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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
8
Jean Fahrney and Joel W. Bush wed in a double ring ceremony at the Lutheran church Saturday. The couple, both Handley High graduates, plan a Southern honeymoon and will reside at 506 South Braddock Street after the wedding trip.
Miss Marjorie Omps of Ridge West Virginia wed James Wesley Mc Coy of Berkeley Springs West Virginia at 4 p m Saturday in the home of Rev R F Schmucker 415 N Loudoun Street The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C O Omps The groom son of Mr and Mrs Peter McCoy an orchestra leader heard Saturdays over WINC station He is engaged in the lumber business The couple will reside in Ridge after a brief honeymoon
Miss Joyce Watkins of Madison College Harrisonburg announces engagement to Mitchell Anthony Tourart III Pensacola. Daughter of the late Mr and Mrs B L Watkins Blackstone Virginia. Wedding planned for June.
The North Western Deanery of the National Council of Catholic Women will hold a sectional at 2 30 p m on April 25 at St K’s hall Martinsburg. Rt Rev Msgr Edward Zi Stephens will be the guest. Election of officers will also take place.
Local listings show community gatherings across April 20 to 22. Notes include board meetings at offices and churches, club sessions for WSCS Moose Rebekah Kiwanis and Elks, garden and study groups, and library programs at Handley and Chanticler venues.
Garden Week starts Saturday at 10 a.m. with gates opening to visitors at many historic Virginia houses in Winchester and Clarke county. More than 35 000 visitors are expected as homes such as Springsbury Farm Rosemont Red Gate and the Daniel Morgan House welcome guests during a ten day event with information booths and official guides.
Twenty four members attended the district 12 meeting at the nurses home on Friday. Miss Elizabeth Cather, past president, opened the session and Miss Charlotte Keller, new president, led the meeting. After the business portion, reports were read and refreshments served.
Miss Nell Elizabeth Bryant led her Granby High School class in Norfolk with a 96.40 average earning valedictorian honors. Daughter of Dr. R. Orman Bryant, former district superintendent, she previously studied at Handley School in Winchester and attended the New York Herald Tribune High School Forum in International Relations.
The Winchester Memorial hospital Auxiliary promotes the benefit performance Know The Talents of Your Town. A Sunday rehearsal preceded the nightly radio preview at 6 15 with host Ridgley White interviewing Eugenia Hally Evans Marion Park Lewis and Robert Langdon Stewart. The show airs 8 p m Friday at the Hand Jew school auditorium.
The Jack and Jill school will reopen Thursday after being closed several days. Time lost will be made up in June. Jenkins Baby Named Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jenkins announce their first-born, a girl named Sharlyn Lamarr, born Saturday at Winchester Memorial hospital weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. Mrs. Jenkins is the former Miss Nancy Lowery, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Lowery of this city. Mr. Lowery is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sterile Jenkins of Charles Town. Hospital News Mrs. Thomas W. Anderson underwent an operation Sunday at Winchester Memorial hospital. Mrs. Baker Singhass returned home after a stay at Winchester Memorial hospital. Mr. Hunter Strawbridge is a patient at Martinsburg city hospital in serious condition. Mrs. Ruth Smallwood recuperating at Winchester Memorial hospital from major operation. Mr. Paul Carper recuperating at home after hospital stay in Charlottesville. His mother Mrs. Irvin Carper has returned home. Mrs. Raph Wakeman returned home after tonsillectomy at Winchester Memorial hospital.
Delegates to the AAUW annual state convention met April 16 17 at the Nansemond hotel Ocean View. Present were Mrs McSherry Lupton Mrs Richard Lewis and Mrs Kenneth Houston.
Gov. Tuck rejects Delegate Whitehead request for higher taxes and a special session to fund school construction. He says the state has met its obligations and that localities should decide their own funding needs.
A series of public and personal property sales reported strong prices. Items included a rabbit hutch $10, living room suite $51, shotgun $5, vanity dresser $28, and a marble-top bureau $10 at the L. H. Williams Sr. sale near Rennertorsa. A Wurlitzer grand piano topped $500. Auctioneers included W. F. Artrip Jr. and Julian Shade, with other sales led by Roy and Charles Duvall at Anger's Store for Mrs. Orlena V. Wolford's estate.
Six Frederick county 4-H clubs will take part this season showcasing adapted hybrid corn values. The Winchester Southern States Cooperative agency provides 4 pound seed samples free to youths recommended by their vocational agriculture instructors or extension workers. Local participants include Round Hill George Cather Garland Cather Eugene Larrick James Brumpack Winchester Hayfield Donald Ramey Lynn Wolfe Boyd Ramey Jr Winchester Friendly Grove Billy Tripley Earl Dodson David McGraw Mt Falls West Frederick Lloyd Milhon Billy Fawcett Warner Stephenson James Dye Winchester White Hall Charles North Frederick Sid ney Rogers Winchester
Instruction on proper usage and pronunciation with examples. Covers correct phrases like I feel bad not I feel badly and clarifies common misspellings and synonyms. Introduces daily word learning with today’s term suffuse meaning to overspread with color vapor or fluid.
A reader asks if inviting a guest for a friend is allowed only when hosting a large event and the hostess is a close friend. The answer notes inquiry is possible in that scenario and discusses whether a signature is needed when sending flowers to an ill friend.
The Winchester Clarke garden club meets at 3 30 pm Wednesday with Mrs Robert T Lozier hosting guest speaker Mrs Felix Sheneiderhan. She will discuss the New York flower show and present a spring flowers in crystal exhibit featuring Scarlet peader specimens.
Brucetown VA April 20 WSCS to meet at 8 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs Waverly Hardesty in Watkesville. Several local residents and visitors stop by to see friends including the Morgans from Frederick MD and the Crowders and Conners from Winchester. Local gatherings honor Ada Benner and Welltown residents visit the Whitacres. A civic statistic notes U S dentists numbered 29 555 in 1920 rising to 71 000 in 1930 then about 70 601 in 1940.
As administrator of the estate of A R McLemore the auction lists Hereford cattle two cows a bull calves and farm equipment at the McLemore Farm Shenandoah River Springfield District Page County on Saturday April 24 1943 at 1 PM Cash terms are required. Thos R Nelson administrator of the estate.
Hinton W. Jackson of 134 Montague Ave suffered burns at the Virginia Woolen Co plant when a valve failed while turning off steam causing him to fall into a vat. He received a first degree burn on his right foot and second degree burns to the leg abdomen and arms. He is reported improving at Memorial Hospital.
The guide printed on strong five color paper features time zones air map mile tables between cities by air highway and rail and lists the 100 largest cities with 1947 populations plus metropolitan and state estimates. What to See highlights scenic spots by state and the 15 cent post paid map is available from Information Bureau Washington DC. During the 1930s relief families faced higher illness rates than well-to-do families.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to order pattern 4843 for slim high necks and long collars in sizes 34 through 50, with 4 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36. It also touts the Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book with 126 illustrations and a catalog offer for a sun tan halter pattern.
A card bearing a message acts as signature replacement. Bread and butter plates stay until dessert. The piece notes that wild horses once matched buffalo in number on the American plains.
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