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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
10
AARP Picnic Committee in the Shenandoah Valley held a local gathering with Henry Jordon serving as chairman and Noah Lutz as assistant chairman guiding the event planning and oversight.
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its regular monthly dinner at the Lee Jackson Restaurant with guest Mrs. Marjorie Copenhaver from Farmers & Merchants Bank delivering a talk on wills trusts inheritance tax and heirs rights. Members were urged to wear B P W pins at future meetings and the August board picnic is planned for Aug 28 at 6 30 p.m. at Dorothy Lindsay’s home 702 Virginia Ave. The next regular membership meeting is set for Sept 9 at the Lee Jackson Restaurant.
Clarence Fletcher, market master, lists cabbage beans tomatoes corn cucumbers beets squash onions eggs cured meat dressed rabbits flowers and baked goods for sale at the Farmer's Market tomorrow morning opening at 6 o clock at the corner of Kent and Boscawen Streets.
Evening calendar lists multiple gatherings including duplicate bridge at George Washington Hotel and Town House Restaurant, Woodmen of the World Fraternal Order of Eagles at Intermont Church, Mount Williams Baseball Club yard party, Himelright and Cather reunions, VFW Auxiliary, Job's Daughters, Exhausters Auto Club, DeMolay at Masonic Building, Frederick County Fire Association, Madison Lodge, and DeDuplicate bridge sessions at local venues with times from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Various reunions, fraternal and civic meetings are scheduled across Braddock Street Church, Jaycee Shelter No. 2, and surrounding locations.
A fragmented calendar lists events for youths and families including platter parties for 13 to 19 year olds at Lions and Platter Party at Wea Key Club Shelter with various time slots. Reunions at Kiwanis and Nimrod Whitacre shelters run all day, plus a Little League picnic at 1 to 5 pm and a Christian fellowship at Old Bethel Church.
Mr and Mrs Jason R Whetzel Jr of Route 1 Berryville are noted as married on August 15 1959 by the local officiant. The blurb records a wedding in the community with witness details not provided.
Dr J Luther Mauney a Virginia Lutheran pastor will speak at Luray Jones Vespr service with support from Culpeper Baptist Church choir directed by Harry Forbes. Carillon recital scheduled for 7 05 p m at the venue.
The notices list multiple births to families in William Clarence Sirk, William Joseph Davis, Thurman Osborne Ballenger, George Moore Kincaid, Allen Keith Richman, Donald Ray Simms, Elmer Ray Maple, Henry Virgil Durlin Jr., Wayne Arthur Whitham, and Charles Dwain Andrews, with names for each newborn and the mothers' maiden names. Additional Grange notes report Middletown Grange reports, officer election Aug 26, new members Sept 9, and Frederick County Pomona Grange plans to meet Sept 14 with the Pomona Degree Team.
Miss Susan Diane Bierer daughter of Mr and Mrs William Richardson Bierer of Maple Lawn Farm married Dr Thomas Lynn Bibb son of Mr and Mrs James B Bibb of Beckley West Virginia at 2 30 PM in First Presbyterian Church with ceremony by Dr George Jackson. The bride wore chantilly lace and carried a Madagascar Stephanotis cattleya bouquet. Bridesmaids wore white peau de soie gowns with tiara crowns. Best man was J B Bibb Jr, with ushers from Richmond Stephens City and Beckley. The couple will reside in Fincastle after wedding and both hold degrees from Handley Longwood and Virginia Tech.
Local residents attended the annual School of Missions for the Virginia Conference Woman's Society of Christian Service at Randolph-Macon College in Lynchburg August 19 to 23 and the Wesleyan Service Weekend of Mission Study August 24 to 25. District officers and members listed include Mrs Harold Rowe Ellsworth Keller Secretary of Missionary Education Mrs W A Fisher Gainesboro Spiritual Life Mrs A F Lillard Stephens City Zone leader, plus Miss Margaret Duvall Burnt Factory and other region members. Relatives and guests visited Col Ralph W Keller at Maxwell Air Force Base and Dorothy Himelright hosted guests Mrs Bertha Richards and Mrs Violet Shultz.
L L Lamb of Patrick County is listed with BB Patrick County Memorial in Stuart for a 29th annual Convocation ceremony to be held in New York City. Mrs Eva Hodson of Strasburg, Mrs Viola Pierce of 45 West Bond Street recover after hospital stays. Mr and Mrs Albert Brown host a picnic in honor of granddaughter Shirley Dyke who departs for Alaska.
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