Local Social News Highlights From Stephens City Area
Miss Anne Butler enrolls as freshman at Southern Seminary in Buena Vista. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carbaugh visit Stephens City from Piney Point Maryland. Major Hilda Lovett heads to Walter Reed for new assignment. Several local visits and anniversaries noted including Luther Jones 40th wedding anniversary and Mrs Bell’s 51st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Butler
Southern Seminary
Harry Butler
Buena Vista
Philip Carbaugh
Stephens City
Piney Pt. Md
H. M. Carbaugh
Lovett
Walter Reed
Hilda Lovett
H. P. Lovett
Philippines
Walter Reed Hospital
Jones Home
Luther Jones
Braddock St
Bell
Hugh Brill
Calendar of Evening Star events and meetings
The Evening Star schedule lists activities for Wednesday and Thursday including Elks at 8 p m, Exchange Club luncheon at George Washington hotel at 12:15 p m, Rotary at 1 p m, Alcoholics Anonymous at Boyce Parish hall at 7:30 p m, Young Adult Fellowship at 8 p m at 208 Shawnee Ave with officer elections, and Mens Fellowship at 8 p m at Stan Haw’s home. Space times follow daylight saving time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Exchange Club
George Washington Hotel
Rotary
Alcoholic Anonymous
Boyce Parish Hall
Young Adult Fellowship
Braddock St
Ray Gatewood
Shawnee Ave
Mens Fellowship Club
Albin
Stan Haw
Weekend Trips and Local Visits Noted in Area
Mr and Mrs Ferguson spent the week end in Natural Bridge with his brother. Mrs Rickard visited Harrisonburg on business. Mr and Mrs Harrison returned home after touring New England Quebec and Thousand Islands. Mrs Joseph Fishel is under treatment in Winchester hospital. Mr and Mrs E W Steele with Frances Tevalt and Miller Craig spent Sunday in Washington visiting Arlington. Mr and Mrs Manuel moved to Blacksburg where Manuel studies at VPI with the Pattons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Whitmore
Staunton
N. Washington St
Alfred S. Morgan
Mrs. Ferguson
Natural Bridge
Roy Ferguson
Mrs. Harrison
Mrs
Evan Harrison
New England States
Monreal
Quebec
Thousand Islands
Washington
E. W. Steele
Rt. 3
Frances Tevalt
Miller Craig
Josephine Messick
Arlington
Club Notices Bridge meets at 2:30 Thursday and Friday
The Thursday and Friday Bridge clubs will meet at 2:30 p.m. on both days with Mrs. Lewis Hyde at W. Boscawen Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Hyde
W. Boscawen St
Births announce three local newborns this month
Birth notices report a boy born to Mr and Mrs Sam Swimley of Clearbrook with Mrs Swimley formerly Ada Russell. A boy to Mr and Mrs Thornton Ferrebee of Opequon and a boy to Mr and Mrs Linden Ramey of Hayfield with Mrs Ramey formerly Maxine Link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Swimley
Clearbrook
Swimley
Ada Russell
Thornton Ferrebee
Opequon
Linden Ramey
Hayfield
Ramey
Maxine Link
DeHaven Family Visitors and Local Notices
Hedgesville reports visitors including Hollis DeHaven Allen and Paul De Haven with A. L. DeHaven of Siler. Jennie Shade stayed two weeks with Nesmiths in Inwood. Harrison DeHaven improves and moves to Martinsburg. Coffmanburger and Murphy visited Hollis De Haven at Tomahawk. Tom Davis visited the DeHavens as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedgesville
W. Va
Hollis DeHaven
Allen
Paul DeHaven
A. L. DeHaven
Siler
Jennie Shade
Lohring Nesmith
Inwood
R. C. Sherman
Calvin DeHaven
Arden
Harrison DeHaven
Martinsburg
Jennie Coffmanburger
Elmer Murphy
Tomahawk
Tom Davis
John Ein
Hodsons Longest Married Couple At M'Donald Reunion
McDonald family reunion at Meadow Mills honored the longest married couple, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hodson of Buf flick Road Winchester, married in 1900. William Hodson, 70, was noted as next oldest man present. Mrs. Andrew Painter of Opequon served on the entertainment committee. J. W. McDonald of Stephens City was elected vice President and Mrs. Painter secretary. Next reunion set for Meadow on the first Sunday in September.
