Miss Adams Engaged to Boyd Fitchard McDonald
James H Adams Sr announces engagement of Patricia A Adams to Boyd Fitchard McDonald son of Boyd W McDonald. Patricia a James Wood High School graduate works for O S Rubber. Boyd a Handley High School graduate serves in the U S Army at Fort Benning Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Adams
Patricia A
Boyd Fitchard McDonald
Boyd W. McDonald
Miss Adams
James Wood High School
O’sullivan Rubber Corporation
Mr. McDonald
Handley High School
U. S. Army
Fort Benning, Ga
White Hall Yard Party and Moose Ritual Practice
Nine White Hall area churches sponsor a yard party starting 5 p.m. Saturday at Stonewall School. Moose Women of the Moose ritual practice is set for Monday 7:30 p.m. at the Moose Home. The Willing Workers Cass of White Hall Church moved the yard party to July 4 at Strother's Grove. West Frederick Home Demonstration Club meets tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Gough's for outdoor cookery demonstration.
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White Hall Yard
White Hall
Stonewall School
Winchester
Moose
Cass
White Hall Method
Strother’s Grove
West Frederick
Paynes Chapel Wom en's Society Yard Party Planned
Final plans were made Friday night by the Paynes Chapel Women's Society of Christian Service for its annual yard party at Ridgeway Church hall on Wednesday from 5 30 p m DST. Country ham suppers will be featured with homemade soup cakes and pies.
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Paynes Chapel
Women's Society of Christian Service
Ridgeway Church Hall
Old Fredericktown Garden Club Meeting Planned
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club will meet Wednesday at 2 30 pm with Mrs Joseph Butler. A special exhibit titled Roses for Indoor Elegance will be on display.
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Fredericktown Garden
Joseph Butler
Calendar of Events in Frederick Maryland
June calendar lists societies and club meetings including Eastern Star at City Hall Bridge at George Washington Hotel and multiple daytime luncheons Lions Exchange Little Theatre Alcoholics Anonymous Moose Rebekah Lodge Hiram Lodge Kiwanis Garden Club Paynes Chapel WSCS ward party and Air Force Reserve Squadron events. Continuous entries note times and venues.
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McKinley
Eastern Star
City Hall
George Washington Hotel
West Frederick
Kiwanis Club
Old Fredericktown
Joseph Butler
Paynes Chapel
WSCS
Ridgeway Church Hall
A. Air Force Reserve
S. Loudoun St
Sisterhood of Beth
Local Notables Welcome Guests and Greet Newborns
Mrs. Cochran Hobson returns from Louisville to 2306 Wolfe Street. Grover Leight of Stephens City names infant Carla Jean. Edith Racey is Mrs Leight's former name. Carol Wray Pine earns BA at Agnes Scott College with psychology major and active club roles. Ralph Bageant names infant Drew William. June White is his wife. Anne Daniel Wemeldorf earns King College honors including Student Government and King Players posts. Dean's List honoree majoring in English. Betty Ann named for infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George McCauley. John Floyd Arnold, pre-med student, graduates with honors from Washington and Lee University. member of Phi Beta Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Leight
Stephens City
Carla Jean
Leight
Edith Racey
Carol Wray Pine
Berryville
Agnes Scott College
Miss Pine
George 8. Pine
Hub
Cotillion Club
Anne Daniel Wemeldorf
King College
Bristol
Tenn
King Players
College Student Christian Association
Womeldorf
G. Raymond Womeldorf
W. Corket
Lester D. Arnold
Lexington
Washington and Lee
John Floyd Arnold
Phi Beta Kap
Arnold Guests Attend Events in Lexington
The Arnold family attended social engagements in Lexington while staying with Mrs. James R. Alexander at her Fairfield area home.
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Pi Kappa Alpha
Lexington
Arnolds
James R. Alexander
Fairfield
Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Language guide notes common usage missteps and pronunciation tips. Highlights include replacing good with healthful and fertile, thyme mispronunciation, honorary vs honorary and onerous spelling, plus a vocabulary challenge encouraging mastering one new word. The featured term piqué is defined as to offend by slighting with an example.
Modern Etiquette Q&A on napkin use introductions and lighting
A etiquette column answers questions on dipping a napkin when no finger bowl is provided and wetting it lightly, whether to repeat a name in a group introduction, and who should light a cigarette. The guidance favors minimal repetition and self lighting unless conditions allow otherwise.
Six Drowned as Flash Floods Hit Turkish Province
Six persons were drowned yesterday in flash floods that struck Afyon province in west central Turkey.
