Community events list highlights across West Virginia and Winchester
A country ham and oyster dinner benefits Willow Chapel Church in Yellow Spring. Red Cross hosts Basic Water Safety Instructor course in Winchester beginning April 20 with registration by phone. Garage sale funds Hilltop Singers' trip to Six Flags. Delta Tau Beta Sigma Phi visits Bon-Air Nursing Home and supports Special Olympics. Onward-Upward class at Kernstown United Methodist Church meets Thursday. SPCA yard sale fundraiser planned for June 16 17 on 119 Featherbed Lane with pickup option. Wardensville Cub Scouts Flea Market April 22 10 am 6 pm and April 23 1 pm 4 pm. Hagerstown Youth Aglow meets April 21 with The Kings Kids as guests. Gainesboro Fire Dept Auxiliary hosts a community fun night April 21 6 30 pm.
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CaCapon Valley
Winchester Chapter
American Red Cross
Winchester Memorial Building
Red Cross
Delta Tau
Beta Sigma Phi
Bon-Air
James Wood
Linda Kinkead
Angela Dwyer
Barbara Clough
Mary Ritchie
Betty Jean Mauck
Jody Barr
Martha Staley
Jeanne Stocks
SPCA
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Winchester City
Ervin Cleveland
Featherbed Lane
Cleveland
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke
Cub Scouts
Pack 81
Wardensville
W.va
Wardensville War Memorial
Williamsburg
Gainesboro
Duplicate Bridge Winners at Winchester Club
The Duplicate Bridge Club of Winchester held two Mitchell games last week with multiple winners. In Monday North-south victories included Mrs. Ferman Perry and Mrs. Harold Brown in first place, with Mrs. Jane Bull and Mrs. Helen Pike in second and Edith Walter and R.C. Evans in third. East-west saw Miss Sue Schlack and Mrs. J.A. Holinger win first, followed by Mrs. John Mulder and Warren Jones in second and Mrs. R.C. Evans and Nelson Hamblin in third. Thursday North-south winners were Mrs. Irvan O Connell and R.C. Evans first, with Mrs. E.E. Willkie and Mrs. Jane Bull second, and a three-way tie for third among Mrs. Martha Spangler, Mrs. Helen Pike, and Dr. and Mrs. Milton Joyce. East-west leaders were Mrs. John Goodman and Mrs. John Griffith first, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Elmer second, and Mrs. Holmes Harper and Mrs. Henry Kern third with a four-way tie for fourth.
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Duplicate Bridge Club of
Winchester
North-south
Ferman Perry
Harold Brown
Jane Bull
Helen Pike
Edith Walter
R.C. Evans
Sue Schlack
J.A. Holinger
John Mulder
Warren Jones
Nelson Hamblin
Hospital patient notices from local area
Surgical patients listed include Chymer P. Reed of the Refuge Church area at Winchester Memorial Hospital J Miller McDonald of Rt. 1 Boyce at King's Daughters Hospital Martinsburg WV and Donald D Holliday of Stephenson in an unspecified hospital.
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Chymer P. Reed
Refuge Church
Winchester Memorial Hospital
J. Miller McDonald
Rt. 1
Boyce
King's Daughters Hospital
Martinsburg
W.va
Donald D. Holliday of
Stephenson
First Apple Blossom Pageant Contestants Named
Ken Eisner announces the first entrants for the Miss Shenandoah Apple Blossom pageant set for April 22 at Handley auditorium. Contestants include Margaret Cooper representing Lord Fairfax Community College and Lisa White for Winchester Lions Club, with other finalists from Berkeley, Strasburg, Raritan, Hancock and more. The winner receives a Sun Fun trip to Myrtle Beach and a Barbizon modeling scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Eisner
Handley Auditorium
Margaret Marie Cooper
Lord Fairfax Community College
John R. Cooper
Toms Brook
Lisa Renee’ White
Fred C. White
Winchester
Winchester Lions Club
Handley High School
Michele Lynn Edwards
Berkeley County
West Virginia University
James L. Edwards
Hedgesville
W. Va
Martinsburg-Berkeley County
Carol Lee Kern
Strasburg
James Wood High School
Barbara
Raymond Marcus
Lisa Diana Ingram
Beta Sigma Phi
Hancock
Hancock Middle
Roy L. Ingram
Eisner
Apple Blossom
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Ramada Inn
Chamber of Commerce
Barbizon Schools
Persistent 75-year-old passes driving test in Arkansas
Fannie Turner, 75, who failed a written exam 103 times, finally earned a learner's permit after persistent study and weekly testing visits near Little Rock. Troopers noted steady improvement as she answered more questions correctly and kept trying despite failures.
