Thomas and MecAboy weekend at Virginia Beach
Community notices list visits and family milestones from Winchester area residents. Mr and Mrs K E Thomas and J F MecAboy spent the weekend at Virginia Beach. Infant sons named for Clem and Racey families are noted along with a Dean's List student at Washington and Lee University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. E. Thomas
J. FE. MecAboy
Virginia Beach
Richard Lee Clem
Stephens City
Cynthia Lee Clem
Clem
Kay Frances Boone
Charles Parker Riley
Washington and Lee University
Franklin Pifer Racey
N. Loudoun St
Andrew Franklin
Racey
Mary Kaknis
Please Phone Your Social Items To Mrs Lulu Williams
Social notes request readers to text or call Mrs Lulu Williams in Missouri to share social items and announcements for publication in the society column.
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Mrs
Lulu Williams
Modern Etiquette QandA on wedding notices and garnish rules
A reader asks how to handle cancelled weddings with issued invitations and suggests mailing notices without explanations. Other questions cover whether to eat parsley or watercress used as garnish and the proper apology after a sudden public sneeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert R. Leigh
Grace Anne
Thomas F. Jackson
Evening club and lodge calendar for July schedule
A dense list of events across Frederick County including Lions Club Garden Club Welcome Wagon Club picnic at Lions Shelter and Board of Control at 1336 Commerce, plus meetings of VFW Auxiliary, Moose, Rebekah, Eagles, SPCA, Doe Club, and Alcoholics Anonymous all noted with times from 8 p.m. and afternoon sessions at Kiwanis Golf Club and other venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Lord Fairfax Garden Club
Welcome Wagon Club
Lions Shelter
Board of Control of Exchange Club
Commerce &1
Stephens City Fire Co
Fire Hall
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Home
Rebekah Lodge
Alcoholics Anonymous
First Baptist Church
Eagles
Eagles Home
SPCA
Doe Club
Elks Home
Adams Reunion at Mt Zion Church in West Virginia
The Adams reunion will be held at Mt Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church near Keyser West Virginia on Route 46 on August 2. Lunch is served at noon daylight saving time all Adams relatives may attend.
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Mt. Zion
Births in Berryville and nearby towns announce five new arrivals
July 17 births report a girl Betsy Susan Frazier to Mr. and Mrs. Osby Carl Frazier Sr. Route 1 Berryville and a girl Shirley Jean Gladden to Mr. and Mrs. John Frank Gladden Siler Route. Also a girl David Alan Clevenger to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clevenger 111 E. Cecil Sr. a boy Learnix Larry Farguson to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Farguson 433 W Alley and a boy Ricky Jay Getts to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin J Getts Rippon W Va. The mothers include Shelby Jean Everly Bonnie Lou Locke Thelma Jean Kirby Helen Marie Nair and Lorraine Daisy Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Cecil Sr
David Alan
Fashion Shows Close in New York and Rome Open in Florence
New York fashion week showcased opulent gowns and high prices with Roxane of Samuel Winston drawing praise for a dark olive guipure dress costing $800. The collection features bright colors, exotic furs, and dramatic evening wear while international guests praised wearable, modern styles. Rome previews highlight black mink accents and a flexible Mignolini-Gugenheim line with dominant black tones and purple accents. Florence previews promise broad attendance, with Italian designers featuring sail details, hip-length jackets, and bold accessories.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
New York
Louis XIV
Roxane
Samuel Winston
Winston
Texas
United Nations
Moscow
Leonard
Andrew Arkin
Arkin
Helen Lee
Suzy Perette
Couturiere
Mingolini-Gugenheim
Mignolini-Gugenheim
Rome
Roels
Florence
Patrick de Barentzen
Grimes News Briefs Highlights Local Social Ties
Grimes reports detail a busy period of social visits and church events. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Charles Helsey and families, the Stickels, and Wrights exchange calls in Inwood Winchester and Brucetown. White Hall Sunday School enjoyed a Berkeley Springs outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensell Grimes
Galilee Friendship Circle
Charles Helsey
Inwood
John Stickels
Garland Fowler and
Daugher
Alexandria
Ida .Orndorff
Richard Wright
N. B. Ondorff
Tuxedo
James Nealis
Mary Dodson
Winchester
White Hall
Bekeley Springs
W. Va
Jimmie Taylor
Grantham Gardner
Ridgeway
Melvin Anderson
Isaac Kerns
Washington, D. C
Johahi Good
Ethel Guess
Charles Hensell
Charles Henselll
Fashion show highlights space girl capes and busy woman wear
Betty Carol of Mam'selle presented a slick junior fashion group featuring dress and jacket costumes with space girl capes and hoods. Paula Dean followed with a flattering line for the busy woman, adding sheer chiffon-weight wools and simple jersey dress and jacket sets in a high style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Carol
Mam’selle
Paula Dean
Plane crash injures two near Mechanicsville Virginia
In Mechanicsville Virginia two men were injured when a small single engine plane failed to take off two miles west of town. Pilot Leroy L. Davis of Richmond was kept in hospital overnight for observation. Passenger Robert H. Hudgins of Rt. 2 was treated for facial cuts. The craft clipped a tree and crashed in a wooded area likely due to gusty cross winds.
