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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1950
Page
10
Mr and Mrs Raymond Omps held a 25th anniversary party at their Bloomery home with a three tier cake and white and silver decor. Mrs Omps wore a wine crepe dress and a white rosebud corsage.
A half price sale is advertised for Brooks Pharmacy with contact phone number 6461. The notice emphasizes limited time availability and urges customers to act quickly.
October schedule shows Macedonia WSCS at Mrs. Spicer home 7:45 p.m. Elks Club 8 p.m. Rotary Stub at George Washington Hotel 1 p.m. Teachers Tea by Women’s Civic League 4 p.m. Quota Club Fort Lou doun 6 p.m. Golden Link Class EUB Church 7 p.m. GAA club rooms 8 p.m. Council 7:30 p.m. Oct 6 JCC at George 12:15 p.m. Women’s Civic League at George Washington Hotel 12:30 p.m. Woodmen of the World 8 p.m.
Cpl Jerry Y. Royston was guest of honor at a Saturday birthday party at his Clarke County home hosted by Mr and Mrs Elwood Elyett. About 25 guests attended a games and refreshments gathering with an orange green yellow theme. Miss Sara Jennings of New York plans weekend visit with Mr and Mrs Joseph Massie Jr at Courtfield Ave. McKinley Chapter 19 Eastern Star dispenses to hold its meeting Saturday 8 pm in the Armory honoring Worthy Grand Matron Ella L Hodges during her official visit. The Ladies Aid and Missionary Society Capon Bridge Christian Church meet 7:30 pm tomorrow at Mrs H H Omps home Martinsburg Pike. Mrs Richard J Rosenberger of 556 N Braddock St is a surgical patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Kathryn Molony, fiancé of Ferman W. Perry, was honored at a fall themed shower hosted by Miss Eleanor Summel on Parkway. Guests included many local ladies and gentlemen. the event featured yellow and green decor and a miniature bride centerpiece. Later, Mrs. Ella L. Hodges and other members attended Fidelity Chapter No. 84 visits and a banquet.
Copper deposits at the Kipushi mine in the Belgium Congo were initially scooped from the surface due to extraordinary richness. The discovery highlights the mine’s high ore concentration and potential for continued mineral output.
A magazine style feature recounts a morning demonstration where a girl improves posture and silhouette through pelvic tilting and deliberate stance. Practical tips include using a tape measure to check hip tilt and advice on selecting glasses as a fashion accessory.
Birth notices announce a girl to Mr and Mrs George Alexander Stephenson with Mrs Alexander formerly Betty Hull a set of twin girls to Mr and Mrs Charles J Lillis 215 E Lane St Mrs Lillis formerly Hilma Hottel and a girl to Mr and Mrs Ward Anderson of Clearbrook with Mrs Anderson formerly Stella DeHaven.
A recipe titled Cooking's Fun by Cecily Brownstone offers a dish for starved fellows. It combines dark corn syrup brown sugar orange rind and orange juice with two cooked sweet potatoes to make a sweet glazed side in about thirty minutes for two servings.
Autumn cooking feature presents pumpkin soup with milk and eggs, cream of chicken soup with mushrooms, and sour cream tomato soup. Includes a trivia note identifying Otago University in Dunedin as the world’s southernmost university at latitude 45 degrees 52 minutes south.
A column offers etiquette guidance by W. L. Gordon. It covers dining manners with tips on chewing quietly and moderate bites, timing for bread and butter letters immediately after visits, and how a divorced woman should distinguish her name using her maiden name plus the former surname.
Instructional note about misused and mispronounced words. Includes examples on correct past perfect phrasing, guidance on pronunciation of ceramic, and spelling tips for eye let eyeing. Also lists synonyms such as gainly graceful and well formed.
Advertisement offering wool jer sey and velvet blouses with glit ter-embroidery pattern T4744 in sizes 12 through 20. Includes yardage for 54 and 39 inch fabrics, and instructions. Send thirty cents for the pattern to Anne Adams at Winchester Star address in New York. Also offers fall and winter pattern book for twenty cents and a free child dress pattern from a man’s shirt.
Poultry men strive to develop a new meat chicken grade by crossing standard birds with pheasants amid debate over viability and market appeal. The effort reflects a paradox between traditional breeding aims and experimental crossbreeding to boost flavor and yield.
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