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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1940
Page
8
Lily Pons receives official designation during Central Park ceremony where the First Regiment of the New York National Guard is blessed. She will depart soon for a year of training with the regular army.
Surprise miscellaneous shower held at the community center north of Charles Town in honor of Miss Edna Heironimus of Wadesville. Guests listed include Elizabeth McKee Pauline Burch Mabel Glascock and many others with gifts presented ahead of her October 18 marriage to Leo Eisner.
Social notes report small dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Benham on North Washington Street honoring Mr. and Mrs. R. Gray Williams. Births, travels, visits, and local family updates include the Nott family welcoming a daughter at Memorial Hospital.
Invitations issued for a supper party at Woodley October 3 before boxing bouts at the Berryville community building to aid the local National Guard unit. Katharine P. McDonald of Washington will visit Big Stone Gap for ten days with Miss Minnie Fox. Clarke county social events include a card party at Mrs. Seipp’s and a Clarke county convention of the Kings Daughters and Sons hosted by Miss Eley at Millwood.
Broadcast schedule lists US aid debate with Corliss Lamont Utley Worth and Dagan guests on The People's Platform, crime drama A Hero Comes Home, and Rabbinic Rosh Hashanah observances. Evening programs include Willkie address, orchestras, news, and musical showcases across WISV WRC WMAL WRO and WWJ stations.
The article presents self made beauty recipes for massage emollients and a cold cream, detailing exact ingredients such as white wax spermaceti coconut oil lanolin and sweet almond oil with scent additions. It warns against boiling and over mixing and notes home use for quick nail grooming and filing tips.
Clarke County social pages note numerous teas and visits. Miss Miriam Scott receives attention from Miss Rosalind Huidekoper Miss Eloise Randolph Page and others while relatives and guests travel between Clarke Berryville Winchester Perrysburg and Great Neck for gatherings and hospital news.
Naval authorities announced that a ducky girdle of shorts will be worn at sea or in isolated ports. The regulation calls for shorts cut off above the knees, suitable for Uncle Sam's tars.
A quiz on etiquette notes: if a new hat style seems unappealing a woman should discard it and choose another. Hosts should ensure conversation continues after dinner ends. A man should always raise his hat when speaking to a man accompanying a woman.
At Middle Town meeting, Frederick County Livestock Marketing Association reported 2408 sheep dipped season totals cost 239.52 with 126.22 net after expenses. They voted to apply 100 of the net to the vat loan. 753 lambs sold, including 120 blues 311 reds and 288 yellows, plus 64 old sheep and 13 calves for total net receipts of 5366.12.
Scranton PA Sept 28 17 year old Alfred Alu movitz of Dickson City High School died in a hospital after a practice scrimmage. He suffered a broken eye near the base of his neck. First Pennsylvania football fatality of the year.
In Crisfield Maryland on September 28 Mrs. Julia Evans reported her cow Rose, aged 22, has given birth to twins. Despite living roughly twice the typical bovine lifespan, the offspring are healthy and normal.
Grand champion calf shown by William Doub a 4 H Club member near Williamsport sold for 19 1 2 cents a pound at a county auction. Washington County youths earned over 3200 dollars from baby beeves sold after exhibition at the Hagerstown Fair.
Six million dollars worth of gold bullion from Japan arrived in San Francisco from Yokohama aboard the Kunugasa Maru and Tosan Maru. The consigned gold is for Yokohama Specie Bank.
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