Calendar of events April 11 to 13 in local clubs
Activities fill April 11 to 13 with meetings and programs across Loudoun and Frederick. Groups include Business Women's Circle, Range Users, American Legion auxiliary, Cantible chorus, municipal band, Pomona Grange, Lions and Exchange clubs, garden clubs, Kiwanis, Elks, and Holy Week services. Community venues include churches, halls, and houses in Freder ick and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun St. Presbyterian Church
Northern Virginia
American Legion Auxiliary
Nelson Page
Amherst
Mary Pearson Farmer
W. Boscawen
Rouss Hall
Pomona Grange
White Hall Grange Hall
D. N. Gruver
Lions Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Exchange Club
Geo. Washington Hotel
West Frederick
Usda Council
Court House
Mary Pearson Farmer to Speak to Auxiliary Group
District nurse Mary Pearson Farmer will address the American Legion auxiliary at 124 Amherst St 7:30 p m. She will discuss needs of local children facing alarming discomforts. Also notes weekend visits and travel of several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pearson Farmer
American Legion Auxiliary
Conrad Hoover
Nelson Page
Amherst St
Mrs. H. S. Larrick To Represent Class At Inauguration
Mrs. Herbert H. Larrick of 403 W. Clifford Sr. is invited to represent her class at the inauguration of Dr. Frederick Krausharr as the sixth president of Goucher College. The ceremony is at 2 30 p m May 6 on the Baltimore County campus.
Birth Announcements for Bow man Moore Koman Powell Sparks Her baugh Harris Sisk
April 9 10 births listed for West Virginia and nearby towns. Bow man Bowman Moore Ko man Powell Sparks Her baugh Sisk with mothers Reba Lee Grace Sager Carolyn Goldenberg Kathleen Shiley Florine Dodson Lilly Samp Evelyn Heathcote Elizabeth Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Bowman
Needmore
W. Va
Bowman
Reba Lee
Merle Moore
Moore
Grace Sager
Allen Koman
Oates Ave
Koman
Carolyn Goldenberg
Bruce Powell
Clearbrook
Powell
Kathleen Shiley
Gordon Harris
Strasburg
Harris
Evelyn Heathcote
Jesse Sisk
Sisk
Elizabeth Baker
Great-grand Pappy Marries in 80th Year
In Richmond on April 11, 79 year old Robert Luther Adams marries Mary Elizabeth Boyd the 56 year old widow. The couple plans no honeymoon yet as the bride tends a brood of baby chicks she just hatched. Adams will turn 80 in September and has seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Robert Luther Adams
Strongest Beetle Believed Goliath Size and Vise Mark
The goliath beetle is believed to be the strongest insect. It measures about five inches long and displays a black and white color pattern with a distinctive spot between the neck and shoulders acting as a vise.
