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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1954

Page

9

Young Adults Meet and Jehovah Shower Hosted at Mt Airy

Relief B S WILLIAM BLY Riicbl reports the Young Adult group will meet this month with Mr and Mrs William Orndorff. A shower was held for Mr and Mrs James Douglas at Mt Airy Community Center last night. Mrs James Jordan has returned after months with Mr Jordan in Bremerton Washington. Methodist Youth Fellowship officers were elected: president Norman Funk vice president John Snapp secretary Myrna White treasurer Marylu Bly Christian Witness Rebel Tevalt Faith Alfred S Snapp Citizenship Thelma J Snapp Outreach Billy Orndorff Fellowship Nancy Smith Youth advisor Mrs Alfred Snapp Youth Counselor Mr Bryant Armstrong. An installation service set for early June.

S. William Bly William Orndorff James Douglas Mt. Airy Community Center James Jordan Jordan Bremerton Wash Methodist Youth Fellowship Norman Funk John Snapp Myrna White Marylu Bly Rebel Tevalt Alfred S. Snapp Thelma J. Snapp Billy Orndorff Nancy Smith Alfred Snapp Bryant Armstrong

Classified Ads From The Star With Local Listings

Five room bungalow for sale on Lupton Drive Albin priced with 1000 down and 35 dollar monthly payments includes interest. Ottawa brush saw and cut off saw attachment offered by Carl Riffey Winchester VA. Two 100 by 300 foot lots near 522 priced 650 each. Wrought iron railings columns and furniture by Blue Ridge Ornamental Iron. New home at 210 Rice Street Berryville immediate possession. Rentals include Holliday apartments with stove and refrigerator furnished. Studio apartment with oil heat Frigidaire stove and hot water. Employment ads for photographers assistants and a vacation position teacher or student. Baby sitting and other private services listed with contact numbers.

Blue Ridge Rice Street Berryville D. F. Hardesty Winchester

Fall Card Party Planned for Day Nursery Benefit

The Winchester Day Nursery schedules a fall card party at Mansfield home of Mrs. H. B. McCormac Sr with Mrs. McCormac as general chairman. The event fundraises for the nursery school's building debt following last year's success. The May 12 board meeting reported gifts including a clock from Rhodes Jewelry and anonymous playground equipment. Enrollment stands at 50 children with 25 attending daily.

Winchester Day Nursery Mansfield H. B. McCormac E. W. Barr Rhodes Community Chest

Visitors at the Copenhaver home host list expands

Last weekend visitors included Emerick and Coshocton Sicker families from Ohio, Clark Copenhaver and children, Asbury Fidder and Hagrestown guests, DeHaven, Harry Copenhaver, and Link families. Irene Copenhaver returned after 13 days in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Dorese Sistes remains a patient. John Derflinger and Agnes visited Washington relatives. Annie Derflinger visited Irene midweek. Moore from Winchester named to Advisory Committee on Foreign Trade in Fruits by Taft Benson. heads Moore and Dorsey with apple orchards in Frederick and Clarke counties. longtime speaker of Virginia House of Delegates and former National Apple Institute president. Committee aids Agriculture Dept with foreign fruit trade programs. members serve without compensation.

Paper Mill Road Jacob Copenhaver Emerick Copenhaver Robert Sicker Robbie Coshocton Ohio Clark Copenhaver Asbury Fidder Hagrestown DeHaven Harry Copenhaver Link Irene Copenhaver Winchester Memorial Hospital Moore Blackburn Moore Winchester Taft Benson Benson Department of Agriculture

Oldest Illinois prisoner freed after 55 years in custody

Lyman W. Hall, 81, the state’s oldest inmate, is released on parole from Menard State Prison after 55 years for killing a constable in 1897. He will work with the Salvation Army in Chicago and notes prisons now hold younger offenders.

Illinois Chester, Ill Lyman W. Hall Hall Menard State Prison Salvation Army Chicago

Lime on lakes makes fish grow larger

Spreading lime clears water allowing more sunlight to reach depths. This plus added nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer promotes plant growth, boosting food for fish and resulting in faster, larger growth.

M. T

Greenwood Chapel Rally Day and community notices

The Greenwood Chapel hosts a Rally Day with worship at 10 a.m. and Sunday School at 11 a.m. The W S C S re elected officers led by Mrs Mable Brown with plans for a June 11 yard party. Local families host dinners and a Memorial Hospital baby shower follows a recent patient birth May 11.

Carroll C. Goodridge Greenwood Chapel Corrinne Ebersole R. W. Carter Mable Brown George Giles Margaret Madigan

Chimney Fire Confined at Leicester Street Home

City firemen were dispatched around 6 30 p m yesterday to the home of Richard Washington Jr 118 W Leicester St for a chimney fire. They reported the blaze was confined to the flue and chimney with only slight smoke damage.

Richard Washington Jr Leicester St

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