Engagement of Joan Marie Fetter to William Whitacre
Mrs. Joseph Austin Fetter of Blacksburg announces the engagement of daughter Joan Marie Fetter of Alexandria to William Lee Whitacre son of Mr and Mrs George Whitacre of Whitacre. Miss Fetter a Madison College graduate Whitacre attends VPI. A summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Austin Fetter
Blacksburg
Joan Marie
Alexandria
William Lee Whitacre
George Whitacre
Whitacre
Miss Fetter
Madison College
Miss Ritenour to Wed George Nethers of Front Royal
Mr and Mrs Frank Ritenour of Stephens City announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Isabelle Ritenour to George M Nethers son of Mr and Mrs George Nethers of Flint Hill Virginia No wedding date has been set Both accompany employers American Viscose Company Front Royal and Ford Motor Company Front Royal respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ritenour
Stephens City
Isabelle Virginia
George M. Nethers
George Nethers
Flint Hill
Miss Ritenour
American Viscose Company
Front Royal
Mr. Nethers
Ford Motor Company
Church Guilds and Club Meetings Schedule
The notice lists multiple parish guild meetings for St Agnes St Martha St Helena St Columba St Elisabeth and St Joan with times and host addresses. The Winchester Clarke Garden Club meets Wednesday with a panel on plant identification and a house plants feature. Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 1 30 pm at Mrs Paul Ebersole’s Senseng Road home with co host Mrs John Knight. Fort Loudoun Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution meets Thursday at 2 30 pm in Winchester Memorial Hospital conference room with slides on Stratford and Kenmore. hostesses named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilds of Christ Episcopal Church
St. Agnes
F. W. Hale
Hawthorne Drive
St. Martha's
Fairfax Room
W. Boscawen St
St. Helena’s
Hunter Gaunt
Washington St. St. Columba’s
Shelton Price
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Ely Bradfield
Stewart St
Valley Mill HD Club
Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club
Paul Ebersole
Senseng Road
John Knight
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Winchester Memorial Hospital
George Baetjer
Stratford
January Calendar of Events Features Local Club Meetings
A listed calendar shows multiple community gatherings from January 14 to 16. Activities include Air Force Reserve Squadron at 37 East Boscawen Street, and meetings of the Eastern Star, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Holy Name Society, and several garden clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Reserve
E. Boscawen St
McKinley
Fastern
City Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Holy Name Society
Sacred Heart Church
George Washington Hotel
Old Fredericktown Garden Club Meeting Highlights
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club met at Mrs. George Snarr's home on Wednesday with Mrs. Herbert Solenberger presenting Principles of Flower Arrangement. Members displayed designs by Mrs. W. W. Hunt Mrs. Virgil Strader Sr and Mrs. Philip Sprenkle. Awards honored several members for blue red and yellow compositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old
James Reinhart
Miss Ruffner to Wed Edgar Whiting in January
Miss Doris Ruffner of West Cowen Street was guest of honor at a Luray bridal shower hosted by Mrs. James Logan and Mrs. T. R. Stanley. Her marriage to Edgar Whiting is planned for January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ruffner
W. Boscawen St
Luray
James Logan
T. R. Stanley
Ruffner
Edgar Whiting
engagement announced for Helen Collins and Waymeth Butts
Mr and Mrs Eston Collins of Clearbrook announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Victoria to Waymeth Eugene Butts son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Butts of Berryville Miss Collins is a James Wood High School graduate and works for Milton Harris attorney Mr Butts attended Elm Street School Frederick Md and is employed by National Fruit Product Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eston Collins
Clearbrook
Helen Victoria
Waymeth Eugene Butts
Robert E. Butts
Berryville
Miss Collins
James Wood High School
Milton Harris
Butts
Elm Street
Frederick
National Fruit Product Company
Local society notes and hospital news from Winchester area
