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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1954
Page
11
Mr and Mrs Henry Renner Kernstown report their son Cpl Robert Renner is aboard ship en route to the United States after 14 months in Japan and Korea. He is expected home in about two weeks.
Personal entertainments mark summer social season with honor events for Elizabeth Adams Cather and James Carter Moses on July 10. Memorial Hospital visits include Louise Anderson Patton and J G Gibson. Webber reunion set for July 11 at Dunn Park, Bunker Hill West Virginia. Counts of college honors, family visits, and military training at Fort Bragg.
Calendar entries include Woodmen of the World at 8 p m on July 2 Fraternal Order of Eagles at Eagles Home at 8 p m Knights of Columbus at Sacred Heart Church at 8 30 p m on July 2 Madison Lodge at 8 p m July 8 Municipal Band at Rouss Hall 8 p m July 8 and Independence Day on July 4. Contact Bobbie Conrad at 3428 for details.
Mr and Mrs Winslow T Porter formerly of this city now of Carlyle Pa are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son David MacDonald Porter on June 6 Mrs Porter is the former Miss Catherine Jackson Mr Nathan Williamson and son Nathan T are at Free Union near Charlottesville attending Christian Service camp Mrs Marshall Novick and daughters Nancy and Toby are at Saylor s Lake Pocono Mountains Pa as guests of Mrs Novick s parents Mr and Mrs Jack Sher Mr and Mrs N Belmont Fout Marlboro Route spent the weekend with their son Pvt John F Fout at Camp Gordon Ga
birth notices report a girl for Mr. and Mrs. John Van Voorhis of Paw Paw Michigan with Mrs. Van Voorhis formerly Alice Braithwaite and a girl for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hart of Berryville with Mrs. Hart formerly Dorothy Pope.
Boyce Siler son of Mr and Mrs John Siler left Tuesday for Sampson Air Force Base in New York. Mae Lanham and Mrs Buckley from White Post visited Smyrna Delaware and stayed with Mr and Mrs Howard Pletsch over the weekend. Mrs Reiter Clark and Burke drove to Charlottesville to take Ann Devers and Nettie Ann Huff to Viewmont Baptist Camp for a week. Charlie Adams has return-
Readers learn of visits across West Virginia and Virginia as families gather in Keeneland era style. The items list relatives in Tennessee Maryland and Virginia with hospital stays births and furloughs. Dennis Alexander Grim welcomed a son while families host relatives from Washington Boston and Camp Lejeune.
Claud Frye attended the funeral of Isaac Henry Good in Akron Ohio on Monday. Shook and Alma Frye visited Chestnut Grove Farm on Tuesday. Visitors to H A Snapp included Rev E B Smith L J Wright Sr Perry Wright and Worsley from Winchester. Hammock family guests at H A Snapp’s included Harry Hammock and children from Reliance. Collis brothers moved to Cherry Grove Farm. Local farmers finished harvesting and making hay.
Stephenson and extended families visited Winchester and Morgantown acquaintances over the weekend. Betty Owens and Carol Sue Anderson returned from two weeks in Hagerstown. Sharron Armel of Clearbrook spent Thursday with Kitty Prince. DeHaven, recently discharged from the Army, now resides with his father P. A. DeHaven.
The moon features vast smooth plains and towering mountains. The highest peak is Leibnitz near the south pole, rising to about 35 000 feet.
A promotional piece urges women to question assumptions and think for themselves. It argues women now lead in finance and government, and invites readers to learn charm to advance careers, with tips on making good impressions, wardrobe, and efficiency. Readers can obtain a booklet by mail with 10 cents.
A head on collision on U.S. Route 522 in Cedarville injures Kemper Schumate 35 and Mrs. Bolt plus John Crawford Bolt 56. Walter A. Fanning drives a 1952 Pontiac. two others were unhurt. All injured were taken to Warren Memorial Hospital. Schumate has chest injuries and is reported in satisfactory condition.
The Braddock Street Methodist Church daily Vacation Bible School runs July 19 to July 30. Kindergarten course Stories About Jesus led by Brumley with Mrs Taylor Simpson Mrs F L Hinze and Mrs Holmes Harper guiding. Primary course Jesus, The Friend led by Harriett Roorbach with Mrs Woodrow Moore and Mrs John Gano assisting. Juniors Learning To Know continues.
The Firemen's Training School sponsored by the State Board of Education will run September 27 to October 1 and October 4 to 8 at the Friendship Fire Hall, replacing the previously announced schedule.
Lesson details common errors in English usage focusing on dispute pronunciation and spelling. It highlights misused phrases mispronunciations and distinguishes venal from venial. The piece urges vocabulary growth with a daily word, INIQUITY, and uses a quote about punishment for iniquity.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about childless wedding invitation wording and guest timing for dinner. It covers not printing Adults only on invites, politely noting cannot include children, waiting limits for late arrivals, and replacing broken items after accidents.
The pony penning occurs each year on the last Wednesday and Thursday in July during the Firemen's Carnival. The wild ponies, actually stunted horses, are sold at auction to fund equipment for volunteer firefighters.
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