Christmas Society Events At Winchester Memorial Hospital
Cadet nurse students hosted a Christmas tea at the Nurses Home on Clifford Street for hospital staff and Winchester Memorial. A Christmas reception follows at the Nurses Home with Miss Sara Hamilton and Miss Virginia Reid Hollar receiving guests. Local church and community notices include devotionals led by Mrs. Ireland and a busy schedule of births, travel, and holiday visits among town residents.
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Hamm
Clifford Street
Winchester Me- Hospital
Mary Krug
Vida Wid
Virginia Rei Hollaf
Sara Hamilton
Virginia Reid Hollar
Christmas Greetings Cards On Display At Brooks Pharmacy
Wide assortment of holiday cards priced 50c 75c 1.00 and 1.25 on display at Brooks Pharmacy. Cards feature festive designs and quality stationery for gifts and greetings.
Opequon Lutheran Church Sets Christmas Service Time
Christmas services at St. Pauls Lutheran Church of Opequon are scheduled for Tuesday night December 26 at 7 30 with a program by Sunday School children. Local families visitations and military schedules include Pvt Pingley’s wings earned at Tyndall Field and reassignment to Westover Mass while Lt Woolson travels to Waco for holidays.
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Gainesboro
Young Peoples Meeting
Old Folks Home
Opequon Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Opequon
Christmas Carol Concert Attended by Mr and Mrs Tyson
Mr and Mrs W L Tyson of Alexandria and Washington, guests of Mr and Mrs L D Arnold, attended the Handley School Christmas Carol Concert. Mr Tyson is connected with the British Embassy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
W. L. Tyson
Alexandria
Washington
L. D. Arnold
Handley School
Tyson
Miss Kitty Arnold to spend holidays in Waco with aunt
Miss Kitty Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester D Arnold 803 South Stewart street will stay with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs James M Ratliff 1817 North 7th street Waco Texas for Christmas holidays She attends Baylor University in Waco Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettye Jane Turner
Ohio State University
Nannie W. Turner
W. D. Smith
Dorothy
Staunton
Mr. Smith
Rev
South Stewart Street
R. Floyd Woolson
Lester D. Arnold
Waco
Texas
James M. Ratliff
Kitty Arnold
North 7Th Street
Baylor University
Student Wayne Whitham Arrives For Holidays Visit
University of Virginia student Wayne Whitham arrived tonight to spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Lester here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Virginia
Wayne Whitham
Lester
Berryville Social Events Highlight Holiday Visits
Berryville notes show Sgt. and Mrs. John Longerbeam visiting from Fort Lewis Washington and relatives in Berryville for Christmas. Guests include Sgt. and Mrs. Shirley Lickey and the Lickey family, Miss Marion Levi, Mrs. Claude Owens, and Mrs. Joseph Moore Jr. Local residents travel to West Point and Cumberland for holidays. the Lions Club Eye Clinic aids Clarke County schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Mrs
Shirley Lickey
Fort Lewis, Wash
Berryville
H. H. Lickey
Claude Owens
Virginia Carson Owens
Washington, D. C
Katherine Anderson Levi
Clarke County
Lions Club of
Lions Club
Christmas Guests and Military News from Centerville and Nearby
Centerville families plan holiday gatherings as Rosa Locke and Ronald Locke travel from Washington D C to spend Christmas with their parents.Ronald Locke also expected to join Saturday night. Pfc Ralph Cochran of the Marine Corps, radio operator at Camp Pendleton California, is the son of Mr and Mrs George Cochran and a Berryville High School graduate. Mrs James C Breckenridge of Flagstop spends Christmas at Parris Island with sons Pvt John and Pvt James Breckenridge in boot training. Miss Mary Frances Dix of St Luke's Hospital Richmond is due tonight to spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Tom Dix.
