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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1940

Page

8

Halloween events fill Monday calendar in Madison area

Weekly meetings of Madison Lodge I O O F at Odd Fellows Hall and Lions Club at George Washington Hotel anchor a busy Monday. A A A W Music Appreciation study group meets Miss Harriett Krise, 414 West Clifford Street. Other activities include a Philathea Class Halloween party and a Winchester Rebekahs gathering at Odd Fellows Hall.

Madison Lodge Odd Lions Hall Harriett Krise West Clifford Street Church Lions Club George Washington Hotel Junior Board of Trade Andrew Babb Millwood Avenue Winchester Rebekahs Odd Fellows Hall Presbyterian Church American Association of University Women

Engagements and social notes from Winchester area

Miss Louise Glass to wed Julius A Lynch of Maryland in late November. Frances Locke to James Vermillion in Nevada ceremony. Mrs Canter Lonas injured in fall. others visit Washington and Harrisburg. junior chorus practice announced. several locals and students mentioned with weekend travels and returns.

Louise Glass J. A. Lynch William Wood Glass Louise Baker Glass Julius Andrew Lynch Maryland Miss Glass Handley High School Winchester Washington, D. C Department of the Interior Lynch Washington Maritime Commission Frances Locke James Vermillion Francesornwell Locke D. S. Cornwell Boyce, A James H. Vermillion Leesburg Chambers Supreme Court Supreme Court of Nevada Carson City

Presbyterian Young People To Give Hallowe'en Party

Mrs Paul Rosenberger is confined to her home with illness. Mrs H D Flood and Miss Eleanor Flood of Washington spent the weekend in New York City with the latter's sister Mrs Augustine Humes. Misses Marion Hurts and Winifred Bailey and Mr Gene Dunn attended the V P I W L football game in Lynchburg Saturday.

Margaret Hodson Goss New York City Presbyterian Paul Rosenberger H. D. Flood Eleanor Flood Washington Augustine Humes Marion Hurts Winifred Bailey Gene Dunn Lynchburg Stephens City Group Stephens City Larkins Club Eugene Adams National Avenue Cora Yeakle Jessie Adams Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Ada Glass Baker Opequon John Hottle Frank Bailey Andy Lightnin Amos-n’-Andy Robert Taylor Ivan Kline Sam McCarty Helen Knight The Presbytery Robert Sutton Anna Virginia Campbell Stephens City Minnie Fraser Preston Young People's Berryville George P. Greenhalgh Toledo New York Kay Will Harold Will John W. Mettler Bayard Stevens Short Hills N. J John B. Neill Richmond Nancy Stevens St. Catherine's School Stevens John A. Chew Clarke County

White Hall Junior League Hosts Large Halloween Party

The White Hall School Halloween party drew a standing room crowd on Friday night October 25 attended by many residents. After expenses the junior league had 33.54 to buy school equipment from a 52.02 take. Highlights included a short play costume parade cake walks and contests. Wayne S Guthrie praised community cooperation for the successful event.

White Hall Hallowe'en White Hall School Wayne S. Guthrie

Local Young People At Music Club Meet

Several members of the recently organized Junior Euterpian music club gathered at the community venue for a demonstration session and informal recital. The group plans future performances and outreach to local schools.

Euterpian

Etiquette Q A Few Practical Manners In Conversation

Reader questions about manners cover language groups at table and hand written versus typed letters. It advises that group chatter in foreign tongues excludes others and favors typewritten applications, and suggests seating spouses with other partners at meals.

Winchester music clubs meet in Front Royal district event

The Fourth Virginia District meeting in Front Royal featured Robert Edwards with violin and his sister Thelma Edwards as accompanist, with Betty Joe Stretchberry on piano. Attendees from the area included Gladys Cochran, Lee Rosenberger, Anna Lee Funk, and Virginia Mackie, as Mrs. Robert C. Rives presided and announced five new junior federation members.

Winchester Virginia Virginia Federation of Music Front Royal Salurn Robert Edwards Thelma Edwards Betty Joe Stretchberry Gladys Cochran Lee Rosenberger Anna Lee Funk Virginia Mackie Robert C. Rives Eleanor H. Balthis Strasburg Euterpian Club Ruth Beaty Gasque Warren County High School

Boston Wool Market Report Quiet Demand For Fine Delaine Wools

Boston shoppers noted subdued activity on October 28 as domestic wool markets showed little buying interest. Fine delaine and bright fleece wools traded around 44 to 45 cents grease with buyers hesitant and quotes around 45 to 46 cents for country packed mixed lots. Notably large arrivals of medium cross bred South American wools are being processed into civilian goods, affecting market dynamics.

