Engagements for Marjorie Fries and Leon Wesley Robinson
Of Interest To Women announces Marjorie Fries to Benjamin Munson Chandler with Berryville and Philadelphia ties. Also notes Leon Wesley Robinson to Jeannie Howard with Berryville affiliations and church wedding planned May 6 at First Baptist Berryville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Yellott
West
Cecil Street
Marjorie Fries
Benjamin Munson Chandler
Asa Chandler
Philadelphia
Miss Yellitt
Warrenton High School
Beaty Molden Marriage Celebrated at Front Royal
The marriage of Mr. Charles R. Beaty and Miss Laura Molden occurred last Wednesday at 8:30 PM in the Front Royal Methodist Church parsonage with Rev. H. Mark Curry officiating. Mrs. Molden is the bride’s mother and Mr. Beaty is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beaty of Front Royal. Miss Molden is a sister of Mr. Ed L. Molden of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaty-Molden
Knitters Gather For Red Cross Yarn and Club Talk
Knitters are asked to bring finished articles and leftover yarn to the Red Cross Production Room by Tuesday at 134 Ww. Boscawen Street upstairs in the Episcopal Church House. Wednesday at 3:30 PM the Junior Century Club, hosted by Mrs. Carl McMullan on Academy Way, will hear Mrs. William Payne recount her Guenter Mission experiences in Labrador during 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afi
Red Cross
Boscawen Street
Episcopal Church House
Carl McMullan
Century Club
Wlliam Payne
Guenter
Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Personal notices and leaves from World War II era
Soldiers and relatives update leave statuses as Billy Lovett returns from Great Lakes and spends time with his parents, Pvt Maynard McKee visits family in the city, and others report appendicitis recovery, hospital stays, and returns home. relocations include Dr. Van Deusen to Chicago for a dentistry meeting and local moves involving Mrs. Whitlock, Dr. Stuart, and Mr. Rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Lovett
Great Lakes
Mrs
Brown Lovett
McKee
City
Maynard McKee
Camp Swift
Texas
R. C. McKee
East Piccadilly Street
Recently Promoted To First Lieut Harry Rogers Kern Jr
Harry Rogers Kern Jr has been promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant according to today’s message. The promotion adds a new rank within the military unit. Kern is noted as receiving the official word of this change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rogers Kern, Jr
Edwin S. Lewis
Army Air Forces
Bolling Field
Washington, D. C
Memorial Hospital notes and local health updates
Several local patients are listed in Winchester Memorial Hospital including Mrs. Clifford Hook in treatment and Mrs. John Winnoncresse and Mr. Minnegerode both admitted. Little Miss Janet Peters is ill with pneumonia, while Little Miss Diane Peters has recovered from grippe. Round Hill 4-H Club held its April meeting with pins awarded and first aid course completed. Cadet Winona Paige, in training at Winchester Memorial Hospital, visited home over the weekend. Scully family returns from Mexico City after a weeks stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Winnoncresse
Memorial Hospital
John Minnegerode
South Washington Street
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Peters
Janet Peters
Hugh Peters
West Boscawen Sr
Diane Peters
Grippe
Round Hill
Round Hill 4-H
Lou Bradfiled
Mr. Hoover
Mary H. Gay Marker
Ruth McNeil
Hoover
D. L. Baughman
Winona Paige
The
Fort Valley
Scully
John S. Scully
Mary
South Stewart Street
Mexico City
Mexico
Rev T G Shuey to Speak at Rural Life Program
The Rev T G Shuey D D pastor of the Lutheran Church in Steunfton and chairman of the Rural Life program of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia will be speaker at the Frederick County Council of Religious Education Rural Life program. It will be at Mount Olive United Brethren Church Hayfield Sunday May 11 at three o clock. Announcement followed Handley Library meeting where H A Mapp presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Shuey
D. D
Lutheran Church
Steunfonm
Luthern Synod of Virginia
Frederick County
Minor C. Miller
Bridgewater
Virginia Council of Religio
Council of Churches
White Post Soldier Among Wounded
