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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1940

Page

8

Virginia School Trends Highlight Winchester AAUW Meeting

The Winchester branch of the American Association of University Women met Saturday afternoon at Miss Gladys Haldeman's home. Miss Harriet Krise announced a Music Appreciation study group starting Oct 28. Guest speaker Miss Ethel Spillman of Harrisonburg, president of District 6 of the Virginia Education Association, spoke on trends in Virginia public schools and the evolution of state financed instruction.

Winchester American Association of University Women Gladys Haldeman Claude Stickley Harriet Krise Ethel Spillman Harrisonburg Virginia Education Association Virginia

Calendar Notes and Petrie Departure from Bethesda

Calendar items include weekly lodge and club meetings in Winchester area. Kenneth Petrie and wife depart for a new home in Arizona after a long teaching career in Bethesda and Montgomery County schools. Petrie praised as a tireless educator with strong ties to local youth and safety programs.

Kenneth Petries Arizona Kenneth L Petrie Frederick Squnty Bethesda Il Health University of Maryland Petrie Montgomery Countychools Rockville Leland Junior High School Chevy Chase Univerity of Maryland National University American Automobile Associaton Thomas H. Pyle Perie Winchester

Surprise 68th birthday dinner at Lafollette home

A surprise dinner Sunday October 20 honored Mrs Annie La follette on her 68th birthday at the home of Mr and Mrs Lohr Lafollette. Attendees included relatives from Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia and local residents with news of visitors and illnesses noted.

Mrs. LaFollette Lohr Lafollette Annie Lafollette Guy Lafollette Berneille Harry Seabright Cletus Pennington Silas McFarland Winchester Will LaFollette Gore Lester Seldon and Son High View W. Va Hunter Frank Ross LaFollette Lehew Signora Frank Benson LeFollette Verna Arnold Clement Kline M. B. Kline James Creswell

Plans for Girl Scout Week Observance

The Winchester Leaders Association of the Girl Scouts outlined activities for Girl Scout Week October 27 to November 2. Scouts will attend a morning church service on October 27, rally at Mrs. Lupton’s on October 28, with a meal, song contest and games, under leaders Miss Massey and several assistants across troops.

Leaders Association of the Winchester Girl Scouts Andrew Babb Presbyterian Church McSherry Lupton Helen Massey Martin Karmacy Fred Ritter Lucille Jackson Janet Miller Glenn Seabright Anita Wise Norvell Montague Sue Jolly Robert McNally Mary Boxley Ruth Solenberger Charlotte Campbell Leonard Riley John Glaize Evelyn Montgomery

Beauty Box Fitness Tips For Arms And Feet

Fitness advice covers arm toning with Indian clubs and bar chin ups, fat reduction by massage, and bulbous arm dressing via harsh methods. Foot care emphasizes proper shoe fit, warm soaks, pumice friction, and padding to prevent friction injuries. Readers are invited to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor with a stamped envelope.

Dora Beauty Box

Junior Century Club Meeting At River ton Home

The Junior Century Club will meet Wednesday at 3 30 oclock in the afternoon. The event is at the home of Miss Caroline Carson in River ton. Those unable to attend should notify Mrs Thomas Gibson before Tuesday night.

Board of Governors The Garden Club of Virginia Chamberlin Hotel Williamsburg William P. Massey Farley Massey William and Mary Century Club Caroline Carson Riverton Thomas Gibson

Saviour Ladies Aid Society Meeting Tonight

The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour Ladies Aid Society will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at Mrs. W. J. Lupton's home in Kernstown. Mrs. W. J. Smith leads the devotional. members urged to attend for important discussions.

Madison Lodge Ladies Aid Society The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour W. J. Lupton Kernstown W. J. Smith

Lieut Col Griffing Knows His Man in Berryville

Berryville native Newton Ritter joined the Regular Army in Montgomery on October 16. Lieut Col J D Griffing, head of the State Manpower Division in Richmond, traced the registration card and ordered it sent to Culpeper, noting Ritter once lived in Berryville and scratched his name on the Griffings’ house as a boy.

Berryville J. D. Griffing State Manpower Division Richmond Montgomery Ala Newton Steele Ritter Griffing Culpeper Ritter Griffings

Modern Etiquette Q and A on Hostess Hospitality

A host or hostess should not be inhospitable by taking payment from a guest for long distance calls or COD telegrams. Guests should willingly pay such bills. If a woman dislikes a man's attentions and receives an expensive gift she should thank him, decline to accept, and return the gift. For dinners followed by a theater outing, the proper start times are 7:15 or 7:30.

Apple Trifle Recipe For Pride and Prejudice Supper

Ann Rutherford recalls English cast members discussing trifles while Greer Garson notes their cultural weight. MGM served a lemon apple trifle recipe from Garson family to prove trifles can rival pie, detailing apples, milk, cream, eggs, sugar, lemon rind, and a custard with whipped cream garnish.

Ann Rutherford Pride and Prejudice Greer Garson Miss Garson Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer Commissary Miss Rutherford

Church notices must arrive by deadlines for timely print

Notices for the church column must reach the Star by 4 o clock the day before publication or be grouped with church news. County notices are due by 4 o clock Thursday and city notices by 4 o clock Friday.

Family relocates to Culpeper nine years ago

The article notes the family moved to Culpeper about nine years ago and mentions the role of the postmaster at one time.

Culpeper

Fashionable Barbara Bell Pattern 1265 B for girls

Design No 1265-B offers a weskit calot and mittens for girls ages 11 to 19 with busts from 29 to 37 inches. Includes step by step sew chart and material guide. patterns priced 15 cents each, pattern book 15 cents, bundle 25 cents.

Barbara Bell

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