Local News Roundup and Social Happenings
Socal residents return from Ocean City and visits span Washington D C Wynnewood Pa and Bradenton Fla Miss Mary Martha Eisenberg returns to Washington after a weekend with the Eisenbergs in Stewart Street Mrs Evelyn Cohen visits relatives in Wynnewood Pa A Neese family gathering includes Rev J Lt Neese of Bradenton and Rev J Everette Neese of Norfolk A miscellaneous shower honors Katherine Leigh Clark as her August 27 wedding to Luther Wilbur Kersey approaches Memorial Hospital administrator Homer Alberti leaves for Atlanta for a Southern states pre convention meeting of the AHA House of Delegates Alberti represents Virginia at the Chicago gathering where the AHA holds about ten thousand members
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martha Eisenberg
Washington, D. C
William E. Eisenberg
Stewart
First Baptist Church
Katherine Leigh Clark
Luther Wilbur Kersey
Homer Alberti
Memorial Hospital
Atlanta
House of Delegates
American Hospital Association
Alberti
Virginia
AHA
Chicago
Miss Campbell Weds John Clayton Lee in Old Stone Church
Miss Phyllis Hope Campbell of this city married John Clayton Lee of White Post in a 4 PM ceremony at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church. Rev. Robert C. Bradford Jr. officiated as family members looked on with music by Carolyn Renner. The couple plans to live at Providence White Post after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Hope Campbell
John Clayton Lee
White Post
Old Stone Presbyterian Church
Robert C. Bradford Jr
Carolyn Renner
Lee
Thomas John Campbell
Edward Barrington Lee
Hugh Thomas Campbell
Charles R. Suddith
Mary Ann Smith
Edward Barrington Lee, Jr
Randolph-Macon Academy
Washington and Lee University
Florida Southern College
Lakeland
Fila
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Marine Base
Quantico
Mr and Mrs Linden Ramey Name Daughter Sharon Kay
Hayfield couple announce the birth of their infant daughter Sharon Kay with mother identified as the former Maxine Link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Ramey
Hayfield
Sharon Kay
Ramey
Maxine Link
Calendar of events for August 20 21 22 in local clubs
August 20 lists VFW Auxiliary picnic with Mrs Dayton Easter at 6 30 p m then Madison Lodge Municipal Band at Rouss and Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel. August 21 features Lions Club Lord Fairfax Garden Club Board of Control Exchange Club Moose Rebekah Lodge Alcoholics Anonymous Eagles Auxiliary and 8 P C A at George Washington Hotel. August 22 includes Kiwanis Club lunch and Flight A Air Force Reserve Squadron at the Golf Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Dayton Easter
Madison Lodge
Rouss
George Washington Hotel
Lions Club
Lord Fairfax Garden Club
Board of Control of Exchange Club
E. Boscawen St
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Home
Rebekah Lodge
Alchoholics Anonymous
First Baptist Church
Eagles
Eagles Home
Kiwanis Club
Air Force Reserve Squadron
Duplicate Bridge
Golf Club
Local Socials and Travels Include Weddings and Beach Trips
Mrs Joseph P Miller hosted a linen shower for Miss Mary Martha Eisenberg ahead of her marriage to Charles A Robertson. Families and friends, including the Kremer and Pierce households, returned from Virginia Beach and Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Mrs M A Dyer plans a Roanoke move. Dr Orville G Van Deusen attends a Southern Orthodontists meeting. infant Stephanie Ray Porter joins Delmar Porter family. Other residents traveled to Ocean City and Bel Air for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Miller
W. Clifford St
Mary Martha Eisenberg
Charles A. S. Robertson
Orville G. van Deusen
Dr. VanDeusen
Southern Society of Orthodontists
Births Report From Local Families
Birth notices list newborn girls and boys for multiple couples across towns. Names include Eldren Conard and Bertha Lee, Stanley Holcombe and Dorothy Knode, Roger Sherman and Elizabeth Tucker, Earl Bilsky and Betty Fink, George Caylor and Mary Smallwood, Wilmer Campbell and Mary Whitely, Francis Anderson and Lucille Smith, Ray Hensley and Beulah Lam. Dates include August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldren Conard
Clearbrook
Conard
Bertha Lee
Stanley Holcombe
Battle Ave
Holcombe
Dorothy Knode
Roger Sherman
Fairview Ave
Sheman
Elizabeth Tucker
Earl Bilsky
Cumberland
Bils
Berryville
Hensley
Beulah Lam
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
An English lesson column reviews misused and mispronounced words and urges daily vocabulary growth. It notes gregarious meaning social and recounts the 1904 Newport speeding case of Michael Woods who served five days for driving 20 mph and earlier a $15 fine for 18 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jeen
Newport
Mrs Showalter Dies At Her Home In City
Blanche Pearl Showalter 70 died Saturday at 310 Highland Ave. She was born October 15 1885 in Frederick County daughter of Joseph and Sarah J Sargent Carper widow of Omer J Showalter. Funeral Tuesday 2 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Dr E T Clark First Baptist Church. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Pearl Showalter
Highland Avenue
Frederick County
Joseph and
Sarah J. Sargent Carper
Omer J. Showalter
Jones Funeral Home
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Miss Christena Snapp Dies at Fawcett's Gap
Miss Christena E. Snapp 82 died early Saturday at her home in Fawcett's Gap after two years as an invalid. Born December 16 1873 she lived all her life at the Snapp home. Survived by brother H T Snapp four nephews including Garland Snapp and Oren Granville Snapp all of Frederick County one niece Kathleen Swing and three great nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday at 4 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Snyder Alleman. interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christena E. Snapp
Fawcett’s Gap
