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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
7
Women and men volunteers display cleaned dresses suits and shoes for all ages ready to wear. New glass pieces and miscellaneous items like flat silver and a bean pot are shown weekly. Open Thursdays and Saturdays for viewing or purchasing.
Miss Maxine Jewell Baker daughter of Mr and Mrs W S Baker of Stephens City will wed Mr P C Petrie Jr son of Mr and Mrs Petrie Sr of Bartonsville in Hagerstown Maryland This afternoon The bride wears a white suit with navy accessories and yellow roses in her corsage Witnesses include H R Mills of Stephens City Petrie served in the U S Navy for seven years aboard the Boise and is now with the Destroyer Astor in Philadelphia A stag party last night honored the groom with a silver punch bowl reception participants listed
The August business meeting of the Girls Athletic Association was held in their club rooms. Volunteers were secured for the Capitol Theatre Bond Booth during August. July volunteers included Mrs. Marshall Boyd, Miss Dorothy Sencindiver, Miss Lucille Sencindiver, Mrs. Wesley Crisman and Mrs. James March. The association discussed the August Tea set for August 17 at 6 30 pm at Mrs Wyatt Richards home.Committee members are Mrs Hubert Cather chairman Mrs Wyatt Richard Mrs William Coffin Jr and Mrs Wesley Crisman. Members to attend should sign up with Miss Ebner Summel by August 15. Cards will be played later in the evening.
The Women of Grace Lutheran Church will meet tonight with Mrs. W. E. Jones at 122 South Main Street. Members are urged to attend and gather at seven thirty o'clock.
Mrs Arthur Field was guest of honor at a luncheon hosted by Mrs Robert T Barton on South Washington street. Attendees included Mrs Field and many friends such as Mrs A H Morgan of Baltimore and other regional residents. Also present were Miss Frances Beverley and Miss Lessie Gaylord visiting from Atlanta to spend the summer in Winchester.
Mrs. Francis Symington and Mr. Loring Cover of Baltimore arrive this afternoon to stay over the weekend in Winchester. Mrs. Symington will be hosted by her cousin Mrs. J. Victor Arthur and Mr. Arthur, while Mr. Cover stays with his sister Mrs. John M. Steck Sr. on Fairmont Ave. Saturday evening Mrs. Harry K. Russell will host a family supper in honor of the guests.
Salesmen and plant manager from the Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. Winchester depart for a three day fishing trip off the Chesapeake Bay staying at the Weems Hotel Weems Virginia near the Rappahannock River mouth. Names include E M Grimm Walker Hovermare Durwood Bowers William Holliday Floyd Potts and Ralph G Hengeveld.
Mrs John Tweedy has been a week as guest of Mrs J Victor Arthur and then at her aunt Mrs Frank Hack with Mr Hack to accompany Mr Lering Cover and Mrs Frank Symington to Baltimore on Monday. Miss Jane Bickers visiting in New Jersey and left Thursday for Cape May and Atlantic City New Jersey.
Miss Gray Kirkmeyer of Richmond Virginia is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Beverley at Milton Valley in Clarke County. A series of local social notes follow including guests and engagements and church class visits.
Pvt. Edward P. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis announce the birth of son Stephen Page at Winchester Mortgages Hospital. Marriage announced for Dorothy Grubbs and Cletus Hottle in Frederick Maryland. Ensign C. Raymond Hale and Mrs Hale welcome son Douglas Glennane in Norfolk. Army and Navy personnel, hospital updates, and local social notices follow with visits and moves among area residents.
Pvt. Joe Galloway returns to visit family in Clarke after California duty while his wife visits relatives in Arlington. Various locals host or visit family members from Georgia to Virginia. Church notices include Dr. E D Vaughan speaking to the Men’s Bible Class and preaching. Red Cross members served at Newton D Baker Hospital. Other items cover furloughs and travels of Sgt John Stickles, Lt Norman Scott, cadet Martha Jane Jones, and several name guests with regional moves between Berryville, Winchester, Bluemont, and nearby towns.
Moore plans return home with his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Will Moore. Miss Mr Stoneburner returns to Edinburg Virginia after weeks visiting Rev and Mrs G Lightner and others. Camping near Dr and Mrs Blanton Allen and son Master Blanton Allen Jr to leave Sunday for Orkney Virginia. Mrs Don Bauman and Mrs Grayson Sponseller of Washington DC visit Berryville and stay Virginia Beach this week. Staff Sergeant Lynewood Ritter on furlough with parents now visiting relatives in Washington DC. Sgt Ritter stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi.
Clarke County orchardists approved wage scales at a Monday meeting in the county courthouse. Pickers will earn 10 cents per bushel, with men paid 40 cents per hour and women 35 cents. the period runs to September 15 with possible later adjustments to 45 and 40 cents. Corn cutters' pay was unsettled. A labor camp at Riverside Rendezvous will expand to 250 men and women from southwest Virginia and Kentucky. Camp manager David Hates was named assistant in the county court office. The Clarke County Cooperative sheep dipping vat will be managed by Burch McKay this year.
Lynn C. Dickerson of Harrisonburg, District Governor of Rotary International, spoke at the local Rotary Club luncheon in Sarah Zane Hall. He reviewed Rotary International’s 40 year history started by Paul Harris and outlined postwar objectives and challenges for the club.
Mr Dickerson likened Rotary International to four color plan operations and urged Rotarians to foster honesty and efficiency in postwar free enterprise. Herbert Sofenberger, president of the Winchester Club, presided at the meeting.
In British New Guinea near Wewak and Alotape the Japanese pressed a 11 hour series of close range attacks with 75 mm mountain guns. American forces held fire until near contact and then repelled the assaults with heavy machine gun and rifle fire. Natives reported rising enemy casualties and rear-area damage as the fight intensified.
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