This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1944
Page
7
The Women's Volunteer Corps at Memorial Hospital extend uniform orders through Wednesday December 20. Send checks or money orders to Mrs. Frank Howell, P O Box 285 Winchester. Orders can be placed in regular dress sizes 12 to 20 or 38 to 44. Mrs. Howell will be on duty Monday 9 to 12 a m and has a sample uniform available.
Mrs. E C Stuart Jr will entertain the Little Garden Club Monday afternoon at 3 30 at her West Boscawen street home.
The Fort Loudoun Chapter D A R heard guest speaker Dr Robert Pie recount vivid memories of his boyhood in Vienna The talk covered royal ceremonies changing of the guard and the Emperor Francis Joseph funeral with emphasis on vivid descriptions and family fears during visits The session closed with Christmas carols a salad course and refreshments The chapter will meet again in January with Mrs John W Rosenberger
The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 2123 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Partners and Merchants National Bank Building. Attendance is requested due to important business.
Commissioner Travis Williams ruled Shenk's Esso Station in Berryville was not at fault for a gasoline coupon shortage. Robert E. Shenk, on Army furlough, suggested dishonest former employees as the cause while citing 24 hour service limited coupon checks. Judge Williams imposed automatic six month probation with no plant shutdown.
A compact dictionary offers 384 pages with over 21000 definitions. It measures about 3 3 4 by 5 1 2 inches and includes supplements on current words and phrases abbreviations mispronounced words foreign origins and word origins. It is bound in a durable flexible cover and marketed as a home school or office reference with limited supply at 25 cents postpaid.
This column lists local service members and their postings. Staff Sgt. B. A. Rhodes departed Oct 8 1941 for training then Fresno California as a Air Force instructor. Sgt. L. R. Rhodes began Sept 21 1942 training at Buckley Field and is now at Lawson Fort Benning Georgia. Cpl. Charles Sirbaugh stationed at Fort Benning infantry. Pfc. Douglas Sirbaugh at De Witt General Hospital Auburn California medical corps. Cpl. Keneth F. Wright returned to Fort Bragg North Carolina. Cpl. Charles D. Herrell arrived in England with a finance disbursing unit.
The annual JET collection known as Bundle Day will be held Saturday afternoon in Winchester. Bundles of toys clothing and non perishables will aid the Fellowship Club in providing gifts for the citys less fortunate. Residents should place prepared bundles on the curb by one o clock for pickup by a fleet of trucks and cars.
Julian C. Glascock resigns as assistant cashier and trust officer of the Bank of Clarke County effective December 31 to devote time to private interests including Colston and EHigin farms. He will continue duties until a successor is appointed and has been elected to the bank's Board of Directors. He is Berryville High School graduate, began banking in 1929, and is married to Elizabeth Withers with a daughter Betty Lee.
Citizens are urged to support wartime defense by purchasing bonds as a pledge of shared sacrifice. Officials stress home front savings will fund military needs and protect national security amid growing global tension.
Mrs. Wilfred B. Trenary reports her husband Sgt. Wilfred B. Trenary has returned to the United States from the European Theater and is hospitalized in New York City. He landed in England in 1942 with the 29th Division and served as an infantry scout after D-Day in Normandy. He was wounded August 8 by shell fire and has five facial, shoulder, hip, hand, and leg wounds, and is making steady recovery en route to a hospital near home. He holds the Purple Heart.
Berkeley Springs opens with Randolph Macon Academy winning 53 to 26. Next game pits the Yellow Jackets against U S Navy Plebes. Harrisonburg Blue Streaks start schedule tomorrow night vs Franklin then George Washington high at Alexander and Fairfax next week. Three veterans return as the schedule winds through Staunton Waynesboro SMA Lexington Clifton Forge Covington Lane High.
Zimmerman and White led the 1936 team to a hollow 18 pin victory over the 1944 trio as Mead Gore and Hawthorne tied the final game. Mead then posted a 394 set to swing a 26 pin win for 1944 in a challenger set. Hawthorne added a 682 five game series and Keller questions his Royal Crowd Cola intercity team opportunity amid local bowling push.
A reader asks when the Bible first appeared in Braille for the blind. The answer given is 1890. The prompt includes garbled extra text about reading.
The report lists distances to key fronts: Western Front 301 miles from near Duren, Eastern Front 304 miles north of Warsaw, Hungarian Front 400 miles, Italian Front 550 miles from Mezzano.
Berryville residents share visits with guests from Washington and Winchester. War rationing board meeting and Red Cross Grey Ladies activity noted. Local travel includes students returning for holidays and relatives planning Christmas gatherings in Berryville and nearby towns.
Joined by their son Joseph Dorset a Cadet at West Point the family cannot extend his leave for the holidays John McIntosh joins from Episcopal High School for Christmas at Berryville The Rev George Lightner returned from Anns Md with his mother Mrs Eliza Lightner who will visit the Parsonage for a time
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.