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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1971
Page
6
Miss Alice Jean Iser married Timothy William Smelser on a Saturday ceremony. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ear Iser of Rt. 2.
Winchester chapter 1367 of the Women of the Moose met with Senior Regent Glenda Cola presiding. Twenty nine members attended the session which included balloting on a new candidate and minutes read by recorder Eleanor Christianson. A Roaring 20s dance was announced for this evening from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. and a Ritual practice set for Monday at 7 30 p.m. The group adjourned to meet again Sept 11 with refreshments served in the social room.
Miss Leslie Jean Hughes of Green Acres after a trip abroad earned a 95 in the Anglo International Festival of Music in England, the highest piano score. Adjudicator Mauri Sluszny praised her as a fine musician who "likes music" and produces a good piano tone, with Chopin in particular. A Yugoslav prince exile awarded her a gold medal and certificate.
Evening schedule lists Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel at 7 45 p m Madison Lodge No 6 IOOF at 8 p m and S P E S B Q S A Barbershop Chorus at 8 p m at the 1st Methodist Church the entries reflect a small town social calendar.
Birth announcements list Raymond Lee Orndorff III at Moorefield West Virginia. Also Christy Lynn Meadows Vanessa Banks Christopher Bashan Rodney Wayne Jr Tony William Westfall and Marsha Hart Levi are newly born to local residents with mothers' maiden names provided.
The Winchester TAC Club and Sigma Alpha International sponsor the Junior Miss pageant at Shenandoah College Auditorium at 7 30 tonight. Eight contestants vie for the 1971 72 local Junior Miss title with judging based on poise, arts, and youth fitness, not a bathing suit contest. The winner advances to state competition in Roanoke in January.
The Presgraves Reunion at Lions Shelter in Winchester Recreation Park drew 91 relatives. Awards went to Joseph Bailey oldest attendee, James and Roger Presgraves longest distance from Potomac MD, Viola Presgraves largest family, Homer Presgraves married longest, Sunny Huff most recently married, and Mellisa Jo Boyce youngest. Next year’s reunion will be on the fourth Sunday in August.
At the August meeting of the Winchester Business and Professional Women's Club Henry Lowry screened the color sound film It s our Choice highlighting metal recycling efforts. Following the film Mr and Mrs Joseph Zucker man outlined recycling steps for tin aluminum cans bottles and newspapers and club officers led the business sessions.
In postwar Italy a domestic help shortage collides with an organized and militant maid workforce. Wages and protections rose after the 1958 law, yet ads show only one maid per three job seekers. Some maids seek unions while foreign workers fill gaps, though pay and protections vary.
The Exchangette Club hosts its monthly dinner at Winchester Country Club with guest speaker Mrs Clinton Edwards director of Concern. A Gloucester native now living in Virginia and Maryland, she and her husband based at the Martinsburg computer center have two daughters Ginger at VCU Nursing Richmond and Barbara at Massey JC Atlanta. 516 Barr St is their home.
Ada M. Hott and Roy G. Fultz were united in marriage at the Methodist Church on Van Fossen Street by Rev. George Burroughs. The couple celebrated with close friends and relatives, then planned a two week Florida trip before settling in Winchester.
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