Handley Basketball Card Showcases 14-Game Schedule
About 45 candidates reported to Handley High School coach Snag Sargent for basketball practice as the team builds around guards Beysrey Lamb and Bruce Lovett. The opener is January 10 against Randolph-Macon cadets with a full 14‑game slate listed including Romney, Charles Town, Martinsburg, Warren County, Shepherdstown, Hedgesville, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Snag
Sargent
Charles Bush
Army
Hank Lewis
Billy Lovett
Navy
Eddie Levi
Boyd Hamman
Air Corps
Eddie Hartley
Clarence Swisher
J. 8. Navy
Bruce Lovett
Beysrey Lamb
Randolph-Macon
Rma
Romney
Charles Town
Warren County
Martinsburg
Shepherdstown
Hedgesville
Hedeesville
Answers to the Daily Quiz Corrected and Updated
The message lists corrected quiz answers for ten questions with items including the Danube, the Duke of Kent, Electrolysis, a quoted food service line, the Papacy, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Caucasus, a quoted expletive, novelist, and Hamburger. A recent error about Okayama is acknowledged: Okayama is on Honshu, Japan, not Formosa.
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Danube
Duke of Kent
Italy
Royal Canadian Air Force
Boot
Novelist
Hamburger
Okayama
Honshu
Formosa
Annual Stockholders Meeting Notice for F M National Bank
Notice of the annual meeting of Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Winchester Virginia to be held Tuesday January 9 1945 at 11 for election of directors and other business. J H Yost Cashier. (12-11-18-26: 12-41)
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Farmers and Merchants National Bank
City of
Winchester
State of
Virginia
J. H. Yost
Cashier
Ration Calendar for Meats Fats and Other Staples
A wartime notice lists ration validity for meats fats and processed foods with stamps A8 to Z8 A5 to S5 valid indefinitely. Sugar stamps 30 to 34 cover five pounds each with 40 for canning through Feb 28 1945. Shoes and gasoline coupons detail new and existing validity through specified dates.
Quota Sold To Date Still Needed For War Bond Drive
All E Bonds purchased by December 27 will be credited to the Sixth War Loan Drive. The notice urges completing the quota and securing full participation in the bond program.
City Police Investigate Thefts
Police report a string of petty thefts on Saturday. Victims include Henry Kline at a rooming house, Arthur Kline bowling, and Ellard Harless of the Parkway Hotel. Losses include clothing, a $50 bill, and a Navy jacket with a pocket book containing $32. Two soldiers were noted as having knowledge of the money. Police continue routine investigations.
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Henry Kline
N. Braddock Street
Arthur Kline
Cayneron Street
Ellard Harless
Parkway Hotel
Harless
Kline
Pick Up Laundry Bundle By Mistake
During the Junior Board of Trade drive a paste board box containing a family wash was collected by error. Items include bed linen with B.8 embroidered, yellow string gloves, and two pink knit shirts for children. Recognize the articles by contacting the Fellowship Club or call 4414 to recover the box.
Handley High Hosts Christmas Concert With 1500 Attendees
About 1,500 people attended Handley High School for the annual Christmas carol concert. More than 500 students led by Miss Gwendolyn Haynes performed, and Garland R. Quartes, city schools superintendent, offered Christmas greetings. The invocation was given by Rev. Robert A. Witten, president of the Ministerial Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Gwendolyn Haynes
Garland R. Quartes
Robert A. Whitten
Ministerial Associaton
Dog Kills Chickens Prompt Police Attention
Mrs. H. L. Gruber of 262 Shaw nee Ave reports a dog killed her chickens, with ten birds killed recently. The case has been referred to Game Warden F. W. Pingley for action.
