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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1942
Page
8
Social and personal notices from Winchester detail meetings of the Eagles and Rebekah Association, Kiwanis luncheon, and numerous weddings, showers, and visits. The text covers the Orndorff Bober wedding, receptions, out‑of‑town guests, and civic league plans at the George Washington Hotel.
Miss Reynolds and Miss Parker announce engagements to Norwood Ashley and Richard Ashley respectively. Also listed are bachelor of science degree recipients Norwood Baker and Richard Kern at Virginia Tech with commissions as second lieutenants. Miss Helen Sawyers of Emory and Henry visits home for summer. she is an honor student and Delta Rho president.
The White Hall 4 H Club met at the school with 17 members present and plan a June 12 meeting at Miss Elizabeth Cumn's home. Mrs Brumback and Mrs Bessie Miller head to Roanoke for the Rebekah Assembly May 25 27 representing Winchester Lodge No 21. A Mountain View Closing Day program is set for May 29 at 8 p m with refreshments and music. A doll show on May 30 at Mrs Green's cottage invites doll owners to exhibit life size Chinese dolls and other pieces from Shanghai and China.
Mrs. Carl Boy-Ed and daughter Vaida hosted a buffet at Calander with guests including the Doughertys, Watkins family, Randolps, Joosts, and Greenhalgh. Other events feature teas, picnics, and dinners at Bellfield Chapel Hill Saratoga and Lovers Leap with numerous relatives and officials from Charles Town Race Track in attendance.
Mr and Mrs William Rust Jr and Mr and Mrs Richard Tucker spent the weekend in Leesburg with Mrs William Rust, the Rusts mother. They returned to Pittsburgh on Sunday with Mrs Rust staying through Monday night.
A beauty column advises blonds considering darker shades to avoid home experiments. It notes many go to salons to achieve light brown tones like chestnut, warns against overbleaching, and suggests medium shades to soften youth lines without aging the wearer.
A long list of visitors and weekend guests includes Mrs. Richardo Dole returning to Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Everard Meade hosting daughter in law Mrs. Thomas W. Meade and grandson Thomas Earl. Ensign John Townsend Burwell visiting Clarke with his parents. Miss Page Huidekoper staying at Long Branch with her grandmother. and other arrivals from Baltimore Bryn Mawr Shaftsbury and Washington.
By dialing 3424 you may let friends know when you entertain have guests are going away or have returned home. The Star will publish all such matters on this page.
Early 1942 employment estimates show about half a million women in war industries in the United States with rapid growth expected. In 30 plants making small arms and artillery ammunition 40 000 women at end 1941 may reach 70 000 by late summer, doubling or tripling in some factories. Government home economics bulletins offer clothing patterns for children and related fabrics, with nine charts priced at 40 cents and Farmers Bulletin 1778 at 5 cents, available via the Superintendent of Documents. For furniture scratches a simple repair method uses iodine or mercurochrome, alcohol prep, shellac, wax, and a shellac stick for deeper scratches.
Preview notes Winchester estate visiting during the Garden Tour on May 30. The Norton Williams property hosts Dr. Stuart’s restored house with Canadian maple furniture and English silver. Little Garden Club helps with flower arrangements and the tour benefits local nursing groups.
The Star Dial 3424 line advertises social and personal notices plus club listings. Dial The Star-3424 for more details and contact information.
A new radio series This Is Your Enemy aims to expose Nazi actions in plain language. The premiere, produced on M B S for the War Production Board, blends drama narration and commentary to reveal Nazi treatment of women in Germany and Poland. Next Sunday another angle will be presented.
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