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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1950

Page

7

Teen Talk features Battle Creek readers at Kellog Auditorium

A Battle Creek Enquirer event brought four women columnists to meet 68 000 readers. Parents and teens discussed dating, budgeting time, and community involvement. Readers praised attendees and shared views on manners, religion, and neighborly town life. Oil discovery note mentions Arabia 1934 and Dhahran well.

Battle Creek Enquirer and News Bat We Creek Kellog Donald Zinn Arabia Dhahran

Local families spend weekend visits and hospital notes

Mr. and Mrs. George Gordon Keith Jr. and children of Beckley W V spent the weekend with Keith Sr's parents. Boyd McDonald and children joined by Carson Dettra of Winchester spent Sunday in Washington. S C Stewart Jr and Paul Steward stayed several days at Field. Mrs Duke of New Jersey visits Mrs Bernice J Burdette on Main St. C C Smith Zer of Pittsburgh with D H Glenn and Howard Glenn. Sydney Larrick and son visit Mr and Mrs S G Larrick. Virgil Steward of Strasburg enters Winchester Memorial Hospital for treatment. Mrs Preston Boyer and Mrs Leonza Stickley visit Lizzie Painter in hospital. The Painters are moving to Winchester.

Middletown George Gordon Keith Jr Beckley W. Va Keith Sr Boyd McDonald Carson Dettra Winchester Washington S. C. Stewart Jr E Field Paul Steward Duke New Jersey Bernice J. Burdette C. C. Smith Pitzer Pittsburgh D. H. Glenn Howard Glenn Sydney Larrick G. Larrick Virgil Steward Strasburg Winchester Memorial Hospital Preston Boyer Leonza Stickley Lizzie Painter

First permanent waving debut in France in 1906

In the first year after permanent waving was introduced in France by Charles Nestle in 1906 the operation took 8 to 12 hours and cost $1,000. Only 18 women had their hair waved during this period.

France Charles Nestle

Rhinoceros horn drinking cup superstition explained

An old belief holds that a cup made from rhinoceros horn detects poison. A 1762 writer claimed wine in such a horn will rise and boil, while poison causes it to cleave in two.

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