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H. L. Gruber
Shawnee Ave
F. W. Pingley
Frank Boswell Dies In County Rites Wednesday
Frank F. Boswell 66 retired printer and Boswell’s filling station operator near Hayfield died Saturday at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a year of ill health. He was born July 3 1878 in Aberdeen Ohio and lived in Frederick County since retiring 11 years ago. He is survived by his widow Frances Smith a son Charles Albert Boswell a granddaughter Jean Carol Boswell three brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Omps Funeral Homes with burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
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Frank F. Boswell
Boswell
Hayfield
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Albert Boswell
Aberdeen
Ohio
Mary Bagby Boswell
Minerva
Cincinnati
Huntington
W. Va
Richmond
Norfolk
Frederick County
Frances 8. Smith
Charles Albert Boswell
Seabees
U. S. Navy
Davisville
Cat Rescued From Light Pole in Gerrard Street Scene
A kitten stranded atop a light pole near Sanitary Dairy on Gerrard Street was rescued by a Northern Virginia Power Company worker after police were notified by Mrs. Harry W. Boyd. The cat had reportedly remained on the pole overnight and would not come down despite residents’ pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Virginia Power Company
Sanitary Dairy
Gerrard Street
Harry W. Boyd
Light Company
Local Markets Daily Market Listings
The Star presents daily local market notices with prices and items for sale. Readers should verify details as typographical errors may occur and responsibility for accuracy is not assumed.
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The
Star
Jap Resistance Scarce On Mindoro As Allied Air Hits Philippines
Allied units report scant Japanese resistance on Mindoro as the 32nd Division captures substantial enemy equipment including tanks artillery pieces mortars and machineguns. A lone Japanese plane raided Morotai Island while American air forces pounded shipping airfields and fuel depots, setting three freighters ablaze off Mindoro and damaging another, with two more set afire off Masbate in the Visayan group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Morotai Island
Philippines
Mindoro
Masbate
Visayyan
Marine Corps total strength current figure
The latest information shows the Marine Corps total strength at 473 184 officers and men, including women reserves.
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Marine Corps
No Objections By U. S. On Poland
Secretary of State Stettinius announced the United States would have no objections to a future Polish frontiers agreement if the United Nations agree. He outlined a three point statement at a news conference after Churchill's pledge that the eastern third of Poland would go to Russia. The U. S. policy is to keep boundary questions in abeyance until hostilities end.
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Washington
Stettinius
United States
Poland
United Nations
Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Russia
U. S
Mrs Leslie G Moore Rites Set In Berryville
Mrs Leslie Green Moore wife of William Moore of Berryville died Sunday at 4 30 am in Winchester Memorial Hospital after long illness. She was 40 years married in January and a Berryville Baptist Church member. Survived by husband two foster sisters a foster brother and several relatives. Funeral Tuesday December 19 at 11 am from John H Enders Berryville with Rev L A Parker and Rev R E McDonald officiating. Interment Green Hill Cemetery.
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Leslie Green Moore
William Moore
Berryville
L. A. Parker
D. D
The
Baptist Church
R. E. McDonald
Presbyterian Church
Irving Price
R. E. L. Metz
Shade Moore
E. P. Berlin
Clifton Price
Ralph N. Dorsey
Green Hill Cemetery
British Drive Delivers Early Gains Against ELAS in Athens
British forces launched a full scale operation against ELAS in Athens. They seized a brewery stronghold on the highway from Athens to Kalamaki airport and advanced toward Kal amaki airport. Sibelias Hill fell as armored units moved toward Piraeus and a number of prisoners were captured.
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Athens
ELAS
Phaleron
Kalamaki
Piraeus
Sibelias Hill
Acropolis
Mrs Alma Keckley Dies in Washington Native of West Virginia
News reaches relatives of the death of Mrs Almira V Keckley at her daughter’s Washington home after a brief illness. She was 76, widow of Robert Keckley, and had lived in Hampshire County and later Washington. Survived by three daughters Mrs Brittain Mrs Haney and Mrs Fletcher and three sons Clarence Russell and Kenzil all in Washington. Four Brill brothers also survive with funeral arrangements pending. The body remains at Lee funeral home in Washington.
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Almira V. Keckley
Violet Brittain
Lang Place
N. E
Washington
D. C
Jonathan
Elizabeth Brill
Ehew
W. Va
Hampshire County
Robert Keckley
Brittain
Daisy Haney
Annie Fletcher
Clarence
Russell
Kenzil
A. L. Brill
G. Clarence Brill
S. R. Brill
Hook’s Mill
Press Critics Italian Front Coverage By House Committee
Members of the touring House Military Committee announced at Fifth Army Headquarters that American newspapers had failed to give a complete picture of the Italian campaign. They cited front-line exposure and a lack of understanding of the campaign's importance by press and public at home.
