Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

We have 3,124,248 pages in Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1940

Page

15

Clarke County mobilizes Bundles For Britain drive

Clarke County forms Bundles For Britain to aid Britain with clothing and cash. Miss Rosalind Huidekoper leads, opening headquarters in a vacant store near the telephone office. donations channeled to New York for clothes and medical goods. Local residents urged to contribute warm garments and wool, with cash welcome to fund purchases.

Boyce Clarke County Britain Millwood Huidekoper London Burch Weekley Lawrence Garver Cn New York Hulde McIntyre Carter Powhatan New York Clarke

Local visitors and social notes from Brush Creek area

Martinsburg residents Mr Walter Dunlap and family visited his parents Mr and Mrs John Dunlap. Haden Heironimus and family from Brentwood Md stayed with Mrs Laura Daily and toured Skyline Drive. Ruth Kerns and Grace Whitacre hosted relatives. illness updates include Mrs J H Clark at Memorial Hospital and Mrs A H Lamp recovering from flu. Master Lynwood DeHaven recovers from measles. several Martinsburg and Gerrardstown residents were noted as visiting.

Walter Dunlap Martinsburg W. Va John W. Dunlap Haden G. Heironimus Brentwood Laura C. Daily M. A. Daily Fervin Heironimus Ruth M. Kerns Nelson Beard Grace Whitacre Jeremiah Shade Mazere J. H. Clark Memorial Hospital Winchester A. H. Lamp Ruth Kerns Harry O. Kerns Ael Siler Annie Leonard Collis Gerrardstown Guy Reynolds Peggy Guy Reynolds Ruth Ann Whitacre Lynwood DeHaven H. L. DeHaven Garth Whitacre Lee Daily Lee Luttrell Norahaga Aes

Pineapple Crochet Medallion Pattern 6787

Popular pineapple crochet in fine cotton forms a medallion with many home uses. Pattern 6787 includes instructions, illustrations, and required materials. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259, W. 14th Street, New York, with name address and pattern number.

Winchester Dept W. 14Th Street New York N. Y

Sermon at Timber Ridge Church by Elder Garland

Services at the Primitive Baptist Church Timber Ridge planned for the last Sunday of September with Elder A J Garland of Arlington Virginia as preacher starting at 11 a m Local readers should note the date and time for the morning worship service.

Primitive Baptist Timber Ridge A. J. Garland Arlington

St David's Locals Report Moves and Appointments

St Davids Locals note Tobias Clem visiting Winchester to assist Carl Golliday in selling Loy Golliday's property. Loy and family previously taught in Romney and Loy plans to edit in North Dakota. The item mentions Mr and Mrs F C Sonner and four children from near Strasburg and their aunt Mrs Minnie.

Near Strasburg Minnie

Local families host weekend visitors from near and far

Flinn of Baltimore and C E Step hens family welcomed guests on Friday. Sunday, Levi Hebron and family hosted Will Coverstone and relatives, Ida Coverstone, Wesley Ritenour and family, Kibler of Seven Fountains, Combs of Winchester, and T A Crabill with Clinton Clem of Washington D C visiting over the weekend.

New Resident Doctor Sought at Douglas County Hospital

An amid confusion PA call at Douglas County Hospital prompts a notice that Dr A W Doctor has joined as resident physician. The mix up stemmed from the phrase Dr Doctor but staff now recognizes the intended physician’s name and role.

Omaha Neb Douglas County Hospital A. W

Red flag card mocked by knitting spectator at union meeting

A Minnesota labor federation session sparked a brief disturbance when a spectator was accused of waving a red flag. The “flag” proved to be knitting, held by a woman who kept knitting calmly as the uproar subsided. The rest of the item notes Cromwell film scenes and a missing cat requiring re shoots totaling about $5,000.

ST. Paul Minnesota

Cat valued at $1000 by Film Director’s company

Hollywood reports a grayish white cat is valued at 1000 dollars by John Cromwell's Company. Studio spokesmen said that amount was offered for a cat.

Hollywood John Cromwell

Stove Trouble Aboard British Freighter Settles Chinese Labor Dispute

In New York on September 19 a coal stove replacement resolved a labor dispute aboard the British freighter Silverlarch. The electric stove failed due to the ship's anti mine girdle drawing excess current. Joseph Ky of the Chinese consul's staff said 30 Chinese crewmen were placated by a promise of a new cooker and better meals after initially attempting to jump ship.

New York Silverlarch Joseph Ky

Also Mentioned on This Page

Clarke Citizens Bell Bell Clothes Store Motastort Tomachs Igeomner Brush Creek Alice Brooks Crochet Household Arts. Inc St. David’s Cromwell Frances Dee the Cat Ess the Cat Manescraft Gerbers Chrome Kwikway Electric Kwikway Electric Ay Shmck Erage and Hinds Frostilla Dobell Monroe Fever Loudoun St Virginia Conti Castile Shampoo Shaw' Cream Lux McAllister Schmid Bishop Glover Colwood Belvedere Milltro Palma Villa Invincibles Quintessa Richcraft Lord Baltimore Rumand-Maple Crooks Frank Medico Ken Burgundy
Search Courier

Search the Winchester Evening Star Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Winchester Evening Star?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication