Byrd daughter to wed Robert Breyer in Boston home
Katharine Ames Byrd and Robert Garnett Breyer will marry October 14 at the Byrd residence in Boston. Rev. Robert G. Metters will officiate, with Helen Byrd as bridesmaid and James Robertshaw as best man. Breyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Breyer of Los Angeles, studied at USC and Harvard Business School after Army service in Africa and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Katherine Ames Byrd
Robert Garnett Breyer
Byrd
Robert G. Metters
William A. Clark Jr
E. Bolling Byrd
Leslie Lindsey
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church
Metters
Helen Byrd
James Robertshaw
Winsor School
Foxcroft School
Middleburg
Breyer
Robert S. Breyer
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Africa
Italy
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Virginia Fagal Weds Harry L. Shirley Jr at Albin
Miss Virginia Lee Fagal daughter of Mr and Mrs Layton Fagal near Albin wed Harry Lee Shirley Jr of Winchester at the Lutheran parsonage Albin Rev E B Smith officiating The couple plan a honeymoon in Pennsylvania then reside in Albin
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lee Fagal
Layton Fagal
Albin
Harry Lee Shirley Jr
Winchester
E. B. Smith
Wayton Fagdai
Stonewall High School
J. J. Newberry
Shirley
Harry Shirley
Handley High School
Liberty Ave. Confectionary
Pennsylvania
Golf Club Closes Season With Informal Supper
The official closing of the golf club for the season will be 6 p m Oct 11 with an informal supper at the club house. Golf awards will be made the reservations call 6078 by Friday night. Mr and Mrs J N McDonald of Shawnee Ave entertained during the week end Mr and Mrs Miller McDonald of Hagerstown. Mrs Herbert Russell honored on her birthday anniversary as children gathered at her home on Apple Pie Ridge. Attending were Mr and Mrs Leonard Erickson of Arlington and son Ricky who joined with a surprise birthday cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. McDonald
Shawnee Ave
Miller McDonald
Hagerstown
Herbert Russell
Apple Pie Ridge
Leonard Erickson
Arlington
Ricky
Dr and Mrs Hunter McGuire Stay Two Weeks at Hot Springs
Dr and Mrs Hunter McGuire are spending two weeks at the homestead in Hot Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hunter McGuire E
Themestead
Hot Springs
Calendar of Events Listings October 7 to October 16
Local clubs and organizations schedule meetings and luncheons across town. Lions Club at Sarah Zanehall noon, Women of Christian Service and Ladies Auxiliary events, multiple Circle meetings at various homes, WCTU at Methodist church, American Legion, Moose Club, Kiwanis and Rotary activities, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Jr. Board of Trade, Woodmen of the World, and Junior Century Club events listed with locations and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Sarah Zanehall
Women of Christian Service
Montague
John DeHaven
Berryville Ave
Carl Horner
National Ave
Cecil Adams
East St
Flora Anderson
N. Braddock
Boyce Wctu
Odist Church
American Legion
Sarah Zane Hall
Moose Club
Ocober
Kiwanis
Junior Century Club
Elizabeth Barr
W. Boscawen St
Rotary
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Minnie Lamonds
Valley Ave
Jr. Board of Trade
Molden Electric Co
Odd Fellows Lodge
Hilda Blanchfield Weds Douglas Clevenger
Mrs Blanchfield of Martinsburg Pike announces the marriage of daughter Hilda Mae Blanchfield to Douglas Clevenger son of Mr and Mrs Lohr Clevenger. The double ring ceremony was officiated by Rev William J Hadden Jr. The couple will reside in Winchester after a trip to Delaware.
