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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1944

Page

8

States New Calendar Would Confuse Religious World

Pastor Percy Manuel warned Seventh day Adventists that a 1945 start for a new 364 day year with a World Holiday would disrupt worship. He said the plan shifts Holy Days, forcing Christians to observe Friday Saturday or Sunday differently. He argued it would cause economic hardship for Catholics Protestants and Jews and that opposition is growing.

Percy Manuel Seventh Day Adventist Church Christ

August 19 Set For Baptist Graveyard Cleanup At Timber Ridge

Brush Creek SILER POST OFFICE reports August 19 as the day to clean the Baptist graveyard at the Timber Ridge church. All family-lot holders should help. workers billing must be paid to treasurer Mrs. Ruth M. Kerns. Numerous local social notes follow including reunions and visits.

Siler Baptist Church Timber Ridge Ruth M. Kerns Files Chapel Maury Cpl Hanlivey L. Mauzy Kansas Frederick N. Mauzy Baltimore Clarence Davis Calvin Melvin Winifred Elnora Maxine Davis Ruth M Dayton J. W. Dunlap Arnold V. Dailey Myrle Dailey Fervin O. Heironimus Shenandoah Heironimus Ruth Kerns Alva H. Lamp

Invasion of Southern France Shifts German Defense

Allied forces landings in southern France occur quickly with minimal resistance. The tide turns against Hitler as vast German forces prove too few. General Wilson says the aim is to drive Germans out and link with Normandy advances moving northward.

France Hitler Marseille Rhone Europe Normandy Henry Maitland Wilson Mediterranean

Rising France Awakens Against Nazi Rule

Wartime commentary notes Hitler's faltering grip on the Seine and Marne lines and Paris as Allied forces push from Normandy. It celebrates General De Gaulle calling French civilians to revolt, likening it to Warsaw and enslaved workers rising against German oppression.

Rhone Hitler Seine Marne Paris Normandy Cul-De-Sac General de Gaulle France Warsaw Germany

Mrs George Ritenour letter from Stephens City Va

Sincerely Mrs George Ritenour writes from Stephens City Virginia dated August fifteenth, 2011, sent to confirm correspondence or notice. The fragment notes a named person and location with a dated signoff.

George Ritenour Stephens City

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