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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1944

Page

7

Marriage of Miss Ann Elizabeth Hux to Lt. Joseph P. Harry

Social news records the wedding of Miss Ann Elizabeth Hux and Lt. Joseph P. Harry at Market Street Methodist Church in Winchester. Rev. Vanderberry officiated with organ selections by Betty Stretch. The bride and attendants wore blue gowns and white rose corsages. After a small reception at the groom’s sister’s home, the couple will reside in San Antonio, Texas after September first. The rest of the column notes local returns from duty, furloughs, hospitalizations, and weekend visits involving residents of Winchester and nearby areas.

Ann Elizabeth Hux William Hux Cincinna Ohio Joseph P. Harry Frank P. Harry Market M Street Methodist Church R. W. Vanderberry Betty Sylvia Harry John Mann Winchester Oscar Harry Robert Dale J. E. Cornell Hughes High School Cincinnati Handley High School Hondo Army Air Field Hondo Texas San Antonio

Knitting Drive Urges Finished Articles and Yarn

Mrs. R. B. Griffith chair of Red Cross knitting requests all finished items and leftover yarn be brought to the Episcopal Church production area second floor at 194 W Boscawen Street on August 29 between 10 am and 2 pm. An appeal for new yarn accompanies the call as the receiving quota is urgently needed.

R. B. Griffith The Red Cross Knitting Episcopal Church W. Boscawen Street

Kinzel B Grubbs Receives Purple Heart in France

Kinzel B Grubbs Jr. of Company I 29th Division has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered during the invasion of France. The letter from his parents, Mr and Mrs Kinzel B Grubbs Sr. of 337 Fairview Avenue, notes the wound is healing and says he has been overseas about twenty three months. Prior to service he worked for H W Butler and Brothers.

Kinzel B. Grubbs Fairview Avenue Cpl Kinzel B. Grubbs, Jr France Cpl. Grubbs H. W. Butler and Brothers

Picnic By United Textile Workers Sunday At Smiths Park

Local No. 71 United Textile Workers of the Virginia Woolen Mill plans a Sunday picnic at 2.30 at Smiths Park west of Middletown. Supper at 5. Guest speaker will be Anthony Valente international president of United Textile Workers of America.

United Textile Workers of the Virginia Woolen Mill Smith’s Park Middletown Anthony Valente United Textile Workers of America

O Sullivan Picnic Set for Sunday at George Washington Grounds

O Sullivan Rubber Company employees plan a picnic Sunday afternoon August 27 at the George Washington National Forest Grounds near Elizabeth Furnace. Local attendance expected from plant workers and families with carpool arrangements noted.

O'Sullivan Rubber Company George Washington National Forest Grounds Elizabeth Furnace

Birthday Party Honors Miss Lucille Carper at Home

Miss Lucille Carper was honored with a birthday party by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carper at their home Thursday evening. Guests included Dorothy Bursey Jane Racey Emily Florence White Nona Teets Mrs Loring Carper and Mrs Stewart Kline and Harry Stoehr Charles Smith Freddie Teets Ralph Bursey Billy White Gerry Racey Ryland Carper. Refreshments followed enjoyable games.

Lucille Carper Earl Carper Dorothy Bursey Jane Racey Emily Florence White Nona Teets Loring Carper Stewart Kline Harry Stoehr Charles Smith Freddie Teets Ralph Bursey Billy White Gerry Racey Ryland Carper

Mrs Bertha Boyce Returns From Visit to Chalfont Pa

Mrs Bertha Boyce has returned from visiting her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Edward Weinberg who have moved to Chalfont Pa from Great Neck Long Island NY.

Bertha Boyce Edward Weinberg Chalfont, Pa Great Neck Long Island, N. Y

Birthday Party for Master Smallwood in Ocean Heights

Master Smallwood Leonard Smallwood celebrated his third birthday with a party at his parents home in Ocean Heights. Guests included Norah and Mere dith Smallwood, Thelma Smallwood and family, and several relatives from Ridgeway Winchester and Marlboro.