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Patsy Pelter
John Pelter
Albin
Memorial Hospital
Rebae Snarr
Reba Snarr
Washington, D. C
Mrs
George Snarr
South
Washington St
Ralph Gray Pollard
Richmond
Worth Washington Street
Marion Levi
Berryville
George H. Levi
Judy Beverley
Holton Arms School
Milton Valley
William Beverlye
Charley Locke
Ronald Locke
Robert Moran
Rosa Locke
Washington
Ronald Iocke
George Cochran
Pfc
Ralph Cochran
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Field Signal School
Pvt. Cochran
William and Mary College
James C. Breckenridge
Parris Island
S. C
Pvt
John
James Breckinridge
Mary Frances Dix
St. Luke’s Hospital
Tom Dix
Heart Attack Fatal for Harrisonburg Salesman
W Sam Braithwaite 63 prominent United Commercial Travelers member died in a Harrisonburg hospital after a heart attack, nine days after being stricken near Strasburg. A tobacco firm executive and longtime UCT official with roles on its Supreme Council and Shenandoah ACT council, he leaves four daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Harrisonburg
Sam Braithwaite
United Commercial Travelers
Braithwaite
Strasburg
UCT
Supreme Council
Columbus
Shenandoah Council of the
ACT
Paris Herald Tribune Resumes Publication in Paris
The European edition of the New York Herald-Tribune resumed publication today in Paris after being suspended during the war. Founded in 1887 by James Gordon Bennett Jr., the paper appeared as a four page edition marking its return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
New York Herald-Tribune
James Gordon Bennett, Jr
New York Herald
Stove Explodes In P W Camp Mess Tent
Three minor fires were reported in two hours at the Prisoner of War Camp off Smithfield Avenue. A gas stove in the enlisted men's mess tent ignited destroying about a third of the tent but the fire was controlled before fire trucks arrived. One soldier's trousers caught fire but he was unburned. Additional blazes damaged a 1937 Ford on Fairmont Avenue and a car on Braddock Street with minor dash and upholstery damage.
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Smithfield Avenue
Ford
Fairmont Avenue
S. Braddock Street
Braddock Street
Doughboys Call For U S V Weap ons Fire
American troops in Europe urge use of V weapons against Germany after reading reports that the Doddle shows flying bombs outperform expected German V missiles. They stress accuracy over sheer power and seek launch of countermeasures to disrupt Ruhr industry and relieve front lines.
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Ninth Army
Adolf Hitler
Stars and Stripes
Foxhole
London
Germany
Ruhr
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Etide
Nurses Home
Nurses’ Home
Russell Brown
Winchester Memoria Hospital
Pauline Orndorff
Albert S. Orndorff
Middletown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
William Rutter
Miami
Fla
Ars
Fred Long
Illinois
Cpl. Long
George Field
Ill
Ralph Snapp Jr
Ralph Snapp, Jr
Navy
Ralph Snapp
Fairmont Ave
Raydelle Fleming
Roanoke
North Braddock Street
W. R. Fleming
McVicar
Charles P. McVicar, Jr
Judy
Charles P. McVicar
Arnold
South Stewart St
Robert C. Green
XMAS
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Sheva Wey
Huntsberryg
Winchester—Front Royal
E. F. Pingley
Bonnie Kay
Bartonsville
R. L. Coffelt
Pingley
Tyndall Field
Westover
Mass
Helen Pingley
Coffelt
By Halliwell
Gaunt
Main and Valley Aves
Dial
Berryville, Va
John l Longerbeam
Fort Lewis
Wash
Evelyn Longerbeam
Front Royal
Longerbeam
Charles Gregory
Medina, N. Y
Mrs. Gregory
Will Hardesty
Rice Street
Carl Lewis
Cumberland
Freda Stickel
Bernard H. Jones
Buffalo, New York
Messrs
Matthew W. Jones
Thomas M. Jones
R. K. McDonald
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Ralph N. Dorsey
West Point
N. Y
Jos. P. Dorsey
United States Military Academy
Lorraine McDonald
Anniston
Ala
Cpl
Malcolm McDonald
Camp McClelland
W. Garrett
Sponseller Apartments
East Main Street
Graham Dougherty
Woodley
Clarke
Tommy Dorsey
Jon Hall
Los Angeles
Hall
International
Chell Field
L. I
Howard R. Wood
Centerville, Md
Paris Herald-Tribune
O. L. Jamison
Ardis Sheffer
Don Ce-Sar Convalescent Center
St Petersburg
Florida
U. S
By Wes Gallagher
Daniel
Lovett Brothers
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Winchester Furniture Coq
South Main Street
Miller Bros
Tommy Tucker
Timberlake
Dia
Moling & Cather
Ing Company
Wed
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