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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
8
Mr and Mrs M W Jones Jr announce the engagement of their daughter Louise to Burch McKay son of Mr and Mrs B B McKay of Millwood. No wedding date has been set.
Miss Helen Donald daughter of Mr and Mrs James Donald Kernstown will marry Mr Charles Richard son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Richard Stephens City at 1 o clock Saturday afternoon in Marlboro Presbyterian Church. Rev John Ducknall to officiate with Mrs Carroll Smith matron of honor and Mr Jimmy Richard best man. Relatives and friends invited.
Mrs Lewis was installed as president of the Civic League for the September term at the Wayside Inn Middletown. Rep E Blackburn Moore addressed the group on state matters and fundraising plans including Camp Whippoorwill donations and Necro Day Nursery clothing drives. The meeting approved a $31 Salvation Army gift and welcomed volunteers for Winchester Historical Association efforts.
Brooks' Pharmacy offers a free orchid with every Cara Nome beauty aid purchase of $1.00 or more on Friday and Saturday June 9 and 10. Phone 6461 for details.
Calendar items list community gatherings from June 6 to 8. Events include the Board of Control at Ex change Club, American Legion at Sarah Zane Hall, Moose Club, Rebekah Lodge, Alcoholics Anonymous at Friendship Fire Hall, Kiwanis at George Washington Hotel, Girl Scout Leaders picnic at 514 Amherst Street, Elks Club, Rotary at George Washington, WCTU at Friends Meeting House, Civic League Bible Study at First Baptist, and White Hall PTA at the school.
Miss Shirkey daughter of Mr and Mrs M K Shirkey Miller Street received a Bachelor of Science degree from Madison College She earned a Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities certificate She joined Alpha Sigma Tau Glee Club Schoolma'am staff served as Senior Council and editor in chief of the yearbook Attendees included Mr and Mrs Shirkey Mr and Mrs Grover C Cooper and Misses Ethel Athey and Retha Carson Cooper
The Little Garden Club meets at 3 30 p m Friday at Mrs Monford D Custer Jr 515 S Washington St with a rose and foliage exhibit in glass or silver containers. Mrs Walter Bosserman Jr and Mrs Thomas Gibson lead the program and Mrs W H Lawrence Jr handles exhibit transport. SPCA bake sale hosted by Mrs Irvan T O Connell 217 S Loudoun St starts 10 a m Friday. Brucetown Methodist Youth Fellowship hosts bake sale at Northern Virginia Power Co window 9 30 a m Friday. Miss Katharine L Arnold guest of her parents in Salem arrives tomorrow. she teaches at Andrew Lewis High School in Salem. Miss Jane Cather returns for the summer from Westhampton College in Richmond living with her mother on S Bradock St.
Samuel Davis Preston Jr son of Mr and Mrs Samuel D Preston of this city was commissioned Ensign at Annapolis during Friday exercises in Dahlgren Hall. His first duty assignment will be on the USS Helena with home port Long Beach California.
Mr Florance hosts guest Peter Clapper son of late columnist Ray mond Clapper from Washington. Mrs Davis of Sebring Fla visiting Kuykendalls on S Washington St. University student Frank G Duckworth spends summer in Daytona Beach Florida. Mrs Dunn improving after virus pneumonia in Winchester Memorial Hospital. WSCS groups meet tonight at 7 30 with various hostesses on Montague Ave and West Virginia Ave.
Cooking notes by Cecily Brownstone describe a shower menu featuring olives celery and a frosted sandwich loaf. The recipe includes a strawberry pie with graham crust baked briefly then filled with vanilla pudding and topped with whipped cream and strawberries.
Roberta Lee explains common word choices and pronunciation notes. The piece covers preferred phrases such as from my point of view and correct mispronunciation of mischievous along with the correct plural of axis and related usage tips.
A humorous Charles Powers style piece on correct and incorrect idioms with a list of 15 examples, then P.S. from J. R. P. offering a fashion guidance service with height, hip measurements and fabric tips, plus a self addressed return envelope offer from National Newspaper Service in Michigan City Indiana.
Gordon Reckord executive secretary of the Economic Cooperation Administration’s Central Secretariat will address Winchester Kiwanis Club on The Marshall Plan and World Trade at 1 p.m. in the George Washington Hotel. He is a Spokane native with a PhD in Geography from the University of Chicago and has served in the General Land Office OSS and Interior Department.
A Sudanese hunter killed a newcomer with a bow and arrow after a dispute over arrow size. Police report the quarrel led to the death in the bush during a pig hunting outing. The attacker asserted the arrows could kill a man as well as a pig.
A group of 32 pescara farmers left Rio de Janeiro for Bahia state as advance guard for 500 families to follow. They will form farm colonies near Itirisu with Bahia government land grants of 50 hectares per family plus cattle and poultry. Agronomist T. Primo says a sponsored cooperative funds transport and supplies equipment and seeds.
Question and answer on proper street etiquette. Do not block the sidewalk when meeting a friend. The guidance emphasizes moving aside to allow pedestrians to pass, with a note about not hindering others on the walk.
A guide states it is rude to leave the church before both families have processed up the aisle. Attendees should wait for the two immediate families to proceed before exiting or moving.
Classic Anne Adams pattern 4652 in Jr. Miss sizes 11 to 17 features a belted top and sundress in new border fabric. Includes complete illustrated instructions and fit-tested pattern data. Send twenty five cents for pattern to Anne Adams Winchester Star Pattern Dept New York and include name address zone size and style number. Also offers 1920s summer pattern book with bath or beach sarongs patterns.
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