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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
7
Local society notes report the Victory Exchange closing this week for staff at a Blood Donor Clinic with plans to reopen Thursday and Saturday next week. Several residents travel to visit relatives while others share hospital and military family updates, and a new baby is announced.
Mrs. William Beverley and daughter Judy, visiting Mountain View near Blacksburg since August 23, are expected to return to Milton Valley Clarke on Friday September 1. They will be joined by Palmer Beverley who has been at Camp Carys brook Christiansburg Va.
Mrs. B J Sager entertained Saturday afternoon at her West Leicester Street home in honor of her aunt Mrs. Matthew de Rouville of Albany New York who has stayed as her house guest for the past week.
Local item notes Mr and Mrs John S Sloat return from Capon Lake WV where they vacationed two weeks. Sloat resumes duties as bank cashier. Ericksons of Boyce host Clam Bake for Mr Ericksons birthday with relatives including three sons. Mayme White and Robert N Long wed in Providence RI amid Navy ties. Attendants were J W Cornwell and Mrs Cornwell. Others list appendectomy cases and visits by family in Winchester area.
Mrs. Adrian Morrison of Capon Bridge underwent a tonsilectomy Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. The Star invites birth notices or a phone call to publish your announcement.
Social notes from Millwood Virginia list guests visiting and returning from trips including Lieut and Mrs. David Donovan and Lieut. John Townsend Burwell. Attendees share time at Annefield and Edgewood while Augusta and Clarke residents report on relatives abroad and plans for upcoming leave and travel.
Curtis B. Catlett three year old son of Harry and Rose Dunlap Catlett of near Gore died at home. Survived by brothers and sisters. Funeral held this afternoon at Bethel Methodist Church Trone three miles west of Gore with interment in the adjoining cemetery.
The article details the ninth annual blood donor clinic urging citizens to donate for soldiers. It highlights local organizers, a drive at the city center, and the ongoing support from veterans groups and civic clubs.
The Office of Price Administration announced price ceilings for nearly all imported cigar brands and sizes, effective Sept. 4. Retail prices range from 17 cents to $1.25 per cigar, matching ceilings in place since March 1943 for importers and wholesalers.
Residents and visitors share in a busy period with trips to see relatives in Bentonville and Cross Junction, attend a church picnic by Cedar Creek, and visit friends in Winchester, Star Tannery, and Stephens City. Updates include deployments, illnesses, hospital stays, and local engagements.
A Bulgarian domestic broadcast cited by the Federal Communications Commission says Sofia has rescinded all anti Jewish measures. The British radio quotes the Sofia commissariat for Jewish affairs as to be dissolved.
Mrs. Albert Seal reports her husband Sgt Albert M. Seal now in sunny Italy after basic at Camp Shelby where he earned the Expert Infantry Badge and Good Conduct Ribbon. Pfc. Sam Swimley, son of Mr and Mrs Swimley of Brucetown, was inducted April 26 1943 and remains overseas in England attached to Military Police. Pvt. Ralph Fishel, inducted July 29 1944, is at Fort Sill Okla and wants letter friends. he previously farmed in Clearbrook and attended Stonewall schools. The piece corrects that the poem Someday Soon was written by Pfc. Allen L. Franks and sent by his father Charles L. Franks. Sgt Lyn Chapman, from Clarke County, recently returned to Campane by Miss after a fifteen day furlough with his wife Emma Patton, and is with the Field Artillery. Cpl Wilbur L. Kern has returned to Selfridge Field after a furlough with his mother, seeking letters. he joined in September 1942 and worked as a city office clerk before the service.
New York August 29 The army will begin sending 90 million Christmas packages overseas next week after completion of a large new post office on the former Madison Square Garden site.
An average reduction of three cents per pound in the retail price of Swiss cheese was announced by the Office of Price Administration today and goes into effect immediately.
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