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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1951

Page

8

May Circles Meet for Presbyterian Church in May

May meetings of Circles of the Presbyterian Church are scheduled for Monday May 14 with eight circles listed at various leaders and addresses in the afternoon and early evening. The page also notes Mrs Dick returning home from Winchester Memorial Hospital after a week of hospitalization and improvement, and the Girls Athletic Association monthly meeting is noted as upcoming.

The Presbyterian Church Paul Vance Vance N. Braddock Street W. H Lawrence, Jr Claude Summer Amherst Street P. W. Boyd Wendell Goode Peyton Street F. L. Sargent, Jr Ford Barry Handley Boulevard Warren Boddy Henry Goode W. Leicester Street C. W. Duncan James A. Miller Merrimans Lane Earl Luttrell Ralph Larson Leicester Street T. R. Cather Curtis Pray Jake Frank Bailey Millwood Avenue C. L. Dick Smithfield Avenue Winchester Memorial Hospital

Exquisite Chocolates Near Brooks Pharmacy Ad

Readable fragment notes Merrie Exquisite Chocolates being advertised with contact at Brooks Pharmacy Ph 6461 and a dated reference May 13th. No additional details available.

Winere Merrie Brooks’ Pharmacy

Winchester Day Nursery Board Updates Enrollment and Building Plans

The Winchester Day Nursery board met with acting president Mrs J W Arthur. Admissions reported 11 new children accepted bringing total enrollment to 30 with growth planned as applications arrive. A new building at Woodstock Lane and Lincoln St will house 45 children. The Parents Association and Mrs H McCormac led lawn seeding and fencing with climbing roses. Contributions from the American Legion Auxiliary and others funded equipment for the new building.

Winchester Day Nursery J. W. Arthur San H. McCormac American Legion Auxiliary

Legion Auxilia Members Attend Pan Am Program

The Conrad Hoover unit of the American Legion Auxiliary met last night. Mrs. Irvan O’Connell spoke on ministers of foreign affairs and a Pan American meeting in Washington from March 26 to April 7. The unit will send two girls to Girl's State at VPI in July and will award medals to top eighth graders at Handley and James Wood. A $15 contribution was planned for gas transportation at the Leper Colony in Carville, Louisiana.

Conrad Hoover American Legion Auxiliary Irvan "O'Connell VPI Blacksburg Handley James Wood Carville

Piano Recital Set For Handley Monday

Miss Kathleen McCartney presents her elementary piano pupils in a public recital at Handley School Auditorium 1 30 p m Monday May 14. The program features works by Haydn Brahms Beethoven Bach Schubert Mozart Chopin Verdi Sibelius Strauss and others.

Kathleen McCartney Handley School Haydn Joyce Ann Gano Brahms Barbara Clevenger Beethoven Kay Clevenger Schubert Donna Kay Gano Bach Betty Jean Rogers Agnes Massie Chopin Joyce Lake Judy Dix Vienna Strauss Shirley Carl Mozart Margaret Shumate Judy Cather Susan Bierer Anna Margaret Smalts

Belchie Speaks At UDC Meeting In Winchester

Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy held its May meeting at Mrs. Wyatt Richard’s Middle Road home. Ben Belchie spoke on the Historical Society’s work since reorganizing and invited new members to help preserve old letters and relics. Memorial Day plans were set for June 6 with Judge G. K. Kump delivering the address at Stonewall Cemetery at 11 a.m. attendees will then travel to Strasburg for a luncheon at the Strasburg Hotel. summer adjournment follows.

Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Wyatt Richard Middle Road Ben Belchie Belchie Historical Society Society Cook George Ashington The Winchester G. K. Kump Romney W. Va Stonewall Cemetery Strasburg

Home Agent Weekly Schedule

May 14 to May 18 lists meetings across Stephens City Middletown Hayfield White Mall and Luray. Events include 4-H club meetings demonstrations textile painting programs and leadership trainings led by home agents and club leaders in several locations.

Ee — Board of Supervisors Stephens City Library Middletown Hayfield HD Club Dan McFarland Board of Agriculture Court House Court House. Wednesday, May 16 9:30 — Furniture Clinic West Frederick Hilda Ote Genevieve Massy White Mall Denny Cole Luray Agents District Mt. Williams MD Delilah Bell

Secrets of Charm by Powers style tips for hair and voice

This piece offers quick glamor methods for hair with step by step grooming and accessories for special evenings. It also promotes a booklet Your Most Attractive Voice with instructions to overcome monotone speech and a request to mail 10 cents and a self addressed envelope.

Send-off thank you note and engraved wedding invites

The column advises writing a prompt appreciation letter after a send-off party. It also states engraved wedding invitations should be mailed to close friends and even immediate family, regardless of prior verbal invitation, and covers how to sign a letter to an acquaintance who uses Mrs. Martin as a forms of address.

Lesson In English by Roberta Lee

A fragment from Roberta Lee discusses common English usage errors such as omitting look in please look and see what tune is and mispronunciations like angkor. It includes notes on misspellings and synonyms with examples.

Roberta Lee

Junior Century Club Names Officers At May Meeting

At a Wednesday evening gathering in the home of Mrs. Kenneth Robinson the Junior Century Club elected officers. Mrs. Thomas Scully became president, Miss Virginia Russell vice president, Mrs. H. B. McCormac Jr secretary, and Mrs. Lewis Barton program chairman. Apple Blossom guests include Miss Marilyn Mann and Corporal Harold B. Dyke on furlough from the U. S. Naval Hospital St. Albans New York.

Junior Century Club Kenneth Robinson Thomas Scully Virginia Russell H. B. McCormac, Jr Lewis Barton Herman Dyke Stephenson Marilyn Mann Woodhaven New York Harold B. Dyke U. S. Naval Hospital St. Albans L. I

Fire Victims Find New House After Loss on Dick's Hollow Road

The Odrian Sargents lost their 3 room frame house and shed on Dick's Hollow Road during the Apple Blossom Festival parade last Thursday night. Uninsured, they were in Winchester when the blaze destroyed the home and contents. They found a new residence on Indian Hollow Road but need furniture. The cause remains undetermined. Sargent worked as a cement helper for English Construction Co.

Odrian Sargents Dick's Hollow Road Indian Hollow Road Sargents Wincester Sargent English Construction Co

Birds splash water and dust for cleaning and vermin control

Birds use water to clean and refresh their bodies while wild birds also bathe in dust to rejuvenate. Domestic hens rely mainly on dusting to rid themselves of vermin.

TINCTURE VERB AND BARREL ORGAN HISTORY

A study highlights tincture as a verb meaning to imbue flavor or color. It notes the barrel organ, once used by street musicians, originated in the 18th century as an instrument in English and French drawing rooms.

England France

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Presbyterian Circle Mrs. Dick Girl, Athletic Association Girl’s Athletic Association Helen Buckley Legion Auxilia Members of American Program Florsheim Loudoun St Molden Electric CO Handley Mon UDC Home Agent's Wee Court Room Old Dominion Gaunt's Drug Store June Carlson Lois Austin I and Dad Hable's Palace Theatre John Robert Powers W. L. Gordon Dater Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St N. Y P. F Goodrich KEDS Cambridge Front Royal Levett Brothers Mom Lovett Bros N. Loudoun St the Commercial & Savings Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Elsie-Kay Shoppe Braddock St Vogue Pattern Service Cather’s Dep’t. Store U.S. A U.S.A Quelvinator Kotvinador Adi Aes Ea Miller Applian E. Boscawen
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