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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1949
Page
8
The program notes that Tom Scully is to be Soholzr and that "Chip" Hardy will direct the band for the upcoming event dedicated to parents.
The American Association of University Women meeting features a piano program by a local pianist including Rachmaninoff and Chopin pieces. The international relations group will discuss Yugoslavia at 3 p.m. January 12 at Mrs. William Eisenberg's home.
Readable fragments show Brooks Pharmacy promoting gift headquarters with gift sets for Xmas including toilet sets brush and comb sets stationery and assorted Xmas candies and greeting cards. The ad highlights gift options and seasonal items from a local pharmacy.
Calendar lists daily meetings and parties across organizations. Eastern Star Lions Club Exchange Club Century Club American Legion auxiliary Mo oh se Kiwanis District Nurses Assn Leader's Club Girl Scout room Christmas party Interior decorating class Elks club AAUW and Baptist church women's groups.
Kenneth Gilpin 3d, infant son of Mr and Mrs Newcomer Boyce, was christened yesterday at Christ Church in Millwood. The Rev Ga Peyton Craghill officiated with Gilpin Jr. present as officiant.
Births announced December 10 list a son to Mr and Mrs Der Stephens and a boy to Mr and Mrs Derflinger. Other entries mention a boy born to Mrs Derflinger who is the former Miss Hilda Henry and a child to Mrs, the former Miss Alice, all in Upperville.
Under Miss Dorothy Greenawalt the Highland Ave Presbyterian choir presents a special Service of Christmas music at 7 30 p m Sunday The morning program includes a 9 45 Sunday School and 11 00 worship focused on Christ’s birth A Christmas pageant follows at 7 30 p m with the congregation participating
Lions plan a Christmas party for about 50 first graders with Santa and gifts, chaired by P G Treland, at a Lions luncheon led by John L Glaize. President Paul Anderson announced a separate Christmas baskets project for around 35 families totaling about 100 people, run through the Fellowship club with the sight conservation and health and welfare committees led by Joseph Newlin and Sebert Smith.
Local notices report hospital care for infant Libby Flegal and birth of twins to Ray and wife. Families visit for dinners and guests include Williams, Ashwood, Cooper, and Bell. Invitations issued for Anna Jane Cooper and Jefferson Painter Friday at Duke Chapel. Christmas club gathering and gift exchange noted.
In the San Joaquin Valley, once a vast desert, irrigation transformed grasslands into a haven for birds in great abundance and variety.
Chicago report quotes Mrs. Helen Thomson a psychiatric social worker urging people to focus on their strengths to safeguard mental health. She says most dwell on weaknesses and that highlighting the best in oneself builds emotional health.
Clearbrook residents hosted relatives including Mr and Mrs J Sloan Kuykendall in Winchester. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Ben Unger of Buchannan and Mrs Messner of Berkeley Springs W Va. Barbara Snapp recovering at home after an illness. Emmett Tucker and family moved to Winchester. Carey M Tucker of Woodstock visited his son in law Jacob Snapp. Bruce Powell suffered a sprained back and missed work. The community followed the new mail bus stop at Clearbrook Office at 5 pm Tuesday. Ray Burns and wife welcomed a newborn son.
Mrs. W. K. Baker hosted the WSCS monthly meeting at the Methodist church with the theme Christ in Christmas. Sue Ellen Petrie sang a solo as several members and guests attended the program and shared refreshments.
The artwork displayed in clinics was painted by Fildes and was first titled The Crisis before being known as The Doctor.
In Shallmar Maryland relief trucks from Western Maryland West Virginia and nearby Piedmont deliver clothing groceries and fresh milk to the three room schoolhouse for 50 pupils. Principal J Paul Andrick notes meals will cover two weeks and only nine residents had steady income this year.
A clipped reading notes a language lesson by W L Gordon focusing on misspelled words, pronunciation and synonyms. It defines propens as a natural inclination and a tendency toward evil and urges daily vocabulary growth.
Guidelines cover whether a woman should shake hands first at introductions optional but polite and not offered first. Butter is spread with butter knife for bread but use a fork for potatoes or vegetables. Wedding announcements should come from the bride’s nearest relatives home even if couple lives in another city.
John B. Gidegain, a 36 year old Frenchman who lost his nose in 1942, forged a new career by making a prosthetic nose. After hospital discharge he joined Rancho Los Amigos as an indigent and, with a plaster cast and flexible plastic, created a nose that lets him pursue a job.
Cincinnati's consecutive wins record in the National League stood at 14 and was set in 1899.
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