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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1976
Page
6
Mrs. David Juergens oversees the Cabaret Party for Follies cast and crew after the closing night show. Mrs. Gene Comstock and Mrs. Jack Wallace organize the Kickoff Party at 7 30 p m Monday at Holiday Inn East inviting participation in the 1976 Follies.
The Winchester Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Follies kickoff event is Monday at 7 30 pm at Holiday Inn East. Gene Babb and Jack Fretwell will entertain and introduce past numbers. The new director will outline this year’s show and signups for on and offstage roles will be collected. Rehearsal times will be announced. show dates are January 22 23 and 24 at Shenandoah College Armstrong Auditorium.
A government publication explains how the Food Stamp Program works and who qualifies. It covers purchasing stamps, eligibility at the welfare office, required documents, stamp usage at stores, and rules on what can and cannot be bought.
Mr. and Mrs Clarence Lee Orndoff of Strasburg mark 26 years of marriage on January 3. Married in Hagerstown Maryland on January 3, 1950, she was the former Priscilla Jolltizer of Middletown. They are parents of William Eugene Orndoff Stephens City Donna Mauck Woodbridge Owen Douglas Orndoff at home and Karmen Johnson of Seven Fountains.
Reader’s Digest reports Dr. David Reuben’s high roughage plan to curb obesity. The diet emphasizes whole grains fruits nuts and vegetables with Chewy foods slowing meals and boosting fullness. It claims reduced alcohol and processed foods aid weight maintenance and may lower disease risk.
AP Newsfeatures writer Brenda Maddox, a stepmother herself, explains that blending families after marriage brings dual tension from becoming a parent and a spouse. Her interviews reveal isolation, shifting loyalties, discipline challenges, and the need for clear rules as stepfamilies navigate identity, loyalty, and permanence.
Donnie Glenn a Navy sailor from Starr South Carolina on the USS Barnstable at Norfolk wed Edna Clemons after an Anderson Independent appeal prompted Oconee County Probate Judge J W Ballenger to open his office. The ceremony followed the 24 hour waiting period of South Carolina law.
The Blue Ridge Chapter of the National Paraplegia Foundation will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday January 13 in the Mary Switzer Building at the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Fisherville. A Kathryn Beech Candies sales rep will speak. Visitors are welcome. For info write to the Membership Chairman P O Box W-37 Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Fisherville VA 22939.
December births include Michelle Lynn Pitcock daughter of Kenneth William Pitcock and Roselyn Morrison of Rt. 3 Augusta area born December 26. Pamela Dawn Combs daughter of Robert Delmas Combs and Brenda Oates of Golden Acres born December 29. Katie Arthelia Vance daughter of Allen Ray Vance and Malinda Painter of Stiles Trailer Park born December 29. Patrick Henry Gibson son of James Henry Gibson and Linda Nichols of Rt. 7 born December 31.
The Duplicate Bridge Club of Winchester held a Mitchell game Monday night with awards in two directions. North-South winners were Mrs Richard A Goode Mrs Larry Goodyear. second were Mr and Mrs Lewis Frizell. third Miss Edith Walter and Mrs Andy Phillips. East-West winners were Mrs H D Harper and Mrs Claude Smalls. a tie for second included Mrs Nelson Page Mrs Lewis Hyde Mrs Joseph Lee and Mrs Jimmy Eyler. No game was played Wednesday night. The next game is a membership event Monday Jan 5 1976 at the George Washington Hotel starting at 745 PM. The Girls Athletic Association held its annual Christmas breakfast at Lee Jackson Restaurant with planning by Mildred Wine Colleen Dill Dora Rosenberger president elect 1976 introducing council members Vice-president Bettie Brumback secretary Carol Campbell treasurer Doris Campbell Social chairman Lucille Smith finance chairman Hilda Baker membership Edie Newman athletic Nancy Clem Publicity Frances Crisman welfare Edna Teel. A donation of canned foods was made to the C CAP program. The festivities ended with carols and gifts.
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