Social News From Winchester area and surrounding towns
Mrs. Schroth travels to Aberdeen South Dakota for two weeks visiting relatives while Dr. Murphy attends a Chicago clinical pathology meeting. Mrs. H K Russell hosts a dinner for Warshall Russell of New York. Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing alumnae group meets Wednesday night. Birth announces the arrival of Robin Dale to Mr and Mrs David Baughman in Hagerstown. DAR Fort Loudoun Chapter meets Thursday at Montmorenci near Upperville. Dr and Mrs Clayton Anderson depart for Chicago for medical meeting. return Friday. Memorial Hospital patient Albert Simmons and local families attend weddings and visits in Richmond. Reverend and Mrs Clark of Jonesport celebrate a daughter Katharine Ann born October 6. Mrs Barton hosts and guests include Richmond and Baltimore party. Swarts family care and Dr and Mrs Manford Custer Jr attend 50th anniversary in Coshocton Ohio. Old Bethel Church Christian Fellowship Club rummage sale October 17 to support building fund.
Calendar notes and society events in Winchester area
October events include a Historical Society tour at City Hall Plaza and various club meetings at George Washington Hotel Murphy's Feed Store and Sacred Heart Church. Other items report Bible classes at Braddock Street Methodist Church and Grace Lutheran Church, plus community notices on residents and Duke University student Nancy Hurst achieving Dean's List honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
Exchange Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Post Home
Winchester «Camera Club
Murphy's Feed Store
Moose Clue
Rebekah Lodge
Alcoholics Anonymous
Friendship Fire Hall
Margaret Collins Denny
Braddock Street Methodist Church
D. P. Spring
John L. Glaize
Miss Hurst
Nancy May Hurst
Sam R. Hurst
Duke University
Births October 10 A string of new arrivals listed
Births October 10 record lists several families including Mr and Mrs Robert W. Wilson Needmore West Virginia a girl Mrs Wines formerly Betty Jane. Mr and Mrs Lonsora Barham Stephenson a girl Mrs Barham formerly Hilda Arnold. Mr and Mrs Douglas Dofflemyer Luray a boy Mrs Dofflemyer formerly Ann Hershberger. Mr and Mrs William Green Vienna a boy Mrs Green formerly Pauline Grant. Mr and Mrs Pred Thomas Paris a girl Mrs Thomas formerly Margaret Ridgeway. Mr and Mrs William L Bull Middleburg a boy Mrs Bull formerly Jane Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Wilson
Needmore
W. Va
Wines
Betty Jane
Lonsora Barham
Stephenson
Barham
Hilda Arnold
Douglas Dofflemyer
Luray
Dofflemyer
Ann Hershberger
William Green
Vienna
Green
Pauline Grant
Pred Thomas
Paris
Thomas
Margaret Ridgeway
William L Bull
Middleburg
Bufflick Road Social Callers Across States
Mrs James Russell hosting neighbors and visiting friends from Petersburg West Virginia and Washington DC. Several families including the Turners Cowgers and Spicers visit Martinsburg Winchester Grafton Culpeper and Richmond areas over the weekend sharing calls and dinners.
Modern Etiquette Q&A on manners and social choices
A concise etiquette Q&A discusses apologizing for bridge mistakes, following majority dining wishes, and announcing engagements at social events. It notes Texas led cotton production in 1951–52, followed by California and Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
California
Mississippi
Secrets of Charm posture guidance by John Robert Powers
A brief excerpt promotes a posture guide titled Your Posture, detailing seated positions to improve grace and appearance. It describes a chair entry, foot placement, and hand positions to create a poised silhouette for various settings, and directs readers to obtain the booklet from Secrets of Charm via National Newspaper Service, Michigan City, Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secrets OF Charm
John Robert Powers
National Newspaper Service
Michigan City
Ind
Golden Era of Grandmothers Driven by Youthful Moves and Public Roles
As Grandmothers Day nears on October 12, lists highlight glamorous and influential seniors. Swanson and Dietrich are singled out for vitality and public activity, with grandmothers steering wealth, politics, business, and social life. Gloria argues women stay young by embracing fun and opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy Charmers
Swanson
Marlene Dietrich
la Swanson
la Dietrich
Gloria
Lesson in English by W. L. Gordon
W. L. Gordon presents a language primer on common errors misused pronunciations and misspellings. He defines terms like aspersion and offers examples and reminders to expand vocabulary with daily word focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Chinese University Enrollment Surges in China
Peiping radio reports over 65,800 new university and college students admitted this year across China, surpassing the combined freshmen totals of the preceding two years. More than half are said to major in engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Peiping
China
Red
Idea of Clinging Wine Husbands Is Assailed by Women
HAL BOYLE argues that emancipation has shifted roles with women running the world while men fit a clingy husband stereotype. He cites hostile reader mail and notes some women demand modern equality yet cling to old courtesy expectations.
