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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1943
Page
6
Reading left to right in the photo are Betsy Arthur, Martha Campbell, Helen Thomas, Kitty Lou Armold, Eleanor de Grange, Evelyn Redus, Judy Beverley, and Mary Sencinvider.
The Ewing Studio presents its annual fantasie in Handley Auditorium Friday evening. Eleanor dear leads The Sleeping Princess with Kitty L Arnold as the prince and Mary Sencindiver as the Lilac fairy. Martha Campbell, Betsy Arthur, anne Walters, Mary L Conner, Jean Miller, Carole Cain, and Jackie Crenshaw contribute solo and group numbers in a varied program of ballet, dance Arab, porcelain princess roles, and the Fairy Ring finale.
Mrs W Woodhull Bakr entertained the Little Garden Club at her home on Washington Street on Monday afternoon at 3 thirty, with guests invited from the Baker on O Baker.
A Winchester Clarke oe Garden Club gathering is set for Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Lewis Hyde on West Boscawen Street. The notes also list local visits and family events among Winchester residents.
Mrs. Fowle hosts Thursday Bridge Club on West Leicester. Friday Bridge Club meets with Mrs. Byrd on Amherst. Child Guidance Club gathered at Mrs. Anderson 328 West Piccadilly. R E Byrd to be Parliamentarian. one meeting monthly in July and August. McSherry Lupton spoke on Simple Methods of Storing Foods. exhibits honored with ribbons. Residents Mrs. Mamie McIlwee and Mrs. Bud Miller noted family visits and service members.
Garland M. Canter was elected president of the Berryville Patrons League for the coming year, succeeding Roy Locke. Henry M. Davis became vice president, Mrs. Ethel Stonaker secretary, and Mrs. John Brown treasurer. The group plans an Alumni party tentatively set for June 11 in the high school auditorium, with Archie F. Robertson and a Mary Unruh directed program closing the term.
Tiny radio robots scattered in the Great Smoky Mountains record rainfall in the Upper Tennessee River basin and measure stream flow for TVA flood control. Developed by water central engineers, the autonomous devices log weather conditions without human hands.
A midweek list shows church leadership courses at 7 30 p m and 8 p m meetings for Rebekah Association and Eagles, plus Kiwanis Rotary Elks and garden club gatherings. The Victory Exchange opens Thursday 11 a m to 5 p m and a Kathleen McCartney recital is scheduled at Hadley School.
Millwood Virginia social notes list Ensign Samuel Birch and guests at tea with Graham Dougherty Jr Agnes Mitchell Vaida Boy-Ed and Winslow sisters. Dinner at Bellfield honors Mrs Richard E Byrd and Tom Byrd. Visitors include Dianna Graham Ann Meade Rosalie Randolph and others with travels to New York Leesburg and Trinidad to Daniel Field.
David Lee Stultz Jr. aged two months died yesterday at 1 50 at Memorial hospital. Born March 11 in this city he was the son of Mr and Mrs David Lee Stultz of 318 Highland Avenue and Miss Kathleen Orndorff. Survived by parents two sisters Janet and Helen a private funeral was held at the family burying ground near Capon Springs.
Mrs. Miller Saffell reports her husband Private Miller W. Saffell has joined the armed forces May 4 and is at Camp Shelby Mississippi for basic training. Others listed include Seaman William Boden at Bainbridge Maryland and Private Arthur Fries at Fort Lewis Washington.
Dr. Robert H. Haskell and Dr. Alfred A. Strauss report at the American Association on Mental Deficiency that the first hundred higher grade mental defectives from Wayne County Training School have served six months. About 30 percent were promoted, with a third in paratrooper or special units, plus Navy and Marine Corps service cited. The doctors caution careful fitness decisions balancing protection and fairness.
Private Jack F. Straub of Indianapolis collects Army insignia at the Salt Lake City air base and has more than 800 items. He is the son of Col Elmer F. Straub former Indiana adjutant general and now on General Eisenhower's staff.
A. B. Wyndham 81 retired Berryville merchant died at his home yesterday afternoon at 1 45. He was born November 18 1861 in Clarke county and had operated a store on the site of Berlin's Drug Store for nearly a half century. Surviving are his two wives, children, sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Berryville Presbyterian Church with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
Mansfield Ohio. A 62 year old grandfather Daniel Bemiller designed a tool that eliminated a drilling operation requiring 9,300 hours annually, freeing workers to make thousands more steel caps for armor piercing shot. He also found a way to reuse worn cutting tools.
Morale has a dual meaning to the Korn Kobblers who work five days a week at Rex Engineering Plainfield New Jersey and farm one member. Three nights a week they play Broadway spots popular with service men, serving as morale builders through music.
Maj Eleuterio Escutia claims he earned the Heroic Valor medal for heroism during a Guadalajara train incident. He says eight federal soldiers and he held 400 rebels at bay, and the case is before the supreme court in Mexico City.
The Ladies Aid Society of Bethel Lutheran Church Albin marks its 58th anniversary with an 8 o'clock service. Rev E B Smith announced the event noting yearly observance since 1885. Activities include historical record by president Anna Boley, secretary Lela Smith report, special music, and address by Rev Carl A Honeycutt of Grace Lutheran Winchester.
RICHMOND VA May 18 4 I G Vass of Waynesboro president of the League of Virginia Municipalities called a meeting of the league executive committee here May 21 to discuss several items. Harold Baumes executive secretary said preliminary plans for the annual meeting of city and town officials to be at Roanoke Sept 26 28 would be reviewed. Also on the agenda are the Gulick Report on inter government fiscal relations recently submitted to the secretary of the treasury and a final draft of the first section of the league tax and revenue study.
A compact puzzle clue pairing examines opposites and categories. Not dirty signals purity or clear, while century hints at a long span and plant anchors the final answer to a living organism.
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