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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1957
Page
6
A festive piece on early gift giving for children the night before Christmas. Parents relax rules to dress youngsters in new pajamas and rompers and prepare for Santa's morning visit with cozy outfits and soft toy toppers.
Mr and Mrs Evers George announce the marriage of their daughter Doris Marie to Phillip Edward Kendall. The ceremony was December 2 at Washington Square Methodist Church Hagerstown Maryland officiated by Rev Charles LeFew. The couple reside at 328 National Ave with Phillip employed by Zeropack.
Mr and Mrs Milton Rittenberg host hunt breakfast at North Hi Clarke County. J Gray Beverier visits Senator and Mrs Ford near Berryville. Mary Holler returns from Richmond business meeting. Robbin Arthur to visit from Holton Arms to spend holidays. Atkinsons called to Charlottesville for Louise Hurst hospital stay. Holler attends Emma Croon Robert Tibbetts wedding in Washington DC. Miss Croon shared an apartment with Ann Holler maid of honor. Jet and Mrs John W Andrews and daughters depart for Middletown and Portsmouth where Sgt Andrews will be stationed. Stonewall PTA meets 7 30 pm Monday with a Christmas program by students. Nephenson Methodist Church Christmas program December 23 at 7 30 pm open to public. Woman of Moose honor Mrs Elmer Vance Green Beanie Day at Moose Home.
Calendar notes numerous December gatherings across Stonewall Round Hill Madison Frederick and nearby towns. PTA meetings 7:30 p.m. at Stonewall School and various club and auxiliary events, bridge games at multiple venues, volunteer fire company sessions, and Christmas charity activities. Pageant at Mt Pleasant church and Anne's Guild meeting scheduled.
Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon discusses common word usage misages and mispronunciations. It defines rapport as harmony and affinity in an intimate relation, and emphasizes expanding vocabulary by mastering one new word daily while noting pronunciation guides and spelling tips.
A reader asks how to name a future son and whether a Jr. remains after the father’s death. An adviser explains the son would be Donald J Campbell Jr while the father lives, and would drop Jr if the father predeceased him. The second question about wedding ceremony preface timing is answered as one or two minutes.
The annual Christmas program at Payne's Chapel Methodist Church near Ridgeway Virginia is cancelled this year due to a new furnace installation. Sunday school and church services will be held at the Ridgeway church hall tomorrow with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and a sermon at 1 a.m. by Rev. Robert Moales.
Polio vaccine was administered to 212 pupils at Clarke County High School on Thursday. County Health Nurse Mary Hardesty noted no more school clinics will be held before Christmas while regular county resident clinics at the nurse’s office continue as scheduled. Ethan Allen, hero of Ticonderoga, spent his last years in Burlington, Vermont, where he is buried.
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office announced payments totaling $3.2 million to Virginia farmers under the acreage reserve program. Major recipients included Wooacey Brewers and others, with funds allotted for crops such as corn, cotton, tobacco, canola, and soybeans.
The County Circuit Court awarded 2700 to nine residents in highway right of way condemnations. State Highway Commissioner James A. Anderson filed for the state. Amelia K. Pierson received 1200, with others earning 200 to 600 in property costs and damages for Rt 40 projects.
Dr Jacob R Marcus a noted Jewish historian warns a global shift will hit the United States from the West Coast as Marxist states endure He claims the Pacific not the Atlantic will be the primary cultural basin of tomorrow and cites a coming wave of world change
A Seattle Superior Court jury, after seven hours of deliberation, continued weighing whether Dave Beck pocketed 1900 from a union automobile sale. Beck, leader of the Teamsters, faced charges amid defense claims of political manipulation and prosecutors’ assertions of guilt. Deliberations spanned into the next morning with the judge urging progress.
United Nations Economic Committee endorses a 100 million dollar annual U N plan to extend technical assistance for economic growth in underdeveloped nations. The session, voting 63 to 0 with no abstentions, rejected the SUNFED concept despite support from poorer nations for a larger fund.
Judd urged Congress to provide 40 million of a 60 million plan to aid recipient countries with the rest to be contributed by other U N members. The committee adopted a resolution looking toward establishing the fund by January 1 1959. In West Virginia bow and arrow fishing now requires a hunting permit. Rabbi Bernard Lander says the religious upswing is superficial, based on social conformity and secular popularity, while two other rabbis argue it is genuine.
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