Historical Assn to Hear Mumma in Berryville Session
Rear Adm. Morton C. Mumma will speak on travel at the Clarke County Historical Association meeting in Berryville. The October talk starts a monthly series through March by notable figures such as U. S. Senator George Radcliff Arthur Krock and Col. Robert McCormick. Admission is membership in the Historical Assn. per James M. Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton C. Mumma
Clarke County
Births Reported at Winchester Memorial Hospital
At Winchester Memorial Hospital on October 3 a series of birth notices list newborns for families in Bunker Hill Stephens City Summit Point and nearby areas. New mothers include Virginia LeFevere former, Naomi VanLear, Lila Fincham Jenkins, Dir ma Valpi and Frances Clem with fathers Silas Jenkins Vernon Timbrook David Headley and Alson Loy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul LeDane
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Eldon Spaid
Spaid
Amherst St
Charlotte Charles
Vernon K. Timbrook
National Ave
Timbrook
Naomi VanLear
Silas Jenkins
Lila Fincham Jenkins
Summit Point
David Headley
Stephens City
Headley
Dirma Valpi
Pattern 4917 Sewing Guide from Winchester Star
Advertisement for pattern 4917 aprons with bib or without gifts. Describes easy to use simple sew pattern with geraniums, includes illustrated instructions and size ranges small medium large. Specifies fabric yardage, coin price, and mail to Winchester Pattern Department New York address with name, address, zone, size and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Bank Wall Collapse Buries Two Men in Waynesboro
A clay and shale bank collapsed in a sewer ditch in Waynesboro Virginia burying two men. The dead are Max Shifflett and Arlie Williams per local reports. Two other men escaped with their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesboro
Max Shifflett
Arlie Williams
Fisherville
Twin Yocum twins share surgery in Seattle hospital
In Seattle on October 4 two 15 year old Yocum twins Jimmie and Jackie had identical medical experiences. Both underwent appendectomies after falling ill with abdominal pain within days of each other while recovering from measles mumps chickenpox and whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Jimmie
Jackie
Mrs Elizabeth Swartz Rites Held at Rest Methodist
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Swartz were held yesterday at the Rest Methodist church. The Rev. Joseph Collis and two other ministers officiated. Interment followed at Mount Hebron cemetery with Historic City Four providing burial honors. Pallbearers included Maurice Snapp Ernest Sargent Bernard Bromley Fred Ridgeway Harry Pierce Mitchell Hardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rest Methodist Church
Elizabeth Swartz
Joseph Collis
W. A. Ledford
Emory Ellmore
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Maurice Snapp
Ernest Sargent
Bernard Bromley
Fred Ridgeway
Harry Pierce
Mitchell Hardy
How to Have a Lowler Figure
Proper diet is the easy natural method to improve your figure. Careful food selection builds or reduces weight without stuffing or starvation. The Weight Control booklet explains medicines trick diets or devices. Includes table of weights for men and women. Order today for fifteen cents postpaid.
Request for Weight Control booklet address only
The note asks if fifteen cents enclosed in coin wrapped in paper should be mailed for a copy of the Weight Control booklet. It requests the writer to include name street or rural route city for delivery.
Gunmen Raid Club in Amble r Scare Loot Totals 4000
Four masked gunmen robbed Oak Terrace Country Club in Ambl er Pa abducting ten residents and looting at least 4000. They tied seven men and three women and broke into the clubhouse safe, taking about 3000 from the safe and 1000 from victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambler
Oak Terrace Country Club
Isaac N. McKeever Dies at 81 in Wardensville
Isaac N McKeever a Wardensville blacksmith died early Saturday at Winchester hospital after a week long illness He was born in Yellow Springs West Virginia and spent most of his life in Wardensville where he ran a blacksmith shop Two daughters Mrs John Holler of Winchester and Mrs Wyatt Hartshorn of Toledo plus five grandchildren survive Funeral services are set for 2 PM tomorrow at Wardensville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardensville
Isaac N. McKeever
Winchester Hospital
Yellow Springs
W. Va
John Holler
Winchester
Wyatt Hartshorn
Toledo
Elmer Walker Rites Held After Illness En Route Home
Funeral services for Elmer W Walker 27 were held at Shiloh Baptist Church Millwood with military honors in Clarke County Little Chapel burial. He died after being discharged from service while en route home to Bethel with wife. He leaves widow parents and three brothers. Rev Sylvester Swann led the service with pallbearers Nimrod Johnson William Mason Thomas Mason Robert Williams Thomas Hanks and William Payton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh Baptist Church
Millwood
Elw C. Walker
Bismark Walker
Bethel
Sylvester Swann
Nimrod Johnson
William and
Thomas Mason
Robert Williams
Thomas Hanks
William Payton
Mrs. Alice Wyndham Lester Dies at 95 in Washington
Mrs. Alice Wyndham Lester 95 widow of government employee O. B. Lester died Saturday in Washington. Born January 16 1952 in Clarke County she lived there most of her life and leaves a foster daughter Marylyn Attaway plus several nieces and nephews. Funeral was at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville at 3 p m with Rev. George S Lightner officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Wyndham Lester
O. B. Lester
Washington
Clarke County
Bailey
Catherine Russell Wyndham
Lester
Marylyn Attaway
John H.enders
Berryville
George S. Lightner
Green Hill Cemetery
Beryville
Is Russell Janney Catholic or Protestant
The author of Miracle of the Bells is a Protestant of Quaker parentage. He has spoken on tolerance at a national tour requested by the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Janney
T.W.B. A
Mr. Janney
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Modern Etiquette Clarifications by Roberta Lee
A Q and A on introductions hand offering and courtesy states the woman may offer her hand first and the man should not presume if she does not. Declining invitations should give one good reason rather than several. Artificial flowers may be used if they are truly nice and decorative.
