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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1957
Page
6
The Old Stone Presbyterian Chapel hosted the wedding of Mrs Nina Palmer Rik and Landon J Kerns in a 10 35 a m ceremony attended by immediate family. Rev J S Duckwall officiated the double ring rite with best man Bart, bridesmaid Jane Barr, and note of naval post assignments for the groom. The couple plan to reside in Winchester with Kerns joining Navy duty in Norfolk and other local club and circle meetings follow in coming weeks.
A calendar listing events at the War Memorial Building and nearby venues includes square dancing lessons at 7 30 p m and various clubs meeting across dates in May. Highlights show Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel and at Golf Club, plus meetings of Lions Club American Legion Board of Control Exchange Club Eagles Auxiliary Moose Camera Club Rebekah Lodge Alcoholics Anonymous Kiwanis and more with times from 12 15 p m to 8 p m. The schedule notes joint P T A meetings at Armory School and a Touchdown Club board session at James Wood High School.
The Women s Society of Christian Service of the Stephenson Methodist Church meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the church. The Ever Ready Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church holds a covered dish supper tomorrow at 6 p m at the Lions Shelter. If weather prevents, the supper moves to Mrs C R Houghton s home 616 National Ave.
The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Kernstown meets at the home of Mrs. R. A. Keesling on Front Royal Road at a specified hour. Mrs. Eugene Keesling is named devotional leader for the gathering.
Mr and Mrs Lewis M Allen Jr and daughter of Washington Conn leave tomorrow after spending several weeks with Mrs Allen's mother on S Washington St. Mr and Mrs Lewis Preston Collins return to Marion after visiting with Mrs Collins' parents on Fairmont Ave. Mr and Mrs John W Brennan and son Johnny of Chicago spend a week with Mrs Brennan's parents on W Leicester St. Miss Margaret Ann Ramey a Madison College student visits her parents on Hayfield. Dr and Mrs Leon Bock of Bath Me were guests of Mr and Mrs Lewis Hyde on S Washington St for the Apple Blossom Festival.
Mrs Levis M Allen hosted a family luncheon. Jane Sjostrom, from Elkin North Carolina, joins the Mary Washington College Players cast for Caesar and Cleopatra in May. Harold Boyd and Lewis Norvell hosted festival guests. Roupert Glass Jr remains a patient after a car crash in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Virginia Mason of Washington DC tours Europe visiting several countries. J J Russell Sr visits Art Belt in New Bern. Mary Barnsley, recently released from Winchester Memorial Hospital after an automobile accident, watches the Grand Feature Parade. Jack Osborne of Bluefield WV visits Fairmont Avenue during Apple Blossom Festival. Douglas Allen and daughters Kathy and Mary Bayard visit from Lewes Delaware. Leslie Hensell returns home after hospitalization.
Birth notices list six newborns on May 5 and in routes and towns including Route 3 Whirley Berryville Griffin Byrd Carroll Clem Brown. Each item names the parents, their routes or street, and the mother’s maiden name.
Quick etiquette guidance on birth announcements gifting and polite introductions. It covers that gifts are not obligatory but a card or note is appropriate if unaffordable or distant, how to acknowledge a prior meeting without mentioning memory, and proper placement of a spoon after sherbet on the dinner saucer.
In Marysville Kansas a father, Jarence Koch, 35, a power company line foreman, and three of his seven sons Alan 8 Darrell 7 and Bryan 6 drowned when a trotline accident dragged them under after a boy on shore fell in. Jack Ryan survived.
Mrs Leslie Judd Portner art critic for the Washington Post since 1951 will speak at the Winchester Branch AAUW May meeting a luncheon at Carter Hill the home of Mrs Louise Patten Saturday at 1 p.m. She is a Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts graduate and former MoMA assistant director staff member.
Miss Sallie Lewis Brown will address the Julia Tyler Zone of the Women's Society of Christian Service tomorrow at 9 30 am at the Berryville Methodist Church. Local women are expected to attend and sessions will run morning and afternoon. Brown recently returned from Monrovia Liberia where she worked in a girls hostel. Mrs Richard Duval leads the zone.
Pleasant spring weather with clear skies and rising temperatures was expected across the nation. Light showers occurred in scattered areas including eastern Wyoming, western South Dakota, Nebraska, and along parts of the California coast. The Red River flood threat eased in Texas but Louisiana endured significant flooding near Shreveport with hundreds displaced.
Zion Baptist Church in Boyce hosts daily revival services May 6 to 12 led by Rev. R. L. Young of Maryland. Evening programs begin 8:30 p.m. with special music each night by groups from Washington DC and local choirs. Rev. Ferman Tolbert serves as pastor and Sister Ernestine Lowenley is church clerk.
A compact English lesson discussing correct subject verb agreement mispronunciations and common misspellings. It offers guidance on words like celestial and enterprise and encourages daily vocabulary growth with example sentences.
Miss Jean Kriesel of Bristow and Osbourn High School in Manassas won the Senior Individual Majorette title at the National Apple Blossom Majorette contest held Thursday at the Armory. She thanked the Apple Blossom Festival committee for a scholarship to Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music and gifts.
Funeral services for Sandra Lee Moran four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Moran of Silver Spring Md were conducted by Rev Neff of Capon Bridge Methodist Church at Fairview Lutheran Church on April 29. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery.
About 1,400 spectators crowded Appomattox battlefield for Appomattox County Day amid Jamestown festival events marking the 92nd anniversary of peace. The 13th Confederate Infantry and 2nd Virginia Cavalry fired muskets and cannons as uniformed soldiers and colonial-dressed wives observed.
Five special certificate awards for historical parade floats were announced by Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival officials. Han cock Maryland won first for a C and O canal barge float. Harpers Ferry placed second for Robert Harper arrival. Morgan County West Virginia earned third for The Spa. New Market took fourth for Battle of New Market. Nelson County celebrated its 150th anniversary with Settler s Cabin earning fifth.
William Battaile will address the Lions Club at the George Washington Hotel tomorrow at 12 15 p m on Waste in Federal Aid and How We Can Help to Prevent It. The talk is for members only at lunch then opened to the public at 1 p m.
Mr and Mrs J Gray Beverley of Charlottesville formerly of this city placed second in the open pairs duplicate bridge tournament at Fry's Spring Beach Club near Charlottesville. Fifty hands were played in the afternoon and evening. Winners were Miss Jill King and Mrs John Speed Elliott. A teams of four tournament is planned for this summer.
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