Winchester Community Short Notes Highlight Lectures Trips and Meetings
Many local groups schedule gatherings across May including a Dutch treat luncheon at Holiday Inn South with guest Don Viens of Daniel Morgan's Riflemen. Old Fredericktowne Garden plans a May 12 trip to Alexandria, while Mother's Day events are set at Old Stone Church Greenspring. Various clubs post meetings, elections, and social events through May 16, with details and contact numbers for reservations.
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Woman’s Club
Woman's Club of
Winchester
Holiday Inn South
Don Viens
Daniel Morgan
Riflemen
Old
Winchester Armory
Alexandria
John Baden
Vermon Crosen Sr and Mrs honored on 40th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Vermont Crosen Sr of Bloomery Route celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a dinner at 815 Pennsylvania Ave hosted by Mrs Crosen’s brother and sister in law. Attendees included the Mauzy family Crowser Unger Stinson Sencindiver Yost Hovermale and others. They were married May 1 1936 in Hagerstown Maryland by Rev Mentzer. The couple has three children Joyce Yost Shirley Havermale and Vermont Crosen Jr and five grandchildren.
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Vermont Crosen Sr
Bloomery Star Route
Martinsburg
W. Va
Gary Yost
Winchester
Hugh Hovermale
Crosen
Lola Maury
Unger
Hagerstown
Mentzer
Gary
Joyce) Yost
Hugh
Shirley) Havermale
Vermont Crosen Jr
Gainesboro Elementary Arts Display With School Themed Concert
Gainesboro Elementary School Parent Teachers Organization met to view an arts and crafts display by students in the library. A Musical Sounds of Liberty program featured the first and second grade band directed by Deborah Dolan and the fifth grade under Judy Bush. The group elected officers for 1976 77 with Betty Wadsworth president Shirley Hovermale secretary treasurer Karen Adams and replacing Peggy Hancock and Susan Russ.
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Gainesboro
Musical Sounds of Liberty
Deborah Dolan
Judy Bush
Betty Wadsworth
Shirley Hovermale
Karen Adams
Peggy Hancock
Susan Russ
The Classic Crew Cut Inches Back Into Style
A New York Times style note traces renewed interest in crew cuts among men of varied ages. Barber culture debates revival while wearers praise the look’s cleanliness and practicality and reflect on barber skill gaps.
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New York
Vidal Sassoon
Nicholas de Luca
Barbers Union
George Gobel
de Luca
Archibald Cox
Harvard Law School
James L. Buckley
Buckley
David Scuccimarra
Exec
Pan Am
Sassoon
Bonwit Teller
Ernest Dickinson
Frank Kellar
Sadi Thompson
Madison Avenue
Kenneth Marston
Marston
Montgomery Ward
Tab Hunter
Birthday Wishes for My Country entries sought from schools
Gainesboro Extension Homemakers Club meets May 11 at 7 p.m. at the Gainesboro Fire Hall. West Frederick EH Club gathers May 11 at 7 30 p.m. with Ruth Ann Brewer and Agnes Rosenberger to demonstrate homemade master mix. Members plan for the District IX meeting. Welltown EH Club meets May 12 at 7 p.m. at Welltown United Methodist Church with Courtney Bragg presenting a slide program on decorating and antiques for Crafts on the Mall.
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Gainesboro
Welltown
Foltz Couple Celebrates 56th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ora L Foltz of 20 S Pleasant Valley Road mark their 56th anniversary. Married May 7 1920 in Hagerstown Maryland by Rev J A Webb. They have son Max L Foltz and grandson Kevin L Foltz of Rt 1 Front Royal Road. Other son Lewis R Foltz is deceased. Mrs Foltz was Miss Flossie Foltz of Stanley Virginia.
