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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1947

Page

8

Social Dates and Returns Highlight Winchester News

Social notes from Winchester recount Bond family travel to Philadelphia for a college year, a sister's move to Wimira College, and returns from New York and Guam. Wedding attendance in Pocomoke City and local honors including Lt. Col. Jollife’s Guam service and Cornell scholarship are noted among 4-H, VPI, and University of Richmond updates.

Neon Daughty Bond Allen Bond Biddeston Apple Pie Ridge Road Philadelphia Varsity of Barbara Wimira College Guam Katharine V. Jollife Alex Jollife Julian Everly Boyce Col. Jollife Boyce High School Walter Reed Hospital 3Rd Army Headquarters Atlanta

Westbound visit marks brief summer home return

Bill Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Brown of 10 E. Piccadilly St., has returned from the west coast where he worked and was entertained by Charles Fox, vice president of Cascade Plywood Corp. in Portland. The Marks family has moved to 126 W Cork St, with Charles Marks now manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in Winchester, after relocating from Norfolk. Mrs. Charles H. Kabler of Oates Ave. leaves today to attend a two week Red Cross executive secretaries conference in Alexandria.

Bill Brown Lee A. Brown E. Piccadilly St West Coast Charles Fox Cascade ‘Plywood Corp Portland Charles P. Marks Margaret Charles Jr Cork St Marks Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Winchester Norfolk Offce Charles H. Kabler Oates Ave Red Cross Alexandria

Brooks' Pharmacy Special Beauty Offer

Special sale at Brooks' Pharmacy on cold cream and cream products. Regularly two dollars, now one dollar each for a limited time. Dial 6461 for details.

Cara Nome Brooks’ Pharmacy

Bunting Couple Tour Middle West and Heads to Hot Springs

Mr and Mrs Earl Bunting returned from a week in the middle west visiting Minneapolis Omaha Des Moines and St Louis. They depart for a week in Hot Springs for the National Association of Manufacturers board meeting. Miss Salome Crisman accompanies them with Mr and Mrs Lane Webber of Los Angeles expected to join after Hot Springs. Also traveling are Mr and Mrs Noble Pierce and Mr Noble Pierce Jr to Aberdeen Maryland to visit a newborn grandson. Norman Roe Lockhart of Baltimore visits his mother and brother in town.

Earl Bunting Middle West Minneapolis Omaha Des Moines St. Louis Hot Springs National Association of Manufacturers Salome Crisman Bunting Lane Webber Los Angeles Norman Roe Lockhart Baltimore

Weekend Socials and Eastern Star Meeting in City Notes

Over the past week Mr and Mrs Earl Clowser hosted Mrs Clowser’s father Mr C B Ralston of Staunton and Mr and Mrs A M Dull. Hagerstown visitors included Mr and Mrs P G Ireland Mr and Mrs Ralph Hengeveld and Mr and Mrs Robert Gaines. Merkle Slifer hosted Clyde Brown of Hagerstown for the weekend. McKinley chapter Order of the Eastern Star meets at 8 p m in City Hall tonight.

Earl Clowser W. Cecil Hagerstown Fair P. G. Ireland Ralph Hengeveld Robert Gaines Merkle Slifer Amherst St Clyde Brown Hagerstown Eastern Star McKinley Chapter Order of the Eastern Star

Randolph-Macon cadets enroll 214 for 1947 48 session

A total of 214 cadets are enrolled at Randolph-Macon Academy for the 1947 48 session in Front Royal. The enrollment figure confirms steady intake for the upcoming academic year.

Front Royal Randolph 14A

Modern Etiquette Q and A Highlights

A compact etiquette Q A column covers phone politeness like asking to speak to a person and thanking responses. It also lists card play nips such as avoid whistling humming tapping and boasting. It notes a weekend guest should mail a bread and butter letter within a day or two after leaving.

