Strasburg native ties via marriage and local ties
Mary Amelia Strasburg daughter of Mrs. 4 Humphries Sr. to William B Humphries son of Mrs. G. E. Pully of Winchester. Humphries is a Bethal Hill N C graduate, Spartansburg alum, merchant seaman, owner of Loudoun Texaco in Winchester. Also mentions anniversary for Levi couple and a Presbyterian church Sunday school picnic at Jordan Springs with lunch and rides.
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Strasburg
Mary Amelia
William
Humphries
4 Humphries
G. E. Pully
Winchester
The
Presbyterian Church
Jordan Springs
Calendar of Events August 19 20 and 22
Community gathering schedule lists lawn and yard parties across local churches on August 19 including Congregational Christian Pine Grove Methodist and Presbyterian Marlboro with a softball benefit on Senseny Road. An August 20 reunion at Old Stone Greenspring features a service and visiting speaker along with an evening yard party and auction. August 22 offers an Eastern Star banquet Chanters at Market Street Church Madison lodge and a municipal band concert at Rouss hall.
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Congregational Christian Church
Odd Fellows Hall
Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Pine Grove Methodist Church
Senseny Rd
Presbyterian Church
Marlboro
Local columnist notes visits and summer plans across town
Roy Schmucker Jr visits Detroit relatives at 415 N Loudoun. Dr. Owen on furlough in Buenos Aires spends summer with the Baileys in Miami. Colonial Beach week with Stotlers. Dr. and Mrs. Lacy host Miss Slane in Charlottesville. Oglesby to Massanetta Springs Bible Conference Aug 24 with Ducknall and Bettinger Aug 26. Cary Marshall and others vacation at Virginia Beach with R. S. Washington. Braddock St youth host Market St and Montague Ave groups. Katheryn Eye speaker. Stuart Bailey returns from Mexico. Arthur Weber studies at William and Mary. Nelsons celebrate birth of daughter Page Mershon.
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Baileys
George Earle Owen
Buenos Aires
F. W. Bailey
Millwood Ave
Crystal Lake
Mich
Miami
Forrest Oglesby
Massenetta Springs
Joseph Ducknall
Mary Bettinger
Virginia Beach
Cary Marshall
Peyton Marshall Jr
Bo Brown
R. S. Washington
Arlington
Methodist
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Market St
Montague Ave
Katheryn Eye
Belgian Congo
Peggy Hottle
June Henshall
Marie Garber
Helen Johnston
Local Social Notes Highlight Teas Visits and Family Birthdays
Miss Haines visits Collingswood Miss Janice Haines of 1022 Woodland Ave. visits Miss Jane Ashcroft in Collingswood N J for several weeks. Miss Conrad hosts a tea at her S. Washington St. home. Mrs. Lindsay hosts a birthday party for niece Mary Ellen Sheetz at 702 Virginia Ave. Guests include Betsy Baker Leslie McNally and others. Visiting from Detroit Mr. and Mrs. James S. Goode and daughter Sally stay with Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Goode at 22 W Monmouth St. Vacationing in Virginia Beach are Mr. and Mrs. Perry B. Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lewis. Mrs. Goode hosts luncheon for Mrs. Kuykendall of Clearwater Fla. Eunice Miller visits grandparents C S Miller Soumesville.
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Haines
Janice Haines
Woodland Ave
Jane Ashcroft
Collingswood
N. J
Jack Lindsay
Virginia Ave
Mary Ellen Sheetz
Betsy Baker
Leslie McNally
Doris Webber
Becky Kitchen
Mary Sardelis
Charles
Tommy Polhamus
Dick Campbell
Bru Homer
Ray Curtis
Stevie Batserman
Henry Kern Jr
W. Monmouth St
Henry Kern 3d
Judy Baker
Stephaniy Crisman
Tommy Louthar
Jenny Shifflette
Billy Mason
Michael Berry
Joette Bailey
Ann D
Scott Kern
Davey Strance
David Childs
Tommy Wolfe
Berryville
Bonnie Perry
Front Rowal
Mester Kern
L. P
Detroit
James S. Goode
Sally
Goode
S. J. Goode
Monmouth St
Interstate Commerce Department
Virginia Beach
Perry B. Wright
Valley Ave
Albert Lewis
Chevy Chase
Eunice Miller
Eunice Mae Miller
Garnett Miller
Ridgeway
Mrs. C. S. Miller
Soumesville
Birth of a Daughter to Mr and Mrs Guy Snead
A daughter was born at 320 National Ave to Mr and Mrs Guy Snead. Mrs Snead is the former Miss Sarah Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Snead
National Ave
Local Social Notes From Slanesville and Nearby
Slanesville August 19 reports Mrs Wilson Disney and Takoma Park visitors with lingering family ties. Akron Ohio guests visited Asa Kidwell home. Attendance at Capon Bridge service and Stanley Hostess picnic at Augusta Grove noted. J D Berry aged 99 attends events and Inez Cowgill Edith Cowgill and Nora Kidwell entertain with guitar. Ina Bennett visits Asa McDonald. Leo Haines visits Dawson family at Shanks.
