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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1947
Page
8
The 15th xeypegh tak 1932 class holds its event tomorrow evening with honors for Mr. and Mrs. Gar 1. R. Quarles Mr. and Mrs. Peesy and Mr. and Mrs. w Legge. Mrs. Peery and Leege served as sponsors. Charlotte Campbell will be mistress of ceremonies.
James D. G. Lindsay of Columbus Ohio and formerly Boyce will receive a B S degree in chemistry from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn tomorrow. Lindsay served three years as an Ensign in the U S N R and is a member of Sigma Pi American Chemical Society Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Miss Pavey Lupton returns home after a year at a Zurich school and travel in Switzerland. She plans a two week stay before resuming studies at Wellesley College for her senior year. Mr Benny Strother Mrs Turner Sirbaugh and children Charlotte and Stewart visit Mr and Mrs Ernest Whitlock in Baltimore.
A sunburn and skin irritant remedy named Gypsy Dream Wonder Relief is advertised as helpful for ivy and oak poison and other superficial irritations. The product is sold in a bottle priced at 59 cents.
Miss Lenora Addleman and Mr Robert McMinn were married yesterday at Lou doun St Presbyterian by Rev Ronald S Wilson. The bride teaches in Clarksville and the groom, a vocational agriculture supervisor at Wind Ridge’s Rich Hill High School, plans to live in Waynesburg after a wedding trip through the South.
Charles R. Ebert son of Mr and Mrs I W Ebert Amherst Street Keyser W Va completed his course in economics at Potomac State College Keyser Aug 22 and returned home He plans to be listed among spring graduates after serving 33 months with the Eighth Air Force and attending the University of Nebraska before transferring his credits to Keyser Institution
Officers and directors met at 7 30 p m August 26 at the Adams home on Martinsburg pike. The treasurer reported progress to date and the board was unanimously re elected for another year. W O Paulette named general superintendent amid community praise. Memorial service plans are in work with date to be announced. Present: D A Robinson S E Brown Clarence Robinson Mr and Mrs W E Adams Mr and Mrs J W McIlwee and W O Paulette.
Residents with relatives buried at Riding Chapel cemetery are asked to join a Saturday 1 p.m. cleanup to prepare for the homecoming on the first Sunday in September. Mrs. Mary E. Holler and daughter Ann along with Barbara Hannum and Daley Kenny have returned to the city after a ten day vacation to Buckroe Beach Ocean View and Virginia Beach.
The Leesburg Garden Club hosts its annual Flower Show at Belgrove the Fletcher home from 3 to 6 p m EST on September 13. Proceeds since 1939 fund Loudoun County Hospital Garden and Grounds. The program features five arrangement classes and three specimen classes including home grown vegetables. judging by popular vote with ribbons for the top three. The club, formed in 1915, supports school grounds and roadside projects and sent flowers to service hospitals during wartime.
The annual Sunday school picnic of Stines Chapel will be held Sunday at McDonalds Farm. Attendees meet at the chapel at 10 a.m. Sunday school and vesper services will occur on the picnic ground. Ladies Aid lawn party set for August 31 at 6 p.m. in the grove. The Mt Hope Church yard party is planned for September 6 at 6 p.m. eight miles from Stephens. Mrs Alfred Morgan of Staunton visits sister Miss Ruth Whitmore on Washington Street.
The Adult Department of Brad dock Street Methodist Church will meet in the Church Auditorium at 9 45 a m on Sunday for devotion and lesson. The Margaret Collins Denny Bible class leads with Miss Mary Louise Steele directing. Representatives from each class perform music by Historic Four Quartet and John Hawse presents the lesson. All Young Adult Comrade Bible Margaret Collins Denny and Golden Rule Bible Class members should attend, and visitors are welcome.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will hold its September meeting at 3 30 p m September 8 at the Nurses Home. Members are asked to note the time change. Mr William P McGuire new president will lead the meeting. All members are urged to attend to discuss plans for the year.
Miss Frances Cooley of Middletown is a patient at Memorial Hospital undergoing treatment for an infection.
Mr and Mrs Uncle Marple and Miss Patricia Ann Pingle of W Piccadilly street left yesterday for a week in Atlantic City. Guests at Mrs H L Myerly and Miss Mamie Tangary include Rev and Mrs Alfred Holman of Detroit Mr Gilbert Myerly of Dickerson Md and Rev and Mrs Harry S Myerly of Keyser W Va. Mr and Mrs Robert Baker Mr and Mrs Esten Taylor and Mrs George Seal of this city have returned home after visiting relatives in Attica and Willard Ohio.
A church roundup lists denominations and ministers including Jubilee Salem near Stephens City and Galilee Church of Christ. It notes Bible school times, morning worship, communion services, and Sunday schedule details across multiple congregations in the region.
Rev Charles Staunton will fill Grace Lutheran pulpit in Rev William Eisenberg’s absence. Rev Jurner Ashby Graves is to be installed as pastor of Hebron Church Madison and deliver the sermon. Hebron, organized 1717, in use since 1740, is Virginia’s oldest Lutheran house of worship.
A compact vocabulary note teaches daily word study with guidance on misused terms. It defines lavish as expending or bestowing profusely and gives usage examples, pronunciation hints, and reminders about common misspellings and mispronunciations.
A column discusses etiquette for leaving picnic waste, recommending denial of park access for repeat offenders. It also answers if a vacationing girl may send a postcard to a man who did not request it, and suggests an afternoon tea with dancing or games to introduce a new daughter-in-law.
Plants receive principal nourishment by taking in carbon dioxide from the air through their leaves and water from the ground through their roots.
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