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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1960
Page
6
The Bare Minimums in swimsuits spark inventive cover ups as women wear gay blouses over scanty swimsuits. Teens lead the trend with mothers and older sisters following, using blouses tied at the midriff or worn loose as beach robes. Diverse colors and patterns multiply wardrobe options for beachgoers seeking sun and modesty.
Multiple residents report returns from vacations in Nags Head Williamsburg Niagara Falls and New York City. Celebrations include a fiftieth wedding anniversary reception at Hebron Baptist Gore and a newborn son Stephen Davis born July 13 at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Calendar notes events from July 16 to July 18 with evening activities across Unger Capon Bridge and Frederick County. W.S.C.S Greenwood Church hosts yard party at Unger while Capon Bridge hosts church festival and a coat fire hall event. Union and civic groups meet for lodge VFW branch and bridge games at area venues. Teenage birthday party scheduled Saturday evening.
Mrs. Dave Satterfield of Richmond and Mr and Mrs David Place of New York plan weekend at Julian Glass's Glenburnie. Mrs Whitman stays briefly then heads to New York. Mary Albright leaves tomorrow for Camp White Rock. Mrs Brooke Harris of New York visits Ripon. Johnny Carr a UVA student will spend weekend at home. Mrs Paul Rosenberger and children travel to Virginia Beach. Chaplain Carson and daughter Ruth join them. Carsons arrive July 27 to stay with the Hollands on S Stewart St.
Frederick County 4 H Clubs plan a county wide rummage and bake sale July 29 30 at 44 E Piccadilly St to raise funds for the County 4 H Council. Miss Agnes Shirley invites adults with rummage sale experience to help unpack price and sell items Friday from noon to 9 pm and Saturday 8 am until sold out. Baked goods will be received Friday at 11 am. Articles and supplies needed include hangers pins scissors packing paper and bags while bake sale needs knives and waxed paper.
Fairview EUB minister W B Ramey will preach at Fairview Evangelical United Brethren Church on July 17 at 10 15 a m and at Mt Olive Evangelical United Brethren Church at 7 30 p m while the pastor Rev Daniel Agnew is on vacation.
Dear Abby letters include a coworker who finishes others sentences, a wife seeking legal name changes after divorce, a boy afraid to swim asking for help, and a note that Abby answers all letters. The page closes with a confidential taunt about ugliness and a request for stamped self addressed envelopes.
Mrs E W Barr spoke at the Little Garden Club meeting held at Mrs Lewis Barton's home. She demonstrated mass arrangements, announced an Aug 12 picnic at the Lawrences in Clearbrook, and listed awards in the Special of the Day and Mass Arrangement events with ribbons won by several members.
Birth notices list four newborns: July 14 a boy to Garland Huffman and Doris Howdyshall. a girl Thresea Jean to Kenneth Bowen and Violet Good. a boy James Lee to Floyd Wood and Elsie Price. July 15 a girl to Russell Mallow and Mary Lou Bayliss at 22 W Monmouth St.
Comrade Bible Class will hold devotions tomorrow at 9:45 a.m. in the Chapel of Braddock Street Church. Mrs. V. R. Prince will lead, with Mr. V. W. Wheeler as guest teacher.
A businessman should thank employees as a thoughtful courtesy though not strictly necessary. A bride need not ask permission to exchange duplicate gifts. A father should introduce his daughter to an older woman as Mrs Greene, this is my daughter Joan.
4-H Club members across Frederick County organize a scrap paper drive on Wednesday and Thursday to benefit the county 4-H Council and clubs. Residents should sort paper into magazines, cardboard, and newspapers and place bundles at the curb ready for truck pickup. Trucks will collect all day Tuesday with big loads at James Wood School from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 7 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
Hebron Baptist Church of Gore will hold a week of revival services led by Rev. Hugh Busey from Manassas Baptist Church. He will preach at the morning service and each evening through Friday. Rev. Morris Cather will direct the song service starting at 7 45 p m each evening.
Frederick County Home Demonstration Agent sets weekly schedule with meetings in Round Hill Valley Mill Gainesboro Stephens City Whitacre and East Frederick plus scrap paper drives. Sections list times locations and host families and urge participation in the July 19 20 scrap paper drive and transportation for the July 25 V P I Institute.
Arthur Cantor, a Broadway producer, plans to bring Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party to Broadway after its London success. The play centers on two visitors who demoralize and abduct a young man in a British boarding house. Pinter, a former actor under 30, studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and wrote sketches for Pieces of Eight in London.
Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon discusses common word usage errors. It warns against using groom for bride groom and notes mispronunciations such as cuirass. The piece covers misspellings like oracle and auricle and lists synonyms for enigmatic and perplexing.
Gainesboro reports a social gathering at Golelae featuring country ham sandwiches on August 6 in the afternoon. Local residents are invited to enjoy the event and socialize.
The text discusses how repeating meaning in other words reinforces understanding. It cites examples like visible to the eye and audible to the ear to illustrate tautological phrasing and pronunciation guidance for prosody.
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