Local Graduates Fill Bay lor Waco Bridgewater Shenandoah Honors
Katherine Arnold and Isabelle Sheetz graduate with Bachelor degrees at Bay lor University and Bridgewater College as Honorary degrees go to Secretary of War Royal and Dr Jim Hill. Nelson Linaburg and Judy Judy also finish at Shenandoah College. Shirley Horner undergoes emergency appendectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise
Katherine Louise Arnold
Lester D. Arnold
Stewart Sr
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Igi
Winchester
Kenneth C. Royal
Jim Dan Hill
State College of Wisconsin
Nelson Dutton Linaburg
Howard Linaburg
Berryville
Shenandoah College and
Conservatory of Music
Dayton
Linaburg
Berryvile High School
Land in many regions becomes barren from erosion
Many once fertile areas across Iran Syria Greece Italy and North Africa have degraded into barren land due to progressive erosion affecting soil and agricultural productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iran
Syria
Greece
Italy
North
Africa
Calendar of events included church and club services
Daylight saving time listed. Events span morning memorials, baccalaureate services at multiple churches, club meetings at Sarah Zane hall and other venues, and an executive league meeting. Participants include American Legion, Odd Fellows, Lions, Moose, Rebekah, Chanters, and Women’s Civic League with specific venues and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post
Christ Episcopal Church
Odd Fellows
Mt. Carmel
Middletown
Methodist Church
Stephens City
Lutheran Church
Gore High School
Stonewall High School
American Legion
Sarah Zane Hall
Madison Lodge
Market St. Methodist Church
Lions Club
Hospital Fund
George Washington Hotel
Board of Control, Exchange Club
Leon Slavin
Moose Club
Rebekah Lodge
Ivy Room
Presbyterian Church
Winchester Area Residents Mention Local Travel and Visits
Personal notes list Virgil Strader Jr returning from the University of Richmond to summer with his parents in Winchester. Alex Crockett plans a Wytheville weekend. Abe Leven returns from an Odd Fellows convention. Louise O Rourke visits Winchester from Washington before a Tuesday return. Clarence Lamp Jr. resumes home after appendectomy. Gosden of Los Angeles visits Byrd family in Winchester. Randolph Macon alumni day features Garland Quarles and Edward A Wyatt IV. Joyce Wallace and Georgi Sirbaugh return from a week in southern Virginia with visits in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Strader Jr
University of Richmond
Winchester
Freeman F. Gosden
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Washington St
California
Mr. Gosden
Amos
Amos N' Andy
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland
Garland Quarles
Quarles
Edward A. Wyatt IV
Petersburg Progress Index
Porter Family Names Newborn Edward Winslow
Mr and Mrs Winslow Turner Porter welcome a son named Edward Winslow born Tuesday at Winchester Memorial hospital. The Porters have a daughter Turner and Catherine Jackson Porter, daughter of Mrs Gordon F Jackson and the late Dr Jackson of Boston. Mrs Porter’s mother Mrs Edward Winslow Porter of Cambridge Mass traveled from Boston to visit in Winchester for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Turner Porter
Edward Winslow
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Turner
Porter
Catherine Jackson
Gordon F. Jackson
Dr. Jackson
Boston
Edward Winslow Porter
Cambridgr, Mass
Winchester
Summer Camp Opens June 28 For Girls 7 9 In Winchester
Winchester Girl Scout council and Winchester recreation department announce a day camp for Brownies and non Brownie girls aged 7 to 9 at Rouss Park from June 28 to July 18 with sessions 10 am to 4 pm. Mrs. Leroy Cahill directs. activities include nature crafts swimming hiking dramatics and handicrafts. Brownies must register by June 1. others register June 4 at 113 N Loudoun St. a $1 fee due at registration and $4 due June 28 covers all costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Girl Scout Council
Winchester Recreation Department
Rouss) Park
Leroy Cahill
Winchester Girl Scout Office
N. Loudoun St
Women Civic League Adds Sixteen Members
Mrs. Robert Lozier, membership chair, announced the Women’s Civic League welcomed sixteen new members. The group, meeting monthly at the George Washington hotel, now has over 250 members. New inductees include Mrs. H. W. Butler Jr. and others such as Dr. Frances Ford, Mrs. Joseph Massie Jr., Mrs. Marie Fogle, and Miss Gladys Cochran among names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lozier
