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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1945
Page
6
The Winchester Golf Club Ladies Championship runs from August 27 to October 1 with sixteen players. First round due by September 3 and pairings are posted at the club. Last year's champion was Mrs. Lloyd Mead with runner up Mrs. B. B. Dutton.
The Comrade Bible Class of Braddock Street Methodist Church hosted an annual reception at Mrs. Herman Barr’s home on South Washington Street. About fifty members attended a varied program including songs by Marie Garber and Courtney Fauver, piano by June Kline, readings by Mrs. Laura Anderson, and corsages distributed by Mrs. Charles Lanahan.
The Francis Asbury Sub-district of the Methodist Church will hold an election of officers and a mass meeting at Burnt Factory Church Tuesday evening August 28 at 8 o clock All members urged to attend as this will be the most important meeting of the year.
The American Association of University Women will hold its first meeting of the 1945 46 year on Saturday September 8 at the home of Mrs J A Holinger 449 West Leicester Street Guests for this meeting will be eligible members.
Miss Frances Shade returns to Hagerstown Maryland to resume work as a bookkeeper at the National Biscuit Company after illness. Also noted are visits by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Glass Jr in Washington and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Riley planning ten days in Atlantic City, with a birthday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Clowser hosted by Julian Rosenberger and other attendees from Hayfield Winchester and Riverdale.
Miss Louise V. Huyette daughter of Mrs. John Huyette Berryville Virginia received a Bachelor of Science in Education at Radford College Woman's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduation exercises in Radford Virginia. She previously led Troutville High School's commercial department and will join Fairfax County schools for the next term. She also studied at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg.
Amsterdam reports the 16,000-ton motorship Christian Huygens abandoned in a sinking condition between Antwerp and Rotterdam after a heavy explosion likely from a mine. The accident occurred ten miles northwest of West Kapelle on Walcheren Island near where commandos landed last October. The steamship Tiba picked up some crew members in lifeboats.
Wartime servicemen in hospitals ships and camps request classical recordings. Miss Mary L Steele heads the Red Cross effort listing titles from Victor and Columbia labels including Pictures at an Exhibition and Beethoven compositions. Contributions accepted at Piper Printing Northern Virginia Power Co Martinsburg Pike and Schenk Cheese Co chaired by W Germain St M D Weaver and Horace Browne.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr., former Secretary of State, sails on the Queen Mary to London as personal representative of President Truman at an interim UN commission meeting. He is among 1,228 passengers from New York to Southampton, with Sidney Hillman to attend a Paris World Trade Union Congress conference.
A Domei dispatch from Tokyo cites the Yomiuri Hachi stating Japan will welcome occupation forces but shun American jazz for wholesome bands. It notes Tokyo police work to rebuild movie theaters and that only 80 of 252 escaped destruction by American bombs.
Stephens City made eight errors and was swept 8-3 by White Post as Pierce earned the win allowing eight hits with five strikeouts. Fisher and Pope led Stephens City with three hits each, while Estep and W Huff supplied two doubles for White Post.
The Winchester City Clerk urges World War II veterans not yet recorded to bring their discharge papers to the Clerk's office for free recordation via Portagraph. The service creates a permanent legal record of service and is available anytime. Veterans away from Winchester should have a family member deliver the certificate for recording.
Franz Werfel, refugee author of about 35 books, including The Song of Bernadette, died at home in Beverly Hills at age 54 from a heart ailment. His wife Alma Mahler found him slumped at his desk. His works also include The Forty Days of Musa Dagh and The Eternal Road.
Funeral services were held at St. John's Church Mt Williams for Kenneth Lee Bell 43 who died of a sudden heart attack Friday. The Rev E B Smith conducted the rites and interment was in the adjacent cemetery. Pallbearers were Hurl Himelright I N Wallace Elmer Ambrose N C Williams Lucian Ashwood and Ernest Ashwood.
The Aquitania, newly painted gray, sailed for Southampton with 483 passengers including 433 civilians. The four stack liner carried mostly British evacuees who left England during the German blitzkrieg, marking the largest eastbound civilian contingent from New York since America entered the war.
Funeral services for Alfred Mahoney 69 who died Friday evening at Winchester Memorial Hospital will be held Tuesday at 10 30 in the morning at Omps Funeral Home. Capt Clyde Koons of the Salvation Army will officiate.
The morning session before Judge John Rice dis posed of cases in Police Court. Norman Thomas and officers on N Loudoun Street, with sentences including one man fined $10 and costs for drunkenness. Russell Orndorff of 1523 S Loudoun Street also charged with drunkenness, fined $10 and costs.
A Winchester ad touts ERB HELP a 12 herb compound that cleanses bowels relieves gas and stimulates liver and kidneys. The copy claims a woman who once feared food now eats normally and feels renewed after using the product sold at local drug stores.
A broken transmission causes a trailer from the Novick Transfer Co. to roll down a hill in Staunton. The unit came to rest in a residence yard after crashing through a fence. The driver stopped at a traffic light. no injuries and minor damage reported.
A cryptic set of clues references river related terms, numerations, and a small water isle puzzle. The fragment hints at wordplay involving encounters schemes and a monkey named Ti in a playful lexicon.
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