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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1944

Page

7

Nurses Arrive at Beachhead Hospital in Southern France

First American nurses disembarked from a hospital ship and began tending wounded soldiers within minutes at a southern France beachhead. Captain Mary Jane McCone, formerly Winchester Memorial Hospital superintendent, led nurses from Pennsylvania with Sicily Salerno and Anzio service.

France Mary Jane McCone San Francisco Winchester Memorial Hospital Winchester Penn Sicily Salerno Anzio McCone Italy

Mrs Benham Hosts Little Garden Club Meeting

Mrs Harry Benham hosted the Little Garden Club at her Rostel Road home. The day featured a tomato arrangement exhibit from club distributed plants with greenery. Awards went to Mrs Harry Benham for Red, Mrs Lewis Barton and Mrs Rodney Taylor for Yellow, plus blue ribbons to Mrs Carl McMullan in Large Red and Mrs William Lawrence Jr for Herbs and Vegetables respectively.

Harry Benham Little Garden Club Rostel Road Lewis Barton Rodney Taylor Carl McMullan William Lawrence

Cpl Rupert Morris Weds Miss Schroder in Martinsburg Ceremony

Cpl Rupert Bryan Morris U S A and Miss Marie Frances Shroder were married Saturday at Calvary Methodist Church Martinsburg W Va The ceremony featured palm and gladioli decor Many relatives attended including best man Morris and ushers Ensign John L Shroder Jr and Ensign Gene Lantry A reception followed at the brides parents home The couple to honeymoon then return to Martinsburg and Camp Croft respectively

Calvery Methodist Church Martinsburg W. Va Marie Frances Shroder John L. Shroder Cpl Rupert Bryan Morris Garland Morris Winchester Clarence H. Corkran Hunter J. Maddox Morris John L. Shroder, Jr Gene Lantry Buhl Idaho Donnle E. Clark Hubert E. Good Cpl. Is Camp Croft

Local residents host visitors and return from trips

Dr. and Mrs. P. W. Boyd and daughter Mary Warden return home from Capon River cabin. Miss Boyd with a Washington position leaves Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mackell visit from Manassas, Va., guests of Mrs. Clayton Hall, now a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a fall. The Rev. and Mrs. Luttrell of St. Augustine, Fla. visit Frederick county. Cpl. Lester D. Arnold Jr. returns to Walla Walla base after furlough with parents, awaiting overseas duty. Miss Mary Wood hosts a dinner at Wayside Inn for Mrs. Kennedy of Columbia, S. C., with several local guests.

Misses Brown Mary Howe Glascock Lou Glascock Upperville Ann Turner Glascock Richmond Dave Miller Washington, Va Judy Speake Helen Frances Brown Harold Brown South Washington Street Miss Speake Luray Elizabeth Randolph Ford Virginia Eleanor Leatherman Washington, R. C Dennis A. Weaver New York Charles Good Fla Aries E. Good Kendall Freeerick County Nellie Summerville Ada Paul Fitestephns Elmer Good Papermill Road James 8. Goode Sarah Arlington J. E West Monmouth Street P. W. Boyd Mary Warden Fairmont Ave Capon River Miss Boyd Washington Charles Mackell Manassas Clayton Hall Winchester Memorial Hospital the Plains Randolph Turner Hall W. ©. Luttrell St. Augustine R. A. Cooper Frederick County Luttrell Grace Methodist Church Cpl Lester Arnold Lester D. Arnold, Jr U. S. Army Air Corps Walla Walla Arnold Mary Wood Berryville Pike Winchester Wayside Inn Kennedy Columbia Carrie Hunter Robert Barton Walter Talbot Gertrude McCormac Christine Roszel Robert Lozier Fannie Wright Ely Bradfield Ernest Ely Elizabeth Riley McReynolds F. L. Aylor Berryville Aylers Gertrude Virginia Lewis Culpeper

Berryville Teen Enlists in Navy After Local Drive

Francis Page Chapman 17, of Academy Street Berryville, joins the Navy after enlisting through the Winchester recruiting office. A Berryville high school basketball player and Virginia State Guard member, he was sworn in July and to boot camp in August, with roots in Clarke County and Charles Town born.

