BPW Membership Grows At Dinner Meeting
At a dinner meeting of the BPW club two new members joined, Miss Mary Pancoast a graduate nurse formerly with BPW in Sussex county New Jersey and SS Early, president of an organization. Mrs Julia Beaver recounted the late Margaret Chase Smith and arranged a reserved seat with Senator Byrd’s courtesy. Winchester England BPW sent tea and soap with a gavel souvenir carved of British oak. A tea gift from Winchester read keepsake of friendship and good will. A shower was held for Mrs Thomas Orndorff formerly Linda Proctor with many gifts.
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Professional Omen
Mary Pancoast
BPW
Sussex County
N. J
SS Early
Julia Beaver
Margaret Chase Smith
Winchester
England
R. Va
U. S
Bpws
Thomas Orndorff
Linda Proctor
John Bowers Honeymoon Return at Home
Mr and Mrs John Melton Bowers return to 548 N Loudoun St after a Canada honeymoon. The bride formerly Jane Metz daughter of Grover Hen and the groom son of Co Bowers of Cherry Run W Va. They wed at Mount Vernon church with Rev T J Hawkins officiating.
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N. Loudoun St
John Melton Bowers
Canada
Bowers
Jane Henshall Metz
Grover Hén
City
Mr. Bowers
Co. Bowers
Cherry Run
W. Va
Mount Vernon Church
T. J. Hawkins
Winchester
Calendar of Evening Meetings and Club Events
A printed schedule lists events across days from December 18 to January 20. Moose game and Rebekah lodge meet on Tuesday. Kiwanis and UDC luncheon with Dr Wright on Wednesday. Elks Municipal Band and parent clinic also on Wednesday. Rotary DAR and Quota Club talks scheduled on Thursday with Mrs Bernd hosting.
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Moose
Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Exchange Club Board
National Fruit Co. Ofee
Gertrude Barton
Kiwanis
UDC
George Washington Hotel
Wm. Archer Wright
Elks
Rouss Fire Hall
First Baptist Church
Rotary
Jules R. Bernd
Valley Ave
First Baptist
R. Gray Williams
South America
Red Interiors on Warships of the War of 1812
Around the War of 1812 era ships had black hulls and interior decks painted dull red to hide blood loss and keep interiors less conspicuous during battles.
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United States
Inaugural Toys To Cost Truman No Small Penny
President Truman faces high costs for his inaugural celebrations as his wife Bess and daughter Margaret prepare wardrobe splurges. Margaret plans a gown in Margare t pink with 35 yards of silk tulle and a full circular skirt and brocade bodice, while Bess wears a black panne velvet ball gown with a lace collar and long gloves for the National Guard armory ball.
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Washington
Truman
Margaret
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Alice
Mrs. Truman
Woman grabbed on street by stranger in Amherst area
Mrs. William Ritenour told city police a white man in a chilled cap grabbed her shoulder near 124 Amherst St Saturday evening. Police searched the vicinity but found no one. Her husband alerted authorities after the incident and the assailant fled after taking her handbag.
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Amherst St
William Ritenour
Highway Research Laboratory Moving To Charlottesville
Charlottesville January 18. The board of administration of the Virginia council of highway investigation and research met to plan moving the highway department's research offices and laboratories to Charlottesville. The move unites the lab with the University of Virginia engineering department to form the new council.
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Charlottesville
Board of Administration
Virginia Council of Highway Investigation and Research
C. S. Mullen
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Department of Engineering
University of Virginia
Young Burglars Puzzle to Police
In Pittsburgh on January 8 four youngsters aged nine to eleven confessed to burglarizing two service stations. The loot totaled $1.84 and was buried near a station. The girl rifled a cash register and the youths spoke like veterans, with one twin declaring I am just a burglar but I don't carry a rod.
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Pittsburgh
Housewife Debate From Paradise To Prison
Cynthia Lowry weighs two stark views on housewifery. A flour ad praises the role as vital and rewarding, while Edith M Stern portrays housework as a captured life with limited advancement and no wage. The piece ends noting no clear solution.
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Edith M. Stern
American Mercury
Stern
VMI Graduation Set for January 1949 Class
About ninety cadets of the class of 1949 B at the Virginia Military Institute will graduate on January 30. A graduation parade is planned for 4 p.m. on the preceding Friday, followed by the midwinter hop on Saturday night and the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday. Diplomas will be conferred Saturday.
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Lexington
VMI
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
English lesson by W L Gordon discusses correct usage and pronunciation. Highlights misused phrases such as attended with success, mispronunciations of Anno Domini, and common misspellings like Handsome versus Hansome. Promotes daily vocabulary with the word Preparative meaning tending to prepare.
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W. L. Gordon
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers
A collection of etiquette guidance by Roberta Lee discussing reading in hotel dining rooms, paying transit fares as escorts, seating clerics at wedding breakfasts, and a note on ancient Egyptian use of water wheels for irrigation.
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Roberta Lee
Troyes as Trade Center Weighs Bullion in Grains
The city of Troyes emerges as a trading hub where 5,760 grains became the standard unit for weighing bullion, reflecting its historical monetary practices and measures.
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Troyes
Water and Earth Calorie Temperature Relation
A science note states that it requires five times 48 calories to raise the temperature of water by one degree compared with raising a pound of dry earth by one degree.
John DuPuy Dies in Pikeville Kentucky
John Booker DuPuy age 64 died at his home in Pikeville Kentucky. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth Lowman DuPuy his daughter Elizabeth Lowman DuPuy his son John Booker DuPuy Jr two grandchildren a brother Joseph E DuPuy two sisters Nan DuPuy and J B Beverley Jr formerly of this city and Richmond Services will be held in Pikeville Thursday with interment in Knoxville Tennessee.
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John Booker DuPuy
Pikeville, Ky
Elizabeth Lowman DuPuy
John Booker DuPuy Jr
Joseph E. DuPuy
Pikeville
Nan DuPuy
J. B. Beverley Jr
City
Richmond
Knoxville
Tenn
Armistice Talks Bring Changes on Frontier
Israeli forces reshuffle along the Lebanon border as talks show progress. Israel frees four of fifteen Lebanese villages under occupation while Lebanese units withdraw from a village in northwestern Galilee.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Galilee
Gas Pumps Found To Be Sub standard
Fourteen of seventy one gas pumps tested in Clarke county failed to meet standard requirements. J A Rosen, inspector for the division of markets, State department of agriculture, led the investigation.
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Clarke County
J. A. Rosen
Division of Markets
State Department of Agriculture
Winchester Star Pattern Offer for Spring 4576
Advertisement for pattern 4576 by Anne Adams with sizes 12 to 20 and fabric needs. Includes illustrated instructions and a measurement guide. Readers urged to send 25 cents for pattern and 15 cents for the Spring pattern book with a free four-store pattern.
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Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Anne Adams
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