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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1956

Page

9

Engaged: Arvilla Snyder to Jacob Rinker in July

Mr and Mrs O T Snyder announce their daughter Arvilla Emma Snyder will wed Jacob Edward Rinker son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rinker in July. Arvilla graduated James Wood High School and works at Farmer's and Merchant's Bank. Jacob attended Stonewall High School and works at the American Brakeshoe Company.

O. T. Snyder Route 1 Arvilla Emma Jacob Edward Rinker Harry Rinker Route 2

Miss Poe Weds W W Plummer in Early City Ceremony

Announcement of Miss Anna Bel Poe daughter of Mr and Mrs James Poe marrying Wharton Plummer of Berryville Avenue. The Rev R F Schmucker officiated Saturday at 3 PM at his N Loudoun Street home. The couple plans a wedding trip then will reside in the city.

Anna Bel Poe James Poe Wharton Plummer Berryville Ave R. F. Schmucker N. Loudoun St Plummer Rappahannock County High School American Viscose Company Front Royal Wicomico High School Maryland Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company North Carolina South Carolina Florida

Calendar of events in Fredericktown and area society

June calendar lists numerous meetings and activities including American Legion Auxiliary Rotary Club Kiwanis Club and several fraternal and religious groups. Notable venues include George Washington Hotel Temple Christ Episcopal Church Golf Club and Moose Home with times ranging from 12:15 p m to 8 p m.

Sisterhood of Beth-El Temple Duplicate Bridge Golf Club Christ Episcopal Church Rotary Club George Washington Hotel Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Round Hill Fire Company Friendship Fire Company Women of Moose Moose Home

Miss Jolliffe Weds Donald Fetterman in Pohick Church

Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Jolliffe and Donald Leighton Fetterman, both of Alexandria, married Saturday at 8:30 pm in Pohick Church Fairfax County. The bride daughter of Mrs. J Earle Rinker, groom son of Mrs. Yates D. Fetterman Sr., with attendants H W Nagle. After a wedding trip to Arizona and the West Coast, they will reside in Alexandria.

Charlotte Elizabeth Jolliffe Donald Leighton Fetterman Alexandria Buxton Pohick Fairfax County J. Earle Rinker Gainesboro Lawrence Jolliffe Mr. Fetterman Yates D. Fetterman Fort Belvoir

WCTU Plans Meeting Here

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union schedules a meeting Thursday at 2 30 p m at the Friends Meeting House corner Washington and Piccadilly. The Negro Day Nursery directors meet tomorrow at 10 30 a m at Mrs Leon Slavin’s home 215 Rostel Road. The Queen Esther class of First Evangelical United Brethren Church meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs R A Cooper’s home with Mrs Myrtle Tederick leading devotions.

Women’s Christian Temperance Union Friends Meeting House Washington and Piccadilly Streets The Negro Day Nursery Leon Slavin Rostel Road Queen Esther First Evangelical United Brethren Church R. A. Cooper Myrtle Tederick

Local society notes from Winchester and region

Miss Jeanne Mikel Kline hosted breakfast Sunday for Maryanne Marcus ahead of Marcus Dunn's Sunday wedding. St. Joseph visitors B. V. Ayers family depart after days with Dr. and Mrs. James C. Davis in Jefferson Street. National Apple Institute delegates from Winchester attend in Atlantic City, N J. Lester Arnold and daughter Katharine in New York City. Purcell Avenue couple Charles Manuel and Elsie Simpson Manuel welcome son Scott Clay Manuel. Mary Ebert Holler returns from Washington with daughter. Ruth Sampson visits Washington DC then returns. Deborah Lynne Luttrell born June 9 at Memorial Hospital. Luttrells’ Kitty Pageant is former Miss Kitty Pageant. Dr. Randolph Graham attends Princeton reunion. Mrs Heber Flood visiting College Manor in Lutherville Md. Arch W. Jones earns Tri-State Silver Key. enrolled in mechanical engineering. Timothy Joseph Sargent born June 10. Catherine Snyder Sargent. Maud Brown visits Charlottesville. Jimmie and Susanne Brown join. Marion Hopkins Du Pu y and Ellen Walker Du Pu y to Los Angeles for summer with grandmother Mrs. R. W. Du Pu y. Luther T. Conner family returns home after visit with daughters Martha Sharon and Catherine Conner.

