Mrs. Barton Heads Drive For Home Society Support
Mrs. Barton will lead an annual appeal to gather funds and volunteers from the City and county for the Children's Home Society. The drive targets a budget just over 80 000 for homeless and dependent children, with 528 children served last year and 337 in care at the start of 1940. Four Frederick County and three Winchester county children are among 370 under protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Winchester
Frederick County
Winchter
Harrisonburg
The
Children’s Home Society
Miss Louise Rehill Weds Ralph Keefover in Winchester
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Louise Rehill and Ralph M Keefover performed Saturday at the parsonage of Rev. Herman McKay. Bride’s parents live on Berryville Avenue. groom’s family from Grafton WV. They will reside on Berryville Avenue in Winchester. Keefover works for National Fruit Co. and Mrs Keefover runs Helen-Louise Beauty Shop. Also reports the Winchester Rebekah Lodge 89th anniversary celebration with officers, speeches, and awards at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Rehill
Ralph M. Keefover
Herman McKay
Market Street Methodist Church
James F. Rehill
Berryville Avenue
Virginia A. Keefover
Keefover
Grafton
W. Va
Winchester
National Fruit Co
Winchester Rebekah Lodge
Order
Odd Fellows Hall
Gaynes Reading
Emma Edwards
Meta Wingfield
Rebekahs
Lyda Chapman
Edgar Mason
Rebekah
Wingfield
Bessie Jones
Ruth Bucher
Carrie Carper
Miss Margaret Flickinger Named Home Agent in Winchester
Miss Margaret Flickinger successor to Mrs. Martin Kermacy announced today. She comes from Portsmouth where she was home economist for the Virginia Electric and Power Co. and previously served five years as home agent for Northern Virginia Power Co. She is a UVA and Moravia graduate with post graduate work at William and Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Flickinger
Martin Kermacy
Evelyn Early
Northern Virginia Power Co
Miss Flickinger
L. Flickinger
Centenary Reformed Church
Winchester
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Portsmouth
Rotary Club Lunch and Scouts Tea This Week
The calendar notes a Thursday 1:00 p.m. weekly Rotary Club luncheon at a hotel and a 4:30 p.m. tea for Girl Scout troop captains and lieutenants at headquarters. On Friday a 12:30 p.m. weekly meeting of R. Y. Conrad Ameri Legs Post at the hotel and an 8:00 p.m. regular session of the W. O. W. at Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
R. Y. Conrad Ameri
Odd Fellows Hall
Ninth Annual Rose Show of the Garden Club of Virginia
The Rivanna Garden Club hosts the Ninth Annual Rose Show in Charlottesville at Farmington Country Club October 8 from 2 30 to 9 pm open to all amateur gardeners and rose lovers. It features special exhibits, 76 classes of rose specimens and collections, 10 classes of rose arrangements with prizes including the Eleanor Truax Cup and silver bowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Garden Club of Virginia
Rivanna Garden Club
Charlottesville
Farmington Country Club
Leslie Fray
John G. Hayes
Garden Club of Virginia
Eleanor Truax
George Zinn
Richmond
James C. Andrews
John Otto Johnson
Gordonsville
William R.smithey
Rivanna Club
Delos Kidder
Frank Geldard
S. A. Mitchell
Harry Clemons
George E. Walker, Jr
William J. Phillips
William B. Murphy
Arm
Junior Boarders Plan Turkey Day Dance
The Winchester Junior Board of Trade voted to sponsor a Thanksgiving Dance on November 21 inaugurating the group’s fall and winter social program. Sirbaugh was named dance chairman with Otis Sargent to present the football MVP from Handley High at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
Sirbaugh
Handley High
Washington Redskins
Ed Molden
Kenneth Robinson
Otis Sargent
Phil Hunter
George Jones
Scout tea planned for officers at headquarters
Members of the Girl Scout Council will entertain at a tea for Captains and Lieutenants at Scout Headquarters on Thursday afternoon September 26 at 4 30 o'clock.
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Girl Scout Council
Scout
Farmington luncheon honors exhibitors and awards
Stead C. Gordon serves as treasurer and Mrs. J Shershall Grasty chairs awards and decorations. A special luncheon for exhibitors will be held in Farmington in the tap room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stead C. Gordon
J. Shershall Grasty
Farmington
Use Your Eyes When You Talk This Day
A dramatic admonition on facial expression and poise for women and soldiers. It urges keeping eyes expressive, mouth aligned, and gestures graceful while maintaining a trim figure, neat waist, and proper stockings to avoid black marks from a strict teacher.