Boston U. S

Climb Atop Health Message for Youthful Wellbeing

A health themed exhortation urges balanced food and adequate sleep for beauty and vitality. It promotes careful living for screen stars and daily workers, detailing hygiene like warm baths, brisk brushing, and coconut oil massage to improve circulation and skin tone.

Greenhalghs Return From Clarke County Wedding

Berryville Virginia October wedding reports say Kay Will wed John W Mettler Jr with George P Greenhalgh Jr as usher. The Greenhalgh family hosted a dinner and will attend Blue Ridge Hunt breakfasts as the season opens.

Current Quotions In Apple Market

Shipping point information for Priday Winchester Martinsburg. Demand light market steady. Barrels Yorks U S No 1 23 4 in min car 2 65 Bushel Baskets Staymans U S No 1 21 2 in min 90 95c U S Utility 2 1 2 in min car 70c Yorks U S No 1 2 3 4 in min few 80c 2 1 2 in min 15 90 Rames U S Fancy 2 1 2 in min few 1 05 Grimes U S No 1 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 in cold storage car 85c Delicious U S No 1 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 in min 1 00 11 8 Bush el Boxes Staymans U S Fancy 2 1 2 in min 1 00

Priday Winchester Martinsburg Yorks U. S Staymans U. S. Utility Rames Grimes Delicious U. S. No

Maurois to Lecture in United States After France

The writer Andre Maurois is now in this country and will deliver the Lowell lectures at Harvard in October and November. Afterward he is scheduled for a lecture tour throughout the United States.

Andre Maurois France Lowell Harvard United States

Girl Scout Week Observed in Winchester With Sermon

Girl Scout Week opened in Winchester with services at the Presbyterian Church where Rev. Ronald Wilson delivered a special sermon. A national Girl Scout radio program aired yesterday on NBC from 2 to 2:30 pm. An evening rally of all troops is planned on Mrs. McSherry Lupton’s grounds with camp fire and other features. Cookie orders will be taken for later delivery.

Winchester Presbyterian Church Ronald 8. Wilson Care McSherry Lupton Lutheran Church

Discrepancy Found At National Central Bank

Baltimore on October 28 John J. Ghinger president of the National Central Bank of Baltimore announced a discrepancy of 15300 had been found in a discount clerk's accounts. He said the loss is fully covered by insurance.

Baltimore John J. Ghinger National Central Bank of Baltimore Ghinger

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Canter Lonas Ccadilly Owever Porter House C. W. Ramsburg Elizabeth Denny Alice Mary Polhamus Cornelia Liongood Harold Campell Washington Yesteray Winchester Junior Board of Trade Catherine Lewis Gainesboro Margaret Jones Harrisburg Jones Miss Lewis Pittsburgh David H. Sencindiver, Jr George Hott University of Virginia Charlottesville Henry P. Mitchell Millwood H. R. Kern, Jr Petersburg, Va Hugh Powell Frank Humaston Bridgewater Charles J. B. Beverley, II J .B. Beverley, Jr Rexall i Sale Saturday Evening Post Brooks’ Pharmacy the Flower Shop Piccadilly St Huntsberry Hill Woman’s Civic League Woman's Civic League George Washington Lawrence Hill Nichols Inurance Adjustment Co T. Russell Cather Tony Beauty Shoppe E. Piccadilly St First Baptist Church Boston Wool Market Report Health Helen Follett Sally Gray Ralph C. Schutt, Jr Cornell University Dai Products Marjorie Martinelli Atlantic City Hallowe’en Underwood Lovett Brothers Lovett Bros Loudoun St Greenhalghs Walter Lee Spencer Carter Blue Ridge Hunt Richard P. Whiting Oakland Calif Sumner Walters William Peterkin Julia Paterkin Parkersburg W. Va L. N. Russell T. W. Whitaker Norfolk King’s Daughters and Sons Russell Whitaker Golden Rule Mary McGehee Rockcroft A. P. Osborn Joel G. Childs John D. Richardson Chicago Laura Childs Apple Haldeman’s Milk East Piccadilly the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Miles Music Barbara Bell Winchester Evening Star New York, N. Y
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