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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1962
Page
8
Circle No. 6 of Braddock Street Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. at 115 Peyton Street with Mrs. O L Wilburn hosting. Mrs Charles B Lanahan leads Circle No. 6 of the Woman's Society of Christian Service.
The Ladies Aid of Fairview Methodist Church will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. at Mrs. Elmo Neff’s home. Miss Mae Painter will serve as devotional leader.
September 10 features exhausters Auto Club 7 p.m. at Club House Rt 50 and multiple 7:30 8 p.m. events including Northern Virginia Middletown Grange Capon Bridge Ladies Auxiliary McKinley Eastern Star VFW Duplicate Bridge Clearbrook Fire Co. Board of Directors. September 11 lists Lions Exchange Board Alcoholics Anonymous Loyal Order of Moose Rebekah Lodge Hiram Lodge Shawnee Kennel Club with various 12:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. times.
Monday at 7:30 p.m. Lewis M. Allen Riding Club Shawnee District Boy Scout meeting Recreation Commission. Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. Senior Citizens and 8 p.m. Jayceeettes Miss Winchester Beauty Pageant Committee Meeting.
Births and family notices from Winchester area include Catherine Margaret Ashby in Fitchburg Massachusetts and Brian Scott Smallwood in Charles Town West Virginia. Other infant names: Garrett Blue Kuykendall Larry Allen Sunderlin Mark Eli. Social events include Stephenson Social Club meeting at Stephenson Methodist Church and the Clowser descendants reunion at Shawnee Fire Hall with attendees from Winchester Berkeley Springs Rockville and nearby areas.
The Clearbrook Presbyterian Church plans a Saturday rummage sale on the church lawn to support a new educational building. Clothing sale at 2 p.m. followed by a 7 p.m. auction. donations and commissions fund the project. Call MO 2-435 or MO 2-6171 for details.
Mr. and Mrs. Thelbert Gratton Mauck Jr of Clearbrook greet Tammy Dawn Mauck. Mr. and Mrs. George Allen Hott of Pleasant Dale West Virginia welcome a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eugene Windle of Route 2 Front Royal celebrate the arrival of a girl.
The Middletown Grange hosts a community hymn sing at 7 30 tonight with Edwin Shiley of Stephens City as moderator. Special groups include the Salem Choir the Valley Chorus of Mt Jackson and the Junior Choir of Shiloh plus other leaders for congregational singing.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Paynes Chapel Church schedules a regular gathering at the church hall on a Wednesday at 7 30 p m daylight saving time. It will feature a covered dish supper.
Mr. George Lawson of Toms Brook announces the engagement of his daughter Charlotte Ann Lawson to William Chester Rickard, son of Mr and Mrs Francis Rickard of Middletown. Charlotte Ann Lawson is a Strasburg High School graduate. Rickard is a James Wood High School graduate currently serving in the U S Army. No wedding date set.
Mrs Floyd Brewer of Mt Williams announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Mary Ann Brewer to John Godfrey Crisman III son of Mr and Mrs J G Crisman Jr The ceremony occurred September 1 at Faith Temple Pentecostal Church by Rev Donald L Scruggs Mary Ann graduated James Wood High School in 1958 and works for National Fruit Products Co John Godfrey Crisman Jr will work out of town.
The Winchester Day Nursery Board will meet at the school Wednesday morning at 10 30.
Mr and Mrs Harry C Kerns of Siler celebrate their 27th wedding anniversary after a 1935 marriage at Gainesboro Methodist Church. The couple, with four children and one grandchild, shares the former Martha Jane DeHaven as Mrs Kerns. Mr and Mrs James I Brumback of Route 4 mark their 7th anniversary from a 1955 Round Hill Presbyterian Church ceremony with daughter Sherry James.
Pomona Grange hosts Frederick County Pomona at 8 p.m. in White Hall with Pomona Master C Lucian Brumback announcing two year officer terms and delegates to the Virginia State Grange Convention in Richmond next month. Resolutions will be presented by county Subordinates. all Grange members and visiting patrons are welcome.
The EUB Circle Meeting Circle No 5 of W S W S will gather tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the church parlor. Hostess will be Mrs Bonnie Keplinger and the leader will be Miss Shirley Pope.
A home cook adds a spoon of salad oil to the pasta pot to calm foam and prevent boilovers. The oil coats rising starch and prevents bubbles from spilling over the rim.
The Winchester City Sorority Council and chapter presidents met with Council president Mrs. James Tubbesing to plan the year. They discussed the three act comedy The Money Saucer to be staged October 5 at 8 p.m. at Shenandoah College Auditorium to benefit the Rehabilitation Center. A joint chapter meeting is set for September 27 at 8 p.m. at the War Memorial Building with speaker John O. Marsh of Strasburg, Democratic candidate for congressman from the Seventh District, on communism. Present were Mrs. Tubbesing, Mrs. Elmer Nixon, Mrs. Boyd Headley Jr., Mrs. June Whitmore, Mrs. Lee Fawcett, Mrs. Harold Roberts and Miss Jane Markley.
Ninety three members and guests attended the 20th annual Presgraves reunion at Lions Shelter. Mrs. Joseph Bailey was elected president with Mrs. Myrtle Presgraves as vice president and Mrs. Emmett Presgraves as secretary and treasurer. Gifts honored Georgia visitors Vicky and Larry Grove, Stephens City Blanch Spurs, Boyce David Jobe, and SP 4 Emmett Presgraves in Germany as youngest. Also recognized were Mr. and Mrs. Buzze Sours, longest married. Mr. and Mrs. John Dole, newest married. and the Presgraves family as largest attendees. Next reunion set for August 18, 1963.
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