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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1938

Page

8

Calendar of Events Thursday and Friday Gatherings

The schedule lists a Wee luncheon of Mary Club at George Washington Hotel and regular Turne r Ashby Chapter L D C meeting on Amherst Street at 7 30 p m A Grace Lutheran Women Missionary Society meeting follows at 5 00 p m A Baptist Women Missionary Society session occurs in church lecture room A Friday rummage sale by Junior Auxiliary of hospital runs all day in Won der's former storeroom on North Loudoun Street A Federation of Church Women holds its first fall meeting at Handley Library at 7 30 p m

Mary Club George Washington Hotel Turner Ashby Martin Wisecarver Amherst Street Women's Missionary Society of Grace Lutheran Church Baptist Women’s Missionary Society Junior Auxiliary of Hospital Wonder North Loudoun Street Federation of Church Women Handley Library

Dependable Prescription Service Announcement

A short notice advertises Brooks Pharmacy offering prescription calls and delivery services. Customers are reminded to use the number 166 for ordering and delivery.

Brooks’ Pharmacy

Chara Loudoun Chapter Plans Opequon Memorial Marker

The Chara Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Birdwood in Woodstock to vote on placing a marker at Opequon Memorial Church Kernstown bearing names of Revolutionary soldiers buried there. Officers welcomed new members and discussed Americanism education and local chapter representation at upcoming state and national meetings.

Chara Loudoun See Daughters of the Kaehanh Harry R. Greene Virginia The Children of the American Revolution Laird Conrad Harrisonburg Conrad D. A. R. Manual D. A. R. Magazine Richmond Maurice Medcalf, Jr Massanutten Military Academy Benchoff John CC. Paxton Walter Bailey Herbert Trotter Nannie Williams

Junior Century Club Reveals Members Trip Abroad

Miss Anne Brooke Kern and Miss Virginia Cover Russell shared details of their summer trip abroad at a Junior Century Club meeting hosted by Miss Mary Virginia Steck on South Washington street. Kern described artistic places visited while Russell recounted entertainment and humorous travel mishaps in foreign countries.

Junior Century Club Anne Brooke Kern Virginia Cover Russell Mary Virginia Steck South Washington Street Russell J. Victor Arthur B. B. Dutton John M. Steck, Sr W. H. Bosserman, Jr Elizabeth Ross

Etiquette Q A hostess invites a guest and guest brings a date

A hostess should respond with pleasure and obtain the guest's address to invite her to the party. For accepting invitations write by hand and mirror the wording style. Businesswomen should make social calls on any evening or Sunday afternoon.

Bronx Cheer Origins Downgraded By Lyons

James J. Lyons Bronx borough president told the chamber of commerce the so called Bronx cheer did not originate in the Bronx and is not used locally. He said it was brought from elsewhere and named for the borough, but we don’t use it up here.

New York James J. Lyons Bronx Lyons Chamber of Commerce

Baptist W M A Party Tomorrow At First Baptist Church

The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will hold its annual party tomorrow evening from 8 to 10 in the church social hall. All women of the church are invited. Committees have prepared an entertaining program for the guests. Mr and Mrs B Powell Harrison and their debutante daughter Miss Lalla Harrison of Leesburg have moved to Washington and reside at 1511 Twenty second street for the winter. Miss Harrison was presented to Virginia society at Middleburg in September and expects to debut at the Bachelors Cotillion in Baltimore on December 5. Dr Leon Slavin will be away about two weeks starting Monday to attend the clinic at the New York Post Graduate School of Oral Surgery and is not expected home until Monday Oct 24.

