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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1971
Page
8
Mrs. Bertie Clowser marked her 92nd birthday on Wednesday and displayed a birthday greeting card from President Nixon. The moment underscores a historic presidential gesture reaching a longtime admirer.
Mrs. Bertie A Clowser celebrated her 92nd birthday. Born at Mountain Falls she lives with her son Leonard Clowser and wife at Shawneeland. widow of James Frank Clowser she has eight children, 16 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. The clan attended the Ebenezer Church Park reunion and birthday celebrations with several relatives.
Miss Shirley Ann Miller of Whitacre is engaged to Charles Lee Kerns of Bloomery West Virginia. She works at J Schoenman Inc in Winchester and a September wedding is planned. The Henderson Reunion is set for Sunday September 12 at the Rotary Shelter Winchester Recreation Park at 11 a.m. with a picnic lunch at 1 p.m.
Mr and Mrs Benjamin Campbell of Sunnyside Station announce the marriage of their daughter Sandra Kay Campbell to Charles Daniel Brumback son of John Daniel Brumback and the late Mrs Virginia Adams Brumback. The ceremony was held June 18 at the First Baptist Church by Dr E T Clark. They reside at 1501 Berryville Ave.
Friday at 12 30 p m Women's Civic League meets at Duff s Rebel 7 p m Winchester Junior Rifle Club 8 p m Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts at Home Saturday 4 p m Firemen s Festival Greenwood School near Unger W Va Sunday all day Snarf Reunion at Mrs Wallie Hulver s Mountain Falls All Day McKee Reunion Ebenezer Church Park Gore 12 3 p m Bly Reunion Antique Car Club Shelter Martinsburg Ward Memorial Park 1 30 p m McDonald Family Reunion
Edward Barr of 304 Greenwall Ave is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Bruce Shackleford, son of S Herbert Shackleford of Lakeside Estates, is also admitted there. Mr and Mrs Lee A Butler and daughter Mary Catherine have returned from Houston to visit their son and daughter in law William Lee Butler. Pepper D Martin Sr and JoAnn Dixon marked their 16th wedding anniversary on Orchard Ave. Budd Tumblin and Jean Temple McDonald celebrated their 10th anniversary. they have two sons David and Timothy Wayne.
Women of the Moose Chapter 1367 held a ritual practice ahead of the Virginia State Convention for the Loyal Order of Moose and Women of the Moose. The convention runs September 9 to 12 at the Marriott Motor Hotel in Arlington.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Burnt Factory United Methodist Church will meet at the church Sunday at 7 p.m. Mrs William Carlisle will lead the program.
Checks were presented during exercises for the 1971 graduating class of the School of Practical Nursing held in the Handley Auditorium on Aug. 31. George W. Craig, a director of the Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, made the presentations.
Enrollment at Winchester Seventh-day Adventist elementary school begins with 26 students announced by Pastor Donald Eckenroth. The denomination reports a 10 percent rise in global enrollment across 4800 schools. Students hail from Winchester and nearby towns. religion classes use the Bible and aim to train better citizens through the Golden Rule.
A young author and illustrator based near Wheeler's Ranch credits hands on work and community learning for inspiration. She describes living simply, sharing royalties with a charitable ranch, and creating a 200 page handwritten guide on crafts, organic gardening, midwifery, and self made skills.
Duplicate bridge games at the George Washington Hotel produced Monday and Wednesday winners in both north-south and east-west flight sections. On Monday north-south winners were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Scully with runners-up Mrs. Graham Dougherty and Mrs. Eddie Joyce and third place Mrs. James Lee and Jimmy Eyre. east-west winners were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tiller with second place Mrs. John Griffith and Mrs. Claude Smalts and third Mrs. Harold G. Brown and Mrs. Irvan O Connell. On Wednesday winners in north-south were Mrs. Dougherty and Mrs. J. Gray Beverley with second Mrs. Robert Giffin and Mrs. Howard Shockey. east-west winners were Mrs. Estella Rollason and Dr. Milton A. Joyce with first Mrs. W. Nelson Page and Mrs. H. P. Kern, second Mrs. O Connell and Mrs. Larry Goodyear, and third Don Kearney and Dan Fowler. The annual Snarr Reunion will be held Sunday all day at the home of Mrs. Wallie Hulver at Mountain Falls with a picnic lunch served at 12:30 p.m.
The article explains how the wage and price freeze affects consumers and notes that prices on raw or unprocessed agricultural goods are not covered if they move in that state to the consumer.
An advertisement claims REVEAL cosmetic removes forehead eye and neck wrinkles in three minutes lasting up to eight hours. It sells for 3.50 with a money back guarantee and requests returns to Barry's Drug Store at 20 West Boscawen Street for mail orders.
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