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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1970
Page
9
The Pine and Sipe Reunion will be held at Berryville Horse Show Grounds Rt 7 on Sunday. All friends and relatives are invited to attend with a picnic basket. Lunch will be served at 12 30 p.m.
Descendants of Charles B. and Mary Hummer Legg plan an annual reunion on August 9 at the Lions Shelter in Winchester Recreation Park. All friends and relatives are invited to attend and lunch will be served.
In Washington the House Ways and Means Committee delays action on an import limiting trade bill amid a looming veto. Key issues include mandatory quotas on textiles and footwear and a repeal of the ASP tariff rule for benzenoid chemicals. Virginia delays mention slow vehicles emblem proposal by the highway safety director.
Lt. Gen. George R. E. Shell, who has led Virginia Military Institute for 10 years, informed the board of visitors he will retire June 30. Under his tenure VMI expanded academics, upgraded facilities, and achieved its highest cadet enrollment in 131 years. Generals Rawls and the board expressed regret at his departure.
Advertisement for Anne Adams pattern 4916 offering linen and blend fabrics in half sizes from 10 to 20 with size 14 bust 37 needing 2 yards. Price 75 cents per pattern plus 25 cents for mail handling. Includes pattern department address in New York and orders for catalogs and sewing books.
Greenway Baptist Church hosts the Second Annual Reunion with 9 45 a m services and a covered dish meal. Woodbine Quartet from Manassas leads a gospel hymn sing in the afternoon. Evening worship is at 730 p m. Pugh Reunion at Capon Chapel Capon Bridge WV includes 1 pm dinner. Middleton Reunion at Elizabeth Furnace Sunday 1230 pm. Relatives and friends invited.
During the early years most Virginians farmed with simple hand tools. This brief notes the widespread reliance on basic implements for daily agricultural work reflecting rural practices of the era.
Local column lists residents and relatives visiting each other and traveling. Names include Joan Anderson, Lee Ann Bass, Harvey Richard, James Sherer, E A Sherer, Mary Smith, Mike Lindley, Jim Sherer, Robert Scott, Tony, Charles Richard, Sara Donald, Grant Coverstone, Jo Ann, Attie Shiley, Mabel Ritenour, Nellie Hemilright, Nellie Himelright, Eva Keeler, Joan, Maurice Walker, H C Cooley, Mary Dicks, Mamie, William Luttrell, Danny Luttrell, Angelia Grimm, and others with trips to Alexandria Newport News and a California vacation.
A reader explains honey should not be refrigerated to avoid crystallization. rewarm in hot water and reseal if crystals form, with caution about heat. Readers share tips on cooking, travel shoe coverings, kid friendly glasses, and sewing belt adjustments.
Refuge notes list small gatherings and visits including Mr. and Mrs. Howard White calling on Mr. and Mrs. Austin Conner, Gregg Ritter departing for Vietnam, and weekend and Sunday visits by multiple families from Janesville Brookville Middletown Orristown Riverton Winchester and Refuge. Mrs Stelz is home ill with a bone ailment.
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