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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1965
Page
6
Frank Whitacre, principal of Kline Elementary, received a Life Membership in the National Congress of Parents and Teachers at the PTA’s first regular meeting of the year. The event also announced Fall Festival plans for Oct 2 and featured thanks to the School Board for sidewalk work in front of the school.
In Martinsburg West Virginia a Job Leader Training Course for Girl Scout volunteers and helpers starts September 27 from 7 to 10 p.m. on the third floor of City Hall and repeats September 20 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Frances Pinefield director leads the classes and attendees should call 662 7456 at the Girl Scout Training Center to reserve a session and arrange transportation.
The Little Garden Club assisted by the Winchester Clarke Garden Club will host the Area Meeting of the Garden Club of Virginia at Winchester Golf Club at 2 30 p m on Wednesday with Mrs Wyatt Aiken Williams GCV president as guest speaker She is a member of the Dolley Madison Garden Club of Orange and will be introduced by Mrs Richard E Byrd. Out of town guests include Mrs Francis T Greene Warrenton Garden Club vice president and others from Leesburg Fauquier Loudoun Warren and Warren County clubs.
Birth notices list a girl Cathy Elaine for Mr and Mrs Edward William Ahlers Route 1 Strasburg Mrs Ahlers formerly Miss Ethel Mae Brill. a girl Sherrie Rene for Mr and Mrs Elmer Jordon Manuel Jr Middleburg Mrs Manuel formerly Miss Linda Mae Shipe. a girl for Mr and Mrs John Alexandria Fisher Middle Town Mrs Fisher formerly Miss Melba Jean Redman. a boy for Mr and Mrs Ronald Harry Heishman Route 5 Mrs Heishman formerly Miss Julia Ann Warner. a girl for Mr and Mrs Herbert Lee Clemons Delaphane Mrs Clemons formerly Miss Helen Bernice Gaskins.
The Winchester Civil War Round Table holds its monthly meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Handley Library Auditorium. Curtis Carroll Davis of Baltimore Maryland will discuss the Civil War with emphasis on Espionage.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Stephens City Fire Company met at the Fire Hall with Betty Stelzl presiding. They reported August rummage sale netting 72.25 and a lunch sale netting 37.45. Committee members included Mary Ewing Lucy Mae Lee and Stelzl. An October Apple Butter committee chair is Hazel Ewing with Jack Kemp on State Ways and Means for a bake sale. Next meeting October 14 at 7 30 p.m.
Calendar listings for Monday and Tuesday show numerous local club meetings including Job's Daughters Civil Air Patrol U S Naval Reserve and Lions Club with times from 7 p m to 10 p m plus notes on civic and fraternal groups. The entry also mentions the Pharos lighthouse built by Ptolemy II and destroyed by an earthquake in the 1300s.
Pacrenne Frank DeHaven hospitalized at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Guests attended bridal shower for Miss Glendora Shriver at Mrs. Norma Richard’s home on Front Royal Road. plans announced for Shriver’s wedding to Brian Kress in Berkeley Springs West Virginia. Carolyn Crisman leaves for Radford College as a sophomore. Kenneth W. Newlin USN completed 41 days in the South China Sea and Hong Kong with combat air operations near North Vietnam aboard USS Midway. Anders Carroll Anderson of 525 Battle Ave spent last week in New York. Army PFC Richard E. Pingley and the 317th Engineer Battalion commended for Rhine River float bridge work in Germany. stationed at Camp Eschborn. Aviation Electronics Technician George S. Shryock reported to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron II in San Diego. James Wood High School graduate. Army CPL Jerry J. Anderson graduated from the 7th Army Officer Academy in Bad Tolz, Germany. serves near Amberg. Shryock and Anderson linked to James Wood High School. Stonewall Home Demon Pike Club to meet Thursday at 10 80 a.m. War Memorial Building, bring sandwich for yourself. Round Hill Raritan Club meeting at Round Hill Community School on Thursday at ? p.m.
A 1965 Dear Abby column discusses views on nudity in art, censorship, and personal morality. Readers from Canada and U.S. share cases about marriage, legality, and social standards, with Abby defending artistic expression and advising on personal conduct.
elaborate conversion work at the Palace Theater postpones its reopening as a play house. Sweet Charity starring Gwen Verdon moves from December 28 to January 25 as Ralph Alswang oversees expansion of the performing area and removal of the raked stage from vaudeville’s showcase.
The Frederick County Firemen's Association will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the Middletown Fire Hall.
The Northern Virginia Hairdressers Association Unit No. 9 installed officers for 1965 66 led by Miss Esther Baughman at a Town House Restaurant dinner. New officers include Mrs. Vada Hall president and four vice presidents plus secretary, financial secretary, treasurer, and historian. Delegates to the State Convention were named and a hairstyling clinic planned for October 17 at The Congress Inn Front Royal with October 5 meeting scheduled.
The dramatic adaptation of Spoon River Anthology heads to Northern Europe under the state department cultural exchange program. Four actors from Vienna will tour Oslo Helsinki Stockholm Copenhagen and Reykjavik performing the Edgar Lee Masters work.
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