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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
7
A reader asks etiquette questions about dining with raw apples or pears and about announcing engagements. The answers advise quartering and peeling fruit before eating and suggest using the society page for notices. Telephoning to acknowledge gifts is acceptable but a handwritten note is preferred. Salt and pepper are best placed on the table near the recipient rather than handed directly.
Printed Pattern 4796 offers a pop-top apron that doubles as a blouse. Instructions cover sewing in cotton or denim for garden work and everyday wear. Includes pattern cost and mailing details for Anne Adams pattern department in New York with size, zone, and style number requests.
Dr Harvey A Neville a native of Millwood has been named Lehigh University ninth president announced by Monroe J Rathbone president of the board of trustees Neville has long served Lehigh as vice president provost and chief administrator with wide work in chemistry and chemical engineering He will bring a strong record from academia and industry to Bethlehem Pennsylvania.
The Millwood social column lists visitors and host gatherings across homes in Sum merville Lin en Edwin Lewis Farm ingdale and Ath lone among others. Notable entries include Richard Kinder sley of Toronto staying with Mrs. Richard E. Dole at Sum merville and Gilbert McKown returning from Europe. The Fall meeting of the Millwood Country Club is planned for Tuesday afternoon.
Readers address two questions. A widow says men assume intimacy after first dates and seeks guidance on staying virtuous and active. A bowler suspects his rival is distracted by a spectator. Abby suggests his focus is on liking her.
English lesson notes by W L Gordon cover commonly misused words such as correspond to versus with and mispronunciations of helicopter. The piece highlights confusion between envable and env ious and defines prolific as a word meaning highly productive for daily vocabulary growth.
The Irish Republic readies a new battalion for Congo service with U.N. forces to relieve the 1st Infantry Group and the 35th Battalion remembered for clashes at Elizabethville and Jadotville in Katanga. Informants say veterans will join a fresh tour.
An elderly man claiming a past connection with the husband has arrived, funds a dinner, buys new clothes for the couple and their children, pays bills, and provides weekly money. The writer worries about manipulation and considers seeking sheriff help to verify his background before proceeding.
In Florida the hunting of alligators is prohibited except with a state game commission permit issued for scientific education or propagation. The rule, effective September 2, restricts taking alligators larger than six feet in certain areas to conservation needs.
The Rev. Brian Hession aged 52 died Thursday after leading an anti cancer campaign started seven years earlier when American doctors gave him three days to live. His death was announced Sunday.
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