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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1954

Page

10

Calendar of Events May 14 18 gatherings listed

Social calendar lists May 14 to 18 meetings at George Washington Hotel Eagles Home Rouss Hall and local clubs including Business and Professional Women’s Club Round Hill Fire Co Madison Lodge Municipal Band Lions Club Lord Fairfax Garden Club Century Club Gainesboro PTA Board of Control of Exchange Club Moose Rebekah Lodge Eagles Auxiliary SPC A at George Washington Hotel and Alcoholics Anonymous at Miller House.

Business and Professional Women's Club George Washington Hotel Round Hill Fire Co Harry Patterson Woodmen of the World Order of Eagles Eagles Radio Club Rt. 50 East Madison Lodge Rouss Hall V.F.W Post Home Lions Club Lord Fairfax Garden Club John Rice the Century Club Gainesboro Board of Control of Exchange Cub E. Boscawen St Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Eagles Home Alcoholics Anonymous Miller House

Engagement Announced for Elizabeth Adams Cather and James Carter Moses

Mr and Mrs Irvine Cather announce the engagement of their daughter Elizabeth Adams to James Carter Moses son of Mr and Mrs Forrest Lee Moses of Danville Elizabeth Adams is a 1950 graduate of John Handley High School and attended Richmond Professional Institute and Mary Washington College Moses is a 1950 graduate of George Washington High School and a senior at Randolph Macon College where he is a Kappa Sigma member The wedding is planned.

Irvine Cather Elizabeth Adams James Carter Moses Forrest Lee Moses Danville Cather John Handley High School Richmond Professional Institute College of William and Mary Mary Washington College Moses George Washington High School Randolph Macon College Kappa Sigma Fraternity

Spring rally set by Young Adults of Presby Church

The Young Adults of the Presbyterian Church will hold a spring rally Sunday at 2 30 p m in Moorefield West Virginia Dr Elmer T Boyer missionary from the leper fields in Korea will be the speaker.

The Presbyterian Church Moorefield W. Va Elmer T. Boyer Korea Winchester Presbyterian Church Janet Stanley

Old Fredericktown Garden Club Meeting Recaps Activities

The Old Fredericktown Garden Club met at Mrs. Dailey Slonaker's home on Courtfield Ave. President Mrs. Joseph Butler led a short business session. Guest speaker Mrs. Clayton Bentley showed colored bird slides. Awards were given for arrangements and lines. Next meeting plans include a composi tion titled Outdoor Living. Refreshments followed.

Fredericktown Donald Buckley Curtis Fray

Shower honors Miss Douglas Carper prior to June wedding

Mrs. C. P. Lane hosted a miscellaneous shower at 807 Berryville Ave on Wednesday for Miss Douglas Carper ahead of her June 13 marriage to Clyde Brumback at Stephenson Methodist Church. Guests traveled from Stephenson Middletown and the city.

C. P. Lane Berryville Ave Douglas Carper Clyde Brumback Stephenson Methodist Church Stephenson Middletown

Secrets of Charm Time Management Musings

The author explores how clocks shape our lives and warns that focusing on seconds can cloud the bigger picture. Planning briefly each day aids accomplishment and energy, while rigid schedules invite disruption from traffic and calls.

Time management advice for personal task focus

The author advises that time best serves finishing tasks with personal standards in mind. When interruptions occur or motivation shifts, treat the current task as important, avoid over worrying about unsolved details, tackle problems as they arise, and let minor matters align once major concerns are addressed.

Community Notes and Local Events Highlight May Activities

Local residents report a string of happenings from worship at the Rev Earl C Day home in Richmond to a senior piano recital by Charles Moore at Oberlin Conservatory in Cleveland. Other items include family visits, election as Kapaa Delta Pi secretary for Carolyn Stanley, a birth in Ithaca for Deborah Jean Hartzell, and May Day participation by Sue Anderson at Shenandoah College.

Nesday Earl C. Day Richmond Charles Moore B. Owen Moore Berryville Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Warner Concert Hall Carolyn Stanley Kappa Delta Pi Longwood College Stanley Pi Delta Epsilon Cotillion Club Sue Anderson W. Turner Anderson Parkway Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music Dayton

Your Steps to a Successful Career Charm Guide Ad

A newspaper advertisement for a booklet titled Your Steps to a Successful Career offers guidance on charm and professional presentation for women. It promises quick wardrobe choices and tips to secure and keep a job, inviting readers to write to Secrets of Charm for a copy.