Francis Page Chapman George R. Chapman Academy Street Berryville Navy Chapman Charles Town W. Va Clarke County

Berryville Hosts Notable Visiting Guests and locals

In Berryville Virginia Mrs Horace Smithy hosts a month long stay at Rose Hill with visitors from Washington and Virginia. Guests include Mrs Virginia Patton and a procession of locals and relatives attending meals and assisting with tuberculosis association reorganizations.

Mrs. Patton Horace Smithy Berryville Washington Rose Hill Virginia Patton Smithy Gray Beverley Winchester Tion Pred Lindy Norwood Eleanor Currin Virginia State Tuberculosis Association Clarke T. B. Association Crockett Upperville

Community Notes Highlight Local Family Travel and Visitors

Weekend updates from Berryville recounts of residents leaving for Colonial Beach and Fort Benning. Visitors include Chas McGuire from Washington and Lt. Gilbert McKown from Washington staying with the Lindys. Births, hospital stays, weddings, and horse business trips also appear among local lines.

Marshall McCormick Reynolds Berryville Fred Lindy Fort Benning Lindy Chas. McGuire Washington, D. C Gilbert McKown Norwood Lindys

Illness Fatal To Roy L. Ritenour

Roy Lester Ritenour 38 farmer and Powells Fort Valley resident died Monday at his home after a two year illness. Survived by wife Dorothy E. Stephens and two children Richard and Russell. Funeral Wednesday at 3:30 from the family home with burial in the family cemetery.

Roy Lester Ritenour Powells Fort Valley Ritenour Seven Fountains Milton Martha Jane Burner Ritenour Oak Hill Waterlick Vollie Ritenour Miami Fla Perry W. Ritenour McKee’ Rock Harry Ritenour Lynchburg John Dodson Quicksburg

Soldiers in uniform receive wartime honors and assignments

Several West Virginia and Virginia service members are recognized. Cpl. John E. Jolley receives the Good Conduct Medal at Fort Macon, N C. Capt. Pessy Glynn of Stephens City awaits a U S return after 27 months in the Southwest Pacific. Pvt. Billy Duvall Glasscock reports to Keesler Field for reassignment. Pvt. Ralph S. Bailey arrives at Camp Croft for basic training. Staff Sgt. Marshall Feltner, a POW, earns the Air Medal to be presented later. Pfc. Edwin R. Bersole awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actions in France. Pfc. Ebersole sent postwar insignia of German Coastal Defense units.

John E. Jolley John P. Jolley Angers Store W. Va Fort Macon N. C William B. Johnson Fifth Air Force Southwest Pacific Pessy Glynn ANC Stephens City United States S. Coe Harry M. Glynn Delaware Hospital School of Nursing Keesler Field Biloxi Miss Billy Duvall Glasscock C. W. Glasscock White Post Army Air Forces Training Command Rice Feltner Briggs Clarke County War Department Marshall Feltner Hungary Sgt Feltner J. A. Ulio Edwin R. Bersole France Pfc Ebersole Fairchild Aircraft Hagerstown Caroline Stretchberry Ollie Ebersole

Thompson Will Probated Here

Probated in Winchester nation court yesterday was the will of Lt. Paul Thompson Jr U S Marine Corpsman who lost his life in the Marianas The will leaves all property to his mother Mrs Gretchen Thompson of Winchester named executrix Written in Philadelphia on December 11 1941 and witnessed by three Marine Corps buddies

Winchester Nation Court Paul Sat Thomson, Jr U. S. Marine Mariannas Wen Gretchen Thomson Winchester Philadelphia Marine Corps

Cemetery Cleanup Set for Chestnut Grove

Walter Light treasurer of the Graveyard Maintenance Committee announces a cemetery cleanup at Chestnut Grove on Thursday August 24. All relatives and interested parties with family plots are asked to help.

Chestnut Grove Walter Light

Crossword Clues for Across and Down

A crossword style clue list with across and down entries including abstains from food, combination, at right angle to ship keel, tuft on bird wing, beast of burden Atlantic American, cloth, permit, stripped of husks, ring in harmony vine, woody perennials, borders, drop, tree, affirmative votes, and help.

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