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Mechanicsville
Here
Leroy L. Davis
Richmond
Robert H. Hudgins
Rt. 2
Roy Atkinson Chicago Tribune makeup editor dies at 76
Roy R. Doc Atkinson, makeup editor of the Chicago Tribune for 32 years, died at his Park Forest home Sunday. He joined the Tribune in 1918 after earlier work on seven papers in Wisconsin and Ohio and retired in 1950.
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Chicago
Roy R
Doc) Atkinson
Chicago Tribune
Park Forest
The
Tribune
Wisconsin
Ohio
Gov Almond Lauds Industry At Atlantic Plant Dedication
Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr says industrial growth enables better schools health facilities and services during a dedication ceremony for a new Atlantic Research Corp plant in Alexandria. He warns without industrial development the cost of vital services would be prohibitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Atlantic Research Corp
Almond
VFW Conference Elects Wallace as Chairman
An ex Army officer from Gastonia North Carolina James Wallace was elected chairman by acclamation of the 12 state southern conference on the veterans of Foreign Wars Ruby Mohr of Bessemer Alabama was elected president of the VFWs ladies auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Gastonia
N.C
James Wallace
Ruby Mohr
Bessemer, Ala
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Rites Held for Mrs Garber in Richmond
Funeral services were held today in Richmond for Mrs Orina Kidd Garber wife of Bishop Paul N Garber of the Methodist Church She died Saturday in a local hospital A Fall River Mass native and Brown University graduate she married the bishop in 1927 and had lived in Richmond since 1951.
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Richmond
Orina Kidd Garber
Paul N. Garber
P’zhad
Virginia
North Carolina
Methodist Church
Garber
Fall River
Mass
Brown University
Duke University
Rev Dr A Watson Brown Dies Founder of I Am an American Day
The Rev. Dr. A. Watson Brown, 80, founder of I Am an American Day, collapsed and died Sunday. In 1937 he conceived the idea to honor naturalized citizens and served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in National City, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
A. Watson Brown
Brown
First Baptist Church
National City
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White Post
Glen Allen
Lewis
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Whitacre
Senseny Park
Aldstadt
Will McKee
Maynard McKee
Elmer Oates
Fred McKee
Allen Franks
John Reed
Jess Whitacre
Scott Wingfield
Mevil Dailey
Robert Wingfield
Morris Cather
Bond
Farris Lupton
Mert Russell
Julius Ruleman
Holmes Wingfield
Pittsburgh
Richard Clark
Pennsylvania
Matelin Triplett
Lawrence Clowser
Arthur Pugh
Roy Wingfield
Garland Wingfield
Will Wingfield
Holmes Whitacre
Barbara Haymaker
Darrell Kump
Luther Fletcher
Gore
Marika Whitacre
Edith V. Whitacre
Julius Whitacre
U. S. Army
Roberta Lee
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Round Hill
Madison Lodge
Ie Home
Kiwanis Club
Duplicate Bridge
Golf Club
Highwaymen Car Club
Adams
Larry Learnix Farguson
W. Alley
Learnix Larry
Farguson
Shelby Jean Baltimore
I Havi
Foummen
Haaser
Eleanora Garnett Fashion House
N.Y
Italy
By Sue Cardozo
Fath
de Barentzen
Pifer Printing CO
S. Braddock St
Castile
Gaunt’s Drug Store
E. Boscawen St
Roy R. Atkinson
Wallace
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Shawnee Fire Company
Shawnee
Shoecenter, Inc
Bates
Dan
Cather
Timberlake’s
Elsewne
Timberlake
Prague
the Beauty Center
W. Boscawen St
Helen R. Collier
D.C. T
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