Social Notes Celebrate a Wedding at Appell Home
The recent marriage took place last Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Appell near Charles Town. Bride wore a white net and taffeta gown and carried a white satin Prayer Book with white gladioli. Betty Burnside Cather served as maid of honor and Winona Jones as bridesmaid. Best man was Joseph Casey with Jake Bowman as usher. Witnesses included Mrs Georgia Cather who performed the traditional wedding matches.
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Robert Appell
Charles Town
Creamer
Boyce
Shepherd College
Joseph Casey
Jake Bowman
Winchester
Georgia S. Cather
Returning to College Miss Grimm Heads to William and Mary
Miss Colleen Grimm returns to college in Williamsburg to attend William and Mary College. She travels with her mother Mrs Holmes Grim and Mr and Mrs Holmes Grim Jr of Alexandria. Mrs Luttrell and Mrs A G Luttrell of Jones Springs W Va are ill at the home of her daughter Mrs R Fahnestock of Albin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunnyside
Joe Danna
Betty Francis
Kingsport
Tenn
T. G. Mauck
Frederick County
Colleen Grimm
Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Holmes Grim
Mrs. Holmes Grim, Jr
Alexandria
A. G. Luttrell
Jones Springs
W. Va
R. €. Fahnestock
Albin
Cochran Starts One Year at Shepherd College
J. Clayton Cochran Jr has left for Shepherdstown West Virginia to enroll for a one year program at Shepherd College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Clayton Cochran, Jr
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Shepherd Colege
Freedom Train Dedicated to Carry Liberty Across America
The Freedom train in red, white and blue was dedicated in Philadelphia to transport America’s treasured documents nationwide. President Truman praised the project urging Americans to share the concept of liberty with the world.
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Philadelphia
America
Truman
Musicians Count in Boston Symphony Orchestra
In the 1946 season the Boston Symphony Orchestra had 103 musicians performing under the baton of the conductor.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
R.H. A
Winchester Christians Call to Preserve Sabbath and Frown on Sunday Movies
Letters to the Evening Star urge keeping the Sabbath holy and opposing Sunday film showings. Mary Slagle Fries argues movies disrupt youth, favor church attendance, and defend patriotic ideals. Emory O Rodgers notes church services amid entertainment debates. Fishermen report poisonous sea serpents found in southern Asia and Pacific nets.
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Evening Star
Winchester
America
United States of America
P.B.L. A
Asia
Australia
Pacific Islands
Social Notes From Fairfax and Nearby Towns
Mrs H C Burks and son Craighill Burks of Fairfax visited friends in Berryville on Sunday. Miss Edith Walter of Balti more spent the weekend with Miss Mary Washington Gold. Chas Allen Burtner has entered Randolph Macon College after returning from Ashland. Leona and Elizabeth Krouse of Winchester visit Marshall Krouse in Irvington New Jersey. Robt Iden Leonard Bell Jr and Herman Lloyd entered Randolph Macon College.
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H.C. Burks
Craighill Burks
Fairfax
Berryville
Edith Walter
Baltimore
Mary Washington Gold
H. C. Waren
W. D. Burtner
Ashland
Chas. Allen Burtner
Randolph Macon College
Leona Krouse
Elizabeth Krouse
Winchester
Irvington, N. J
Marshall Krouse
Messrs
Robt. Iden
C. H. Iden
Leonard H. Bell, Jr
Leonard H. Bell
Herman Lloyd
John Lloyd
Corset Makers Warn Against New Look Health Risks
Chicago report notes Formfit Co vice president Walter H. Lowy cautions women about fashionable hour glass corsets. He says the new look aims to subdue air and could repeat 19th century torture device Health dangers.
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Chicago
Walter H. Lowy
Formfit Co
Water Pumped In August From City Springs Near Last Year
Water pumped at Rouss Old Town and Fay springs totaled 79 703 800 gallons in August, boosting the fiscal year to 151 655 500 gallons. City Manager S Lee Grant released statistics noting July and August last year produced 155 133 300 gallons, about 3 500 000 more than in 1947.
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Rouss Spring
Old Town Spring
Fay Spring
S. Lee Grant
Bayliss and Patterson Move to New Quarters Across Street
Local electrical contractors Bayliss and Patterson complete a move to larger quarters at 207 North Cameron Street across the street from their former location.
