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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1957
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Alston R LaFollette of Front Royal announce the engagement of their daughter Bennis Lynn to Lester Conly Bond Jr son of Mr and Mrs L C Bond of 344 Sheridan Ave. Bennis is a student at James Wood High School. No wedding date has been set.
Tomorrow events include Wesley Fellowship at Braddock Street Methodist at 6 pm Teen lounge 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm April 22 features Madison Lodge and McKinley Chapter Eastern Star at City Hall 8 pm plus Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel Lions Club Exchange Club Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Alcoholics Anonymous Kiwanis Club Flight A at 37 E Boscawen Street and a Duplicate Bridge event at Golf Club.
Mr and Mrs Mark L Grandstaff of 242 Gray Ave announce the engagement of Mary Louise Grandstaff to William Douglas Bromley son of Mr and Mrs Richard Bromley of Berryville The bride to be is a Handley High School graduate and works as a floor secretary at Winchester Memorial Hospital The groom to be attended Clarke County High School and works for Clarke County Motor Company Wedding planned in the near future.
The Wesley Fellowship Class of Braddock Street Methodist Church will hold its annual covered dish supper tomorrow at 6 30 p m at the War Memorial Building. The Colonial Garden Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Warren Eddy as hostess and featured various flower show awards for Lineblue red blue yellow and green entries.
The Christmas Shop Sewing group of Christ Episcopal Church will meet tomorrow at 10 30 a m in the Fairfax Room.
The Stephens City Home Demonstration Club meets Thursday at 12 30 p m at Mrs Jack Kemp’s home with a luncheon and a hair styling and make up demonstration by Mrs Emmett Scothorn and Mrs Roy Wisecarver Members should bring a triangular white cloth lipstick and a mirror The Lord Fairfax Garden Club met Tuesday at Mrs Noble Pierce s home awards went to Mrs Leon Slavin for blue ribbons Mrs Chester Riley for horticultural awards and arrangements The group will collaborate with the Horticultural Society to restore Abram s Delight and the Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs spring meeting is set for April 30 at Nature Camp Vesuvius Va
Ostall Powers yellow specimens include Mrs Chester Riley red Mrs Tunstall Powers red Mrs James Shockey red and yellow Mrs Allen Koman red and blue and Mrs L B Sirbaugh three reds and three blues. Committee chairmen named were Mrs Harry Ebert Jr program Mrs Douglas Cather exhibits and judging Mrs L B Sirbaugh projects Mrs Clayton Anderson membership and publicity Mrs Tunstall Powers show arrangements Mrs Fred Stine Federation.
Miss Gretchen Armstrong of Washington D C spent the weekend with her parents on South Washington Street. Nancy Eleanor Rhines married Daniel Stanley Krzeminski at Market Street Methodist Church and will reside in Natrona Pa.
Washington's Well at 419 N. Loudoun St will open with eight homes during Historic Garden Week on April 27 and 28. The Har dy family has kept the house since 1886 with remnants from Civil War cannon fire and a 1755 Washington era well dug by British forces.
A short entry explaining common word use and pronunciation. It clarifies differences among habit custom and usage for individuals and groups and notes the term bon vivant with its pronunciation.
A daily vocabulary note presents ostentatious defined as marked by unnecessary show. It cites an example of an ostentatious manner of entertaining and encourages mastery of one word daily.
The April meeting of the W. S. Co. S. at the home of Mrs. David Braithwaite elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs. Lester Shickle vice president Mrs. George Giles secretary Mrs. David Braithwaite treasurer Mrs. Leonard Madigan. Fourteen members and one visitor attended. Other local gatherings included dinners hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bromley and Mrs. Mable Brown plus multiple visits among Clarke County residents and Winchester families.
Washington reports could see total COLA increases totaling 75 million dollars annually for rail and other workers. The government will announce new index figures reflecting costs as of March 15. Rail workers may gain 3 cents an hour with six month adjustments. aircraft and electrical manufacturing employees may receive smaller quarterly boosts.
Roberta Lee answers readers on etiquette questions about handshakes between women optional but polite and greeting. She notes no fixed seating rule for wives and friends in a car, and advises to avoid chewing while sipping.
Senate moves toward quick confirmation of Scott McLeod for Ireland and Charles Bohlen for the Philippines despite GOP opposition. Senator Bridges plans to oppose Bohlen, citing disloyalty to Dulles policies, while McLeod draws support amid criticism of his handling of security matters and the European refugee program.
Pope Pius XII warned that the world has entered a nuclear age that could suddenly be engulfed in storm yet expressed hope for a nuclear era devoted to peace. More than 300000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear the Easter address from the 81 year old pontiff.
The piazza appeared as white caps at sea as men women and children waved handkerchiefs in a vivid public scene.
Nancy Hurt Hall, 32, wife of Judge Neville G. Hall Jr. of Alexandria, remains missing after authorities extend search. Her car was found Saturday in a Great Falls parking lot 200 feet from the Potomac River as the judge believes she may have drowned herself.
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