Hospital recreation room decorated for Christmas by Winchester-Frederick group
A Winchester Frederick County committee plans festive Christmas decor for the Newton D. Baker General Hospital recreation room. Volunteers including Girl Scout troops and the Boy Scouts arrange evergreens, bows, and a Bethlehem scene with a blue sky backdrop.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Winchester-Frederick
Ethel Rinker
Sara Coe
Clarissa Cadwallader
Miss Steele
Ted
Bethlehem
O’sullivan Rubber Co
Bethlehemd
Boy Scouts of Winchester
Giri
Girl Scouts
Quota Club
American Legion of Winchester
Local Women Complete Gray Lady Training at Newton D. Baker
Twenty two women from Winchester Berryville join the class of 75 Gray Ladies at Newton D. Baker General Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia. They will begin a probationary period under Red Cross field director Miss Rebecca Myers after 16 lectures. Local recruits come from Red Cross chapters in Charles Town Martinsburg Shepherdstown Hagertown Winchester and Berryville.
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Winchester
Berryville
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
Wva
Red Cross
Rebeca Myers
Charles Town
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Foreign Wars Auxiliary Opens To Relatives
Mrs. Margaret Keffer and Mrs. Martha Baker of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars said relatives of overseas veterans may join the Auxiliary if they are at least sixteen. The Auxiliary pursues fraternal patriotic historic educational aims to aid VFW membership.
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Margaret Keffer
Martha Baker
Women's Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kitchen Bank Robbed Again in Huntington Home
Thieves entered Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shroyer’s home and took 1820 dollars from a metal kitchen box. They left 1975 in war bonds and papers in the car rear seat, missing 680 dollars hidden elsewhere. Police warn residents about home banks.
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Huntington
Ind
Charles Shroyer
Picard Captures Miami Open In Record Round
Henry Picard, 39, of Cleveland Ohio, won the Miami Open with a 2667 total a final round 63 to break the course record by one stroke and finish five ahead of Harold McSpaden. He earned 2000 prize plus a 250 special award for the low round and a 2250 top check from the event.
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Miami
Fla
Henry Picard
Florida
Cleveland, O
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Picard
Sam Snead
Bond drive reports show strong Pearl Harbor Day results
Civic and fraternal groups posted solid E Bond sales on Pearl Harbor Day. B'nai B'rith, Lions, JBT led with high totals, while Rotary and Winchester Retail Merchants exceeded overall quotas but missed E targets. Final tallies pending, officials said.
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Pearl Harbor Day
Pearl Harbor
JBT
B’nai B'rith
The
Lions
Junior Board of Trade
Lions Club
Rotary
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Men in Uniform Highlight Local Servicemen News
Letters from Donald L. Dailey report arrival at Tacloban Philippines as Seaman Second Class enlisted March 1945. Elmer J. Braithwaite, discharged as staff sergeant after four years eleven months in Army Air Corps. First Sgt. Robert C. Gibbens discharged after four years service with frontline India Burma theater and the Picks Pike supply group.
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Robert C. Gibbens
Army
India-Burma
Gibbens
Assam
China
Aulick Gibbens
Sgt. Gibbens
Former Miss Betty Schlack’s son-in-law Lt. Everhart returns home
Lt. M Rhett Everhart U S Navy son in law of former Miss Betty Schlack and his wife are living with Sgt Gibbons mother on N Loudoun Street He earned a BA from Berea College in 1938 attended the University of Tennessee until 1941 then served in the Army Air Corps before transferring to the Navy He served in the South Pacific and in October 1945 returned to the states He will be inactive in January and resume studies at the University of Tennessee for aMaster's degree.
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Romulus Air Field
Lucille Dailey
Siler
Jackson S. Braithwaite
Cross Junction
Donald L. Dailey
Braithwaite
American Viscose Corp
Front Royal
Betty Schlack
Sgt. Gibbon
N. Loudoun Street
M. Rhett Everhart
U.S. Navy
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Berea College
Berea
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
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AAF
Navy
Naval Academy
Annapolis
South Pacific
Everhart
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Wave
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