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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1951
Page
8
Setnt Votes Members of the Colonial Garden Club met at 103 South Washington Street with Mrs. B. J. Sager presiding. Awards went to Sager for daisies, Charles Snyder for lilies, and C. B. Harrowe for mixed flowers. Tea followed.
Poison oak ivy sunburn and skin irritations relieved by Gypsy Cream an 8 oz bottle priced at 59 cents available at Brooks Pharmacy phone 6461.
Helen Buckley 8428 listed in event calendar. Woodmen of the World meeting at 8 p.m. Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering at Eagles Home also at 8 p.m. Highly local, small notice style entry.
The daily 4-H and Home Demonstration club meetings run July 23 through July 27 with events at Round Hill Community Hall Star Tannery School Friendly Grove West Frederick White Hall Stonewall HD Club Burnt Presbyterian Church Mountain Falls Store and Court House Plaza. Also notes births and military assignment of local residents including Mrs. Tyson and Pvt. Lowell I Sirbaugh.
Mrs Clarence Clowser and Mary Ann Smith hosted a miscellaneous shower for Miss Connie Sine of Virginia Avenue. She will wed Howard Gardner Jr on July 22. Green and yellow decor complemented the event with numerous guests and attendants listed.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars held a buffet supper at Mrs. Marguerite Butler’s summer home on Apple Pie Ridge. Mrs. Eleanor Cross presided over the business session. Devotional services were led by Mrs. Lena Allen. Mrs. Sara Grayson reported on the State Encampment in Bristol. The next meeting is August 22 at Mrs. Margaret Hitt’s home on Gray Avenue with an outdoor Plastic Party to follow.
Members of the wedding party for Miss Connie Line and Howard Gardner are being entertained this evening. The event, hosted by Mr and Mrs Howard Meal Gardner of Millwood Virginia, marks the couple’s upcoming marriage on Sunday July 22.
Mr and Mrs Mike Wiebel and two children return to Crestorf Iowa after two weeks visiting Mrs Wiebel s father John Clinger at Armel W Bruce Clinger of Milton Pa a Clinger brother visits briefly in town Prices visiting in Baltimore Mr and Mrs Shirley Price stay with daughter in Baltimore Md Christ Episcopal Church hosts a social hour after 11 o clock service on July 29 honoring Dr and Mrs Charles N Tyndell all invited
The Defense Department extension allows Navy enlistment applications from men who have had their pre induction physicals. The window now runs until August 1st, and those concerned must be enlisted by then as announced by the U S Navy Recruiting Service in Winchester.
A vintage travel etiquette piece urges courtesy among strangers on ships trains and planes. It argues openness in social spaces while using discrimination to avoid unwanted company and outlines simple rules for polite interaction and boundaries.
Dr E Stanley Jones renowned Protestant evangelist to be guest speaker at Luray Singing Tower Sunset Vesper Services Sunday at 5 p m If rain occurs the talk moves to Main Street Baptist Church Vesper features Woodstock Methodist Church choir directed by Floyd Haines
Farmers harvest wheat and hay as Mr and Mrs Blum host a surprise party for daughter Judy on Friday July 9. Guests include Susanna Godlove Barbara Grandstaff Mary Lee Haines Gloria Garber Betty Perry Susanna Rosenberger and Judy Blumers. Ernest Elliot Jr visits Seattle and Lucian Brumback with daughter Janice attend Nancy Brumback’s wedding in Washington last Sunday.
Public notice offers personal styling advice by mail. Readers are asked to send height hip measurements and $0.10 with a self addressed return envelope to National Newspaper Service Box 305 Michigan City Indiana for fabric swatches sketches and color guidance.
Lesson In English by Roberta Lee reviews common errors and pronunciation tips. It highlights usage shifts from say ing to very much pleased and notes silent t in christ en ing. It encourages daily vocabulary growth through focused word study including literally usage.
A guest should accept a small amount of each dish offered at a casual dinner to avoid embarrassing the host. Do not address an envelope to both siblings. write to either the sister or the brother separately.
A 14 year old boy stretched across a railroad track in Berthoud and was killed by a southbound Colorado and Southern train. Coroner Harold Warren tentatively ruled death by own action with an inquest planned. Eyewitnesses described the youth looking at the approaching train as it traveled at 50 miles per hour. His body was scattered along the right of way with belongings nearby. The missing youth had recently moved here from Guide Rock Nebraska.
The bride should favor her sister if available. If there is no sister, she usually selects her closest intimate friend.
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