Pleasant Valley U B Church Reopens After Renovation Sunday
Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church at Cedar Grove will resume services on Sunday February 16 after renovations begun August 11. Special services are planned with Rev Leslie O Shirley Rev J Paul Gruver Rev Carl W Heiser and Mount Pleasant Christian Endeavor leading events. The church improvements cost 1400 dollars.
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Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
Cedar Grove
John Smith
Jer
C. D
Smith
Price
Dye
Pleasant Valley
J. Paul Gruver
Martinsburg
Carl W. Heiser
Orndorff Brothers Sentenced For Moonshine Still
Virgil and Daniel Orndorff from Star Tannery were sentenced in Frederick County Circuit Court by Judge Philip Williams on operating and possession of a still. Virgil received six months in jail and a $25 fine with costs. Daniel got a six month suspended sentence and probation. Virgil is also wanted on similar charges in Shenandoah county.
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Virgil
Daniel Orndorff
Frederick County
Philip Williams
Williams
A. J. Tavenner
Virgil Orndorff
Shenandoah County
Daniel
Answers to Today's Quiz on Page Four
The page prints quiz answers with the number 4 and hints A N O and letters H I X. It lists seven letters plus numerals and mentions a sequence of test items. The exact final answer set is partially shown as 1 and eight characters.
County Farmers To Hold Banquet In Middletown Friday Night
Farmers of the Middletown section have set Friday night February 21 as the date for their annual banquet with a public invitation issued. Stephens City farmers plan a banquet sometime in March with no definite date yet fixed.
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Middletown
Stephens City
Clarke County Volunteers For Virginia Protective Force
In Berryville Virginia on February 7 Captain Frank Wray reported 28 volunteers for Company A of the Virginia Protective Force. Examinations for enrollees were set for Monday at the American Legion building. Most volunteers are young men 18 to 45 with former National Guardsmen among them. Enlistments run one year, lasting while the regular guard is in training.
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Berryville
AAS
Virginia Protective Force
Frank Wray
American Legion
Home Guards
National
Boston Wool Market Report Feb 7 Market activity steady
Boston reports a few inquiries for original bag fine and half blood wools at 95 cents to $1.00 scoured. Most dealers ask 98 cents to $1.02 scoured for finer wools. Finer South American grades moved in fair quantities at firm prices.
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Boston
U.S
Red Cross Elects Officers At Annual Meeting
Members of the Red Cross held their annual meeting last night and elected officers and committee chairmen for the year. F. Byrd Jr. and C. R. White were named chair and secretary, with John Scully Jr. treasurer, and Vernon Eddy as secretary. The group also announced executive members at large and honorary members including Mayor C. R. Anderson and several community leaders. The report noted War Relief funds of 4061 dollars and 4714 quarts of milk distributed via the District Nurse Association.
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Red Cross
Atr
F. Byrd, Jr
C. R. White
Vernon Eddy
John 8. Scully, Jr
Taylo Barr
Otis Sargent
I. Fred Btine
Claude Grim
Home Service
8. C. Brooks
Walker Bond
R. E. Griffith
Philip Hunter
Highway First Aid
J. George Baetjer
Walker McC. Bond
E. T. Clark
H. A. Punk
Elsie Rosenberger
Paul Rosenberger
B. M. Knight, Jr
Don Gray
Mary Virginia Steck
Joseph Kalbach
F. L. Glaize, Jr
Justin Funkhouser
Virginia Russell
Nash Conklin
James A. Miller
E. B. Cooper
District Nurse Association
Shirley and Milk Fund
W. Glass
Mace
Winchester-Frederick
Harriet Guernsey
Washington
Ladies' Aid Meeting Tonight at Parish House
The Ladies' Aid of the Congregational Christian Church meets at the parsonage 12 West Clifford Street this evening at 7 30 o clock with Division 4 in charge.
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Ladies’ Aid
The
Congregational Christian Church
West Clifford Street
Division 4
House Still Against Convoy (Continued From Page 1)
Maj. Al Williams testified that no U S fighter today is truly modern in armor firepower or performance He charged that planes are being diverted to Britain leaving U S training fleets short and engines in short supply He noted Allison engines lack horsepower versus Rolls Royce and a new British X engine and urged fuller U S engine development.
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al Williams
Navy
United States
Stimson
Gillette
Iowa
Johnson
R.calif
Clark
D.-Mo
Williams
Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Rolls-Royce
Gore Students Tour Local Libraries and Bank in Winchester
Twenty six Sidney Gore High School students visited Handley Library Shenandoah Valley National Bank and The Star in Winchester today. Principal Allen DeHaven and English teacher Mrs John Ward accompanied them.
