Miss Taylor to Marry Frye in late February
Social notes announce the engagement of Nancy Helen Taylor to Ralph Guy Frye. The couple plans a February wedding after Nancy Helen Taylor's graduation from Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1947
Page
6
Social notes announce the engagement of Nancy Helen Taylor to Ralph Guy Frye. The couple plans a February wedding after Nancy Helen Taylor's graduation from Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
Local society notes list numerous residents traveling to Farmville Indianapolis and Charlottesville for studies and jobs. Names include Miss Adelaide Coble Mrs J J Teets Rebecca Kern Bentley Kern and many Armel Larrick White and Hovermale family members during holidays at Winchester and surrounding towns.
Mr and Mrs 8S W Shewbridge and son Fairfax returned home to Clearbrook after spending the holiday season in Florida. They based themselves in Palm Beach and visited Miami St Augustine Jacksonville and Daytona Beach.
A surprise 76th birthday dinner was hosted by Mrs. Nannie Wigginton in Winchester on a Sunday. Family members from Ohio Maryland West Virginia and nearby towns attended including Emerick Copenhaver Paul Copenhaver Clark Copenhaver Ida Mee Fiddler Herbert Copenhaver Jonie Sargent Alva Wigginton and others honoring Jacob Copenhaver of Cochocton Ohio with a turkey feast and all his children present.
The bride and groom should jointly make the invitation list. It would be selfish to overlook the personal friends of either partner. The second question asks about removing courses at table, typically the dishes holding the food or the soiled plates.
Ground meat dishes remain a reliable meal option as steaks and roasts rebound. The article highlights beef balls baked in tomato sauce as thrifty, flavorful fare, with scalloped vegetables or a fruit betty as oven-side companions. The recipe details 10 meat balls browned in hot fat, then baked in diluted tomato soup for 45 minutes to serve five.
A daily vocabulary note highlights common misuses and pronunciations. Today's focus word meritorious means deserving of reward or honor and examples show praise for meritorious deeds.
Berryville residents and relatives, including Hobson C McGehee and daughter Betty, traveled and returned from winter trips to Jackson Mississippi and Washington. Local families saw members depart for Bethesda Maryland, Clarksburg West Virginia, and various Virginia colleges for the winter term.
A long list of Clarke County residents report Christmas and New Year visits with relatives in Berryville Winchester Baltimore England and Florida. Travelers include John McIntosh Fredy Spencer Ruth McDaniel Hark Paget and others returning to schools and cities. The Women’s Club meets January 9 with speaker E G Butler. Louis Glover is under medical observation in Winchester Hospital.
Newport News Va January 7 Dr John Taylor Ransome urged the General Assembly to add funds for state mental hospitals and public schools noting the hospitals now care for mentally ill patients at under 83 cents daily per person and require improved quarters food clothing and medical care.
Ta Kung Pao reports Jung Chao, a poor Canton fisherman, netted a 300 pound fish containing four diamond rings. Two rings bore Japanese inscriptions, and the tale credits the catch with making him a millionaire.
The name Yamamoto, linked to the famed admiral shot down at sea in 1943 with his body never found, is noted as a common Japanese name. An expert valued the rings at 20,000,000 Chinese dollars, about 3,000 US dollars.
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