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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1941
Page
8
Twelve acts sign up for a two night variety show at the Little Theatre studio on 213 N. Cameron Street. Curtain rises at 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday with new seating and performers from Berryville Front Royal and Strasburg. Information at 4411.
Edith Evans of Johnstown Pennsylvania married Lester Keller son of Mr and Mrs Warren Keller of Paper Mill road in Grace Lutheran Parsonage ceremony conducted by Rev Carl A Honeycutt. The bride wore navy georgette ensemble trimmed with white carried gardenias and rose buds. A breakfast followed at the groom’s home and the couple planned a Pennsylvania honeymoon before returning to live with the groom’s parents. Mrs Keller had been living in the city with Clinton McCardy at Sunnyside.
The paper invites readers to submit social, personal, or club events with fresh information. Notices should be sent the day before an event or the day after it occurs to ensure publication.
In Staunton area a garden ceremony at Elwyn near Staunton joins Miss Re bekah Bean daughter of the Rev J H Bean and Mr Paul S Tressel of Baltimore. The bride wore marquesette with roses and lilies of the valley, given by her brother Melton Bean. Attendant Mrs Otis Sargent wore white pique. Flower girl Ann Arthur wore white silk net. Relatives plan to return home tomorrow after the event.
Randolph Larrick of Middletown has returned home after completing all examinations in his chemical engineering course at Virginia Tech. He will be a Sophomore next year and is the son of J. Pred Larrick.
Kenneth Petrie son of Mr and Mrs R L Petrie of Front Royal Pike underwent an appendectomy at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore on Thursday June 12 He formerly served as assistant principal of Bethesda Chevy Chase High School Bethesda Md He has been convalescing in Tucson Arizona with Mrs Petrie and his condition is reported as satisfactory.
The Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will host Rev. Ronald B. Wilson as guest teacher Sunday June 15 at 9:45 am. All members and friends are invited to attend. Berryville alumni held their annual banquet and dance at the Community Building. Donald Cooley was elected president Wilber Feltner vice president Dolly Hart secretary Maurice Wise carver treasurer. A ten member board of directors was elected. Jimmy Doman led music for the dance at the Recreation center. Little Garden Club meets Monday at 3:30 at Mrs. Paul Rhodes home. Exhibits of small medium and large specimens will be shown.
Mrs. Bott will teach the Braddock Street Methodist Church Young Adult Class tomorrow morning at 9 45 o clock. Mr. John Leatherman will lead the devotionals. The Epworth League of Macedonia will present a Fathers Day program tomorrow night at seven with Miss Kathleen Haymaker leading and the Balthises as guest speakers.
The Young People's Department of the Macedonia Church will host its annual yard party tonight at 7 30 providing good weather. The event takes place on the church lawn with hot sandwiches and soup among the offerings.
Question and answer style notes Walt Whitman as the first American poet widely linked with free verse in Leaves of Grass. The snippet presents a quiz format and a brief attribution to Whitman.
Social notes describe multiple weekend gatherings honoring Miss Virginia Steck and Mr. Harry R. Kern Jr ahead of their upcoming marriage. Local families host and attend events, while relatives and guests from nearby towns travel for the celebrations and forthcoming August wedding.
Greensboro North Carolina is named for General Nathanael Greene, hero of the Guilford Court House battle.
A practical guide to inviting guests to a club emphasizes inviting only those you would welcome at home or know well enough to trust. Theatre introductions should occur in lobbies or not at all if seats are distant, and the first luncheon course can be light fruit or a preferred iced cocktail.
Social notices from Millwood Virginia detail birthday and luncheon events. Guests include George P. Greenhalgh, Col. and Mrs. Merchant, Capt. and Mrs. Ewart Johnston, and many Clarke residents. Attendees travel for dinners, dances, and visits with hostesses Kay Tillitson and Rosaland Huidekoper.
Mr William Kerfoot returns to Liewellyn Wilbraham Mass with Mrs Albert Kerfoot and Miss Josephine Griffith after Wilbraham Academy graduation. Miss Griffith just graduated from Haven’s College Columbia MO and attended West College Oxford Ohio commencement with Elinor Griffith. She plans to return home next week after a former classmate’s commencement at Wellesley College.
The Virginia State Society of Christian Endeavor holds its annual convention at Massanetta Springs near Harrisonburg from June 18 to 22. Attendees from Winchester and Frederick County are expected. The five day program includes worship study recreation addresses conferences meals and fellowship with 16 speakers.
A fragmented notice invites Endeavorers to meet and make friends through work study worship and prayer. It mentions Company B Warrington of Norfolk presiding over sessions and encourages attendance for full information.
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