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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
7
Ensign George Wesley Ash USMC weds Miss Zida Artrip at a New York City parsonage with Rev. R T Anderson officiating. The bride, daughter of Mrs. W F Artrip, wore gray with orchids. A dinner followed at the Del Monte Restaurant.
A schedule of club and organization meetings and events throughout the week. Includes Red Cross Motor Corps at City Hall, Rebekah and Eagles gatherings, Kiwanis luncheon, Garden Club, First Baptist Auxiliary, Elks, Rotary, Social Club, WCTU, Daughters of the Confederacy, and Girl's Athletic Association activities with times and venues.
The Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at the George Washington Hotel with Rev Ronald S. Wilson as guest speaker. He read Christmas poems from the Carnegie Library Holiday Verses collection and the group planned a Christmas basket and stockings for Newton D Baker hospital.
Mrs. John H. Rosenberger will host the Old Frederickstown Garden Club at 3 30 P M Wednesday at her home on West Boscawen Street Miss Lela Rosenberger will be assistant hostess
The Turner Ashby Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet Thursday afternoon December 14 at three oclock at the home of Mrs. Fred L. Glaize Sr 112 East Piccadilly Street. The Woman's Auxiliary to Meet Wednesday Night. Due to inclement weather the Auxiliary of the First Baptist Church postponed the meeting to Wednesday night at the same place with an executive board session after the address. Mr Coffman Returns From Hospital. B S Coffman has returned home from Frederick City Hospital where he received treatments following a heart attack. Mrs Williams Returned Saturday From N Y. Mrs Phillip Williams returned Saturday to her Amherst Street home after spending weeks in New York with her daughter Miss Ann Dunbar Williams.
Miss Virginia Gregory will address mothers at Jack and Jill School on North Washington Street Friday at 4 PM. She will discuss preschool activities as the talk’s subject.
The Philathea Class of the First Baptist Church will host their annual Pollyanna party tonight at eight o'clock at the parsonage.
The Stephenson Social Club schedules its annual Christmas meeting for Thursday at two at Mrs. Gertrude Hopfer’s home with Mrs. Adah Payne as co-hostess. Mrs. Bertha Ashwood will lead the worship program and members are urged to attend. note new date Dec 14. The Red Cross Motor Corps meets tonight at eight in city hall with all members urged to attend. The W C T U gathers Thursday at 3 at Handley Library. Mrs. Frank Miller, ill at home, is much improved and now able to go out.
Roy Lynwood Madigan age 17 of Winchester son of Mr and Mrs Roy S Madigan enlisted in the navy through the Winchester recruiting office. He lives at 100 South Main Street and worked as a driver for Valley Fruit and Candy Co after stints at Food Center. Born November 8 1927 in Winchester he swore in November 18 in Washington and is on inactive duty awaiting boot camp transfer.
At a Hickory Camp No. 34 meeting the officers for the coming year were named. H. M. Carper serves as past council commander and council commander, with L. B. Newlin as advisor lieutenant. Also named are H. S. Williamson banker D. C. Hottle escort Calvin Keller watchman R. H. Lamp sentry L. H. Pence auditor C. C. Gough finance secretary L. I. Carper. Installations are planned for January.
Simon Bolivar known as the George Washington of South America fathered Venezuela Peru Ecuador Colombia and Bolivia shaping regional independence and nationhood.
Berryville Clarke County Women’s Club invites the public to a 3 PM December 14 meeting at Hawthorne Library featuring Marjorie Hendrix of Washington DC, recently in Australia doing Red Cross canteen work. Rose MacDonald presides. open to community. Hendrix shares experiences from Normandy Farms and serving soldiers. Other notes mention local residents' travels and military inductions.
Seaman 2c Charles L. Kerns son of Isaac and Mrs Kerns of Grimes enlisted June 21 1944 at Winchester. He trained at Bainbridge Md and is overseas in New Guinea after prior work for D. K. Russell. Sgt Dudley P Powers son of H. P Powers of Bayard Va serves as a transportation sergeant in a B 24 Liberator group with the 15th A. A. F. in Italy. The unit completed 168 combat missions this year dropping 9 064 tons of explosives on southern and central Europe. Udell S Long Carpenters Mate Third Class Navy Ship Repair Unit spent leave in Middletown with grandparents Lyle and Co L Long. He bases at Solomons Md after Boot Camp in Barridge Md. Sgt Thomas Davis son of Charles and Mrs Davis Gainesboro promoted to sergeant in the Petroleum Engineers. He trained at Greensboro N C Dayton Ohio Camp Claiborne La went overseas in 1943 and is now in India. Pfc Samuel R Mason 22 of Bunker Hill W Va in 162nd General Hospital England recovering from shrapnel after earning a Purple Heart. His ward surgeon Lt Paul L Krzywicki says he is in very satisfactory condition. Mason entered the Army December 1942 and has two brothers serving. The Universal Postal Union of 1874 is cited as an early example of international organization coordinating mail and money orders between countries.
The bulletin lists distances to key fronts: 304 miles north of Warsaw on the Eastern Front, 420 miles from Budapest on the Hungarian Front, and 551 miles north of Ravenna on the Italian Front.
Royal Virginia and families from Charles Town and Berryville host relatives. Ensign Olin Glaize and wife arrive from Florida. Seaman Robert Payne visits from Great Lakes. Clevengers relocate to Fort Meade after two weeks in Berryville. Cadet Nurse Betty Stough and other relatives join weekend gatherings.
A Washington home hosted a weekend guest who spent time with the Herefords during a quiet period. The visit emphasized mutual interest in local agricultural circles and livestock discussion.
Due to bad weather the Christmas parcel and card mail volume is light at the city post office with under two weeks to Christmas. Postmaster Nelson Page asks residents not to delay mailing as staff shortages may cause delays, recommends first class for cards, and notes overseas mail must be sealed and mailed first class.
A brief note explains how bats move with swift, unerring flight at dusk and dark, likening their motion to a natural roar as they navigate the night sky.
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