The War Department reported eleven Virginia soldiers wounded in action across theatres. Among those named is Technician Alfred Oliver, fourth grade, son of Mrs. Elizabeth R. Oliver of White Post in Clarke County, wounded in the Mediterranean area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
War Department
Alfred&. Oliver
Elizabeth R. Oliver
White Post
Clarke County
Berryville Social Notes Show Local Guests and Visits
Miss Ellen McCubbin returns home to Ellicott City after visiting Mrs. C. T. A. McCoick on Southurch street. Residents host relatives and friends from Norfolk Petersburg Arlington Washington and Winchester among others. Community events include a British embassy talk by Mrs. Lionel Gibbs and plans for a cannery and wartime service notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Ellen McCubbin
Ellicott City
C. T. A. McCo
Herbert Whiting
Arlington
Washington, D. C
Arthur Krock
Clarke County
Clarke County Property Transfers Recorded in Circuit Clerk's Office
Deeds filed show multiple transfers in Clarke County. Transactions include J P Darlington to Robt B James and Rose H James on 44.47 acres near the Blue Ridge. Pine executors to M W Jones Jr on 22 acres of The Anchorage farm. Russell to Wm Lester Jenkins and Lillie S Jenkins on 9A 5.7 perches. duPont Jr to William J Donovan on 94 acres in Chapel District. Massey trustees to Cooke Welch and Gertrude Welch in White Post. Hawkins to Massey, Simpson, Powers, Hawkins and Kent on 3 12 acres in Boyce. Ernest W Bell to Louis R Bell on 161 acres in Battletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Larke County
J. P. Darlington
Robt
B. James
Rose H. James
Blue Ridge Mountain
Earl R. Pine
Cyrus M. Pine
Geo. A. Pine
M. W. Jones, Jr
Anchorage
Berryville
Charles Town
L. N. Russell
Hunton J
Longmarsh
Wm. duPont, Jr
William J. Donovan
Chapel
Eva Massey
Et Als
White Post
Methodist Church
Cooke Welch
Gertrude Welch
Greenway
John E. Hawkins
Frank Simpson
Harry Powers
John M. Hawkins
Freeland Kent
Boyce
Ernest W. Bell
Louis R. Bell
Battletown
Winchester JBT Hears of State Meet At April Hotel Session
Robert Grove, new Winchester JBT president, led April meeting at George Washington Hotel and reported on the Lynchburg state meeting. P L Hockman and others received awards for postwar planning efforts as Scotty Binner was named state director replacing Ed Molden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Grove
Winchester Junior Board of Trade
George Washington
Lynchburg
Cial
P. L. Hockman
Sherman Dick
Andrew Babb
G. T. Binner
Hockman
Winchester Post
Baldridge
Tom Baldridge
JBT
Elsew
Pete Smith
Winchester
Ed Molden
Thurman Mason
Bob Dechert
Wendell Barney
Larry Hill
Omaha
Ted Mosley
Mrs. Kate Miller Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Mrs. Kate Fletcher Miller were held at Fairview Lutheran Church on Timber Ridge with Rev. S. J. Goode officiating. She died at her daughter’s home near Baltimore and was interred in the family plot. Surviving are three daughters, a foster son, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Blackburn Smith
E. L. Tessier
Baltimore
Mary.l. Riddle
Loring Joslin
Riddle
Berryville
Joslin
Tom Harrison
England
Frederick L. Riddle
Fairview Lutheran Church
Timber Ridge
Kate Fletcher Miller
Beulah
S. J. Goode
Winchester
Walter Oates
B. F. White
Walter Hicks
Robert Cat Tett
J. R
Whitacre
Frederick
Mitchell Clark
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Clyde Miller
Gladys Miller Reed
Leonard Miller
U. S. Air Force
North Carolina
Gliders Stamp Indian Gharkas in Burma Invasion
Washington April 24. The gliders used by the American air force to lift the first wave of the British airborne invasion of Burma were new to India's Gharkas. Col John Alison recalls the organizers and commanders of the peeny Air Force describing repeated loading and unloading drills and Gurkhas assuring a British officer they were not afraid to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burma
India
Gharkas
Col
John Alison
Peeny Air Force
Ghurkas
Fight Scene Fragments From OCR Note Publicized
An OCR fragment notes a struggle or machine related disturbance with unclear participants. The readable portion mentions a conflict and a motor or machine remark, but lacks specific names places dates or outcomes. The item appears as a fleeting diary-like snippet rather than a full report.
