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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1950
Page
3
A Q and A from Modern Etiquette covers rising for a guest’s arrival, whether a bride may wear a white veil in a small informal wedding, and it is ill bred to sip tea while chewing. The guidance emphasizes courteous conduct and traditional manners.
Miss Nima Mae Goodrich of Arlington spent a weekend with Miss Louie Goodridge in Boyce. Mr and Mrs C E Murphy of Winchester visited friends here on Sunday. Miss Marian Roy of Washington vacations with her parents here for two weeks. Mrs Mary Paitchard of Front Royal visited relatives here on Saturday. Mrs C W Shepherd returned home after visiting relatives in Boston and New York. Mr Randolph Frazier and family of Newport News spent a recent weekend here. Mr and Mrs C N Broaddus and sons Newbill and Jack of Charlottesville spent the weekend with relatives in Clarke County and Winchester. Mr and Mrs W T Williams of Arlington are on a weeklong vacation in Boyce and Winchester.
When a traveler in a Pullman orders a drink to a berth the beverage is paid for when served and the waiter is always tipped. The exchange reflects standard railway practice of compensating service staff with gratuities.
Moe, America's veteran war dog, retired from air missions after six years with the Air Force. Picked up in Australia, he flew 25 WWII missions aboard a Havoc bomber, later serving across Pacific bases before Korea fatigue ended his field duties. He bonds with Sgt. Daniel Kinney and dislikes ground danger and a taunting monkey in the office.
Leonard A Braithwaite 17 of 5 Woodstock Lane dies from injuries after an automobile crash Saturday night. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 pm at First Brethren Church Berryville Ave with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers are Handley High School classmates. he is survived by parents two brothers two sisters and other relatives.
Three people die and two are wounded in a shooting spree in the Ozarks near Eminence Missouri. The gunman William Harris 39 fled into wooded hills after the attack. Victims include Bill Fansler 63 Homor L Fansler and Barbara Harris four years old. Police set roadblocks and search rugged terrain.
A public information officer described a rocket fragment weighing 25 pounds and noted that the craft should not dive below 500 feet. He added the pilot apparently plunged to about fifty feet to intercept the object.
LeHew McKay 65 retired farmer and woolen mill worker died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 10 30 a m He lived in Winchester with daughter Mrs M P Vanscoy since wife Nan ie Heflebower died two years ago He had lived in Clarke County and Wadesville before moving to Bunker Hill West Virginia where he worked for Dunn Woolen Mills Survivors include four sons Jonathan and Winston L McKay both of Winchester William Burch McKay of Winchester RFC and Kenneth T McKay of Bunker Hill two daughters Mrs Charles Carso of Charles Town and Mrs Vans coy five grandchildren a brother Beverley B McKay of Millwood two sisters Mrs Marshall Gore Falls Church and Miss Hilda McKay Washington Funeral service set for 3 p m EST tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville with burial at Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers named and friends invited to call at the funeral home
John Henry Grant, a 32 year old aircraft engineer, was divorced by his wife Betty 29 after being found guilty of attempting to murder his family with a time bomb. The court denied him rights to see his two children. The bomb was found before a scheduled flight on April 17. no one was hurt.
Burglars took $50 from Ray W. Meir’s Detroit home and fled with 50 pounds of steak a pound of coffee a quart of whiskey and five packs of cigarettes, signaling a broad loot beyond cash.
Coshocton Ohio friends report Nathan H Carpenter Jr a Yale graduate formerly of Winchester died suddenly yesterday. His father owned Shenandoah Boxboard Company during their stay here. Survivors include his wife three sons and two daughters. Funeral at 3 tomorrow at his home 8 Fourth St Coshocton.
The Official Board of Market Street Methodist Church meets at 8 tonight to hear a report on interior decoration. Sunday services will resume in the auditorium after a three week hiatus while work was underway at the church. Plans include painting the exterior of the Market Street building.
On Sunday July 30 1950 descendants of Jas M and Fannie Miley held the second annual reunion at a Wardensville West Virginia camp ground. About 200 people attended including Miley and Orndorff relatives and guests. Attendees hailed from District of Columbia Maryland Virginia West Virginia Ohio Missouri and Pennsylvania with large groups from Moorefield Keyser Wardensville Petersburg Romney Lynchburg Edinburg Woodstock Stephens City Strasburg Winchester Berryville and Front family of Lynchburg Virginia.
Despite long activity, Mauna Loa has not caused any known deaths in recent history and remains monitored by researchers.
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