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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1948
Page
8
At 92 Mrs. Kate Harvey Marshall slows down yet maintains farm duties and finances. She lives with daughter Mrs Paneye Conner, keeps fertilizer and seed buying in hand, and reads daily papers and magazines. She enjoys crocheting and sewing, notes sleepless nights, and recalls wartime resilience.
Mrs Harry Pingley and Mrs Edward Heine hosted a miscellaneous shower at the former’s home in honor of Miss Helen Fugitt. Guests included E W Barr Allen C. Morrison R G Morrison Allen Carter E T Miller Melvin Lineburg Robert Glaize Mary Hershberger John Griffith Hugh Huser Bessie B Borden Cornelia Koontz Eloise George Catherine Long Thomas Reardon Horace Shackleford Elizabeth Barr Ann Oates Mary Crisman Goldie Brown Pearl Grim. Dance tonight at the parish house after the basketball game.
Six sophomores, including the daughter of Rev. James B Roe, were chosen as May Day attendants at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia in Fredericksburg. The selections were made by classmates. Roe studied commercial art and attended Denver and Sadlersville before college.
A World Day of Prayer service is set for 3 30 p m February 13 at First Baptist church. The Federated Council of Church women organize with all city congregations invited to join in this global Christian movement aimed at fostering world brotherhood and peaceful nation relations through church cooperation.
Mrs. Kirby Drummond of Front Royal Road is improving satisfactorily at Memorial hospital where she has been a patient for a month. Mrs. Philip Strawderman has returned home from Memorial hospital at 1011 S. Cameron Street.
The term caucus appeared in Boston in the early eighteenth century as the name of a political club where public questions were discussed and local election plans made. It is said to derive from an Indian word Kaw kaw was meaning to talk.
A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Howard Morris of 625 Pennsylvania Ave the mother is former Miss Hilda Patton A boy was also born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Sheffield of 804 National Ave
A Winchester ministerium luncheon at the George Washington hotel Monday accompanies Week of Prayer services led by Protestant churches at Braddock Street Methodist. Rev. Nevin Smith of Emmanuel Reformed Hanover will speak to ministers and wives and lead Monday evening prayers with Dr. Warren Hastings opening the series Sunday at 7 45 p.m. Others include Dr. Wilson Ard Hagerstown Tuesday and Dr. Ira Ernst Washington Wednesday with Dr. Albert Edwards Harrisonburg Thursday and Dr. Walter Gunn Richmond Friday.
The Winchester Evening Star launches a Saturday feature titled Woman of the Week profiling presidents of local clubs. News notes describe Rebekah lodge officer installations at IOOF hall with Noble Grand Hazel Himelright and deputies, plus Cantata rehearsal at Market Street Methodist Church led by Floyd Haines.
A collection of etiquette tips from Roberta Lee. It covers how a young man should ask a potential date if she’s free on Wednesday evening, why employees should not invite their boss to luncheons or homes, and whether a convalescent’s gift should be opened immediately.
Daily vocabulary note guides pronunciation spelling and usage. It highlights common misuses such as omitting mental in telepathy and mispronouncing hydraulic, plus a example sentence for factious meaning given to dissension.
In memory of Mary E Newlin who departed this life on January 30 1947 her family notes a year has passed yet she remains in loving memory. The poem reflects faith and devotion as her husband signs the tribute.
New York City real estate is valued at about 16.9 billion dollars in current estimates. The figure highlights the sector's size and housing market significance in the metropolitan area.
Barbara Jo Walker, Miss America 1947, rejects Hollywood contracts despite pressure from Davie O Selznick and others. She prefers private life and aims to be a successful doctor's wife while pursuing studies, sorority work, and acting on stage.
Pattern 4809 offers a scalloped skirt design in white ideal for graduation. Sizes 6 to 14 with fabric needs listed and complete illustrated instructions. Send twenty five cents to Winchester Star Pattern Dept for details and add fifteen cents for the Spring Pattern Book catalog.
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