Mitchell Paul Stewart Ada Mitchell Mowery Stewart Handley @Hgh School United States Navy Marine Corps Beverley Browns Beverley Brown Front Royal B. B. Dutton R. E. Byrd T. B. Byrd Frank Hack Ronald Wilson Braddock Street Wilson E. G. Rusk H. Clay de Grange Miss Austine Bootsie’ McDonnell Warrenton Washington New York City Melanie Selznick Studios Miss McDonnell Austin McDonnell Isham Keith New York Winchester Clarke County King Smith Studio McDonnell McGuire Hunter Holmes McGuire North Braddock Street Washington, D. C American Academy of Ophthalmology White House Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church B. Powell Harrison Lalla Harrison Leesburg Twenty-second Street Miss Harrison Virginia Society Middleburg Bachelors’ Cotillion Baltimore Leon Slavin New York Post Graduate School of

Mrs Fosbrink Attends Editors Convention in Chicago

Mrs John G Fosbrink departed for Chicago to attend the annual editors convention at the La Salle Hotel. Fred W Sargent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway will deliver the principal address via national NBC hookup tomorrow. Several visitors and wedding guests from across the region have returned home after staying in Winchester and Boyce.

Columbus Pictured As Gridman

Washington column notes Columbus statue on Capitol steps seen as “patient quarterback” ready to hurl a globe toward the Supreme Court. It recalls the former Washington statue “The Ball Players,” its fall to the Smithsonian, and failed substitutes proposed by lawmakers over the years. An Indian girl statue beside it now has missing fingers.

Eddy Gilmore Washington Oct America Christopher Columbus Capitol Steps Columbus Supreme Court Fine Arts Coemmission Capitol Plaza Smithsonian Institution

Pastor L H Smallwood Prepares Farewell Circuit Visit

The Rev L H Smallwood of Ridgeway Methodist Episcopal Church South plans to visit all charges before transferring to Hamilton Virginia. His successor Rev G H Fielding arrives next Wednesday or Thursday. Smallwood’s Sunday schedule includes Arden Darkesville Gerardstown Payne’s Chapel Rest with services from 9:45 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. subject to final arrangements.

L. H. Smallwood Ridgeway Methodist Episcopal Church South Hamilton G. H. Fielding Smallwood Arden Darkesville Gerardstown Payne’s

Physicist Nathaniel Matson Terry Dies at 94

Commodore Nathaniel Matson Terry a noted physicist and former head of the physics and chemistry department at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis died last night in Old Lyme Conn at age 94.

Old Lyme, Conn Nathaniel Matson Terry Department of Physics and Chemistry United States Naval Academy At Annapolis

FASTEETH strengthens and stabilizes loose dentures

Advert describes FASTEETH a non acid powder that sprinkles over dentures to hold them firmer and more comfortable with no gummy taste. It claims to prevent slipping during eating and talking and to control denture odor while advising to see a dentist if mouth tissues change.

Sub-Committees Tasked In Textile Wage Survey

Washington Oct 13. The textile committee on wage levels for cotton silk rayon industries adjourned after a two day session for three weeks. Subcommittees will gather facts to set a high minimum wage between 25 and 40 cents an hour without reducing jobs. They study including knitted underwear, and the share of wool makers in scope while inviting over 50 associations to nominate members for information gathering groups.

Washington Trade and Manufacturers’ Associations

Father dies trying to rescue daughter in Ferndale blaze

Albert Lees 51 and daughter Agnes 7 died in a Ferndale fire after he returned to save his children. Marie 10 was rescued by firemen and remained in critical condition with burns. Mrs Agnes Lees and two other daughters Emma 17 and Laverne 12 escaped.

Johnstown Ferndale Albert Lees Agnes Marie Agnes Lees Emma Laverne

Ponderous Truck Rans Wild On A Double S Curve

In Romney West Virginia on October 13 a large truck trailer driven by William Bear and Woodrow Boze of Chicago failed on a double S curve near Gore. The driver escaped injury but Bear sustained back and shoulder injuries while the cargo of ten tons of frozen goods including butter and chickens was sold off after insurance adjustment.

Romney W. Va William Bear Woodrow Boze Chicago U. S Gore Aes Bear Anu Washington Monarch Motor Company Boze Bear

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