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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1939

Page

8

Calendar of events includes club meetings and church choir rehearsal

Tuesday at 9 00 p m regular session of Winchester Rebekah Association at Oda Fellows Hall. Wednesday at 12 30 p m weekly Kiwanis Club meeting at George Washington Hotel. 4 30 p m important Episcopal Church choir rehearsal in the church.

Winchester Rebekah Association Oda Fellows Hall Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Episcopal Church Episcopal Church Choir Christ Episecopal Church

Engagement of Miss Baker To Dr Heck Announced

Mrs. Henry M. Baker of High Point North Carolina announces the engagement of her daughter Virginia Louisa Baker to Dr John Conrad Heck of Baltimore Maryland. The wedding is set for December in Winchester.

Miss Baker Dr. Heck Henry M. Baker High Point N. C Virginia Louisa Baker John Conrad Heck Baltimore Md Handley High School Dr. Beck John J. Beck Baltimore University of Maryland Inor Dodge Griffith Alfred Kerfoot Berryville

Rum Soaked Crooks Cigars in Wine-Mild & Mellow

Headline style note advertises cigars and pipes with offerings like 2 for 5 cents and box of 50 for $1.15. Includes phone 766 and pharmacy contact. Citizens invited to purchase tobacco items described as mellow and strong.

Crooks

Turn About Pattonsburg Contest Winners Named

Doyle Brown, a 34 year old farmer, won the crochet contest with a bedspread. Mrs. Fannie Davis won the nail driving event.

Pattonsburg Doyle Brown Fannie Davis

Modern Etiquette Q and a Family News Snippet

The column answers etiquette questions about examining dishes without finger selection and announcing engagements. It also lists several social visits with families including Dunning, Greenhalgh, Mackay Smith, Watkins, Read, Rathborne, and Huidekoper visiting or hosting in Strasburg, Fort Riley, Williamsburg, and Bethesda.

Millwood Social Notes Highlights Engagements in Virginia

Millwood VA September notes recount tea hosted by Mr and Mrs Kenneth N Gilpin honoring Mrs Billy Jacobs Weatherall and Mr George Greenhalgh Jr. with a large invited group including Mrs George Greenhalgh and Miss Lucy Mitchell. Luncheon hosts Mrs Walter Roesler and Mrs Roland G Mitchell entertainments feature multiple guests and social meetings across town.

Millwood Kenneth N. Gilpin Billy Jacobs Weatherall George Greenhalgh, Jr George Greenhalgh Burwell Jacobs William Beverly William B. Watkins Kar Graham Dougherty Thomas B. Byrd Lucy Mitchell Marian Miller Percy Randolph Alexis Sommaripa Richard Dole Edward Jenkins Mary Dougherty Mary Lewis Joseph Lewis Alex Mackay Smith Wendell Ethel O'Fallon Louis B. Meade, Jr Anne Meade Graham Dougherty, Jr Walter Roesler Prescott Huidekoper Rosalind Huidekoper Henry P. Mitchell Roland G. Mitchell Norfolk B. O'F. Randolph Spencer Carter Walter West Earl Boy- Ed

Berryville Social News Highlights Local Visits

Berryville Virginia reports a flurry of visitations and social calls. Mrs B B Atwood of Front Royal and Miss Alice Grubbs are guests of Mrs Clayton Hall. Several Martinsburg and Bowling Green visitors are listed among local families. Village residents also note trips to Washington and New York for extended visits.

Berryville, Va Clayton Hall Alice Grubbs B. B. Atwood Front Royal

Ace Reporter Floyd Gibbons Dies at 52 in Stroudsburg

World renowned war correspondent Floyd Gibbons died at his home in Stroudsburg Pennsylvania at age 52 from a heart ailment. He covered World War I from front lines and was wounded at Chateau Thierry losing sight in one eye.

Floyd Gibbons Stroudsburg Chateau- Thierry

Fall Ideal For Painting

The fall season offers ideal exterior painting weather due to dry air and moderate warmth. September and October provide best conditions with dry surfaces, quicker drying, and fewer pests or dust storms, aiding adhesion and reducing later blistering.

E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co

Levi family attends funeral and hospital update

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde B. Levi and Mrs. Rodger Sthode of Boyce, and Mr. and Mrs. Rice W. Levi. Georgie Levi and Mrs. Charles T. Levi attended the funeral of the late Mr. Holmes Levi in Washington. Charles H. Phillips is home from Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina after a several week stay and reports feeling exceptionally well.

Clyde B. Levi Rodger Sthode Boyce Rice W. Levi Georgie Levi Charles T. Levi Holmes Levi Washington Charles H. Phillips Duke University Hospital Durham N. C

Strange Man Sought in Slaying of Mrs Buchanan

NORRISTOWN PA Sept 26 Investigators believe the killer of Mrs Clare Buchanan may be known to the family and possibly entered the secluded Colonial farmhouse to stage a robbery scene. The 36 year old mother was strangled with her apron and towels. her son Edward Jr found the body. A $500 diamond ring and valuables were untouched. a pocketbook was emptied and sent to FBI labs. District Attorney Smillie said federal aid is being enlisted as furnishings were disordered and robbery motive not proven. The crime alarmed local wives living far from neighbors as the husband Mr Buchanan was away in the city when the slaying occurred.

Norristown Clare Buchanan Edward Jr Frederick B. Smillie Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratories Washington Philadelphia Buchanan

Deadline For Permits Set In Virginia

Andrew Bell of the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles announces that effective October 1 the renewal of operator and chauffeur licenses will end. Applicants must appear before the local license examiner to obtain licenses and unused renewal blanks will be destroyed. Delinquent permits for several individuals are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. Licenses will be offered at half price, and the office will open at 7 a.m. Monday for truck licenses.

Andrew Bell M. S. Battle Division of Motor Vehicles Richmond Chamber of Commerce James Elmer Anderson Forrest Dix Charles Herbert Fletcher Leon Haun James Daniel Hickerson Charles Abraham Miller Marvin Elwood Wagner Elizabeth L. Wright Bell

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