Pear Abigail Front Office Advice and Family Dilemmas
Advice column excerpts discuss customer service and cafe work including waitresses and coffee, plus readers ask about discipline and college admissions. The letter from an engineer notes heat and seasickness on a ship. Fathers seek help for a son stealing from a purse with guidance offered.
Modern Etiquette Questions and Dress Advice
A column by Roberta Ley offers fashion guidance on dress, anxiety over overdressing, and social etiquette. It states a suitor should arrange meeting with a partner’s parents before engagement and advises staying at the tea table until guests finish pouring.
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Roberta Ley
Mrs Porterfield to Lead Ladies Horticultural Lunch
Mrs Bruce Porterfield of Winchester chairs the Ladies luncheon at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on May 2 at 12 30 p m at the George Washington Hotel. Mrs John Neff Staunton is Auxiliary president. Tickets are at the festival ticket sales desk. The event features appearances by the Queen and many festival celebrities.
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Bruce Porterfield
Winchester
John Neff
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George Washington Hotel
Porterfield
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Neff
Anna Douglas
Wendell, Jr
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Williamsburg luncheon to honor contest winner by auxiliary chief
Maurice Q Tessin president of the Williams burg Chamber of Commerce will present the winning miss with a weekend trip for herself and a chaperone at Colonial Williamsburg during the luncheon. A construction accident caused a large concrete piling to crash through the roof when a nap interrupted workers.
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Maurice Q. Tessin
Williamsburg
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