Brothers back home for Christmas amid wartime service
Pfc Wilmer Braithwaite and his brother Pfc Robert Braithwaite spent their first Christmas at home in years. Wilmer, three years in service with 18 months overseas, will return to Fletcher General Hospital Ohio for surgery on his left arm and hopes for a spring 1946 discharge. Robert, home for Christmas after ten years in service with 24 months overseas, earns multiple decorations and plans to resume work at Kester Woolen Mill. Other local promotions note Elma Anderson’s husband G Anderson advancing to technician grade and Ralph Bowman promoted to corporal with the 340th Signal Co on Oahu.
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Wilmer Braithwaite
Robert Braithwaite
C. Ww. Braithwaite
Wilmer
Southwest Pacific
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Jai Robert
Kester Woolen Mill
USA
7Th Wing
Tp Raf
Middle Pacific
Ralph Il. Bowman
J. C. Bowman
Roberts Street
Winchester
340Th Signal Co. Wing
7Th Fighter Wing
Oahu
T. H
Handley High
Veterans Notes Mention Timbrook and Perry Movements
Sergeant Vernon K. Timbrook of Winchester is assigned as personnel clerk with 1037th Signal Company in Tokyo under the Fifth Air Force. Tec. 5 John L. Perry, a gliderman with the Eighth Army’s Eleventh Airborne Division, is en route home to Winchester after separation processing. he is a veteran of New Guinea Luzon and other campaigns.
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Tokyo
Fifth Air Force Service Command
Vernon K. Timbrook
John Timbrook
National Avenue
Winchester
1037Th Signal Company
Fifth Air Force
Handley High School
Bathman’s Bakery
Army
Timbrook
New Guinea
Netherland East Indies
Philippines
Ryukyus Islands
Japan
John L. Perry
Eighth Army
Eleventh Airborne
Sendai
Perry
Luzon
Camp Lee
Shirley Perry
Bradock Ave
Virginia
Christmas Program Delights Centenary Church Members
On the Sunday before Christmas the Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church hosted a large Christmas service. Children performed carols solos duets and recitations under Mrs. Robert Grim's supervision. The second half featured a Christmas lesson titled Modern Christmas Living directed by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Rathman Miss Marshall Stryker led singing. Proceeds supported European needy children.
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The
Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church
Robert Grim
F. W. Rathman
Marshall Stryker
Europe
Cardinals Named by Pope Pius XII Strengthen American Catholic Voice
Pope Pius XII named four American churchmen to the College of Cardinals: Spellman of New York Glennon of St Louis Mooniey of Detroit and Stritch of Chicago along with Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia expanding American representation. He also announced twenty eight other cardinals from Italy Spain Germany Brazil France Canada Cuba Chile Peru Argentina England Hungary Australia Netherlands China Poland Turkey and Portuguese East Africa. Bishop Manning urged belief in God power and world peace amid anxiety and suspicion. Calvary Church New York opened a ten month pastoral training school for clergy from multiple denominations. Orient Methodist Church on Long Island noted ten Sunday school pupils raised fifteen dollars for Crusade for Christ. Church leaders urged renewed Christian giving as Christians become agents of the Gospel in a troubled world. A religious broadcast in Japan by Rev A P Bailey marked the first since 1941 over Radio Tokyo.
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Pius XII
Francis J. Spellman
New York
John Joseph Glennon
St. Louis
Edward Mooniey
Detroit
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Sacred College
Pope Pius
Canada
Cuba
Chile
Peru
Argentina
England
Hungary
Australia
Netherlands
China
Poland
Turkey
Portuguese East Africa
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
Theological Seminary
Epscopal Church
Church of England
United Church of Canada
The
Presbyterian Church
Congregational - Christian Church
Methodist Church
Disciples of Christ
Samuel M. Shiemaker
Calvary
Orient Methodist Church
Long Island
Crusade For Christ
America
G. Bromley Oxnam
Modern Way Relieves Colds With Vicks Vaporub
A 1900s style note promotes rubbing Vicks VapoRub on the throat chest and back at bedtime to ease cold symptoms. It claims penetration to upper bronchial tubes with soothing vapors and a warming effect that lasts hours, inviting restful sleep and often reducing misery by morning.
