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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1949
Page
8
Middleton daughter of Peer and Mrs Walter Strasburg married William F Artrip son of Mr and Mrs W F Artrip in a double ring ceremony at Reliance EUB Church officiated by Rev L P Tederick. Bride wore aqua street length dress with black accessories and a rosebud corsage. Artrip attended Strasburg High School and graduated Stephens City High. He has since become an auctioneer and livestock dealer.
The Winchester quota club schedules a 6 p m Thursday program in the Lec ture Room at First Baptist church with guest speaker Mrs R Gray Williams on her South America trip. Members unable to attend or bringing guests should inform Miss Grace Kelly before 7 p m tonight.
A calendar page lists events from January including the EIKs and Municipal Band at Rouss fire hall on Wednesday at 8 p m, a parent clinic at First Baptist Church, a Rotary meeting January 20 at 1 p m, DAR at home of Mrs Jules R Bernd, Quota Club at First Baptist with a talk by Mrs R Gray Williams on her South America trip, Graduate Nurses election of officers, and Woodmen of the World gathering all scheduled in the evenings and afternoons of January.
Mrs Myra Kibler of Ridgeway West Virginia leaves for Washington to join her daughter Peg gy June then proceed to Los Angeles to visit friends and relatives. Miss Carrie Kellican returns to Baltimore from visit with W C Perry family in Winchester.
Pupils at Stephens City high and elementary schools turned over 24 dollars to the Frederick County Tuberculosis Association from bangles sold with Christmas seals. Paul D. Beable commented on the drive.
The American Meat Institute reports wholesale meat prices dropped 20 percent from the mid-September peak. Retail prices show sharp declines with pork chops down 26 percent, round steak 25 percent, chuck roasts 22 percent, leg of lamb 17 percent, and lamb chops plus hamburger 13 percent. Lard leads declines at about 29 percent.
The Blue and Gold of Stephens City high school earned a superior rating for 1948 among Group 3 newspapers in the Virginia High School League contest. The Lincolnite of Purcellville won first prize in Group 3. The Narrator of New Market high school also received superior, while Gainesboro The Fact Finder was creditable.
Commercial and Savings bank reelects all officers for 1949 and keeps all clerical staff. Read as Pearl Brown, William Roscoe Edwards, Zelda Madigan, Jean Patton, Fay Miller, Edith Whitmore, Charlotte Brown, Roy Lee Sheetz, and William A. Cupp custodian.
London report notes Brian Vesey Fitzgerald studies mammals and observes badgers bury their dead and gather in dells while dancing in a mood he describes as somber and gay.
Brucetown notes list visitors from Winchester Middleway West Virginia Rest Alexandria Strasburg and relatives with Mr. and Mrs. Whitacre hosting and Clarke Purcell family traveling over Sunday.
Frederick County fund drive gains early momentum as Middletown high and elementary schools raise fifty dollars toward the March of Dimes. Principal H. D. Hoover reported the campaign is ongoing and the canvass is not yet finished.
The Berryville Socials column details the Saturday wedding of Mrs. Frances Dorsey Robinson to Col. Ern est L. Ristedt at the bride's Prince William county home near Gainesville. It also notes the Frederick Maryland ceremony of Miss Elfreda Fowler to Marshall Feltner, and lists numerous local visits, travels, and community happenings involving Berryville residents, including 4-H members, hospital passes, and military veterans.
Sunday from a Washington visit with her son and Mason P Morris. She returned home with her son who left later. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Ramsburg of Van Cleavesville WV. Ramsburgs have two other sons. Mrs Ramsburg formerly Ruth Early Clarke County Home Demonstration Agent. John Porter Burns, farmer of Jefferson County and son in law of the Childs family, is hospitalized in Baltimore. Charles Triplett Hardesty 3d, former Bridgewater College student, joins Bank of Clarke County staff.
Advice excerpt from Roberta Lee on social conduct. It warns against refusing dances without courtesy, warns against public female kissing as ill bred, and suggests private discussion with a waiter if needed.
The notice promotes pattern 4775 with puff sleeves for sizes 2 to 10, including a 1 yd bonus panty pattern, starring Anne Adams. It invites readers to send 25 cents for the pattern to Winchester Star Pattern Dept in New York, with full instructions and a fashion guide book available for 15 cents, offering a free pattern for four stores and tailored guidance.
A compact excerpt discusses proper usage and pronunciation, highlighting common mistakes and a daily word. Today's term sublimation defined as the product of purification with a brief quote on religion elevating morality.
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