Food Specialist Leads 4-H Leaders Training in Virginia
A food specialist will conduct a 4-H Leaders Training Meeting at 9 30 a m on Thursday April 27 in the Northern Virginia Power Company Kitchen Cameron Virginia. The event aims to equip leaders with cooking and nutrition guidance for 4-H programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Food
Want To Help A Soldier Then Help To Furnish The Winchester USO
Residents are urged to donate furniture supplies and household items to the Winchester USO to support service members. Community groups organize drives through local churches and veteran organizations to stock living rooms kitchens and bedrooms for returning personnel.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marjorie Yellott
Benjamin Chandler
Netee
Ge Marriag
Nena J Jean Howard
Leon Wesley Robinson
John Wesley Robinson
Broxton
First Baptist Church
Lloyd A. Parker
L. M. Ritter
Bowling Green
Miss Levi
Berryville High School
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Winchester Business College
R. T. Bryarly
Winchester Insurance
Hazlehurst High School
Hazlehurst
Georgia
Dougie Cooper
Peru
Ind
Eugene
Leoper
Freddie Crisman
Fort Knox
Buck” Yost
Merchant Marine
Charles Edward Stuart
Newport News
Coast Guard
Stuart
E. C. Stuart
Nurses Aid Corps
Nurses Home
Richard
Swartz
Gladys Carpenter
Clearbrook
Yaxet Baptist Church
John Jones
North Washington Street
Va Eee
R. C. Walker
Huntsberry
Mrs. McMullan
Miss Barr
Eliza’ Barr
West Boscawen Street
Whitlock
University Hospital
Cecil Whitlock
National Avenue
Charlottesville
E. C. Rush
Eddie
John Shull
South Kent Street
Navy Center
E. C. Stuart, Sr
Gordon
Alexander Gordon
Kenmore Manor
Warren County
Elizabeth Gordon
West Monument St
Richard H. Pleasants
Cpl
McDonald
Brothers Home
C. A. McDonald
Reome Orother
R. EK. McDonald
Serryville
Itlse
Pyaares
Mack B. Hook
Artrip
Bufflick Rosa
Uni- Hospital
V.a
George W. Ritter
Harvey R. Rit
Peggy Ritter
E. T. Shiner
Susan
Front Royal
Rural Life Program
Berryville Social Notes
Annie Stribling
Ludwell Baldwin
Norfolk, Va
R. T. Mahone
Petersburg
T. W. Whitaker
G. Hunter Osborne
Mr. Osboune
Archibald Osborne
Rockcroft
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Tlewellyn
Bethesda
Maryland
John Wilson Brown
Kate Powers
Jaqueline Smith
William Smith
Wik Hardesty
Robert H. Thomas
Burrowsville, Va
Bill Hemson
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
W. E. Henson
Mrs. T. ©. Marks
Lieut
E. R. Ritter
Post Graduate School
Annnapolis
Lt. Ritter
H. H.barks
Pvt
Craighill Burks
Walter Reed Hospital
Eloise Lumsden
Boonesboro, Md
C. B. Dilly
Morgantown
Ralph N. Dorsey
Mr. Dorsey
Leonard H. Bell
Joyce Davis
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
R. E. Davis
Lloyd Russell
Sgt
Russell
T. M. Hooker
Virginia Page
Staunton, Va
Girl Scouts
Martinsburg
Ann Thomas Howell
Stella D. Moore
Scout Council
Eleanor Dorsey
Hobson C. McGhee
A. F. Robertson
Charles Enders
Rice Levi
Albert Cox
Junior Board of Trade
L. N. Rus
Clarke
Haldeman
Tode Tuttle
Selby-Bez
Dull Needle Sewing Club
Nortons
Kate Miller
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insur
Ance Corporation
Miller Bros
BATES
Everglaze Chintz
Timberlake
Community Health For
Our Home Service Hall
Northern Virginia Power CO
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