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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1946
Page
8
Handley High School seniors will be guests of the Winchester Rotary Club at the regular Thursday lunch at 1 p.m. at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Rotarian Harold Brown leads the program aided by Garland R. Quarles with Handley students in the act.
The Dean Hudson band appears at the Winchester Armory tonight starting at 10 pm for a dance sponsored by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade. Frances Colwell the Florida Songbird headlines with instrumental soloists and novelty acts plus an A Cappella Choir. Maurice Blosser said tickets are selling fast and a few table reservations remain via phone 3390 or at the door.
Mrs Georgia Shoop Cather presents her piano pupils in a recital at the First Baptist Church auditorium on Thursday and Friday May 30 and 31 at p m The list includes Frances Cather Susan Gore Jane Petrie Stanley Bauserman Eileen Cahill Patricia Cahill Mary Ann Marcus Mary Ruth Whitten Dorothy Daugherty Juanita Daughterty Nancy James Roxanne Rogers Dorothy Ridley Junella Shade Dorothy Fishpan Marilyn Hamburger Beatrice Dyke Marjorie Grim Lee Rathman Tommy Winn Nancy Slonaker Ann Hardesty Kitty Leigh Clark Dorothy Lichliter Frieda Seldon Carolyn Duncan Cappy Saxe Phyllis Oates Jane Cather Betty Cather Florence Robinson Leight Rosenberger The public is invited.
Sgt and Mrs Donald Armel and their son Donnie of Front Royal Road visited relatives in Woodstock on Sunday.
The Winchester Little Theatre announced reserved seats for My Sister Eileen to aid the War Memorial Fund. Reservations by calling Nancy Pennypacker at 4331. General admission on sale Monday June 3 from theatre members and local drug stores. Seats priced 1.50 reserved 1. general plus tax. About 200 center Handley auditorium seats held, with many reportedly sold. Performance Tuesday evening June 18 at Handley auditorium.
In Copenhagen, Alice O Fredericks, a former actress and prolific director, has steered 52 films in Denmark with Grete Frische as co director. She laments lack of budget to build sets and hire actors, while noting Danish films can be produced cheaply due to lower star salaries.
Berryville Virginia May 29. Mr and Mrs F L Ayler spent Sunday in Washington DC as guests of Mr and Mrs J Charles Parker. Miss Ruth McDaniel returned from Washington DC where she visited sisters. Miss Josephine Drury, Mary Washington College student, plans summer in Berryville with her mother Eleanor Dorsey. Miss Margaretta Whiting heads to Baltimore to visit Frank Primrose and attend part of Garrison Forest School commencement. Gay Levi arrives for several weeks with parents Rice W Levi and Mary Washington College student Nancy Davis joins her mother at home of grandmother Mrs John Huyette.
Miss Virginia Armstrong spent the week end at her Midland home in Fauquier County with guest Miss Joyce Davis. Lt Col William B Clagett and Mrs Clagett were visiting, hosting Miss Barbara Easter of Washington DC. The Clagetts entertained on Saturday.
Miss Agnes and Miss Mary Page hosted relatives at "Saratoga" in Millwood with Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cooke of Lexington visiting. The Page siblings from Ardmore joined for several days, and events included Washington trips, a Sunday tea hosted by Miss Jane Cary Randolph for Miss Charlotte Meade and her fiancé Robert Kern, plus dinners at "Calandar" with the Boy-Ed party and Watkins family travels to Philadelphia for the Devon horse show where Watkins will judge.
Lesson In English explains common errors in usage pronunciation and spelling. It highlights over versus world and chocolate to aid readers in improving vocabulary and daily word mastery with today's focus on the term dispensation and its meaning as a specific plan or provision.
Beverley Nelson and many neighbors hosted dinners at various estates including Bellfield Long Branch and Chapel Hill. Guests included Capt Ewart Johnston Col James Thomson Mr and Mrs Graham Dougherty and several Meade and Watkins family members. Patricia Donovan and Anne Meade accompanied by relatives planned a New York visit before returning home.
In commemoration of Ascension Day, Christ Episcopal Church plans a Holy Communion service tomorrow morning at 10 a m. The event marks the ecclesiastical observance with local parishioners invited to participate.
Q and A on advance theater ticket purchase to avoid embarrassments if sold out. It advises guests may be left waiting in the foyer. A bride may skip gloves at a small home wedding if she wishes. Introduction to a girl at a dance creates an obligation to ask her to dance.
The Women's Guild of Centenary Reformed Church announces the Annual Ascension Day service. Details on timing and program will be announced by church officials.
A Thursday 8 o'clock Ascension Day service will observe Memorial Day. The complete congregation and the raise are invited to attend the adoration and consecration in the church.
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