Christmas Shopping Tour Helps 90 Children Enjoy Festive Event
The Winchester Frederick County Jaycees and affiliated groups ran their annual Christmas Children's Shopping Tour mid December 1977 guiding about 90 children aged six to twelve from Winchester and Frederick County to Loudoun Street Mall with $10 each. After shopping they attended a Market Street United Methodist Church party with puppets refreshments and Santa. Elves helped guests as Squeaky Burks chaired the tour with Bob Kern as co chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Loudoun Street
Jaycee
Ed Morgan
Market Street United Methodist Church
Santa Claus
Squeaky” Burks
Bob Kern
Homemaker role examined by experts in New York seminar
A one day seminar in New York sponsored by Kentucky Fried Chicken and Ladies Home Journal explored the changing role of homemakers. Leaders like Lenore Hershey and Susan Brown discussed rights recognition economic security and social isolation while noting the need for framing homemaking as legitimate work and a viable career.
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New York
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Ladies’ Home Journal
Lenore Hershey
Susan Brown
Housewifes
Ms. Brown
Linda Fidell
California State University
Peggy Lennon
Back to Basics drives home auto repair trend nationwide
A national shift toward DIY car care sees Americans spending 4.5 billion annually on home repairs. Officials urge learning through night courses as motorists report saving money while maintaining cars. Professionals note cars as major investments and cite a Motor Trend survey showing 57 percent of routine work now done by owners.
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Washington
D.C
U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs
Tony
Peter Konijn
Cerritos
Calif
Donald Miller
Upstate
New York
Hornell
Charles Hughes Jr
Hornell Tribune
Hughes
Howard F. Elkins
Holt Lloyd (USA) Ltd
Elkins
Thelma Haldeman and Ira Petticoffer Wedding
Thelma Haldeman of 340 College Street Dayton and Ira B Petticoffer of 730 West High Street Manheim Pa exchanged wedding vows December 24 at Bridgewater Church of the Brethren The Rev Don H Fogelsanger and Rev James Haldeman nephew of the bride officiated The bride wore a green satin gown and carried a yellow rose nosegay Maid of honor was Patty J Petticoffer Best man Leroy Saylor Usheres were Robert G Haldeman and Dennis Saylor A reception followed the ceremony After a southern wedding trip the couple will reside at 730 West High Street Manheim Pa Mrs Petticoffer has been a teacher in Frederick Rockingham and Elkton districts Mr Petticoffer is a dealer of Petticoffer Dodge Inc Elizabethtown Pa and is general manager and president of the firm He also serves on the Philadelphia zone advisory board
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Thelma Haldeman
College St
Dayton
Ira B. Petticoffer
W. High St
Manheim
Bridgewater Church of
Elkton
Petticoffer
Petticoffer Dodge, Inc
Elizabethtown
Philadelphia
Ork
Woman designs farm safety decal after husband’s death
Leona Schalow created a red heart shaped safety decal reading Please Be Careful We Love You Your Family after her husband Duane Schalow 46 was killed in a silage chopper accident on their 160 acre Mankato farm in September 1975. The decal is distributed by the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation across Minnesota the Dakotas and Iowa.
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Mankato
Minn
Leona Schalow
Duane Schalow
Schalow
United States
New Year Resolutions and Ways to Keep Them Effectively
The article outlines two types of resolutions acts of commission and omission and argues that fewer goals improve success. It advises limiting to three resolutions one for personal life one for a loved one and one for others and suggests daily or weekly acts of kindness or encouragement to sustain commitment.
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Ted Morgan
Winchester Evening Star Living
Catherine East
National Commission On the Observance
Emily Jane Goodman
Helena Lopata
Jean Curtis
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Marsha L. Evans
Newburgh
N.Y
Ira Petticoffer
William D. Brown
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