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Istanbul
Afyon
Turkey
Minister's Family Told To Leave Town Or Face Bomb Threat
The family of Rev Dan Whitsell faced an ultimatum after a caller warned the Malony and Whitsett families to leave Sylacauga Alabama within 10 days or risk their house and child being harmed. Crosses burned near local churches and a Klan meeting was held at the high school stadium.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Dan Whitsell
Newton Malony
Malonys
Whittsetts
Whitsett
Malony
First Methodist Church
Aken
Methodist
First Baptist
KKK
Alvin Horn
Alabama
U. S. Klans
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Four Virginia Colleges Hold Graduation Exercises Today
Hampden Sydney College awarded 57 degrees and emphasized education as more than skills. Dr G C White of Emory urged tying knowledge to perspective and purpose. Other Virginia schools scheduled large graduations with speakers including Hauge and Dr Curtis V Bishop.
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Associated Press
Hampden - Sydney College
G. C. White
Emory University
Georgia
Hampden - Sydney
Virginia
Richmond Professional Institute
University of Virginia
University of Richmond
White
Whittier
Kenneth G. Phifer
Old Presbyterian
Alexan
Dria
H. S. Willett
Richmond Public Schools
Richmond Profesional Institute
Gabriel Hauge
Eisenhower
Curtis V. Bishop
Averett College Danville
Virginia Military
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
College of William and Mary
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Hampden-Sydney Treasurer Honored After 38 Years Service
Hampden-Sydney College honored Paul T. Atkinson, retiring treasurer after 38 years, with gifts including a television and an expense-paid Canadian trip for him and his wife. Richmond artist David Silvette was commissioned to paint a portrait for the college. Atkinson, Hampden-Sydney class of 1907, became treasurer in 1919.
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Hampden-Sydney
Paul T. Atkinson
Hampden-Sydney College
Atkinson
Canada
Richmond
David Silvette
Akinson
Hampden- Sydney
School Bond Fight Reaches State Supreme Court
The Fluvanna County school bond dispute goes to the Virginia State Supreme Court as the school board seeks mandamus to compel payment of a $24 bill for building stones to begin a consolidated Negro high school. The board and supervisors clash over bond proceeds from a $750,000 issue approved last July.
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Richmond
Fluvanna County
State Supreme Court
Fluvanna
Edith H. Farrar
Board of Supervisors
Atty
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Poisoning in La Plata Kills 12 as Antitoxin Rushes In
Twelve people die in La Plata from botulism linked to spoiled pimientos in a local restaurant. Health officials inoculate hundreds as emergency supplies of antitoxin are rushed from Lederle Laboratories and Pasteur Institute with 4 million more units prepared by New York State lab staff.
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LA Plata
Argentina
United States
Europe
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N.Y
Pasteur Institute
Paris
New York State Health Department
Albany
Man Kills Family Then Takes Own Life in Ontario
Police report James D. Sinclair, 37, killed his wife Margaret, his parents James Sr. and his 2 year old daughter Joy, and his 7 year old son Ian. He then rammed his car into a bridge abutment and killed himself. Friends described him as a moderate drinker. The killings occurred after objections to his drinking and lifestyle.
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Torontop
James D. Sinclair
Sinclair
James Sinclair Sr
Margaret
Ian
Joy
Queen Elizabeth Highway
Four Drown In State’s Worst Boating Accident
In Dahlgren Virginia a 20 foot houseboat carrying eleven family members capsized near shore during bad weather. Two men a woman and a seven year old boy died. Joe Miller fell overboard as the craft neared the beach, prompting a rescue effort.
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Dahlgren
Virginia
Joe Miller
Tragic Drowning Incident Off Machodoc Creek Home Made Houseboat
A child fell into Machodoc Creek eight feet deep and three relatives including the father Melvin Miller and his sister Pauline Houchins died while attempting rescue. Wayne Houchins and other family members aboard did not survive despite life preservers. Rescue crews from Dahlgren Naval Proving Grounds and nearby sites recovered all bodies. The 10 by 20 foot houseboat had been built by Houchins a month earlier.
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Machadoc Creek
Melvin Miller
Miller
Pauline Houchins
Wayne
Houchins
Dahlgren Na
Val Proving Grounds
Dahlgren
Coloni Beach
Fredericksburg
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Rush
Patricia Adams
Old Fredericktown Garden Club
Roarcoke
Rates & Reservations
Roanoke
Bobbie Conrad
Cochran Hobson
Wolfe St
Robert C Hobson
Louisville
Ralph Bageant
Route 4
Drew William
Bageant
June White
George McCauley
Betty Ann
McCauley
Emma Baker
Donna Lou Anderson
University of North Carolina
W. L. Gordon
Roberto Lee
Flying Wy
Gold Coast
Miami
Rita
Raffia
Cooper
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun St
Donald L. Miller
Los Angeles
Calif
Patter Weineke
U.S. Naval Academy
Academy
Hampden
Sydney
Handley Auditorium
Gaunt
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Armstrong
Cather’s Department Store
Geo. Washington
Morgan Jones
Bates
Timberlake
Dial
Schick
Sunbeam
Remington
Miller’s
Helen R. Collier
D.C.T
Roscawen St
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