Local Families Celebrate June Births and Graduations

Luther T. Conner Jr. graduates in Blacksburg while Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pullen of Warrenton name their son Kenneth Ray born June 9 at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. John Van Voorhis and two children visit from Ottumwa to stay with relatives in Sunnyside and Colonial Heights. Charles S. Crisman Jr. and Mrs. Crisman formerly Margaret Larimer welcome a son Charles Robert born June 7 at Quantico Hospital.

Robert Pullen Warrenton Memorial Hospital Kenneth Ray Pullen Pullen Ruth Frazier John van Voorhis Ottumwa Iowa van Voorhis Lacy Braithwaite Sunnnyside Hiram van Voorhis Colonial Heights Midwestern School of Evangelism Charles S. Crisman, Jr Quantico Charles Robert Crisman Margaret Larimer

Births June 11 at Bloomery and Route 2 homes

Birth notices report twins to Mr and Mrs Harry Bruce Rinker Jr Bloomery Star Route a girl and a boy to Mr and Mrs Leonard Shade Route 2 the babies mother is former Miss Ruth Bayliss and Miss Mary Clark respectively

Harry Bruce Rinker, Jr Bloomery

28 Pupils Named To Blue Ridge Honor Roll

Twenty eight students from Blue Ridge Country Day School Millwood are on the spring term honor roll. Lower School honorees include Drew Gilpin Tyree Dillard Cary Harrison Lois Tupper Susie Clagett Marguerite Tupper Bobby Humes Toni Madrigal Elizabeth Shortley Blacky Davis Cathy Culver Michael Hobert Susan Smalley Ian Williams Dotty Grove Gordy Joost Gary Brooks Kenneth Gilpin. Upper School honorees include Ruth Rogers Smith Rosalind Butler Maurice Bowen Peter Joost Elizabeth Williams Bill Gosnell Tyson Gilpin Mary Jones Patricia Reardon James Kenneth Robinson.

Blue Ridge Country Day School Millwood Drew Gilpin Tyree Dillard Cary Harrison Lois Tupper Susie Clagett Marguerite Tupper Bobby Humes Toni Madrigal Elizabeth Shortley Blacky Davis Cathy Culver Michael Hobert Susan Smalley Ian Williams Dotty Grove Gordy Joost Gary Brooks Kenneth Gilpin

Williams Speaker For Kiwanis Club

The Rev. J. L. B. Williams, rector of Christ Church Millwood, will be guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club weekly luncheon tomorrow at 12 15 p m at the George Washington Hotel. He will speak on his experiences behind the Iron Curtain. Ed Molden, club president, arranged the program.

J. L. B. Williams Christ Church, Millwood Kiwanis Club George Washington Hotel Williams Ed Molden

Community Notices and Socials From White Hall Area

Mrs. Walter T. Anderson and Mrs. Reginald Wilson hosted a surprise birthday dinner Sunday for their husbands. White Hall 4-H Club plans a picnic at Beaver Pond near Barney's farm this Thursday with swimming at 3 pm and supper at 5:30 pm. Local visits note many relatives and friends from Martinsburg Ridgeway and Baltimore dropping by for calls and gatherings. The White Hall Church yard party to benefit the parsonage debt is set for July 14 in Strother's grove.

White Hall Walter T. Anderson Reginald Wilson Billa Anderson Jean Delores Wilson Ray Wilson Wilford Wilson Carolyn Walter Beaver Pond Barney Valley Shiley Arlington Lloyd Milburn Albert Luttrell Carter Luttrell Louise Whitacre Ridgeway Franklin Bartles Martinsburg Bert Mason W. Va Luttrell Lottie Whitacre Walter Anderson Carolyn Anderson Jean Anderson Walter Anderson Jr Paul DeHaven Winchester Ernest Luttrell Shannon Summersville Baltimore John Lodge Ray Lodge Freeman Wilkins Flint Mich Lester Moulden Strother’s Grove Dan Sincel North Mountain Lewis Riser Johnstown

Etiquette Answers From Roberta Lee On Manners

A reader inquiry covers polite bus passage, guest punctuality, and wedding gift notes. The answers advise saying May I get through please and lifting a hat, punctuality with a serious breach for lateness, and that brief well wishes on a wedding gift card are acceptable but not required.