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Ora L Foltz
S. Pleasant Valley Road
Hagerstown
J.A. Webb
Max L. Foltz
Kevin L. Foltz
Rt. 1
Front Royal Road
Lewis R. Foltz
Presbyterian Church Circles Announced and Meeting Details
Presbyterian Church circles announced schedules across multiple blocks. Chairs include Mrs. C P Little with Mrs John Cooper at Loudoun Hall and others meeting at A P Amherst Street and Fox Drive addresses. Tuesday sessions list W Elliott Button and W Rayner Johnson as meeting chairs with listed cohosts and locations.
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First’ Presbyterian
C P. Little
John Cooper
Loudoun Hall
William Hatfield
Paul Haldeman
Front Royal Road
Harry Ridgeway
Samuel N. Whitacre
A&p
Amherst St
North
Eugene Walker
Fox Drive
Philip Hunter
Presley W. Clarke
W. Elliott Button
J. Ralph Lewin
Siler
W. Rayner Johnson
Julian Buncutter
Jefferson
Azmi Uthman
John T. Mistr
Church
Circle meetings at Braddock Street United Methodist Church
Circle I meets May 11 at 10 30 p.m. 260 Parkway Ave with Mrs. John Lamb Jr. as chair. Circle 2 meets May 13 at 1 p.m. at Mrs John Hawse home 711 Academy Circle. Circle 4 meets May 11 at 7 30 p.m. at 837 Berryville Ave hosted by Mrs Nina Earley. Circle 5 meets May 11 at 7 p.m. at 517 West Cork St with Officer Herbert Holliday as guest speaker.
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Braddock Street United Methodist Church
John Lamb Jr
Garland Harmon
Parkway Ave
Nancy Newlin
Harry Whitesell
L. Robert Lebo
Stephen Rosenberger
John Hawse
Academy Circle
Virginia Wilkins
B.L Watkins
Nina Earley
Berryville Ave
Muriel Bolliger
Richard Duvall
Richard Reid
West Cork St
Herbert Holliday
Hanging Basket Workshop at Blandy Farm May 19
Blandy Experimental Farm at Boyce will host a public Hanging Basket Workshop on May 19. Russell Edwards will lead the session describing display baskets, demonstrating construction, and supervising participants as they assemble their own basket. Registration is limited and can be mailed with a check to Blandy Farm. For details call 837-1758.
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Blue Ridge
National Paraplegia Foundation
Mary Switzer
W.W.R.C
Fisherville
Switzer
Blandy Experimental Farm
Boyce
Russell Edwards
Blandy
Edwards
Orland E. White Arboretum
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Old Stone Church
Greenspring
Mary Ramey
Sylvia Whitacre
Kernstown
National Secretaries Association
Carpers Valley Golf Club
Marguerite Royston
Shenandoah Gas Company
Betty Stickley
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rubye Boyd
Rubbermaid Products
Rosalie Cornwell
Potomac Edison
Brenda
Bif) Yost
Colonial Williamsburg
Auxiliary of the
Winchester Union Rescue Mission
Pleasant Valley Church
United Methodist Women of
Cedar Grove
Youth Fellowship
Abigail
Priscilla
United Methodist
Good Shepherd Lutheran Nursery School
A.S. Rhodes Elementary
PTA
Duplicate Bridge Club
Front Royal Duplicate Bridge Club
Margaret Boucher
Edith Waller
Mae Burke Fox
Bunny Caperton
Rudy Evans
Margaret Templeman
Camille Craig
Mary Chandler
Della Bates
Wakefield Country Day School
Huntly, Virginia
Front Royal
Valarie Huffman
N.Y
Rus
Presbyterian Church Circles
Braddock St
Colgate
Wilkinson
Halo
Curad
Stephens City
Armaclad
E. W. Armstrong Co
Enhanc
N. Braddock St
Great Plains
Appalachia
North Woods Table
Americaid
Cameron Street
Georgetown
St. N.W
Rockville
Nobel Street
Baileys Crossroads
Leesburg Pike
Springfield Mall
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