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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1954
Page
14
Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon covers usage tips on pronoun reference with examples like waved his hand, explains common mispronunciations such as dogged, correct spellings like sincerity, offers synonyms for oppose and resist, and promotes daily vocabulary growth with the word Intrepid meaning void of fright.
The Rev. C. D. Johnson of Washington DC and his group visit Zion Baptist Church in Boyce for a service Friday at 8 30 p m. Miss Frances Burwell serves as sponsor for the event.
Funeral services for Jackson A. Ashton of South Cameron Street will be held Thursday at 4 pm at Jones Funeral Home. Rev J S Duckwall of Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel will officiate. Interment is in Mount Hebron Cemetery. The remains lie in state at the Jones Funeral Home until service time.
Mr and Mrs Earl Renner celebrated their 46th anniversary at dinner hosted by a daughter Mrs Ruby Golightly. Seven children attended along with many grandchildren and relatives including John Kerns family Douglas Lee Bobby Nathan Carol Ann Lucille Donald Ray Cecil Malone family and others.
A capsule study argues charm and poise are learnable by women. It presents a checklist on eating, exercise, posture, dress, makeup, voice, grooming, social ease and world awareness, ending with a self scoring note that practice builds charm.
The First Evangelical United Brethren Church outlines a weekday Vacation Bible School from 9 to 11 30 daily through June 25 for ages four through 16. Director Mrs Herbert Pope leads with Rev Carl W Hiser teaching the intermediate class. modules include Parables Jesus Told and Bible Boats lesson series with a closing Children’s Day Service on June 27 at 11 a.m.
A vintage recruitment booklet promotes women in business with tips on making a good impression and keeping a job. It promises wardrobe guidance and time saving shortcuts through charm. Readers are directed to mail 10 cents for a copy to National Newspaper Service in Michigan City Indiana.
Roberta Lee advises handling calls during visits by noting a guest is present and calling back if unimportant. A man may step out of an elevator before a woman to save time and avoid pushing. Wearing gloves by the bride’s attendant is preferable but not mandatory.
Clarke County Ruritan Club sponsors two union vacation Bible Schools for colored children. One site is Millwood Recreation Center, the other St. Luke's Baptist Church in Berryville. Classes run two weeks starting Monday with free transportation provided.
Funeral services for Hubert Hodson aged 72 who died Sunday at his home near Stresburg were held at 2 p m at Walnut Springs Church with Revs W H Leake and Charles Grubbs officiating. Burial followed in Walnut Springs Cemetery with pallbearers S E Stickley Frank Mowery Jesse Mowery Bill Lineburg Edgar Loving and Gilbert Brumback and honorary pallbearers Elwood Boyer Guy Pence Alfred Lake Kenneth Miller Lewis Edmondson and Guy Pingley.
More than half of Godthaab's 1 486 residents are ill with measles as doctors warn the rest may fall soon. Officials report 774 cases since the epidemic began a month ago in the Arctic island capital where residents lack immunity to the disease.
Funeral services for Lester C. Bly of 126 Euclid Ave. will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Dick and Rev. Carl Weiser officiating. Pallbearers are Earl Hilderbrand, Leonard Riley, Arthur Shull, Guy Coffelt, C. M. Russell, and Harry Deavers. Interment is in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Funeral services for Willis C Hough 66 who died Saturday near Charles Town West Virginia were held yesterday at 2 p.m. from the Middleway Church with Rev Clark W Elliott officiating. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Ian West Douglas Tomblin Albert Ham Charles Lanham James Henry and James Chapman.
The motion picture Gone With the Wind has been playing somewhere in the world every day since its first showing on December 19, 1939. It has been seen everywhere except in countries behind the Iron Curtain. A new general release for wide screens is promised.
James Henry DeJarnette 72 of Route 55 near Riverton died June 7 at Warren Memorial Hospital after entering the day before. Born August 15 1881 in Shenandoah Junction WV he lived in Middletown before moving to his present home. He was a member of Buckton Presbyterian Church and Modern Woodmen. Survived by wife Frances Lee Orndorff daughter Mrs Mary Margaret Smallwood five granddaughters and brother Howard DeJarnette. Funeral Thursday at 4 at Stover Chapel Strasburg with burial in Mt Carmel Cemetery Middletown flowers omitted.
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