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Fifth Army
Touring House Military Committee
Congressmen
Local Retail Flour and Feed Prices from Patent Brand to Butter
Market release lists patent brand flour by bag size with price per cwt and per barrel, including 10 lb 25 lb and 48 lb options. Corn meal priced per cwt at 3.90 and 5 lb per cwt and various feeds show mixed values. butter priced at 60 cents per pound.
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Bae
Judge Defers Action On Words Injunction Request
Detriot December 18 Circuit Judge John V Brennan delayed a second time on a company in junction petition in the Montgomery Ward strike awaiting a possible war labor board request for presidential action. The hearing was postponed to tomorrow as the company seeks to restrain United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes CSO and United Automobile Workers from interfering with workers and deliveries.
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Detroit
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward & Co
John V. Brennan
Brenan
Lond
WLB
Roosevelt
Tomorow
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
CSO
United Automobile
German Offensive Advances On Belgian Front In Ardennes
Allied and German forces clash along an eighty mile front as the Germans push through near Malmedy and in the Saar region. Allied air power and naval bombardment counter the assault with heavy losses on both sides and a cautious Eisenhower front posture.
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Alsace
Colmar
Selestat
Eisenhower
von Runstedt
Roer
Saar
Cologne
Rhine
Ardennes Forest
Fuehrer
Ninth Tactical Air Force
Belgium
RAF
Ulm
Munich
Duisbeg
Elwood R. Quesada
9Th Tactical Air Force
29Th Tactical Air Force
Ninth Army
First Army
Campaign Entitled After North Sea Mine Squadron Service
The Navy Dept states personnel aboard the San Francisco Baltimore Canandaigua Canonicus Housatonic Roanoke Quinnebaug Saranac Root and Shawmut from 1918 are entitled to the Victory Medal with Mine Layer Clasp. This honors the North Sea Mine Squadron No. 1 veterans for their mine laying service.
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Navy Department
San Francisco
Baltimore
Canandaigua
Canonicus
Housatonic
Roanoke
Quinnebaug
Saranac
Root
Shawmut
Handley Honors Sixteen Football Squad Members
Sixteen Handley football players received letters Friday night from Coach Otis Sargent at a Booster Club informal party. Co-captains Donald Cochran and Clarence Hoover led a list that includes Bruce Lovett Richard Huff Lee Winkfield Eddie Miller Lackey Semples John Spaid Alton Powell Frank Taylor Dick Owen Howard Hart Beverley Lamb Jimmy Taylor Roland Nelson Ray Hammer and others with John Moling and Charles Robinson among managers. Nine players from this season remain eligible next year as the team posted four wins and five losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Otis “Snag” Sargent
Booster Club
Handley Squad
Donald Cochran
Clarence Hoover
Bruce Lovett
Richard Huff
Lee Winkfield
Eddie Miller
Lackey Semples
John Spaid
Alton Powell
Frank Taylor
Dick Owen
Howard Hart, Jr
Beverley Lamb
Jimmy Tay
Ray Hammer
Army Air Corps
Miller
Semples
Spaid
Hart
Lamb
Nelson
Jimmy Taylor
Huff
Winkfield
Powell
Owen Hart
Prank
Berkeley Springs
Waynesboro
Romney
Warren County High School
Harrisonburg
Hagerstown Fairfax
Martinsburg
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AMA Cadets
Associated Press
Odes Drug Company
Boscawen
Brad
Frank Boswell
Cat
SILCO
Ves
Souttz
7Th Army
Haguenau
Miles
Karlsruhe
Rhine River
Rhenish Plain
Saar Basin
Ludwigshafen
Manheim
Siegfried Line
Almira Keckley
Say
Authoriatve
Malmedy
Luxembourg
Third Army
Second Army
Aachen
Neunkirchen
Saarbrucken
Lor, Roland Nelson
John Moling
Charles Robinson
Beverley Jakimier
Rere
Sir Someran
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock Street
U.S
Chile
War Food Administration
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