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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1957
Page
8
War Memorial Building hosts teen dance and numerous lodge and club gatherings from July 12 to 15 including BPW Chile at Hotel 8 p.m. and Woodmen of the World events. Attendance lists, reunions, and obituaries are noted along with youth camp and funeral mentions. Numerous local families and attendees are named.
Mrs Preston Avery from Atlanta visits Harold and Barbara Brown before moving to 622 Tennyson Ave. Mrs Custin W Page and Mrs John M Seabright return from Nassau. James Lewis of Chapel Hill and Isabelle Sheetzy announce son Timothy James born July 4 with daughter Melanie. Frances Presgraves’ shower honors her pending marriage to Jack C Williams on August 10. Visitors and guests include Miss Jane Brumback and others at showers and engagements across Ridgewey to Reading and Frostburg.
To Mr and Mrs Lawrence Costello Stephens City a boy Larry Arthur. Mrs Costello is the former Miss Porgy Funkhouser. To Mr and Mrs Harry Davis Romney W Va a boy Donald Eugene. Mr Davis is the former Miss Louise Hartman. To Mr and Mrs Ruel J Alford Jr Parkview a girl. Mrs Alford is the former Miss Grace Minor. Tour and Mrs Wilbur Hones ty Route 1 a girl Roslyn Elle Lena. Mrs Honesty is the former Miss Audra Junior.
The Friendly Grove annual yard party on July 4 drew a large crowd. Multiple local families and visitors from Falls Church and Trout Run gathered for the event, plus reports of visiting relatives and neighbors. The Friendly Grove Home Demonstration Club held a June 25 meeting at Gertrude Cooper’s with an outdoor cookery demonstration and elected officers. An annual picnic is planned for July 23 at Friendly Grove hall at 7 p.m.
Community guidance emphasizes offering clean cool water for domestic animals and visiting neighborhood birds. Pet owners are urged to refresh bowls daily and place shallow sources in shaded areas to support wildlife during hot weather.
NEW YORK Luis Estevez the young Cuban designer tops American couture with a fall collection built around American Beauty roses and varied hemlines. The line features one rose accents to full-blossom gowns, up in front hems, color-matched accessories, slashed necklines, built in bras, nude midriffs with buckles, and daring back and side panel designs.
Stonewall District Ruritan Club held its annual family picnic at Kiwanis Shelter in Winchester on July 4 with about 180 attendees from 3:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Games included badminton, softball, horseshoes, and croquet. After supper, more games, a business meeting, and a movie followed.
The Rev W W McGray, senior chaplain attached to the 135 Tu-Q-M, is ordered to Fort Lee for 15 days active duty effective Sunday. He will return Saturday and conduct the regular Sunday morning service at 9 45 a m. Frances McGray, daughter of the McCrays, left by bus to visit her sister in Frankfort. Several local residents and visitors are listed as guests and travelers, including families of Watson, Cleve nger, Carbaugh and Mitchell, with visits to Washington and the George Washington museum in Winchester.
Roberta Lee discusses proper thank you etiquette after a dinner hosted by the wife of a husband’s employer. The guidance covers whether a note is appropriate, timing, and tone in formal social circles.
The excerpt offers practical Q and A on wedding manners. It covers reciprocal hospitality after gifts, wrist corsage placement favoring the left wrist, and serving a wedding breakfast as late as 1 PM, noting no strict rules but common expectations.
A compact note on common word usage and pronunciation from W. L. Gordon. It corrects usages like faster versus as fast as and flags frequently misspelled terms such as perquisite and whey versus weigh while listing synonyms for related terms.
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