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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1968
Page
7
Robert Jones Jr was elected president of the Winchester Coin Club at its recent meeting Maurice Conard was named treasurer and Mary Long secretary The club meets the second Monday of each month and interested persons are welcome to attend
The annual memorial service will be held at Gainesboro United Methodist Church on Sunday at 2 30 p m A musical program will precede the sermon at the service location in Gainesboro Tennessee.
If no ruler is handy use a dollar bill as a rough measure. A dollar bill is just one sixteenth of an inch longer than six inches, offering a simple reference for small measurements.
Printed pattern 4717 for Misses sizes 8 10 12 14 16 18 in two lengths. Includes main pattern piece with shoulder seams and edges to sew wrap and wear. Pattern costs 65 cents plus mailing 15 cents. request by mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star New York.
Thomas Lee Souders of Winchester graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute on June 9 with a Bachelor of Science in Business accounting. He is a Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma member and a VPI Accounting Society member. He will work at Radford Arsenal this summer and plans to enter VPI Graduate School in the fall.
Antique show and sale in Warrenton at the Warrenton Elementary School gym and classrooms runs June 20 to 22 benefitting the Warrenton Public Library and Elementary School Library. Mrs. William Spong will open the event at 11 a.m. with a tea room serving hot luncheon noon to 2 30 p.m. daily.
Highland Presbyterian Women of the Church plan an 7:30 p.m. meeting this evening led by Mrs. Howard Lake as she conducts the Bible study.
Mrs Lawrence E Morris returns to Lynchburg from visiting her parents and takes a Bedford County School System post. Mr and Mrs J Kenneth Robinson Jr of Blacksburg celebrate birth of a son at Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Wayne Grover McDonald of Winchester greet twins Melvin Wayne and Marshall Randolph born June 8 at Winchester Memorial. Ellen Patton moves to Manassas to work at Manor Nursing Home. Audrey Shenk and Mrs Henry Lane celebrate birthdays in Marshall. SP4 Ralph E Renner calls home from Karot Thailand, wife Jennie Kagey Renner.
Mrs. Claude Grim was elected president of the Conrad Hoover Unit 21 American Legion Auxiliary at a covered dish supper. The unit named officers and announced district plans including the Department Convention in Richmond July 12 to 21 and Girls State sponsorships, with funds raised for veterans and a leukemia birthday party.
Mr and Mrs Stephen Decatur White received degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia Mrs White formerly Miss Sybil F Vinson of Columbia earned a Bachelor of Arts in Education Mr White son of Mr and Mrs C Ridgely White of Merrimans Lane earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Banking Finance and Insurance They reside in Columbia where Mr White serves with the U S Army Reserve.
The Glen Burnie Garden Club holds a 10:30 a.m. workshop at Mrs. William Fore’s home 339 W Whitlock Ave with an arrangement critique by a visiting judge and a Grand Manner mass arrangement. The DeMolay chapter sponsors a rummage sale at 141 S Loudoun St Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. including an electric mixer, lawnmower, clothing, clocks, glassware and shoes.
Mrs. Robert Kitty Hockman president of the local Federation Council of Church Women will address the International Christian League Breakfast tomorrow at the Lee Jackson Restaurant. The public meal starts at 7 a.m. in the Colonial Garden area. The Colonial Garden Club holds its June meeting as a workshop with hostess Mrs. J W McDaniel of Fairway Estates and a change time to 1 p.m.
Registration for two drama workshops is complete at Handley Library. About 30 children aged 10 to 13 signed up for the Wednesday 10 a.m. session led by Mrs. Barbara Sambol in the Benham Room. The Tuesday 7:30 p.m. workshop will be directed from the Library Auditorium.
Hawthorne garden club holds a covered dish supper at 6 30 p m Thursday at Mrs Hunter Gaunt Jr 320 S Washington St A tour of Dr Jesse Clare s rose garden follows husbands are invited The Special of the Day will be Specimens Only
The Handley High School class of 1962 will hold a reunion dinner on August 17 at 6 p.m. Miss Sue Rainsberger leads arrangements and requests reservations by July 1 at 554 N Braddock St. A Ridgeway Church Hall yard party follows on Saturday at 5 p.m. with country ham or fried chicken dinners and homemade ice cream, sponsored by the Ridgeway Ruri tan Club. another fundraiser on June 29 at 5 p.m. at Old Bethel Methodist Church, Albany, benefits the new parsonage with ham and fried chicken dinners, rain or shine.
A home made ice cream social will be held at Little Mountain United Methodist Church in Cedar Grove starting at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The event benefits the Woman's Society of Christian Service and is open to the public.
A feature notes court dress signals respect for the law. Photographed teens show off new haircuts and jackets as they face judges, while parents hope proper attire preserves licenses and avoids further trouble. A girl wearing a revealing miniskirt drew the judge’s admonition to return in appropriate dress.
The Heloise column shares a reader Randy age 7 who created a coupon book for his mom offering chores like supper, trash, sweeping, and reading. The piece highlights his idea as costless and appreciated by moms, and notes plans to make more for future birthdays and Mother’s Day. Also includes readers asking about squeaky stairs and a strawberries canning tip.
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