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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1950

Page

6

Lavish Library Reception Follows Staff Cooked Feast

Washington library staff hosted a grand reception with 500000 cocktail rolls two hams and two turkeys. Volunteers prepared 8000 cookies meat balls cheese loaves and exotic tidbits for a buffet in the Whittall Pavilion with funds from staff and wholesale purchases.

Mildred Portner the Library Portner Elsie Fetter Ernest Griffith Legislative Branch Marlene Wright Luther Evans Helen Bullock Whittall Carlos Garcia

Local visitors ply through town for festival weekend

Mrs. Maud Bean Rosenberger and Mr and Mrs Charley Keller of Washington spent several days here for the festival and returned home. Mrs Ernest Shook and husband visited Bayard West Virginia then Petersburg. Mrs Mary Ann Clowser is staying several weeks at home here. Mr and Mrs Sven Miller called on Mr Arthur White recently.

Life and Times of Henry Monnier 1799-1877

Edith Melcher chronicles Henry Monnier a near great 19th century French creator and famed Joseph Prudhomme figure. The study notes his work as caricaturist writer and actor, his poverty late in life, and his influence on Balzac and Flaubert while detailing his playful Bourgeois caricature legacy.

Henry Monnier Edith Melcher Hasard Monnier Daumier Balzac Flaubert Comedie Francaise Paris

Cemetery Clean-Up at Fairview Church

Saturday has been set as a clean-up day for the cemetery at Fairview Church. The repairs committee met to plan painting pews and other work to ready the church for the Memorial Services on the third Sunday in May.

Fairview Church W. W. Hickes Esta McKee Norman Oates

Camp Lupton on the Shenandoah for boys ages 8 to 14

Describes Camp Lupton a 300 acre boys camp operated by Massanutten Military Academy. Lists facilities sanitary features water sports private stable shop craft music tutoring and supervised activities. Located 242 miles off Route 11 thirty miles south of Winchester Virginia season starts June 24 25.

Hy Massanutten Military Academy U. S. Route 11 Winchester

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