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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1952

Page

12

Social Votes and Local Notices Highlight Weekend Events

The Rev and Mrs Williams and relatives visit from Pennillville N Y returning home after a stay with Miss Cora Williams who remains ill The Girls Missionary Society of Reliance and Ridings Chapel plan a bake sale at Cather's Store Burnt Factory groups meet at 7 30 p m with Mrs Harvey Fishpaw leading Middletown Auxiliary hosts a country ham and chicken supper at Harris Community Hall Greenwood Church Women plan a bake sale at Grant's Store Mrs Charles Marple hosted a birthday dinner with family and friends including Brannon Patterson and Patterson grandchildren The Braum family arrives from Germany staying with Mrs Massie Senior on Amherest St nearby Washington visitors accompany back home Mr Glass to teach McFaden Bible Class Sunday at 9 40 a m Mrs Brannon hospitalized in Johns Hopkins Memorial Hospital patient David Allen Grimm injured in an accident last Friday.

Burnt Factory WSCS Loyal Workers Bible Class David Allen Grimm Ralph Grimm Greystone Terrace Memorial Hospital

Births Reported for Two Local Families on April 17

Birth announcements list a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rambo of 9 Parkview Ave with the mother now Mrs. Ann Gruber formerly Miss Ann Gruber. Twin girls born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Strasburg with the mother formerly Miss Edith Jenkins.

Harry Rambo Parkview Ave

Calendar of Local Society and Club Activities

April events list evenings for Woodmen of the World Eagles Jayceeettes SPCA board Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Stonewall PTA Municipal Band and V F W Auxiliary with bake sales at Reliance Ridings Chapel Cathers Store and Greenwood Church plus meetings at 116 S Washington and Rouss Hall.

Woodmen of the World Fraternal Order of Eagles Eagles Jayceeettes M. Bake Sale Reliance and Ridings Chapel Cathers Greenwood Church Grant's Stonewall Pta Sp.c.a. Board of Directors S. Washington Madison Lodge Municipal Band Rouss Hall V.F.W Post Home

Cross Roads Friends and Family Visit Nearby

Cross Roads notes Melanie Sue and Gary Oates hosted six friends at a theater party. Mrs. W J Sine hosted a Sunday party for her daughter Cheryl’s seventh birthday with guests including Melanie Sue and Gary Oates, Douglas Whitacre, Bernard Hahn and Karen Sine. Mrs. Alice White visited Mrs. Sallie Oates at Smokey Hollow.

Woodrow Line Cross Roads Jennings Fletcher Johnnie and Rober John Clark Leslie Fletcher W. J. Lines Robert Sayre Fairmont W. Va Melanie Sue Gary Oates W. J. Sine Cheryl Douglas Whitacre Bernard Hahn Karen Sine

Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon

A brief lesson discusses proper English usage and pronunciation. It covers common mispronunciations and misuses, offering examples such as from vs than and the word ostracism with its meaning and pronunciation guidance. The piece encourages expanding vocabulary by mastering one word daily.

W. L. Gordon

Modern Etiquette Q&A on friendship and banquet manners

The Q and A advise gently addressing a friend's faults by overlooking them and focusing on their good qualities. It also states the master of ceremonies should rise for any announcement to show courtesy, regardless of its length.

County Church Schedules Local Charges and Services

A compilation of worship schedules across multiple charges including Bunker Hill Brucetown Ebenezer and Winchester with ministers Rev Cyril J Hoover Rev Emory Ellmore Rev J L Goode Dr Carl W Hiser and others. Services cover times for worship Sunday School Holy Communion evangelistic meetings and midweek prayers across towns such as Darkesville Crums Welltown Capon Bridge Rock Enon and White Post with Bible School at all churches.

Bunker Hill Cyril J. Hoover Darkesville Christian Church Group J. Goode Ebenezer Capon Bridge Rock Enon Holy Communion Bible School

Secrets of Charm Nail Shaping and Polish Tips

A vintage beauty column explains assessing nail shape and using emery boards to ovalize and taper nails. It guides for round nails to grow longer and file to narrow ovals with dark polish, and for square nails to grow longer and carve wide ovals leaving a moon on the tip.

Fingertip Flattery and Oval Nail Techniques

By John Robert Powers this guide outlines nail shaping and polishing methods for rectangular spatulate and oval nails. It advises short nails with oval tips, medium polish, and leaving moons and tips unglossed, to achieve the most flattering hand appearance.