No Title Framed by Echoes of Gender Roles
The speaker laments shifting gender power, noting men lose a world to retreat to when women crowd them. A man takes up quilting as a hobby, claiming it’s “the only thing I know” that women don’t compete with. He longs for a simple sign of respect from women.
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Mrs. Schroth
South Dakota
Joseph Schroth
N. Loudoun St
Aberdeen 5. D
Dr. and
Mrs. Murphy
Chicago
George Murphy
Mrs. Russell
H. K. Russell
Stewart St
Warshall Russell
New York
Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Nurses’ Home
Mrs. Baughman
David Baughman
Hagerstown
Sunnyside
Robin Dale
Washington County Hospital
Baughman
Gladys Coulter
Handley High School
D.A.R
Fort Loudoun
Daughters of the American Revolution
Thomas Blascock
Montmorenci
Upperville
Mrs. Anderson
Clayton Anderson
Dr. Anderson
Mr. Simmons
Albert Simmons
Atwell Ave
Memorial
Lacy
Richmond
Willis Lacy
Dr. Lacy
Clark
E. T. Clark, Jr
Jonesport
Maine
Katharine Ann
Barton
Robert T. Barton
John
Katherine Barton
Baltimore
Washington St
Bro. Swarts
Roy Swarts
Route 2
Jim
Custer
Ohio
Manford D. Custer, Jr
Coshocton
Dr. Custer
The
Christian Fellowship Club of
Old Bethel Church
Old Bailey
Bobbie Conrad
P. Historical Society Tour City Hall Plaza
P.m. McKinley
Eastern Star City Hall
Roussa P.m
Madison Lodge
Holy Name Society
Sacred Heart Church
Dr. Miller
L. 8. G. Miller
Grace Lutheran Church
Kernstown
WSCS
Jaycee-ettes
Winchester Jaycee-ettes
York Inn
Girl's Athletic Association
Tokes Inn
George Garber
Brooks Pharmacy
Dream Hosiery Mills
Reuben Hulver
Mountain Falls
Betty Dodson
Paul Dodson
Richard Stine
Ralph Snapp
George Carpenter
Joyce
Judy
Ivy Stine
Winchester
Ralph Heishman
Strasburg
Ellsworth Dodson
Dewey Hulver
Edgar Richard
Charlottesville
L. E. White
Richard
White
C. D. Sale
Mollie Richard
William B. Chapman
Providence
R. I
Martha Chapman
Ruben Hulver
Harry Hershman
Ronald and
Beverley
Opequon
Bufflick Road
James Russell
Troy Houston
C. S. Triplett
William Turner
Mary Alt
Petersburg
Burley Turner
James Kump
Washington, D. C
A. N. Cowger
Hilda
David
Eva Perry
John Perry
Mount Pleasent
Mary Koons
Albert Clark
Sandra Kline
Etta Carper
Noble Keedy
Martinsburg
Kenneth Warner
Berryville Pike
Daniel
Joe Zuckerman
Walter Evans
Grafton
C. Evans
Pittsburgh
L. C. Spicer
Fred Green
Culpeper
H.C. Cook
Roberto Lee
Gaunt
Shoecente
Shoecenter
Main St. Winchester
Manes
Miller's
N. Loudoun
Hal Boyle
Spider
Food Center
Loudoun
Elsie-Kay
Braddock St
Lovett Brothers
Loudoun St
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Orion
Cather’s
Timberlake
Janourkeent
Rhodes Jewelry Company
Robert D. Grim
Capper’s Jewelry Store
W. Bescawen St
Burt Age A
Molden Electric CO
Hotpont
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