Secrets of Charm

Woodstock social notes recount weekend visits and travel

Willard Miller hosted visitors in Woodstock while Stephens City guests called on Mr. and Mrs. C Glenn Wilkins. Milton Swartz’s guests included families from Hagerstown Washington DC and local residents. Landon Kackley returned home after Baltimore visit. Isaaco and Lane family members planned weekend trip to Elizabeth NC.

P. C. Petrie David Petrie Stephens City C. Glenn Wilkins Woodstock Milton Swartz Clarence Gibney Hagerstown Benny Peacemaker Washington, D. C Raymond Swartz G. L. Williams Brill Lester Burkhart Sharon Smith Nannie Pope Kate Grubbs W. Smith Clarence Pope City Landon Kackley Baltimore William Burns

Duttons Welcome Daughter Born in Monroe Hospital

Mr and Mrs Benjamin B Dutton Jr receive congratulations on the birth of a daughter yesterday at St Francis Hospital Monroe Louisiana The mother is Jean Whipple formerly of Stephen son. Diane Hunt daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Hunt of Stephen son returns from Katherine Gibbs School New York.

J. P. Essex S. Stewart St Mrs. J. Paul Essex Winston-Salem, N. C Diane Hunt W. W. Hunt Stephenson Katherine Gibbs New York Benjamin B. Dutton, Jr St. Francis Hospital Monroe Dutton Jean Whipple

Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon

English lessons note common errors and pronunciations with tips. The page defines misused words like expect, mispronounced fortuitous, and listing spellings. It highlights vocabulary growth and explains centenarian as a person one hundred years old.

W. L. Gordon

Modern Etiquette Q and A Tips From Roberta Lee

A reader asks if children should call neighbors by first names and how to address adults. Roberta Lee advises asking individuals, or using Mr and Mrs. A sister of the fiancé may serve as a junior bridesmaid, walking ahead. A 16-year-old boy should stand when elders enter and remain standing until seated.

Four Brunettes Enter Contest From This Area

Four local contestants vie in a beauty contest tonight at 8 in the New Market High School auditorium. The 54 entrant field includes 46 brunettes and four named contestants Patsy Lee Whittinger Freeda Mae Gardner Helen Mae Nicodemus and Barbara Cole Rowland. The pageant precedes the 90th anniversary of the Battle of New Market with a parade and memorial rites attended by Governor Stanley. Frank O Roark chairs the event.

New Market High School Patsy Lee Whittinger Stephens City Freeda Mae Gardner Middletown Helen Mae Nicodemus Boyce Barbara Cole Rowland Berryville Battle of New Market Confederate Monument Thomas B. Stanley Frank O’roark

Opequon Visitors Share Weekend with Local Families

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hockman and son Stephen from North Carolina visited his parents and sister in Opequon. Pvt. Don Gnegy visited his brother. Mrs. M. J. Billmyer took her mother and husband for a Mother s Day drive. Alfred Rinker called on the Miller home. Several residents replanted gardens after frost killed early vegetables.

Opequon Ralph Hockman Stephen North Carolina A. D. Hockman John Moyers Don Gnegy Robert Gnegy Mr. Clagett Alfred Rinker Miller

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Bobbie Conrad Elizabeth Adams Cather Presbyterian Orville Wine Women of the Presbyterian Church J. W. Hogshead Business Women’s Circle E. P. Walker Paynes Chapel WSCS Thomas Shubock Bunker Hill Russell Stover Dr. Baker A. T. Baker Grace Lutheran Church Valley Mill Hdc Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club Greenwood Chapel Lewis Lamp, Jr John Shanholtz Wayne McCarty Memorial Hospital Molden Electric Company Ollie Largent S. Cameron St Mollie Whitacre Clarence L .Williams Valley Pike Elsie-Kay Shoppe S. Braddock St John Robert Powers Edward Hartzell Ithaca N. Y Deborah Jean Hartzell Pearl Marie Carper J. Frank Poe Front Royal Walter Sibert Edna Windle Harold Sibert Mis Gaunt Willard Miller Will Williamsburg Roberta Lee PIFER N. Loudoun St Shoecenter Loudoun & Boscawen Sts M. J. Billmyer H. C. Clagett Winchester Hospital Auxiliary the Commercial & Savings Bank Cather’s Winchester Virginia Cotton Morgar-Jones BATES Tim Serlake Eoples Drug Stores Service Loudoun ST Lovett Brothers “the Lovett Brothers H., Your Cop W. Boscawen ST
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