Women’ Civic League
George Washington Hotel
H. W. Butler Jr
Frances Ford
Joseph Massie Jr
Marie Fogle
A. J. Novick
D. W. Ritenour
James Shockey
John Snively
Home Agent Schedule and Luncheon Notices
Frederick county home agent week schedule lists meetings from June 1 to June 4 with HD clubs at multiple locations and a leadership training note. Also reports a hospital visit for Miss Marshall Stryker and a luncheon honoree list at the Chancelier Inn with several local attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Middle Road
Rinker
Gore
Edith Seldon
Hayfield
Wayne Miller
Aero
Shawnee
Cotati Church
N. Frederick
Whitacre Community Hall
Breads
No. Va. Kitchen
Cape of Storms Named by Portuguese Explorers
Early Portuguese navigators originally named the Cape of Good Hope Cape of Storms while seeking a sea route to India, later changing to its current designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape of Good Hope
Cape of
India
Card of Thanks for Mrs Ada Butler aids family
The Butler family thanks friends for sympathy and flowers shown during the funeral of Mrs Ada Butler. Holmes Butler and family express gratitude for support and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Butler
Holmes Butler
Fantasie Nutcracker cast tops attendance at Handley
Jean Miller played Clara in the Nutcracker dance fantasia at Handley auditorium. Directed by Miss Dorothy Ewing with assistant Mrs. Martha Campbell, the performance featured a large cast for parts 1 Dixie Land and 2 The Nutcracker. Supporting roles, solos, and a long list of cast members filled the program as worship and church notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Handley Auditorium
Jean Miller
Dorothy Ewing
Martha Campbell
Jimmy Fauver
Prince
Blanca Danley
Charlotte Brown
Wayne Omps
Shirley. Long
Mary J. Conner
Robin Arthur
Vanda Adams
Irene Argenbright
Leta S. Brawn
Nancy Baumgardner
Bobby Bixby
Elsie Buckner
Marilyn Bergan
Dorothy Boyd
June Brown
Barbara Bicker
Susan Bierer
Ann Basserman
Sandra Bursey
Rny Barnhart
Bertha Brann
Diana Bauserman
Mary E. Clark
Lynn Cooper
Jerry Chapman
Creedle Triplets
Temple L. Betty J
Carol A
Susan Custer
Marcella Cunningham
Virginia Clark
Eileen
Patricia Cahill
Suzanne Carr
Ellen Custer
Joyce Crim
Judy Cather Bebe
Tackie Campbell
Joan Dorsey
Julia Doteen
Donna Dey
Janet Duncan
Sally Dunn
Helen Dettra
Patricia Ebert
Mary H. Evans
Sue Elliott
Susan Eddy
Fritzi Eimmerth
Georgia Elliott
Cynthia Freeman
Jack Fisher
Rebecca Fletcher
Ann McKay-Smith
Beth Murray
Norma J. Mitchell
Joan
Page Michael
Mary A. ‘Ellwee
Charles Mason
Leslie Miller
Jimmy Mason
Peggy McMullen
Sharon Omos
Ruby Offut
Mary L. Levi
Peggy Larimer
Page Lee
Sandra Lineburg
Mary J. Larimer
Anita Pennypacker
Betty Prince
Suzanne
Barbara Pingley
Joanne Robertson
Mary B. Rhodes
David
Charles Robertson
Martha Robinson
Sara A. Sipe
Bonnie Scully
Toni Smith
Sally Scully
Mary R. Smith
Rob Smith
Lois Snow
Sue Snider
Sylvia Stine
Bessie Smaltz
Nancy Liostrom
Betsy Snider
Kitty Swisher
Tessie Steckleford
Ann Sirbaugh
Susan Stine
Leigh Smith
Sylvia Simms
Sally Smith
Arty Lynn Stipe
Gerd Stuart
White Sox to Play at Shepherdstown Sunday
The Winchester White Sox are scheduled for a game at Shepherdstown at 2 p.m. Sunday. All players are asked to assemble at 139 S. Loudoun Street at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester White Sox
Shepherdstown
S. Loudoun St
Winchester Bank and Stores to Close Memorial Day
Winchester banks and stores will close all day next Monday May 31 for Memorial Day holiday. Local officials urge shoppers to plan ahead as businesses suspend regular hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Rare books given to Library of Congress by Lessing J. Rosenwald
Lessing J. Rosenwald donated a collection to the Library of Congress including Caxton’s 15th century prints. He now owns 16 of the 100 books Caxton printed. Among the items is The Game and Playe of the Chesse, the second book printed in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lessing
J. Rosenwald
Library of Congress
William Caxton
Revenwald
Caxton
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
A newspaper snippet outlines English usage tips by W. L. Gordon. It highlights misused phrases such as innumerable number and mispronunciations, notes common misspellings like caress, and offers vocabulary guidance. It introduces today’s word Stupefy with a sample sentence about alcohol fumes dulling the senses.
