Miss Charlotte Williams Weds Emory Gerbig in Richmond
Miss Charlotte Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian Williams of Berryville Virginia married Emory Gerbig of Missoula Montana in a Friday eight thirty o'clock ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Richmond. The double ring service was conducted by Dr E D Vaughn. reception followed at the Fey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Williams
Julian Williams
Berryville
Emory Gerbig
Missoula
Montana
First Presbyterian Church
Richmond
E. D. Vaughn
Anna Mary Thompson
Middletown
Wallace Judd
James Fey
Three Chapel Road
Gerbig
Berryville High School
Winchester Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Olivet Theology Seminary
University of Richmond
Festival Princess Represented At Apple Blossom Festival
Westhampton College Richmond will send Miss Betty Ruth Bloch as a festival princess for the Apple Blossom Festival on May 2 and 3. The announcement was given to Mrs. B. B. Dutton director of the Queen and Her Court. Miss Bloch is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bloch of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westhampton College
Richmond
Betty Ruth Bloch
B. B. Dutton
Miss Bloch
Edward H. Bloch
New York City
General Vandergift to Visit Winchester for Apple Blossom Festival
Dr L M Allen will host General A A Vandergift and his staff during their Winchester visit for the Apple Blossom Festival. Mrs Dorothy Breckenridge will also stay with the Allens. She is the widow of the late Lt General Breckenridge of the Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Allen
A. A. Vandergift
Winchester
Dorothy Breckenridge 2Lso
Dr. Allen
General Breckenridge
Marine Corps
G A A Tea Thursday by Girls Athletic Association
The April tea of the Girls Athletic Association will be held Thursday evening April 25 at 7 PM in the Elks Club rooms. The committee includes Miss Lucille Sencindiver as chair and Mrs. Grove Jenkins Spaid and Stimmel. Members should sign up with Miss Elener Stimmel by Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls Athletic Association
Elks Club
Lucille Sencindiver
Robert Grove
David Jenkins
Arthur Spaid
Ebener Stimmel
Elener Stimmel
Richard Grove Elected to Honorary Fraternity at Randolph Macon
Richard Grove, son of Mr. M. E. Grove of Winchester, has been elected to Omicron Delta Kappa at Randolph Macon College in Ashland Virginia. He is a Lambda Chi Alpha member and president of Chi Beta Phi, a student dean, and serves on the Board of Publications and the debating team. For 1944 45 he was Editor in Chief of the Yellow Jacket newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Grove
M. E. Grove
Winchester
Omicron Delta Kappa
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
ODK
Grove
Lambda Chi Alpha
Chi Beta Phi
The
Yellow Jacket
Whittaker Reunion Held At Covington
The Whitaker reunion occurred Sunday April 21 at the home of Mr and Mrs J T Whittaker Covington Virginia A picnic dinner was served Attendees from Winchester included E T Whittaker Vance Whitaker and Carl Whittaker with daughter Joyce Covington guests Evelyn Whittaker J W Whittaker and daughter Linda Maynard Kessinger and son Marion visited along with Patricia others attended from Bland Princeton Narrows Hin ton Waiteville Kenova Roanoke and more
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
J. T. Whittaker
Covington
Winchester
E. T. Whittaker
Vance Whitaker
Carl Whittaker
Joyce
Evelyn Whittaker
J. W. Whittaker
Linda
Maynard Kessinger
Marion
Aad Joseph
Patricia
Deco Davis
Bland
Jesse Whittaker
Eugene Whittaker
Princeton
W. Va
Marshall Meredith
Narrows
Jinny
Johnny Anderson
Hinton
L. W. ‘Whittaker
Waiteville
W. K. Whittaker
Kenova
Clay Whittaker
Roanoke
S. G. Loving
Newsome Promises To Win Plenty
Newsome vows a vindicating return with the Philadelphia Athletics pitching in 1946. He says he is under 200 pounds and his arm is loose, aiming to win many games for Connie Mack. In 14 innings against the Yankees and Red Sox he has allowed six hits and one run, earning two early victories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Big Bobo Newsom
Philadelphia Athletics
Bobo
Mack
Yankees
Red Sox
Mackmen
Thought Concentration Camp Workshop According to Testimony
A defense witness at Nurnberg testified Hans Frank, former governor of occupied Poland, regarded the Maidanek concentration camp as a workshop where furs were altered for German troops on the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal Today
Hans Frank
Poland
Maidanek
Falcon Island of the Tonga Group
Falcon Island in the Tonga Group south of Samoa is among several islands that have disappeared and reappeared. First seen in 1867 it rose to about 250 feet, later became a shoal, and vanished. In 1927 a new island emerged on the same spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.E.A. A. Falcon
Tonga Group
Samoa
Millwood Social Events Highlight Easter Week Guests
Millwood Virginia reports a flurry of social visits over Easter weekend. Guests included William A. Robinson and John Morris from the University of Virginia, plus several relatives and friends visiting from Washington New York Andover and Maryland. The social page lists numerous small gatherings at Long Branch Edgewood Staunton and Calandar with cocktails dinners and informal gatherings among local families and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