Easter services and sermons listed for five towns

Anderson pastor leads Carmel Easter service at 10 a.m. Paris hosts Easter Revival at 11 a.m. Providence schedules Easter sermon for 2 p.m. Boyce sets Easter sermon at 7 30 p.m. Stine's Chapel with G Raymond Womeldorf minister offers Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. and Worship at 10 40 a.m.

Evangelical United Brethren Reliance L. P. Tederick Ridings Chapel Evangelical United Brethren West Frederick Donald Austin Mt. Pleasant Fairview Mt. Olive Gainesboro Grover Jenkins Pine Grove Old Bethal Wesley Chapel Greenwood Methodist Chapel L. L. Schreck Middletown Methodist Charge J.L. Peebles Grace Epworth North Frederick C. E. Burkert Little Mountain Stephens City Charles A. York Kernstown Stine’s Chapel G. Raymond Womeldorf Dan Leatherman

Strength For The Day: God Is Everywhere

Earl L. Douglas reflects on Jacob's dream and the presence of God. The article argues omnipresence should comfort believers and challenge hypocrites who seek sanctuary only in church, noting God sees all actions and sustains all through every place.

Jacob God

FIGURED FOR YOU guides on selecting foundation garments

Special column offers detailed instructions and illustrations to choose foundation garments that fit your figure, promising comeliness, control and healthful comfort. Send 10 cents plus stamped self addressed envelope to Secrets of Charm in care of National Newspaper Service, Box 305, Michigan City, Indiana.

Secrets of Charm National Newspaper Service Michigan City Indiana

Leopold Stokowski Birthday Highlight

Today's Birthday profiles Leopold Stokowski born April 18 1882 in London to a Polish father and Irish mother. He learned violin young later studied organ at sixteen and performed at St Bartholomew's New York before becoming Cincinnati Symphony conductor at twenty seven and gaining fame with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Leopold Stokowski London New York St. Bartholomew's Cincinnati Philadelphia Orchestra

Unbeaten Spiders edge Cavaliers in Virginia contest

Washington and Lee and Virginia Tech played two tight games with W and L remaining undefeated over Virginia Tech. The Spiders scored all their runs in the first inning while Ed Ketchen held Virginia to seven hits and faced a late two run surge in the ninth. Bill Mauck limited Tech to seven hits as both teams struggled with errors, six by the Generals.

Virginia Tech Virginia Spiders Cavaliers Ed Ketchie W&l

Proper Address for a Young Girl

The correct salutation for a girl aged 12 to 14 uses the prefix Miss rather than a surname. Use Miss followed by the girl’s full name if available to show courtesy and accuracy.

Idle People Most Apt To Turn To Psychoanalysis Says Writer

Dorothy Roe reports psychologist Andrew Salter arguing against overreliance on psychoanalysis for mood and psychosomatic ills. He cites busy overeducated women with time to complain and points to traditional bedside manner and practical psychotherapy as more effective.

Dorothy Roe Hettie Aunt Hettie Andrew Salter New York Henry Holt & Co Salter

How Long Do See Last Latent Fingerprints

Latent fingerprints last indefinitely but are usually developed within a few days if possible. Prints have been developed successfully months, and occasionally years, after they were first made.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Williams Manford Williams Pennillville N. Y Cora Bessie Williams Cora Williams Missionary Guild Girls’ Missionary Society of Reliance Cather’s Middletown Middletown Fire Company Harris Community All Greenwood Methodist Church Grant Braum Germany Herman Braum Mrs. Boswell Earl Boswell Peggy Miller Washington Miss Miller Round Hill Osborne Miller Glass McFaden W. W. Glass Frank T. McFaden Presbyterian Church Brannon Johns Austin Brannon Gray Ave Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltmore Brooks’ Pharmacy Bobbie Conrad Roberta Lee Winchester Huntsberrys Brucetown Emory S. Ellmore Stephenson Crums Welltown Clearbrook Presbyterian Church Duckwall Evangelical United Brethren Winchester John E. Oliver Pleasant Valley Suna.m Red Opequon Presbyterian Churches Robert C. Bradford, Jr Burnt Church Salem White Post Rev . E John Robert Powers Earl L. Douglas D.D Leopold sTomm James Wood High School G & M Music Center Tere GAUNT Margaret L. Hodgson Hat & Dress Shop Booth Tarkington Oe A Curry Cresthaven the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Hodgson & Brown Elsie-Kay Ecru Cather’s Department Store Timberlake Bates George Washington Puritan Timberlake’s Swimley Furniture Geo. Washington Uluclucm Weatherman Lovett Brothers
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