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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1952
Page
3
Cassandro described the haircut as a Mohawk impression after three barbers failed to give a proper trim. Fi P reportedly clipped the style leaving only a tuft on top.
Scalloped button in front and easy walking skirt designed for shorter fuller figures. Half sizes 14 1 2 to 24 1 2 with fabric yardage for size 16 1 2. Include 35 cents pattern price plus 5 cents for each additional pattern. Send to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY.
Peggy Burke, a 16 year old from near Front Royal, trained at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in beauty culture after a long illness and homebound schooling. Despite congenital hip dislocations and medical doubts, she completed a beauty course and graduated as an independent taxpayer contributing member.
Nathan Farragut Twining born October 11 1897 in Monroe Wisconsin son of a banker. He rose from infantry to air power becoming commander of the U S Strategic Air Command and led aircraft in the Solomon Islands and Italy during World War II. He succeeded Doolittle as head of the Fifteenth Air Force and later led the Twentieth Air Force on Guam.
Tahiti to establish cinchona plantations under government auspices with financial aid to private landowners after the French Colonial Department of Agriculture declared the climate and soil ideal for the cinchona tree from which quinine is obtained.
Hollywood actress Ann Baxter reveals she has taken up cigars after playing Cleopatra and dyeing her hair blonde. She credits Alfred Hitchcock with introducing her to the habit on the Quebec shoot for I Confess. Baxter urges women to enjoy smoking, notes European trends, and criticizes dull conversation in Hollywood.
An op-ed-like piece argues that the ordinary reader who borrows books from libraries is the nation's most common criminal. It notes many items are never returned, cites librarians’ views on “forgot to return” cases, and reflects on the social tolerance of book borrowing behavior.
A brief cheer encourages readers to pursue stimulating conversation and notes Anne tried pipes too but stopped due to messiness.
The Rev. John Pemberton Jr a Presbyterian minister from Cape May New Jersey will conduct a preaching mission at the Highland Avenue Presbyterian Chapel beginning October 19. Services open to the public will be held each evening through October 23 at 730 p.m.
The Virginia Employment Service offices on W Piccadilly Street will be closed on Monday in observance of Columbus Day.
The condition of Martha Raye, singing comedienne, stayed critical after a blood transfusion at St. Francis Hospital. Mrs Nick Condos was flown from Jamaica with a severe intestinal disorder and tests were being made to determine the cause.
The United Lutheran Church in America backed inclusion of the revised standard version in liturgy. Delegates at the 18th biennial meeting voted 343 to 198 to urge the Joint Commission on the Liturgy to include the revision.
A 36 year old stagscreen and nightclub performer became stricken during a vacation. Doctors assess whether the condition will require surgical intervention.
Dr. Daly S. Lancaster president Longwood College addressed about 1,200 teachers at the Virginia Education Association district meeting in Harrisonburg. Twenty one discussion groups across the region considered education subjects as M H Bell was elected vice president, with Dr Garland Quarles chairing the Ti and Place Committee planning next year’s Madison College meeting.
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