Saratoga House Built by Hessian Prisoners in 1782
Historic Clarke County home Saratoga built in 1782 by Hessian prisoners near Boyce Route 723. Now owned by Mr and Mrs Gland Mitchell Jr it overlooks a spring and fields. The house features two foot thick limestone walls and woodwork carved by prisoners. Open for Historic Garden Week with tours Saturday 10 AM 5 30 PM and Sunday 1 30 PM 5 30 PM. Tickets 3 50 for Winchester Clarke areas, or 6 for both. single admission 1 per home.
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Saratoga
Daniel Morgan
East
Boyce
Gland Mitchell, Jr
Gen. Morgan
Clarke County
Winchester- Clarke
George Washinton
Battletown Inn
Berryville
Winchester
Clarke
Printed Pattern 4836 Misses' Sizes 10 12 14 16 18
Advertises Misses pattern 4836 with yardage for 35 inch fabric and sizes 10 through 18. Mentions 15 cent mail handling and first class options. Provides address for Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winchester Evening Star. Includes request for catalog and coupon offer.
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Anne Adams
Winchester
Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
Polly's Pointers and Dear Polly Snips
A collage of home tips from Polly Cramer and readers. Advice covers baby bath oil tricks to reduce dry skin and save lotion costs, hanging rubber pants to dry, teaching manners to children, making a warm foot tent for an elderly relative, seating ideas for bed or chair setups, and hosiery tips for surgical stockings with color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Burnt Factory WSCS Meeting at Local Church
The Burnt Factory Women's Society of Christian Service meets at the church this evening at 7:30 p.m. Program leader will be Miss Jean Duvall.
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Burnt Factory Women’s Society of Christian Service
Jean Duvall
Welltown Woman's Society to Meet at White Hall Home
The Welltown Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold a meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Guy Robinson in White Hall. Mrs. Ray Taylor is in charge of devotions.
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Welltown
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Guy Robinson
White Hall
Ray Taylor
Turkey Supper at Ridgeway Church Benefit
Ridgeway Church hosts a Turkey Supper Saturday at 6 pm in the church hall. Proceeds go to Payne's Chapel Methodist Church. A free will offering will be collected.
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Ridgeway Church
Ridgeway Church Hall
Payne’s Chapel Methodist Church
Onward and Upward Class Meets at Church Thursday
The Onward and Upward class will gather at the church Thursday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Wayne Warren leading the devotional. The note suggests enriching packaged pudding and pie filling by using part cream or a touch of butter after heating and before cooling.
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Kernstown
Wayne Warren
Shawnee Club's All Breed Dog Show Set For April 16
The Shawnee Kennel Club hosts the fifth annual All Breed Dog Show at Winchester Recreation Park on April 16 with judging from 8 a.m. The event features 518 dogs across 79 breeds. Junior Showmanship starts at 1 p.m. with Group Judging around 2 30 p.m. Best In Show follows. Judges include Chris Shuttleworth Sun Valley California Alva Rosenberg Wilton Connecticut Edith Nash Hellerman Severn Maryland and Heywood Hartley Richmond Virginia.
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Shawnee Ennel Club
Rotary
Winchester Recrea Park
Chris Shuttleworth
Sun Valley
Calif
Alva Rosenberg
Wilton
Dottie Lock Circle to Meet at Kernstown Church
The Dottie Lock Circle of Kernstown Methodist Church meets Tuesday April 21 at 7 30 p m with Mrs Elsie Snapp presiding and Mrs John Lantz leading the program.
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Dottie Lock
Kernstown Methodist Church
Elsie Snapp
John Lantz
Nightingale SS Class Meeting at 7 30 PM
The Florence Nightingale Sunday School class hosts its regular meeting at 7 30 PM at the home of Mrs. Jeanne Spaid Rt 50 west Tower Park with co hostesses Mrs. Phyllis Lee and Mrs. Jean Loy in charge of devotions. The Kline School PTA meets tomorrow at 7 30 PM at the school with panel on Emergencies in Our Children's Lives featuring Dr. Damron Dr. Kiezales Mrs. Beatty and Rev. John Baden. A baby sitter will be provided. Stephens City HDC meets tomorrow at 10 30 AM in the VFW Post Home.
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Florence Nightingale
Jeanne Spaid
Rt. 50
West
Tower Park
Phyllis Lee
Jean Loy
Kline School Parent-Teachers Association
Joseph Damron
Kiezales
Beatty
John Baden
Christ Episcopal Church
Stephens City Home Demonstration Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Personal notices from Winchester area
A string of society notes lists Harold E. Ruck Man completing Army maintenance training at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland and his family links at 29 Weems Lane. Also recorded are attendees at a Daffodil Show in Fairfax and members of the Women’s Club at Mary Washington College. Other items note births engagements showers and local hospital visits.
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Harold E. Ruckman
Brenda
Weems Lane
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Elmo H. Buckman
James Wood High School
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mary
Washington College
Fredericksburg
Dorothy Lindsay
Esta Lyn Lichliter
State Recorder
Nina Early
Elsie McKee
Dora Brill
Julia Beaves
Helen Funk
Bake Sale Totals for Shawnee VFCo and Society Notes
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary cleared 297 dollars at a March 28 bake sale to fund a newly purchased tanker. The Winchester Frederick County American Cancer Society unit plans a Life Story film event at the Rotary Club meeting Thursday at 1 p.m. at the George Washington Hotel with moderator Harry Lovett and doctors Pifer and Gaunt answering questions. Local notes include Meadows on the Cedar Creek Grade and Mr and Mrs Acers R Thompson hosting weekend guests before returning home.
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The
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Co
Winchester-Frederick County
American Cancer Society
Cacer
Rotary Club
George Washington Hotel
Harry Lovett
William Pifer
Hunter Gaunt, Jr
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Nathaniel Burwell
Betsy Nelson
Susan Ran
Dolpha Page
Robert Powell Page
Robert Page
Rockbridge
Stonewall Brigade
Appomatox
John Esten Cook
Mitchell
Alexander Mc
DeWitt
By Ana Ledons
Polly Cramer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
ABC
the General Co
iCaldwell
WSCS
Colorado
House of Wesley
R.A
Bloomington
Illinois
jAddress
SAFEW
Bel - Air Frozen
Ford Hook
Limas
Shawnee Club
Dottie Lock Circle Meeting
Nightingale
Kline School
PTA Meeting
Stephens City
American Brake Shoe Corp
John
Scully, II
H. K. Benham
Fairfax
Scully
Benham
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
H. Paul
Little Garden Club
Richard Whitacre
Route 5
Amanda Pearl
Whitacre
Betty Lou Adams
O. C. Holliday
Virginia Ave
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ruby Pugh
Mom F. Miss
Kisain
Anansarie Ocolor
National Ave
Freeda Miller
Richard Hott
Stephenson Methodist Church
Boyd Unger
Melvin Miller
Valley Ave
Mamie Brown
Russell Brown
Lynden Unger
Melvin
Dottie Miller
Robertn, Strosnider
Carolyn Teets
Co, G. Funk
A. W. Basore
Ray Coox
Robert Glass Simmons
William David Simmons
Shawnee Vfco
Cedar Creek
Mrs. Acers R. Thompson
A.C. Boyer
A. Carmel Boyer
Shenandoah Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Woodstock
Virginia
Frederick
Boyer
Northern Virginia Daily
Strasburg
Winchester Evening Star
Executive
M, W
Bowman Walter C, Wisman Wm, S
Getz
Cameo
DuPont
Mises
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