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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1955

Page

3

Realty Transfers in Winchester Involve Several Property Trades

HM W Butler & Bros transfers to Ansel E Peer and wife a lot with improvements on Shenandoah Ave. James R Wilkins and wife convey a lot and improvements on Sher dan Ave to Duncan F Woodward and wife. Garland C Grim and wife transfer land and improvements on the east side of S Kent St to Stuart W Shuster and wife.

HM. W. Butler & Bro., Inc Ansel E. Peer Shenandoah Ave James R. Wilkins Duncan F. Woodward Sheridan Ave Garland C. Grim Stuart W. Shuster S. Kent St

Property transfers in Shawnee and Gainesboro districts

A series of land and improvements transfers recorded in Shawnee Vernon Opequon Stonewall Gainesboro and Reynolds Store areas. Transactions include buyers Marvin D Weaver Edward C Copenhaver A O Cooper Lula O Manuel Burton Hoover Joshua Place Michael Leslie and Phyllis McDowell with multiple sellers and parcels along routes and roads near Winchester Cross Junction Bellview Ave Hite Mill Road Welltown Pike and U S Route 522.

Marvin D. Weaver Woodrow W. Keller Shawnee Winchester Edward C. Copenhaver Ross C. Mell Opequon A. O. Cooper Calvin Luttrell Vernon Earl Shade John C. Alexander Bellview Ave Lula O. Manuel Giles Wm. Manuel Hite Mill Road Burton Hoover Lacy R. Flowers Welltown Pike Stonewall Joshua G. Place A E. Brenner Reynolds Store Gainesboro Michael Leslie Beatrice Virginia Smith Bath Cross Junction Dist Phyllis J. McDowell Murray Shapiro Edgewood Motor Court

Bethel Memorial Service Planned at Old Bethel Church

An all day Bethel Memorial Service honors deceased Millwood area residents. The 17th annual Bethel Baptist Memorial Association gathering starts 11 a.m. with lunch at noon and an afternoon session at 2:30 p.m. Robert Kane of Goshen delivers the morning address. A Mackay-Smith presides. Rev Paul E. Reiter leads the afternoon service.

Millwood Old Bethel Church Clarke County Bethel Baptist Memorial Association Robert Kane Goshen Bethel

W S C S District Appointments Made

Mrs Judson McCaleb of Front Royal announces new W S C S Winchester District appointments to fill resignations. New district secretary of missionary education is Mrs Raymond Wilson New Market. Edith Miller Zone leader is Mrs L G Johnson Woodstock Louise Lillard Zone leader is Mrs Charles York Stephens City. Seven zone leaders named with their present leaders plus two conference officers.

Judson McCaleb Front Royal Winchester Woman's Society of Christian Service The Methodist Church Raymond Wilson New Market J. Q. Galloway Dayton Missionary Education and Service L. G. Johnson Woodstock Wilson Edith Miller Charles A Bridgewater Frances Dwyer W. A. Shull Harrisonburg G. T. Bates Charles Graham

Grange Picnic At Lions Shelter

The Frederick County Pomona Grange hosts a picnic Saturday from 4 to 8 p m at the Lions Shelter in Senseny Park. All members and friends may attend each group brings its own picnic supper.

Frederick County Pomona Grange Lions Shelter Senseny Park

Origin of Italic Type Traced to Aldus Manutius

The sloping italic type was first used by Aldus Manutius in 1501 while printing a Virgil dedicated to the States of Italy. A legend says the style borrowed from Petrarch's handwriting.

Aldus Manutius Virgil Italy Petrarch

Bishop Quinn Visits Local Woman At Door

The husband of a local woman had just left the house when the doorbell rang. She was washing breakfast dishes and turned back thinking her husband forgot something. A pleasant voice replied I am from the same department and the visitor turned out to be Episcopal Bishop Clinton S. Quinn.

Houston Tex Angel Episcopal Clinton S. Quinn

Scratch Me Not Itch Me Not Ad

An advertisement touts Itch Me Not for external itching. Apply for relief and return to normal in 15 minutes, with a 40 cent price at Boyd's Drug.

Boyd's Drug

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