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Slanesville
Wilson Disney
Takoma Park
Homer Hockman
W. T. Hockman
Akron
Ohio
Asa Kidwell
Capon Bridge
Earl Cowgill
Stanley
Floyd Cowgill
Augusta Grove
Kathleen Walls
Inez Cowgill
Edith Cowgill
Nora Kidwell
J. D Berry
Ina Bennett
Asa McDonald
Leo Haines
Dawsons
Shanks
Wainwright Urges More Beds for Veterans Hospitals
Gen Jonathan Wainwright national commander of the Disabled American Veterans demands 16 000 additional beds for veterans hospitals. He clashed with VA head Carl Gray Jr over staffing and funding while in Cleveland for the national convention. Gray cited only 4500 vacant beds due to staffing shortages despite beds being cut from the building program.
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Cleveland
Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
Carl R. Gray Jr
Gray
Veterans Hospitals
Grimes August Community Notes and Local Events
Grimes August 19 report notes preaching at Galilee Church and a baptismal service in Back Creek at De Haven led by Rev. Wilbur Reed and Rev. Albert Quenzel. It records the illness of Walter Brown, a death of Caleb J. Orndorff, attendance at the White Hall mite society meeting, and the American Legion picnic at Jordan Springs. Nearby residents Earl and Helen Collins visited Rock Oak and Kirby WV, while Warren Lake and family visited Walter Brown. A heavy rainfall blocked mail delivery by crossing DeHaven Creek. Rose Hill farm owner Mrs. Ernest Clevenger had all buildings painted.
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Back Creek
de Haven
White Hall Mite Society
Mary Orndorff
Winchester
American Legion
Jordan Springs
Stephenson
Earl
Helen Collins
Rock Oak
Kirby
West Virginia
Warren Lake
Charles Town
Walter Brown
DeHaven
Ernest Clevenger
Rose Hill Farm
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
A compact English lesson listing common usage errors mispronunciations and misspellings. It corrects phrases like this fact is known universally by all and explains pronunciation for demise ec z ema gar r ulity and other terms. It promotes daily vocabulary growth with a word of the day.
Greene reunion attendees and local visits reported
High View August 19 notes Mrs Dudley and acres Snapp visit Mr and Mrs Irvin Williams and family. Greene reunion at Bealton attended by Mr and Mrs Chambers Jr and family. W A Orndorff visited Mrs Mary Steele. Dan Brumback and children of Stephens City spent day with Lillian Williams and family. A P Magick and daughter of Bentonville with Marvin White family. Earl Allansson of Phoebus visiting John Bauserman's parents. Ross Boyd and children of Winchester visited Chambers Greene Jr. family. Reverend Clarence Capp of Indiana visiting relatives.
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High View
Dudley
Acres Snapp
George Snapp
Irvin Williams
Chambers Some Jr
Greene
Bealton
W. A. Orndorff
Mary Steele
Dan Brumback
Stephens City
Lillian Williams
A. P. Magick
Bentonville
Marevin White
Earl] Allansson
Phoebus
John Bauserman
Ross Boyd
Winchester
Chambers Greene Jr
Clarence Capp
Indiana
Modern Etiquette Q&A on correcting friends and breakfast decor
A reader asks whether to correct a friend who makes glaring grammar errors and if correction should occur only on request. The column offers guidance on tactful, considerate feedback and suggests practical breakfast table decor like a bowl of fruit.
Church services and events in Brucetown area churches
Religious notices list multiple Methodist and Brethren worship times and gatherings across Brucetown Stephenson Winchester and surrounding communities. Homecoming Bible schools communion dinners fellowship meetings evangelistic services and Sunday schools with arrangements and pastors named for each location.
Mourning Etiquette and Disease Note Briefs
A reader asks if a woman may wear mourning for a deceased fiancé and is advised she may wear the same mourning as for a sister or brother. The piece also mentions that mosquitoes spread diseases such as malaria yellow fever and dengue.
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Mary
Clarke County School Board Names New Secretary
Board Secretary Mrs Grayson Sponseller Jr is named secretary to Clarke County School Board in the office of Supt Robert Burton. A former Social Security Board employee in Washington she has assisted in the Production Marketing Association office at Berryville courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Sponseller Jr
Clarke County School Board
Robert Burton
Social Security Board
Washington
Sponseller
Production Marketing Assn
Berryville
Sew this gay classic pattern 4931 for Jr. Miss sizes
Rush Week ready with a molded bodice flare skirt and high neck. Pattern 4931 fits Jr. Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 and size 13 uses 334 yards of 39 inch fabric. Include name address size and style number when sending twenty five cents to Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Prine
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