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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1962
Page
9
Two young friends inspire a test of fruits in flavored gelatin. The article notes varying cookbook guidance and reports on experiments with summer fruits in a peach flavored gelatin, examining which fruits float or sink and how color shows through the dessert.
The Cedar Creek Press Church service club held its monthly meeting in the church social room with nine members present. Hostesses were Mrs. Mary Dicks and Mrs. Celina Hamilton as plans for a Stanley party were discussed. Next meeting is September 6 with Mrs. Eunice McDonald as hostess.
A two layer gelatin mold uses floating fruit like bananas cantaloupe blueberries and oranges with sinking seedless grapes and cherries. The recipe combines peach flavored gelatin with fresh fruit folded in after cooling and chilling to set, yielding six servings.
A simple hour daily project outlines a late summer dress with a scooped neckline, ruffled sleeves, and rick rack trim. Crisp cotton yards are gathered into a full skirt for a versatile, party or school look.
Edmund T. De Jarnette will chair the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce state affairs committee succeeding Taylor Murphy. De Jarnette, a Richmond insurance operator, serves on Randolph Macon College trustees and is a former Virginia House of Delegates floor leader.
Gainesboro Methodist Church Sunday School held its picnic at Ebenezer Park with a large attendance. Several local families and relatives from Leesburg Winchester and nearby towns visited, including DeHaven and Fearnow families, along with travelers from Maryland and West Virginia.
A 12th annual Future Business Leaders of America training conference at Massanetta Springs attracted 85 students from 31 Virginia high schools. The event ran from Sunday to Thursday to promote business education and develop leadership potential among youths.
County Agent John Wolfe reports yields range from high to mediocre across the district. The compilation lists farmers and yields in acres and bushels per acre for VaHart wheat Wong barley Seneca oats Clinton oats Forkedier oats and Tetra Petkus rye with several entries showing 22 to 70 bushels per acre and notable differences tied to farming methods and weather.
Felix Voirol a 31 year old Swiss chemist is guest of Zone 4 Raritan National this week a club spokesman says he will visit in the valley for the next several days Mr Voirol is among a group from foreign countries visiting the United States under UNESCO auspices and will visit seven different Ruritan clubs during his stay
The Virginia Ayrshire Club schedules its annual sale for September 1 at 1 p.m. at Agricultural Enterprises on Rt. 20 south of Culpeper. In charge are Jack Perrow of Big Island and Mrs. Henderson Heywood of Charlottesville. Cows and bred heifers from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia are consigned. Carter Elliott of Lynchburg is club president and Allen Hill of Woodbine MD is auctioneer.
The Winchester Little Theater and the Winchester Historical Society present George Washington Slept Here starring Bill Boyne and Gloria Biddle. Seventeen cast members perform on a special set at Abram's Delight with curtain at 8 15 p m and shows nightly for the week to raise funds for restoring the 1754 Hollingsworth mansion. Tickets are sold at Shenval Music Store O Connell's Air Conditioning and The Workingmans Store or at the grounds.
The Kernstown column reports visits and illnesses among residents. Rev. and Mrs. B. L. Lock and children stayed with Mrs. Lock’s mother in Harrisonburg. several families hosted meals or visited relatives in Towson Front Royal and Marlboro. Local church groups plan a meeting August 16. hospital stays include Mrs. Albert Tusing and others.
Wayne Roberts returns to Sarasota after time with John and Jane Chumbly on Church Street. Mrs. Herbel Borden comes home from Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lelia Morse visits Ports mouth relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCauley host weekend guests from Baltimore. Mrs. Tom Sperry travels to Roanoke after visiting T. A. Sperry. Garland Parker and daughter visit from Wallingford. T. J. Wakeman visits his mother in Christiansburg. Mrs. James Smith stays with Mrs. P. N. Wakeman. G. W. Borden and son Peyton visit relatives near Warsaw. John Hetzel and family move to Main Street. Mrs. Hetzel teaches at James Wood High. Rev. Josiah Andrews hosts Wesley Service Club dinner at Parsonage. Mrs. S. C. Stewart, Sr. moves to daughter Virginia Ritchie’s home. Miss Kathryn Watson visits Huntington. Methdist Sunday School picnic at Elizabeth Furnace. 4-H Camp attendees include Anita Jenkins and others at Powell Fort. Abe Ersham and daughter visit Washington. Mrs. W. W. Kline visits Vernon Kline in Fort Lauderdale. Cora Owings attends Rural Affairs meeting in Blacksburg.
A reader asks about matching formality in note refusals and notes about wedding attire. The column answers etiquette questions on tone in invitations and who pays for bouquets, plus how two unmarried sisters should register at a hotel, and a vocabulary note defining vitiate with an example about sewer gas spoiling the air.
Salem Illinois reports fireman Philip Cavins age five confirms suspicions about popularity with youngsters. the piece notes Cavins and a red truck as focal points in a local scene.
Firefighters searching near a youth’s home were unable to coax him from hiding until officials promised a ride in a fire apparatus. The lad fled into nearby woods seeking shelter as responders continued the effort.
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