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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1952
Page
8
Mrs Lewis M. Allen of 8 Washington Street will leave tomorrow for Philadelphia to spend a week as the guest of friends.
For a limited time Dara Nome cold cleansing and dry skin creams are offered at half price. Reg $2.20 now $1.10 each. Brooks Pharmacy phone 6461 promotes the sale of these skincare items.
A beauty column advises brunettes on hair and makeup to enhance natural features. It emphasizes staying within one’s type, using specific hair shine, highlighting,Foundation tones, and orange red lip hues, and promotes a dance guide offer from National News paper Service Detroit area.
Four generations gathered for a photo in Lethbridge Canada with three men and a baby. The men identified in the readable captions are all named John Garrett in the sequence left to right.
Calendar lists events and times including Women's Auxiliary to Memorial Hospital Nurses Home at 3 45 p m on October 6 Lions Club at George Washington Hotel 12 15 p m October 7 American Legion Auxiliary at Legion Home 7 30 p m Board of Control Exchange Club 7 45 p m Moose Club 8 p m Rebekah Lodge 8 30 p m Alcoholics Anonymous at Friendship Fire Hall with contact Bobbie Conrad phone 3428.
Announcement of the September 26 wedding of Willetta Jean Adams daughter of Mrs. Ruth Adams and Marcus Adams to Doy le Edward Whittington son of Mr and Mrs Lee Whittington both of Stephens City. They returned from a short honeymoon and reside in Kernstown. The Women of the Presbyterian Church Executive Board will meet tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Ever Ready Bible Class room. Mrs. Bertie Dunn has returned home from Memorial Hospital and her daughter Mrs. J W Cornwell has returned to Washington.
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Braddock Street Methodist Church will meet at 7 45 p m tomorrow in the church school assembly room Circle 4 led by Mrs N K Hutchinson will run the program The Winchester Business and Professional Women's Club holds its regular monthly meeting Friday at 6 p m at the George Washington Hotel The Legislation Committee will present with Mr William C Deming Pront Royal mayor as guest speaker Special music by Mr Nelson Linaburg Berryville Members will donate small kitchen utensils for a Christmas box to Winchester England B PW Club Meets Tomorrow The Conrad Hoover Unit 21 American Legion Auxiliary meets tomorrow at 7 30 p m at the Legion Home Committees for the coming year will be appointed and plans made
Set L Warren Prather on 30 day leave at home then left Friday for Camp Kilmer New Jersey to report for overseas duty. He was joined by his wife Evelyn Crowser of Hayfield and her parents Mr and Mrs Leo Clowser. They returned home yesterday.
The Market Street Methodist Church WSCS will hold six circles meeting tomorrow at 7:30 to 8 p m with named hosts at various addresses including 307 National Ave and 527 N Braddock St Circle 3 hosts Carl Harmer 307 National Ave Circle 4 hosts Harold Rowe 1008 8 Cameron St Circle 6 host William Wood 527 N Braddock St Circle 7 host Paul Barr 200 Opequon Ave Also Stephenson Social Club to meet at 1:30 p m at Stephenson Methodist Church with hosts A Mason Virginia Mason and William Carlisle and devotions by Garvin Bowles Then Stephenson WSCS meets tomorrow at 7:30 p m led by Mrs Bertha Ashwood.
Birth notices from Berryville Loudoun Street and Three Churches West Virginia report a boy for Mr and Mrs Robert Braithwaite former Miss Ue Smallwood a boy for Mr and Mrs Teddy Hepner former Miss Lucy Richard a girl for Mr and Mrs Earl Mart former Miss Helen Gladden and a birth in October for Mr and Mrs James Wood.
Mrs Wood, former Miss Betty See To Mr and Mrs Albert McFarland Route 2 have a son. Mrs Moo is the former Miss Nellie Jill to Mr and Mrs Mason Payne Berryville welcome a daughter. Mrs Payne, former Miss Marian Singh ass, to Mr and Mrs Preston Moo maw Clearbrook greet a daughter. Mrs Moomaw, former Miss Elsie Cheshire, shares birth with the Moo maw family.
Mr and Mrs Orville Vanmeter and family spent the week near Petersburg West Virginia with relatives. Mr and Mrs Pat Madigan of Stephens City visited Mr and Mrs Homer Galliday on Sunday. Ernest Fletcher and family called on W B Nesmith near Angers Store Sunday afternoon. Ella Startelle of Winchester stayed with Mr and Mrs R L Rosenberger last week. Floyd Earley and family of Round Hill visited Mr and Mrs Roy Miller on Sunday. Ethel Gollidayinghamton spent with her parents Mr and Mrs Rae liday.
Dublin writer Frank O'Connor says his U S visit felt Americans are born short story writers. He lectured at Harvard and other universities and noted several students sent him stories as good as new work he's read in years.
W L Gordon presents a vocabulary note on misused words and pronunciation. The daily entry defines seismic as relating to earthquakes with example usage and guidance to expand word knowledge.
A reader asks about using bread to sop gravy and is advised to place a small bread piece on the gravy then eat it with a fork. The second question covers thanking gifts during illness and suggests prompt notes after recovery. The third asks who buys the groom's ring in a double ring ceremony and the answer states the bride buys his ring.
Laurens P. Jones of the Jones Funeral Home returned from Chicago where he attended the 35th annual National Selected Morticians meeting at Edgewater Beach Hotel September 30 to October 3. The event featured clinics forums and panels with speakers such as Robert F. Hurleigh of WGN and Grove Patterson editor of the Toledo Blade. National Selected Morticians, based in Evanston Illinois, is a selective organization.
Wine flowed ankle deep along half a mile of Praticello's main street when a gas from fermenting wine ignited and toppled the village wine shop wall. Bottles and barrels shattered as the explosion unleashed widespread damage and 60,000 quarts of liquid reportedly escaped.
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