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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
9
West Virginia community notes Penny Spellman death and minor health updates. Mrs Oval Bageant shows slight improvement while visits occur among Mr and Mrs Gene Bumner and Mr and Mrs B F Hillyard. Several children suffer whooping cough and Ruby Spellman visits Hazel Clark.
Six smartly styled tie clasps awarded to top three finishers in both classes A and B, by Chevrolet Motor Division as co sponsor. First place prizes are gold, second place silver, and third bronze.
Two Middletown junior students are elected to attend Boy's State and Girl's State this summer. Young Dicks, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Dicks, is sponsored by Hoover-Conrad Post American Legion for Boy's State at Blacksburg July 20 26. Mary Virginia Steele, daughter of Mr and Mrs Loring Steele, will attend Girl's State at Radford July 20 26, sponsored by the Legion auxiliary.
Miss Margaret Newlin Hewitt has completed her junior year at Farmville State Teacher's College and remains confined to her home due to illness.
Mrs Dan Brumback delightfully entertained the Co-Workers Sunday School class of the Lutheran church in Stephens City with Mrs Cy Nicholsee at the business session. Refreshments were served to members including Mesdames Stuart Facey W C Adams Glen Combs Joe Clevenger Randall Ridgeway Earl Ewing Julian Gregory Raymond Cooley Ralph Bauserman Stuart Pence W J Heflin Raymond Booze Matilda Hopgood.
Carolyn Seal and Misses Dean and Orndorff are listed among attendees with Rev. Booze and Mrs. Irvin Williams visiting. Friends host June meeting and a $25 contribution is planned for Bible teachers. A July family picnic is set with a love offering. Memorial hospital reports 82 year old Mrs Vincent injured in a fall. C F Nicholas relocates to Florida for health reasons. WSCS at Methodist church held monthly meeting with Rev Day and several attendees.
Master Stephen Ebersole, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ebersole, remains ill at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. H. P Lovett has her sister, Dell Irvin of New York, visiting for several days. Billy Bass arrives from Hampton Sidney College to spend the summer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Base.
The notice lists families visiting in Green Spring and nearby towns, including Hardy, Abshire, Milburn, Trone Milburn, and Brannon, with gatherings at W. T. Hardy and Ernest Milburn homes. It also notes a Naval Academy sword legend linked to John Paul Jones and Theodosia Burr via the Nicholson family.
In Opequon on June 6 Mrs. John Martin visited daughter Mrs. Leroy Snapp. Gloria Jean Snapp and Marg Hien Green suffer infected throats. Green attends Memorial hospital and local school. Clyde Hawkins and sister Mildred Hawkins visit brother and sister Mr and Mrs Day Haw. Betty Jean Snapp spends vacation with parents.
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