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Bayliss & Patterson
North
Cameron St
Funeral set for Ratlief at Fishers Hill
Funeral services will be held at Fishers Hill tomorrow for George W. Ratlief an employee of Northern Virginia Power Co. He was accidentally electrocuted yesterday when he contacted a 22 000 volt line at the Sperryville substation where he was working. He was a World War II veteran and is survived by his widow and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg
Fishers Hill
George W. Ratlief
Northern Virginia Power Co
Sperryville
Delay Dancers Trial In Havana Postponed
The trial of 22 year old Patricia Schmidt for the slaying of Chicago attorney John Lester Mee in Havana was postponed today. A new date will be announced within 10 days.
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Havana
Cuba
Patricia Schmidt
John Lester Mee
Chicago
Winchester native named Spring Valley chamber executive
In New Post formerly of Winchester, Mr. Farmer has been appointed executive secretary of the Spring Valley New York chamber of commerce. He will assume duties on October 15. A member of the Washington DC Board of Trade and a national director of the USJCC, he has lived in Washington for the past five years.
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Winchester
Spring Valley
N.Y
Mrs Graham Hodgins to speak at Presbyterian church
At 8 pm Monday Mrs. Graham Hodgins of New Windsor Maryland will show a movie and speak on the Church World Center. The public is invited. Miss Ruth Berlin and Miss Reva Berlin of Washington visited Dr. and Mrs. E P Berlin. Jane Funk left for Madison college. Mr William Norton Clagett of Bluefield is visiting his sisters on Church Street.
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Kernstown
Clarke County
Church World Center
New Windsor
W. D. Wisecarver
Marian Stolle
Frances Keller
Jack Enders
Fisi Olcott
Ann Cooley
Camille Wisecar
Presbyterian Church
Graham Hodgins
Ruth Berlin
Reva Berlin
Washington
E. P. Berlin
Jane Funk
Richard Funk
Madison College
Wm. Norton Clagett
Bluefield
W. Va
Alice Gold
H. C. Warden
Church St
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McAboys
Brucetown
Best McAboy
Edard
Virginia
McAboy
Ray Russell
Jarrel Ginn
New York City
Valley Pike
Cecil Price Wolfe
Miles O'View
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Round Hill
Garland Canter
Nancy Larrick
New York
Margaret Hodgson Goss
Florence Shank
Margaret Hodgson
Linda Fay
Maucks
Marjorie
Sonny
Clearbrook
Friendship Circle
The
Church of Christ
W. Cork St
W. A. Scrivener
Joseph Wright
Boscawen St
N. B. Shingleton
H. B. Berryhill
H. B. Berryhill, Jr
Melin Adams
Richie Berryhill
Gainesboro
Kenilworth Inn
Miller School Pta
Jimmy Casey
Jack Duvall
Roy P. Duvall
Loudoun St
Richmond, Ky
Eastern State College
Charles Robert Creamer, Jr
Cara Nome
Brooks’ Pharmacy
BERYS
Mulvey
Mrs. Luttrell
Ewing
Studio of Dance Art
W. Monmouth &J
South End Hose Co
Miss Ewing
T University
Mulvey’s
Haberdashery
Waivey
W. Boscawen St
Revson
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Herbert Hatchford
Davenport
International
Mary Slagle Fries
National Ave
Star Winchester
Emory O. Rodgers
Charles St
Berryville Socials
E. T. Clarke
Winchester Baptist Church
Ida May Stickel
Olvia Clay Stickel
Roy Garfield Leake
R. O. Leake
Leake
Oxford
Karg Elert
Bach
Bowllmann
Kinder
Guilmant
Bowen
Gaul
Lemmens
Lightner
J. W. Olcott
Olcott
G. P. Zadwallader
Lloyd A. Parker
Onancock
First Baptist Church
Mollie Metz
R. E. L. Metz
Edward N. Barnett
George Pope
Roland Matthew Cocker, Jr
G. W. Ratlief
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
S. Braddock St
Haldeman’s
Fairplay Market
S. Loudoun St
the Arcadia
Out Front Royal Road
Schwinn
Hill’s
Loudoun
Beil Winchester
Front Royal
New Post
Marshall L. Farmer
Elsie- Kay
Braddock ST
Dial
Lima Beacelery
California
Tokay
Re . N. Loudoun
Gente N
E-Z
Cather & Moling
Seemann Sis All Mll
Timberlake
Selby
Reeserver Shoes
Selby Arch
Oxfords
Lovett Bros
N. Loudoun
In Black
Bugs
Corrigan
E. Piccadilly St
Usaege
Solge
Pudoun
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