A. Sommaripa
William A. Robinson
John Morris
University of Virginia
Sommaripa
Tuckahoe
New York
William Payne
Andover
Mass
Amory Sommaripa
Karl Boy-Ed
Vaida
Calandar
Miss Boy Zd
George P. Greenhalgh, Jr
Graham Dougherty, Jr
Albert Kelley
William Robinson
Sam Birch
Lenard Schlemn
Beverley Nelson
J. Hugh Jewett
Warren
Agnes Mitchell
Jane Cary Randolph
Lucy Mitchell
Susanne Skystead
Messrs
Chas. Burwell
Louis B. Meade, Jr
Ashton Lee
Roland Mitchell
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Long Branch
Weatherall Returns to Stuyvesant After Easter Visit
Mr. Bill Weatherall comes back to Stuyvesant School following a family Easter celebration with his mother Mrs Geo P Greenhalgh Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Weatherall
Stuyvesant School
Geo. P. Greenhalgh, Jr
Funeral Attendees For Mrs. Susie Glass Strider Noted
The Star lists attendees at the April 20 last rites including Mrs. A. J. Willis and Mr. and Mrs. John Ambrose of Charles Town West Virginia and Mrs. J. Wtrider Sr Miss Carrie Lee Strider and Robert L. Strider of Lee Town West Virginia The notice omits Katherine Georgette Strider and should have named Katherine Glass Greene and Hattie Glass Davis as sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Glass Strider
A. J. Willis
John Ambrose
Charles Town
W. Va
J. Wtrider Sr
Carrie Lee Strider
Robert L. Strider
Lee Town
Clarke Farmers Back Land Use Plans Boost Crops and Stock
Clarke County farmers under the Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District have completed plans for 31 of 52 applicants as 500 farms consider land use plans. Notable outcomes include Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan reporting pasture improvements and Baldwin Farm outlining a five year plan to increase permanent hay and pasture while revising crop areas and applying lime and fertilizer to boost livestock and crops. A minor protest by Col. Graham Dougherty near Donovan’s OSS days briefly interrupted contour striping, but results persuaded the neighor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Lord Fairfax Soil Conservation District
Clarke
Warren
Frederick
Shenandoah
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Old Chapel
Berryville
Donovan
Baldwin
St. A. A
Broomsage
Kansas
Bluegrass
Soil Conservation District
Col
Graham Dougherty
Gen. Donovan
OSS
Col Dougherty
Dougherty
Colleges With Largest Enrollments
A survey as of November 1, 1945 shows New York University leading in total enrollments with 28,160 students. Columbia University follows, then the University of California and City College of New York. The University of California has the most degree students at 19,692 full-time enrollments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JLB. A
New York University
Columbia University
University of California
City College of New York
Lesson In English Lessons by W. L. Gordon
Daily English notes explain correct word usage and pronunciation. The piece highlights common errors with allude vs refer speak at length and the correct plural form and spellings while introducing the word ulterior meaning hidden or undisclosed motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Etiquette Qs on door opening and formal letter salutes
A girl should step aside and let her escort hold the door open, then pass through first. The most formal social letter salutation is not fully visible but implied to be more formal than simply My dear Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besius
Mrs. Wilson
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Charlottesville Hospital
George G. Snarr
St. Stewart Street
University Hospital
Charlottesville
War Department
Mélvin C. Eckiey
Foreign Service
Tokyo
Japan
Renner
James Renner
Edna
Olin Renner
Nancy
Lutherville
Edgar Gill
Eddie
Phyllis
Eileen
Harrison Shock
Russell Eady
White Hall
Melvin Renner
Lewis Bell
Winchester Memoral Hospital
Rose
Irving Rose
Jefferson Sr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bessie Lee
Wardensville
Robert Lee
Shenk
Audrey Shenk
South Kent Street
American Viscose Corp
Akron
Ohio
Elmer G. Fletcher
Leslie Larrick
Smithfield Avenue
City
Red Bud
Copp
Memorial Hospital
H. W. Copp
South Braddock Street
James A. Cather
L. F. McDonald
Sunnyside
Lester McDonald
McDonald
Arlene Haines
Loring McDaniel
McDaniel
Josephine McDonald
Marshall Haines
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry C . II Fashion Footwear
Winchester — Front Royal
Chambersburg, Pa
Gen. Vandergift
Mrs. Allen
Whittaker
Newsome
Bausch and Lomb
Army
Navy
Palace Theatre
Wellsley College
Mrs. Warren
Nelson
University of Maryland
Washington
Hugh M. Nelson
Prescott Huidekoper
Baltimore
Ralph Skystead
Howard Bunch
Staunton
Sue Lewis
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Jamison
George H. Burwell
Benjamin Harrison
William Bell Watkins
Doug
Cockpils
Mrs. Abraham
Hewett
A. A. Baldwin
A. R. Dunning
Barron Willard
Robert McGown
Charles Burwell
Strider
Gaunt's
J. W. Olcott
Clarke County Extension
Lovett Bros
Lovett Brothers
Winchester and
Roberta Lee
Loudoun St
Federal Deposit Ins. Corp
Geo
Washington Garage
Fort Loudoun
Cather & Moling
Texas
P. Wrote
Timberlake
Baker & Anderson Electrical CO
Westinghouse
Ponte
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