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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1970
Page
8
Mrs. Raymond Sandy as Ways and Means chair of Alpha Omega Sorority offers two complimentary tickets to William Lawrence III to attend the Sew Your Own Fashion Show. The event is set for November 17 at 7 30 p.m. at Shenandoah College.
The second annual Antique Show and Sale at 11 W. Second St Front Royal features 13 dealers from Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania. Proceeds benefit Women of Calvary Episcopal Church philanthropic work with a luncheon door prizes and a boutique selling sweets and the Episcopal Women's cookbook. Hours are 11 to 10 Friday 11 to 9 Saturday and 1 to 7 Sunday.
The Middletown based Delta Tau Chapter met at Patsy Garrett's home with Judy Carrigan presiding. They approved the budget and social, service, and fund raising projects including a Halloween party on Oct. 24 and a January stationery sale. They plan to sponsor a contestant in Miss Winchester Tri-County, stage a Cable TV program on Oct. 28, and hold a spring banquet on April 24 at the Lee-Jackson with Sharon Stern presenting. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Dale Barley's in Winchester.
The Century Club plans a 3:30 pm gathering at 110 S. Stewart St. Mrs H R Kern Jr leads with a program featuring Miss Hedi Barnsley.
Friday night features Winchester Junior Rifle Club at 7 with Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering at 8. Saturday offers a Lexington house tour from 10 to 5 followed by a Turkey-Ham Supper at Middletown Elementary School cafeteria at 5.
Birth notices list October 18 19 announcements for families in West Virginia Virginia and Strasburg noting newborns including Louis Barr II Rebecca Lea Julie Ann Kathryn DeKalb Bradford Daniel Pamela Darlene Tereasa Dawn Kelly Page Amy Lynn Libby Sue Harold Lee III and other infants with mothers’ former names and family hometowns.
Mrs H G Brown and Mrs Robert Giffin topped the duplicate bridge game at the George Washington Hotel on Monday. Second went to Estelle Rollason and Milton A Joyce, with Lewis Hyde and T G Scully and J Gray Beverley and R A Goode tied for third. Winners in north-south were Gene Diamond and William McBride, with B B Butts second. East-west leaders were Lewis Hyde and wife first, followed by Claude Smalls and John Griffith.
The South Frederick Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 10 30 a m in the War Memorial Building. The program covers antiquing furniture and variations for beef stew using bouillon tomato sauce canned or fresh tomatoes and vegetable cocktail.
Joyce Braithwaite and James Russell Orndorff wed October 2 in Stephens City United Methodist Church. The ceremony featured a candlelight rite with family members and a reception in the church fellowship hall. The bride, a 1970 James Wood graduate, and the groom, son of Louise Orndorff, reside in Stephens City route 3.
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club held a workshop and lunch at the home of Mrs. Lohr Dunlap. Mrs C E McKeown led the session on Japanese flower arranging with demonstrations and diagrams. A business meeting honored late member Mrs Herbert Larrick and planned plant donations for Newton D Baker Hospital patients.
Sacred Heart Academy's Home School Association held its first meeting with president Thomas White outlining upcoming events. A card party is scheduled for November 18 and a toy rummage sale for November 4. Parents toured classrooms and refreshments were provided by the association.
TO MR AND MRS ALLEAN SAVILLE of Siler Route on their 16th wedding anniversary. They were married Oct. 23, 1954, in Cumberland Md by the pastor Howard M. Amoss. Mrs Saville is the former Miss Charlotte Lucille Didawick. They have three children Kristina Shawn and twins Kathleen Dawn and Katrina Fawn.
The Blue Ridge Players present Jack and the Giant on November 14 at the Berryville Opera House. Audience participation includes clown interludes and direct audience engagement. Director is Mrs Richard Chapman with Shirley Byrd as Jack and Barbara Lee Jones as Happy the Clown.
Dr. Hill addressed the October meeting of Conrad Hoover Unit 21 American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs. R. E. Griffith home, stressing cooperation with the Legion. Fall Conference notes from Fredericksburg with attendees including Mrs. Grim and Miss Carbaugh. Poppy sale planned November 6 and 7. 7th District Fall Conference set for Woodstock November 1.
The Battletown Garden Club met at Berryville Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall for a workshop on Massed Oval Arrangements. In the Horticultural division judged by Mrs Bowerman and Mrs Childs, Mrs Carter, Mrs Keating, Mrs Malbon, Mrs Rosenberry, and Mrs Cunningham won multiple ribbons.
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