Dear Abby Tips on Privacy and Curiosity in 1970s Society
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on discreet parenting choices, a wife’s curiosity about naked men, and a single mother’s supportive elderly relative. The column endorses discretion, notes Tina’s behavior may reflect normal curiosity, and praises Aunt Libby for taking active steps to help families while seeking personal privacy.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N.y. News Synd. Inc
Abby
Bob
Tina
Manhattan
Aunt Libby
Libby
Idaho Reader
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Spaid Couple Marked in West Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. William F. Spaid of Yellow Springs celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 18, 1929 in Stephen City with Rev. C.D. Lambert. The Spaid couple have three living children and seven grandchildren with three great grandchildren. two children are deceased. An open house and dinner were hosted by their children and grandchildren with many relatives and friends in attendance. Gifts and a money tree were given by attendees and others sent gifts.
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William F. Spaid
Yellow Springs
W.va
Stephen City
C.D. Lambert
Spaid
Golda Irene Anderson
William E. Spaid
Lehew
Wesley
Willetta) Spaid
Rt. J. Gore
Cecil R. Spaid
High View
Coleen
Garland
Richard Storry
Temple Hill
John Anderson
Winchester
Peter W. Jones
Jason
Jennifer
Holcomb
N.Y
Maude B. Loy
Levi Spaid
Wesley Spaid
Cecil Spaid
Todd
Rodney
Bonnie
Denny Spaid
Joe Spaid
Mary
Ellen
Richard Hawse
Jeremy
Wesley Spaid Jr
Fred Spaid
Olonza Spaid
Vernon Whitacre
Elsie Spaid
Vileta Spaid
Beatrice LaFollette
Kenneth Seldon
Renea Seldon
Virginia Free
John Kline
Rodie Spaid
Oral Cancer Clinics Set in Clarke County
Clarke County schedules Oral Cancer Detection Weekend with free five minute exams offered by county dentists. Berryville Baptist Church on Saturday 10 am to 2 pm and Episcopal Parish Hall Boyce on Sunday 2 pm to 4 pm welcome all adults.
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Clarke County
Woman’s Club
Tke
American Cancer Society
Berryville Baptist Church
Episcopal Parish Hall
Boyce
Hawthorne Garden Club Adopts Library Foundation Planting
The Hawthorne Garden Club met at Carper's Valley Golf Club with Mrs. Lewis Costello hosting and Mrs. John R. Fisher III presiding. The program by Mrs. Elizabeth Engle, president of the Friends of the Library, outlined landscaping plans for the new library addition and the club's project to assist with the foundation planting. ribbons were awarded to exhibitors including Mrs. Winston Lutz and Mrs. William Hancock among others.
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Hawthorne Garden Club
Carper’s Valley Golf Club
Lewis Costello
John R. Fisher III
Handley Library
Elizabeth Engle
Friends of the Library
Roger Vaughan
Engle
Winston Lutz
William Hancock
Jack Wallace
Mass
Helen Edmonds
Hancock
Wallace
Robert Solenberger
Robert K I
Herbert Wood
Fisher
Vaughan
Joseph Zuckerman
Best Sellers List Shows Top Fiction and Nonfiction
Publisher's Weekly compiles current best sellers with fiction picks including Overload by Arthur Hailey Chesapeake by James Michener and The Stories of John Cheever. Nonfiction highlights Lauren Bacall by Myself The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet Mommie Dearest American Caesar.
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Publishers’ Weekly
Rcte and
Sasseueanhe
Macmllas
Arthur Hailey
Chesapeake
James Michener
John Cheever
John
Evergreen
Belva Plain
Lauren Bacall
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnower
Mommie Dearest
Christina Crawford
William Manchester
Glen Burnie Garden Club Slides Highlight England Visit
Glen Burnie Garden Club members viewed slides from Mrs Edwin Speakman on her England trip including Chelsea Flower Show and castle interiors. Anna Watson will speak on Daffodils next meeting. Shenandoah District spring meeting set for April 5 at Orange Baptist Church.
