Common Glory closes year at Williamsburg with strong attendance
The Common Glory season ended Sunday September 2 in Williamsburg after 52 performances drawing an average audience of about 450. Total receipts of 951 fell short of 1949 by a run, while weather impacted several shows. Virginia fans led attendance with North Carolina and New York also sizable, Ohio Maryland and other states represented. The event drew dignitaries including Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall and Governor John S. Battle during Military Night.
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Hollywood Fans Pitch All-Time Favorite Movie Moments
Readers name iconic scenes from classics like Johnny Belinda A Tale of Two Cities Wuthering Heights It s a Wonderful Life Back Street Les Miserables Mr Smith Goes to Washington The Way of All Flesh Bad Man of Brimstone and Chaplin films proposing a single montage showcase with public release schedule ideas
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Monument inscription for Mark Twain's daughter Olivia
The four lines by Robert Richardson were adapted by Mark Twain for Olivia's gravestone. The lines read in part Warm summer sun shine kindly here and Warm southern wind blow softly here, with Good night dear good night.
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Chesapeake Beach Picnic Dinner and Play Remarkable
A Chesapeake Beach VA event combined a picnic supper, the entertainment of a play, and a living depiction of America's birth into one memorable experience, merging food, theater, and history for attendees.
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Man Learns Great Secret of Women's Bridge Parties
New York humorist Hal Boyle recounts a husband home ill during a daytime bridge party for the wives. While he rests in bed he overhears a lively roomful of women debating money, marriage, and secrets as they ready to resume their game.
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Visiting families and social gatherings noted in Bluefield area
Rosenberger and Matheny families from Bluefield W V visited the Matheny grandparents in town. Mr and Mrs H A Snapp hosted a Tuesday dinner for guests Mr and Mrs Ernest Shook and Miss F Frye of Quonset Point. The Snapps with Mr and Mrs R W Baker of Winchester spent Sunday with friends in Altoona Pennsylvania. Ralph Frye Jamie Frye and the Snapps also visited Mr and Mrs G.
Citizenship by marriage in early U S law
The text asks if a United States citizen woman loses citizenship by marrying an alien and answers no. It further states that an alien woman does not acquire U S citizenship by marrying a citizen.
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