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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1950

Page

10

Social Votes Births list many local newborns and former names

To Mr and Mrs Boyd Combs 1423 Berryville Ave a boy Mrs Combs is the former Miss Edith Cook To Mr and Mrs Kenneth Tomb rou 320 National Ave a boy Mrs Klin is a former Miss Cath erine Owens To Mr and Mrs Richard A Brown Nain a girl Mrs Brown is the former Miss Mabel McKay To Mr and Mrs William Ligon Route 2 a boy Mrs Ligon is the former Miss Rachel Norris To Mr and Mrs Henry Flowers 1198 Cameron St a girl Mrs Flowers is the former Miss Peggy Anderson To Mr and Mrs Owen C Holliday 337 Virginia a girl Mrs Holliday is the former Miss Lily Booth To Mr and Mrs Henry Newsome Middletown a girl Mrs Newsome is the former Miss Jane C O Leary To Mr and Mrs William S Foley Warrenton a boy Mrs Foley is the former Miss Charlotte

Thelma Lamp Boyd Combs Berryville Ave Combs Edith Cook Kenneth ‘Tombrou National Ave Klin Catherine Owens Richard A. Brown Nain Brown Mabel McKay William Ligon Route 2 Ligon Rachel Norris Henry Flowers Cameron St Flowers Peggy Anderson Owen C. Holliday Virginia Holliday Lily Booth Henry Newsome Middletown Newsome Jane C. O'Leary William 8. Foley Warrenton Foley Charlotte Anderson

Nov 10 Cambridge wedding and various local notices

The notice details a November 10 Cambridge wedding with Stanley Kelleigh and a Wayland bride, a Boston University physical therapy student, and a Harvard student groom. Other items include military assignments at Edgewood Arsenal, a Turner Ashby chapter meeting, Parsons leaving Berryville for Golden Colorado, and a Junior Century Club gathering hosted by Mrs. Rhodes with a MacArthur talk. Weather postpones Winchester Women of the Church meeting to next Monday.

Stanley Kelleigh Waldo Kelleigh Wayland Mass Cambridge School of Physical Therapy Boston University Harvard Rhodes Junior Century Club Paul Rhodes Leicester St Joseph Schroth General Douglas Macarthur Women of the Church of the Winchester Presbyterian Church

Calendar of Evening Club and Society Meetings

A list of local events from December 11 to December 13 includes meetings and gatherings at City Hall Rouss Hall Salvation Army Hall George Washington Hotel various homes and club rooms with organizations such as Eastern Star Municipal Band Lions Club Century Club American Legion Auxiliary Moose Club Alcoholics Anonymous Rebekah Lodge VFW Auxiliary Kiwanis Junior Century Club Girl Scout Leaders and Elks Club with specified times and venues. Helen Buckley is mentioned with a phone number in the header.

McKinley Eastern Star City Hall Madison Municipal Band Rouss Hall Winchester Camera Club Salvation Army Hall E. m Lions Club George Washington Hotel Lord Pairfax Garden Club Noble Pierce S. Stewart St The Century Club Jaquelin Smith Wolfe St American Legion Auxiliary Legion Home Moose Club Alcoholics-Anonymous Friendship Fire Hall Rebekah Lodge VFW Auxiliary District Nurses Association Paul Rhodes Leicester St Elks Club

Nicholson VanLear wedding announced in city

Mrs Beulah VanLear announces the marriage of her daughter Patricia Jean to Mr Van Dover Nicholson son of Mrs Willy Dodson both of the city. The ceremony at Market Street Methodist Church November 25 by Rev Edgar G Hill. The couple reside at 134 Morningside Drive. The bride attended Handley High School and works at Silco Store. The groom attended Stonewall High School and works for Wyatt Richard.

Beulah VanLear Patricia Jean van Dover Nicholson Willy Dodson Market Street Edgar G. Hill

Christmas Holiday Cake And Creamy Frosting Recipe

A holiday cake recipe by Cecily Brownstone with two 9 inch layer cakes. It includes ingredients for the cake batter and a creamy frosting made with butter sugar milk molasses and rum flavoring. The note suggests making the cake a day or two ahead for best flavor.

Secrets of Charm in Business Meetings

Practical guide to speaking effectively with strong stage presence. Emphasizes grooming, posture, clothing simplicity, and attentive listening to keep attention on the message and project confidence and poise.

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How to Look Your Best Advertisement Script

A promotional snippet offers fashion and style guidance by J R Powers with tips on poise and audience contact. It urges readers to share height and hip measurements to receive fabric textures colors and paint sketches, requesting a self addressed stamped envelope and 10 cents to cover costs.

National Newspaper Service Michigan City Indiana

Lesson In English by Roberta Lee

A compact English lesson by Roberta Lee covers common word mixups and pronunciations. It highlights tautology with twins and pair, explains parquet pronunciation, and differentiates blond and blonde. It defines intervention as interference affecting others and urges vocabulary growth one word at a time.

Roberta Lee

Proper Soup Etiquette and Introductory Replies

The guide outlines dipping the spoon edge away from the body, not overfilling, using the spoon’s side to sip, and avoiding noise. It advises a simple polite response of thanks after introductions, with an optional wish to meet again.

Bride's Privilege Shapes Church Wedding Custom

The bride typically chooses the church for the ceremony, often influenced by family tradition and the couple's faith. This custom reinforces the bride's role in defining wedding settings and religious observance.

Local People Attend West Virginia Rites for Mrs Griffith

Emma Williams and her daughter Nina Williams of this city attended the funeral of Mrs Anna M Griffith widow of Joseph Griffith of Tabler West Virginia. services were held Friday at 2 pm at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg with the Rev J R Collis officiating and interment in Green Hill Cemetery family lot.

Emma _ Williams Nina Williams Anna M. Griffith Joseph Griffith Tabler W. Va Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg J. R. Collis Green Hill Cemetery

Met Museum Displays Thousands of Items in New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York hosts more than six thousand distinct items on display, reflecting a vast and diverse collection across eras and cultures.

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City

Rock Enon Local Notes and Updates

Miss Bessie La Follette underwent an operation last Friday at Winchester Memorial Hospital and is improving. Oscar Fox suffered an eye injury at work and was hospitalized for several days. Mr and Mrs Lyle Jones moved into a new home from Martinsburg Pike. High waters last week and Thursday night washed away several bridges to homes, the highest Back Creek flood in over five years. Hog losses due to an advancing disease affect the area. Bryan Good has three fattened hogs sick currently.

Rock Enon Bessie la Follette Melvin Kump Winchester Memorial Hospital Oscar Fox Lyle Jones Martinsburg Pike Back Creek Bryan Good

Two New Aprons Pattern 4565 for All Sizes

Advertises Anne Adams Pattern 4565 for small to extra large bib and half aprons with scalloped pockets and flair. Includes size range 14 through 42 and complete illustrated instructions. Send twenty five cents for the pattern and name, address, zone, size, and style number to Winchester Star Pattern Dept. New York.

Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Early Army Air Forces origins and fuse ratings

The Army Air Forces began Aug. 1, 1907, as the Aeronautical Division of the Army Signal Corps, and consisted of one officer and two enlisted men. Average house lighting circuits function satisfactorily on 15 ampere fuses, while circuits work appliances may require 20 amperes.

Army Air Forces Army Signal Corps

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