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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1956

Page

5

Community social notes from Clearbrook area

Mr. and Mrs. P F Legard and family from Purcellville and Mr. and Mrs. W R Duncan and family of Paw Paw Va were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Robert Duncan. Ed Godfrey and family moved to a new home near Brucetown. Various local residents, including the Shiley family and Miss Caudette Hummers, hosted and visited during the week and illness notes mention Frances Shiley and June Lee Stickles. The Presbyterian Church women met with Mrs Clarence Robinson for a session and others were listed as visiting or ill.

Clearbrook P. F. Legard R. W. Legard Purcellville W. R. Duncan Paw Paw Robert Duncan Ed Godfrey Brucetown Janney Allamong James Shiley George Barnsley Frances Shiley Matelee Campbell Pikesine W Va James R. Shiley June Lee Stickles Presbyterian Church Clarence Robinson H. B. Cochran John Stickles Near Grimes John T. Stickles H. M. Cline H. B. Cline Howard Boltz Martinsburg W. Va C. C. Henshaw Charles Town Betty Lou Henshaw New York City Shileys Caudette Hummers Washington, D. C

Mr Olive Ladies Aid Met in Hayfield with Mrs Boxwell

In Hayfield the Mr. Olive Ladies Aid met at 7 30 p m with Mrs Fred Boxwell. The column lists recent visitors to local families from Martinsburg Stephens City Arlington Winchester Mechanicsburg and other nearby towns. A nylon hosiery question and answer explains how stretch is imparted to nylon filament creating a permanent crimp.

Hayfield Mr. Olive Fred Boxwell M. A. Wiley William Grove Martinsburg W Va John Funkhouser Stephens City Floyd Light Kenneth Victor Hoover Mechanicsburg Hoover

Pattern 4669 Misses Sewn Wrapping Garment Set

Sewing pattern description offering a cotton wrap wool jerkin terry coat for home and beach use. Includes fabric yardage for size 16 and illustrated instructions. Patronage details request 35 cents plus 5 cents per additional pattern sent to Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept New York NY.

Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept West Lith St New York N. Y

Thief Uses Fishing Lure To Haul Shirts From Store

In Chattanooga Tennessee a man lowered a fishing plug through a roof hole using stout line to drop 21 dozen work shirts worth about 400 dollars into a pile outside the store. The lure was found on the floor where the thief left it.

Chattanooga Tenn Henry Lear

New tetraploid Winesap apple tree developed

Government breeders report a new Winesap apple variety created by tetraploid technology to produce extra large fruit. Dr Haig Dermen used plant surgery at Beltsville Maryland to generate tetraploid shoots from a Winesap branch discovered in Palisade Washington. Researchers caution 100 percent tetraploid fruit may be oversized and irregular. as a parent it could yield marketable fruit of superior quality, with five years needed to evaluate size and quality.

Washington Department of Agriculture Haig Dermen Beltsville J. J. Reimer Palisade Wash

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Williams Arlington John Cain John Punkhouser Jack White James Carr Scott White Eva West Winchester Cleve Marple E. E. Brengle E. E. Brengle Were Dinner Guests of Mr Mrs. L. M. Larrick Cis Winesap Department Traploid St Joseph Aspirin Duff Penney’s Penney
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