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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1943

Page

8

Winchester club calendar lists weekly meetings and events

Tuesday through Friday calendar lists Lions Club Kiwanis Rotary Elks and other groups meeting at Golden Glow Restaurant Odd Fellows Hall Sarah Zane Hall and local homes. Highlights include Red Cross Motor Corps weekly and Victory Exchange Open from 11 to 5.00 pm.

Lions Club Golden Glow Century Club B. M. Roszel Red Cross Motor Corps Ed Capper East eLicester St Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Winchester Aerue No Order of Eagles North Loudoun Street Rotary Club Sarah Zane Hall Quota Club Society of First Baptist Church

Winchester A A U W hears Christmas music and plans work

Mrs. E F Robinson hosted the December Winchester Branch meeting of the American Association of University Women with assist hosts Mrs. D F Leatherman Mrs. Alan Peery and Miss Gladys Haldeman. The group approved a tuberculosis bond purchase and discussed a new class starting January 10.

Winchester American Association of University Women E. F. Robinson D. F. Leatherman Alan Peery Gladys Haldeman Robert McNally

Winchester Junior Music Club Entertained Saturday

The Winchester Junior Music Club met Saturday afternoon at counselor Miss Kathleen McCartney's home with President Betty Lou Barton as hostess. Betty June Hurst read a paper on The Paris School of Music. Members performing included Anne Butler Evelyn Aflen June Henshall June Cammer Cary Marshall Betty Lou McFarland Elizabeth Baker. Other members present were Charlotte Brown Colleen Grimm Nancy May Hurst Doris Jean Laign Jane Miller Peggy Galladay Sara Lee Sencindiver, who won the Musical Game. Delicious refreshments were served.

Winchester Kathleen McCartney Betty Lou Barton Paris School of Music Betty June Hurst Anne Butler Evelyn Aflen June Henshall June Cammer Cary Marshall Betty Lou McFarland Elizabeth Baker Charlotte Brown Colleen Grimm Nancy May Hurst Doris Jean Laign Jane Miller Peggy Galladay Sara Lee Sencindiver

Old Fredericktown Garden Club Meeting With Mrs George Snarr

The Old Fredericktown Garden club will meet Wednesday at 3:30 PM at the home of Mrs George Snarr on South Stewart Street with Mrs McSherry Lupton assisting. Members are reminded of the change of meeting place and Mrs Allen Hawthorne will present the Xmas Program.

Kiwanis Club Golden Glow Old Fredericktown George Snarr South Stewart Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Fredericktown McSherry Lupton

Winchester Memorial Hospital Alumnae Meeting Set for Wednesday

The Winchester Memorial Hospital Alumnae Association will hold its monthly gathering at the Nurses Home on Wednesday evening at 7 15 p m. Members are reminded to attend and participate in the planned program and discussion.

Winchester Memorial Hospital Alumnae Association Nurses Home

Mrs Paul Thomson To Address Century Club

The Century Club will be entertained Tuesday at four o clock with Mrs Paul Thomson addressing the club on Current Events. The Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will meet Friday at eight for a Xmas Giving program led by Mrs E T Clark with a Junior Xmas play. The Red Cross Motor Corps meets at eight Tuesday night at Mrs Ed Capper 17 East Leicester street.

Paul Thomson Century Club B. M. Roszel Missionary Society of First Baptist Church Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church E. T. Clark Red Cross Motor Corps Ed. Capper East Leicester Street

Clara Berry Stationed as First Lieut in WACS

Miss Clara Berry formerly of Hamley High School faculty now serves as First Lieutenant in the Wacs. She trained at Fort Des Moines and Fort Oglethorpe Ga and is on duty in Washington. Sunday hosts included Mr and Mrs C R Glaize with guests from Strasburg Stephens City and this city.

Winchester Clara Berry Hamley High School WACS Berry Fort Des Moines Fort Oglethorpe Washington C. R. Glaize William Panele, Jr Strasburg Retha Gertie Blanche Snapp Stephens City Louis Knieling C. C. Glaize This City Ira F. Ray Richard Frederick, Md Willie Margaret Firestone Washington, D. C L. J. McCartney Kathleen McCartney West Cork Street Eleanor Flood Thomas Lois Martin Grim

Turner Ashby Chapter Hosts Meeting at Larrick Home

Turner Ashby Chapter U D C met December 9 at Mrs. Herbert Larrick's 403 W Clifford St. President Mrs. Martin Wisecarver led reports and discussed three membership applicants. Guests included Mrs. B M Roszel and Miss Rebecca McGill.

