Nicholson Purcell Nicholson wedding and local notices
Mr and Mrs G P Nicholson now at 22 W Piccadilly St following their December wedding at Madison County parsonage. Bride Miss Mabel Kerns daughter of Earl Kerns Route 2. Groom son of Pete Nicholson Clearbrook. Reception by parents. He employed by American Brakeshoe Co. Also notes on holiday travels and local visitors including Mrs Carolyn Cramton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Purcell Nicholson
W. Piccadilly St
Mabel Pauline Kerns
Earl Kerns
Route 2
Pete Nicholson
Clearbrook
Madison County
H. J Berry
Mre G. Nicholson
Stonewall High School
American Brakeshoe Company
McHale family called to Fairmont after death in Charleston
Dr and Mrs Mark McHale travel to Fairmont West Virginia due to the death of Charlies E Smith father of Mrs McHale. Miss Inge Vagn Nielsen of Copenhagen Denmark visited Miss Margaret Duckwall for Christmas at the Duckwalls Peyton Street. Nielsen and Duckwall departed after the holiday proches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark McHale
Fairmont, W. Va
Charlies E. Smith
Inge Vagn Nielsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Margaret Duckwall
Calendar of December social events and notes
December calendar lists Jaycees at Lee Jackson 6 30 p m Woodmen of the World 8 p m Fraternal Order of Eagles at Eagles Home 8 p m December 30 Madison Lodge War Memorial Building 8 p m Tomorrow Girl Scout Troop 27 party 7 30 p m Teenage lounge 7 20 to 11 p m Mrs Whitacre formerly Mias Blythe Mauzy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Lee Jackson
Woodmen of the World
Order of Eagles
Eagles
Madison Lodge
War Memorial
Arlington Couple Announce Engagment of Janet Palmer
Miss Caldwell Wilf red Howard Fauver announces the engagement of their daughter Janet Palmer to Howard Earl Fauver Jr son of Howard Earl Fauver of this city and the late Mrs Fauver Janet attends Mary Washington College Fredericksburg and was presented at the Holly Ball Arlington Society He plans to study medicine at the University of Virginia Charlottesville after graduating Hanley High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Huntington Caldwell
Arlington
Janet Palmer
Howard Earl Fauver, Jr
Howard Earl Fauver
City
Fauver
Miss Caldwell
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Arlington Assembly
Pauver
Hancley High School
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Willis Jenkins Wedding in Berryville
Miss Marry Elizabeth Willis and Charles Elworth Jenkins wed at 2 p.m. Monday at the pastor Roy Schmucker’s home on Loudoun Street in Berryville. The couple, both Berryville natives, will reside there after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Willis
Charles Elworth Jenkins
Berryville
Roy Schmucker
Loudoun St
Thomas L. Willis
Jenkins
William Jenkins
Clarke County
Byrd Packing Plant
Births December 26 Spannings from Rawson and Bethesda
Birth notices report a girl born to Mr and Mrs Donald Walker Rawson West Virginia former Patricia Cornell. A boy Homer Blaine Jr born to Mr and Mrs Homer Spears Route 2 with Mrs Spears formerly Joan Wells. Another boy Douglas Scott born to Mr and Mrs Harold Sine Bethesda Maryland with Mrs Sine formerly Joanna Corbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Walker
Rawson
W. Va
Walker
Patricia Cornell
Homer Spears
Homer Blaine, Jr
Spears
Joan Wells
Harold Sine
Bethesda
Douglas Scott
Sine
Joanna Corbin
Modern Etiquette Q and A on adoption and courting
A reader asks how to announce a legal adoption by a husband of his wife's daughter, how to invite a date to a sorority dance, and who should pay a church sexton fee. Answers suggest engraved announcements, direct invite phrasing, and that the bride’s parents cover the sexton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Matout
Henry R. Morton
Mary Anne Jones
Mary Anne Morton
Bob
Elizabeth Is AP Woman of the Year in 1957 survey
The Associated Press polls name Queen Elizabeth II Woman of the Year for 1957 following the royal tour of the U S and Canada. Other top women span Althea Gibson Grace Metalious Ingrid Bergman Lucille Ball Maria Callas Lilia Bates Margaret Chase Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
Dorothy Rof
Associated Press
Britain
United States
Canada
Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Duke of Edinburgh
Athea Gibson
Harlem
Althea
Wimbledon
Forest Hills
Ingrid Bergman
Anastasia
Roberto Rosselini
England
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Lucy
Hollywood
Maria Callas
Angel
Marriage License Sales Reach Ten Year High in Winchester and Frederick County
November saw a record number of licenses in Winchester with 269 issued and Frederick County reporting 100. City totals for the year show a rising trend, peaking in late 1957, with Pennsylvania作为 main source of brides and several other states contributing smaller numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Corporation Court
Peyton J. Marshall
Lee N. Whitacre
Lyasres
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Virginia
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan
Massachusetts
Vermont
California
Montana
Arkansas
Kentucky
Connecticut
New Mexico
Tennessee
Florida
Indiana
District of Columbia
China
France
Alabama
North Carolina
Wyoming
New Jersey
Virginia Man of the Year in Service to Agriculture
Birmingham and Virginia officials are cited as state leaders in agriculture. R Bass, Virginia state superintendent of vocational agriculture, is named Virginia man of the year for service to agriculture. Claude Welch, head of the National Cotton Council division, is 1957 Southern agriculture man of the year for leading the pink bollworm campaign and cotton quality improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
R. Bass
Virginia
Claude Welch
National Cotton Council
Ulterior Defined In Daily Word Lesson
W L Gordon presents a daily vocabulary note on Ulterior meaning more distant beyond what is evident. The example asks what ulterior measures will be adopted, illustrating use in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Willis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
G. P. Nicholson
Alexandria
Lexington
Carolyn Cramton
First Presbyterian Church
St. Johnsbury
John Carr
John Carr, Jr
New Cannon Conn
Carr
Harry K. Russell
Stewart
Wiliam Amalong
Greensburg, Pa
Vernon S. McClintock
W. Whitlock Ave
G. Granville Sydnor
Apple Pie Ridge
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Marian Bonham
Roanoke
Stuart B. Row
Stewart St
David Grant
Cedermeade
Elenora Gill
Leesburg
Elwood Whitacre
Route 2, Whitacre
Gary Eugene
MR. and
Mrs. Glenwood Purcell Nicholson
CrRive Rive
Amccording
Ite
Bobbie Conrad
Mrs. Whitacre
Mias Blythe Mauzy
Wilfred Howard Fauver
Charles Jenkins
Roberta Lee
Gaunt
Grace Metalfous
New Hampshire
Pergoin Place
New England
George Metalious
Gilmanton
N. H
Stowe
Mass
Metropolitan
Maria
Athens
Royal Conservatory
Europe
L. C. Bates
Little Rock
Ark
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Eleanor Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Grace Metalious
Switzerland
Federal Diet
Confederation of Swiss States
Smalts, Florist
Farm Magazine
Lovett Brothers
Ato Fk
Lovett Bros
N. Loudonist
Harry Lovett
W. L. Gordon
AAA
Shoecenter
Loudoun Sf
OUR Christmas Club
Sal
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Terol Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lees & Mohawk’s Carpets
James Lee & Sons
Mohawk Carpets
Timberlake
Dial
Margaret L. Hodgson
Coats
Orion & Wool
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