Veterans gather for WWI veterans and auxiliary meeting
At the War Memorial Building Major Mosby Barracks No. 1525 hosts a Thursday 2 p.m. meeting for all WWI veterans and auxiliary members. Also Macedonia United Methodist Women meet January 4 at 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Godfrey Miller to lead.
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War Memorial
Mosby Barracks No. 1525
Methodist
Macedonia
Hudson
Saratoga
Montague Avenue
United Methodist Church Women’s Society
Polly DeHaven
Montague Ave
Huge Footprints Stun Hunters Near Winnaarow Swamp
In Winnarow North Carolina hunters report massive 11 inch long footprints six inches wide found near a swamp. tracks imply a four foot stride and 300 to 400 pound weight. some fear hoax while others expect the creature to move toward the Big Green Swamp as deer season ends.
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Winnarow
N.C
Big Green
Taylor
McFarland Dorsey Engagement Announced in Winchester
Mrs. Holmes M. McFarland of Winchester announces the engagement of her daughter Donna Elizabeth to Joseph Steven Dorsey. Donna Elizabeth is a John Handley High School graduate employed by Farmers and Merchants National Bank. Joseph Steven Dorsey, a James Wood High School graduate, is a supervisor at the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Winchester. A March wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes M. McFarland
Winchester
Donna Elizabeth
Joseph Steven Dorsey
Miss McFarland
Mr. Dorsey
Elmer R. Dorsey Sr
Stephenson
Elmer R Dorsey Sr
John Handley High School
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester
James Wood High School
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Families and the pull of rags to riches myths
The essay explores the Horatio Alger appeal and the pressure of upward mobility in American life. It notes guilt over success, reverse snobbery, and the habit of downplaying achievements to avoid jealousy. It cites politics and family narratives as arenas where humble origins are claimed and stretched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Alger
Ford
Rockefeller
Jones
December births roll in from Harpers Ferry and Middletown
A series of birth announcements records newborns across Maryland and nearby towns. Crystal Lynn Armstrong Jamie Dawn Grove Sabrina Jean Yannul Patrick Anthony Matthew Wade Robert Sylvester Erika Bonnie are listed with parent names and former surnames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Leon Armstrong
Harpers Ferry
W.va
Crystal Lynn
Armstrong
Nancy Lou Popkins
James Odus Grove
Rt. 1
Jamie Dawn
Grove
Deborah Kaye
Lawrence Wilson Hawthorne
Woodland Ave
Sabrina Jean
Hawthorne
Phyllis Jean Hirshell
Patrick Anthony
Edward Thomas Yannul
Garden St
Yannul
Lucille Anne Burgoon
Clarence Leroy Plummer
Massie Drive
Matthew Wade
Plummer
Joyce Marlena McDonald
Sidney Sylvester Donivan Jr
Middletown
Dear Abby column on gift dilemmas and family tensions
In a classic Dear Abby exchange Abigail Van Buren and readers discuss a widow Millie who gifts half of a dinnerware set and later tries to buy back the other half to satisfy her daughter. The column also addresses a jealous Santa Claus style remark to a secretary and a sister-in-law’s insult about a child’s looks prompting advice on handling grooming gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Millie
Santa Claus
Binghampton
Becky
Grant 50th Wedding Anniversary Dinner Honored
Mr. and Mrs. S. Lee Grant celebrated their fiftieth anniversary with a dinner at Holiday Inn East on December 24, hosted by their children Mrs. F. W. Sencindiver and Mrs. James P. Carbaugh Jr. They were married December 24, 1927 in Hagerstown Maryland.
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S. Lee Grant
Holiday Inn East
F. W. Sencindiver
James P Carbaugh Jr
Grant
Hagerstown
Vernon W. Ridgely
Cynthia Sencindiver
James P. Carbaugh Jr
Carol Carbaugh
W. L. Fletcher Jr
M. W. Rhoden
Michelle
Lori Rhoden
Paul Carbaugh
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Social Service Council
Social Service Council of
Winchester-Frederick County
Market Street United Methodist Church
Robert Pumphrey
Commonwealth of Virginia Commission For Children and Youth
Pumphrey
Commission
Division For
Girl Scouts of Shawnee Council
R.E. Lutz
Martinsburg
Lutz
Myra B. Johnson
Shawnee Girl Scout Council, Inc
Holiday Inn
Girl Scouts
Hoppe
Shelda W. Longerbeam
Shawnee Girl Scout Council
Offce
Shawnee Council
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Way
Charlie Taylor
Town Creek Hunting Club
Wender’r
Lal
Iol
Loudoun
Piccadilly Sts
McFarland- Dorsey
Donna McFarland
Winch
Fredie Richard Moore
Rt. 5
Erika Bonnie
Moore
Wietske Agneta Willemsma
Winchester Evening Star
Arbby
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune
NY News
Vnc
Locke
4-H
Frederick County
Stephen J Locke
Virginia Tech
Jocke
Worth
Vanforth
North Loudoun Street
Weight Watchers
Charlottesville
Loudoun ST. Mall
Downtown
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