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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1955
Page
9
Miss Mildred Jo line Shepard wed Charles William Orndoff in a White Hall Methodist ceremony. The couple plans to reside in Brucetown after their June high school graduates and current employment details are noted.
The East Frederick Home Demonstration Club will meet with Mrs Keith Judy Friday at 1 30 p m instead of the regular time. Miss Agnes Shirley will be the demonstrator. The next meeting will be held on the regular date.
Calendar notes events for June 14 and June 10 including Jaycees Lions Shelter Kiwanis Club Home American Legion Auxiliary AA at Baptist Church and other groups. Activities feature meetings at George Washington Hotel Duff's Market Street Church Blue Ridge Country Club and Golden Glow with varied times from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Bonnie Faye Hottle and Allen Flowers married Saturday at Oakland Methodist Church Richmond. The ceremony by Rev E C Day had no attendants. The bride is a James Wood High senior, daughter of Cletus F Hottle, Route 3. Flowers, son of H E Flowers of Stephens City, is a 1954 James Wood graduate employed at Columbia Baking Co. They will live with Flowers' parents in Stephens City after a Virginia honeymoon.
Miss Dorothy Virginia Larrick daughter of Mrs. Sandy B. Larrick and the late Mr. Larrick, wed Charles Carter son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reese Carter at 2 PM in Williamsport Maryland. The bride wore blue lace over taffeta with white accessories and red rosebud corsage. The groom is employed by C. H. Musselman and Company in Inwood West Virginia. They will live in Clearbrook.
Gore couple announces engagement Hazel Marie DeHaven to Walter Franklin Staton Jr. Son of Walter F. Staton Sr. of Route 1. The wedding is planned for June 30.
A covered dish supper will be held tomorrow at 6 15 p m in the social room of Market Street Methodist Church for the members of the W S C S and guests.
Miss Janes Onedin Crabill daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph B Crabill of Strasburg and Rev Martin G Seitz son of Mr and Mrs Guy Seitz of Reese Michigan were married June 3 in the Christian Church Strasburg in a double ring ceremony. The church-had palms candelabra and white flowers. Guests included families of the couple and a reception followed in the church social room. The bride wore Chantilly lace and nylon tulle with a lace jacket and a pearl necklace. The matron of honor was her sister Garland Miller who wore turquoise net and pearls. The groom was supported by Ray Boyce as best man and ushers Garland Miller and the Rev Harry Kidd. After a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and Michigan the couple will reside in Gainesboro. Mrs Seitz is a Strasburg High School graduate and former secretary to C Ridgely White. Mr Seitz is an Asbury College graduate and a Gainesboro Methodist pastor studying at Westminster Theological Seminary.
A Methodist Men meeting will follow the supper. A film with commentary by the Rev. Arthur Brown of Berryville will depict his recent trip through the Holy Land.
Conrad Hoover Unit 21 of the American Legion Auxiliary holds an afternoon meeting at the Gibson Bakers cabin. Doors open at 3 30 p m with dinner at 6 30 p m. All cars depart from the president Miss Louise Castlemans home by 5 15 p m for elections of officers.
Mrs. Daniel M. Babb and Mrs. Ralph B. Harry hosted a luncheon Saturday at the Chanti cleer Inn in honor of Miss Barbara Wheeler and Miss Betty Davis. Wheeler is to marry Richard Hart next Saturday and Davis will wed H. Robert Edwards on June 25. Eddie and Mary Carter Faulconer of Charlottesville visit Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Holland at their S. street home.
Mr and Mrs Robert Baker hosted a Saturday evening shower at their Stewart Street home in honor of recently married Mr and Mrs L A Blye. Guests included Mrs Robert Baker Mrs Louis Blye Miss Peggy Scott Mrs Patsy Fiddler Miss Jean Weimer Mrs Ray Madigan Mrs Kenneth Pohlman and children Michael and Vonnie Miss Jackie Blye and Buddy Baker all from this city.
Mrs. Ernest Nesselrodt and children head to Sacramento to visit her sister Mrs. E W Murphy. Nelson Page and Dr. Allen T Hawthorne depart for Rye New York to compete in the National Seniors Golf Tournament at the Apawamis Club. Mrs. Marvin Goodman and son Mark return to Vallejo after a two month stay with Mrs Goodman's parents at 224 Opequon Ave.
Mr and Mrs Roger P Sager of Star Tannery announce the engagement of their daughter Lamaris Josephine to Lowell Huber son of Mr and Mrs Harold Huber of Bellefontaine Ohio Lamaris is a James Wood High School and Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing graduate now employed at Delaware State Hospital Farnhurst Delaware Huber is a De Graff Ohio High School graduate four years U S Air Force veteran and shipping department employee at Detroit Aluminum and Brass Corp Bellefontaine The wedding will take place in the fall.
Mrs. W H Perry hosts her sister Mrs J A Hinkle and Mr Lewis Hinkle of Jacksonville Florida at 205 E Boscawen St. Mrs Norman E Cooper travels to Iowa City to visit Dr and Mrs R T Scott with grandson Redge Schoonover en route to Columbus. Mrs Pearl Good of Washington DC visits sister Mrs Lee A Smith. Mrs Ralph Lewin hosts luncheon and shower for Mrs Lois Eaton. guests include many local residents and relatives. Kenneth Pohlman hosts 13th birthday for son Michael with friends from Martinsburg Winchester and area. Barbara Wheeler bride elect honored at kitchen shower at Miss Quick home on Greystone Terrace with guests from Winchester and Boyce.
June 13 announcements report newborns to several families in West Virginia. Harry Hines Augusta and Kathleen Saville welcome a girl, Ruth Fletcher Washington and Frisco Washington welcome a girl, Janet Mason Kerns welcomes a boy, Barbara Aronhalt Lail welcomes a boy, Juanita Bohrer Manning welcomes a girl, Erika Sevket-America Holler welcomes a girl.
A storefront banner touts Winchester as the valley’s busiest shopping hub with the slogan Where Bargains Abound highlighting a busy retail scene and promotional emphasis.
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