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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1939
Page
8
Edward Gay Butler and Mr Dougherty left Charlottesville to attend a church council in Virginia. Miss Mitchell and Mr Benjamin Hamilton visit Clarke while other locals travel to Washington and Baltimore for events including a Wilmington Horse Show and a Preakness gathering.
Calendar lists a bowling banquet for Leagues A B and Evening Star Ladies at the George Washington Hotel Friday at 6 45 p m. Saturday includes A A U W annual meeting at Mrs E T lark 205 West Piccadilly Street and a Girl Scout Council gathering at Mrs D J Howard 324 West Leicester Street. Women's Missionary Society stacks in at Rest M E Church at 8 p m.
Mr Walter Dailey of Ross Junction was surprised with a birthday party at his home last week. About fifty guests attended with music by the Martin family of Albin and many Dailey relatives from Ridgeway Leesburg Cross Junction Martinsburg and Opequon.
The American Confederacy of Community Theatres opened a three day conference at Wardman Park Hotel Washington with a luncheon and representatives from nearly every city. Portland players presented fifteen winter productions to fund attendance. Luncheon speakers included Frances Starr Mrs Hallie Flanningan Charles Meredith and Cowles Strickland. Local members expect more attendees today and tomorrow as social and school events unfold.
Miss Virginia Bean and Miss Margaret Dortch plan a Farmville weekend visit. Frances Montague of Lynchburg stays with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Clarke Cooper. Mrs A C McAllister of Washington visits her mother Mrs Iva M Sheppard. Mr A Roy Browne of Los Angeles is a guest at Valley avenue home hosted by Mr and Mrs W W Browne. Mr and Mrs W Nelson Page host dinner guests Mr and Mrs Thomas B Byrd. Mrs J Victor Arthur and others returned from Danville after attending the annual flower show of the Federation of Virginia Garden Clubs.
Mrs. Harry Haskett Mrs. Blanton Allen and Miss Lillian Lambert attended May Day Exercises at Madison College Harrisonburg Va on Saturday. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed as guests and travelers from Berryville and nearby towns.
Misses Cornelis Kate and Anna Moore hosted Anna Moore’s brother Nicholas Moore of Atlanta who traveled to Washington. Various relatives and friends from Richmond Norfolk Winchester and Baltimore visited Berryville for weekends and a funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. notable names include Will and Gladys Racer W. J. Shillingburg Kathrlyn Wyndham and Ruth Berlin.
Clarke residents joined John Mason Brown at a George Washington Hotel lecture on Friday. Mrs Hugh M. Nelson and Mrs Bunch were in Washington on Tuesday for related engagements.
A guest should accept small portions of dishes at a dinner to avoid embarrassment while respecting host effort. A divorced woman may keep or repurpose rings from her first marriage after remarriage, with some wearing them on another hand. A man meeting a well known woman should not offer his hand. that is the woman’s privilege.
Brain specialists report hypnosis based treatment can reverse the mind to childhood, reorienting disordered minds to earlier ages. Dr. Milton H. Erickson described tests in reading, puzzles, and arithmetic showing behavior aligning with suggested age levels, while another experiment traced recovery to the patient’s most acute illness period.
Miss Virginia Page and Kate Powers hosted over the weekend with guest Miss Katherine Page of Washington visiting relatives in Staunton Virginia on Sunday.
A Detroit court report shows 500 traffic offenders undergo psychological examinations revealing 36 percent clearly feeble minded and only five percent of superior intelligence. The group average is labeled borderline by psychologists. More than four percent were mentally ill or psychotic enough to affect driving, Dr. Selling stated.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Shields and Mr and Mrs Ivan Sherk have returned to Port Colborne Canada after visiting with Mr and Mrs Robert Crosby at Kernstown.
Bowling Green resident Rev L M Ritter will deliver the commencement address to Berryville High School graduates. The event is scheduled for Monday evening, June 5, in the school auditorium.
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