Pattern requests and social etiquette letters in a readers page
A collage of Dear Abby letters about sewing pattern orders and teaching manners. Topics include a pattern request from Anne Adams, a Yankee responding to a Southern buttering custom, school gym body soap rules, unsolicited visits, and clergy surprise visits with humorous replies.
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Anne Adams
Winchester
Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Abby
Modern Etiquette Q and A Tips by Roberta Lee
Question and answer style etiquette notes cover seating on crowded buses church wedding pew reservations guest etiquette at table and greeting guests. Advice includes allowing a standing woman to take a seat, which side brides family sits on, men standing for women, polite responses to thanks, serving children with adults, and ushers guiding arriving guests.
Lesson in Engish by W. L. Gordon
Vocabulary note card lists daily word study and common errors. It defines dignitary infrac tion and describes misused terms such as regular in the sense real or true and mispelled words disperse and disburse with examples.
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W. L. Gordon
Avirdupois
Emerald Birthstone for May and Its Legends
The emerald is May’s birthstone and a symbol of love linked to Venus. Legends say conjurers cannot curse a wearer. Historically, emeralds appear in Tuscany, Herculaneum, and Pompeii. today most come from South America and they suit rings, earrings, bracelets, brooches, and clips.
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Tuscany
Herculaneum
Pompeii
America
Sponge Cake Roll with Pineapple Filling Recipe
Rich filling combines crushed pineapple orange juice sugar and salt thickened with cornstarch, folded into whipped cream, and spread on a sponge cake roll. Chill at least one hour before serving for a light dessert suitable for family dinners.
Handling Hurt Feelings in Social Gatherings
Tip contrasts hurt feelings with social ease at gatherings. It warns that overly sensitive behavior makes others uneasy and reduces fun. It advises avoiding habitual hurt feelings so friends don’t avoid you or plan gatherings without you.
Kiwanis Club to Hear James Wood High Key Club Report
Winchester Kiwanis Club will hear a report from James Wood Senior High School Kiwanis Key Club at tomorrow's regular meeting. The Key Club is a national Kiwanis project teaching youth about good government and democracy through civic activities.
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Winchester
Kiwanis Club
James Wood Senior High School
Kiwanis Key Club
Kiwanis Clubs
4 282,000 Babies Born Last Year
In 1961 the United States recorded 4,282,000 births, a new high, with 108,200 infant deaths and an infant mortality rate of 25.3 per 1,000 live births, down from 25.7 in 1960. Net population rise totaled 2,580,000, not counting immigration.
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Washington
United States
Stephenson Social Club Postpones Thursday Error
The Stephenson Social Club will meet tomorrow at 1 30 p m and not on Thursday as inadvertently stated. The gathering takes place at the Stephenson Mist Church.
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Stephenson Social Club
Stephenson Mist Church
Little Garden Club Luncheon and Meeting at Barr Home
The Little Garden Club holds its annual luncheon and business meeting Friday at 12 30 p m at the home of Mrs E W Barr on Featherbed Lane.
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Little Garden Club
E. W. Barr
Featherbed Lane
Corporation Reports Profit in Virginia Capital Corp
Richmond based Virginia Capital Corp reported a net profit equivalent to 35 cents a share, sufficient to cover a 15 cent per share loss from 1960 and mark the firm’s first year in operation as a private investment fund for small business capital and loans.
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Richmond
Virginia Capital Corp
Ing
Watch Designer Henry Covington Dies in Florida
Henry B. Covington, 38, a former watch designer for Gruen and Elgin, died in St Petersburg Florida after a heart attack.
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ST. Petersburg, Fla
Henry B. Covington
Gruen and
Elgin
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Sam Whitacre
John Rodman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
National Hospital Week
Abigail van Buren
E. A
Pati
Bi Fenna
Park & Shop
SAFEW
Lucerne
Roberta Lee
Dryad
Dhieadd
Cecily Brownstone
Taffy
Molly Martin
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Hospital Woman’s Auxiliary
Public Health Service
The
Loreal Company
Jim Brady
Alecia
Loreal
Azecia Beauty Salon
N. Braddock St
Lark
Baker & Anderson
Electrical Company, Inc
Apple Valley Cleaning Service
Don H. Highlander
S. Braddock Sf
Homes
Lofas
TE Valley
Gainesboro
Berryville — Boyce
Stephens City — Front Royal
Purcellville
Martinsburg
Strasburg
Woodstock
Leesburg
Speeryville
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