Winchester Memorial Hospital receives patient updates as Mrs Emmett Taylor of Clear Brook stays for treatment. Attendees for the Virginia State Horticultural Society meet in Roanoke include multiple Winchester residents and several Butler and Jenkins families. Among births, Mr and Mrs Carson Jenkins of Middletown announce son Gary Len. University of Maryland alumni events, Bermuda trip plans for Dr W D Myers and Miss Margaret Walters, and nursing graduate Miss Lillie R Hoke are noted alongside visits from Mrs Herbert Kump of High View and Misses Jack Wilkins and Lillie Hoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Roanoke
John Senciadiver
Jack Welch
H. W. Butler, Jr
Josph Butler
Douglas Butler
John Wolfe
Kenneth Butler
Carson Jenkins
Middletown
Gary Len
Jenkins
Maxine Dodson
Lillie R. Hoke
Braddock St
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Miss Hoke
School of Nursing
Banqut
Maryland Agricultural College
College of Medicine
Maryland
W. D. Myers
W. Boscawen St
Margaret Walters
N. Washington St
Queen of Bermuda
Bermuda
New York City
New York
Herbert Kump
High View
W.va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ralph Wakeman
Rex Wakeman
Miller Craig
Florida
Dora Campbell
Memorial Hospital
Maplewood Nursing Home
Lester Bauserman
Bauserman
French Reid
Laura Flowers
Martinsburg
Misses Seiberts
Burke the Sailor Builder Builds His Own Virginia Home
Rear Admiral Arleigh A Burke chief of U S Naval Operations is described as a do it yourself type who used power tools to construct much of his house in Virginia highlighting his hands on approach to home building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arleigh A. Burke
U. S. Naval Operations
Virginia
Births January 11 Across Several West Virginia Names
Birth notices list a boy for Floyd Saville and Thelma Veach of Augusta. a boy for Elmer Kerns and Phyllis Berry of Whitacre. a boy for Jerry Johnson and Katherine Lee of Boyce. a girl for Everett Riffee and Virginia Miller of Berryville. and a girl for Charles Kraemer and Emma Patterson of Orchard Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Saville
Augusta
W. Va
David Lynn
Saville
Thelma Veach
Elmer Kerns
Whitacre
Kerns
Phyllis Berry
Jerry Johnson
Boyce
Johnson
Katherine Lee
Everett Riffee
Route 1
Berryville
Marsha Ann
Lessons in English By W. L. Gordon
A compact English lesson notes common misuses mispronunciations and misspellings. It defines improvident as lacking foresight and thrift and gives an example of how improvident habits deplete a fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Modern Etiquette Tips And Bermuda Voting Paradox
Q and A on returning luncheon hospitality, bridal shower gifts, and letter closings. The piece notes that hospitality obligations can be renewed later, gifts are needed if attending multiple showers, and proper letter closings for a monsignor. It also jokes about Bermuda voting limits, stating nine votes per parish with property value thresholds.
Frederick County Home Demonstration Agent Weekly Schedule
The Frederick County Home Demonstration Agent announces the weekly schedule for January 14 to 19. Meetings include Valley Mill HDC with Ada Ebersole, Middletown 4-H, Stephens City HDC with Gaunt, North Frederick HDC with Agatha Johnson, Mt Williams HDC with Nettie Fauver, and James Wood 4-H activities. Demonstrations cover sewing improvements and plans for a February 13 public cooking school. 4-H girls’ area contest is planned for the last half of February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Home Demonstration
Board of Supervisors
James Wood
Valley Mill Hdc
Ada Ebersole
Middletown
Stephens City
Gaunt
North Frederick
Agatha Johnson
Stephens City Club
Mt. Williams
Nettie Fauver
Lebanon Church News Holiday Visits and Illnesses
Mrs. W H Bowers spent a Christmas week with her son at Acorn Heights near Winchester. Guy McDonald returned home after hospital stay. Miss Myrtie Lindamood is confined by illness. Numerous visitors gathered for holidays at local homes in the Lebanon Church area. Frederick Hockman, injured his back but is mobile on crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Brown
Minnie Colvin
Branson Miller
Robert Miller
Minebank
Bob Blye
Falls Church
Ruby Himelright
Elizabeth Pingley
Loring Bentley
Frank Lindamood
James Frankhouser
Maryland
Charles Funkhouser
Frank Funkhouser
Wilson Sirbaugh
Winchester
W. B. Humphries, Jr
Frederick Hockman
Spence and Burchams Visit Manassas After Illness