Radio Highlights Across Time Slots From Coast to Coast
Radio listings show programs from 6:15 to 11:45 with hosts and guests. Notable items include Lanny Ross and Van Dyke Tiers on Quiz Kids, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi on Kay Kyser’s show, Abbott and Costello, Eddie Cantor, Fred Allen, and Earl Browder speaking political views.
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WJSV
Latiny Ross
Maine
California
WMAL
Gerard Darrow
van Dyke Tiers
Gerard
Van
WISV
River's End
WRC
Abbott and Costello
Eddie Cantor
Kenny Baker
Earl Browder
Wijsiv
Amos
Andy
Plantation
Dr. Christian
Star Theatre
Costello
Dan Tobin
Mr. District
Columbia
B. Book
Sen. Lodge
Kay Kyser
Glenn Miller
Diamond Dust
Kollege
Arch McDonald
Vea
Herman’s Or
Starlight
E. C. Hill
Lee
Russ Morgan
Bankdage
Leibert
Will
Bradley
Orch
Ted Weems
Herbeck
Desire
Etiquette Q and A on manners at weddings and speech
A reader asks about self importance and talking down to others and Lavater’s view that airs of importance show impotence. The wedding time is 3 pm and bridesmaids should wear afternoon frocks. A switch cooperator should not say All right and neither should a saleswoman.
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Lavater
Glenn Miller to Perform in Washington at Earle Theatre
Glenn Miller and his band will headline the program at the Earle Theatre in Washington D C on Friday September 27 opening the bill. The feature film Sporting Blood stars Robert Young Maureen O Sullivan and Lewis Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Miller
Earle Theatre
Washington, D. C
Robert Young
Maureen O'Sullivan
Lewis Stone
Miller
Brucetown to Host Special Musical Program Sunday
Brucetown church youths announce a Sunday evening musical program on Sept. 29 with out of town talent expected to participate. Local notes mention social visits among residents including F. H. Swimley and son in Baltimore, Mrs. John Moyer near Harrisonburg, and other neighbors in Brucetown and nearby towns.
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Brucetown
F. H. Swimley
Russell
Baltimore
John Moyer
Harrisonburg
Herbert Fisher
Walter Steir
Lillian Whetzell Tharpe and Family
Charles Town
W. Va
Jack Boden
Alice Diety
Mary Travers
Walter Barr
Winchester
Purcell Stine
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Daily Educators
Henry Ford lauds newspapers calling them the best educators arriving every day and staying up to the minute. He emphasizes their timely updates and steady reliability for information and learning.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Barton
Drive of Home Society
Ralph Keefover
Brooks
E. Piccadilly St
Huntsberry
S Marvey-Jenkins
Florence V. Jenkins
Middletown
Thomas H. Harvey
Washington
D. C
Bryan P. Richardson
Harrisburg
Bath
Batavia
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Hamilton
Meaford
Barrie
Toronto
Canada
Parliament
Province of
Ontario
Harvey
United States
West Philadelphia High School
University of Pennsylvania
la Salle Extension University
J. B. Snapp
Hayfield
Ida Goode
Lora Goode
Woodland Avenue
T. H. Frye
Loring
Howard Frye
Glenn
Martinsburg
Turner Frye
Pikeside
Ivan Miller
Agnes Elliott
Mount Williams
Fay Moyer
Danny Moyer
Stephens City High School
University of Virginia Hospital
Gladys Fawcett
Edison Fawcett
Madison College
Charles Hurst
Louisville, Ky
Frances ‘ Hawthorne
W. E. Jones
Neill Woods
Front Royal
Louis H. Grimm
New York City
Josephine Ebersole
Walter Pingley
Valley Avenue
Miss Bay Ophelia Russell
C. M. Russell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Helen Follett
Ruby Ledger
Pifer . Company. Ine
Colonial Beauty Shoppe
Underwood’s Bakery
N. Loudoun St
C. H
Freeman Fine Shoes
Freeman
Lovett Brothers
Henry Ford
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Royal Village
Front Royal, Va
Wythe Real Estate & Auction CO
Wytheville, Va
Royal Village Corporation
Coca-Cola CO
Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc
Gerrard
E. E. Harbaugh
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