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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
8
Members Sue Black Lois Timberlake Mary-Virginia Grim joined the club’s board of directors as new officers. The group announced the May meeting will move due to the Apple Festival, with the session rescheduled to Thursday May 8.
Social Notes recounts April meeting participants receiving a rose and a birthday cake ceremony. The Queen and Court will arrive at 10 p.m. at the Armory with Dean Hudson and his band providing music and a floor show after a midnight intermission. Tickets are available at the Junior Board of Trade offices in the Molden Electric store. Dean Hudson and his band arrive Winchester May 1 around 5:30 p.m. and are set for a 6 p.m. live broadcast.
McKinley Chapter No 19 of the Eastern Star observed its 18th birthday during a regular meeting held Monday evening April 14 at the Rouss with Mrs. Ma Worthy Ma and Mrs. Mary Worthy Ma presiding as original charter members participated in the ceremony.
Mesdames Underwood Larrick Lewis Wilson and Miss Davies of the Winchester Branch travel to Charlottesville for the state AAUW convention at the Monticello Hotel. The event opens with a luncheon, followed by a tea and a banquet with Dr. Gillie Laren as speaker. Delegates plan a closing luncheon tomorrow before returning midweek. Mrs. Wilson will stay in Lynchburg briefly.
Members of Minnehaha Council No 1, Degree of Pocahontas traveled to Roanoke for the Great Council of Virginia session at the Hotel Roanoke April 24 26. Etta Curl represents local council and Mrs Gussie Dyke aids with Mrs K4 back and Mrs Francis Teavall noted as past Pocahontas. The gathering opened with a banquet and dance and business sessions run through Saturday.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship and Hoover Kern class of Market Street Methodist Church will visit Circle No. 1 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service for a Sunday evening program. A picnic group will be served and a devotional features a color photo version of the poem Back of the Leaf. Officers will be elected and recreation planned. Grace Ricamore announces a spring revue by her dancing classes on Friday May 23 at Berryville High School auditorium with Thelma Shackleford as accompanist.
About 30 young adults attended a Wednesday evening dinner in the church social room. Mrs. Paul Moore presided as fellowship president, with an invocation, songs, guest introductions, and an inspirational message by Rev. Allen B. Stanger from Richmond. He urged epber members to act on church responsibilities amid crisis.
The Ladies Aid of Congregational Christian Church meets tonight at 8 at the home of Mrs Virginia Mason 623 Pennsylvania Avenue city. All are urged to attend.
Mrs Charles Sirbaugh and Mrs William L Yowell were guests of honor at a steak dinner in Shawnee Restaurant. Other attendees included Mrs Wingfield and Mrs Ridgeway, with mentions of local residents and a daughter of Mrs Reesie Luttrell. An appendectomy patient, Mary Anna Luttrell, was reported in records as recovering satisfactorily at Memorial Hospital along with Mrs Aubrey T Mussen who is also recovering there.
The guidance says do not use the phrase and family. Each family member should receive a separate invitation. The phrase implies grouping all members. address individually to avoid excluding anyone.
Mr and Mrs Walter Brown of 22 East Hart street welcomed a son named Charles Alfred at Memorial Hospital last night. Mrs Eva Thomas Carper, of this city, is the mother. Mr and Mrs Thomas Johnson of Reliance welcome a son born yesterday morning. Mrs Mildred Sampson is the mother. Mr and Mrs William Eshelman of Sey announce a daughter. Mr and Mrs Clarence A Brill of Strasburg celebrate a son born to Mrs Brill, Miss Helen Powers</S>
Millwood Virginia hosts a sequence of weekend social events with Edith Compton Emily Kidder of Charlottesville among the guests. Attending were William Bell Watkins Jr Virginia Boy-Ed Richard E. Dole Roland G Mitchell Louis B Meade Jr Thomas H B Meade and others. Guests Saturday night included David Donovan William Rust Jr McGovernor and Henry Post Mitchell with additional relatives from Richmond. Harold Hartley of Toledo also spent Sunday night.
The winning essay in the local W F P W Auxiliary contest was written by Miss Lulu Glascock of 506 West Cork Street. She traces how the degradation of family life has led to the downfall of great civilizations, citing Rome and others as examples, and honors her grandfather Lt. Elliott Howe who fell in France in 1918.
Springsbury hosted and Mrs. George P. neon as guests. Mrs. Kenneth N. Gilpin returned from Florida with her son and daughter-in-law Mrs. Tyson Gilpin of Newark. Miss Ellena of Fairfield Conn. visits Clarke home. Mrs. D. W. Burchard of Baltimore and Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. C. Meade and daughter Mary Rankin were weekend guests. Mrs. Louis B. Meade at Fairen. St. Comdr. and Mrs. Vadym V. Atgott of Washington, D C., visited Mr. and Mrs. B. O'F. Randolph for the weekend.
A reflective piece argues that civilized youth arise from wholesome homes. Parents set moral tone, model behavior, and must remain involved as children encounter school and peers. Blames juvenile delinquency on parental failure and urges consistent guidance to mold responsible citizens.
Fragmentary remarks urge parents to teach proper attitudes and peaceful behavior to children as a path to national unity. The speaker argues that strong homes and wholesome citizens built on mutual respect are essential for a peaceful nation, citing unity during Pearl Harbor and calling for nationwide neighborly harmony.
Fragmentary notes echo a call for citizen empowerment and collective responsibility. The text hints at democratic participation and inclusive governance shaped by everyday acts of service.
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