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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1978
Page
11
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on two topics. A hard of hearing reader asks for visible prompts to encourage others to speak up. A professional woman complains about jealousy over travel with a coworker and Abby defends pursuing jobs despite youth and beauty.
The article explains that giving a bottle at bedtime can promote nursing bottle mouth due to sugars remaining on teeth. Saliva flow drops when drowsy, letting acids attack enamel around front teeth. Use plain water at bedtime and clean the baby's mouth after feeds. Check baby food labels for added sugars.
Mr and Mrs George Byrum announce the engagement of their daughter Terri Jo to Gary Joseph Kerns son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Kerns. Terri Jo a 1976 James Wood High School graduate employed by Capitol Magnetics. Gary Kerns a 1973 James Wood High School graduate with Howard Shockey and Sons. An April wedding is planned.
The Hawthorne Branches Junior Garden Club elected officers for the coming year at a meeting held at 418 Fox Drive. New president is Miss Page Phillips. vice president Kim Hancock. recording secretary Julia Hylton assisted by Susie Lutz. corresponding secretary Beth Apostle assisted by Kathy Armstrong. treasurer Whitney Phillips assisted by Julie Minor. historian Trone Bolliger with Sarah Orndorff assisted by Beth Wood. The group also hosted activities including yarn flowers for the Godfrey Miller Fellowship Center and a study of the Hawthorne tree and cardinal.
Berryville residents Mr. and Mrs. Haskell L. Jenkins announce daughter Susan Leigh Jenkins engaged to Ensign Eric Sidler Snyder of Pensacola Florida. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip F. Snyder of Laporte Pennsylvania, is Navy Flight Officer in training. Susan Leigh Jenkins will graduate from James Madison University in May after Clarke County High School 1974. A summer wedding is planned.
Birth notices list several newborns from February 5 to February 8. Names include Peter Haselroth, Tracy Leigh Wilson, Shaun Ryan Lawrence, Heidi Michelle Wessel, Adam Wilson Brown, Kelly Michelle Barberio, Anthony Wayne Bartgis, and Jennifer Danielle Gance. Parents’ names are paired with prior names and addresses in Winchester area families.
The church lists Monday circles with multiple chairmen and hostesses and times 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. plus 8 p.m. gatherings. Hostesses include Mrs. Silvio Alvarez and Mrs. Burwell Yates. Tuesday circles run from 10 a.m. with chairmen coordinating at the church and at home.
Farmers from Clarke and Frederick Counties hailed the 1978 Virginia Beef Industry Convention a success. Thirteen Clarke attendees and five Frederick residents joined seminars by the Virginia Beef Cattle Improvement Association and other beef groups. The event featured talks on performance and efficiency and honored JPS Herefords of Clarke County for top progeny performance in 1977 from the Nebraska Advent 70106 test.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hupp of 1024 Woodland Ave Winchester mark their 57th wedding anniversary on Feb 12. Married Feb 12, 1921 they have two daughters Reba Moesta and Wilda Mellon and seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. A daughter Maxine Boyce is deceased. Mr. Hupp will be 86 on Feb 22. Mabel Jones of Stephens City is in the Intensive Care Unit at Warren County Hospital in Front Royal.
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