Miller Girls Host Lovely Yule Tea Last Weekend
Miss Betty Rose and Miss Helen Miller hosted a holiday tea at their parents home on St Charles Street Holly. Guests included Irene Courtney Betty Newham Virginia Stoout Willa Copenhaver Jean Shingleton Mildred Jones Frances Jones Philomena Deegan Marjorie Lambert Frances Leonard Mary Ellen Sinclair Robert Travis and many locals. The reception featured lace cloth Santa centerpiece crystal candelabra and silver tea services with Mrs Heironimous and Miss Nell Hyslop pouring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Rose
Helen Louise Miller
A. A. Miller
St. Charles Street
Holly
Miseitoe
Pine
Helen Lee Mantz
Rita Riffee
Margaret Ann Curry
Helen Shingleton
Rhea H Fisher
T. W. Heironimous Jr
Nell Hyslop
Irene Courtney
Betty Newham
Betty Turvander
Virginia Stoout
Willa Copenhaver
Jean Shingleton
Mildred Jones
Frances Jones
Philomena Deegan
Marjorie Lambert
Frances Leonard
Mary Ellen Sinclair
Robert Travis
William Floyd
E. G. Potter
Louise Potter
Fairmont
Vivian Thomas
Betty Dye
Natalie Pembroke
Martha Hopkins
Doris Jean Bolyard
Florence Kunst
Lucille Payne
Mary Virginia Dent
Mary Parrish
Connie Reed
Maxine Corbin
Margaret Batson
Frances Proudfoot
Ivy Louise Gayres
Joseph Fordyce
Martha Kuhn
Martha Powell
Margaret Jane Payne
Clemmet Teets
Fellowsville
Carrie
Kate Fleming
Effie Miller
Moundsville
A. A.miller
Jane
Ruth Miller
Hospital Notes and Home Return Highlights
Donna Jean Glover underwent tonsil removal at City Hospital this morning. Merle Densmore of Newbury had a major operation today after being admitted Saturday. Mrs. A. W. Reger returned from Baltimore Monday after spending the weekend with her son C. W. Reger. Edna Lee Leonard, Charleston, visits grandmother during Christmas vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Jean Glover
Route One
City Hospital
Merle Densmore
Newbury
A. W. Reger
Baltimore
C. W. Reger
Edna ‘Lee Leonard
Guy Leonard
Charleston
R. L. Campbell
Dewey Avenue
C. R. McCullough
Summerfield
Richard Campbell
Helen Jean Campbell
Washington, D. C
Community Notices Roundup from Knottsville and Nearby
A December round of social notes lists club schedules and visitors. Lindy club meets December 30 at Mrs. Kate Greenwald’s home, quota club January 5 at 6 15 p m with officer elections, and other Christmas visits stretch from Towson to Baltimore. Mrs. Guy A. Powell discharged from local hospital, while several families visit relatives in Knottsville, Blacksburg and Shelby. George W. Pugh returns to work at Carr China after illness, and a string of Christmas Day callers gathers at the Wonycott and Wongcott homes in the area.
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Lindy Club
Kate Greenwald
Quota Club
George W. Pugh
The
Carr China Company
West Main Street
C. W. Wongcott
A Fascinating Quilt To Pieze Star Block Pattern 171
A description of quilting a Milky Way star block from patches cut into strips. The note promotes Pattern 171 with block chart pieces directions yardage and color schemes. Send ten cents to Gratton Sentinel Household Arts Dept New York NY with name and address and pattern name.
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Gratton Sentinel
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
Shelters, Blackouts Fade as War-Torn City Rebounds
Return home announcements for Mr and Mrs George Shaffer of Pruntytown and Mr William G Coffman and infant Billy Keith. Morgantown hospital discharge, first child for Mrs Coffman. City restoring normal life with streetcars, buses, taxis, and daylight movies behind sandbags. Night clubs reopen, new restaurant Nichevo debuts. Law and order steady. landmarks bear wartime scars, bomb craters and shattered streets visible along Nichols Field corridor.
