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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1964
Page
8
Local notices report a Spaghetti supper at Relief Methodist Church hosted by Youth Fellowship. Families and visitors from multiple towns traveled to and from Brucetown and Winchester areas, with numerous gatherings, hospital visits, and weekend hospitality noted for residents.
Marlboro residents share multiple visits and hospital stays. Pearl Claggett and son Lewis dined with Jack Billymer's family in Winchester while other relatives visited Edinburg and Martinsburg. Mrs. Mary Dick and Mrs. Martha Kump traveled to Martinsburg, and Airman Carol A. Fox spent the weekend with her parents on Middle Road.
Gainesboro residents engage in activities from Achievement Day at War Memorial Building to hospital updates. Families travel to Hagerstown and Baltimore for shopping and visits, with illnesses noted for Nathaniel DeHaven and Donna Dale DeHaven. Local religious services and quarterly conference announced, plus a pancake supper hosted by the Ridgeway Raritans.
Word has been received of the death of the Rev B F Spitzer former pastor of the West Frederick Circuit and longtime resident of Whitacre Franklin WV. The notice lists numerous local visitors and relatives present at various gatherings surrounding the bereavement.
The Sunrise Easter Service will be held Easter morning at 6 50 in Mount Pleasant Evangelical United Brotherhood Church with all charge churches and the public invited. West Frederick Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs Daisy Sager on Myrtle Ave Winchester with 14 members and visitors present. Agnes Shirley county agent gave a color demonstration for home decor. Eight members attended Achievement Day at the War Memorial Building. A Holy Communion service will be held Thursday at 730 in Mount Pleasant Church with Rev Miller delivering the message. Kenneth Lake and family visited his brother Charles Lake and family.
Mr and Mrs John Jones of Springfield were weekend guests in the home of Mrs Alice Rogers. Miss Ellen Hammock attends the Beta Club convention in Roanoke with ties to Winchester James Weasll High School. Mrs Carrol Grubbs of Rockland visited Mrs Anna E Rife. The Reliance Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs Floyd L Derflinger. Harry Hammock a patient at Winchester Memorial. Heart Fund Drive raises 31 80 for Reliance area in February.
Mrs Beulah Whitacre and Mrs Betty Whitacre visited Mr and Mrs A P Whitacre on Sunday. Several locals including Miss Othella DeHaven Mr Dick and others called on the Kerns and Whitacre families. Wanda Kerns works at McCrorys in Winchester. Lee Whitacre lost a fine horse last Saturday.
Mrs James Marrow and daughter Amy visit Mr and Mrs R G Bedger. Dinner guests at Walter Derflinger home include Anna Mae Adams Paris Va Woodrow Adams Mandolph Macon Academy Mr and Mrs Mike Luby and children Winchester and Lloyd Derflinger family. Austin Bell hosts Knox family Seven Corners. Paul Soyars travels to Now Carolina after family dispute.
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a kindergarten teacher demonstrates telling time with an oversized clock saying these are the hours and these are the minutes and seconds. A student asks where the jiffies prompting a playful classroom moment.
Millard Saunders, patient at Newton D. Baker VA Hospital, shows some improvement after injuries from a wreck. Leroy Wilson and friends spent the weekend at their summer home. Church group hosted a covered dish supper at Greenwood Church. George Saunders moved to the old Shambaugh house. Doyle Dick welcomed visitors from Winchester and Cedar Creek. Naval assignments loom for Pritchett family. Little Creek base to host. Puffinberger, Heironimus family visits noted.
The county home demonstration agent outlines a week of trainings and 4-H club meetings across Luray Bellview Avenue Stephens City North Mountain Friendly Grove Fair Assa Stonewall War Memorial Bldg War Memorial Bldg and Kline School. Activities include program planning classes on electricity and wiring lamps with demonstrations on color planning in the home.
The economy received renewed strength this week with General Motors announcing $2 billion in new plant and equipment spending for 1964 and 1965 plus $600 million yearly for tooling. February nonfarm payrolls rose sharply by 80,000, lifting total to 56.9 million, while steel demand and production surged toward historic highs.
In Gastonia North Carolina Judge William Copland was struck by a ten pound piece of bright ceiling plaster splintering from the ceiling during a courtroom session. A police officer drew his revolver before realizing the noise was accidental debris. The judge reported a sore head but was unharmed and felt protected by his headgear.
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