Local notices and social updates from Winchester Clarke area
Gen Bryan Conrad and Mrs. Bryan Conrad of Highland Falls New York visit Clarke County. Pvt Charles Dick and Mrs Dick visit mother in law Mrs Hilda Hensley on 8 Kent Street. Mrs Blanche Showalter readmitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital. John and Mrs Jones name infant Steven Tyler Jones. Dora Thompson hospitalized on Sweeny Road. Burton Lee Williams Jr born to Mr and Mrs Burton Lee Williams. Miss Joan Anderson ill at home on Berryville Ave. Garden Club meets at Winchester Golf Club with prizes and upcoming Garden Week April 19 20. Local houses open for Garden Week include Apple RV Red Gate Annfield Woodley Saratoga Carter Hall and grounds. Epsilon Chapter Beta Sigma Phi hosts rushees at 1714 Academy Circle with guest speaker. Good Friend Class to meet at First EUB Church 7 30 p m. Legion Auxiliary Conrad Hoover Unit 2 rummage sale 37 E Piccadilly St and Friday food sale. Women of the Moose Winchester Chapter 1367 meet 8 p m at Moose Home.
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Winchester - Clarke
William B Tupper
Red Gate
Faward Jenkins
Auxiliary to Have Supper Before Meeting
The Auxiliary to the United Commercial Travelers will host a covered dish supper at 6 pm Friday at the Elks Home, preceding its regular meeting.
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United Commercial
Elks Home
Births October to Mr and Mrs John Tribe Delaplane a girl
A girl named Linda Marie was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Tribe of Delaplane in October. Mrs. Tribe is the former Miss.
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John Tribe
Delaplane
Linda Marie
Trible
Marie Comersk
Ronald Southerly
Moorefield
W. Va
Diana Genevieve
Southerly
Genevieve Kesse
Lee Allen Goldizen
Lahmansville
Lucretia Ann
Goldizen
Carolyn Snyder
Berryville Socials Notes Visitors and Family Gatherings
Berryville residents hosted and visited family over the weekend. Guests included Mrs. Charles Wynkoop’s relatives from Walkersville and Washington, D. C., plus Hagerstown and Vienna travelers. The Gollidays welcomed a son born October 16 in Idaho Falls where stationing.
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
A compact feature listing common word usage errors and pronunciation notes. It highlights misused phrases like off of and mispronounced terms such as placebo. The piece promotes vocabulary growth with the daily word autonomy and notes on self-government in Switzerland.
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Switzerland
Modern Etiquette Q&A on hosting and guest care
A reader asks if they may host a birthday party for themselves and is urged to avoid presenting it as a birthday to prevent implying gift solicitations. The exchange covers proper host behavior when a hostess sees guests off, noting the man should assist the woman with her coat first, then attend to himself, and asks about proper spoon distribution when serving coffee.
Abel Case Goes To Jury Tomorrow
In Brooklyn Federal Court, Rudolf Abel faces a nine count indictment after seven days of testimony. Judge Morris W. Byers presides with a jury of nine women and three men. The defense urged acquittal on three counts while prosecution witnesses described spy data and hidden microfilm devices found in Abel studio items. If convicted Abel faces possible death penalty.
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New York
Rudolf Ivanovich Abel
Soviet Union
Brooklyn
Federal District Court
Judave Morrimer W. Byers
Buttins
Abel
Byers
FBI
Manhattan
Amon
Reino Havyhanen
West
Havhanen
Posible
Visitor finds Maryland Capitol building after seeking directions
An out of state visitor asked several people for directions to the capitol and was sent to a theater a newspaper and a restaurant all of which carried capitol in their names before locating the building known locally as the Statehouse since 1694 unaided.
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Annapolis
Capitol
Fnally
Statehouse
Bahrs Family Farm Life and War-Time Hardship
The Bahrs, a 1938 married couple Gordon Franklin and Douglas Michael, raise a family on a small farm. One son died in 1944 while Bahr sells gravel and harvests Christmas trees to support the family during wartime.
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Gordon
Franklin
Douglas
Michael
Bahr
Bahrs
Clip Artist Girl Makes Living Clipping Men
Nashville barber Jewell Bennett, a vivacious blonde, works at Maxwell House Hotel and says she has barbering in her blood. She challenges gender bias, notes regular male customers, and hopes to train more women in the trade.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jewell Bennett
Jewell
Miss Bennett
Maxwell House
Night Berber College
Carleene Holt
Henry Rucker
Christian Dior Dies at 52 King of Fashion World
Christian Dior, 52, heart attack victim on holiday in Montecatini Italy, leaving the postwar fashion world stunned. The designer behind the New Look rose to power after 1947 and built a multinational fashion empire. He never married and lived modestly near Paris with his dogs cats and antiques.
