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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1957
Page
8
Personal notices record multiple wedding showers and engagement plans in York Inn Winchester Golf Pall Mall Street and Jeff erson Street homes. Names include Ruth tt, Herman Fins, Jay H Lowden Jr and Miss Sigros with February 16 date noted.
January 28 events include Madison Lodge and Eastern Star in City Hall at 8 PM, Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel. January 29 schedule lists Lions Club at 12:15 PM, Century Club with Mrs. Lewis M. Allen at 4 PM, plus Moose, Rebekah Lodge, AA at Baptist Church, Kiwanis at 12:15 PM, and Air Force Reserve Squadron Flights at 7:30 PM at Golf Club 37 E Boscawen St.
Eugene Paul Miller a University of Virginia student spends his mid semester vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs Eugene Miller of North Braddock Street Mrs George Triggs is a patient at Kings Daughters Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia
Mrs J E Marshall of 15 N Braddock St and Miss Martha Colvin returned from a two week trip to Miami Beach visiting friends and relatives. They also visited Colvin's brother in Davidson NC and will attend the Dartmouth Winter Carnival in Hanover. Philip Groves and August B Hark, University of Virginia students, are on mid semester vacation in New York City. Mrs J M Darlington of 501 Fairmont Ave hosted a surprise 76th birthday party with family and friends.
Irvin Shendow son of Mr and Mrs G Shendow of S Stewart St has arrived from the University of Virginia to spend his mid semester vacation here. Mrs Mary A Miller has returned to her home at 325 Highland Ave after a hospital stay. George Sempeles a student at college is spending his mid term vacation with his parents Mr and Mrs John Sempeles of N Braddock St.
The Civic League executive board will meet Wednesday at 10 am at 835 Woodland Ave home of Mrs. Bynum Neese. VFW Auxiliary Post 2123 visited Newton D Baker Hospital on Wednesday played games with patients and gave cigarette prizes. Miss Helen Carson will speak Friday at 12 30 p.m. on her Europe trip at the George Washington Hotel with committee chairs listed and displays and prizes.
On January 26 a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Woodward Route 1 Marshall. Dorothy Budd is the former Miss. On the same day a girl named Donna Marie was born to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Colvin Route 2. Lois Colvin is the former Miss Colvin. Also a girl Joy Linn was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Waybright N Kent St extd. January 27 a girl Lois Elliott was born to SP2 and Mrs. Lewis Scarborough 113 W Leicester St. Mrs. Scarborough is the former Miss Joan Elliott.
A general strike called by the Algerian National Liberation Front paralyzed Algiers with many Muslim and European shops closed. French troops unlocked shuttered stores and maintained order, while transit ran with few passengers. The movement aimed to draw World attention as the U N General Assembly discussed Algeria.
In a Seattle newspaper an ad advertised sale of thirty tillable acres with a foreclosure warning. The copy claimed a bargain for a buyer with imagination, but the line’s error altered its meaning and drew notice.
The eastern two thirds endured rain and snow as winter conditions intensified from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Northern Plains face freezing air while the Southwest reports at least 20 traffic deaths from hazardous driving as officials clear snowbound freight trains on the Denver & Rio Grande Western line. Grand Junction Colorado tops 30 inches of snow. Red Mountain Pass and Wolf Creek Pass report massive drifts. Los Angeles records its first major snowfall in eight years.
In Montgomery Alabama a Negro home and a nearby service station taxi stand were dynamited amid a wave of racially tense incidents. An unexploded bomb with 12 sticks of dynamite was found at the home of Rev Martin Luther King Jr. nearby.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about eating shared pie in individual dishes and paying for corsages at weddings. She notes diners serve themselves from the baking dish to keep the rest hot and that husbands often buy corsages for their wives, while discussing who offers a woman’s hand first in greeting.
Local Kernstown women participate in the Mothers March on Polio for the March of Dimes tomorrow night. Participants include Mrs. Briscoe Snapp Mrs. Robert Branner Mrs. Linden Vann Mrs. Marshall Smith and others with Mrs. George Pully assigned to Acorn Heights.
The line suggests she should accept his hand without hesitation. It frames courtesy as decisive, urging prompt social polish in the exchange. No further context or named entities are provided.
Tennessee heir and Nashville shoe magnate Wal ton Maxey Jarman predicts men will adopt buckled shoes in the near future. He notes his General Shoe Corp's growth after acquiring Hoving Corp including Tiffanys and Bonwit Teller, and cites a trend toward the My Fair Lady style with pointed toes as evidence.
Police arrested 22 year old John Lewis Gregory Jr a jobless ex convict for the fatal stabbing of 72 year old Norfolk grocer David Weinstein last Friday. Witnesses picked him from a lineup and he admitted involvement in the robbery claiming an accomplice knifed Weinstein.
Daily vocabulary feature outlines correct usage for imbue versus infuse and kiosk pronunciation. It defines immigrant and immigrant, lists synonyms, and ends with a prompt to master one word daily, focusing on illogical as today’s example.
Burglaries in Augusta remove heating stove several light fixtures and a kitchen sink from a residence. Police investigate and seek leads.
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