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Little Rock, Ark
Fannie Turner
Little Garden Club Meets on Boxwood Care
The Little Garden Club held its April meeting at Winchester Golf Club hosted by Mrs. W. W. Baker Jr. Speaker Mrs. D. H. Patterson Knight from Garden Club of Fairfax advised on boxwood care, propagation, and planting in Virginia and Maryland. Awards announced for line mass, special, house plants, and specimens. Next meet May 12 at Mrs. W. Jackson Helm’s home with a gardener’s hat decoration as special.
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Little Garden Club
Winchester Golf Club
W. W. Baker Jr
D. H. Patterson-Knight
Garden Club of
Fairfax
Boxwood
Virginia
Maryland
James L. Berry
C. M. McMullen
Phillip B. Glaize
William M. Mote
Susie Mote
Phillips Griffin
John G. Goodwin
Lewis N. Barton
W. Jackson Helm
New Arrivals List Babies Across West Virginia Towns
April births reported for families in Bloomery Martinsburg Charles Town Stephens City Inwood Capon Bridge Martinsburg and more. Names include Christopher Charles Bealman Ryan Bealman Jennifer Lynn Kelly Sue Emily Elizabeth Kathy Marie Emily Nicole and two others with mothers by former names.
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Dennis Ray Welch
Mulberry Street
Stephens City
Jennifer Lynn
Charles Richard Coe
Rt. 2
Martinsburg
W.va
Emily Elizabeth
Dear Abby readers weigh size vs charm in dating myths
A reader disputes Abby Van Buren’s 38-D standard and asserts men may prefer smaller breasts. The column replies that surveys show 38-Ds as ideal, while readers share anecdotes about marriage, parenting wine at dinner, and a 1936 streetcar altercation teaching caution in public interference.
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Abby
Top Ten Best Selling Records in Cash Box Week
The Cash Box nationwide survey ranks the week’s top ten albums led by Night Fever by Bee Gees and Stayin Alive by Bee Gees. Other entries include Can’t Smile Without You by Barry Manilow and Dust in the Wind by Kansas.
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Cash Box
Bee Gees
You
Barry Manilow
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Mrs. America
Anchorage
Alaska
Las Vegas Hilton
Roberts
Puerto Rico
Boxwoods
Kenneth Charles Poole Jr
Bloomery Star Route
Christopher Charles
Poole
Mary Greenwalt
Robert Harold Frankenberry
Inwood
Ryan Bealman
Frankenberry
Barbara Ann McDonald
William Coy
Mrs
Rodney Coy
Jamison
Mrs. Jamison
Sue Ann McClure
Kelly Sue
Stephen Eugene Anderson
Charles Town
Terry Gregory Dunn
Kathy Marie
Dunn
Frances Lee Hough
Thomas Ricky Bell
Capon Bridge
Emily Nicole
Bell
Patricia Ann Wilson
Ram Gowerers
N. Loudoun St. Mall
Service Department
Stride Rite
StrideRite
Wilkins
Loudoun St
Abigail van Buren
C’ Ago
Tribune-Ny News Sync. Inc
Dears
P.S
P.S. Scorpios
Minneapolis
John Kellogg
Findlay
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Eric Clapton
Yvonne Elliman
Jack and Jill
Jackson Browne
Thunder Island
Jay Ferguson
Emotion
Samantha Sang
Revco
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