Master Smallwood Leonard Smallwood Wilson Smallwood Ocean Heights Norah Smallwood Meredith Thelma Smallwood Jackie Billy Miller Russell Smallwood Jean James Chapman Wade Wetzel Vivian Ridgeway Mary E. Larrick Harry Patterson Ginna and Marshall Larry Lester Smallwood Winchester

Birthday Party for Sandra Lee Anderson Fetes Granddaughter

Sandra Lee Anderson celebrated her first birthday at a dinner party hosted by grandmother Kathleen Kerns at 418 Highland Ave on August 24. Attendees included Lind, Betty and Helen Kerns, Jeanette Miller, Marshall Cave, Donald Kerns, Charles Miller, and Mrs. Mary Anderson, with her father serving in the U S Navy in North Africa and uncle Pvt Ralph Lee Kerns overseas.

Sandra Lee Anderson Kathleen Kerns Highland Ave Sandra Lees Lind Betty Helen Kerns Jeanette Miller Marshall Cave Donald Kerns Charles Miller Mary Anderson Sandra U. S. Navy North Africa Pvt Ralph Lee Kerns U. S. Army Sandra Lee Hunter H. Kerns

Convention Names 40 And 8 Officers

Rufus G. Coldwell of Fairfax Va was elected grand chef de gate of the American Legion Society of Forty and Eight at the Virginia Departmental convention in Roanoke. He succeeds Edwin C Parker of this city. Parker and Philip R Fowle retiring grand correspondent attended. Other officers named include J Ed Wagner Danville grand chef de train Charles R Blassenham Newport News grand commissaire intendant Bernard Kayton Norfolk grand conducteur Leroy A Redford Richmond sous grand conducteur Eddie A Cumberland Virginia Beach and William Volkmer Hampton grand s gardes de la porte Samuel Maurer Norfolk Ted L Bogert Charlottesville grand drapeaux James I Yates Danville grand histori an George Carter Martinsville grand lampiste and Dr Thomas D Morewitz Newport News grand medicen. Virginia Department reports record membership under Parker. Fowle also served as chairman of multiple committees.

Rufus G. Coldwell Fairfax American Legion Society Virginia Roanoke Coldwell Edwin C. Parker Parker Cheminal National Philip R. Fowle Fowle J. Ed Wagner Danville Charles R. Blassenham Newport News Grand Commissaire Intendant Bernard Kayton Norfolk Leroy A. Redford Richmond Eddie A. Cumberland Virginia Beach William Volkmer Hampton Grands Gardes de la Porte Samuel Maurer Ted L. Bogert Charlottesville Grands Drapeaux James I. Yates Grand Historean George Carter Martins

Market Quotations and Cattle Hogs Beef Prices Report

Baltimore and Chicago market quotations show eggs butter and beef prices steady or unchanged with light receipts. Cattle and hogs display mixed shifts from week ago, with best feeding steers around 16.60 and top grassers 16.25, while fat cows and bulls move modestly. Sheep and lambs show limited activity with steady to higher quotes for fat lambs and yearlings.

Baltimore Chicago Eeseseerss Eeene Fener

Wheat and grain futures edge mixed at Chicago open

Chicago August grain quotes show wheat futures mixed with oats weaker and rye firmer as traders react to large Northwestern harvest movement and lowered Canadian export taxes. Opening prices listed for Wheat, Oats, Rye and Barley across Sep through July contracts.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

W. G. Hardy to Teach Bible Class at Braddock Street

W. G. Hardy will teach the Men's Golden Rule Bible Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 9 45 Sunday morning. Members are urged to be present and visitors are cordially invited.

W. G. Hardy Braddock Street Methodist Church

Gloucester's Royal Son Born to Duchess of Gloucester

London reports the Duchess of Gloucester gave birth to a son who is in satisfactory condition. The infant prince stands fifth in direct succession after his brother Prince William and before the Duke of Kent, and he becomes the queen mother's ninth grandchild.

