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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1947
Page
8
Culpeper couple announces engagement of Lee McDaniel to Roy Elwood Potts. Lee is a Berryville High School faculty member. Roy served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in Europe and works for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. No wedding date set.
Mrs Irene Pyne Ritter of Clarke county announces the engagement of her daughter Ber Louise Ritter to Maurice Otis Blosser son of Mr and Mrs Ray Blosser of Greystone Terrace The bride elect is a Boyce High School and Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing graduate class of 1944 She joined the Army Nurse Corps and served in the Pacific Theatre She now nurses at Winchester Memorial Hospital The groom is Handley High School graduate who served with the 88th Infantry Division in the European Theatre He works at Winchester Electric Service The wedding is planned in the near future
Kernstown couple announce the engagement of Helen Elizabeth Conner to G Ward Funkhouser son of Mrs Granville Funkhouser and the late Mr Funkhouser of Jerome Virginia He served three years in the U S Army with 28 months overseas and discharged October 30 1945 He is now stationed at Angers Pure Oil wedding observance planned in Kernstown area
Mrs. Lawrence S. Davis arrives from Roanoke to visit Mrs. D. C. Randolph at 24 West Piccadilly. Mrs. Nelson Page to host Thursday Bridge Club on Amherst Street. Mary Virginia Gray son returns from Memorial Hospital improved after pneumonia. Pamela Lorraine Verret named at birth Monday at Memorial Hospital. Betty Cochran of Winchester is mother. William Lupton of High View admitted to Memorial Hospital with bronchial pneumonia. Dinner guests at Jack Nichols home include James Nicholson family of Charles Town, James W. Lee family of Berryville, and Mrs. James Sisk of Stephens City. Anna Belle Snapp to Miami for winter with brother Charles Grove. S. H. Renner and others return from visit with Edward Gill. Misses Betty Ann Grim and Retha Shirkey of Madison College admitted to Sigma Phi Lambda. Mrs. Alvin J. Carew and Mrs. Roland Cotton Tyler attend Michigan inauguration of Governor Kurt Sigler in Lansing. Tyler formerly Miss Hattie Hodgson. guests in Detroit included Walter C. Plundeke. George Elbows McFadden leaves Winchester tomorrow for Philadelphia to report to U S Navy Yard.
Miss Winifred Brewer of Opequon and Mr. Donald Lee Smith near Albin were married Friday at Centenary Reformed Church. The Rev. S. L. Plickinger officiated. Bride wore a blue ensemble with carnations. couple will reside in Bartonsville where the groom farms.
Woman's Auxiliary and Conrad Hoover Post members and families invited to Legion Home 211 North Loudoun for Ladies Night tomorrow at 8. Card games bingo prizes door prize refreshments. bring own cards. Busy Bee class meets tomorrow at 7:30 at 522 South Loudoun with Miss Ann Ritter leading devotional.
Promotes pattern 4704 for infant layette with embroidery transfer and complete illustrated instructions. Claims easy sewing and fit testing and invites readers to mail twenty five cents to Pattern Dept New York. Also touts Spring Anne Adams Pattern Book with a free pattern and travel bag idea.
The Ashi Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy held a luncheon marking the 140th birthday of General Robert E. Lee. Rev. William Eisenberg spoke on Lee and Jackson, citing conviction, regard for others, and loyalty to the whole nation above states.
Berryville denizens share social updates from Mrs. Arthur Krock in Washington to decorations by the Belgian government for wartime help. Visits link Clarke and nearby towns with Nassau and Maryland, while banking figures attend a Baltimore institute dinner. Families welcome returning relatives from hospitals and out-of-town trips as social rounds proceed.
Local society notes list residents and guests spending weekends or visiting relatives in Clarke County. The long roster includes Mrs. Bowerman and Mrs. Childs in Philadelphia and Berryville, Miss Eleanor Childs, Mr. Hutteman in Staunton, travels to Washington D C, Nashville and Rectortown, and visits from Cleveland and Arlington. Named hosts include Mrs. Lewis Levi, Mrs. Knowles, Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Galloway, with others traveling from Madison, Fairfax, Hagerstown, and Cumberland.
Evandale Home Demonstration Club members meet Thursday at Mrs Carson Still mans home starting 10 a m. Members bring a dish for a cover dish luncheon. Demonstration focuses on Candlewicking of Bedspreads and Oriental rug color schemes for room décor.
Frederick County home cooks contribute favorites to Recipes from Old Virginia featuring 700 tested recipes. The Dietz Press plans mass release after club members purchase, with recipes from rural Virginia and colonial origins. Ginger snaps from Frederick County are highlighted with full directions and ingredients.
A guide explains when to use bread to assist food onto a fork and when to state your preferences to the hostess. It advises politely sharing choices like light vs dark meat or cream vs lemon with tea and discusses whether a specific number is relevant to etiquette.
The number varies from four to eight at large formal weddings, but one or two bridesmaids can suffice at a small wedding. For greetings use "How do you do?" rather than "How do."
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