley High School graduates.
Roberta Lee Q outlines polite streetcar courtesy a man should say May I get by please and a hat lift to thank her when she passes. She notes it is customary for a hostess to provide cigarettes for a bridge party. Candles on a luncheon table are not advised.
Miss Jean Moling of Winchester was among 115 Belhaven College freshmen honored at a Belhaven Freshman Fair marking the culmination of freshman day. About 300 local men joined the student government council in congratulating the newcomers after their day of rough treatment by upperclassmen. Mississippi College Orchestra provided music between three main features as a Midway with side shows, fortune tellers, Radio City, and a Cherokee rose parade offered attractions.
Social items from Millwood Virginia dated Oct 6 list гостs and visits. Notables include Miss Mary Dallam of Baltimore as a guest of Mrs Charles Consolvo and multiple dinners hosted by Mr George Greenhalgh Jr and Mrs Kenneth Gilpin. Members attend rose shows, garden club meetings, and gatherings with guests from Warren PA and New York.
Market shows slow demand but steady activity from Winchester to Martinsburg and nearby points. Carloads f o b under wire order sales with U S No 1 apples in sizes 2 1 2 to 2 1 2 inches and prices around 80 to 65 cents with Winesaps Lowrys and U S Util variants noted.
Miss Roberta Aylor returns to Gettysburg after visiting with her parents in Berryville with two classmates. Miss Harriet Krise of Winchester spent the weekend with Miss Aylor. Mrs. Aylor travels to New York for the World’s Fair. Several ladies visit Washington and Pittsburgh for brief stays. Canon G Freeland Peter will lead Grace Episcopal Church services on October 8. Recent newlyweds Dr. and Mrs. W. Cabell Moore plan to return from their Blue Ridge honeymoon. Community figures attend Congress sessions in Washington. The Golden Rule Circle of King’s Daughters and Sons elects new officers and prepares to send a delegate to Roanoke for the State convention. The State convention runs October 24–26 in Roanoke.
Mrs. R. E. Truitt expresses gratitude to friends for kind acts, hospitalities, flowers, and cars during the death of her husband.
Ruth Bateman, pupil and smiling witness for Principal Edwin Van Keuran of Flemington New Jersey High School, testifies in ouster proceedings arising from an education tour to Washington that sparked charges by girl students.
Front Royal and Warren County News reports local residents traveling visiting relatives and recovering from illness. Elizabeth Forbes plans Richmond trip to visit relatives while Billy Van Deusen, student at Richmond Medical College, weekends with his parents. J. C. Seigler Jr. joins Warren Sentinel as advertising manager and printing salesman.
Front Royal physicians including Dr. Elizabeth Sherman Dr. J. M. Jackson and Dr. O. W. Carper attend the Virginia State Medical Society gathering in Richmond with several local ladies listed among attendees. The Front Royal Glee Club plans a Thursday evening meeting at Mrs. Raymond Butler's home.
Mrs D A Campbell of Alexandria is the guest this week of her mother Mrs C R Edmonds. The Bonnie Ray Circle of the First Baptist Church met Thursday evening in the home of Mrs Vernon Manuel. Mr and Mrs S M Boyd Jr and Miss Justine Weaver visited Godfrey Boyd at VPI over last weekend. Miss Elizabeth White will spend this weekend in Annapolis Md with her brother in law and sister Lieut and Mrs T K Bowers.
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