Turner Ashby United Daughters of the Confederacy Herbert Larrick W. Clifford Street Martin Wisecarver B. M. Roszel Charles Town Rebecca McGill Wm. T. Colbert School

Holsinger Henry Marriage Announced in Washington

Mrs. Will Henry of Front Royal announces the December 4 wedding of her daughter Mary Louise to Sgt. Charles Edward Holsinger of Winchester. The ceremony was at Union Methodist Church parsonage in Washington at 7:30 p.m. The groom returns to North Carolina. the couple will reunite in January.

Holsinger-Henry Will Henry Front Royal Mary Louise Charles Edward Holsinger North Carolina Mrs. Holsinger

Motor Corps To Meet Tuesday In Winchester Area

The American Red Cross Motor Corps of the Winchester and Frederick County Chapter will meet Tuesday December 14 at eight p m at 17 E Leicester Street hosted by Mrs Ed Capper All members are urged to attend.

American Red Cross Motor Corps Winchester and Frederick County Ed. Cappers Leicester Street

Big Leaguer Praises Red Cross Kit Bags

A letter to the Winchester and Frederick County Lions Club from ex Washington Senator Zeke Bonaro expresses gratitude for Red Cross Kit Bags sent to sailors. He notes the kits are useful on voyage and that the boys enjoyed the book and toilet articles.

Lions Club Zeke Bonaro Washington Winchester Frederick County Red Cross Zeke American Red Cross

Goddard to Act as a Welder

Paulette Goddard will portray a girl welder in Hollywood a move that alarms the National Safety Council which fears unsafe dress for women. The studio promises a shapeless enclosed outfit to prove safety need not harm feminine charm while Goddard jokes about the concern.

Hollywood Paulette Goddard National Safety Council John Stilwell Chicago

Americans Helped With Sicilian Invasion Arctic Diversions

A U S Navy task force with battleships and destroyers supported the Allied invasion of Sicily from the British home fleet. They conducted three diversionary sweeps toward Norway including a fake convoy to lure the Tirpitz. German air forces avoided battle, with several seizures and shootdowns reported as the force operated in harmony with Royal Navy units.

ATLC United States Navy Sicily Norway Arctic Circle Tirpitz Duke of York Bruce A. Praser North Africa South Pacific Britain

Germans Ordered From Vienna To East Prussia

The Social Demokraten reported that 45,000 Germans were ordered to evacuate Vienna and relocate to East Prussia amid anticipated Allied air strikes.

Stockholm Social Demokraten Vienna East Prussia

Davidson Rites Here Yesterday

Funeral services were held at Kurtz Funeral Home yesterday for D. Newton Davidson 175 a former Winchester resident who died at his Newport News home last Wednesday. Rev Joseph Ducknall officiated. Interment was in Mt Hebron with pallbearers D L Grubbs Fred A Crisman Charles H Grim A H Jackson William C Miller and Dr A D Henkel.

Kurtz D. Newton Davidson Winchester Newport News Joseph Ducknall Mt. Hebron D. L. Grubbs Fred A. Crisman Charles H. Grim A. H. Jackson William C. Miller A. D. Henkel

Yugoslav Partisans Repel German Attacks in the Balkans

The free Yugoslav radio reports Tito urged resistance as partisan forces in Bosnia and Croatia repelled strong German thrusts. The communique notes heavy enemy losses with only small scale actions elsewhere in the country.

London Josip Broz Tito Yugoslavia Bosnia Croatia Free Yugoslav Couny

Baker Rites Held For Mrs. Bessie Baker At Boyce

Funeral services were held at the late home near Boyce for Mrs. Bessie L. Baker 66 wife of George E. Baker who died from injuries after the car she drove with her husband was struck by a Norfolk and Western train. The Rev O W Lynch of Boyce Methodist Church led the rites with interment at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Three hymns were sung by local soloists and pallbearers listed as J M Fishpaw Lawrence Carver Walter Hardesty Julian P Berlin Thomas Clark E A Lin Edward Reed Clyde Lev. Large quantity of floral pieces marked the esteem of friends.

Boyce Bessie L. Baker George E. Baker Norfolk and Western O. W. Lynch Boyce Methodist Church Mt. Hebron Wilbur Gaunt Thomas Dix A. P. Osborne Berryville J. M. Fishpaw Lawrence Carver Walter Hardesty Julian P. Berlin Thomas Clark E. A. Lin Edward Reed Clyde Lev

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