Festival crowns two more apple blossom princesses
Two more members join Queen's Court at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. Mary Susan Ripehart represents the Maryland horticultural society and Western Maryland College, and Barbara Joan Scruggs from San Antonio via Sui lin College Bristol is 18 with brown hair and eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mary Susan Ripehart
Maryland Horticultural Society
Western Maryland College
Barbara Joan Scruggs
San Antonio
Texas
Suilins College
Bristol
Canasta Takes Capital Society by Storm as New Style Rummy
Washington society embraces canasta a new style rummy said to have originated in Argentina. Prominent players Mrs A Mitchell Palmer Mrs George Mesta and even Gen Eisenhower and Mamie are noted fans. The game spreads from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro Florida New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capital Society
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Florida
New York
Boston
A. Mitchell Palmer
George Mesta
Senora de Quiros
Virginia
Leesburg
Middleburg
Upperville
Walter
New Wales
Gen
Eisenhower
Mamie
Slot Machine and Liquor Raids Cost West Virginia $19 000
State police and Liquor Control Commission officers raided slots and whiskey in Berkeley and Jefferson counties last month. The operation cost about $19 000, including destroyed machines, fines paid by owners, and confiscated device funds reported at $2 446.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Va
Liquor Control Commission
Berkeley
Jefferson Counties
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
Daily vocabulary note urges learning one new word a day. Today’s term is confer meaning to grant or bestow with Thackeray cited on happiness as a blessing conferred on man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Thackeray
Evelyn Coker Elected S I C A S G President
Miss Evelyn Coker of Van derbilt University was elected president of the Southern Inter collegiate Association of Student Government. The final business session was at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg. Senator Margaret Chase Smith addressed the closing dinner on campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Evelyn Coker
Vanderbilt University
Southern Intercollegiate Assn
Mary Washington College
University of Virginia
Margaret Chase Smith
United States
Maine
Albert Mayne Dies in Cambridge Maryland
Mrs. B E Russell of 3108 Cameron Street receives word of the death of her brother in law Albert Mayne of Cambridge Maryland. He died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Cambridge. Survivors include his widow Hilda Haymaker of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Russell
Cameron
Modern Etiquette Q and A on bridal gift exchanges
A Q and A advises brides may exchange wedding gifts if no particular sentiment is involved. The bride is described as returning a gift to the store in certain cases. The guidance reflects a cautious approach to post wedding exchanges and sentiment concerns.
Flyaway Silhouette Pattern 4945 Ad Offers Spring Style
Promote pattern 4945 in sizes 12 to 20 with Flyaway silhouette and rounded front edge. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested, requires 1% yards 54 inch fabric for size 16. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams at Winchester Star, plus 15 cents for the Pattern Book with a free four-store pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Social Etiquette Questions and Answers
A reader asks about exchanging gifts and proper hat tipping. The column answers that a gift carrying significance or marked with initials cannot be exchanged, and explains hat tipping should use the hand farthest from the person spoken to. It also notes the most formal social letter opening is "My dear Mrs. Wilson."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wilson
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GAA
Girls Athletic Assn
Robert Berry
Halford Baker
Orville Wince
Godfrey Zirkle
The
Elks Club
Robert Grove
John ‘Wolfe
Wallace Dill
Avey
Allace Wiener
Mire
H. D. Jones
J. B. Clinger
Iowa
Front Royal Road
Mike Wible
Creston
Gainesboro Fellowship
Rpcommented Methodist Church
Window of the
Northern Air- Power Co
Mr. Irvan O’connell Jr
Brooks
Roxie Rabbit
Rhodes Jewelry CO
W. Boscawen St
Betty Bickers
M. B. Bickers
Vasser College
Mary Warden Boyd
New York City
Ansee
Abney Payne
B. B. Dutton
Frances
A. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Bath
Lewis Hyde Jr
Sewall
Col. Lindsey
H. H. McGuire
Julian Lindsey
Robert and
Anne
Alexandria
Hunter H. McGuire
H. Clay deGrange
Washington St
Rebecca Louise Fletcher
Mrs. Miller Fletcher
Winchester Hospital
Resents
America
Front Royal
Don
B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
H. S. Larrick
Madison
James Madden
Hugh Grim
Betty Ann Grim
Harrisonburg
Miss Grim
Madison College
O’connells
Evan O’connell
James Francis
Purcellville
Loudoun St
Clarke Cooper
Longwood College
Farmville
T. C. Coo
T. C. Cooper
Carnegie Institute of Technology At
Pittsburgh
Clarke T. Cooper
T. Baldridge
Thomas Baldridge
Crawford John MacCallum
Crawford
John MacCallum
Princeton University
Irvan O’connell
J. V. Arthur
Robbin Arthur
Fairfax Lane
Pappy
Revlon’s
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Capital
Albert Mayne
Roberta Lee
Ofvuc
Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Thomas Jefferson
Hill
Gnaeut
Cather
Timberlake
Stride Rite
Antsheriys
Taslion Footulear
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