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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
5
Neighbors report Thanksgiving visits across the region with Braithwaite family members traveling to Alexandria and Winchester. Local households hosted relatives including the Omps, Bills Lewis in Greenbelt and Lee Whitacre clan, with extended families from Falls Church Arlington and this community attending.
Advertisement notes pattern 4632 for Misses sizes 10 through 20 with fabric yardage for size 16. Includes price 50 cents plus mailing and handling, and requests response to Anne Adams at Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept New York address. Also lists fall winter catalog offer and multiple local social notes and obituaries.
Mr and Mrs Claude Grove of Valley Ave visited Mrs May Steele at Artie Shifflette's home. Mr and Mrs Chester Ritenour of Woodstock visited Mrs Nellie Stepe. Royston Shiley and daughters of Edinburg and Henry Frye of Viena visited Mrs Sallie and Cleo Moore at Artie Shifflette's. Charles Hamilton weekended with Ralph Younts of Winchester. Martha Kump is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mary Dicks and Clara spent Sunday with daughter and son in law Arthur Grover. Blanch Ford visited Albert McDonald and Duggie. Mrs Charles Locke and her infant daughter have returned home from Memorial Hospital.
A series of social visits and gatherings are recorded across families in Stephens City and surrounding areas. Harold Adams family and Charles Adams families brought relatives for Thanksgiving and Christmas observances. Scouts and Girl Scouts held meetings with investments, rededications, and upcoming events.
The West Frederick Home Demonstration Club met at Mt Williams Community Hall for its annual Christmas Party with 16 members and one visitor. After a turkey supper, a song service, Christmas story reading, and prayers followed. gifts were exchanged by drawing numbers. Plans for children’s Christmas events and next year’s meetings were announced.
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