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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1940

Page

8

Community meeting and club notices from Winchester schedule

Monday events include Madison Lodge weekly meeting at I C O hall East Boscawen Street. Mary Sibert hosts Ladies Aid at North Loudoun Street. Lions Club weekly luncheon at the hotel. Circle 4 at Braddock Street Methodist. Winchester Rebekah meeting at I O O F hall.

Madison Lodge East Boscawen Street Mary Sibert Ladies Aid Lutheran Church of Our Saviour North Loudoun Street Avasial Lions Club Reto Circle No. 4 Braddock Street Winchester Rebekas

Theatre To Give Three Act Plays Here This Week

Winchester Little Theatre presents three one act plays this week with distinct casts and directors. The Man Who Died a Peaceful Death is a Cole folk comedy in blackface directed by Mrs. Anne Hardy. Lord Dunsay’s Monkey’s Paw is a tragedy directed by John Williams with cast including Mrs. Douglas Fuller Smith and Bob McKelvey. Antic Spring a farce directed by Roy Ryden Jr features Phyllis Fowle Betty Jean Gearing Aloise Brill Billy Bell Wayne Whitham and Ben Dutton Jr. Freaney Awarded In Law. Thomas J. Freaney Jr. of a local store is awarded a scholarship to Chicago University Law School. He will study there and serve as Proc Gamma Chapter Theta Phi Phi at Ohio State. Engagement announced Miss Goodwin Musgrave to Bellamy Garges Jr. Musgrave attended Hollins University and Darlington. Garges is with Retail Credit Co. in Washington. Surprise Party Given For Mr Taylor. Alvin Taylor’s 20th birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Taylor featured games and refreshments with many friends from Greenspring and nearby towns. Also noted, Mr Steward G Fawcett returned from New York City after attending the World’s Fair. Mrs. Russell Lamp of Kernstown is convalescing from burns.

Winchester Douglas Fuller Smith Bob MceKelvey Bentley Kinney James Davis Joe Thomas Roy Ryden, Jr Phyllis Fowle Betty Jean Gearing Aloise Brill Billy Bell Wayne Whitham Ben Dutton Jr. Freaney Thomas J. Freaney Law School Chicoe University Bradford St. Benny High School Temple University Theta Kappa Phily Newman Club Blue Key National Honor Fraternity Temple Ohio State George Harrison We Leesburg Goodwin Musgrave Herbelly Garges, Jr Atlanta Musgrave Hollins Garges Darlington Preparatory School Rome Georgia Wash and Lee University The Retail Credit Company Washington

Notable Social Roundup of Local Movements and Visits

A stream of short notices details Mel Mignon Spence arriving in New York to join the Metropolitan Opera after a decade in Central Europe. Other items report Cornelia Livengood recovering at home after appendix surgery, several families returning from visits in Fairmont, Azard City, and New York City, and residents traveling to Washington, Winchester, Kennebunkport, Blacksburg, Norfolk, Kernstown, and Frederick during late summer.

Mignon Spence Metropolis, Ill Europe New York Metropolitan Opera

Brooks Pharmacy Ad Sells Toothpaste and Toothbrush

An old advertisement touts 950 Tube Briton Tooth Paste at 25 cents and a tooth brush for 35 cents with the pharmacy phone number 766 and prescription druggist services available for a limited time.

Brooks

Modern Etiquette Questions and Local Notices

A Q and A on dinner etiquette and book marking appears beside local social news. Readers learn six topics to avoid in conversation and a series of residents from Sen Seney Road to Keyser and beyond are listed with visits, graduations, and family travel updates.

Civic groups donate to Girl Scouts in Winchester meeting

The Girl Scout Council met at Mrs. Massey home with members including Mrs. Harold Brown and Miss Mary Aulick. Lions and Rotary checks support Girl Scout work as 51 girls and leaders enjoyed three day relays at Camp White Rock on the Capon river.

Girl Scouts Girl Scout Council William P. Massey Harold Brown Walter Bosserman D. J. Howard McSherry Lupton Homer Lyman Robert McNalley Joseph Hodgson Mary K.aulick John Scully Elizabeth Kern Massey Lions Club Rotary Club Winchester Aulick White Rock Capon River Helen Massey Troop Leaders Association New England Miss Massey Farley Massey Woolfolk

Radio Highlights and Community Notices in Winchester

Radio highlights list programs and stars from WISV WJSV WMAL and others featuring Those We Love Love Is News and adventures in reading. The Winchester A A U W awards 4 million in women’s fellowships while club meetings and Ladies Aid plans are announced for Thursday and tonight.

WISV Hollywood Wallenstein’s Dr. T. Q Basin Street Peceedeec? Te Teas Z 8:30—News. B. Book | Show Boat Wews N. B.C Russ Morgan Bankhage Orch Herman's Orch Harry James Ennis Desire Orchestra The Gene Beecher Night Watch

German Press Attacks Swedes Over Terrorism Claims

German press subjects Sweden to a concerted attack accusing Swedish outlets of insults to Germany. Volkischer Beobachter leads the reaction criticizing Sweden for reproving a paper that alleged British occupation forces in Iceland used terrorism, while omitting a countercharge of terrorism in Germany.

Berlin Sweden Germany Adolf Hitler Voelkischer Beobachter Iceland

Leave Henna to the Expert

A column warning against amateur henna use. Experts stress henna’s value as a coloring agent when applied by professionals. They note risks with salt and pepper hair and detail shade outcomes for various hair types from medium brunettes to lighter complexions.

Adele Garrison Reaches 25 Years of Mar Meddlers Serial

Veteran writer Adele Garrison of King Features Syndicate honored for 25 years of continuous newspaper serial Mar Meddlers. Luncheon held at the Warwick Hotel in New York. she is credited with about 8 million words.

Adele Garrison King Features Syndicate New York Warwick Hotel

Olympic diving champion Georgia Coleman dies at 46

Georgia Coleman, former Olympic diving champion, dies after a long illness. She gained fame during the 1928 Amsterdam and 1932 Los Angeles Games and is survived by her parents two brothers two sisters and estranged husband Rafe Gilson of Jackson Michigan. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at the Little Church of the Flowers in Glendale.

Los Angeles Georgia Coleman Amsterdam Paris Little Church of the Flowers Glendale Rafe Gilson Jackson, Mich Fort Lauderdale Fla

Curious Fatality at Kentish Town Airfield Incident

Curiosity led to death and injuries near Kentish Town as civilians watched a German Dornier bomber crash. They moved in to collect souvenirs and an unexploded bomb detonated. The Air Ministry released a bulletin on the day of the incident.

Lonndon Kent Airinistry

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