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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
6
Local society pages list numerous meetings this week including Century Club at Mrs. Lewis Allen’s home and Bible classes at various addresses. Neighborhood clubs and charitable groups hold gatherings from Tuesday evening through Thursday at churches, lodges, and public halls.
Mr and Mrs Philip Fowle returned to Winchester and Mr and Mrs Harold Brown with Miss Helen Brown Frances and Harold Jr after attending the wedding of Miss Ann Speake to St Howard L Keller at St Andrews Episcopal Church College Park Maryland Bridesmaids Phyllis Fowle and Miss Helen Brown wore taffeta dresses and Juliet caps with veils and carried red roses and baby's breath.
Miss Nancy Larrick daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Larrick of this city who works in the Educational section of the Treasury in Washington left Sunday night to attend regional Educational conferences in Milwaukee Minneapolis Des Moines and Cleveland She expects to return around December 17.
The Fort Loudoun Chapter D A R announces a change to the program for December 18 at the Golden Glow venue. Mary Blair Bowron, a renowned Coloratura Soprano, will now headline a cream reception at 3 PM, with Mrs. Guy Benchoff clarifying the update. Tonight a Lottie Moon Prayer service is at 8 PM at First Baptist Church led by Mrs. A T Baker.
Fort Loudoun chapter D A R will hold a 3 PM Wednesday December 8 meeting at the Golden Glow Restaurant. Mrs Guy A Benchoff directs the American music program with Miss Mary Bowmen Bowman soprano, backed by Woodstock youth musicians. visitors invited.
The Winchester Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet at 3 o clock Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E F Robinson II on Lee street. Assisting hostesses are Mrs. D E Leatherman Mrs Alan Peery and Miss Gladys Haldeman A program of Xmas music will be rendered. Berryville High School Lunch Room Officially Opened. The Berryville High School lunch room opened last Monday November 29 serving 306 lunches in three days and plans to operate through December with the same schedule. Volunteers from PTA and Red Cross assist. Mrs. Rice Levi in charge. Bobby Cole A Patient In University Hospital Bobby Cole 14 the son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Cole of this City was admitted to University Hospital Charlottesville last Wednesday for observation and treatments begun Monday. He would like to hear from friends in Winchester and his address is Ward H University Hospital Charlottesville Va. Mrs Payne And Mrs Scully Spent Monday In Washington Mrs William M Payne and Mrs John Scully III spent Monday in Washington. Mrs Wright To Entertain Thursday And Friday Clubs Mrs Joseph Wright will host the Thursday and Friday afternoon bridge clubs this week at her home on Boscawen St. Miss Ann Woolfolk To Arrive Sunday For Holidays Miss Ann Woolfolk attending Goucher College will spend the weekend in Annapolis and attend the Hop Saturday night She is expected home Sunday to spend Christmas with her parents at Gray Gables Winchest er. Mrs L G Sjostrom Entertained With Tea Saturday Afternoon Mrs Glaize Left Sunday Night For Petersburg Mrs Philip Glaize has been visiting and left Sunday night for Petersburg Va.
The Tokyo radio quoted imperial headquarters claiming 193000 Allied soldiers killed or disabled in the South Pacific and Aleutian fronts from December 1942 to November this year. It said 2728 Allied planes and 158 ships were accounted for, with Allied strength at 400000. Japanese losses were 32962 killed and 313 planes. The broadcast also alleged large losses among Chinese forces.
Millwood Va. hosts guests at Long Branch Bellfield Woodley and Scabby homes. Notables include Mrs. Graham Dougherty of Washington with Senator and Mrs. Bingham of Connecticut. Womans Auxiliary Lepard Society Kings Daughters met. Numerous guests from Winchester Clarke Warrenton and Philadelphia attended dinners and visits.
Buckingham Palace announced King George VI has influenza and will stay in his rooms for several days. The illness adds to a rising number of flu cases in the country, with London reporting 376 deaths in the week ending Nov. 27. The king’s condition is described as not serious.
Irvin S. Cobb, 67, noted author and radio entertainer, was said to be quite sick at his Hotel Sheraton apartment in New York. His wife stated he is not seriously ill and had been hospitalized recently for a routine checkup.
Mrs. B. B. Dutton praises WACs and urges Winchester women to enlist at 16 West Boscawen Street. She notes Miss Evelyn Driver of Boyce and Alice Z. Moore of Aldie enlistment, and emphasizes duties, freedoms, and supporting brothers in service.
A Tokyo radio dispatch on December 7 dismissed the Allied declaration as a propaganda campaign by Roosevelt and Churchill. It asserted the move would not affect Japan's resolve and claimed the neutral powers are being pressured to believe the Allies have won.
Spokane dispatch reports the Memphis Belle, first Eighth Air Force bomber retired from England, redesigned in Spokane into a newer Fortress variant. Capt. Robert K. Morgan, from Asheville, N C, named the ship for his fiancée and the crew now decides if she remains the Belle. A bathing beauty figure remains on the fuselage as a precaution.
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. of Winchester Virginia will be held Tuesday January 11 1944 at 11 a m for election of directors and other business as may come before the meeting or adjournments thereof J H Yost cashier
Reed I. West of Richmond was elected president of the Virginia Highway Users Association in Roanoke. Other officers include C. Pair Grove as vice president J. M. Grove and E. H. Deacon as second and third vice presidents Randolph P. Saunders re-elected executive secretary and E. G. Blake as treasurer.
Italian informants in Zurich report Benito Mussolini nearly paralyzed with a worsening condition from a long standing ailment contracted in youth. Le Democrate of Delemont says he is under care of three German specialists at his Lake Garda villa.
The F B I office at Huntington will investigate yesterday's derailment near Saeger West Virginia of five coaches from Norfolk and Western Railway's Pocahontas. The section hit a split rail but no injuries were reported.
The Gazette De Laussanne, via Basel, reports that Allied bombings of Berlin caused about 250,000 deaths. It adds injury figures are unavailable, noting earlier unconfirmed Swedish reports of 25,000 dead and that Germany has not issued an official tally.
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