Local Votes Miss Coble Returns Home and Travel Notes
Local notices recount Adelaide Coble returning home to 7 N Washington St after visiting relatives in Washington and Blackstone. Mary Robinson and niece plan to travel to Williamsburg for The Common Glory and The Lost Colony. Burlington visit ends. Washington day trip. Staunton 50th anniversary observance for Argenbright parents. Virginia Beach vacation for Novicks. Jean Robinson visits Washington family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Mary Robinson
W. Cecil Sr
Martha Robinson
H. Delmer Robinson
Staunton
E. W. Argenty
Jewel and Judy
Mr. Argenbright
P. M. Argenbright
Poison and skin irritations in sunlight advice
A brief drug filing notes sun related poison ivy or oak irritations and superficial skin irritations with Brooks' Pharmacy contact at phone 6461.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Calendar of events for August schedule
August 22 events include Eastern Star banquet at Sarah Zane hall Chanters at Market St Church Madison lodge Municipal band at Rouss hall. August 23 Lions club Exe club Rebekah lodge Barter players in On Youth at Middle urg. August 24 Kiwanis club Yard party at Greenway UB church Double zolgats Chicken ham supper Elks club at Elke home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Zane Hall
Market St. Church
Madison Lodge
Rouss Hall
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Rebekah Lodge
Middleurg
Kiwanis Club
Greenway UB Church
Winchester Area Social News Briefs Include Visits and Returns
Mr. Jennings formerly of Winchester now of Charles Town returned home after weeks in Winchester hospital. Mrs. June Robinson of 1701 5S Stewart Sr. visited Washington and returned. Master John White of Richmond spent a week with Master John Finley Kirkpatrick in Winchester. Dorothy Mills of Front Royal returns to enter Winchester hospital school of nursing senior class. James Lee Courtney and sons J Lee Jr and Charles Alan Rt. 2 returned from Roanoke Graham NC Dublin Pulaski New River visits. Mrs. Sarah J. Ebersole remains ill at her son M A Ebersole’s home with Howard Ebersole visiting from Baltimore. Grace Miller Hayden returns home after Madison College postgraduate summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jennings
Winchester
Charles Town
Winchester Hospital
Robinson
Washington
June Robinson
Stewart Sr
Master White
Kirkpatrick
John White
Richmond
John Finley Kirkpatrick
J. F. Kirkpatrick
Peyton St
Mills
Dorothy Mills
Front Royal
Winchester Hospital School of Nursing
Courtneys
James Lee Courtney
J. Lee Jr
Charles Alan
Rt. 2
Roanoke
Graham
N. C
Dublin
Pulaski
New River
Courtney
Austinville
Ebersole
Sons
Sarah J. Ebersole
M. A. Ebersole
Howard Ebersole
Baltimore
Hayden
Madison College
Grace Miller Hayden
Cedar Creek
Local residents' visits and family events reported
Mrs Richard Lewis and Mrs Irvan O Connell returned home after days in Connecticut. Miss Myre Farrell from Chicago arrived for an extended visit with Mr and Mrs Lee A Ebert. Mrs Martha Campbell spent two days in Front Royal visiting friends. Donnie Stickley, son of Mr and Mrs Don Stickley of Strasburg, is a patient in Winchester hospital. Mr and Mrs J M Fry of Middletown welcomed a daughter. Mr and Mrs Frank Fogle Jr and son attended the Bowers reunion near Toms Brook. Mr and Mrs Howard Allen of Washington spent the weekend with Mrs William Lee Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Coble
Adelaide Coble
A. Lee Coble
N. Washington St
Howard Allen
Washington
Blackstone
Richard Lewis
Whittier Ave
Ext
Irvan O’connell
S. Loudoun St
Connecticut
Chicago
Myre Farrell
Inlaw
Lee A. Ebert
National Ave
Mrs. Campbell
Martha Campbell
Front Royal
Mr. Stickley
Donnie Stickley
Don Stickley
Strasburg
Winchester Hospital
Frank Fogle Jr
Bowers
Robert Fisher
Toms Brook
Home Agent's Weekly Schedule Blaksburg Week of Aug 22
Home agents in Blacksburg attend state extension workers conference all week. Aug 23 events include a 6 p.m. picnic with Mrs E A Richard and a 7 30 p.m. W Frederick 4 H club meeting. Aug 24 1 30 p.m. Stonewall HD club meeting with Mrs John Slack and picnic supper. Aug 25 2 p.m. Evandale HD club meeting with Mrs Ina Hollar plus a refrigerator salads and desserts demonstration by leaders. 7 30 p.m. Friendly Grove 4 H club meeting at Mountain Falls Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksburg
Friendly Grove
E. A. Richard
W. Frederick
Stonewall HD Club
John Slack
M. Evandale HD
Ina Hollar
Mountain Falls
Births for Aug 20 21 list nine families and babies
Birth notices report nine new arrivals on August 20 and 21. Families include Myers Hines Robinson Fahnstocks Shull Gladden Gardner Dick Lewis Hodson Greathouse with mothers listed by maiden names Blair Wright Statham Luttrell Long Fincham Webber Swisher Wines and Brown. The final line notes a claimed world subzero record of 90 degrees below zero in Verkree Siberia in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryley Myers
