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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1947
Page
8
Evandale Homemakers schedule a public meeting at Armel on Oct. 10 to discuss the rural health program. Members will prepare nutritious sandwiches and beverages for schoolchildren and serve attendees. The plan follows a previous club meeting at Mrs. E. H. White’s home.
A compact list of community gatherings from October 1 to October 7 includes flower show and plant sale at Winchester armory, church meetings, Elks and GAA functions, Rotary luncheon, Ladies Aid, Quota Club, Beta Sigma Phi chapters, National Guard drills, WCTU rally, Moose party, Handley school flag presentation, and various club meetings at Sarah Zane hall, 1st Evangelical church, Elks club, Laurel Grove venues, and Stephenson Methodist church.
The 1948 season starts October 1 with Dorothy Ewing directing the Ewing Studio of Dance Art. Assistant is Mrs Martha Campbell and Philemena Laren is accompanist. Local residents from Handley Blvd and Boscawen St visited Natural Bridge last weekend along with Gertude Clewager and Mrs Knight. J G Holsinger and spouse from Handley Ave visited New Market with Berlin Holsinger.
Birth announcements from Winchester area: multiple families welcome a girl or boy at Winchester Memorial Hospital including Hulver Moreland Crump Bartenstein Legge Smith Gregory Ritter Wilson and others. Also social visits, reunions, church events and a youth center opening slated for October with staff and committee details.
A lesson notes the daily word inconceivable meaning not capable of being imagined or believed and hints at spelling and usage guidance. It urges vocabulary growth with one word per day and cites related ideas and mispronunciations for context.
A Q and A on etiquette advises removing wraps after seating, greeting friends politely on the street, and notes that giving a gift for a girl's engagement is not obligatory though sometimes done. It emphasizes courteous, sincere manners and avoiding grudging or listless gestures in public interactions.
Harold G. Brown president of Shenandoah Valley National Bank attends Virginia Bankers Assn meeting in Richmond as committee chairman.
Perry W. Earman Harrisonburg painter files a $20,000 damage suit in Rockingham circuit court for injuries from the Masters Building explosion on July 29. Investigators cite a leaking gas line as the cause. Defendants include Consumers Utility Co Evelyn Masters and W F Menefee and Sons.
Chane dams Smart strategy this a smooth frock designed to do right by your figure. Embroidery enhances the look and the pattern includes illustrated instructions. Sizes 12 to 20, size 16 uses 3 14 yds at 39 inches. Send 25 cents to Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. in New York.
Chief E. L. Griffin, in charge of the Winchester navy recruiting station, takes a 30 day full pay vacation. M. L. Tompkins will supervise in Griffin’s absence. Chief Tompkins says E. W. Braswell has reported for duty at the Winchester station after a tour on the aircraft carrier Sicily. FIGHTS 18.
George Burch Wilkes aged 81 died September 25 at Doctors Hospital Washington after a brief illness. He was born in Bedford County the son of the late Corbin Wilkes and Rubine ta Burch Wilkes. He married Eva Embrey in 1899 and is survived by his wife and seven children in Arlington Berryville and Remington. Funeral services were held at his Remington home with burial in Remington cemetery September 27.
In August the Sargasso Sea in the north Atlantic covers about 2,000 by 1,000 miles, though the area varies with season and weather due to winds and currents. Its origin remains a mystery. Most birds mate for one season before often changing mates.
Portland on October 1 report notes a butcher hesitates to quote prices as meat costs rise. W. H. Baughn, agent for a scale maker, explains current scales cannot show the higher price. His firm promotes a device that reads up to $1.70 per pound.
Davenport Iowa reports a 36 year old war widow named Mrs Margaret Treese was found dead nude with tattoos and mutilations in a city park. Men friends of the victim were questioned as investigators seek a killer. Clarence Saunders 42 from New Cumberland West Virginia provided information to officers.
Lawrence M. Bell, with Miller's drug store since his Army discharge in November 1945, resigns to join Mulvey's haberdashery as of Monday.
Vincent Orndorff of S. Main St. was sent to the State Farm for six months for vagrancy after being arrested on a complaint by C. R. Simpson of 128 E. Pall Mall St. Simpson reported Orndorff slept in his car for nearly a week and burned holes in seat cushions.
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