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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1940

Page

8

Hazel Bride a Loudoun Thu of Stanley Reed

A pretty Pall wedding was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor B. Harding in Ashiurn on Thursday afternoon. Hazel Geneva Harding became the bride of Charles Stanley Reed with a small group of family and friends present.

Victor B. Harding Ashiurn Hazel Geneva Charles Stanley Charles Charlies W. Caulkins Leesburg Irene Harding Milton Reed Washington Rudolph Harding Jarland Baptist Beatrice Lowery McDonald Beatrice Ellen Lowry Samel Franklin McDonald Julian T. Owens G. W. Lowry Middle Road Frederick County

Miss Heloise Matthews Offers Personal Beauty Consult

Brooks' Pharmacy advertises private complexion consultation with Miss Heloise Matthews during the week of October 21 with only 10 appointments per day. Call 766 to arrange.

Miss Sophie Feshuk Crowned Miss Conscription in Philadelphia

Social notes report Miss Sophie Feshuk of Philadelphia winning the Miss Conscription title at a beauty contest in the Quaker City. Fourteen Westhampton College girls joined the National News Council, including Miss Ann Oakes of Richmond and Handley High School graduate. A surprise shower honored Mrs. Ray Michael, formerly Esther McDonald, at the Glaize Bros. packing house with many coworkers attending.

Sophie Feshuk Philadelphia Conscription Quaker City Westhampton College National News Council Richmond Ann Oakes J. C. Oakes West Clifford Street Handley High School Ray Michael Glaize Bros. Packing House Esther McDonald Lou McDonald Sunnyside

Calendar of local meetings and a Virginia Tech graduate wedding

The notice lists events for Tuesday and Wednesday including Rebekah Association at Odd Fellows Hall and the Women’s Division of Christian Service at Market Street Church. Kiwanis luncheon at the hotel is noted for Wednesday followed by Miss Virginia Russell entertaining the Junior Century Club and the Old Fredericktown Garden Club gathering. It also reports on the wedding of former classmate Guy Molin and Lucy Staples in Lynchburg with the bridegroom linked to Armstrong Cork and both graduates of Virginia Tech in 1939.

Ea Noeeiet Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Women's Division of Christian Service Market Street Church Kiwanis Club Virginia Russell Century Club South Stewart Street Old Fredericktown James Goode Lynchburg V.P.1 Guy Molin Lucy Staples McLaughlin Lancaster Armstrong Cork Goode Virginia Tech

Kernstown Bible Class Opens New Year Meeting

Kernstown Onward and Upward Bible Class meets Thursday Oct 17 at 7 30 PM at Mrs Chas Edmundson home Valley Ave for its regular monthly gathering. New officers will assume duties and committees will be appointed as plans for the year are discussed. Transport assistance available by notifying Mrs Loring Ritter.

Kernstown

London show girl killed in German bombing at store

Lydia Cecily Hill known as Shapesy Hill age 27 and beloved show girl dies when a German aerial bomb destroys a London store where she shopped. The event highlights the perils of air raids during the conflict and the loss to the glamorous elite surrounding the Sultan of Johore.

Shapesy Lydia Cecily Hill Johore London

Chin Up and Beauty’s Bright Outlook for Facial Care

The piece warns that a forward thrust chin and tense posture create facial defects and strained jawlines. It advises keeping the chin level, boosting chest posture, and using massage cream ice therapy cold compresses and exercises. It suggests changing soaps to protect brittle nails amid domestic work.

Modern Etiquette Q A on introductions and letters

A series of etiquette questions and concise answers covers handling forced introductions, expressing feelings, cheerful correspondence during a husband’s trips, and wrap management at hotel events. It emphasizes polite, optimistic communication and practical choices in social settings.

Three Big Community Events Planned By Local Groups

Circle No 1 of Braddock Street Methodist meets at 1607 Valley Avenue at 745 PM to plan the new conference year's activities. The Church of Christ C E plans a Halloween party Thanksgiving family adoption and a home talent play with Harry Sherman presiding.

Braddock Street David M. Beales Edward Capper Frank Carper F. W. Danley Helen Everhart Bessie Fansler Nettie Forney Alice Groves Robert L. Glaize Charles William Grim George H. Gardner Frank Helsley Nellie Johnston B. F. Johnston Ida L Emma Ridgeway James K. Robinson F. Howard Schindel W. B. Snider Ebner Summel Mildred Sargent Zelma Sargent Susan Salsbury F. Amos Shryock G. T. Tyler J. W. Wingfield Dorothy Wingfield Ida L. Wyndham Church of Christ C. E The Young People’s Christian Endeavor Church of Christ Harry Sherman West Monmouth Street C. E C. H. Punk

Parisian evacuee aid worker wounded aboard Nea Hellas

Mrs. Maeva Wallis of Paris arrives in Hoboken aboard the Greek liner Nea Hellas. She served with the French air ministry during the war and was wounded by machine gun fire while aiding evacuees.

