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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1952
Page
8
Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs James Ely Bradfield of Barnesville Ohio hosted by Mr M E Bradfield and Mr and Mrs Charles Harper of Arlington with Mrs Lewis F Harper. Others travel and attend events in Washington Lisbon and Florida. Greenspring church group meets, Century Club postponed, and local hospital patients noted.
To Mr and Mrs John Michael 122 Pine Street a girl Mrs Michael is the former Miss Frances Alexander. To Mr and Mrs Floyd B Combs Needmore West Virginia a girl Mrs Combs is the former Miss Lona Funkhouser. To Mr and Mrs William H West Jr Millwood a boy Mrs West is the former Miss Elizabeth Christopher. March 9 To Mr and Mrs James A Massie Route 2 a boy Mrs Massie is the former Miss Mary Alice Davis.
An old receipt style advertisement promotes Kitchen Fresh Cottage Chocolates by Brooks Pharmacy. It touts 82 luscious pieces in a 1 lb box priced at $1.10 and lists contact Ph. 6461.
March 11 12 18 Lions Club and Exchange Club meet at George Washington Hotel. McKinley Chapter Eastern Star at City Hall. Madison Lodge 8 p m Municipal Band at Rouss Hall. Winchester Camera Club at Murphy s Feed Store Amherst St 8 p m. American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Home 6 p m Alcoholics Anonymous at Friendship Fire Hall 8 p m Moose Club 4 p m Rebekah Lodge.
The Kernstown Methodist Church WSCS will meet this evening at 7:30 at Mrs. Preston Place’s home on the Valley Pike.
Mr. and Mrs. James Brooks visited with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Moore Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Lula Moulden stayed with her brother, Mr. Charlies Fiddler, near Stephenson. William Gerrard of Winchester and Harrisonburg called on Luther Larrick. Mrs. W. B. Solomon spent a week in Alexandria. Ollie Clowser visited his brother, William Clowser. The Larricks and Clowsers saw Ella Kerns and family, and Crowser family visiting M. A. Wiley family. Mrs. Luther Larrick stopped by Jack White’s. Mrs. White, ill, is reported to be much improved.
A column excerpt answers etiquette questions: sending birthday cards after a death should be thoughtful but not frivolous, with a “thinking of you on your birthday” message. A married woman may keep her maiden name as a middle name after marriage. The salutation should use lowercase dear in “My dear Mrs. Jones.”
Mr and Mrs Thomas at 25 W Piccadilly St celebrate the birth of a daughter named Sara Bruce on Friday at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Thomas is the former Nancy Bruce Lodge, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bruce Lodge of White Hall.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Clark visited in Alexandria with Mrs Charles Rowe. Miss Bertha Lewis is improving at home. Miss Peaegy McCarty spent a night with Patsy Oates and local hosts. Mrs Turner ill but improving after a Stanley Brush party hosted by Mrs James Russell. Families of Clark, Nichols, Alt, Borror and Gore hosting or attending gatherings and funerals nearby.
Wardensville High School auditorium hosts the fourth annual Quarters on Parade on Saturday March 15 at 8 pm. Lions Club sponsors feature The Columbians from Washington DC, NSPBSQSA champions in 1949 50, runners up in 1951, with members Billy Ball Howard Crawford Charlie Hay and Joe Yznaga. Also performing are Hershman quartet Strasburg Lions quartet Mt Jackson and Wardensville host quartet, plus the Strasburg Candlelighters chorus led by Rev George M Smith with Ray Kern as president.
Learn to improve speech by listening to your own voice. Record and analyze to spot harsh tones and monotone. Read a three minute letter aloud, then rerecord months later for noticeable progress. Obtain Your Most Attractive Voice booklet from National Newspaper Service with a 10 cent stamp and self addressed envelope.
A brief English lesson notes common word usage and pronunciation. The author discusses misused terms like ugly in informal sense and gives guidance on pronunciation of rarely used words such as nugatory and plebian.
Local Girl Scouts and Brownies plan two birthday parties on March 12 to mark 40 years of Girl Scouting in the United States. Mrs. C. D. Whitfield chairs both rallies with the Girls Planning Board and troop reps. The Brownie Rally at Market Street Methodist Church will feature a camp movie from Camps Shawnee and White Rock and costumes from other countries. The Intermediate and Senior Rally at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church includes a talk by Miss Farley Massey on her Gulf Scout Camp Counselor Exchange trip to Great Britain with slides. Approximately 105 girls will receive badges in a Court of Awards. Donations to the Julette Low World Friendship Fund are requested at both rallies.
Circles close to Prince Aly Khan report a possible reconciliation with his estranged wife actress Rita Hayworth. Aly Khan arrived in Bombay to visit Ismailia sect followers and has not contradicted reports that Rita's Reno divorce proceedings might lapse.
Beginning in January 1937 the Government moved gold to Fort Knox and finished the transfer on June 23 1937. The vault is described as more impregnable than the Bank of England or the Bank of France.
Pattern 4848 offers a shirtfrock with graceful skirt and panel pockets for misses in sizes 14 through 42. Size 16 uses 4 yards of 35 inch fabric. includes illustrated instructions and fit tested pattern details. Send 30 cents to Anne Adams care of Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept in New York for pattern 4848.
The waggish language and mischievous pranks by a local man drew mixed reactions from residents, with some amused and others irritated by the lighthearted mischief across the neighborhood.
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