Bluemont Fair Highlights Vintage Rail Interest and Local Crafts
The Bluemont Fair returns for a two day event with model train displays from the National Railway Historical Society and a slide show “When the Train Came to Bluemont.” Local historians offer records from Carrington House Bookshop and a slide on Smickersville 1864. The program includes crafts, demonstrations, corn milling, maple sugar, and apple butter, plus tours to nearby Ebenezer Churches and White Hall Farm. Bluemont lies 16 miles west of Leesburg on Route 7.
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Bluemont
Blue Ridge Mountains
Loudoun County
National Railway Historical Society
Carrington House
Smickersville
J.E.B. Stuart
Ebenezer
White Hall Farm
Leesburg
Aldie
Jewel Pin Ceremony Marks ESA Beta Nu Event
The Beta Nu Chapter of ESA International held a Jewel Pin ceremony for Mrs. Betty Denham at Mrs. Betty DeHaven’s home with Mrs. Barbara Wibberly of Alpha Omega Chapter as the guest and presenter. Wibberly spoke on the State Help Corps and the chapter adopted new by laws. The group announced a Halloween Party for October 23 and will visit Shawnee Springs Nursing Home as part of their philanthropic program. Mrs. Ginnie LeDane was named Outstanding Sister for September.
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Beta Nu
ESA International
Betty Denham
Betty DeHaven
Barbara Wibberly
Alpha Omega Chapter
Shawnee Springs
Ginnie LeDane
Century Club Speaker Scheduled for Tuesday Session
The Century Club will meet Tuesday at 3 30 p m with Mrs W H Lawrence Jr hosting. Harry F Stimpson Jr will be the guest speaker offering remarks to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Century Club
W. H. Lawrence, Jr
Harry F. Stimpson, Jr
Calendar Of Events Friday And Saturday Activities
A two day events roundup lists a rummage sale at 508 S Loudoun St Friday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. An AAUW Fall Luncheon is at Winchester Country Club at 1 30 p.m. Also Friday features a Winchester Junior Rifle Club event at 7 p.m. Saturday offers a rummage sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. followed by a turkey and oyster supper at Middletown Fire Hall at 5 p.m.
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S. Loudoun St
Winchester Country Club
Winchester Junior Rifle Club
Middletown
Births List from Front Royal to Stephens City Families
Birth notices for October 10 to October 13 record multiple families welcoming newborns. Warren Lee Derflinger and Ronald Keith Anderson are among the first names, with Valerie Jo Combs, Stephen Mark Lawson, Phillip Aaron Washington, Tamara Michelle Beightol, Joey James Jenkins, Robin Ann Strosnider, Lisa Ann Grady, and more. Each entry lists parents, current residences, and the mother’s maiden name.
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Ronald Ray Anderson
Woodland Ave
Ronald Keith
Anderson
Betty Lou Orndorff
Stanley Eugene Combs
Shanks
W.va
Valerie Jo
Combs
Norma Rae Link
Sherman Maxwell Lawson
Middletown
Stephen Mark
Lawson
Barbara Ann McRee
George Edward Washington
Purcellville
Phillip Aaron
Washington
Arlene Ann Gabriel
Edward Lynn Beightol, III
Miss Shirley Engaged to Glenn Coffelt
Mrs. Nona Shirley of Rt. 1 announces the engagement of her daughter Deborah Kay to Glenn David Coffelt son of Mr and Mrs Glenn O Coffelt of 1521 Commerce St. Deborah Kay educated at James Wood High School 1971 and works at Grand Union Supermarkets Valley Ave. Glenn Coffelt a 1971 Handley High School graduate attends Lord Fairfax Community College and works for Wilkins Shoe Center Winchester. No wedding date set. The Fall Luncheon of the American Association of University Women and guests will be tomorrow at 1 30 p m at Winchester Country Club with Congressman J Kenneth Robinson speaking on The Nation and the World Economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nona Shirley
Rt. 1
Deborah Kay
Glenn David Coffelt
Glenn O. Coffelt
Commerce St
Miss Shirley
James Wood High School
Grand Union Supermarkets
Valley Ave
Coffelt
Handley High School
Lord Fairfax Community College
Wilkins Shoe Center
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Winchester Country Club
J. Kenneth Robinson
Pilot International Week Proclaimed In Winchester
Mayor William M. Battaile signed a proclamation naming Saturday through Friday October 22 as Pilot International Week to honor the Pilot Club of Winchester and its women volunteers. The article notes Pilot International’s global reach since 1921 with 16 000 members in over 500 clubs across the US Bermuda Canada England France Japan and more. Local efforts include scholarships and cancer society support and plans for an Anchor Club at James Wood High School. The 50th Anniversary is October 18 with Stewart Bell Jr vice mayor as guest speaker at the George Washington Hotel.
