Delray and Hanging Rock Community Notes on Rain and Gatherings
Rain finally blessed the parched area with notes of relief though drought and looming war weigh on the region. Loom Church members repaint interiors and plan increased attendance as the Road Commission repairs a damaged churchyard ditch. Bern Whitacre and Bill Butler visited Gurt Spaid with neighbors for a late singing gathering featuring Roy Revercomb and others. watermelon was shared and a repeat is planned at Fred Whitacre’s. Bern and Morris Hite also visited Harry Hite near Capon Bridge after spotting a spreading grass fire en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delray
Hanging Rock
Loom Church
Road Commission
Churchyard Drive
Bern Whitacre
Bill Butler
Gurt Spaid
Fred Whitacre
Roy Revercomb
Harrison Whitacres
Edsel Giffen
Bern
Morris Hite
Harry Hite
Capon Bridge
Doily Bowl Set Sparks Weekend Community Scenes
Doily Bowl Set parched fields near Dillons Run Road as motorists paused to stamp out brush fires aiding young Alice Lou with biology. In Augusta, Martin brothers entertained a packed house with old-time hymns, with plans to repeat next week. Local farm visits and county fair notes fill the community diary with farm visits, meetups, and nearby events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillons ‘Run
Alice Lou
Martin Brothers
Bill
Gene
Augusta
W. H. Butler
W. B. Lane
Arley Lée
Leo Straw
Washington
Claude Saville
Charles Buckman
Hampshire County
Elsie Savillis
Home Demonstration Club
Flora Smith
Bernice Richmond
Harry Smith
Iris
Robert Lee
Wardansville
Mathias
Sheila Whitacre
Rhonda Davis
Deborah Stagg
Beulah Robinson
Doily Bowl Pattern 7214 Offered by Needlecraft Catalog
Crochet patterns for doily bowl and doily designs using heavy cotton or three strands. Pattern 7214 includes doily bowl sizes 41x14 inches, 14 inch doily, 11 inch bowl with easy starch stiffening. Price 35 cents each pattern, add 15 cents for first class mailing. Send to Alice Brooks, Winchester Evening Star, Needlecraft Dept, P.O. Box 163, New York NY 10011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft
Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Brucetown Church and Community Visitors Gather
Local residents from Ta koma Park Winchester Martinsburg and nearby towns visited relatives and attended Brucetown Methodist Church services. Several families including the Tomblins Welshs Castleman Repperts and Clowsers are noted visiting members across Clarke County. Linda Russell leaves for Averett College.
Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Milestones
Mr and Mrs Joe Hite and a Millersville neighbor stayed with Mrs IR Braithwaite in the summer. Mrs Braithwaite will celebrate her 91st birthday next week. Numerous relatives and friends from Winchester Martinsburg and Williamsport visited relatives here and near Fredericksburg. David Whitacre enrolled as a freshman at the University of Richmond. Chief Charles J Taylor marked his 42nd wedding anniversary with his family. A broad roster of local residents and out-of-town visitors shared news of health travel and family milestones at the Braithwaite and Funkhouser households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Pugh
Floyd Luttrell
Frank Chapman
Coleman Dunn
Winchester
H. C. Braithwaite
Anna
Braithwaite
Martinsburg
James Taylor
Taylor
Paul Braithwaite
Fredericksburg
Potomac River
Charles J. Taylor
Howard Braithwaite
E. W. Braithwaite
R. G. Braithwaite
Jean Keller
Dianne
Jennifer
Ralph Vardaro
Frank Whitacre
Hazel Funkshouser
Gilbert DeHaven
Marge Jones
Marie ‘Bowman
Ziler Baker
Keith Scamman
Fairfax
Alvin Baker
Washington
Lester Funkhouser
Roanoke
William Baker
Orpha Shockey
Harold Shockey
Berkeley ‘Springs
B.L. Watkins
S H. Lamp
Donald Luttrell
Helen Hoover
Ray Flowers
White Hall social notes from Labor Day to anniversary
White Hall residents hosted visits and gatherings across Labor Day weekend. Loring Keckley and Roy Alshire of Inwood joined Ernest Milburn for a Labor Day visit, and a banquet at Fuscorata Community Church Hall in Martinsburg drew multiple families. The White Hall Grange met at Milburn's for a Sept. 10 covered dish supper. Carter Luttrell hosted visits from DeHaven and Whitacre families including birthday dinners at Sunnyside. Earl Whitacre and son James visited Fairfax for Earl’s 25th wedding anniversary with several White Hall and nearby residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall
Loring Keckley
Roy Alshire
Inwood
W. Va
Ernest Milburn
Tommy Stickles
June
Ellen Stickles
Fuscorata
Martinsburg
White Hall Grange
Milburn
Paul DeHaven
Winchester
Carter Luttrell
Shirley
Clara Sharley
Luther DeHaven
Fingold
Lottie Whitacre
Rest
Cross Junction
Green Spring
de« ‘Haven
Sunnyside
Earl Whitacre
James
Fairfax
Albert Whitacre
Curtis Jenkins
Bill Holliday
Jim White
Howards Chapel
Founder of large gardening in America
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. is widely credited as the founder of large scale gardening in America. His prominent work includes Central Park in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Frederick Law Olmsted Sr
Central Park
New York City
Stephens City Announcement: Church Services Changes
Regular 8:30 a.m. sermons at Stephens City Methodist Church have been replaced by 11:00 a.m. services led by Rev. W.R. Withers. The column also notes numerous weekend visits, military updates, and local family happenings across Stephens City, Kernstown, Winchester, and nearby towns.
