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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1946
Page
6
Mr. Edwin T. Snider secretary of Winchester Lodge No. 867 B P O E and Mr. Albert Seal left for Portsmouth to attend as delegates the Virginia State Elks Association convention running today through Wednesday in Portsmouth.
Mrs C A Davis and daughter Dorothy are visiting Virginia Beach while Mrs Bertha Ashwood, Mrs Elsie Zinn and Mrs E W Grant spent Saturday in Hagerstown. They visited Mrs Ashwood's brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs H E Snapp and Mr Amos Prince of Stephenson. Prince is under medical observation at University Hospital Charlottesville. Friends hope for his quick recovery and return home.
On Wednesday and Thursday Hable's Palace will screen The Seventh Veil under Quota Club Winchester sponsorship. Proceeds go to help underprivileged children in Winchester. The psychological drama stars Ann Todd with James Mason, Hugh McDermott, and Albert Lieven, with Herbert Lom as the psychiatrist. The score features Chopin Prelude, Greig Piano Concerto, Mozart and Beethoven works, the Merry Wives Overture, and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto.
Misses Wanda and Margel McKee daughters of Mr and Mrs Ricker McKee of East Piccadilly street have returned home from Winchester Memorial Hospital where they underwent tonsilectomies on Saturday and are reported to be getting along nicely. Mrs Rutherford Moves To Berryville Mrs Jack Rutherford formerly at Maplewood Nursing Home was yesterday moved to Berryville to the home of Mr and Mrs James Carroll where she will remain for some time.
Messrs. Harry E. Ridgeway and Frank Key attend a Baltimore Chapter of the American Institute of Banking meeting as representatives of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Baltimore.
Mr. Kelly Estes of 1124 Berryville avenue left Friday to join the J J Newberry Company in Elkton Maryland. First Lt Melvin A Estes stationed at Pope Field North Carolina spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs E B Estes of Berryville avenue.
The Rev. D. N. Calvert pastor of the Methodist Church in Woodstock will be guest speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church. The talk on Present Religious Conditions in Russia will be given tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the church lecture room with Mrs. B. S. Hilton in charge.
Mr and Mrs John S Sloat departed this morning heading first to Philadelphia and then to Atlantic City for unspecified plans.
About 100 couples danced to Phil Young's Orchestra at Winchester Golf Club Saturday evening. Tables lined porches and the pool area with Japanese lanterns. Committee plans a third formal dance for Saturday August 24 with the same orchestra.
The Stephenson Social Club schedules its annual picnic for Wednesday August 14 at Capon Park. Members and friends should meet at Mrs E A Zinns home 448 North Loudoun Street this city at 10 oclock Wednesday morning.
Attendees from here joined a buffet supper Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Grove in Summit Point West Virginia. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rosenberger Mr. Giles Cook Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Grove and Mrs. Victor Constant.
Mrs. Gilbert Tillotson leaves for Massanetta Springs to attend a Bible Conference as a Conference Quartet member. Several notes list visiting relatives, travels in Pennsylvania and Maryland, a Grange yard party, and local updates including Virgil Spurling’s promotion to sergeant stationed in Japan. Also mentions improvement in Hugh Brill’s condition.
The Grace Lutheran Church men's class holds its annual picnic Wednesday at 4 30 in the Senseney Road development of Rouss Park. Horse shoe and softball will be played with a picnic supper served later. R L Jones, class president, leads the plans. all members urged to attend.
The Frank T. McFadden Bible class of the Presbyterian Church will hold its annual picnic at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McSherry Lupton on Wednesday August 14 Supper is served at 6 p m All members and families urged to attend and bring a small picnic basket Fried chicken and roasting car s will be provided Softball swimming and other sports planned Transportation available by calling 4224.
The Winchester Rotary Club plans its annual Ladies Night on Thursday August 15 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McSherry Lupton. A corn roast supper begins at 6 p m and members and guests are urged to arrive early for a swim before supper.
Mr and Mrs Harry Cook of North Braddock street will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on August 15 with guests from Mt Vernon New York New Kingstown and Baltimore. Also visiting were Mr Ralph Rexroth and Paul Motz from Dulaney Valley and Donald Sartelle Ted Staples en route to Lewis Delaware for a cottage stay.
Advice on exchanging wedding gifts when duplicates exist and guidance on table setting etiquette. It suggests consulting both families before exchanging gifts and states forks should have prongs pointing upwards. It also warns against using postal cards for private messages as poor judgment.
NEW YORK Aug 12 Father Divine and his 21 year old white bride returned to Philadelphia after receptions in Tarrytown and New York City. Divine said he and Edna Rose Ritchings are married in name only and led reporters through the peace center quarters. He denounced press coverage and rejected the use of the word Negro as vulgar. Mrs Divine objected to photos of the couple.
This excerpt presents guidance on word choice and pronunciation. It emphasizes using clever for skill, proper val et pronunciation, and common misspellings bicycle icicle. It offers synonyms for delicious and a daily goal to master one new word with Hiatus defined as a gap or interruption.
Newport News Va August 12 search continued for six year old Robert Wallace who vanished beneath Hampton waters. Rescue teams scoured the river area near White Wading to locate the child as efforts persisted into the day.
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