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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1965
Page
5
Community notes mourn the death of Mrs. Anna McIntyre a well known resident. Beside mourning, relatives and friends visit between Siler Winchester and Romance Missouri. Easter weekend guests stay at Maury home and with Whitacres while hospitalizing Chaffie Whitacre.
Ace Brookes promotes Easye quick stitchery with cross stitch designs for kitchen use. Pattern 7396 features motifs and pricing details. Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star handles orders from New York addresses with print name and ZIP required. 1965 Needlecraft Catalog advertises 200 designs and multiple craft books and patterns at varied prices.
Sunday services at Brucetown Methodist Church on May 2 include worship at 10 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. fellowship supper at 6 p.m. Easter guests visited in Stephenson and Blacksburg with numerous families from Brucetown, Gainesboro, and nearby areas. Regulars and visitors included Mr. and Mrs. James McAboy, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lafollette, the Hildebrand and Day families, and many relatives from Winchester, Front Royal, and Baltimore.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Stephens of Berkeley Springs visited Mr and Mrs Ernest Michael. Guests included Mr and Mrs Lynn Hawkins and A P Shelburn with children. Mrs Nannie Moore, formerly in the area, improves in a Washington nursing home. Troy Dick, former patient at Newton D Baker Hospital, Martinsburg, is home and well. Ernest Michael begins building a new home at 522 South Berkeley Springs. he has been ill but improves. Arthur Crouse with pleurisy shows improvement. Joann Omips confined home for days, now able to resume work.
Worship services at Mountain View Methodist Church continue Sundays at 8 30 a m EST with church school at 9 30 a m EST until DST begins in Virginia on June 6. Community guests include Miss Sally Jo Hupp of Winchester and families from Vienna Annandale and Beltsville.
A large gathering at Ridings Chapel Cemetery paid last respects to Frank Costello. Relatives and friends in Winchester and nearby towns visited the Costello family and related households over the weekend, with several prominent local residents listed as attendees. Community events included a Family Week covered dish dinner and a well attended Sing Time at White Hall church.
The ancient sport dates to at least 500 B C in England under Roman influence. Cockpits spread through towns in Henry VIII era, and the activity reached America early with notable Virginian and other founders as proponents. Today most states ban it as animal cruelty. Canada prohibits it by law.
Local families from Stephens City and nearby towns share Easter visits with relatives in Winchester and Marshall counties. Events include hospital stays for James Golliday and Michel Bryn, a new birth Mary Elizabeth Horn, and Ceramic Studio expanding to full time operation amid a flurry of social gatherings.
In Wichita Kansas a shoe clerk wonders about a customer with two left feet after a woman returned a pair she bought saying both shoes were right feet. No one has complained of buying two left shoes.
The House Armed Services Committee blasted the Pentagon for procrastinating on nuclear powered surface ships. It added 4150.5 million for a nuclear powered guided missile frigate and signaled it would authorize a nuclear aircraft carrier next year despite Department requests. The panel said funds must pass through the Appropriations Committee, and Defense Secretary McNamara is not obliged to spend them, but it aims to push broader use of nuclear power in surface ships.
In 1965 Dear Abby columns are recalled with letters from a Sunday school teacher and a child asking why a brother died, plus a couple's Sunday visit dilemma and a plea about a husband preferring his wife wear pants. Abby advises on faith, hospitality, and communication.
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