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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
6
Alice Pence became Mrs. Charles Thomas Hancher at a candlelight chapel ceremony at the University of Virginia. Officiant Dr. K K Haddaway, with music by G C Spreddel, featured Lohen Grimm wedding march. The couple, both of Charlottesville area families, plan to reside in Charlottesville after a wedding trip.
Miss Luella Haines of Martinsburg spent the weekend at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Carrier in Lehew West Virginia.
Miss Ruth Anna Perry daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Perry of 205 E Boscawen Street became the bride of Mr Daniel Albert Colaw Jr son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Albert Colaw of Stephens City at two oclock Saturday. The Rev S L Flickinger presided at the Reformed Church ceremony with attendants Mr and Mrs Franklin Barley Jr of Stephens City. The bride wore a beige wool dress with black accessories and a red rosebud corsage. Mrs Colaw is a Handley school 1945 graduate and cashier at J C Penney Co. The bridegroom a 1943 Stephens City high school graduate and Bullis Preparatory School alum now at Roanoke College in Salem. After the ceremony they left for a southern Virginia wedding trip. Mrs Colaw will return to Winchester and Mr Colaw will begin his sophomore year at Roanoke College.
Returning to Winchester from a weekend at Horse Shoe Run are Mr. and Mrs. Marty Boyd Jr and children Shirley and Ronnie and Mr. and Mrs. James Sawyer with Jimmy and Judy. Mrs. Victor L. Denny visits were in Hamilton and she returned to Mrs. Joseph E. Clagett.
Miss Doris Jean Spitzer wed Paul Eugene Fletcher in the Church of Christ Harrisonburg with Rev John Grasty officiating. Attendants wore blue and pink gowns as out of town guests from Staunton and Winchester joined the ceremony.
Mr and Mrs Harry H Miller announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth Colleen Beard to Charles Langdon Gordon. The ceremony in Hagerstown featured a white wool dress and red rose bouquet. The couple planned a tour of the New England states and expect to live in Winchester.
Miss Charlotte Legge celebrated her 15th birthday with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Clark E Legge at 719 National Ave on September 18. The pink white and blue decor graced the house and table as friends gathered including Peggy Smallwood Phyliss Armel Dorothy Pangle Ruth Filet cher Georgia Helen Pierce Catherine Biye Joan Trenary Hazel Barham Hazel McKee Charlotte Shirley Legge and guests Walter Bursey Fenton Trenary Marshall Carper Finis Danley Paul Funk Wayne Baker Maurice and John Legge Billy and Aubrey Blye.
A weekend birthday party honored Mr. John LaFollette of Gore with many relatives and friends attending from the LaFollette and Richards families including Mr. and Mrs. Edgar LaFollette and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Richards. Also noted are visitors Mrs. John L. Snively and Mr. Carl Fransen, and various community notices from local meetings to nursing school events and GAA activities.
Roberta Lee answers etiquette questions about signs on wedding cars, serving etiquette at a party, and bringing a guest to a weekend gathering. She says to avoid wedding car signs, that the escort should not be served by a guest, and that a guest may be taken to a weekend party with hostess permission.
Mrs Anna Portner Floyd of Washington D C and her son Mr Rolling Flood visited Winchester during the weekend. Miss Elizabeth Anne Conklin daughter of Mrs Nash Conklin Handley Blvd left Sunday for Norfolk to join the William and Mary college extension center as a psychometrist. Conklin graduated last spring with a psychology major from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg.
Berryville social items note Col. Griffing's return from a National Guard convention in Columbus. Visitors include Mrs. Ruby Huyette in Hagerstown and guests of Miss Huyette in Berryville. Plans unfold for a King’s Daughters bazaar and a Norman Lindsay organ recital fills Duncan Memorial church.
The Winchester garden clubs sponsor a flower show and plant sale at the Winchester armory on Wednesday from 3 to 9 p m Admission is a voluntary canned fruit or vegetable donation for lunches for underprivileged public school children Exhibits must be grown by the exhibitor with limited pre entries and three prizes awarded based on points and blue ribbons
The Loudoun Country Club in Purcellville will host the spring meeting of the northern eastern district of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Representing Winchester are Mrs. Andrew Bell Mrs. Julia Beaver Mrs. Ruby Funk Mrs. Catherine Hartman and Misses Louise Castleman Linda Proctor Zelda Madigan and Gertrude Clevenger.
Miss Jean Bowers lists Clarke County 4-H meetings at Berryville high school 1 15 P M Pine Grove at Mrs Flora Fletchers 7 30 P M Thursday Northern Virginia 4 H Contest Winchester and Friday Clarke County fair at Boyce high school building.
Philadelphia police questioned a 22-year-old ex Marine while attempting to identify a torn decomposed body found in a vacant lot near the Mallon home. The 11 year old had left home two weeks earlier to buy stockings, prompting the search.
The cotton plant is believed to have originated in Arabia or India, based on historical and botanical reports. Researchers discuss early cultivation and trade routes that spread cotton usage across regions, highlighting the plant's ancient domestication and economic significance.
Members of the Avisco baseball team, winners of 34 of 46 games this year, will dine with A. G. McKay, plant manager, and attend a professional football game in Washington on October 12. Front Royal closed its season September 14 after dropping a twinbill to the Quantico Marines 7-3 and 7-6.
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