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Christian Dior
Fashion World
Montecatini
Italy
Florence
Gallo Celli
Dio
Jacques Fath
Jeukemia Dior
Dior
Paris
Amend
Marcel Boussac
Avenue Montaigne
Hong Kong
7Th Avenue
Newlywed Couple Dines On Cat Food Cart Gaffe
John and Carol Gryga, fresh from their honeymoon, shopped for groceries. At checkout, he queried a can Carol bought, asking if they could get along without it. Carol had confidently picked up a can of cat food for John.
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Milwaukee
John
Carol Gryga
Teachers to Attend National Education Association Meeting
Berryville three Clarke County educators will attend the National Education Association meeting in Richmond starting next Wednesday. William L. Boyce assistant principal Clarke County High School Richard Davis high school faculty member and Mrs M M Bean principal Boyce Elementary School will participate as delegates for the three day event.
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Richmond
William L. Boyce
Clarke County
Richard Davis
M. M. Bean
Boyce
Navy Jet Crashes Near Miramar Runway
A Navy jet crashed short of the Miramar Naval Air Station runway in San Diego killing its pilot Lt. (j.g.) Wallace S. Nebowett 25 and sending a 20mm cannon into a car on US 395. Dr Carl Eckart of La Jolla escaped injury.
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San Diego
Calif
Miramar Naval Air Station
US 395
Navy
J.g
Wallace S. Nebowett
Erwin J. Nelowett
Norristown
Carl Eckart
la Jolla
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Ocia CT
Brie
Bryan Conrad
Highland Falls, N. Y
Charles Dick
Pucettenville, N.C
Hilda Hensley
Kent St
Blanche Showalter
Winchester Memorial Hospital
John Jones
National Ave
Steven Tyler
Jones
Mary Levi
Dora Thompson
Sweeny Road
Burton Lee Willams
Berryville
Burton Lee, Jr
Ms Williams
Rebecca Knapp
Joan Anderson
Berry Ville Ave
Minchester - Clarke Garden Club
Epsilon
Beta Sig- Mma
Wallace Hankin
Academy Circle
Jessie Stotler
Myrtie Cather
E. C. Shade
Women OF Moose
Winchester
Women of the Moose
The
Moose Home
Robbie Conrad
Recreation Council
Harold Brown
Round Hills Ruritan Club
Community Center
American Legion Executive Board
Legion Home
War Memorial Building
Beta Siema Phi
War Memorial
Legion Auxiliary
E. Piccadilly St
Sacred Heart
Winchester - Prederick O. H. S. Keller
Lee- Jackson
Praternal Order of Fagies
Fagles
Leeion Auxiliary
Piccadilly St
Berryville Socials
Charles Wynkoop
Frank Lee
Walkersville
Lewis Bell
Washington, D. C
Wynkoop
Joseph Sullivan
Hagerstown
John Buckner
Vienna
D. Wilco Kerns
Charles Feltner
Ben Longerbeam
W. D. Cameron
Carlton Crow
Pittsburgh
W. D. Wisecarver, Sr
Nick Morrison
Ann Morrison
Waynesboro
Edward L. McDonald
McDonald
Edward H. McDonald
Charles Renner, Jr
Juanita McDonald
Allen McDonald
Silver Spring
Clyde McDonald
Belvoir
Fidward H. McDonald
Charles Renner
Joe McDonald
Frank Longerbeam
John C. Golliday
Golliday
Marcia Ann Dietz
Gollidays
Idaho Falls
Idaho
H. G. Bayliss
Mildred Brengle
Huntsherras
Ita
Itf Tall Aoiy
Loudoun *T
Women's Auxiliary of the Salvation Anwy
W. L. Gordon
Roberta Lee
Travelers’ Aid
Wien
Whitman
Old Dominion
Gaunt
Urug
Victor Bahr
International Falls
Minn
Kenneth
Wallace
Victor, Jr
Robert
David
Gary
LeRoy
Warren
AP Wirpehoto
Lady Barber
Blanche J. Hartlagel
Peabody Conservatory
Loudoun ST
Ladies Auxiliary of the
Salvation Army
Boyd Headley
Lovett Brothers
National Education Association
Disabled American Veterans
American Legion Auxiliary
Bake Sale
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Weymouth
Bates
Geo Washington
Morgan - Jones
Pearce
Lockport
Timberlake
Dial MO
D Shoecenter, Inc
Max Factor
Psaire
Paul
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