London Duchess of Gloucester Prince William of Gloucester Duke of Kent

State Department says Japanese peace envoys did not question U S Navy

Washington state notes Rep Magnuson claimed pacific reports suggested Japan sought to trap the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. The State Department rebutted that prewar Japanese peace efforts raised no doubts about U S naval dispositions.

Washington State Department Pearl Harbor Department Magnuson D.wesh Seattle Post-Intelligencer Pacific Coast

servicemen and families featured in wartime hometown dispatch

Courtney Atwell Bennington is stationed at Fleet Services School Norfolk after boat training at Camp Peary while fourteen first cousins serve in the armed forces and eleven are overseas. Captain Peggy Carbaugh, from Stephens City, phones home from San Francisco en route to a California visit after two and a half years overseas in New Guinea. Lewis M. Castleman in France earns Good Conduct Medal. his wife lives at 305 North Loudoun Street. Fort Oglethorpe Pvt Mary L. Stuckey, former National Fruit Products employee, trains at Third WAC Center after prior work in Washington and Bishopville.

Courtney Atwell Bennington Waldo W. Bennington Bartonsville Fleet Services School Norfolk Camp Peary Seaman Bennington Ameda Peggy G. Carbaugh H. M. Carbaugh Stephens City San Francisco Calif Carbaugh New Guinea California Victor Carbaugh Treasure Islan Lewis M. Castleman France N. Loudoun Street Technician Castleman Ordoe Motor Vehicle Assembly Fort Oglethorpe Mary L. Stuckey National Fruit Products Company Jay H. Stuckey Lee Street Bishopville S. C Selective Service System Washington National WAC Corps Red Cross Pvt Stuckey U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Washington

Pope Wounded in France During World War II Action

Mr and Mrs Stuart E Pope of Valley avenue report their son Private First Class Leon Foster Pope was wounded in France between July 25 and August 13. A shrapnel fragment struck his face and entered his head. He has been overseas since January and took part in the invasion of Day. Pope is attached to the 115th Infantry of the 29th Division and has been awarded the Purple Heart.

Stuart E. Pope Valley Avenue Pfc Leon Foster Pope France Pope Purple ‘Heart 115Th Inf

Attic 16 Radium Secondary Abounding

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Joseph Harry Miss Ann Hux F. L. Largent Jg. F. Ly. Largent W. L. Largent Virginia Russell H. K. Russell South Stewart Street Mason Emmett W. Mason Columbus Miss C. M. Barrett Homer Mason Ettis Jeana Barrett Roy Barrett Mrs. C. M. Barrett Marjorie Ann Reid Berryville Avenue Winchester Memorial Hospital F. E. Miner Frances Turner Reginald Turner Mrs. Turner Stewart Street Elizabeth Dorothy Lichliter F. E. Paulette Scottsville, Ve I. Fred Stine J. JC. Oakes West Clifford Street K. B. Grubbs Purple Heart Kinzel Grubbs Jem Om Brooks Haris Margaret McVicar Peyton St. Winchester, Va Oxford Huntsberry John Lemley John Edgar Lemley Elma K. Lemley Castle Heights Eugene Babb Fisher's Island N. Y Mrs. C. E. Babb Millwood Avenue Catherine Moore Gainesboro Earl Fauver Marlboro, Va Earl Shiley Earl Edward Shileys Amy Lou Charles Hancher J. W. Hancher White Hall Harvard University Boston Presbyterian Church Gaunt Tode Tuttle Restaurant Egbert Wilson Freeman Lovett Brothers N. Loudoun St Baltimore Livestock Chicago Livestock Timberlake Ture Pifer As Loudoun Street Courtney A. Bennington Leon Pope J. J. Newberry CO Ene Luigi Cardinal Maglione College of Cardinals Rome Guiseppe Cardinal Pizzardo Amelito Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani United States the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Miller Bros Army Navy Cail Red Cross Oervice Dial Cather Luxor Soap C. A. Davis Prop Baker’s Drug Phones Daily Crossword Bliss Ireland God of Love Peel
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