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VICKS
Chaplain Bailey Initiates First Japanese Radio Bible Series
A member of the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church and chaplain of The Chapel of St Luke the Physician in Tokyo has broadcast a weekly Christian service from an American army hospital radio station. The chapel is linked to the former St Luke's Hospital mission. The broadcast marks the likely first such series in Japan's radio history.
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Virginia Conference
the Methodist Church
Christmas Program Shines at Galilee Church in Brimes
Christmas event at Galilee Church drew a large crowd as children presented a varied program. Local residents visiting relatives included the Taylors, Hensells, Shirkeys, and Bs. Mason, with several attendance at a funeral in Green Spring. White Christmas brought ice and snow making roads slick and drifts prominent.
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Brook Taylor
Markins
Winchester
Charles Hensell
Selma Hensell
Williams Brothers
Ensign
Kenneth Reach
John
Margaret Taylor
Martinsburg
W. Va
Brooke Taylor
Harry Mason
Edward Brown
Greenspring Stone Church
Brown
Paul Shirkey
Brucetown
William Bailey
Beckley
Bailey
Jean Taylor
Clearbrook
H. B. Taylor
Washington, D. C
Reva Leight
Near Here
Carroll Shewbridge
Oscar Leight
Woodbine
Nelson Hensell
Kelly To Head Drive In Clarke County 1946
Mr. C. V. Kelley of Boyce accepts directorship for Clarke County in the 1946 March of Dimes campaign to fight infantile paralysis. W Ludwell Baldwin state chairman announces. Campaign runs January 19 to 31 and peaks on F D Roosevelt’s birthday, honoring the late president’s dedication to the National Foundation.
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C. V. Kelley
Boyce
Clarke County
W. Ludwell Baldwin
Norfolk
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Bank Closing Notices for New Year’s Day 1946
On Tuesday January 1 1946 being a legal holiday this bank will be closed. All paper maturing on this date may be paid on Wednesday January 2 1946. Commercial and Savings Bank. John S. Sloat cashier Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank Harold G. Brown cashier Farmers and Merchants National Bank J H Yost cashier
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Commercial and Savings Bank
John S. Sloat
Shenandoah Valley Nat’! Bank
Harold G. Brown
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Flight with a torpedo bomber off the Philippines
A war correspondent rides a baby carrier from Hong Kong to Manila aboard the U S S Siboney, piloted by Ens. Roger Rose. He describes catapult takeoffs, bomb runs, and a cracked plexiglass canopy as six 100 cm bombs are dropped on a sea target near the Philippines.
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Philippines
Hong Kong
Manila
Adm
Dixwell Ketchem
Pasadena
Calif
Pacific
Ens
Roger Rose
St. Paul
Minn
Hiyself
Rose
Roger
Dull Ride Echoes In Local Sports Evening
Fragmentary sports note from the evening paper describes a dull ride quoted with cheer by a local figure. The item appears among local sports briefs in the same edition of the Evening Star Daily.
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Evening Star
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Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
Loudoun Street
Winchester Business College
Ft. Belvoir
Hokkaido
Sakhalin
Kuriles
Better Valrues” Dept Winchester
William T. Manning
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
New York City
God
Christ
Noel Baring Hudson
Newcastle
Radio Tokyo
A. P. Bailey
Grimes
Kelly
Clarke
J. H. Yost
NTN
Yora
Eryn ES As
Rogers
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Harry W. Thomas
Ted Moseley
Richard Barker
Mrs
Margaret Fauver
Paul Fries
Miller’s Drug Store
John P. Lamb
Sonny” -Statler
Eugene McKee
Lawrence Bell
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
Parker’s Hardware
Stephens City
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