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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
10
Mr and Mrs W M Bowman of Macon NC announce the engagement of their daughter Betsy Keith to William Kimson son of Col and Mrs EB Robinson of this city The wedding will take place in December.
Miss Patrica Elizabeth Pitta daughter of Mr and Mrs John Pitta of Berryville wed Wade Hampton Guard Jr son of Mr and Mrs Wade H Guard of 252 aa we at Market Street Methodist Church The Rev Edgar G Hill officiated The bride wore a navy georgette dress with embroidered yolk and matching accessories Thelma King maid of honor Arch Jones Jr best man A reception at the grooms parents home followed The couple planned a Virginia Beach honeymoon They will reside with the groom's parents The bride graduated from je High School class of 48 The groom attended Handley High School served 13 months in the US Army and is employed by Baker and
Miss Dorothy A. Rennie daughter of Mr and Mrs E G Rennie of Roberts Street married Nathaniel F Brown son of Mr and Mrs C F Brown of Gainesboro in a morning ceremony at the parsonage on Morningside Drive Rev Emory E Elsmore officiated The bride wore a white garbardine suit with no accessories and a corsage of rosebuds and baby's breath They will reside on Jackson Avenue after a wedding trip to Virginia Beach The bride is a Stonewall High School graduate now employed by the Checkerboard Feed Store The groom attended Gainesboro High School and works at Snapp Foundry
Calendar of events shows meetings and gatherings across the week including Macedonia WSCSB at 212 E Boscawen St, Elks Club, Rotary Club at George Washington Hotel, Quota Club at Fort Loudoun Restaurant, Ladies Auxiliary at the fire hall, GAA in club rooms and council at 7:30 p.m.
Miss Mary Christine Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Jones of Berryville wed Mr George Butler Eubank son of Mrs George B Eubank and the late Mr Eubank of Corpus Christi Texas. The ceremony was at Westminster Presbyterian Church Charlottesville with Rev John H Fischback officiating. Lt Eubank a Rice University graduate and UVA law student who served four years in the US Army will report to Ft Hood on Sept 27 as an instructor. The couple will reside at Ft Hood after a wedding trip to New Orleans and Corpus Christi.
Miss Colleen Virginia Campbell announces her engagement to Meredith Himelwright Jr. Miss Campbell, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Francis Campbell, is a Handley High School 49 graduate now with Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone. Mr Himelwright, a Stephens City High School and Virginia Tech 50 graduate, works for the State Roads Commission. The wedding is planned for December.
The Business and Professional Women's Club will hold its monthly meeting at 6 30 p m Friday at the George Washington Hotel. The membership committee leads the program with reservations to Mrs Luther Shutts by 6 tonight. Julian Mortimer Ives has returned to his North Hampton Massachusetts home after time on the Isaac Stine farm. Mrs Miller to Entertain Golden Link Class at Evangelical United Brotherhood Church meets tomorrow at 730 with Mrs John Miller as host and Mrs Marl Hannum leading devotions. Congratulations to Richard E Byrd and Helen Bradshaw Byrd on the birth of a daughter Lucy Bradshaw Byrd born Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Jack DeHaven of Sunnyside and Mr and Mrs Howard DeHaven of Berkeley Springs WV return home after visiting Virginia Beach and Ocean View Park They attended the Old Dominion barn dance in Richmond featuring Sue and Toby Stroud.
Miss Elizabeth Anne Conklin was honored at a kitchen shower hosted by Katharine Arnold and Mrs. Roberts at the former’s Stewart Street home last night. Attending were Misses Ann Robinson and Dorothy Cooper, and Mesdames Nash Conklin, Lester D. Arnold, Sr. Milton Wiley McLaren, William H. Pifer, John Wolfe, and others including Lester D Arnold, Jr., Thomas W. Baldridge, Henry Kern, Gordon Whitman, August Cahill, James Davis, and Donald Buckley.
A promotional column by John Robert Powers offers a try before you buy approach to hairstyles. It guides readers to photograph their head, test designs on the image, and follow ten styling secrets to flatter the face, then invites readers to request the booklet Your Crowning Glory and Howard weight guidance via the National Newspaper Service mailings.
Joan Brewster announces a baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Everhart of Front Royal Road. The mother is the former Miss Winifred Linden.
Lesson in English by Roberta Lee explains common misuses and proper word choice. It defines combative as disposed to fight and pugnacious with guidance to praise vocabulary growth through daily practice.
The American Association of University Women plans a 8 p m meeting at 401 S Stewart St hosted by Mrs T Russell Cather. Dr Janet L MacDonald Virginia Division president and Hollins College history professor will speak on A Historian Looks at AAUW.
Southern Belle Council No. 40 Daughters of America held an 8 PM Friday installation of officers in Stephens City. Winchester members Daisy Shade Lottie Patton Bertie Bush and Alvin Shade installed the officers. Stephens City members Margaret Tevalt Laura Flowers Dora Funk Miller Barley Inez Barley Lee Alice Hammock. trustees Jerome Bowman Bertie Bush Walter Bush. Daisy Shade Inez Bailey elected state representatives with Patton and Flowers as alternates. Social hour followed. Next meeting October 6 at 8 PM.
A boy was born September 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Brown at 117 West North Avenue. Mrs. Brown is the former Miss.
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