Social Notes: Local marriages and moves announced
The note records Eleanor May Boxwell marrying Gordon Page McIInturff at First Baptist Clarendon with Rev. Sny der officiating. Details include aqua dress, Handley school alumni, employment at Jones Funeral Home, and McIInturff's Handley and Benjamin Franklin ties plus 42 months Army service. Other items mention O Connell siblings in Britain, Grimm family return to Winchester, Bunting trip to Roanoke and Hot Springs, and Cleveland trip plans by Dr. and Mrs. Anderson with Perry Whitmire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lee Boxwell
S. Kent St
Eleanor May
Gordon Page McIinturff
Rolland McIinturff
S. Loudoun St
First Baptist Church
Clarendon
Frank L. Snyder
Handley School
Jones Funeral Home
McIinturff
Benjamin Franklin University
Washington
Mrs. McIinturff
Winchester
Cara Nome Special Beauty Offer at Brooks Pharmacy
Rare beauty opportunity advertised by Brooks Pharmacy for a limited time. Regular two dollar cold cream or cleansing cream offered at one dollar each, with contact dial 6461 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cara Nome
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Calendar of Events for September and October
Calendar of events lists meetings and gatherings from September 30 to October 4. Includes Moose, Kiwanis, Elks, Rotary, Quota Club, GAA council and regular meetings, Beta Sigma Phi chapters, Women’s Civic group, National Guard at the armory, and a flag presentation at Handley School by Woodmen of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Sarah Zane
Handley School
Woodmen of the World
Fulcher Retires From Bruce Town Methodist Charge
Reverend F T Fulcher retires after four years serving the Bruce town charge comprising Brucetown Welltown Stephenson Burnt Factory and Crumlin Clark churches in Frederick County. He and Mrs Fulcher will move from Morningside Drive to Sandford on Virginia's eastern shore with his duties concluded and a new unnamed pastor to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Methodist Church
F. T. Fulcher
Fulcher
Stanley
Kindergarten Enrolment This Week At Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian church announces the opening of the weekday church kindergarten around Nov 1. Enrollment is set for Oct 2 and 3 from 2 30 to 4 p m in the beginner department of the educational building. The program serves children aged 4 to 6 under Mrs Charles Fray with Miss Sarah Tanquary and Mrs Gilbert Tillotson assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles Fray
Sarah Tanquary
Gilbert Tillotson
Local Society News Covers Weddings and Flower Show
Mr and Mrs E W Clark announce the marriage of their daughter Jeanette to Mr Lester Scickle at 2 15 p m on Sept 28 in Hagerstown. Miss Scickle is a Stephens City High School alumna employed at Baylas department store. Mr Scickle is a Stephens City High School graduate and works as a painter. Mrs Kenneth G Litton, flower show chair, announces a Garden Study Club event from 2 to 5 30 p m Oct 10 at Bethany Methodist Church Purcell. Also listed are classes for Misballanse chrysanthemum dahlias zinnias marigolds vegetables and various specimen and arrangement categories with entry details and rules. Exhibits must be placed by 12 noon and remain until 5 30 p m. specimen class plants must be garden grown and potted plants held by exhibitors for at least 3 months. Exhibitors may enter one item per class and must provide containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Clark
Jeanette
Lester Scickle
John Johnson
Sensency Rd
Hagerstown
Scickle
Stephens City High School
Baylas Department Store
Kenneth G. Litton
Garden Study Club
Bethany Methodist Church
Purcella
Winchester Memorial Hospital Births and Parents List
Sept. 28 at Winchester Memorial Hospital a son to Charles and Martha Anderson of Cedar Creek Grade. A son to Richard Olcott and Charlotte Feltner of Berryville. Sept. 29 a son to Harvey Lee and Daisie Shanholtz of Kirby West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Anderson
Martha
Cedar Creek Grade
Richard Olcott
Berryville
Olcott
Charlotte Feltner
Harvey. Lee
Kirby, W. Va
Naval School George W Reis sig elect tec reports for advanced electronics
In Naval School George W Reis sig, electronic technician's mate third class USN, son of Mr and Mrs G F Reis sig of Cumberland, has reported for a course in advanced electronics at Washington Preston to Speak Mr Sam Preston member at large of Recreation council will be guest speaker 1230 pm Friday at the second luncheon meeting of the Womens Civic League at the George Washington hotel He will discuss accomplishments and hopes for recreation in Winchester Flying to Java Mrs C M McCall has left Winchester to join her husband in Palembang Sumatra She is in New York where she will leave Thursday to fly via Holland Egypt India India and Java She has been with her sister in law and husband Mr and Mrs Walter Duncan S Stewart Sr the past year Sisters Off to College Miss Blanca C Danley has left for Bob Jones University Greenville S C to enter her junior year studying Spanish and music Her sister Miss Ida May Danley also left for the same university to begin her sophomore year in art They are the daughters of Mr and Mrs F W Danley 312 Whitlock Ave On a count of preparatory service 7 pm Friday there will be no Wednesday prayer service this week at the Presbyterian church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval School
