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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1954

Page

5

Berryville Socials Highlight Local Gatherings And Visits

Invitations issued for a Thursday tea honoring Mrs. Carroll H. Iden at Judge Harold Potts home with hostesses H G Potts Ralph M. Ware W D Dunn. Various Clarke County residents hosted relatives friends and guests from Baltimore Winchester Amarillo and other areas during weekends and visits.

Carroll H. Iden Harold Potts H. G. Potts Ralph M. Ware W. L. Boyce D. BE. Dunn Margaretta Whiting Pikesville Mds A. Garland Williams William Ott

Saturday Socials Include Baltimore Visitors and Delaware Guests

Saturday gatherings featured Mrs. Charles Locke hosting relatives from Baltimore and visitors from Wilmington Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. William Giles and family attended with Mrs. John Bird from Baltimore. The McKnowns stayed with Mr. and Mrs. William S. Potter in Wilmington. D Earl Brown and family visited Portsmouth with Dr and Mrs D Earl Brown as hosts.

Charles Locke William Giles John Bird Baltimore Gilbert McKnown Wilmington Dela William S. Potter

Miss Ruth Patton Visits With Patton Family in Philadelphia

Mr and Mrs James Singhas rent an apartment in the Hayette building on Main Street after Mrs Will Carroll vacated it. Mrs H N Ritter spent the weekend in Silver Spring Maryland with her sister Mrs Edith Carroll and Mr and Mrs James Carroll. Mr and Mrs Charles Paget hosted holiday visitors including Mrs Pagets parents Mr and Mrs A Patton Miss Ruth Patton and Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson Jr of Philadelphia.

James Singhas Hayette Main Street Will Carroll H. N. Ritter Silver Spring Edith Carroll James Carroll Charles Paget Paget A. Patton Ruth Patton Albert Johnson, Jr Philadelphia

Local News Briefs From Sykesville And Charlottesville

The Rev. and Mrs. Paul E. Reither left for a visit with his parents in Sykesville Pa. Mr. Sam Myers has returned home after hospital treatment at Charlottesville. Visiting Myers during the weekend were his son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Sam Myers Jr and daughter from Washington. Mrs. Ellen Coylie of Washington also part of the notices.

Paul E. Reither M. L. Reither Sykesville Sam Myers University Hospital Charlottesville Myers Washington Ellen Coylie

Weekend Socials Light Up Winchester Area

Monied residents and visitors filled homes across Winchester over the weekend with numerous overnight guests. The Baxters hosted Miss Gertrude Baxter from Leesburg and others from Baltimore Bluemont Washington and Berryville. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Milburn Falls Church and Mrs. Ammie Kelly.

Gertrude Baxter Leesburg William Baxter Baxter Howard Bauzman Baltimore Carroll Milburn Bluemont Kenneth’ Lee Earl Milburn Ammie Kelly Berryville Carroll Ashby Effie Moreland Charlottesville Isabelle Rowland Dan Fletcher Ralph Harpe Stephenie Falls Church Fletchers Fletcher Helen Bell Washington

Local residents return visits and family greetings

Monty Wood visiting his grandmother has returned home. Carolyn Wood came back Sunday with her grandmother and will stay several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Brown of Roanoke spent the weekend with Mr Brown’s sister, Miss Esta. Mr. William Carpenter of Roanoke spent the weekend at his home here.

Floyd J. Dorsey, Jr Topeka Kansas Dorsey John Bennett San Luis Obispo Calif Bennett Frank Huyette San Diego Bennetts Monty Wood Carolyn Wood Courtney Brown Roanoke Mr. Brown Esta Brown William Carpenter

Vegetables Prices Expected to Keep Shifting This Year

Marketing specialists at Virginia Tech foresee constant change in vegetable prices through the year due to weather, supply, demand, and other factors. Cabbage prices look low for the current supplies, cucumbers may fall as they rise, onions likely firm, potatoes planting down and the storage crop ending by July, and Virginia beans and corn showing variable pricing with seasonal shifts and regional gains.

Blacksburg VPI Florida Texas Virginia Midwest

First Aid Follows Abbot and Costello TV Comedy Hour

Abbot and Costello recount on stage mishaps during their TV Comedy Hour. Lou Costello jokes about injuries from rough routines and bandage touchups after shows. Bud and Lou describe props causing cuts and bruises, including a vase and a broken umbrella incident, with medical attention afterward.

First Aid Abbot and Costello Hollywood Abbot Costello Lou Costello Lou Abbott Art Aragon Jimmy Carter Bud New York

Gold purchasable in England for nonresidents with USD or CAD

Under Britain's currency reform of March 19, 1954, gold can be bought in England by anyone not resident in the sterling area if paid for in United States or Canadian dollars. The trading unit is a 400 ounce bar, worth about $14,000.

Britain England United States

First announcement of uranium atom split in 1939

In January 1939 word reached that two German scientists at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin Hahn and Strassmann split the uranium atom. The achievement appeared in Naturwissenschaftliche Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift and was quickly replicated in laboratories in the United States and elsewhere.

Naturwissenschaft Physical Science United States

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