Winchester Garden Week tour highlights Burwell-Morgan Mill
Proceeds from Virginia Historic Garden Week sales fund landscaping at the Burwell-Morgan Mill in Clarke County and the Kent-Valentine House in Richmond. The tour features five Winchester homes including Glen Burnie candlelight, George Washington’s Office, and Stonewall Jackson’s Headquarters with tours Sunday 1 to 5 pm and a Sunday bus shuttle from the George Washington Hotel. Tickets at George Washington Hotel or Virginia Travel Service, 703-667-0758.
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The
Garden Club of Virginia
Burwell-Morgan
Clarke County
Kent-Valentine
Richmond
Capitol Square
Horace Leavitt Kent
Granville Gray Valentine
Burwell- Morgan
Gen
Danial Morgan
Col
Nathaniel Burwell
Winchester
Glen Burnie
James Wood
McWhorter
Rodman, Massie
Obed Waite
George Washington
Stonewall Jackson
George Washington Hotel
Horowitz to Record Scriabin Album for 100th Birthday
Vladimir Horowitz will release Horowitz Plays Scriabin to mark Scriabin’s 100th birth anniversary. It is his first Scriabin only album in almost two decades and follows his Grammy winning Horowitz Plays Chopin. He once performed for Scriabin in Kiev in 1915 at age 11.
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Horowitz
Scriabin New York
Vladimir Horowitz
Scriabin
Kiev
Chopin
Drug Hotline Letters on Marijuana Policy
Citizens Committee reports reader opinions on marijuana laws and enforcement. The letters urge focusing on drug smugglers over users and question the morality of drug use while noting potential harm from harsh possession penalties.
Unique Pawnshop Serves Tourists and Locals in Mexico City
Mexico City AP report notes the National Monte de Piedad grows to 28 branches serving both tourists and Mexican patrons. It highlights the pawnshop’s origin in Tenochititlan and its evolution into a nationwide charity fund with wide public reach.
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Mexico City
Montezuma
Tenochititlan
Mexico
Monte de Piedad Pawnshop Aids Mexican Poor With Social Bene ts
The Monte de Piedad founded in 1775 by Don Pedro Romero de Terreros operates as a hybrid pawnshop and social service. It funds a private school, a college of social work, social centers with medical care and day care, an old age home, and about 100000 free meals monthly while offering loans with a two percent monthly interest and up to ten months to repay. It accepts any item except perishables and combats coyotes who hawk dubious goods outside its doors.
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Monte de Piedad
Hernan Cortes
Monte
Mexico
The
Persia
Italy
Lorenzo de Medici
Leo X
Pedro Romero de Terreros
Antonio Mora
Mora
College of Social Work
Spring-Summer Wardrobe Pattern Catalog Offer
Seventy five cents per pattern plus 25 cents for air mail and special handling. Send to Anne Adams in care of the Winchester Evening Star at 2433 West 17th St New York NY 10011. Include name address ZIP size and style number. Free pattern with quick easy sew instructions and books priced at 1. Instant sewing and fashion books also available.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
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Burwell-Morgan Mill
Betty Berry
Little Garden Club of
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
America
Citizens Committee
Red Barn
Berryville Avenue
Moose Lodge
Sun
All Moose
Stephens City Fire Hall
Stephens City Fire Co
New Truck Fund
Dean
Montross, Va
Hick’s
ESSO
Valley Ave
Martinsburg Christian
Martinsburg Christian Academy
Albert
Martinsburg
W.va
Chrysler
Newport
CIDA
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Chapman Motor Co., Inc
Clarke
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Boscawen St
New Car Dealer
U.S. Rt. 7
PINE
Dodge-Chrysler, Inc
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