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William Crump
Pilot Club of
Winchester
William M. Battaile
Pilot International
Pilot
Uss
Hawaii
Bermuda
Canada
England
France
Japan
Pilot Club
Pilot Club of Winchester
Tubfrin
James Wood
American Cancer Society
James Gordon
James Wood High School
Roanoke
Winchester Pilot Club
Nelson L. Carpenter
Frances F. Collie
J. Annabel Flickinger
Ruth P. Colaw
George Washington
Stewart Bell, Jr
Duplicate Bridge Winners At George Washington Hotel
In last week's duplicate bridge at the George Washington Hotel winners were Mrs W Nelson Page and Mrs Howard Shockey. Second place went to Mrs Margaret Boucher and Mrs Margaret Templeman with a tie for third between multiple pairs. Mitchell games and east–west results feature several repeating pairs including Mrs Giffin, Mrs Shockey, Mrs Griffith, and Mrs Goode across North South and East West directions.
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George Washington Hotel
W. Nelson Page
Howard Shockey
Margaret Boucher
Margaret Templeman
Estelle Rollason
Albert Craig
Walter Crawford
George Burton
E. E. Willkie
Darlene Willanger
J. Gray Beverley
Richard Good
Mitchell
Robert Giffin
Shockey
Thomas G. Scully
Gene Diamond
W.B. Price
John Griffith
Goode
Crawford
Herbert Schutte
Willkie
Griffith
Smalts
Page
Mr. Giffin
Beverley
Burton
Milton A. Joyce
Giffin
Jane Bull
J. A. Holinger
Mrs. Clark Heads to Holy Land for Pilgrimage
Bertha S. Clark of Frederick County plans to join a Primitive Baptist group from Georgia and Florida at John F. Kennedy Airport for a Holy Land pilgrimage. A Winchester native, she worked as a private nurse and interior decorator, taught Sunday School from age 15, and has traveled to Canada, Mexico, and 47 states.
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Bertha S. Clark
Frederick County
Primitive Baptist
Georgia
Florida
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Holy Land
Clark
Jacob R. Seadford
Page County
Adam Siegfried
Germany
Winchester
Isaac Gardiner Clark
Frederick
Local Notices Highlight Birthdays and College Enrollments
Mrs Floyd Ash of Clearbrook hosts a birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Herbert Russell of Apple Pie Ridge. Deborah Ann Lebo, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lebo of 132 Academy Lane, enters Randolph Macon Woman's College as a freshman. Judy C Reynolds, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert S Reynolds of Berryville, begins at Findlay College in Ohio. Mrs Clifton E Price, who sold her Winchester home, heads to Chevy Chase Maryland for the winter at Irene Apartment Building.
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Floyd Ash
Clearbrook
Herbert Russell
Deborah Ann Lebo
Robert L. Lebo
Academy Lane
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Judy C. Reynolds
Robert S. Reynolds
Berryville
Findlay College
Findlay
Ohio
Clifton E. Price
Winchester
Chevy Chase, Md
Irene
Eberle Damron
Joseph Damron
Queens College
Charlotte
N.C
Queens
Stephens City HDC to Meet at O'Neal Home
The Stephens City Home Demonstration Club holds its monthly meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Mrs. Robert E. O'Neal's home. The new voting machine will be demonstrated. Visitors are welcome.
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Stephens City
Robert E. O’neal
Digs for gems on vacation prove a bright hobby
New York report profiles Mary L. T. Brown who mines surface gems during vacations in North Carolina. She found sapphires and rubies, wrote Gems for the Taking, and urges others to seek stones in all 50 states.
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New York
Mary L. T. Brown
North Carolina
Manhattan
Miss Brown
Franklin
N.C
California
New Jersey
Montana
Arkansas
Chambers of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Sparks 25th Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Stephens City
TO MR AND MRS LEON SPARKS OF STEPHENS CITY ON THEIR 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THEY MARRIED OCT 15 1946 IN THE HOME OF REV EC DAY IN STEPHENS CITY. THEY HAVE A DAUGHTER DARLENE VIRGINIA. MRS SPARKS IS THE FORMER MISS FLORINE DODSON OF LOUDOUN COUNTY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Grady, Jr
Rt. 1
Stephens City
Lisa Ann
Grady
Brenda Dodson Miller
Leon Sparks
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Bluemont Fair
Winchester Coop
Virginia
Mr. Stimpson
Coolfont
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Norman Lee Derflinger
Front Royal
Warren Lee
James William Jenkins
S. Cameron St
Joey James
Jenkins
Josephine Marie Westfall
Tilden Edward Strosnider
Robin Ann
Strosnider
Joyce Ann Dick
Deborah Kay Shirley
Shirley
Glenn Coffelt
AAUW
Kearneysville
Mrs. Clark
Bertha Clark
Hdc
Lee Dey
Arpets
Schewel Furniture CO
West Cork St. Winchester
Lamar Sloan
FORD
Luray Caverns
Luray
Caverns and
Skyline Drive
Interstate 81
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