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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1949
Page
8
Miss Ruth Anna Brannon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James urch, is noted in a social note. Mrs. Tusing attended Handley high school. Mr. Tusing served two years in the Army and is employed by T. G. Adams. The couple is mentioned as part of the engagement context.
Mrs R Bruce Harlee led the Turner Asby chapter UDC and Miss Lucy Kurtz attended the 142nd birthday of Gen Robert E Lee at the George Mason hotel. Madison college alumni plan a 1 pm Saturday luncheon at York Inn with Dorothy Garber as speaker and about 80 ex Madisonites expected. Also announcements of a Ladies Aid luncheon bake sale and hospital patient notes.
Calendar entries show events from January 21 to 24 including Camera Club at Valley Photo Center Graduate Nurses officer election Woodmen of the World Madison Alumni luncheon at York Inn Chanters Eastern Star and Madison Lodge evening meetings listed by time and venue.
A boy to Mr and Mrs Donald Landacre of Trailer Camp. Mrs Landacre is Lola Kaufman. A girl to Mr and Mrs James Diffenderfer of Boyce. Mrs Diffenderfer is Helen Scroggins. A boy to Mr and Mrs Harold Shircliff of 633 National Ave. Mrs Shircliff is Edith Gough.
Thirteen Bryarly School teen-agers formed the Albin boys club inviting youths ages 10 to 20 from Albin and Sunnyside to join. Meetings are set for Tuesdays at 7 30 p m at the school with a February benefit sale planned to fund a year round activities and sports program. Attendees at the first meeting include Wayne Miller Charles Emm erling Harold Jenkins Vernon Hott Donald Kerns Paul Foreman Marvin White Eugene Oates James Patton Kenneth Rinker Fred Snyder and Robert Williams.
At a Round Hill 4-H meeting held at Mr and Mrs John Larricks, president John Hoover welcomed new members Mary Cooper and Boyd Swartz. Nancy Larrick reported on the county council meeting and a Feb 4 debate with proceeds to the new Community building was planned.
Mrs Darius Stickley of the Strasburg vicinity is visiting here, according to local society notes.
The column answers etiquette questions on tipping porters on trains, using personal cards for gifts, and formal introductions. It suggests a tip of ten to twenty five cents based on distance and means, allows dropping Miss for intimate friends, and instructs to say Mrs Smith may I present Mr Allen for introductions.
December report shows aid to three adults and seven children by the District Nurse Association. A preschooler entered the Blue Ridge sanatorium with room and board funded by the Winchester Tuberculosis Association. Additional cases were assessed at UVA clinics and dermatology, with Red Cross transport provided.
The Lord Fairfax Garden Club held a combined business meeting and flower arrangement competition at Mrs. Pemroke T Grove’s home on Academy Lane. Mrs. John Warren Rice presided as new president. Judges praised exhibits of evergreen barberry wood moth and thistle in varied containers.
Instructional note on proper usage and pronunciation of common words. Highlights misused phrases such as within a few days and buffet pronunciation. Defines obei sance as a respectful bodily gesture and shows example sentence.
Jacqueline Christopher Moseley was granted an absolute divorce from Horace Theodore Moseley on desertion. Frances L. Good’s partial divorce from Glenn E. Good merged into an absolute decree. Ruby W. Cornwell and Ruth H. Racey received bed and board divorce actions merged into absolute decrees. Gordon Corbin was granted an absolute divorce from Hazel M. Whitacre Corbin.
AP Newsfeatures surveys teen trends across Atlanta and New York for 1949. Young women embrace making things and crafts, while music and fashion rise in daily life. Notable items include teenage glove colors, a Brooklyn homemaking orchestra, and awards for young farmers earning prizes and funding.
A meeting at 8 p m tonight in the Boyce Parish hall aims to organize a Clarke county private school. A non profit charter has been granted for the project tentatively called the Blue Ridge Country Day School.
Berryville attorney and bank trust officer Williams returns to his office after two weeks illness. He was confined at home and then examined at Johns Hopkins University Hospital for a checkup.
Joseph E. Keller assistant cashier and assistant trust officer at Bank of Clarke County Berryville has shown improvement in Winchester hospital since December 19 with a heart condition following pneumonia illness.
In Alaska a bristle thighed curlew imitates a wolf whistle, revealing nesting grounds after 163 years. Henry C. Kyllingstad and David Allen with Warren Petersen and Dr. Arthur A. Allen documented two nests, four eggs total, near Mountain Village as part of Arctic Institute work.
Carl Klein a 40 year old naturalist who had been blind for two years suddenly regained sight after a severe headache and a cloud of dots that formed circles. A Brooklyn school for the blind official cited a blood clot on the optic nerve as the likely cause and said Klein now has about half normal vision. His first wish was to view trees birds and nature in a park.
Melvin J. Goff a 14 year old from New Milford Pa was operated on at Johns Hopkins hospital. Doctors called the surgery to correct a congenital heart malformation successful and the boy in satisfactory condition though the next 48 hours are critical and he remains in an oxygen tent. He had been tested since Jan 10 to determine operability.
New plunging neckline cardigan with a gored skirt designed for Jr. Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 pattern 4734. Skirt has no side seams. blouse size 13 requires 8 yards 39 inch fabric and skirt 2 yards. Complete illustrated instructions and fit tested. Send 25 cents to Winchester Star Pattern Dept. for pattern 4734 with name address zone size and style number.
Forty five high school girls entered the contest to select Miss New Market High School of 1949. Two former winners are among the judges or organizers, with event details pending tonight.
Among the entrants are Patsy Roadcap and Alice Burkholder.
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