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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1957
Page
6
List of students departing for college and universities including Ruth Ellen Talley Longwood Kitty L Swisher Madison College Betty Jean Mayes Radford University Joyce Larrick Mary Washington College Suzanne Smith Mary Baldwin College Donald F Williams V P Dennis O Neal V P Douglas Petrie College of William and Mary Virginia institutions noted with residences provided for several entrants.
The Business and Professions Women's Club will meet this evening at 6 o'clock at the George Washington Hotel. The Sewing Group of Christ Episcopal Church will meet Tuesday at 10 30 am in the Fairfax Room.
War Memorial Building hosts a teenage lounge tomorrow from 7 30 to 10 p m Women of Moose observe Star Recorder Day at Moose Home September 22 Woodmen of the World party at Fraternal Order of Eagles Home September 21 8 pm to 8 am St Gabriel's Guild dance at George Washington Hotel September 21 9 p m to 8 a m
Guests gathered Sunday at the Renner home on Weeme Lane to honor Otis Maury on his surprise 72nd birthday. Attendees included Maury’s Gore and Winchester relatives and friends, while others announced moves and hospital stays in the area. Ed ward Rush will celebrate his 92nd birthday with a family dinner hosted by Lawrence Johnson of Stephenson.
Mr. Stanley McDonald is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Dorothy Harbaugh of Arlington visited her mother Mrs. Charles Harbaugh in Hayfield. Miss Harbaugh works at a Washington bus terminal and joined her mother for dinner with the Harbaugh family. Andrew J. Todd Jr. attended naval duty at Anacostia and visited his father. A birthday reunion marked Mr. Harry Hawkins’s 80th at Opequon, with numerous Hawkins and Lee relatives from Berryville, Millwood, Baltimore, Arlington and beyond attending.
Clarke County High School and Berryville Elementary PTA plan their first meeting Monday at the high school. The Mothers Club will host a reception for teachers that evening. Women of Christ Episcopal Church hold a general meeting Monday September 30 at 8 pm in Fairfax Room. Disabled American Veterans and AUXILIARY visit Newton D. Baker Hospital Sunday, with all members urged to attend and depart Winchester at 5 20 pm EST. Winchester Golf Club dinner dance tomorrow with dinner at 8 and dancing to begin at 9 pm.
The Auxiliary to Post 2123 VFW hosted a Wednesday program at the Women’s College in Newton D. Baker. Dorothy Herring and students Diana and Jane Boyd and Barbara Garrison performed ballet and tap. Wanda Miller and Donna Dick of Winchesterettes also presented numbers. Refreshments followed as members attended.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Garland Ker mit Largent of Paw Paw West Virginia and to Mr and Mrs John Harvey Funkhouser of Stephens City a girl for Mrs Funkhouser the former Georgianna Virginia Spice and Mrs Largent the former Miss Georgianna Spice
The Star lists submission rules for social page items including deadlines black and white photos two column formats for weddings and one column for engagements. Engagements and anniversaries must be in by 5 pm the day before publication with photos in the office two days after the event if possible.
Miss Pauline Elizabeth Whetsel September 19. To Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garland Wingfield 1214 S Braddock St a boy. To Mr. and Mrs. Leon Whitaker 223 Sharp St a boy James Calvin. Mrs. Whitaker is the former Miss Willie Bell Caston. To Mr. and Mrs. Leary Green Baker Purcellville a girl Beverly Scott. Mrs. Baker is the former Miss Beverly Shank Bowers. To Mr. and Mrs. Glen Wesley Weaver Stephenson a girl. Mrs Weaver is the former Miss Dorothy Catherine Dellinger. To Mr. and Mrs. John Stern Sargent Route 2 a boy. Mrs. Sargent is the former Miss Catherine Pauline Snyder. To Mr. and Mrs. George Rudolph Weaver 613 N Cameron St a boy Michael Ryland. Mrs Weaver is the former Miss Ruth Glenn Daniels.
Greenwood chapel hosts Sunday worship at 10 with Sunday School at 11. WSCS met at Miss Susan Brown’s home with ten members and one visitor. Valley Mill Home Demonstration Club met at Margaret Brown’s home. twenty five members attended. Attendees included Mrs Ann La Rue on devotions and Mrs Lawrence Lichliter on First Aid Kit use.
Mrs Rosa Tucker Mason donated her historic estate Dol Alto to Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia. The deed completed September 16 provides Mrs Mason lifetime occupancy and the mansion will house the university president once full use is transferred. The gift includes the mansion a log cabin garages and eight acres of land.
Bird watchers report lycatcher birds using dried snakeskin in nests and recently adding cellophane to their nesting repertoire. The change follows their long habit of scavenging unusual materials for nesting sites.
Mrs. R M Sager and infant Bren da Jane of San Antonio visit her parents Mr and Mrs Reid Lunsford until October. Cornelia Duvall goes to Dayton for a Shenandoah Conservatory of Music sophomore year. Friends and relatives gather for weekend visits, picnics, church Rally Day planned, Stonewall PTA holds first meeting with new officers, and scholarships advance at VPI.
Nitroglycerine was discovered in 1846 by Italian chemist Ascanio Sobrero. Emmanuel and Alfred Nobel began commercial production in 1862 in Helenborg Sweden. George W. Mowbray refined manufacture and used the oil in blasting from 1866 in Titusville Pennsylvania. The first American use is linked to the Hoosac tunnel project in Massachusetts.
English lesson notes by W L Gordon cover misuse pronoun reference mispronunciations and misspellings. It highlights words such as cavil accidently versus accidentally and lists synonyms like perceptible tangible and palpable. The piece adds a daily vocabulary prompt featuring the word algid with usage example.
A bride should not feel required to thank the groom’s parents and siblings in writing if she has already offered sincere verbal thanks. If a guest’s dress is soiled by a dog, arrange to have the dress cleaned. Complimenting one’s own family excessively is in poor taste. modest personal praise is preferred.
Mrs. D. W. Ritenour will address the Winchester Frederick County Historical Society at its regular meeting Monday at 7 45 PM. The program at the Old Stone Presbyterian Church will focus on preserving old buildings and records that are rapidly being destroyed.
San Marino, a small republic of about 13,000 in central Italy, has preserved independence for 17 centuries since 302 A D, standing as a long enduring microstate within Europe.
The report notes that young zebras display brown stripes which darken to black as they mature. Researchers suggest pigment changes alter stripe color with growth. The observation highlights zebra coat development in early life stages.
Swedish liquor stores also offer soft drinks alongside alcoholic products. The availability includes certain American brands among the beverages.
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