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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1969
Page
8
Miss Alice Knott celebrated upcoming marriage with a series of social gatherings led by Miss Linda Barrett of Winchester. Attendees hosted a shower and related activities prior to the wedding ceremony.
Births record three July newborns born to McCain Daugherty and Corbin couples with mothers' maiden names Brown Wood McDonald. Also notes Mt Pleasant Bible School attendance and various local visits, gatherings, and a 1968 wedding anniversary for William and Patricia Purtlebaugh.
A sequence of group events across town includes Civil Air Patrol at the old Virginia Woolen Mill at 7 p.m. Stonewall PTA Madison Lodge IOOF Woodmen of the World Shawnee Fire Hall Open Door Coffee House George Washington Hotel facilitates 12:15 p.m. Exchange and Lions Clubs, 3:45 p.m. Century Club, 7:30 p.m. Board of Control Exchange Club, and 8 p.m. Parish Council of Catholic Women and McKinley Chapter Eastern Star meetings at City Hall.
In the Mekong Delta city beauty parlors serve as social hubs where working women line up for hair sets and meals. Shops mix old French and Japanese gear to offer services from a clip and set to permanents with prices ranging from 100 to 400 piasters.
Miss Alice Anspach Knott and Gerald Ralph Mills, both of this city, married July 12 at Bethesda Methodist Church Molers Cross Roads. The couple will reside at 702 Virginia Avenue. The bride, a librarian at John Kerr School, wore white chiffon with pink accents. the groom is an S S Kresge assistant manager. A reception followed at Willow Well Farm.
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Ann Caffery Skinner of Greensboro and Richmond is engaged to George Edward Harris of Richmond. Harris is the son of William Lett Harris of Winchester and Mary Margaret Truitt Harris. The couple plans to wed Oct. 11 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Greensboro.
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