Local social notes from Kernstown and Winchester area

Mrs T O Snyder is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Numerous visits and weekend guests are listed, including Miss Mildred Lake and Mr John Mover from Lacey Springs, Miss Grace Ritter in Alexandria, and the Bayliss home in Appomattox. The Virginia Methodist Conference meets in Harrisonburg, several families relocate to Front Royal Road, and Vacation Bible School opens at Kernstown Methodist Church with 65 children and 12 workers.

Kernstown T. O. Snyder Winchester Memorial Hospital Mildred Lake John Mover Lacey Springs Loring Ritter Grace Ritter Aubrey S. Goodrich Alexandria Robert Bywaters James Ruble Janet Marker Denver Col Stanley Boyce Appomattox Carroll Goodridge Harrisonburg Virginia Methodist Conference Milton Swartz Charles Kinney Jesse Cammer Austin Tusing Eva Cooper Marie Cammer Pauline Jordan Donna William Sager Kenneth Clevenger Washington Vacation Bible School Kernstown Methodist Church

Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon

A compact primer noting misuses and mispronunciations such as samples than these, Chihuahua pronunciation, loath versus loathe, and synonyms. It highlights word study and daily vocabulary with the term asseveration defined as an earnest positive assertion.

W. L. Gordon

Carskaden Seabright Win Bridge Match at George Washington

Mrs. W. A. Carskaden and John Seabright took first in the Monday Duplicate Bridge Group at the George Washington Hotel. The runners-up were Mr. and Mrs. T.

W. A. Carskaden John Seabright George Washington Hotel Mrs. T

Scully Group Sets June Meeting at George Washington Hotel

G Scully announces the next regular meeting open to all interested players will be June 18 at 8 p m at the George Washington Hotel. The Winchester Duplicate Bridge Club scrambles game scheduled for tomorrow at the golf club has been postponed.

George Washington Hotel Winchester Duplicate Bridge Club

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Arvilla Snyder Miss Poe W.W. Plummer Bobbie Conrad American Legion Auxiliary Claude Cammer Alcoholics Anonymous At Baptist Church Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Old Miss Jolliffe Guresteps Huntsberrys Daddy Pop WCTU Negro Nursery Board Jeanne Mikel B. V. Ayers St. Joseph, Mo Philip B. Glaize E. Blackburn Moore Apple Institute Atlantic City N. J Mrs Lester Arnold New York City Miss Katharine Arnold Charles Manuel Purcell Ave Scott Clay Manuel Manuel Elsie Simpson Mary Ebert Holler Miss Ann Holler Washington, D. C Ruth Sampson Lillian Winkfield Harold Luttrell Deborah Lynne Luttrell Randolph Graham Piccadilly St Princeton Princeton University Mrs. Heber Floods Arch W. Jones Shawnee Ave Tri-State College Angola Ind Jones Mechanical Engineering John Sargent Timothy Joseph Sargent Sargent Catherine Snyder Miss Maud Brown Jimmie Brown Charlottesville Jimmie Susanne Brown Marion Hopkins du Puy Ellen Walker du Puy H. R. du Puy R. W. du Puy This City Los Angeles Calif Luther T. Conner Martha and Sharon Catherine Conner Dad Kodaks & Cameras Gaunt’s Drug Store Lovett Bros Daniel Green A Vett (Bros Harry Lovett Winchester Star James Wood Bessie Kenner Shenandoah College Building Fund James R. Wilkins Wilkins Chamber of Commerce College Project Committee Charles Barr Charles Levine Barr Mt. Falls Charles Joan Earr Carlin Rodgers Samuel Triplett Blacksburg Luther T. Conner, Jr O.oo Blue Ridge Earth Satellite Handley Auditorium Dancing ‘Round the Roberta Lee Chihuahua Dog Carskaden Seabright Childre G. Scully the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Fieldcrest Wearwell Duracale Cather’s Department Store Sumer Lorett Timberlake Dial MO Episcopal Church Sidewalk Cafe S. Loudoun St Margaret L. Hodgson HAT & Dress Shop
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