Shryock Ave
Myers
Madeline Blair
Leonard Hines
Romney
Hines
Sabine Wright
Walter Robinson
Liberty Ave
Robinson
Ruth Statham
Randolph Fahnestock
Fahnestock
Ordelia Luttrell
Edward Shull
Middletown
Shull
Sadie Long
Calvin Gladden
North River Mills
Gladden
Isabella Swisher
David Gardner
Strasburg
Gardner
Birdie Fincham
Charles Dick
Handley Ave
Lucille Webber
Kenneth Lewis
Clearbrook
Lewis
Willetta Brown
James Hodson
Hodson
Eva Smith
Charles Greathouse
Berryville
Greathouse
Betty Wines
Verkree Siberia
Third in Family Stricken One Died Of Arsenic Poisoning
In Jacksonville Michigan Bernard Bruening 24 is hospitalized with symptoms like those of his wife Marie 23 and brother Marvin 20 who died from arsenic poisoning. Marie's autopsy was inconclusive and Marvin died July 1. a coroner's inquest is paused for FBI organ analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Bernard Bruening
Bruening
Passavant Hospital
Marvin
Marie Bruening
FBI
Washington
Biocytin Emerges as New Vitamin in Tiny Amounts
Cambridge scientists report isolation of biocytin a new vitamin-like growth factor found in yeast extract. Its amount is extremely small with four months needed to produce a tiny pure batch. Biocytin closely related to biotin stimulates certain bacteria and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemuel D. Wright
Sharp & Dohme and
Merck & Co
Wright
Americans Accused Of Aiding Reds In Budapest Fete
A United States diplomat in Prague criticizes about 200 Americans at a world youth and student festival in Budapest. He says some leaders are making silly anti American shows, denouncing leaders and demanding the Internationale. The diplomat notes the festival’s communist influence and limited understanding among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
New York
Paris
Stalin
Outdoor cooking and home backyard fireplace ideas
Promote building an outdoor fireplace or barbecue pit for summer outings and picnics at home. The government booklet FIREPLACES AND CHIMNEYS, 56 pages, is offered for fifteen cents postpaid by The Winchester Star Information Bureau in Washington DC.
Library of Congress cancels prize awards over Pound choice
Aug 22 Washington the Library of Congress drops all prize plans after controversy over Ezra Pound winning a 1948 poetry prize. Pound, once accused of treason, is in St Elizabeths hospital. Senate House committee and Librarian Luther Evans push to cancel all future awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Library of Congress
Ezra Pound
Pound
St. Elizabeth’s
Bollengen Foundation
Senate House Library Committee
Green
D-Ri
Luther H. Evans
Librarian of
Congress
WCTU denounces blood sellers at convention
The president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union urged charity blood banks to stop accepting unfit blood from donors seeking money to buy liquor. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin told the 75th annual WCTU convention that selling blood for drinking funds has become prevalent among vagrants who call it peddling the red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Today
D. Leigh Colvin
WCTU
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
A compact English lesson by W. L. Gordon on words often misused mispronounced and misspelled. It lists examples like long way off and shares pronunciation guides for gaucherie and go-she-re and defines synonyms for enlarge and expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Her
Pope
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas
A column argues that despite East West divisions and enforcement limits the United Nations has reduced a minor war and grown global goodwill. It notes historic doubts about new tech but celebrates broad public support for world cooperation as a hopeful trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Modern Etiquette Q&A on introductions and manners
Roberta Lee answers how to signal who is introduced in a two name form by emphasizing the more important name. She notes informal dinners do not require a written thank you but suggest praising the hostess and hosting later. The sherbet glass should be held by the stem, not the bowl. The piece adds that panama hats originate from Ecuador and Colombia.
One Day Dress Pattern by Anne Adams
Busy mother can sew a dress in one day with two pattern parts and optional peplum collar belt. Pattern 4993 includes panties size 2 4 6 8 with full illustrated instructions and fit tested, sent for 25 cents to Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
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