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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1956
Page
10
Mrs. Ruth Kistner of New York will lecture on flower arrangement with dining table styling at the Moose Lounge Charles Town W Va on May 28 at 130 p m sponsored by the Delly Madison Garden Club Luncheon at 1230 DST.
May 14 events include McKinley Chapter Eastern Star City Hall Municipal Band at Rouss Fire Hall Veterans of Foreign Wars Holy Name Society Sacred Heart Church Duplicate Bridge at George Washington Hotel. May 15 Lions Club Garden Club Century Club Board of Control Exchange Club Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Alcoholics Anonymous Eagles Auxiliary S P C A Welcome Wagon at Duff s Diner. May 16 Kiwanis Garden Club Winchester Clarke Garden Club Old Fredericktown Garden Club Jayceeettes Flight B Air Force Reserve Disabled American Veterans Duplicate Bridge at Golf Club.
The women of Christ Episcopal Church will air a broadcast tomorrow at 6 30 p m with the subject Dont Marry in Panic. The program aims to offer guidance and reflection on marriage concerns for listeners.
Mr and Mrs D J O Connell of Clearbrook left for a ten day business trip to Lakeland Florida Mrs Giles B Cook has returned home after visiting her son and daughter in Meadville Pa Miss Shirley Pope joined Miss Sue Hefner for a senior voice recital at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music in Dayton Ohio Miss Pope is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert M Pope of 11 E Germain Street
May 10 births announced across several families in Winchester area including Berryville and Woodstock. A girl to Mr and Mrs Harrison Newlin. a girl to Mr and Mrs Harold Riddle. a boy to Mr and Mrs Herbert Funk. a girl to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Herbaugh. a girl to Sonarman Ronald Saunders and Mrs Saunders. a boy to Mr and Mrs Jerome Votel. a boy to Mr and Mrs George Rosier Jr.. a girl to Mr and Mrs Thomas Norton. a girl to Mr and Mrs Billy Spencer. a girl to Mr and Mrs Ashby Dyke.
May 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pangle Stephens City a boy. Mrs. Pangle is the former Miss Katherine Willis. Stephenson, a boy. Mrs. Dyke is the former Miss Colleen Ware. To Mr. and Mrs. Seadall Wood 716 N Loudoun St a girl. Mrs. Wood is the former Miss May Louise Walker.
Grimes Preaching at Galilee Church next Sunday morning. Galilee Friendship Circle met at Mrs. Schmiel Jr home at Rich Hill Orchard. Mrs. H B McCormac and granddaughter Trudy were business callers. News of deaths and visits from Winchester and Welltown. Farmers busy with plowing discing planting corn and gardens as fruit bloom fades.
Daily vocabulary note defines DOGMATIZE as making positive assertions without proof. It contrasts wrong and right usage and offers guidance on spelling missteps and pronunciation. The piece promotes expanding vocabulary with concise word studies and practical examples.
Answers cover wedding invitation responses, elevator courtesy, and dining with a gentleman. The advice favors formal third person replies, no nod to tipping hats, and letting a male escort place the order with the waiter.
A short promotional piece urges girls to slim and tone for summer. It stresses dieting and exercise to reduce weight and reshape contours, noting weight loss alone won’t recreate the ideal bathing suit figure and that increased activity softens muscle and tissue.
By John Robert Powers the program offers a 30 day diet and exercise plan to slim down. The booklet titled Summerizing Your Beauty provides daily menus and targeted exercises to address individual concerns, available for 10 cents plus a SASE from National Newspaper Service in Michigan City Indiana.
A 31 year old Portland mother of three boys won the Mrs. America title after a week of contests at Ellinor Village near Daytona Beach. Cleo Maletis, former New York designer, will spend a year making public appearances and continues active in church and school activities.
Australia's John Landy, who has run the mile under four minutes six times, may retire after the 1956 Melbourne Games. He clocked 3:59.1 at the West Coast Relays in Fresno, then said the mile may be his last, as he plans to focus on the 1500 and 5000 meters. He will tour the U.S. for goodwill before returning home.
The last of the quads died here last night due to complications of premature births. Arvie May Hunter, the largest at birth on April 30 and May 1, died of a heart condition. The other three girls had died last week.
In Orlando police will provide nickels to drivers who cannot pay meters. The measure ensures motorists can park legally when change is unavailable.
A funeral service for Mrs Geor gianna Haggerty Graves 73 widow of Hugh H Graves died Saturday morning at Maplewool Nursing Home was held this afternoon at 2 o clock at Omps Funeral Home Rev Millard Lewis of Market Street Methodist Church officiated Interment followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers were Scott Atkinson James Alexander Joseph Stretchberry Mervil Adams Marshall Hutchinson and George Swartz
Local advisories urge residents in the county to call MO 2 4500 to report fires promptly. Officials emphasize rapid reporting to save valuable time and improve emergency response.
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