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
A compact vocabulary note by W. L. Gordon explains common usage errors and pronunciation. It highlights correct plural of notary public, mispronounced terms like nouveau riche, and distinguishes confident from confidant. The daily word is antecedent meaning going before in time with a quotation from Paine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notary
Notaries Public
Paine
Human Fly Stunt Draws Big Winchester Crowds
J J Woods known as the human fly climbed the George Washington Hotel's exterior drawing crowds of several thousand. Traffic along Piccadilly and Cameron streets was disrupted. Woods suffered a small head gash in the afternoon climb but finished. He climbed blindfolded Saturday night to applause from onlookers. Police reported the events drew one of the city’s heaviest crowds in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thomas Boyd
J. J. Woods
George Washington Hotel
Piccadilly St
Cameron St
Woods
Boscawen
Winchester
Boyd
Albert H. Grim Rites Set for Tomorrow at Ninevah
Funeral services for Albert H. Grim will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at his late home near Ninevah. The Rev. E C Day of Stephens City Methodist Church will officiate and interment will follow at Refuge in Warren County. Active pallbearers include E Maurice Bowen Edwin Fritts R S Johns Robert Simpson Eugene McCauley Hamlin Johns. Honorary bearers named Floyd Hite Edward Henry Dr W E Lynn Hubert McKay Russell Neville Frank Simpson William Trenary Clinton Welsh Turner Wiley and W R Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninevah
Albert H. Grim
E. C. Day
Stephens City Methodist Church
Refuge
Warren County
E. Maurice Bowen
Edwin Fritts
R. S. Johns
Robert Simpson
Eugene McCauley
Hamlin Johns
Floyd Hite
Edward Henry
W. E. Lynn
Hubert McKay
Russell Neville
Frank Simpson
William Trenary
Clinton Welsh
Turner Wiley
W. R. Wright
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Katharine Byrd
Harry L. Shirley, Jr
Rexall
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Hilda Blanchfield
Douglas Clevenger
Alfred S. Morgan
City
Staunton
Randolph Gaunt
Ruth Whitmore
Jack Whitmore
L. H. Pence
Parkway
Lester Pence
Buddy Wolfery
Timmie
Harrisonburg
Elwood Luttrell
Jessie Lee
Aah Ceeee Luttrell
Woodstock
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Alson Loy
Rryville Ave
Slide
Chas. W. Webber and Sons
Just
Old Dominion and
Gobelin
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Joe DePietro
Paterson
N. J
Joe
Philadelphia
U.S
E. Swartz
Winchester Evening Star
Eye St
N. Washington
Wiasnington, D. C
Call Crisman
I. N. M’keever
Elmer Walker Rites
A. Lester
Ducing
PA Gee Clowe's Jewelry Store
Loudoun St
Roberta Lee
W. L. Gordon
A. H
Grim Rites
Wilson Brothers
Hayes Dehaven
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
S. Braddock St
The
Arcadia
Royal Road
Champions
Haldeman
Hallowe'en
Omps Funeral Home
Desse Fairplay Market
S. Loudoun St
Bell ‘Jones
Front Royal
Severhot
Comfortair
B. F. Goodrich
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Columbia Knitting
Cather & Moling
Fownes National Makers
Dawnelle
Fownes
Kids Vision Hosiery
Timberlake
Winchester Furniture CO
Loudoun
Sarah Zane
Over Fire Co
W. McGrain
Allentown
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