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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1979
Page
12
A reader asks about a bingo addicted mother and a married widow's abusive trust issues with a married man. Abby advises gambling addiction help through Gamblers Anonymous and offers counsel on a truckers wife facing a potential affair with a female boss and co-driver.
Edward T. Bromfield of Front Royal was chosen chairman and Douglas C. Arthur of Shenandoah County was named vice chairman of the Lord Fairfax Community College Board. Both will serve two year terms. Bromfield is editor and publisher of the Warren Sentinel and chairs the college’s founding Steering Committee. Arthur is an attorney in Strasburg and longtime board member.
Sharon Lynette Stivers of Winchester School of Dance will award a full-year scholarship to the winner of the Winchester Tri-County Jr Miss to be chosen September 29 at James Wood High School. Open to senior girls from Clarke Frederick or Warren Counties.
Mr and Mrs John R Friant of Bel Voi Farm Berryville announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Leachman Friant to Charles Dandridge Pittman Jr son of Mr and Mrs Charles D Pittman of Virginia Beach. The ceremony was Sept 1 at 10 am in the Wren Chapel College of William and Mary.
Warren A. Arthur, personnel manager at Henkel-Harris Co. in Winchester, was elected director of the Industrial Relations Division of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association during the division’s Myrtle Beach meeting. Arthur is a Chicago native with degrees from John Carroll University and Frostburg State College, and has worked at Doubleday & Company and Montgomery General Hospital before joining Henkel-Harris. He lives in Clarke County with his wife Joyce and their three children.
Eight years ago about 23 percent of new mothers breast fed. now nearly half nurse their newborns. The American Academy of Pediatrics endorses breast milk as best and supports commercial formula when breastfeeding is not possible. The article offers guidelines for nursing, bottle feeding, and pumping while working.
Public Information Chairman Frederick County EHC announces club meetings for September 18 to 20. War Memorial Building hosts Night Owls and devotions led by Mildred Bergland. Judy Burtner presents Your Legal Status as a Woman in Virginia Today. Residents bring a dish. guests welcome.
A series of birth notices from Winchester Memorial Hospital and area families. Details include newborn girls and boys with parents and former names such as Andrea Bilyk Denise Jamerson Denise Hansen Judith Acquaro Patricia Goff Anna George Beth Foster Susan Price plus families in Middletown Front Royal Bentonville and Front Royal addresses. Names include Tabitha Janes Richard Hampton Velma Rose Jonathan Paul Sarah Beth Christine Marie and Tinar Marie with dates September 5 6 and 11.
Mary Ann Mattus, who teaches disadvantaged children in Blacksburg, will address educators on the topic Together We Can Make A Difference. A covered dish banquet is planned at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at James Wood High, followed by her talk. She serves on the state Committee for Human Relations and the Regional Arts Association.
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