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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1952
Page
3
Funeral services for E. Ross Robinson will be held Thursday at 1 p m at Jones Funeral Home conducted by Rev. E S Elmore of Welltown Methodist Church of which he was a member. Pallbearers are J W Heironimus William Elliott Isaac Ebert Albert Messick Guy DeHaven and Ross Boyd. Interment follows at Wardensville West Virginia. Mrs Bessie Robinson is noted as daughter in law, not sister in law as previously listed.
The article recommends upward strokes for cream makeup but notes a few downward strokes are needed to finish and avoid a fuzzy look. It references gravity as a concept and gives cosmetic tips from experts. It mentions AIR-CONDITIONED Beauty Work of Distinction at 19 N. Braddock and phone 5815.
Mrs. J. Curtis Fray announces that Winchester Frederick County Chapter enrollments for the Junior Red Cross are under way in both high and elementary schools. Membership costs 50 cents per elementary classroom and one dollar per group of 100 in high schools, with all receipts funding Junior Red Cross activities. The program notes the JC R C's 35 year history and its aims in citizenship, service, and international understanding through school projects and hospital donations.
Pearl Kirby 37, wife of Henry Kirby of Merryville Pike, died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a six month illness. Born Petersburg W V August 24 1915 she was daughter of Daisy Alt and the late Charles E Alt. Surviving husband her mother and two brothers Glenn and Eston Alt of Winchester. Funeral tomorrow 2:30 pm Omps Funeral Home to Evangelical United Brethren Church for 3 pm rites. Interment Mt Hebron cemetery with pallbearers Burrel Thompson Garland Lloyd Robert Tavenner Farry Matthews and Carroll Emrey.
Governor Stevenson argues that all voices in democracy deserve one vote including publishers and demagogues, as a controversial discussion continues after Mrs. Roosevelt’s remarks.
Enrollment is the first step toward a service program with the local Junior Red Cross directing library participation. Junior Staff Aides have assisted Blood Cross members in the effort.
Patricia Stephenson of 115 South Washington Street will play Ginny Merrill in the Little Theatre production Goodbye My Fancy at James Wood Auditorium November 20. A Winchester native and Handley graduate, she trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and has appeared in Ruth in My Sister Eileen and Amanda in Hop O Me Thumb readings. The Quota Club of Winchester sponsors the show.
The Stonewall School PTA schedules a turkey supper from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday November 13 in the school cafeteria. A food committee leads the event with chair Mrs L C Ellis and co chair Mrs Harry Akins. The menu includes turkey dressing cranberry sauce sweet potatoes green beans pumpkin pie ice cream and coffee. Planning group meets November 5 at 3 p.m. in the cafeteria and volunteers are urged to help.
Irvan OConnell will speak on Old Homes at tomorrow's Winchester Rotary Club lunch meeting. The talk centers on historic houses and preservation.
In Virginia Sen Byrd praises Eisenhower while Raymond Guest denounces left wing radicals in the party and accuses current leaders of serving special interests. State legislators split over presidential choice with Massie backing Eisenhower Willey backing Stevenson and Adams wavering. Independent Homer Richey backs Eisenhower urging a Norris write in.
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