Kunzite: A Transparent Bluish Pink to Lilac Spodumene
Kunzite is a transparent lithia mineral variety of spodumene displaying colors from bluish pink to lilac pink.
Rain brings relief and busy social week in Hayfield
Rain relief prompts rejoicing as measurements show 5.14 inches and 0.04 inches over two weeks. A large crowd attended Mrs. Ada Boxwell’s sale on September 10. Numerous local families from Clowser, Solomon, Larrick, and Brengle visited relatives and friends in nearby towns, sharing dinners and birthday gatherings through a busy sequence of Sunday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Boxwell
O. C. Clowser
Charles Clowser
Charjollette Clowser
W. F. Shipe
Middletown
Roy Solomon
Edward ‘Solomon
Maryland
W. B. Solomon
James Morris
Jill
Benny Solomon
Ray Roomsburg
Wanda
Short Gap
Keyser
W. Va
Charles Brown
Bartonsville
O. C. Crowser
Lucille Lake
L. M. Larrick
Frank Fogle
Betty Oates
Frances Brengle
Latham
Ray Phelps
John
RELIEF RELIEF Guiding Star Class Meets and Visits
The Guiding Star Class met with Mr and Mrs James Douglas on Wednesday evening. WSCS gathered at the home of Mrs Arthur Lowery on Tuesday. Mrs Milton Swartz and Mrs Otis Brill spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs James Hughes and family on Prest Royal Road. Mr and Mrs Floyd Ginn accompanied their son Lester to Lexington where he is enrolled at Virginia Military Institute. Mrs Evelyn Lowery of Winchester spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Arthur Lowery and family. Mrs J O Rider of Gettysburg Pa visited her sister Mrs Jessie Matheney. Recent visitors at the home of Mrs Otis Brill included Mrs C C Brill, Mr and Mrs Harry Warren and daughter Linda of Vienna, Mr and Mrs James O'Brien of Alexandria, Mr and Mrs Allen Carter, and Guy Brill of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiding Star
James Douglas
WSCS
Arthur Lowery
Milton Swartz
Otis Brill
James Hughes
Prest Royal Road
Floyd Ginn
Lester
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Evelyn Lowery
Winchester
Arthur Lower
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Mrs
Courtney Smith
By Alice Breekes
Gene” Hoover
Valley Pike
Clarke Copenhaver
Harrisonburg
Alvin Sargent
Margaret Sargent
Bruce Town
Brucetown — Church
Brucetown Methodist Church
Robert Couch
Romaine Patton
Dale
Martinsburg Pike
W. B. Castleman
Luther Welsh
William Reppert
Ft. Belvoir
Donald Grove
Rose Grove
Elmer Sanger
York Haven
W.B. Castleman
D.J. O’connell
Woodstock
Lloyd Thompson
Donna
Near Ridgeway
Thompeson
Stephens City
Gladys Keckley
Stephens City Methodist Church
W.R. Withers
W. R. Withers
Alvin Fletcher
Pauline, White
Stevie
Raymond Hausenfluck
Black Water
Herbert Pope
Fred Markley
Clara Markely
Blanch Parker
Staunton
Eldridge Lemley
N. Main St
A. F. Spitzer
Ralph Mowery
John W. Allsbrook
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Allsbrooks
Allsbrook
Ruth Petrie
Cheryl Vaught
Viet Nam
Cecil Merritt
Merritt
Fort Campbell
Haywood Campbell, Jr
Marines
Pet
Co. L
R.T
R.T.R
Pvt
Edward L. Orndorff
Recruit Training Regiment
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
Horace Orndorff
Tom Keckley
Jess Keckley
Elsie Moreland
Anna May Dodge
Tony
Francis Githart
Helen
Lola Thomas
Romney
W.K. Thomas
S. Main St
Zula Fisher
Elkton
Robert Shifflett
Donny
Kenneth Hipp
Thomas Flem_ming
Alma Morris
Front Royal
Elwood Shifflett
Kernstown
James Grooms
Kinston
N. C
Fisher
Jasper Combs
Needmore
Pauline White
M.A.B.S
Utilities Section
Marine Air Base Sqd
F. P.O
San Francisco
Calif
G.L. Michon
Jock Chamberlin
Ruth Ann Kenny
Middle Road
Julian B. Marple
George D. Scheulen
V.P.I
R.O.T.C
George E. Scheulen
Route 277
Walter Miller
Russell Miller
Ste Charley Madagan
Winchester Memorial Hospital
General Electric
Servitee
E. Boscawen St
Hayfield
Newberrys
Aes
Newberry’s
Gene’’ Hoover
B &M
Chevrolet
Cadillac Corporation
Loudoun ST
Virginia
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