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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1951
Page
10
The Bryarly School PTA holds its first meeting of the new year at 8 pm in the school. Rev J R Collis pastor of St Luke's in Martinsburg W Va will present an illustrated lecture on the PTA theme.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Cover Barton of Bryn Mawr Pa announce the engagement of their daughter Virginia Roberts Barton to Mr Hunter Evans Brownback son of Mr and Mrs Garrett Arthur Brownback of Linfield Pa formerly of Cedarhurst L I Miss Barton is granddaughter of the late Mr and Mrs Lewis Neill Barton and great granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cover of Winchester She attended Agnes Irwin School Wynnewood Pa and debuted in Philadelphia in 1942 Brownback a St Pauls School Connecticut and University of Pennsylvania graduate served with the 84th Infantry Division in World War II and is a member of the St Anthony Club New York and the Rockaway Hunt Club.
Mrs Freeda H Lintz announces the engagement of her daughter Jacquelyn Hewett Files to Leo B Fauver son of Mr and Mrs Harry Fauver of Bufflick Road The bride elect attends Handley High School The groom is a World War II veteran employed by W A Miller No wedding date set Also notes on Mrs Upton Page improving in Winchester Memorial Hospital and local dinner guests from Winchester including Mr and Mrs Richard Renner and Mr and Mrs William Orndoff
January 19 at 6:30 p.m. Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy dinner marks General Robert E. Lee's birthday at the George Washington Hotel. Also at 8:00 p.m. Woodmen of the World. Bryarly School PTA at 8:15 p.m. Jayceeettes at Mrs. Robert E. Berry's home, 110 W. Monmouth St. January 22 at 8:00 p.m. Madison Lodge. 8:00 p.m. McKinley Chapter Eastern Star in City Hall. Municipal Band performs at Rouss Hall.
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Miller formerly of 317 W. Piccadilly St have moved into their new home on Merriman's Lane.
A Roanoke gathering of the State Horticulture Society drew numerous attendees from area towns. Names include J Kenneth Robinson Philip Glaize Herman Stine Fred Sturm Harry Butler Sr Edward Bailey Horace Browne Walker Bond Raymond Saxe Fred Brumback James Shirley Roy Cather Clarence Hill Herman Barr W W Baker Ralph Chrisman Winchester Douglas Butler A B Grove Alfred Snapp D K Russell Ralph Marker David Nellis Winchester Layton Stockdale Betsy Stockdale Albin Ralph Dorsey Berryville Alec Earle George Green White Post and others.
Edith Johnson returns to Gary Indiana after ten days with Mr and Mrs Hawkins at 16 West North Avenue. She came to be with her mother Mrs James Jackson who is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Also visiting were Thomas N Jackson Paul Elgee of Federalsburg Delaware E F Jackson and family of Harrisburg Pennsylvania and Mrs James M Jackson who broke her hip on January 5 and remains in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Mrs Armel is confined to her home on South Cameron Street by illness and is mentioned alongside Mrs Lewis EB Armel in the notice.
Elsie C Olcott reports Reynolds Fuller re enlistment in the Navy for six years and home on leave with parents Garland and Mrs Fuller. Richard Fuller, third class petty officer, served three years including two abroad on the Carrier U S S Midway. Ray Fuller joins the Army Air Corps and trains at Keesler Field. Seven Clarke County youths enlist in the Air Corps now at Lackland AFB: William Carpenter Glenn Smallwood Donald Thompson Phil Grim Vance Foltz Raymond Chapman Paul Barbour Rush Gibson Jr.
The American Petroleum Institute reports the nation's pipeline length for crude oil and petroleum products at 152 814 miles as of January 1, 1950.
A fashion note advises early spring veiling ideas and hat updates using wide-mesh veiling and decorative pins. It suggests three veiling methods for fresh looks and a veiling-based headpiece effect, plus a short promo for John Robert Powers hairdos with mail-order details.
In a downtown Mercantile Trust Building a 45 year old cab driver John R. Bell fired five shots at his mistress Maragret Munzert then killed himself. Mrs Munzert suffered multiple gunshot wounds but survived. Bell died at the scene. A mail carrier helped rush Munzert to Mercy Hospital in fay condition.
In Pensacola Florida Mickey Lebaron Godwin was born yesterday while his mother lay dying in an iron lung. The seven pound baby is reported in good shape today. The mother Mrs T L Godwin 19 died a few hours after the birth from poliomyelitis affecting her arms and legs. The father works at a dry cleaning plant.
Recipe for Cranberry Sauce appears in a Saturday night supper feature by Cecily Brownstone. It lists ingredients sugar water cinnamon cloves lemon rind and juice cranberries and yields about one quart after cooking until the berries burst.
Prime Minister Thakin Nukwek joins Mandalay citizens on a sun baked field to pray for relief from a cholera epidemic. Reports say the disease claims about 42 lives daily and vaccine supply covers about 50 000 of Mandalay’s 200 000 residents.
The George Washington Bridge opened linking New York and New Jersey on October 24, 1931, marking a landmark completion across the Hudson River. The new span connected major urban centers and expanded cross river traffic and commerce.
Readers get a daily vocabulary note with guidance on word usage and pronunciation. The piece highlights often misused phrases and mispronounced terms and includes a daily word study for expanding vocabulary.
A Q and A on whether a man should polish his fingernails. Opinions vary with some authorities condemning it as in poor taste while others allow well kept nails. The guidance emphasizes cleanliness and modest grooming.
A reader asks if a hostess must dance and if guests should invite her. Answers advise guests to sit out at least one dance with her while not forcing attendance. Another tip says to stand at the dining car entrance for seating guidance from the steward. Foreign city names are often Anglicized in English usage, though some suggest using native forms like Firenze Praha Wien Beograd and Beograd.
An Anne Adams pattern promotion offers jacket and built up skirt designs with or without collar contrast and a sheath date dress option. It lists pattern T4540 sizes 12 through 20 and 40 42, fabric yardage, and steps, with a request to send coins and a form for name address zone size and style number to the Winchester Star pattern department in New York. The promotion also sells a collection with twenty cents and includes one yard patterns, handbag instructions, and free pattern instructions.
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