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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
8
Judges for the fall flower show at the Episcopal Church House were announced. Edward G. Butler of The aygrounds near Boyce will judge specimen classes. Eleanor M. Chamberlin, Mrs. Robert H. Fletcher, and Mrs. Florence G. Manning of Leesburg Garden Club will judge artistic arrangement.
The Clarke County Junior Woman's Club holds its regular monthly meeting Thursday at 8 pm at the Hawthorne Library in Berryville. Members will conduct business, design crazy hats, and enter a contest for the most original and the craziest hat. All members urged to attend.
The Girl Scout Leaders Club will meet tomorrow evening at 7:45 at the Troop Room. Plans for a cook-out at Rouss Park next Wednesday and for National Girl Scout Week observances October 27 to November 2 will be discussed. All leaders urged to attend.
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club meets tomorrow at 3 pm at the Bond home in Frederick County with guest speaker Mrs Bow yer Browne. Members should bring canned goods for the colored nursery school. plant exchange planned. Attending the Fall Flower Show at the Episcopal Church is also noted.
The Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thursday October 10 at the home of Mrs E Bridgeforth 103 Washington Street in this city.
Miss Bobbie Conrad will entertain tomorrow at 4 PM at her South Washington street home in honor of brides elect Miss Betty Riley and Miss Mary Scully. Riley marries Norman Hall of Pittsburgh on Saturday October 12 at Grace Lutheran Church, while Scully weds James Burt Olney of New York City on Saturday October 19 at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church.
Guests arriving to attend the Riley Hall wedding include Miss Betty Riley and her fiancé Norman Hall with relatives from Wichita Falls Texas and Pittsburgh. Capt. and Mrs. Riefkohl from San Juan Puerto Rico arrive Friday. George Barrie IV arrives from Santiago California. The couple Anna Lucille Williams Miller, and James E Miller, marry. Miller to base in California. wife to stay with parents until discharge.
The Rev Albert Muller of Richmond addressed Grace Episcopal Church Evening Guild in Berryville last night. He served as liaison between the General Convention press relations committee and the press, detailing Convention enactments on unity with the Northern Presbyterian Church and revisions to the Episcopal Marriage Canons. An informal reception followed with guests from Winchester Millwood White Post Boyce and Arlington.
A series of birth notices from Memorial Hospital lists multiple families in Berryville Bunker Hill Augusta Brucetown Stotlers Cross Roads and Front Royal announcing twin daughters three boys and several single births. Names include Shirley Lichliter Virgil Dove Earl Hott Raymond Kline Leland Dick Joseph Lee Bagent Carl Rinker Robert Smith C P Lane Garland Jones Melvin Householder and Marsha Kaye Newell.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Walborn of Millersburg Pennsylvania announce the birth of a son on Friday October 4 at Harrisburg Hospital. The child is named Duane Seal. Mrs Walborn, formerly Miss Elizabeth Tidler of Kernstown, is the mother.
The Winchester Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will hold a dinner meeting Thursday evening October 24 at 7 o clock at Tokes Inn. Mrs H B Carbaugh and daughter Nettie Carbaugh left Stephens City Sunday by motor to visit Major Peggy Carbaugh at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
Mrs J Purcell Stine of Bruce town travels by car to Morgantown West Virginia to visit her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs George A Federer. Mrs Federer has been visiting with Mrs Stine and Mrs Ray R Russell at the Russell home in Brucetown and will accompany Mrs Stine to Morgantown along with Mrs Stine's dog Lady Fairfax. Mrs Bowman Bowman operates Bowmans Grocery Strasburg underwent an operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital and is reported to be recovering well.
Berryville residents host relatives and friends from Maryland Virginia and North Carolina over a busy week. Notable gatherings include the Idens reunion at Hotel Royal Front Royal and a bridge afternoon for Miss Eleanor Louthan. Local families also welcome guests from Richmond Washington and Charlottesville with multiple weekend visits.
Mr and Mrs Fred Allred and Mr Bob Smalley of Bowling Green visited Berryville and stayed with H M Smalley on West Main. Rev Albert Muller and Mrs Muller left for Arlington for a Church Conference then returned to Rich Miss Virginia Shenk. Miss Alma Lee Bruce and Mr Paul Wheeler spent Saturday in Washington DC.
The 19th District of Quota Club International marked its first anniversary with a conference in Williamsburg. District Governor Alice Gear Palmer presided. Dr. Mary Powell Northam and Gladys W. Jones attended as special guests. Miss Mary Louise Steele of Winchester urged members to live the Quota Collect, stressing true understanding of their goals. Attendees from Winchester included Pearl Ritenour and several quotarians. Salome Crisman and Mary Virginia Rosenberger led committees.
The question asks which locality experienced the most severe earthquake shock a year ago, noting a standout shock reported as the most severe in that period.
An earthquake occurred in open country about 40 miles northeast of Seattle, Washington. The quake destroyed a few chimneys and caused minor structural damage in the area.
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