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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 03, 1943

Page

6

Night of honors for S R Willey at Golden Glow

Testimonial banquet honoring retired Win ter Section foreman S R Willey after 41 years service. D H Sencindiver led ceremonies with remarks by Her S Larrick and a bouquet to Mrs Willey. Attendees included many local residents and railroad families with songs and letters of congratulations.

Golden Glow S. R. Willey D. H. Sencindiver Her S. Larrick Willey J. P. McGolerick B. E. Rogers Paul Flowers Middletown A. R. Makis Stephens City Manuel Knighting Dal‘Nie Jesse Bessie Manuel Noah E. Tipton Henson L. L. Shreck

Reverend Honeycutt Undergoes Appendectomy in Sunbury

Friends report Reverend Carl A. Honeycutt who recently accepted the Zion Lutheran Church post in Sunbury Pennsylvania underwent an appendectomy Monday at Mary M. Packer Hospital in Sunbury. He fell ill Saturday but preached Sunday before hospital admission and is described as doing nicely. He previously served as pastor at Grace Lutheran Church and assumed the Sunbury charge in November.

Carl A. Honeycutt Zion Lutheran Church Sunbury Mary M. Packer Honeycutt Grace Lutheran Church

Funeral today for Mrs. J. Robert Pancoast

Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Baptist Church in Purcellville for Mrs. J. Robert Pancoast who died at her home late Wednesday afternoon. Interment was in the cemetery at Lincoln.

Baptist Church Purcellville J. Robert Pancoast Lincoln

Transports To Be Heavily Armed

Heavily armed transport ships will be built on the Pacific coast under a new program. Converted 455 foot victory ships will be constructed at Portland and Vancouver yards that have built Liberty freighters and escort carriers. The first victory ship is slated to launch in mid January.

Portland Ore Pacific Coast Edgar F. Kaiser Kaiser Shipbuilding Vancouver

Better Tuberculosis Control Sought in Virginia

The Virginia Tuberculosis Association survey committee urges stronger state action to cut tuberculosis deaths. A December 14 Richmond meeting will discuss an 11 point program, including higher appropriations, better staff pay, and full use of Piedmont Sanatorium as a training center for internes.

Virginia Tuberculosis Association Virginia Richmond Board of Health Ellen Harvie Smith Tuberculosis Association Colgate W. Darden, Jr General Assembly State Health Department Tuberculosis Sanatoria Piedmont Sanatorium Smith

Heironymous Arrival and Local Butchering News in Brush Creek

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L Heironimus of Wayington D C visited Mrs Laura C Dailey in Brush Creek Va during Thanksgiving to help with hog butchering. Raymond Jr will take his first furlough soon from the service and visit relatives. Several locals helped with butchering amid feed shortages while hunting remains light.

Brush Creek Raymond L. Heironimus Wayington D. C Laura C. Dailey Washington Mississippi A C Raymond Heironimus, Jr Raymond Jr Page H. Heironimus Ruth Kerns Harry O. Kerns M. Kerns J. R. Whitacre Glengary Hope Dailey A. P. Whitacre Carson Whitacre

Greater Strength For Reds as Connally Sees Middle East Meet

Senator Connally asserts a pivotal conference in the Middle East with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin will strengthen the Russian army and bolster their campaign. He described the Cairo talks with Chiang Kai Shek as of tremendous significance and predicted another high level meeting among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin.

Fort Worth Texas Middle East Roosevelt Marshal Stalin Churchill Senator Connally D-Tex Senate Foreign Relations Committee Connally Chiang Kai Shek Cairo

Berlin Provides Roosevelt Christmas Tree for Yuletide

Albany New York December 3 Berlin will provide President Roosevelt a Christmas tree for this Yuletide The 30 foot tree from the New York town named after the German capital is on its way to Washington The State Conservation Department has made the presentation each year since Roosevelt was governor.

Albany N. Y Berlin Roosevelt State Conservation Department New York Washington

Our Men In The Service Updates and Names Abroad

Notices from wartime Britain to Georgia and Virginia list Pvt Harry Farmer stationed in England after induction in 1943. Other items mention Sgt Everette Duncan overseas, three naval aviation cadets finishing conditioning, and brothers Wilmer and Robert Braithwaite on furloughs in Oregon and Virginia with family addresses.

Harry Farmer Highland Avenue Farmer England Pvt. Farmer Martin Aircraft Baltimore

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Navy allows married women with Navy husbands to join WAVES

Women aged 20 to 36 may now enlist in the WAVES if they meet other requirements. The husband must be an enlisted Navy man. Educational, physical and eye sight standards remain, height and weight lowered recently. Applicants need two years of high school or business college and must have no children under 18. WAVES now eligible for increased dependents and subsistence allowances. Chief Mead handles enlistments daily in the Post Office Building.

Navy Lloyd Mead Mead

Girls of Navy Take To Tattooing

CHICAGO December 3 Tattooing WAVES is not a big business but it brings in money. Tattoo artist Jake Kasper on South State Street says gas sailors have shown up daily for personal ornamentation at $1.50, with discounts for uniforms. Most requests are routine anchors or flags placed on various parts of the body.

Vic Boston Providence David Charles J. Lillis Armored Division Tennessee Chicago Jake Kasper South State St

Thanksgiving Gatherings and Turkey Feasts in Star Tannery

Thanksgiving events across Star Tannery Virginia include Mr and Mrs Rubert Brill hosting relatives and friends such as Warren Brill and June Brill while others like George Himelright and Darrell visit Balti more. Local hunters John Kump Pete Everett Galen Frye and Warren Brill bragging turkey hunts. A 32 pound turkey at Carson Renner home with Rufus Brill visiting Arlington stands out among meals shared by many families.

Star Tannery Rubert Brill Warren Brill Jessie Natalie Earl Brill Luther Lindamood June Brill Sidney Gore High School John Kump Pete Everett Galen Frye George Himelright Darrell Baltimore Ben Argyle Utah Charlottesville Daisy Orndorff George Chapman Pete Smith Norfolk Elijah Pifer Carson Renner Rufus Brill Arlington

Britain to Draft Coal Miners

London December 3 Britain will start drafting men for the coal mines shortly. Ernest Bevin minister of labor and national. the plan aims to bolster coal production amid shortages and postwar recovery.

Britain London Ernest Bevin

Coal Service Call for Exempted Workers

The House of Commons announced a service plan selecting men born after January 1 1918 who are exempt from military service for physical reasons but who can dig coal. The move targets keeping coal production steady while military requisites rise.

House of Commons

A Puzzle of Clues and Mixed Phrases

A fragmentary clue set blends hints for a bay window narrates a color and a seed that grows in flax. The lines include instructions to soak flax and describe a sprawling fly wide scene.

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