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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
8
The article urges eye beauty starts with health not makeup. Regular sleep, open air exercise, sane diet, and hygiene keep eyes lively. Warm then cold eye baths, gentle cream massage, and hydration improve appearance, while a cheerful spirit enhances eye sparkle.
Mrs Courtney Jones reports a $200 check and 520 signatures on 13 parchment sheets sent to National Headquarters in New York for a Christmas for Britain's children appeal. Fringe social notes list residents and visitors visiting Millwood during holiday season.
Roberta Lee Q advises a woman dating a man for months to wait for his gift first to avoid embarrassment. She warns against discourtesy on transit like knee crossing that intrudes into the aisle. She says offering a cigarette shows good manners when she shares her cigarettes.
The weekend featured visitors from University of Virginia Princeton College and Harvard among Hamilton residents. Stays included Mrs Jos Clagett Fort Meade and Clay Hill guests, and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Gilpin entertaining. A Anne Meade Pvt Tom Clagett and others joined weekend gatherings. A note on a mourning dove sipping water offers a natural aside.
Social and personal items list weekly meetings of local civic groups, calls to family and visitors, hospital updates, travel plans of students and residents, and a church music program with notes on hosting hosts assistants and a club gift exchange.
Announcement of engagement of Katherine Hildreth of Fort Lauderdale and Charlottesville to John E Harvey of New York City and Boston. Miss Hildreth, a St Hilda School alumna, now resides in New York. Engagement event set for December 27 at University Chapel Charlottesville.
Wedding announced for Frank Haines and Matthew Pete Jordan in Danville Virginia. Santa Claus granddaughter to appear at Round Hill Methodist Church for gifts and orange distribution. Mrs J H Henry to Waynesboro Virginia to join daughter Jonedith Henry. Nancy Larry moved home after ad pendectomy. Mrs Richard Fawcett slowly improving after major operation. Henry Myers of Hagerstown visiting Winchester relatives. Norman Gore recovering from automobile accident injuries. Raymond Carpenter on 10 day furlough from Fort Oglethorpe to Round Hill home. Betty Hack and Jean Hamman returning from Buena Vista for Christmas visit. Lieut Cecil G McVay visiting parents in Clearbrook.
Braddock Street Methodist Church will present their annual Christmas program on Sunday evening at 7 30. Everyone is cordially invited.
Berryville residents anticipate holiday visits from relatives and friends many from Arlington Richmond Philadelphia and Winchester with students from V P I and the Medical College of Virginia among others. Red Cross leaders including Hobson McGehee and Joseph Moore organize an Emergency Red Cross Drive with Clarke County and Berryville participants.
Miss Louise Huyette will arrive Friday night from Troutville Virginia to spend Christmas with relatives. The brief arrival notice notes the holiday visit and the expected duration with family in the area.
Local society notes list relatives visiting for Christmas from Washington D C Fredericksburg Staunton and Arlington and students returning from Stevens College Madison College and the University of Virginia Names include Mia Linda Huyette Joyce Davis Elinor Griffith Mary Frances Dix Virginia Leigh Harris Hunter Burks Craighill Burks Dolly Hart Jack Enders Molly Alvord Stonestreet Margaretta Whiting Beverley Whiting Joe Dorsey Meade Dorsey Charlotte Ramsburg and Robert Chaveriat with moves to Camp Lee and Audley Farm reflecting festive family travel and engagements
Pittsburgh guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Wynkoop east of Berryville. Dicky Potts to join family from Randolph Macon College Ashland for Christmas. Helen Kackley, Madison College student, to stay with Edgar Kackley family. Archibald Cummins away in Roselle New Jersey for holiday. Tessier returns to The Knoll after Richmond visit. Bob Houghton University of Richmond to spend Christmas with parents Clarence Houghton.
Miss Dorothy Kackley of Western College Bowling Green Kentucky will spend this weekend in Washington with her brother George Kackley. She will arrive in Berryville early next week to stay with her parents Judge and Mrs Loring Kackley for the remainder of her holiday.
Starting Right Salina Eas Dec 16 notes local quip about R Roach who jokes he is a one-armed paperhanger and that another arm would clutter his work. He claims getting the first strip on straight is all that matters and that one arm suffices.
From 1899 to 1930 Sir Thomas Lipton and W. S. E. A. raced five Shamrock yachts and spent more than 4 million dollars. The War Department's Moral Branch planned experiments testing soldiers music preferences at concerts.
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