Modern Etiquette Q and A on signaling in golf
A reader asks who signals when a ball is lost on the golf links and how to proceed. The answer: any player in your set who notices players waiting behind may signal them through. others in the set should hold until they have passed and are out of reach.
Send Pattern Catalogs and Offer News for Sewers
The notice promotes Anne Adams Summer Pattern Book and various patterns including Peasant blouse 4521 Jr Mise, Dirndl skirt 4758, and Jr Miss waist sizes 25 to 29. It offers patterns at 25 to 50 cents each, requires 25 cents for four patterns or 50 cents for two, and provides mailing details to Winchester Star Pattern Dept New York. It claims easy use, complete illustrated instructions, and a free sun-tin halter pattern with the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
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Isabelle Sweetz
J. Percy Sheetz
Route 1
Bridgewater College
Betty and
Roy Lee Sheetz
Charles Sheetz
Woodstock
Charles Laye
Inwood
Curtain Club
Bridgewater
Judy Sara Judy
Shenandoah College
Lucy H. Judy
Shirley Horner
Carl Horner
National Ave
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Winchester Front Royal
the Evening Star
Women’s Civic League
S. Washington St
Alex Crockett
Wytheville
Abe Leven
N. Braddock St
Oddfellows Convention
Last Sunay
Louise O'Rourke
Government
Olen O’roarke
S. Cameron St
Clyde Koon
New Market
Clarence Lamp Jr
Woodstock Lane
Joyce Wallace
Georgi Sirbaugh
Virginia
Norfolk
C.M. Gordon
Kenilworth
Martinsburg Pike
Dial
League
Marshall Stryker
Victor Snow
S. Stewart Sr
Chanticleer Inn
Jane Cather
Robert Massey
Harold Potts
John W. Jones
Jesse Hall
Harry Ebert Jr
Noble Pierce Jr
Douglas Cather
Carl Campbell
I. Pred Stine
Andrew Babb
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Dowell J. Howard
Richmond
Braddock St. Methodist
T. J. Hawkins
Norval M. Hottle
Edward A. Plunket
Centenary Reformed
I. Flickinger
Christ Episcopal
James B. Roe
Christian Science
W. Boscawen St
E. Cork St
Church of the Nazarene
A. L. Lepley
Swisher
Nyps
Fairview Ave
Congregational Christian
Robert A. Whitten
Bible School
Cork St
First Assembly of God
M. N. Zezzo
First Baptist
E T. Clark
First Evangelical United Brethren
Carl W. Hiser
Edwin F. Ritter
Clearbark
Grace Lutheran
William E. E
Enberg
Highland Ave. Presbyterian
Joseph S. Duckwall
Elwood Willey
Lee Rinker
Sacred Heart Catholic
Father Julian Bullock
St Paul Ame
W. E. Fields
D. T. Walker
Winchester Presbyterian
Ronald S. Wilson
Russell A. Joye
SS Council
Mary Bittinger
Pam
Fri
White Sox
Dulany
Progressive Food Stores
Ballerina
Lovett Bros
W. L. Gordon
Roberta Lee
the Food Center
Loudoun ST
Buffly
Haldeman
S&f
N. Cameron St
Cather
Cather & Moling
United States of America
United States
U. S
Timberlake
Amergan
Thermos
Camp Cats
Baseball
Miller’s Hardware and Household Supplies
N. Main St
Baker & Anderson
Baker & Anderson Electrical Co
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