Pully Visits Daughters and Rushes Home From Atlantic City
Mrs George Pully visits daughters in Milford New Hampshire and New Britain Connecticut and another trip to Vermont. The Rush family returns from Atlantic City with stops in Baltimore and Philadelphia accompanied by the Millers. A yard party and auction sale planned at Round Hill Community Center August 25 with food offerings. Mr Albert Pingley chairs. Shirley Price hospitalized after a pedestrian accident in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Relief Church to host a yard party serving country ham and chicken suppers and home made desserts.
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Pully
George Pully
Greystone Terrace
Clarence Frost
Milford
N. H
Ernest Lagasse
New Briton
Rushes
Atlantic City
W. L. Rush
Marie
Greenwall Ave
N. J
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Paev
A. P Miller
A. P. Miller, Jr
Minnie Miller
and Hill
Round Hill Community Center
Relief Church
Egg and Pickle Sandwiches for Weekday Lunch
Cooking's Fun recipe by Cecily Brownstone. A simple egg spread with pickle relish, mayonnaise, salt and pepper used to fill 8 to 12 slices of bread, topped with lettuce or romaine and buttered bread, cut diagonally into quarters for 4 to 6 sandwiches.
Firemen Lose Brakes In Mt. Vernon Truck Run
In Mt. Vernon a 12 ton fire truck failed its brakes on a fast run. The driver could not turn and continued at 50 mph until a hill slowed the wagon. Firemen and the chief escaped with only a funny feeling as the blaze was extinguished.
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MT. Vernon
Millwood Social Notes Chronicle Visitors and Events
Mrs Courtney 8 B Jones hosted Major and Mrs Don Hilbun en route from Birmingham to Nova Scotia. M F Henry Jones arrives Saturday for two weeks at Woodbine with his mother. Mrs Burwell Jacobs hosted tea at Shaw Hill and entertained various guests. New York's Mr and Mrs Robert D Bensel leave after visiting Mrs Frank Mass. Syracuse’s Sowers visit Miss Theodore Cox and join Skyline Drive. Mrs Nelson Carter hosts guests including Mrs Archer Beatty and Mrs John Atkinson at Powhatan and Saratoga. Mrs Roland G Mitchell hosts. Miss Lucy Lee and others attend luncheon. Agnes Mitchell entertains for Philadelphia’s Robert Powell Page at Saratoga. Thomas Meade visits his mother Louis Meade. Philadelphia’s Mrs Robert Page and Miss Mary Page join Page at Powhatan for luncheon with Mrs Nelson Carter and Mrs Stuart Brown, later sailing to Europe. Champe C Conner IV visits from Baltimore. Rev John de Rose conducts service at Christ Church Millwood due to travel issues. substitutes for Rev Rhen through September. Mrs Graham Dougherty Jr hosts Clay Hill neighbors party. Thomas Wright Meade and family vacation via Towson and Tapahannock after weekend at Edgewood.
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Courtney
Jones
Major
Don Hilbun
Birmingham
Ala
Nova Scotia
Canada
Hilbuns
Henderson
N. C
Kentucky
M. F. Henry Jones
Woodbine
C. B. Jones
Burwell Jacobs
Shaw Hill
Robert D. Bensel
New York
Frank Mass
Sowers
Syracuse
N. Y
Theodore Cox
Thomas Nelson Carte
Powhatan
Stuart Brown
Europe
Champe C. Conner, IV
Baltimore
John de Rose
Luxembourg
Christ Church
Millwood
Francis Rhen
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Clay Hill
Thomas Wright Meade
Towson, Md
Edgewood
Thomas
Tapahannock
Modern Etiquette Q and A Highlights
Advice column excerpts on dating manners and social conduct. A unmarried woman should introduce herself simply by stating her name. For travel etiquette a woman should ask the porter for help with window shades or luggage rather than a male passenger. The bride’s father should sit with his wife at the end of the first pew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Morgan
Lesson In English by Roberta Lee
In this column Roberta Lee cautions on word usage and pronunciation. It highlights correct phrasing for comparison and notes common mispronunciations such as Auld Lang Syne and typical misspellings like intense with an apostrophe.
