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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1947
Page
5
In New York on July 23 officials announced a strike of about 2000 cable employees of a subsidiary of the International Telegraph and Telephone Company was settling with a 10 cent an hour across the board wage increase effective June 1.
In Chambersville July 23 Mr and Mrs George Larrick hosted visitors including Ada Ramey and Nora Clarke Braithwaite. Betty Lou Bradfield visits parents for a three week vacation. The Round Hill 4 H Club entertained Frederick County clubs at John Larrick’s home.
Brucetowneee Virginia hosts Mrs Charles Shearer and daughter Susan plus sons Stephen and Lee from Philadelphia as guests of Mrs Shearer’s parents Mr and Mrs B J Swimsey. Charles Grim of Waynesboro calls on friends here. Mary Whitzell of Charleston spent several days. Mildred Lake and John Moyer of Winchester had dinner with Mr and Mrs Herbert Fisher and Mr B Snapp. Margaret Eutler of Flushing NY visited Corrie Swimley last week. Lee Timberlake of Washington and Caskey of Martinsburg called on friends here.
Grace Clark of Washington visits her sister Mrs Bernice Burdette on Main Street. W C Cox returns home from aiding his ill mother Mrs Sallie Keeg ee in Middletown Maryland. Herbert Brown and two children from Gloucester spent ten days with Rev H S Roane at the parsonage and have returned home. Mr and Mrs George Ailes and children of Marrisonburg accompanied by others return home.
An advertisement touts SSS Tonic and 658 Tonic as remedies for stomach gas sour taste and bloating caused by non organic stomach disturbance. It claims improved digestion and blood quality, urging readers to buy at local drug stores and “eat better, sleep better, work better.”
The column lists visits and travels including Rev H S Roane and Mrs Roane leaving Friday for Richmond to join a Rural Life Conference delegation in Lincoln Nebraska. Mrs Tom Shull receives treatment at Memorial Hospital and is improving. Mrs Leonard Brown of Winchester visits her ailing father Silas Henry. The Muntzing family and Laurel Ann Muntzing vacation with relatives near Brucetown.
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