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Edwin Speakman
Glen Burnie
Orange Baptist Church
Orange
Alvin Rich
Jack Phillips
H. Larrick Hockman
Russell Frye
Ashby Stouffer
Holmes Harper
Tina Cooper Engaged to R L Wilkins
Mrs Shirley Boyd of Winchester and Perry Cooper of Berryville announce the engagement of Tina C Cooper to Ronald Leroy Wilkins son of Mr and Mrs Calvin Leroy Wilkins of Winchester. Tina is a senior at James Wood High School and works at Nichols Winchester. Ronald is a 1975 Handiey High School graduate and employed at Miler and Anderson Winchester. No wedding date set.
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Shirley Boyd
Winchester
Perry Cooper
Berryville
Tina C. Cooper
Ronald Leroy Wilkins
Calvin Leroy Wilkins
Miss Cooper
James Wood High School
Nichols
Mr. Wilkins
Handiey High School
Miler and Anderson
Extension Homemakers Club Meeting Brings Poisonous Plants Talk
Public information note for South Frederick reports Extension Homemakers Club will meet March 27 at 10 30 a m in the War Memorial Building. Devotions by Mrs Betha Daugherty programs by Mrs Nina Comstock on Poisonous Plants and Accidents Looking For a Place to Happen. Bring a household hint and a covered dish. Visitors welcome. Stonewall EH Club meets March 28 at 11 30 a m at the War Memorial Building with a covered dish.
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Ruby V.shiley
South Frederick
Extension
Homemakers Club
War Memorial Building
Betha Daugherty
Nina Comstock
Stonewall EH Club
New Arrivals at Winchester and Warren Memorial Hospitals
Hospital birth notices list infants born March 13 to 20 at Winchester and Warren Memorial Hospitals. Parents include Lofton, Garrett, Parker, Davis, Owen, Van Zandt, Orth, and McLemore with mothers maiden names Windsor Boxwell Dean Helmick Fleagle Leach Dunn and others.
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Charles Richard Lofton
Rt. 2
Stephenson
Matthew James
Lofton
Laura Windsor Boxwell
Susan Arlene
Roger Glenn Garrett
Meadowbrook Drive
Stephens City
Garrett
Patsy Arlene Dean
Emily Kate
David Renick Parker
Romney
W.va
Parker
Jill Ruth Fleagle
Homer Richard Davis Jr
S. Main St
Moorefield
Serena Lynn
Davis
Deborah JoAnn Helmick
Guy William Owen
Rt. 696
Whitacre
Daniel Guy
Owen
Susan Cheryl James
Michael Jonathan van Zandt
Main St
Michael Christopher
van Zandt
Kimberly Denise Webber
Jeanette Lee
Wellford Frederick Orth
Paper Mill Road
Orth
Mary Elizabeth Petty
Warren Memorial Hospital
Ephram Lindsey McLemore
Sandy’s Trailer Court
White Post
Shawn Lindsay
Panel Discusses Competency Examinations
The Clarke Education Society held a panel in the Clarke County High School library on competency examinations and their role in curriculum goals. Panelists included Elizabeth Helm, Wade G Johnson, N A Overstreet, Roy Batterton, Pat Allenson, and C E Miley as moderator.
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Clarke Education Society
Clarke County High School
Elizabeth Helm
State Board of Education
Wade G. Johnson
Clarke County
N.A. Overstreet
Roy Batterton
Pat Allenson
C.E. Miley
C.E.S
General Assembly
Golden and 39th wedding anniversaries celebrate Clark and Largent couples
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robert I Clark of 3020 Shawnee Drive on their 39th anniversary. They wed March 25, 1940 in Elliott City Maryland and have two daughters and five grandchildren. Also, Mr. and Mrs Edgar Largent of 1432 Wildrose Lane Holly Hill Florida marked their Golden Anniversary, married March 27, 1929 in Gainesboro by Rev Parlett. They have a son, a daughter, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs Largent was the former Jessie Gardner.
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Robert I. Clark
Shawnee Drive
Elliott City
Robert E. McDonald
Berryville
David Smoot
Front Royal
Clark
Louise Green
Edgar Largent
Wildrose Lane
Holly Hill
Fla
Winchester
Gainesboro
Parlett
Charles Largent
Sarasota
Colleen Rinehart
Daytona Beach
Largent
Jessie Gardner
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