Mr. and Mrs. James Spence and family and Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Burcham and daughter Sandra spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Burcham and family in Manassas. Mrs. F. W. Cox was confined at home by illness last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jackson are improving after illness at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridings Chapel
James Spence
Rufus Burcham
Sandra Burcham
Sonny Burcham
Manassas
F. W. Cox
Women of Moose To Perform Ritual At State Meeting
Winchester Chapter 1367 Wo men of the Moose and Virginia’s top honor chapter will conduct the initiation and ritual at the mid winter conference in Front Royal on January 27. The event was announced at the Winchester Moose Home meeting led by senior regent Mrs. Elmer Vance. The chapter also praised for decorating Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg and plans gifts for Western State Hospital Staunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Women of the Moose
Virginia
Front Royal
Moose Home
Elmer Vance
Vance
Veterans Administration
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Mary Ebert Holler
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Charles Moulden
Emma Line
Chester Luttrell
Stephens City Year Opens With Visits and Births
Community notes list Elsie Hovermale returning from Huntington and visits by the Lee and Carter families. Donna Dey Swain becomes mother to a son born at Memorial Hospital, and Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell plan Norfolk cruise. Harrisburg and Lackland AFB references appear amid Drum and Bugle Corps New Year Eve party awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Swain
Donna Dey
Winchester
John Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Norfolk
Navy
Herbert Painter
Billy Ewing
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Drum and Bugle Corps
Harold P. Teets
Harris Community Hall
Middletown
Mr. Teets
Paul Racey
Robert Pitcock
Penny Peery
Dorothy Christian
Gary Strickler
Teets
Drum and Bugle Corps Wins Prizes in 29 Parades
The Drum and Bugle Corps competed in 29 parades, earning 15 first prizes, five second prizes, and two third prizes, totaling 635 dollars in cash. They collected four trophies and one free trip. Also noted: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wakeman and Rex Wakeman, plus Mr. Miller Craig, returned from Florida.
Scouts Visit Evans Home Led by Teets and Shryock
Scoute with leaders Mrs Harold Teets and Miss Sarah Shryock toured the Henry and William Evans Home on Leicester Street Winchester Thursday night. Mrs Leslie Orndorff conducted the tour and introduced the 11 children and hosted a party for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Teets
Sarah Shryock
Henry and
William Evans
Leicester St
Winchester
Leslie Orndorff
Social Security Office Updates Phone Number
The Winchester Social Security Administration office announces its new phone number MO 2 3846 and provides the address 117 West Boscawen Street. A second note explains the term blind-slow worm is a lizard with bright eyes that moves quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
Winchester
Social Security Administration
W. Boscawen St
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Winchester -Clarke Garden Club
Bobbie Conrad
Lions Club
Lord Pairfax Garden Club
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William H. Lawrence, Jr
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Alcoholics Anonymous At
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Loyal Order of Moose Home
Rebekah Lodge
Hiram Lodge
AF & AM
Masonic Temple
Negro Nursery Board
Kiwanis Club
Colonial Garden Club
Golf Club
Mrs. Gregory
R. E. Gregory
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Thelma Haldeman
Frederick County
Kernstown
WSCS
Howard Holland
Washington
Sheraton Park
Hunter Faulconer, Jr
Charlottesville
Episcopal High School
Cappy Saxe
Hollins College
Raymond D. Saxe
Courtfield Ave
Daniel Greens
Helen Collins
Emmett Taylor
Raymond R. Fishpaw
John and
Eddie
Preston
Jack Wilkins
Mars
Helene Welacha
Elaine Rohlik
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
George Welacha
International Soundphoto
Roberta Lee
Gerrard & Valley Ave
Lovett Brothers
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun St
Lebanon Church
Acme Store
Shoecenter
St. Loudoun St
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Cather’s Department Store
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