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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1950
Page
3
A timeless charm guide urges re ordering sleep and beauty routines. It advises lighter suppers caffeine free drinks and quiet evenings to restore health and confidence. It includes fashion color tips and a postal offer for personality color swatches from Powers.
Miller School formed a 4-H club for boys ages 4 through 7 with 25 members. Officers elected were President Charles Symons Vice president Ralph White Treasurer Billy McIntire Secretary Buddy Willis Reporter Wilbur Orndorff. Members met with John Wolfe to select projects including hogs pigs corn vegetables gardens and poultry. Wolfe explained animal judging basics. Brown Leghorn and Black Minorca chickens lay white eggs.
Millwood social life centers on the Blue Ridge Point-to-Point and the Virginia Field Hunter Ship competition at Woodley the Dougherty home. Notables from Farmington Hunt Deep Run Hunt and Grosse Pointe Hunt attend meals and luncheons with judges E C Nichols and Mr. Nichols.
The United States Civil Service Commission announced an exam to fill a rural carrier position at Bluemont Virginia. Applications must reach by April 20 1950 with exams in Winchester. Blanks available from the Bluemont office or from the commission in Washington DC. U S Marine Dan Daly earned two Congressional Medals of Honor for China 1900 and Haiti 1915 and died in 1937.
Berryville social notes list visitors and week end guests including John Olsen of Minneapolis and Ruth Wheeler now with Ft. Howard Veterans Hospital. Many locals attend meetings in Luray Bridgewater and Baltimore. trips include Europe, Camden, and a Caribbean cruise with remarks on hospital stays and family visits.
Reports detail medical issues at Winchester Memorial Hospital including Norman Heflin and Bobby Leake recovering from injuries and infection. Social items note Fort Loudoun DAR meeting in Front Royal, visits from families including Mallorys and Higgs, and the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Samuel and Ava Wiley with guests from multiple counties.
Mrs Wiley wore a grey crepe dress with an orchid from her children. Mr Woodrow Heflin returned Friday from Charlottesville after hospital treatment. Mrs Capelka Mrs Sipe and Ruth Watson attended the Virginia Home Economics Association meeting in Rothmond with Capelka’s mother and son Jay Capelka. Rajammal Devades of India spoke as guest lecturer.
The Senior Class of Gainesboro School will present the three act comedy Me and My Shadow Friday at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Cast includes Warren Thompson Roy Harrington Thelma Luttrell Eva Lamp Wilda Adams Wayne Miller Eunice DeHaven Betty McIlwee Walter Baker and Bruce Whit-
Funeral services for Mrs. Elia L. Good were conducted yesterday at 1 p.m. from Jones Funeral Home with the Rev. Floyd Wine officiating. Burial followed in Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were six nephews: Charles Cleaves, Loring John Richard, Edgar Richard, Paul Richard, and others.
Urban theater brief notes a local Sab East Indian mystic play closing early. Performers delivered vibrant scenes despite modest audience turnout and limited funding.
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