Ursula Bly
Miss Snapp
Snapp
Joseph Henry
Mary Ann Brumback Snapp
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
H. T. Snap
Jones Funeral Home
Snyder Alleman
Spring Grove
J. Granville Snapp
Leonard Snapp
Garland Snapp
Roland Snapp
James Swing
C. Lucian Brumback
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Symbolic meanings of flags at Coast Guard Memorial Chapel
Each of the 16 flags represents a virtue of mankind. The virtues named include faith hope charity prudence fortitude justice temperance patience kindness altruism piety Godly fear loyalty knowledge wisdom and understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard Memorial
New London
Conn
Annual Penny Fair at Rouss Park Wednesday
The Winchester Recreation Department hosts the annual Penny Fair at Rouss Park Playground on Wednesday weather permitting. From 10 am youngsters buy penny tickets for games fortune telling and refreshments with activities running until 2 pm then more games prizes and treats follow. If bad weather arrives the event moves to Thursday or the first clear day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouss Park
Winchester Recreation Department
Recreation Department
Virginia Woolen Company Names Two New Managers
W H Mellor Jr plant manager announces two new management roles at Virginia Woolen Company Elbert Tripp named Technical Superintendent transferred from Statesville North Carolina from Seminole Mills United Merchants Manufacturers Inc and B Co Shults Sr named Industrial Engineer from Klopman Mills Inc Also previously with Burlington Industries both couples reside in Berryville Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Woolen Company
W. H. Mellor, Jr
Elbert Tripp
B. Co. Shults, Sr
Tripp
Statesville
N. C
Seminole Mills
United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc
Helen Lyons
Lawrence, Mass
Tripps
Berryville
Shults
Klopman Mills, Inc
Burlington Industries
Judy Webster
Burlington, N. C
TV Convention Coverage Tailored To Fit Time Zones
New York reports that TV and radio networks adjust the Republican National Convention schedule to fit East Coast prime time. Plans shift sessions to 6:30 p m EST and 3:30 p m Pacific, with networks airing from 2 p m EST for the first day and 6:30 p m to close on most days, Mutual airing at 6:45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
ABC TV
ABC Radio
Cbs-Tv
CBS Radio
NBCTV
NBC Radio
Mutual
Modern Etiquette Q and A on Bereavement Calls and Letters
Advice on handling calls of condolence for bereaved families and on addressing envelopes with proper name abbreviations. It explains allowing the family to decide if an intimate friend should visit, and advises against abbreviations unless the person signs with an abbreviated name. It also notes seating at dinners should use the side with easiest access.
Were the Maid of the Mist Boats the Original Niagara Falls Vessels
The two Maid of the Mist boats destroyed by fire in 1955 were the third and fourth of the name built in 1885 and 1891. The first boat from 1846 lasted a few seasons and the second from 1854 was retired in the 1860s after the company failed. The burning boats had operated annually since launch and were in drydock on the Canadian side for repairs when the fire started.
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Niagara Falls
W.W. A
Three to Attend Insurance Convention
The weekly premium division of Atlantic Life Insurance Company announced that John W. Hughes Jr, W A Roberts and Richard K Eddy are among those qualified to attend its annual convention. The convention starts tomorrow at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Atlantic Life Insurance Company
John W. Hughes, Jr
W. A. Roberts
Richard K. Eddy
Ambassador Hotel
Atlantic City
Gregory Speaker For Lions Club
Dr. Warren Gregory will be guest speaker at the Lions Club luncheon at 12 15 p m tomorrow at the George Washington Hotel on polio. John Yeates of Richmond, state representative of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, also on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Gregory
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Gregory
John Yeates
Richmond
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
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J. R. Neff
Kernstown
Ocean City, Md
Evelyn Cohen
Wynnewood, Pa
May Durell
Bynum M. Neese
Woodland Ave
Mr Neese
J. Lt. Neese
Bradenton, Fla
J. Everette Neese and
Miss Campbell
Seventh District of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Waynesboro
Earl Kerns
Christ Episcopal Church
Fairfax Room
Valley Mill Hdc
Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club
Virginia Schuller
Berryville Pike
Myrtle Carlisle
Margaret Brown
Elk’s Lodge
Shade's Park
Bobbie Conrad
J. T. Kremer
Janey
Tommy
Virginia Beach
Robert Pierce
Douglas Butler
Jimmy and
Scotty
Rehoboth Beach
Del
M. A. Dyer
W. Fairfax Lane
Roanoke
Delmar Porter
Berryville Ave
Stephanie Ray Porter
Frederick M. Ritter
Ray Garrabrand
Winchester Golf Club
Wilbur Feltner
Jill
Jeff
Dela
Audrey Higgs
Louise Grandstaff
Ocean City
Kathleen McCartney
W. Cork St
W. Piccadilly St
Helen Samsell
Bel Air
Cardiff
Delta, Pa
Clarence Weimer
Douglas Cassel
Douglas, Gregg
Karen
Baltimore
Mrs. Thurman Pierce
Huntsberrys
W. L. Gordon
Razor
Schick
Remington
Sunbeam
Gaunt
Martha Raye
Comedienne
Miami Beach
Miami
Ed Begley
James S. Ritter
City
M. Ralph Cather
Harry R. Farmer
Harry N. Deavers
Edgar W. Mason
Lon G. Carpenter
Julian K. Ar
Mel
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Culligan O
Millwood Ave
Winchester
Lovett Brothers
the Clinic
Livett Bros
Loudoun St
Charles Mercer
Roberto Lee
Pullman
Wardrob
Buxton
Lane
W. Boscawen ST
Gregory Speaker
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Heavenly Carpets
Cather’s Department Store
Timberlake
Miller's Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Formica
Tan
PE Mediase Aest
Piccadilly St
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