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Roberta Lee
Vocabulary Lesson Promotes Methodical Word Mastery
A brief note urges daily vocabulary growth with a focus on the word methodical defined as orderly and systemic. It highlights using a word repeatedly to fix it in memory and includes an example about methodical regularity in behavior.
Old-Fashion Hymn Sing at Salem Church
Old-fashioned hymn sing at Salem Church of the Brethren, two and a half miles south of Stephens City, Sunday August 19 at 7 p m. Leader D W Heishman of Perry W Va and quartets Hershman Four Wardensville W Va Montague Avenue Methodist Junior Chow of this city will perform. public invited to attend and take part.
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Salem Church of the Brethern
Stephens City
Heishman
Perry
W. Va
Slanesville Notes Highlight Family Visits and Local News
Slanesville reports numerous relatives visiting from Baltimore New York and Ohio. Pfc Robert Thomas returns from Arizona to visit his parents while local families host guests from Sturgis Romney Cumberland and Westernport. Work on a new school building begins as festivals revivals and church activities fill the community calendar.
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Pfc
Robert Thomas
Arizona
William Thomas
Leo Carlin
New York
Thomas
Billy Thorne
Sturgis
S. D
Frank Thorne
Hugh Grapes
Iselin
N. J
Glenn Heavner
Roy Snyder
Cleveland
Ohio
Asa Kidwell
Lottie Smeltzer
Darksville
W. Va
Bernice Grubb
Peggy
Betty
Lafe Omps
Martinsburg
Alva Hockman
Mt Union Ladies Aid Meets at Winchester Home
The Ladies Aid of Mt Union Christian Church gathered at the home of Mrs Wycliffe Moreland in Winchester for the August meeting. Mr and Mrs Lonnie Bowen and son Bobby, recently in Hagerstown Maryland, are spending this week at their home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of
Mt. Union Christian Church
Lonnie Bowen
Bobby
Hagerstown
Assistant Principal at Clarke County HS Earns MA Degree
William L. Boyce has received a Master of Arts in secondary education from West Virginia University Morgantown WV. He was named assistant principal of Clarke County High School after earning a BA in secondary education from Shepherd College in 1948 and has held that post since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Boyce
West Virginia University
Morgantown
W. Va
Mr. Boyce
Clarke County High School
Shepherd College
British fleet deployment against the Bismarck
The pursuit and destruction of the German battleship Bismarck involved a massive British force, including four battleships, two aircraft carriers, one battlecruiser, and four cruisers, one of the largest naval efforts of its time.
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Bismarck
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Shirley Price
Braddock St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cecily Brownstone
Millwood Social Notes
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Thomas Clagett
Washington
Lucy Lee
Glen
Ralph Skynstead
Robert Powell Page
Robert Page
Saratoga
Thomas Meade
Louis Meade
Mary Page
Thomas Nelson Carter
Prestee
W. L. Gordon
Salem Church
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Slanesville
Slanesvile
Ward Taylor
Baltimore, Md
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Paw Paw
Frank Rit
Augusta
Gertie Laurgent
Slanesville Presbyterian
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Marie Whitacre
Edna Hockman
Essie Hockman
Leona Haines
Mildred Saville
Ida Shanholtz
Alta Snyder
Geraldine Loy
Edith Bloom
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Heavner
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Golda Alkire
Dorothy Moreland
Pauline Alkire
Edith Hopkins
Mabel McDonald
Zerby
Hottle
Mas
Neva Crouse
Geraldine
Thomas Moreland
Ann Webster
Woodrow Church
A. F. Hanes
Clarke County HS
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Underwater Suds Distributor
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