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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1937
Page
8
Social calendar notes a 1 30 p m gathering of Girl Scouts at John Kerr School for a scavenger hunt and a 3 p m AAUW meeting at Miss Virginia Barr's home on North Avenue.
Miss Margaret Bruce Price and Marion V. Baylis, son of V N Baylis of Opequon, Va, plan December wedding. Both graduates of Handley High School and employed at Winchester Knitting Mills. Local Scout meeting notes praise Miss Alice Porter and Council progress, with Girl Scout Week set to begin October 31.
Friends of the Rev. E. O. Graham gathered at St. James Lutheran Church in Jewett Ohio on October 1 to mark the 40th year of his ministry. The event featured a student present, greetings from former congregations, a purse from the Jewett Schools supervisor, and a social hour with out of town guests from Ellwood City Youngwood Springdale East Brady Wheeling and Stephens City.
Dr Hans Kindler returns to Washington to lead the National Symphony Orchestra in a seven season push. The plan features 40 concerts across 30 cities in 11 Eastern states and Canada, with 27 Washington performances and guest stars including Lucrezia Bori Hofmann Elman Crooks and Damrosch. The season opens October 31 with the Wagner festival singers and a Beethoven festival finale.
Answers cover entertaining in hotel suites, condolence calls, and proper ball attire. A bachelor may entertain with hotel staff, condolence calls are expected immediately, and dress codes require women in evening wear and men in formal evening dress.
Clarence Walker of Washington DC was charged with being drunk and pan-handling. In Police Court today he received a six month suspended term conditioned on his immediate departure from town.
Rev E G Hellmintoller preaches next Sunday at Wesley Chapel 9:30 am Gainesboro 11:00 am Redland 7:30 pm all are welcome to worship.
A vintage advertisement urges women to avoid nagging and endure monthly discomforts with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It promotes toning the system to ease the three life stages and encourages wives to “smiling through” the months.
The funeral of Elizabeth M. March wife of R Edward March occurred after a heart attack last Monday night. Services from the family home 18 West Gerrard street at 3 30 pm were led by Rev Dr Hubert Sydenstricker continuing a Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church member for years. Choir songs included Abide With Me Safe In the Arms of Jesus and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers Paul Slonaker J Henry Moling Jr Hoy e Riley Henkel Carpenter Charles Knight and Calvin M Martin. Relatives from out of town included I G Hoffman Charlottesville VA Mr and Mrs Alfred D Scott and family Alfred R Scott and John Hurley Washington DC Mr and Mrs Jacob Ayres and daughter Mrs Helen Watkins Mrs Caroline Hoffman Mrs Elnore Hoffman William Hoffman Altoona PA Mr and Mrs Edward Hoffman and son and Mr and Mrs Louis Hoffman and daughter Monongahela PA.
Oct. 15 Front Royal area notes report Mr. and Mrs. George Morton returning to Roanoke after a weekend with Mrs. Morton's parents, Miss Janie Williams attending VPI dances in Blacksburg, and the What-So-Ever Circle planning an October 19 meeting with officer installations and Penny Bag collections. Also includes visits from Bayonne and Baltimore guests, garden club activities, weekend travel plans, and various social engagements in Warren County plus a humorous Oregon deer tale.
The duke and duchess of Windsor will visit southern California for two weeks, arriving around November 25. They are to spend three days at the San Simeon estate of William Randolph Hearst in San Luis Obispo county and stay at a Santa Monica Beach home once owned by Marion Davies.
Mrs. Alice O. Groves, daughter of the late T. J. Orndorff, has qualified as administratrix for her father's estate. She was appointed on the motion of Mrs. Groves, her mother.
New York Oct 15 the president has priority on radio waves and networks broadcast at no charge while sustaining and sponsored programs face cancellations. Networks bear all costs and performers are paid under different rules. a 30 minute fire side chat could cost about 20000. Listings show WJZ NBC schedule across 8 to 11:30.
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