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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1940

Page

3

Veterans Of Foreign Wars Council Session Set At George Washington Hotel

Veterans of Foreign Wars from Virginia West Virginia Maryland and the District meet at the George Washington Hotel Sunday at 10 30 for the Fourth District Council session. Col M B Battle of Roanoke will deliver the principal address. General S Gardner Waller of Richmond Adjutant General for Virginia will speak along with Millard Rice Joe Chittenden National Liaison Officer and National Director James J MacGuirk. MacGuirk will spend the afternoon after a noon luncheon. Oscar Jungbluth Department Commander of Norfolk will participate.

Virginia West Virginia Maryland George Washington Hotel Col. M. 8. Battle Roanoke Uva S. Gardner Waller Richmond Will Millard Rice Washington Joe Chittenden James J. MacGuirk MacGuirk Oscar Jungbluth Norfolk

Brush Creek social notes highlight visits and gatherings

Local residents share visits with relatives from Hagerstown Gainesboro Martinsburg and Washington DC. Weekend guests include Mr. and Mrs. P B Heironimus and Ruth Kerns. Apple butter potato digging and sewing for winter continue as community activities along with multiple family visits.

Brush Creek P. B. Heironimus Hagerstown Ruth M. Kerns Laura Dailey Haden G. Heironimus Brentwood Ruth Kerns Harry O. Kerns Zane Maxine Wanda Kerns Siler David Ebert David III Martinsburg W. Va F. O. Geironimus Guy Reynolds, Sr Amoers Whitacre Darkesville Alva H. Lamp Norma Sue Judy Gainesboro A. P. Whitacre Whitacre Grace Whitacre

Speed Command Given Too

Detroit October meeting gathers auto industry leaders Knudsen to outline defense production boosts. Contracts for defense work totaling about 500 million dollars focus on airplane engines tanks and shells with factory completions pending.

Chrysler Ford Packard Knudsen

Campaign package offers presidents biographies and constitutions

A special package sells a booklet Presidents and Their Wives with pictures, a Constitution booklet, the three foundational documents, and a large colored map for 25 cents. A campaign button for Roosevelt or Willkie may be included on request.

United States Washington, D. C Roosevelt Or Willkie Roosevelt Willkie

Temperance Lesson and Revival at Greenwood Methodist

The November temperance lesson centers on Luke and Romans highlighting John the Baptist and Jesus. The Greenwood Methodist Church, led by Rev H G Balthis, invites worship at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Rev W O Talbert and special music as revival continues.

Church Schedules Fill Morning Services Across Town

Galilee C A Quenzel minister presides at Bible School with 10 a.m. start and junior choir. Brucetown Methodist lists 10 a.m. Sunday School and 11 a.m. sermon with Carper's Valley services at 2 p.m. An October 30 trustees and stewards meeting at 106 Morningside Drive is announced. Cedar Cliff Presbyterian hosts 9:30 a.m. church school and 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service with guest preacher Harry Crim at Cedar Creek 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. afternoons. Hope and Nineveh also schedule morning worships and church schools.

White Post the Methodist Church W D, Sheets Cedarville Boyce Galilee C. A. Quenzel Bible School Charles E. McVay Brucetown Ee Morningside Drive Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Julian T. Owen Harry Crim Cedar Creek Hope Nineveh

Winchester U B Charge and Salem Congregation Services

The record lists church services for Winchester U B Charge with O Shirley Pleasant Valley Red Bud and Jubilee Front Royal Pike including Sunday School at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m. Salem and Stephens City also show Sunday School at 10 a m with preaching on specified Sundays.

Winchester U. B O. Shirley Pleasant Pleasant Valley Red Bud Church OF the Brethren Salem L R. Dettra Cephas Fahnestock W L. Riggleman Royal Pike Stephens City

Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church Schedule

Ridgeway Circuit Methodist Church schedule lists church schools at Arden Darkesville and Paynes with Epworth League gatherings at 7 p m and worship times. Gerrardstown and Rest churches host Epworth League sessions at 7 and 7 respectively with 30 minute worship and multiple school times.

Ridgeway Circuit Hielding Arden Darkesville Epworth Gerrardstown Paynes Rest

Opequon Churches Hold Memorial and Services

Opequon Presbyterian and Burnt Church hold memorial services and Sunday school. Opequon Memorial Service at 10 a.m. with Sunday School at 11 a.m. Burnt Church offers Sunday School at 10 a.m. and service at 11 a.m. Round Hill Sunday School at 10 a.m.

Opequon Group E. S&s. McGavock Opequon Burnt Church Round Hill

Will Observe W M A Day at Mt Pleasant Church

Woman's Missionary Advance plans a Sunday afternoon service at Mt Pleasant Church on October 1 30 p m with guest speaker Mrs L G Bridgers of the Virginia W M A. Representatives recently returned from the National W M A meeting in Lancaster Pa October 18 22. Local leader for the evening program is Miss Lucy Bell Randall. Reverend Leslie O Shirley of Winchester U B Circuit conducts services succeeding Rev W B Obaugh.

Woman's Missionary Advance Mt. Pleasant L. G. Bridgers Virginia M W. A Lancaster Lucy Bell Randall Leslie Shirley Leslie O. Shirley Winchester U. B W. B. Obaugh

Current Apple Market Quotations and Shipping Notes

Shipping point quotations for Wednesday from Winchester Martinsburg and nearby points. Cool cloudy demand light market steady carloads f o b usual terms. Staymans Yorks Black Twigs Winesaps bubble sizes prices per basket and box with min diameters and carloads. Old books read as well as new ones. Give them to the Recreation Center.

Winchester Martinsburg U. S Yorks

Opequon Chapel Sunday Schedule

a. m. Service at 7.30 p. m. C. E. at 6.45 p. m. Sunday School at 10 a. m. C. E. at 6.45 p. m.

A. m Opequon Chapel

Stephens City Charge Preaching Schedule

Methodist Church led by Reverend Homer Welch lists Sunday services by location and time. First Sunday at Fairview nine forty five, Stephens City eleven, Kernstown eight. Second Sunday Refuge nine thirty, Kernstown eleven, Stephens City eight. Third Sunday Fairview nine forty five, Stephens City eleven, Kernstown eight. Fourth Sunday Refuge nine thirty, Kernstown eleven, Stephens City eight.

Stephens City Methodist Church Homer Welch Fairview Kernstown Refuge

Public Invited to J B T Meeting in Winchester Hotel

The Winchester Junior Board of Trade calls a forum tonight at 8 in the hotel. President J Pinckney Arthur invites the public to hear the youths’ views on the presidential election. Attendees include James Robinson, March Robinson, Tom Scully, Roy Ryden Jr, Robert Mason, and others. A film Making Your City Safe will be shown by George Jones, Safety Committee chair.

Winchester Junior Board of Trade J. Pinckney Arthur

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