Hoboken, N. J Nea

Himelright Lauded By Westerner

A Minnesota editor praises Harry L. Himelright operator of a Cameron and Gerrard Streets service station. An Austin Daily Herald editorial crediting his intelligent labor for notable service is reprinted by Continental Oil in Red Triangle Magazine. The publication circulates nationally and internationally.

Minnesota Winchester Continental Oil Company Red Triangle Harry L. Himelright Cameron and Gerrard Streets South

Mrs Palmer 63 of Hayfield dies at Memorial Hospital

Mrs Sarah Bell Palmer age 63 of Hayfield died at Memorial Hospital at 7 17 after a brief illness. She was wife of W L Palmer, born March 2 1876 in Bloomery W Va. She was a Disciples of Christ member at Capon Bridge. Survived by husband two sisters Mrs Ross Afbell Salisbury Pa and Mrs Aliie Sirbaugh Weston W Va. Funeral at Omps with Rt Rev Goode and Rev Luther McFarland. interment Mt Olive Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.

Sarah Bell “Palmer Hayfield Memorial Hospital W. L. Palmer Palmer John Sanford Kerns Mary Allabaugh Bloomery W. Va Disciples of Christ Capon Bridge Frederick County Ross Abfell Salisbury Aliie Sirbaugh Weston Omps Mt. Olive Church S.J. Goode Luther McFarland M. H. Rosenberger H. C. Moore J. E. Nelson Clark Braithwaite A. H. Kerns A. C. Clowser

Market Street Christian Service Group to Meet Tonight

The Women’s division of the Market Street Methodist Church Christian Service will meet in the Sunday School room tonight at 8 o’clock. All members are urged to attend.

The Patriotic Order of America Women’s Christian Temperance Union Handley Library Christian Service Market Street Methodist Church

Fall and Winter Pattern Book for Girls

Fall and Winter Pattern Book offers 100 plus designs for girls with easy to follow step by step sew charts. Each pattern is accurately cut and simple for beginners to assemble. Pattern 15c Pattern Book 15c One Pattern and Pattern Book together 25c. Send orders to the box below.

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Hazel Bride Stanley Reed Barbara Higgins Richard Boissroy James Higgs Front Royal Daugher Barbara Lee Higins Richard Winfield Odisseau Petersburg Cecil E. Young Higgins Hollins College Boisseau Washington and Lee University Lexington Phi Kappa Sign Oe Forrest Lorraine ‘Timbel Pittsburgh Paul Ayres Robert Lockhart Eva Lockhart Paul Carper Ben Belchs Perry W. Jones Ralph Ann Carlisle Oscar Zeigler Jon W Miss Moore Judith Anne Moore R. B. Moore Miss Heloise Matthews Brooks’ Pharmacy You Sunshine Cleaners East Piccadilly College News Council M. L. Rimes Downington, Pa James C. Davis Baltimore Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve A. H. Hovermale Ridge, W. Va R. W. Sawyer W. H. Hovermale Berryville Avenue Philip Fisher Wendell Stegner Newark, N. J John W. Kater Monmouth Street James Rehill Jack Herrell Harrisonburg J. H. Burkholder and Sons Edward and Harry Lime Village, Va Katie Chapman Stuart Montgomery Falls Church, Va Stephens City James Gee C. S. Gee Madison Barracks J. Pinckney Arthur James Grimes Francis Trimble Virginia Retail Secretaries Division Retail Merchants Association of Virginia John Marshall Hotel Olga Stoker Coal W. B. Snider & Son N. Cameron St the Tempta Ted Cross Huntsberry P .O. of A Russell H. E. Stilley Jacksonville Fla James Anderson Beauty Underwood N. Loudoun St H. Clay Manuel Girl Scout Council Scully Girl Scouts John S. Scully, Jr Irvan O’connell McSherry Lupton Walter Bosserman Raoul Garrabrandt Mary Katherine Aulick Harold Brown Eugene Cooper William P., Massey Solengerger Frank Armstrong John Scully Elizabeth Kern Massey Girl Scouts In America Juliette Lowe Presbyterian Church Ronald Wilson Helena Lupton Valley Pride United Food Stores Mrs. Maeva ‘’Allis Himelright the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Parker Herbex Colonial Beauty Shoppe E. Piccadilly St Radiogan Radiorgan Miles Music CO West Boscawen St Market Street Christian Service Group Selby Arch-Preserver Shoes Selby Pifer Company ROYAL Royal Arrow Barbara Bell Winchester Evening Star New York, N. Y
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