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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1944
Page
8
The article stresses the critical link between home front efforts and combat readiness as Allied air forces prepare for the invasion. It notes fuels use by 1,500 heavy bombers and warns that gasoline shortages could hinder the war, urging strict conservation and avoidance of traitors on the home front.
Cross Roads Virginia reports social visits at the Hicks and Marple households. Miss Alice Marple and others visited Mr and Mrs Hicks. Mrs J B White called on Mrs A J Marple. Sallie Giffin now stays with Mrs A R Spaid on Capon river. Norman Clark sells livestock and plans retirement from farming.
The Siler Virginia column lists residents with earaches diabetes upset stomachs and other illnesses. Visits include Donald L Dailey with Dr Denver DeHaven in Baltimore. Neighbors attend Minnie Dunham Frye funeral in nearby Gantown and Miss Laura Daily’s service.
April 28 items report Mrs. and Mrs. A. tribute to guests at home. Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Clark and Miss Seene Lansing share social calls. Ralph Young, a rancher from the north, visits. W. Ore Whitacre injures his arm aiding a cow. Viola Anderson visits Mrs. A. C. Whitacre. Lena Pugh visits Haddox in Winchester. Carpenter family attends Virginia stock sale. Pernell visits farm. Mrs A. C. Whitacre and Mrs. I. R. Clark show improved health.
White Post Virginia April 28 social notes report visits by Charley Green and Virginia Farr with family, Mrs R S Bryarly hosting, Ms Meade Conley improving after hospital stay, Wes Thompson and children from Washington DC visiting, Rev O W Lynch hosting a dinner for Mae Lanham Betty Brandt Anne Mason and Rev Cecil Gunn, plus a bingo at Boyce Peak School and trips by Mr Lee and Browne Lovett to West Virginia on business.
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