Helen

Palace to Show Movies Next Sunday Policy Start

Hable's Palace theatre will begin Sunday movie showings starting September 28. Warner Bros. Capitol had announced Sunday screenings earlier. Both theatres say showings will not conflict with church hours.

Hable Palace Theatre Warner Bros. Captail

Catholics Protest Negroes in School

In St Louis on September 22 a group of Catholics will ask Apostolic Delegate Amleto Cicognani to intervene over enrollment of Black children with white students in parochial schools. Archbishop Ritter ordered admission of Black Catholic children to white schools to ease crowding in Black schools.

ST. Lou's Amleto Cicognani United States St. Louis

Hollywood Hearings Plan To Avoid Circus and Flop

Washington September 22 House committee on un American activities prepares for the Hollywood investigations slated to begin October 20 in the old House caucus room. The panel aims to prevent a circus while probing communist influence in the motion picture industry with 43 witnesses including Charles Chaplin Gary Cooper Walt Disney Ronald Reagan and Lowell Mellett.

Washington House Committee On UN- American Activities Hollywood Howard Hughes Senate House Hans Eisler Gerhard Eisler J. Parnell Thomas R-Nj Charles Chaplin Gary Cooper Walt Disney Adolph Menjon Ronald Reagan Robert Montgomery Larry Parks Robert Taylor Lowell Mellet

Iran plans land for Armenian refugee resettlement

Tehran government spokesman says thousands of Armenian refugees, displaced from villages by Soviet removal pressure, are stranded in Tehran and other Iranian cities. Iran plans to provide land for their resettlement and to establish new homes for the displaced group.

Tehran Iran

Boston Pioneers City Board of Health in 1872

The city of Boston established the first city board of health in 1872 setting a precedent for municipal public health governance nationwide. The move created a formal body to oversee sanitation disease control and public health policy in the early era of modern municipal health administration.

City Board of Health Boston

Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon

Instructional note on correct usage and pronunciation. Explains avoiding phrases like each of us had more than we could carry and suggests alternatives. Includes guidance on pronunciation of ominous and to-ry o, plus a quote and a call to expand vocabulary with a daily word.

Coleridge

Chronic sinus infections linked to allergies and treatment tips

The article explains chronic sinusitis worsens allergies and hay fever, may not cause hay fever but can heighten it, and outlines when to avoid surgery during hay fever season. It covers vasomotor rhinitis, urticaria, Benadryl use, and the role of sinus infection in allergic disorders with possible eventual improvement after proper sinus treatment. It ends with a Q and A about slow pulse and possible heart-block or hypothyroidism.

King R.L. W Features Syndicate, Inc

Southern States To Elect Directors In District Meeting

Local advisory boards in three area Southern States hold a district election meeting at 10 30 a m October 2 in Romney West Virginia to choose a representative for the co op board of directors. Each local board has one vote. The current director J E McDonald Martinsburg term ends this fall with delegates managers and alternates listed from Winchester White Post Opequon and neighboring towns.

Romney W. Va Co-Op J. E. McDonald Martinsburg

Suntan fades as skin cells shed and renew

Suntan does not fade but disappears gradually as the skin is shed. In some persons growth and shedding are more rapid than in others, but in all cases there is replacement of the outer skin by new layers growing from beneath.

SIZES by Obnne o Adams Pattern 4711 Jr. Miss sizes 11 13 15 17

Advertises pattern 4711 for Jr. Miss sizes 11 through 17 with a midriff blouse skirt and cummerbund. Includes full illustrated instructions and fit tested directions. Requests twenty five cents to Pattern Dept Winchester Star 113 Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY.

Winchester Star Pattern Dept West 17Th St New York N. Y

Philippines Motor Vehicle Totals in 1940 Decline During War

In 1940 the Philippines reported 54,764 motor vehicles before the war began, but only 12,281 remained in use as conflict disrupted transport and production. The shift reflects wartime losses and overhaul of transportation capacity affecting daily life and logistics.

Philippines

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