Miss Esther B Fowler awarded Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal
On her 80th birthday and 50th anniversary of missionary education in India, Miss Esther B Fowler of Westfield Massachusetts and Wai India received the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold Medal for distinguished services to the people of India. She has long headed the Woronoco Girls School in Ahmednagar, trained hundreds of Indian girls, and helped establish education and social services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Esther B. Fowler
Westfield
Mass
Wai
Kaiser-i- Hind
Miss Fowler
Woronoco Girls
Ahmednagar
Woronoco
How To Tell Fortunes Fortune Telling Booklet
A Winchester Evening Star information note offers a booklet titled Fortune Telling. It outlines methods for reading stars lines of the hand dreams tea leaves coffee grounds and cards and includes signs omens and superstitions. The ad asks fifteen cents with the requester providing name address city for a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester Evening Star
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company meeting notice
The annual stockholders meeting of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company will be held at the office of R. Gray Williams in Winchester Virginia on Friday September 1 1944 at 12 15 PM for the election of a president and board of directors and other business as may come before it. G F May secretary. Winchester Va Aug 18 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company
R. Gray Williams
Winchester
G. F. May
Sunday Church Services in Multiple Virginia Towns
A notice lists Methodist Presbyterian and Brethren churches in Round Hill Cedar Creek Mount Hope and nearby towns with service times for Sunday worship Sunday School and youth programs. Clergy named include Rev O W Lynch Rev John Teter and Rev Ben Reed with invitations to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Post Methodist
O. W. Lynch
Rockland
Providence Chapel
Boyce
White Post
Millwood
Mt. Carmel
Montague Avenue
John Teter
Macedonia
E. E. Hall
John Henry Sargent
Round Hill
Myra Payne
Greenwood
R. O. Daugherty
Cedar Creek
Mount Hope Presbyterian
Julian T. Owen
Mount Hope
Ben Reed
Burlington
Methodist Church
Walter Smith
Stephens City
Fairview
Kernstown
Refuge
Galilee Church of Christ Announces Bible School and Services
Galilee Church of Christ led by C A Quenze offers Bible School at 10 a m and communion at 11 30 a m with discussion on Ephesians led by Grant ham Gardner and Booster Choir songs. Stonewall District Religious Education Council to meet there next year. Everyone welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galilee Church of Christ C. A. Quenze
Bible School
Charles E. McVay
Paul
Sphesians
Grantham Gardner
Council of Religious Education
Stonewall
Galilee
Home Mission Tabernacle Service Schedule
The Home Mission Tabernacle in Nain Virginia lists Sunday School at 9 30 a m and evening worship with sermon at 7 30 p m Young People and Praise service follows at 7 30 p m Pastor George Helsley extends a cordial invitation to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Mission Tabernacle
Nain
George Helsley
The Road To Berlin Front Distances
The report lists distance figures from key fronts: Russian Front 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs, Northern France 519 miles from east of Sens, Italian Front 601 miles from Florence outskirts, and Southern France 610 miles from Grenoble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
France
Sens
Florence
Grenoble
Israel's First King in Samuel Narrative
The lesson recounts Saul from Kish of Benjamin chosen by Samuel as Israel’s first king. God’s anointing, the sign with prophets, and Saul’s early triumph over the Ammonites lead to renewed allegiance, while some doubt his leadership. The crowd declares Saul king after divine salvation is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
Newhall
Burton -on-Trent
England
Great Britain
United States
Samuel
Eli
Mani
Benjamin
Kish
Saul
Israel
Tabor
Bethel
Children of
God
Judah
Marya
Gilgal
Weiner roast highlights Stephens City social group
Stephens City Virginia August 25 community notes list numerous residents and visitors at a local weiner roast in Smith's Park. Names include Ralph Bauserman Raymond Sandy Roy Wise Carver Kenneth Staples Martha Funk Alice Funk Ruth McNeil Nettie Carbaugh and others. Several relatives and servicemen are mentioned visiting family or on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lester
Blackstone
Anne Lemley
Washington
Bobby Seal
Maurice Lemley
Edgewater
James Cadwallader
Buchanan
F. B. Cadwallader
Mary Tenault
James Inskip
Camp Blanding
Fla
Tech
Douglas B. Haines
Camp Maxey
Texas
Young People’s Division
The
Methodist Church
L. S. Hudson
Betty Morris
Culpeper
C. C. Rhodes
Special Services Sunday at Rural Mission Honors Four Service Men
The Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow hosts Sunday afternoon services at 3 o'clock led by Rev. William Eisenberg of Grace Lutheran. Rev. Cephas Fahnestock reads names of service members Paul Bolton Edward Bolton William Taylor Jr Oscar Dabney Jr. قراءة prayers and hymns follow with readings by Rev. J S Wine and Margit McFarland accordion solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Chure
