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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1944
Page
7
Of Interest To Women Miss Virginia Gregory of Clover, Va., arrived April 1st to assume duties as Recreation Director for the City of Winchester.
Mrs Ada M Wagner returns to her Hampton home after two weeks in Winchester with her brother and sister in law Charles McVicar on Handley Avenue Also Mrs George W Cooley and Miss Sarah Cooley of Front Royal visited Winchester on Tuesday Page and Page families spend time in Washington Capt Honeycutt and family arrive from Sunberry to visit Winchester Moonlight Club to meet at Brad dock Street Methodist Church Thursday afternoon Volunteers.
Tonight lists multiple gatherings across groups and churches. Events include Girl Scout Leaders Association at Mrs Solenberger, Macedonia Church Young Peoples Council at Mrs Hollar, Elks Club, Rotary luncheon at Sarah Zane Hall, Brucetown Church W C C S, Sunshine Club at Braddock Street Church, W C T U at Handley Library, Turned Ashby U D C, Frederickstown Garden Club, Grace Lutheran 25th Annual Banquet, G A A council and Queen Esther Sunday School at Mrs Chapman, Ernstown Methodist Young People, and G A A meeting.
The Men’s Bible Class of Grace Lutheran Church will host the 25th annual banquet this Thursday at 7 PM with toastmaster Mr Illiam Stine and guest speaker Mr Dan E Leatherman. Out of town guests来自 Stephens City Albin Strasburg Toms Brook Woodstock.George Jones directs the class orchestra and Dorothy Larrick will be a vocalist. The Historic City Four will sing. Women’s banquet meal served. Gilbert Whitmire is class decemient, Frank Brown chairman, C O Clark publicity head.
The Queen Esther Sunday School of United Brethren Church will hold its monthly business meeting Thursday evening at 7 45 at the home of Mrs. Chapman 541 North Cameron Street. Mrs Richard Cooper will be assistant hostess. James Edwards a Seaman second class will join relatives visiting Berryville over Easter.
Sgt. A. F. Olinger, pro at the Winchester Golf Club, is spending a short furlough in the city with Mrs. O'Linger. Mrs. O'Linger, secretary and treasurer of the Golf Club, announces the club will be open on weekends during the weekend of April.
Dr Robert Bastian ITI of Atlantic City was weekend guest of Mr M Bickers and Miss Jane Bickers at their West Cork Street home. Mrs Dora Rosenberger and son from New Jersey visit Mrs Rosenberger’s students hosted by Mr and Mrs C H Grim on German Street. The Kerns Town Methodist Church youth meet tomorrow at eight at Miss Betty Barton’s home with Kenneth Cammer leading devotion. Macedonia Methodist Church Young Peoples Council meets tonight at eight at Mrs Ina Hollar’s home. all urged to attend.
Mrs. ie M. Steck Sr will entertain both the Thursday and Friday afternoon bridge clubs this week at her Fairmont Avenue home.
Mrs Sallie Hott, Staff Sgt George E Hott, and Mrs W F Bonnett travel through the valley visiting relatives in Roanoke and Radford Virginia before Charleston West Virginia. Mrs Hott works with Atlantic Greyhound Lines and edits Greyhound Courier and Sgt Hott is on furlough after foreign duty.
The Child Guidance Club will be entertained next Monday night at eight o'clock by Mrs Clyde Hall at her home 664 Virginia Ave There will be a re election of officers at this meeting Mr Wilbur Hewitt is confined to his home with an attack of grippe.
Paulette Goddard cancels remaining seven engagements after a seven week 20 000 mile tour in the CBI war theater and heads back to the United States. Keenan Wynn and Andy Arcari also plan to return home with Paul Zimmerman noting the troupe ends its tour.
Berryville Virginia notes show residents on Easter visits with relatives in Winchester Washington and Richmond. Many locals and military families traveled or hosted gatherings with friends including General and Mrs Williams and Sgt Feltner heading to Fort Monmouth New Jersey after a Brazil posting.
Funeral services are held for Mrs. Bessie Carson Hoffman a Winchester native who died in Wilmington Delaware after a three month illness. The body arrived in Martinsburg at 2 55 p m and was taken to Mt Hebron cemetery with note of pallbearers Richard Griffith Charles McVic ar Clifford Grim R Frank Barr C Fred Barr and Edward W Barr. Rev H O Bryant will officiate and she was a member of the Brad dock Street M E Church and the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Cadet Nurses' Glee Club at Winchester Memorial Hospital plans a secular concert at 6 30 PM under Jay H Lowden. Since its formation in September it has performed publicly and three members were chosen to sing at the State Nurses Association meeting in Richmond on April 27.
Georgia's peach crop prospects are reduced after a survey by the Georgia Peach Crop Exchange. Central district losses reach 20 to 25 percent of normal, southern district 72 percent, northern district 50 percent. Government delays price ceilings to gather more data.
The king announces to the Italian people that eight months after overthrowing Fascism he supports a democratic, war‑time government with possible participation from three to five parties. A government spokesman says the speech was spontaneous and meant to remove obstacles to unified cooperation with the Italian government and the Allies.
The speaker announces withdrawal from public life and appoints his son, the Prince of Piedmont, as Lieutenant-General of the Realm. The transfer of power will occur when Allied troops enter Rome, a move claimed to strengthen national unity and deemed final and irrevocable.
Mrs. Annie M. Lemley 75 widow of Edgar L. Lemley died at Memorial Hospital from extensive burns suffered last Friday when attempting to remove items from a stove with her apron catching fire. She and her husband ran a general merchandise store under E. L. Lemley for years and observed their Golden Wedding Anniversary in March.
The deceased was a member of Stephens City Lutheran Church. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 3 PM from the family home, with interment in Green Hill Cemetery Stephens City. Survivors include her daughter-in-law Mrs Fred Lemley and three grandchildren. a half-sister Mrs non of Cedar Creek Bridge. Fred Lemley predeceased her.
Chicago grain open shows mild weakness as overnight selling pressure accumulates. Prices listed include Wheat May 1.73 3-8, July 1.71 1-4, Sept 1.68 7-8. Oats May 82, Sept 75 3-4. Rye May 1.30 to 1-8, July 1.29, Sept 1.27 3-4 to 5-8.
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