George W. Reissig
USN
G. F. Reissig
Cumbreland
Washington
Preston
Sam Preston
Recreation Council
Womens Civic League
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Java
C. M. McCall
Palmebang
Sumatra
New York
Holland
Egypt
India
Ben
Walter Duncan
S. Stewart Sr
Blanca C. Danley
Bob Jones University
Greenvill
S. C
Ida May Danley
F. W. Danley
Whitlock Ave
Thornton to Leave Navy for Civilian Life in Winchester
George Thornton son of Mr and Mrs J L Thornton of 406 N Loudoun St is on terminal leave from the Boston navy yard and after 51 days will become a civilian resuming studies at Handley high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thornton
J. L. Thornton
N. Loudoun St
Winchester
Boston Navy Yard
Handley High School
Modern Etiquette Q and A on margins and manners
Roberta Lee discusses letter margins ensuring balance with the left edge and avoiding edge crowding. She notes a guest may carry a purse hat and coat to a bridge party or place them near the table. She endorses teaching sons to seat their mothers as good training.
Local social notices and arrivals from Charlottesville area
Mrs D H Cornwell has returned to this city after summer with her son in Baltimore. Thomas E Smith completed a naval reserve cruise to Bermuda aboard the Albany. Miss Elsie Mathears returned from Atlantic City after attending the Bank Women convention. Rev James B Roe left to attend a diocesan clergy convention in Richmond. Mr and Mrs J W Hancher hosted a reception for their son and daughter in law, newly married in Charlottesville. They plan to return to Charlottesville where he studies at the University of Virginia. Mr L H Pence returned from Charlottesville hospital where he was confined a month. His daughter Mrs Lawrence Keller and grandchildren Baby and Kerry Ann visited. condition improving. Mr and Mrs Walter Duncan spent the weekend visiting daughter Carolyn in Richmond at St Catherine’s School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Mathears
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Atlantic City
Association of Bank Women
James B. Roe
Richmond
J. W. Hancher
Aple Ridge
Charles Hancher
Charlotesville
Hancher
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
L. H. Pence
Parkway
Charlottesville Hospital
Lawrence Keller
Baby
Kerry Ann
Guy Wetzel
Woodstock
Walter Duncan
S. Stewart Sr
Carolyn
St. Catherines School
Girls Grab for Men Get Some Bad Ones Clergyman Asserts
In Cleveland on September 30, Rev. Gilbert H. Appelhof told a marriage class that with more than twice as many unmarried women ages 20 to 34 as men, many girls over 22 feel pressured to marry regardless of quality. He warned marriage-minded women fear being left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gilbert H. Appelhof
Episcopal
Methodist School of Religion
Lesson In English by W L Gordon Daily Word Study
The page presents English usage notes on plurals pronunciations and spellings. It highlights terms like lookers on in contrast to looker ons and explains mispronounced Julep and phiegmatic. It then offers daily vocabulary goals with examples from rhetoric and quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumford
Flower Show Winners To Get Ribbons Tomorrow Night
Prizes for the flower show and plant sale opening at 3 p m will be awarded at 7 30 p m by Garland Quarles superintendent of schools for top points in classes 1 3 5 16 and for the grand prize blue ribbon. Eighteen committees of Winchester garden clubs organized the event with admission as a canned food donation for undernourished local children. Staged by Mrs Bowyer Brown and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Armory
Garland Quarles
Winchester
Bowyer Brown
Harold Brown
H. Clay de Grange
Alvin Pennypacker
Paul Rosenberger
Lucy Kurtz
J. Sloan Kuy‘kendell
W .A. Baker
John Steck Jr
Harrison to Speak at Waynesboro Chamber Banquet
Rep Burr Harrison of Winchester will headline the Waynesboro Virginia chamber of commerce annual banquet on October 24. He will be the principal speaker, delivering remarks to local business and civic leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Waynesboro, Va
Comerce
Barter Theatre a Hit With Winchester Audience
Letters praise the Barter Theatre production and Miss Mortimer extending applause for an outstanding performance. Viewers commend the scenery lighting and self made costumes while noting diction and pacing could be improved in spots.
