Khaki Pin-Up Girl of 1944 Named for Winchester Soldier
Pvt. Kathryn Louise O Roark daughter of Mr and Mrs O L O Roark of South Loudoun street received the Khaki Pin Up Girl of 1944 title at Mey Field. She enlisted in the WAC on May 2 in Hagerstown Maryland and left for Fort Oglethorpe Georgia May 21 for basic training. Attached to the Army Air Corps she reported to Key Field Army Air Base for active duty and recently returned home on a five day delay en route to Camp Springs where she is stationed. She attended Handley High and Intercession City High School and Winchester Business College before entering the service.
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Mey Field
Kathryn Louise O'Roark
O. L. O’roark
South Loudoun Street
O’roark
WAC
Hagerstown
Fort Oglethorpe
Army Air Corps
Key Field Army Air Base
Washington
Camp Springs
Handley High School
Intercession City High School
Florida
Winchester Business College
The
Star Staff
Frenchman Survivor Of German Labor Camp Reunites With Wife
Jean, a young French businessman, recounts 14 months of forced labor in Essen making 88mm gun barrels, abuse and hunger, a daring escape, six months hiding from the Gestapo, and reunion with his wife aided by American officials. He recalls pay withheld, ration-card confiscation, black market food, deaths from starvation, and broken release promises.
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Henry B. Jameson
Isigny
France
Jean
Caen
Germany
Essen
Ration Calendar Details Stamp Validity Amid War Time
Ration calendar outlines indefinite validity for four red meat and fats stamps A8 to Z8 and A5 to D5. blue stamps A8 to Z8 A5 to F5, with G5 to L6 valid Sept 1 onward. Sugar stamps 30 31 32 indefinite or five pounds each, 33 from Sept 1. Gallons quotas for fuel and other items span through specified dates. new and updated periods to be used as boards authorize.
Edinburg Fort bridge opening marked by judge Harrison speech
Plans for the Edinburg Powel's Fort bridge dedication across the Shenandoah River on Labor Day September 4 are announced. A high level rebuild reopens a floodproof route linking Fort Valley and Luray with free movies, band concerts, square dancing and a dedicatory address by Hon. Burr P. Harrison.
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Shenandoah River
Shenandoah Valley
Fort Valley
Luray
Edinburg
Trout Run Valley
Lantz Mills
Burr P. Harrison
Seventeenth Circuit
Shenandoah
Frederick
Warren and
Clarke
Anna Lee Lichliter
W. F. Lichliter
Detrick
Lichliter
Edinburg High School
Edinburgh
Parent-Teacher Association
Shenandoah County
Wardensville
County Board of Supervisors
Houston H. Newman
G. Robert Irvin
A. A. Lutz
Marvin W. Bowman
Beatrice Mitchell
The Road To Berlin Front Mileage From Key Points
The AP list shows major Allied fronts with distances to Berlin. Russian Front 322 miles from Warsaw suburbs. Northern France 450 miles from St Dozier. Southern France 545 miles from Perly. Italian Front 590 miles from Pesaro.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
France
St. Dozier
Perly
Pesaro
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct quiz answers listed: Normandy Bob Hope a raw recruit Bermuda Polaris the North Star True In Italy Something to eat Mourn Paraffin.
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Auestion
Normandy
Bob Hope
Bermuda
Local Notes From Middletown Virginia Social Roundup
Middletown Virginia community notes list Lola Smith visiting the parsonage guests include Rey and Mrs R B Moore. Visitors at the Lauck home include Lillian Wise and Jack Bell from Washington with Myrtle Crawford of Mineral Wells. The W S C S plans a Sept 7 meeting at Mrs George Clark’s home and several families visit relatives in Baltimore Leesburg and Winchester.
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Middletown
Lola Smith
Washington
Rey
R. B. Moore
Yeakley
Lucille Jane
Baltimore
George Clark
William Keith
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Winchester
Key Field
Nathryn
Harrison
Edinburg-Powell
Fort Span
Berlin
Howard Glenn
Robert Evans
New Foundland
Mrs. Glenn
Mrs. Evans
A. M. Smith
Lebanon
Mae Ginn
Lula
May Lauck
Paul Rhodes, Jr
Sister
Bert Rhodes
Parsonage
Jane White
Harvey Yeakley
Iva
Elltown
James
Shelby Keith
Richard Furr
Roger Furr
Leesburg
Oscar Grimm
Middleburg
Alfred
Mollie D. Adams
Stephens City
D. W. Weaver
Louisa, Va
B. F. Goodrich
Ameripol
B. F. Goodrich Silvertown
A&p
Upliae
Eastern Shore
Marvel
Dane Parker
Sana Barkan
Ann Page
Nabisco
Frankfurter OR
Sandwick
Zon, Si
Boston
Frankfurter
Sultana
Ann Lis
White House
Dewco
Quartec
Mare’ Ea
Pointe Sa
Sunnyfield
Sheen
Ieee
Swan White
Sunn
Pillsbury Flour Hire
Duryea
Wright’s
Sur
Nant
Rubber Director
BE Goodrich
Silvertown
CMM Ea
MNS
Crete
E. Piccadilly St
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