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William G. Coffman
Billy Keith
Morgantown Hospital
Coffman
Lillian Yeater
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Manila
Nichols Field
Manila Observes Resolve After Raids Amid Open City
This notebook style report describes Manila after recent air raids as Filipinos grow angrier yet more united. They face hard times with grim realism and faith in Roosevelt’s assurances, bolster shelter construction, and defy fear as air raids sharpen resolve. The piece notes morale rising despite destruction, with scenes of shelter work and anger at the Santo Domingo church ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Santo Domingo
Barclay on Bridge Gratitude to an Opponent
Reader notes on courtesy in bridge play and analysis of a complex deal from a 1903 game. The discussion cites a dealer South and West lead, explores how a spade lead enabled a spade nine elimination, and examines alternative lines if a diamond lead occurred.
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Sirvelyes
South West North
North
South
West
Bitter painter Eilshemius dies penniless at 77
Louis Michel Eilshemius known as the world’s greatest painter by some and “bad luck fellow” by himself died at Bellevue Hospital at 77 from pneumonia. Born in Arlington New Jersey he produced about 5000 paintings wrote music prose poetry and thousands of letters. He claimed galleries profited from his work and lamented bad luck despite later international recognition.
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New York
Louis Michel Eilshemius
Bellevue Hospital
Eilshemius
Gaugin
Modigliani
Arlington
N. J
Mahatma
Manhattan
Mont- Parnasse
Eagle of Arts
Cornell University
Paris
New York Sun
Bilshemius
Halt on Cigarette Price Rise Declared by OPA
Washington December 30 Price Administrator Leon Henderson halted a proposed 57 cent per thousand increase in Lucky Strike cigarette prices and set a sales ceiling at the December 26 level. American Tobacco had planned the rise to $7.10 per thousand citing higher manufacturing costs. Henderson said more study was needed to justify any increase and extended the prevention to other cigarette makers.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
American Tobacco Company
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Admiral Yarnell on official tour in San Francisco
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell is pictured on official business in San Francisco during a tour of Western Naval works. When asked his opinion of the war he remarked that the Japanese Navy feared action from American forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry E. Yarnell
Central Press
Price Fixing Order Spurs Retailer Action Over Cigarettes
Regulators consider action to curb price hikes on cigarettes by compelling retailers and wholesalers to refrain from elevating public prices. The measure targets stabilizing costs for consumers amid industry pressure and seeks compliance across distribution channels.
Senators See Nazi Collapse Could End Pacific Threat
Washington December 30 Two senators formerly opposed to administration foreign policy Wheeler of Montana and Capper of Kansas expressed hope an internal collapse of Germany would allow Allied focus on Japan. Wheeler cited Russian resistance and German unrest as signs and argued a German break could bring England Russia China and the United States to force Japan to its knees, reducing the Japanese threat. Capper said he was surprised by the developing situation and the potential for change.
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Washington
Administration
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Capper
R.-Kan
Germany
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Hitler
England
Russia
China
United States
Pacific
German resolve and hopes for Third Reich downfall
A quoted view notes Germany’s endurance and predicts internal dissension may topple the Third Reich, expressing belief that internal split could bring about its downfall.
Japanese push toward Luisiana and Dolores near Manila
Advance Manila dispatches report Japanese forces who landed near Manila have reached Luisiana and Dolores about 45 airline miles away. They appear to be trying to form a junction for a further advance, according to front-line dispatches.
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Manila
Luisiana
Dolores
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L. G. Shackelford
Towson, Md
L. R. Shackelford
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Camp Lee
Maude Hoban
Loveland Addition
Knottsville
William A. Boyles
Blacksburg
Roy Wonycott
Fred Wonycott
Grafton
Ella Wood
Woodford
W C. Bartlett
George Radabaugh
Mr. Davis
Simpson
Orville Bartlett
Clarksburg
H. L. Woodford
Skaggs
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Alice Brooks
Gloria Vanderbilt
C.P
Yunle
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Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
America
Beverly Hills
Cal
Old Mission
Santa Barbara
Run
Mrs
George Shaffer
Pruntytown
Barclay
Shepard Barclay
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Henderson Balks
Adaw Eaers Ey Yarpel
U.S. Fliers
Army Air Corps
Hawaii
Philippines
Ints
Richard T. Carlisle
Francis R. Thompson
Morris N. Friedman
Lieuts
Hunky Dittman
Curtis J. Holdridge
Robert S. Clinkscales
Condel Presa
Third Reich
Lydia B
Sean Aely
Pinkham
AVA
Ouidane
Cabena Club
N. Behord Castor Hermon
Tee
Cassie
Glaire Tilden
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