North Frederick Quarterly Meeting at Shockeysville Church
The Fourth quarterly conference of the North Frederick Methodist charge is set for 1 p.m. Saturday at Shockeysville church. A basket lunch is planned on the church grounds. Rev. Forrest B. Oglesby of the Winchester district will lead vesper services. The program ends with a business session and officials will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Frederick
Shockeysville Church
Forrest B. Oglesby
Winchester
VMI Alumni Dinner Set Tonight in Winchester
Winchester alumni host the fall meeting of the Northern Virginia chapter at the George Washington hotel with dinner starting at 7 p.m. Fred Larrick serves as chairman of the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Northern Virginia
Virginia Military Institute
George Washington Hotel
Fred Larrick
Softball Banquet Details Urge Player RSVP
Loop's church softball league president Kenzil Timbrook today asked players planning to attend the banquet Tuesday night to contact their team managers by tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Softball League
Kenzil Timbrook
Royer named representative for American Automobile Association
AAA Joseph Paul Royer of Manassas is named representative for the American Automobile Association. His territory includes Clarke and Frederick counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Paul Royer
Manassas
American Automobile Assa
Clarke
Frederick Counties
Mrs. Walter Stickley Dies at Family Home
Mrs Walter Stickley died yesterday afternoon at the family home north of Strasburg. The funeral will be at 4 p m Thursday at Strasburg Christian Church, of which the deceased was a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Stickley
S. Loudoun St
Walter Stickley
Strasburg
Strasburg Christian Church
Divorces Granted in Frederick Court
Jessie Gaxland Brady Manuel awarded bed and board divorce from John Hasth am Manuel for desertion by Judge Elliott Marshall in Frederick circuit court. Married 1925 with three infant children. custody to mother. Manuel ordered $30 weekly alimony. Richard Julian Keckley also granted bed and board divorce from Janie Drummond Keckley for desertion. couple previously in Hagerstown in April 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Gaxland Brady Manuel
John Hastham Manuel
Elliott Marshall
Frederick
Manuels
Manuel
Richard Julian Keckley
Janie Drummond Keckley
Hagerstown
Modern Etiquette Q and A on weddings and table manners
Roberta Lee answers about mother of the bride attire for afternoon weddings, whether a Jr. should drop his suffix after a father's death, and napkin placement at the left of the plate.
Middletown Grange to Mark 20th Anniversary
Middletown Grange will observe its 20th anniversary at a booster night meeting Friday addressed by Fred Brenckman of the National Grange office in Washington. Byron Brumback announced the special meeting. Brenckman, deputy in charge when Middletown was organized in August 1928, will speak. Mrs. Gladys Funkhouser leads the program with selections by the Reliance quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Grange
Fred Brenckman
National Grange
Washington
Byron Brumback
Brenckman
Middletown Nae
Gladys Funkhouser
Reliance Quartet
Farm Safety Group Plans Fire Prevention Week Observance
Frederick county 4-H farm safety committee led by Roxxanne Rogers Lynn Wolfe and Irvine Cather Jr plans a county wide Fire Prevention Week observance proclaimed by President Truman for Oct 3 9. The drive urges farmers to identify and remove fire hazards beyond the week with 1947 farm fire losses totaling 700 million and farm share at 12 percent per National Fire Prevention Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
4-H
Roxxanne Rogers
Gainesboro
Lynn Wolfe
Hayfield
Irvine Cather Jr
Martinsburg Pike
Truman
National Fire Prevention Assn
Funkhouser Estate Appraised At 264 090 Dollars
The late Joseph H Funkhouser of White Post left an estate over 264 000 dollars. Appraisers B V Unger A C Buckley and Julian Everly valued the personal property at 100 302 30 and real estate at 164 190. He owned nine farms a filling station five houses and many lots mainly in Clarke County with some in Warren and Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Funkhouser
White Post
B. V. Unger
A. C. Buckley
Julian Everly
Punkhouser
Clarke County
Warren
Frederick
Camera Club Plans Chambersburg Trip and Meeting
Camera club members accept invitation to meet Chambersburg club October 18 for an address by Mark Mooney Jr. of Camera magazine. Next month they plan a Sunday motor trip to view autumn foliage. A color slide contest and George Schecter’s Canada travel movies will be shown at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Camera Club
Chambersburg Club
Mark Mooney Jr
Camera Magazine
George Schecter
Canada
Daring Pelvic Surgery Offers Hope to Cancer Patients
Dr Alexander Brunschwig reports in Cancer that a radical operation removing pelvic organs and part of the large intestine saved 13 of 22 patients in a series of hopeless pelvic cancers. Most were women aged 32 to 60. survivors reported pain relief and some returned to work, while several died weeks to months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Brunschwig
Journal of the American Cancer Society
Brunschwig
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
Focuses on usage and pronunciation tips for common English mistakes. Defines misused phrases, mispronounced words, and misspelled terms, and urges daily vocabulary growth. Provides word study example for DEVOLVE with a citation from Addison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Council of Sixty
Addison
Card of Thanks from the McKay Family
The McKay Family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness shown during their recent bereavement. Birthday date 9 22 21 appears in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKay
One pattern easy to sew jumper and blouse
Winchester Evening Star advertises pattern 4735 with sizes 2 4 6 8 10 and yardage for jumper and blouse. Readers send 25 cents to Pattern Dept 243 West 17th St New York NY and include name address zone size and pattern number. A new Anne Adams Pattern Book is offered for 15 cents with a free host case pattern in a colorful book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Fashion Unlimited
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William Sullivan
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Sacred Heart Church
Brook’s Pharmacy
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the Evening Star
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Winchester Hospital
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VMI
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W. Stickley
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Polly” Kuconis
Ipswich
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Edward H. Winslow
Carson City
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United Shoe Machinery Company
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International Soundphoto
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Chambersburg
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Grand Central Zone
Sencitees Hotel Plaza
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John J. Woelfle
John L. Horgan
Lexington Ave
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Miss Ewing
Dr. Scholl
Lovett Bros
Ronald Wilson
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J. A. McMurray
Fred Boyd
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the Commercial & Savings Bank
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