Conferences Merge For Spring Meeting
At the 24th annual convention of the Women s Missionary Society of the Winchester conference, Lutheran Synod of Virginia, delegates voted to merge with the New Market conference at the 1948 Spring convention. Officers will remain in place until then including Mrs W E Bisenberg president and Mrs Vincent Miller vice president. Delegates from Winchester and nearby areas included Mrs W E Eisenberg and Mrs Vincent Miller among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
St. Martin’s Church
New Market
W. E. Sbisenberg
Vincent Miller
J. P. Derrick
Woodstock
Raymond Bawpze
Stephens City
J. W. Cline
Middletown
Winnchester
Nearby
W. E. Eisenberg
Richard Kern
Homer Harlee
Fred M. Ritter
J.A. Hott
T. M. Georges
Howard Grove
Marguerite Orndor
Hospital Receives Venison From Doe Hit by Truck
Front Royal reports the Community hospital gained 125 pounds of venison from James Simpson, game warden. The meat came from a doe that ran into a truck near Nineveh on Saturday and was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
James Simpson
Nineveh
Two of Quads Die in Premature Birthes
Two of the quadruplets born Sunday to Mrs. Eileen Horner in Bradford died today. Three other sets of quadruplets were reported born in Great Britain this year, but none survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Eng
Eileen Horner
Great Britain
Apricot’s Ancient Roots Tied to China and Armenia
The apricot originated in China and was cultivated early on in Armenia, showing long historical ties across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Armenia
Rev O B Harryp to Speak at Full Gospel Tabernacle
The Rev O B Harryp superintendent of the Potomac District Assemblies will be guest speaker at a special service at 7 45 p m today. The event is at the Full Gospel Tabernacle on N Cameron St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Harryp
Potomac District Assemblies
Full Gospel Tabernacle
N. Cameron St
Kiwanis Weekly Luncheon to Feature John Woolfolk Talk
John Woolfolk will address Winchester Kiwanis at tomorrow's weekly luncheon on safety. The note mentions the Shrews as among the smallest mammals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Woolfolk
Winchester Kiwanis
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Boxwell-McInturff
O’connel
London
Ivan O'Connell Jr
W. Cork St
England
Beatrice O'Connell
Britain
R. C. Grimms
Ralph C. Grimm
Pikesville
Graystone Terrace
Earl Bunting
Hot Springs
Mrs. Bunting
Roanoke
Bunting
Virginia Manufacturers Ass
C. R. Anderson
W. Cliford St
West Coast
Tulsa
Los Angeles
Perry Whitmire
New Orleans
Moose Meeting
N. Loudoun
S&j
Women’s
National Guard
116Th Infantry
Armory
Rev. Fulcher
Argyle
Huntsberrys Shoe Store
N. Loudoun S&t
Mulvey’s
Haberdashery
W. Bescawen St
Jeanette Clark
Bride of
Purcellville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Roberta Lee
D. H. Cornwell
Sumer
Kenneth K. Cornwell
Baltimore
Thomas E. Smith
Altamont Terrace
Cumberland
Bermuda
Albany
W. L. Gordon
Scott
Samuel Pepys
Society Islands
R. J. Scott
Harrison
Joan Mortimer
Miss Mortimer
Victor Constant
Mortimer
James A. Miller
W. Piccadilly
Abington
Gaunt's Drug Store
Chas
Crisman
Kent St
Winchester FurniTure CO
Loudoun ST
Tabernacle Service
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Braddock St
DIAL
L. J. Luby
Miller St
Cather & Moling
Dependable
Timberlake
Liam
Wurlitzer
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