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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
8
Mrs Ruth Newcome Cox married Mr Stanley on August 4 at Christ Church in Hagerstown Maryland. The ceremony followed by wedding notices and early wedding engagement details appear among local society items.
A local pharmacy advertises Gypsy Cream as a burn relief for sunburn, heat rash, ivy and oak poisoning, nettle rash, hives, and chafing. Brooks' Pharmacy offers it with contact at phone 6461.
August events listed include the McKinley Chapter Eastern Star at City Hall and municipal band at Rouss on the 14th, Exchange Club at Dr Slavin's office, Moose Club, and Alcoholics Anonymous at the Fire Hall on the 14th and 15th. On the 16th Kiwanis round table at the George Washington Hotel and a Winchester Clarke Garden Club gathering at Mrs Ridgely White’s Merriman’s home.
Col and Mrs R T Pendleton and son Randolph visit Comd and Mrs George Brandt at their home on West Boscawen Street. Mrs Whiting visiting in Texas and Mrs Massie hosts guests and a Hampton couple over weekend. Nearby notices call for church cleaning and a Ladies Aid meeting at 7:30 at 308 Highland Avenue.
The Winchester Golf Club schedules a mixed four ball four somes event with club ladies and caddies at 10 tomorrow. Simultaneously the Ladies Day tournament awards prizes to the player who avoids sand traps creeks and rough with the fewest incidents.
About 75 people attended the Winchester Camera Club annual picnic at Jordan Springs. Charles Cooper remained the top male model among photographers while Mrs Charles Murphy and Miss Bessie Coughlin were the most photographed ladies. Wayne Ritter drew demand as a Polaroid photographer with fast single minute prints. Miniature golf attracted the most players with horse shoe pitching and swimming close behind. Charles Murphy the club president called it the most successful picnic yet and noted rising attendance each year.
Birth notices list multiple newborns including a girl to Ollie Rhodes of RFD 1 and a boy to Kenneth G. Johnson of Bloomery W V. Other births include a boy to Richard Marinel of Grimes with mother Ruby Nicholson, a girl to Edwin Curtis of Romney, a girl to Robert M. Dick of Route 3, a girl to Elwood W. O Hara of 114 W Whitlock Ave with Mary Gibsom, a boy to Linwood Brannon of Grimes, and a boy to Robert Sutton of 229 Molden Drive.
Ava Gardner said neither Frank Sinatra nor Spanish bullfighter Mario Cabre has the key to her heart after returning from Europe. She ruled out engagement with Sinatra even if he divorced and dismissed any romance with the bullfighter as ridiculous.
The Chevy Chase Junior College a girls school in Chevy Chase Maryland will close after 47 years. President Frances R Brown says the trustees cite low enrollment rising costs and the uncertain international situation. The campus sits on Connecticut Avenue near the DC Maryland boundary.
Dr. Edmund Horgan of Winchester spoke at the Medical Society of Northern Virginia meeting with doctors presenting case reports. The next session is planned for Luray in December and Dr. James Miller of Winchester serves as president of the group.
Washington reports the Interior Department completed a 4.9 million dollar demonstration plant to convert coal into oil at Louisiana Missouri. A second experimental coal to oil plant has operated in Missouri for over a year, with plans for a new plant next year.
A beauty guidance article argues daily self review can boost charm and confidence. It advocates a personal program focusing on line, color, makeup, posture, and behavior to transform self-perception into a desirable image. Includes an offer to mail height and hip measurements for fabric suggestions and swatches.
Weekday lunch feature provides Cottage Cheese Sandwiches on Whole Wheat Bread or Tossed Green Salad with Cherry Tarts and a starved-dish recipe for olives cottage cheese pimiento mayonnaise salt onion tabasco and pepper. Makes about 1 3 4 cups filling. Also a note that there are more Navajo Indians now than in Spanish colonial days.
Pattern 4718 offers a single piece apron with ties and pockets in small and medium sizes. Cost twenty five cents. send name address zone size and style number to Anne Adams at The Winchester Evening Star. Also offers Fall and Winter Pattern Book and a free pattern for a child’s dress from a man’s shirt as a bonus.
A Q A summary of W L Gordon etiquette guidance on how to handle gravy bread, rising for introductions, and candle use at table. It advises dipping bread by placing it in gravy then eating with a fork, never wiping with finger, always rising for introductions, and using candles as ornamental table decor.
Roberta Lee teaches careful usage and pronunciation tips. It explains common misuses and the correct form of scrupulously, with guidance on pronunciation and word study to expand vocabulary daily.
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