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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1957
Page
6
Hospital dom iciliary members including Mrs Garland Grim Mrs Holmes Grim Mrs Charles Rinker Mrs J Paul Peters Mrs Dayton Easter and Miss Anne Peer held a party to vote on unspecified matters. The fragment lists six individuals by name.
Mrs Kenneth Wineburg and Mrs Ralph Halfen hosted a Winchester Golf Club gathering honoring Elaine Frock ahead of her wedding to Moore Locke Jr. on Saturday. Teachers at John Kerr School hosted a dinner for Lola Moore as she prepares to wed Mark Twain Davis in November. Mrs Jay Eackles hosted guests after the dinner. Lemuel W Brown and wife returned from New Haven to visit son Stephen at Yale and attend the Yale Colgate game. Memorial Hospital reports patient David Pugh. Dr Orville O Van Deusen and wife traveled to Miami for the Southern Society of Orthodontists meeting. he will resume practice November 4. Peggy Whittington of New Orleans will visit Washington and Stephens City this weekend. William Curtis names infant son Jeffrey Hutton. the former Miss Trula Hutton. Suzanne Smith, daughter of Sebert and Mrs Smith, earned election to Alpha Pi Chapter of Beta Beta Beta at Mary Baldwin College, majoring in biology.
The Women's Civic League public card party moves from November 7 to November 12 at 8pm in the War Memorial Building. Proceeds go to the Volunteer Rescue Squad. Tickets from committee members including Mrs. Stephen Rosenberger and Mrs. Clarence Hj.
The War Memorial Building hosts daily activities from October 29 to 31 including Teenage lounge, Girl Scout regional meeting, Home Demonstration group, Umpires meeting, Sportsman Club, Century Club with Mrs. Hyde, Loyal Order of Moose, Rebekah Lodge, Alcoholics Anonymous, Civic League Board, Kiwanis Club, Junior Century Club, Duplicate Bridge, Rotary Club and American Legion Executive Board.
Birth notices list several newborns: a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Reid of Middleburg. a girl Catherine Dianne to Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming Route 3. a boy Russell Lee Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lee Sager Route 4. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Leach Waddell Stephenson. a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Seabright of 1603 8S Loudoun St. Mrs Seabright is the former Miss Mary Wilkins.
Roberta Lee offers guidance on wedding gift thanks a note should be courteous and specific. Proper movie theater etiquette suggests conceding space when others cannot pass easily. A simple graceful introduction with a smile is usually sufficient in most social settings.
Thursday at the Moose Home members will serve refreshments at a safety meeting for the Loyal Order of the Moose on November 5. Wives and Women of the Moose were invited. A turkey supper is planned for November 16 with tickets from members or at the Moose Home. After the meeting, Mrs Philip Easter hosted a jewelry party while Mrs Gerald Votel led Mooseheart refreshments.
A Halloween masquerade ball will be held Saturday night at Winchester Golf Club. Dancing runs from nine until 1 a m followed by breakfast, with prizes awarded for the best costume.
Mr and Mrs Howard W Cain of 236 East St marked their 25th anniversary with a Saturday night reception at home. They wed October 27, 1932 in Berryville. Mrs Cain, formerly Gladys Grady, has three children and one grandson. Numerous relatives and friends attended, including sisters and many local couples.
Members of the Auxiliary to Post 2123, Veterans of Foreign Wars, visited patients at Martinsburg’s Newton D. Baker Hospital. A musical quiz by Miss Mildred Jones and apples distributed accompanied a list of active attendees and plans for the next visit on November 2.
Fourth Grade students Thomas Anderson Allen Fair cloth Wendell Porterfield Donald Printz Joseph Wright Sharon Dailey Sandra Davis Marsha Derflinger Kathie Eavis Caral Haines Susan Koon Dreypilla Koonce Barbara Timbrook Elizabeth Wine Fifth Grade Wiliam Frye Floyd Leighton Garnett Miller Eddie Russell Robert Schneider Linda Pletcher Mary Jones Sharon Kibler Mimi Lane Carol McKee Anna Porter feld Nancy Wotring Sixth Grade Scott Atkinson Ronnie Combs Peter March Richard Sherman Carolyn Crider Mary Gangs Mary Greene Elise Hortenstin Jennifer Mumpawer Jane Sine Patricia Smith
Louise Gardiner a National Girl Scout staff member will lead a training course at the War Memorial Building from 10 am to 2 pm. The session covers committee jobs and council functions and aims to orient new board members. Attendees are asked to bring lunches. beverages will be provided.
Charles E. Sheets named manager of the Woodstock plant of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corp. He has been with the Woodstock plant since 1947 and will retain his former post as chief engineer. He is married to Anna Mae Grubbs and they live in Woodstock with their children Brupee Edward and Dawn Jnna.
A hospital staff meeting at Winchester Memorial Hospital passed a resolution praising Dr. B. B. Dutton who served from 1915 until his death on August 22. He held leadership roles on the staff and committees and was noted for his skill and bedside manner that inspired patient trust and confidence.
Kiwanis Club members sell Pancake Day tickets for a charity event at the War Memorial on Saturday from a.m to 9 pm. A full pancake meal with sausage fruit juice coffee and milk will be served all day. List includes Charles Pine Sr Gerald Goodien Robert Chaplin B J Lovett Garland Canter Myer Hamburger and others with sales near 400 dollars.
Mt. Pleasant E U B Church on the Winchester Charge observes Home-Coming Sunday with Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship to follow.
At 11 a.m. Rev. Keith Crim of Taejon Christian College Korea will speak. A luncheon follows at 12:30 p.m. in the church basement. Dr. Harry M. Crim of Strasburg speaks at 2 p.m. and the Mt Pensant Quartet will sing. All services are open to the public.
Thomas Wood of 716 North Londoun Street killed a spiked buck while hunting with a bow and arrow in Shenandoah County on Saturday. He is a member of the Clarke Arrow Club, a newly formed organization.
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