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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1960
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Fair Butler of Bunnywide Station announce the engagement of their daughter Charlotte Anne to Leslie Raymond McKee of Paper Mill Road. Miss Butler attends James Wood High School. Mr McKee is son of Mr and Mrs Leslie T McKee and works at C and C Body Works. No wedding date set.
Hampton Virginia announces the engagement of Doris Carol Wright to Luther Thomas Conner Jr. Doris Carol Wright is a Hampton High School and Bluefield College graduate. Conner is a Handley High School alum with a B B from V P I and an M D from the University of North Carolina and serves as a mathematics professor at Bluefield College. The wedding is set for May 29 in Bluefield Virginia.
Brucetown Church schedules Youth Night on May 19 during week of services for the Brucetown Methodist Charge. Youth from Brucetown, Clearbrook, and Stephenson are urged to attend. Rev. Charles L. Taylor, guest speaker, leads as chair of the Department of Camp and Conferences in his diocese.
The Good Friend Class of the Evangelical United Brethren Church will hold its regular class meeting with Mrs Ruth Steele on the Northwestern Grade May 24 at 6 30 p m
The Middletown Parent Teacher Association will sponsor a chicken barbecue at the school on May 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. Proceeds aid PTA programs and student activities.
Mary Virginia Triplett daughter of Mr and Mrs C M Triplett of Gore married William B Casilear Jr son of Mrs John E Webber of this city. The groom’s father Mr William B Casilear Sr of Leesburg attended. The ceremony was on April 30 at the Ebenezer Christian Church at Whitacre. The couple reside at 727 Berryville A
The Armel Parents Teachers Association will convene on May 18 at 7 30 p m in the school building for its regular gathering.
The Welltown Woman's Society for Christian Service will meet May 19 at 8 p.m. at 7 North Stewart Street. Hostess is Mrs. W M Teets with program leader Mrs. Daniel Metz.
Mrs Turessa Polhamus of 521 Dunlap Ave will visit her son Thomas at Randolph Macon College Ashland for Parents Pay. A feature is a Randolph Macon Glee Club concert in which Thomas sings. Mrs Bernice Braith Waite celebrated her 21st birthday with a party hosted by aunt Mrs Frances Turner.
May 8 events include pee-Jaycoe-ettes at Lee Fort Lou ca Cn Church with Mrs Claude Smalls at 1 p.m Rotary Club gathering at George Washington Hotel 6 p.m Quota Club at George 6 45 p.m Optomist Club at Lee-Jackson 7 30 p.m Shawnee Fire Co Auxiliary at Fire Hall 8 p.m Enders Fire Co at Fire Hall 8 p.m Valley Council KOC at Lee-Jackson.
Evening program listings include Southern Sportsmen at 7 30 p m Kiwanis Key Club in dirling area from 7 30 to 10 p m Co K will drill at the Armory in the same window.
Mike Braithwaite and family along with Carolyn Braithwaite. William Braithwaite and Deborah. Beatrice Kern and Ruth Shepherd. Russell Kern. Kenneth Burcham and David Greene appear in a social notes item.
MISS CAROLYN SHADE of 445 Fairmont Ave. has been a patient in St. James Hospital in Clarke W. Va. She is expected to go to Charlottesville for further treatment.
Mr Loyd Painter of Stephens City is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Howard Franklin Jr of Boyce greet a daughter Pamela Jean born May 14. Democratic Convention attendees in Virginia Beach include Mr and Mrs Joseph Massie Jr and others. Steve Slaughter, son.
Mrs. William H. Lewis and Mrs. Eugene Dearing Jr co chair the 7th annual Virginia State Convention in Epsilon Sigma Alpha at the George Washington Hotel in May 2022. Key events include a ceremony led by State President E. Creech, a Queen contest judged by local officials, a luncheon crown, officer elections, scrapbooks, and yearbooks, with a Sunday brunch and devotional service.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Slaughter entertained friends on Saturday with a hayride and weiner roast for his seventh birthday. Dr and Mrs B B Young of Charleston W Va spent the weekend here with Mrs Ella Thomas en route home from a medical meeting in Atlantic City. Ate Joe E Sheetz arrived at Forbes Air Force Base Hospital Kansas after a thirty day leave with his parents at 308 Cameron St. Mr Benjamin Butler son of Mr and Mrs Robert Butler has been elected to Hampden Sydney College Honor Council as one of two sophomores for 1960 61.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kin Ley McKee of Woodland Ave greet the birth of daughter Susan Dulaney born May 14. Mrs. McKee is formerly Joyce Aileen Butler, daughter of Mr. and—
A roundup of births and family milestones lists multiple newborns with parents named, including Mark Randolph Hill born May 12 and Donna Gail LaRue born May 15. Other items note weekend visits to Annapolis and Centreville, social events, and oblique vocabulary lessons. Names include McKee Butler Grove Hill LaRue Journell Kerns Edwards Tapscott Day Heishman Dicks Oldt Shifflett Payne Edwards Allsberry Heavner Journell Lewis Kerns Price High Giles.
Mrs. Eisenhower will headline the 1960 Hunt Country Fashion Show at the Middlebury Community Center at 2 30 PM with campaigner Julius Garfinckel and nonpartisan benefit for the Mary Neville Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church. Elizabeth Fairall is expected to attend and join luncheon at Red Fox Tavern. Tickets via Mrs John Lawson and Mrs Nettie Michaelis.
A compact etiquette Q and A touches on when to start eating, greeting hostesses, gifting a bathrobe to a fiance, and proper soup eating. The hostess signals start, guests wait to be served, rise to greet the hostess, and sip soup quietly with the spoon held to the side and the edge dipped gently.
A concise note points out common misspellings of lender credit terms and underscores silent vowels and letter pairs. It emphasizes careful proofreading to avoid errors in credit statements and advice for editors to verify names and terms consistently.
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