Indian Hollow
Henry McVicar
Cephas Fahnestock
Poys
Paul and Edward Bolton
William Taylor, Jr
Oscar Dabney
Memorial Service For Two Soldiers At Reliance Church
Memorial services will be held Sunday August 27 at 11 a m at Reliance A B Church led by Rev L P Tederick for two soldiers killed in action Pfc Howard Nelson Broy and Pfc Hollie G Cullers Broy son of the late Henry M Broy and Mrs Broy was killed in France July 11 1944 Cullers son of Mr and Mrs H G Cull was killed in Italy July 22 1944 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance A. B
L. P. Tederick
Howard Nelson Broy
Hollie G. Cullers
Howard Broy
Henry M. Broy
H. G. Cull
Italy
Illness Fatal To Mrs. Freel Daniels
Mrs Grace Knott Daniels widow of Freel Daniels died at her Shepherdstown home in West Virginia Monday afternoon at age 58 after an illness that began in May. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 pm from the home conducted by Rev Donald Danner of the Reformed Church with burial in Reformed Cemetery. She was daughter of Mrs Mary V Knott and the late Jacob Knott of Shepherdstown and leaves her children Jack Daniels of Clairton PA Helen Daniels of Parkersburg and Luekle Ruth and Naomi Daniels at home, one grandson, three brothers and four sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Knott Daniels
Freel Daniels
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Donald Danner
Reformed Church
Reformed
Daniels
Mary V. Knott
Jacob Knott
Jack
Grain futures edge higher on cotton loan rate news
Chicago grain quotations show fractional gains as wheat oats and rye futures rise after Senate advances legislation raising government cotton loan rates. Prices listed for Wheat Sept Dec May July. Oats Sept Dec May July. Rye Sept Dec May with small daily movements.
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Chicago
Senate
Rye
Fort Belvoir visits by Merrill Galliday and Lemley family
Former is stationed at Fort Belvoir. Ann Ethel Merrill and daughter Peggy Galliday of Washington were here for several days visiting friends. Chief Boatswain Mate and Mrs Ted Lemley spent several days recently with the latter's parents in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athey Sargent
Paxton Orndorff
U. S. N. Bainbridge
Leslie Orndorff
June Lemley
Madison College
Frank Huffman
Ralph Mowery
D. B. Haines
Jayanne
Edridge Lemley
John Franklin
Mattie Lemley
Bryant Haines
Winchester
Capon Bridge
John Ward
Taylor Simpson
Cheyenne
Wyo
C. I. Brumback
Betty
Jane McCarthy
Washington
Jack Deighton
Effie State
Louis Stickley
Strasburg
Ann Deighton
Bainbridge
Eldridge Semley
Floyd Fries
Raymond Barracks
Fort Belvoir
Ann Ethel Merrill
Peggy
Galliday
Bosum Mate
Ted Lemley
North Carolina
Service Emblems Are Given Local Telephone Employes
Virginia C Naddeo of Winchester office received a three star emblem for fifteen years of service with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia. Freda C Loy received a one star emblem for five years. During August, 33 C and P Telephone Company employees in Virginia were awarded emblems, with a total of 485 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia C. Naddeo
Winchester
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Virginia
8S. R. Sammis
Freda C. Loy
C. and Pr. Telephone Company
Urgent appeal on tire shortages from Hagerstown official
Edward R. Gisburne district manager of the Office of Defense Transportation in Hagerstown asks operators of heavy duty trucks with 8:25 tires to report any laid up vehicles at once. Shortage of manufacturing workers and extraordinary military demand keep essential transport off the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Gisburne
Office of Defense Transportation
Hagerstown
Gisburne
Shenandoah Area Scouts Collecting Waste Paper
Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts and Cub Packs launch a two month drive to collect waste paper. Each Scout aims for at least one thousand pounds to earn a badge, merit certificates, and a War Production Board endorsement. Funds support camping and troop activities.
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Shenandoah Area
Basil FP. Starkey
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Folding Paper Box Association of America
Basil F. Stamkey
Pearl Harbor
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United Council of Church Women
Council
Louise Young
Nashville, Tenn
Washington D. C
Sue
Miller’s Drug Store
Church OF the Brethren
Salem
L. R. Dettra
W. L. Riggleman
Front Royal Pike
United Brethren Church
John E. Oliver
A Pleasant
C. E. Society
Am Valley
Reday
Ladies Aid
Middletown Methodist Church
R. B. Moore
Grace—Church School
Epworth
Berlin
Associated Press
By Newman Campbell
Fearus
Rural Mission
Reliance
Ani Regerthe
Lwanrel
Berni
Shenandoah Area Scouts
Starkey
Olga Stoker
Armstrong and
Congoleum
W. B. Snider & Son
Winchester Ice Companies
Apple
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