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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
8
Weekly meeting of Women of World at Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen Street at 8 00 p m and special services at Loutsgan Street Presbyterian Church at 7 30 p m.
Social page notes Miss Emily Lanford and Mr James A Trump will wed soon. Mrs R Elsen hosts a Berryville buffet supper for about forty guests including out of town friends from New York City Martinsburg and Baltimore.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about introducing a young man to an elder man naming the elder first, whether a woman should say please and thank you to servants, and whether a napkin should be picked up at a restaurant.
Mrs. W. E. Carson, a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital, is reported to be very much improved.
Millwood residents host dinners and visits featuring Roland G Mitchell and Graham Dougherty. Guests include Caroline Grandy Mary Dougherty Polly Winslow and Alice Winslow. Other attendees travel between New York Philadelphia Washington and Clarke for holidays and social events.
A mother attributes her married son’s health issues to his wife not providing wholesome meals. The commentary frames the wife as responsible regardless of the ailment, prompting community remarks at tributes.
Miss Rose MacDonald returned to Berryville from Fredericksburg where she attended this week the annual meeting of the supervisors of elementary education of Virginia.
A stream of visitors arrives across Virginia and Washington as various families host guests for Easter and spring. Dr Kilpatrick leads three days of philosophy of education study at Teachers College Columbia University. Attendees include Miss Sarah Blackburn Crown and guests Henry Kerfoot family, Rev Albert Muller and family, Miss Katherine Powell McDonald, Miss Emma Cole, Miss Julia Cooke Peyton, Mrs Daniels and Dr Daniels, Miss Agnes Watkins, Miss Gladys Barr, Mr Donald Betts, Mrs Francis Beverley Whiting hosts, and Miss Margaretta Whiting. The week includes a Virginia dental meeting in Roanoke and the New York World's Fair opening invitation for Miss Rose MacDonalds.
Mr and Mrs J H Roach spend weekend in Baltimore with relatives then plan to move to Springfield Ky where Roach will supervise a new post office project The L B Gallimore firm of Greensboro NC held Berryville post office contract and will handle Springfield post office Also Roberta Ayler arriving for vacation with parents and Mrs A F Robertson and daughter Louise visiting George Wilkens in Arlington
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