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Sidney Gore High School
Winchester
Handley Library
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
The
Star
Allen DeHaven
John Ward
Scouts Observe 31st Anniversary Week at Local Leaders
Local Scouts marked the 31st anniversary with a February 13 program at Handley High School. Troops from Winchester Stephens City Gore Berryville Boyce and others staffed a hospital tent and hosted a noon gathering with a message from Council President John S. Scully Jr. The four scouts on duty under leaders supervised by adults demonstrated emergency services.
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Handley School
Ae Wee
Scully
Central District
John S. Scully, Jr
Capitol Theatre
Winchester
Stephens City
Gore
Berryville
Boyce
Wrong Directions Lead Firemen to False Alarm at McCormac Building
An unidentified person set off a false alarm last evening causing confusion for fire crews from two companies and embarrassment for Firestone Auto Supply in the McCormac building on North Bradock Amherst. Firefighters rushed to Ebert Garage, now at Cook's on the Valley Pike, while South End Hose Company checked the McCormac site where employees were burning floor grease. The store manager said no employee triggered the alarm.
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Firestone Auto Supply & Service
McCormac
North Bradock
Amherst
Ebert Garage
Cook's
Valley Pike
Firestone
Friendship
Charley Reuss
Ebert’s
Winchester
South End Hose Company
Anniversary of Baltimore Fire
On February 7 in 1835 a warehouse fire exploded under a stiff wind. The Great Baltimore fire burned for hours destroying 1,343 buildings and injuring 2,500 businesses were disrupted and $125 million in damage. Fire crews from New York Philadelphia Wilmington Annapolis and Altoona aided the effort. Dynamite and Jones Falls finally stopped the blaze.
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Baltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
Annapolis
Altoona
Jones’ Falls
Ammonia Plant Contract For Henderson Ky Awarded
Representative Vincent announced a War Department contract with the Solvay Process Co. for an $11 million anhydrous ammonia plant to be built at Henderson Kentucky. Assistant Secretary Patterson approved the project and TVA arrangements will supply power for operation.
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Washington
Vincent
D-Ky
War Department
Solvay Process Company
Hopewell
Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mrs. Stryker Dies in Winchester Widow of Harry Stryker
Laura V. Stryker 179 widow of Harry Stryker died at 210 South Cameron Street in Bowmans Nursing Home after three weeks of paralysis. Born Sept 17 1861 at Apple Pie Ridge she lived much of her life in Winchester. Survived by two nephews and three nieces. Funeral Sunday at 2 PM from Jones Funeral Home with Rev S L Flickinger officiating. Interment Mount Hebron.
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Laura V. Stryker
Harry Stryker
Cameron Street
Bowman
Daniel Brown
Apple Pie Ridge
This County
Winchester
Stryker
United Brethren Church
Albert Brown
Harrisonburg
Herbert Brown
Millwood
William Whitman
Charles Town
W. Va
Howard Shewbridge
Sonja Henie’s Husband Given Deferred Military Class
Greenwich millionaire sportsman Daniel R. Topping, 29, husband of Sonja Henie, was rated 4-F by the local selective service board after a January 22 physical. The board cited a chronic stomach ulcer. Topping said he did not seek deferment and would not be usable.
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Greenwich
Conn
Daniel R. Topping
Sonja Henie
Ethan F. Putnam
Selective Service Board
Topping
Brooklyn
Putnam
New York
Central District Anniversary Celebrated By Scouts At Handley High
D W Naff will lead the Central District Anniversary Celebration at Handley High School on Thursday at 8 pm marking Scouting 31 years. The program features a grand entry, color parade, pledge, skill demonstrations by Troops 1 2 3 10 21 40 and 9 including first aid knot tying fire making signaling and a Baden Powell tribute with Scout Oath and Law. Tickets are free at the council office for Scouts parents and friends.
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Handley High School
Fred Bame
Lions Club
E. B. Cooper
Kiwanis Club
Phil Hunter
Rotary Club
D. W. Naff
Tr 40
Ceremy
Eugene Babb
Council
Ray Garrabrandt
Walter Burner
E. Maurice Grim
Baden Powell
Rev John Locke To Address Club
The Rev John Locke will address the Men's Club of the Presbyterian Church at the next meeting Monday evening February 18 at 6 o'clock. He is a Brethren minister with extensive Holy Land travel and is regarded as an excellent speaker. Tickets may be obtained from Fredae Russell Cather or Dr G G rr.
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John Locke
Presbyterian Church
G. G. Snarr
Locke
Brethren
Holy Lands
Fred Ae
Russell Cather
G. G. Rr
Mary Elliott Colored Is Dead
Mary Elliott 41 died at 1 15 yesterday afternoon at 439 Haddix Row from complications. She was daughter of the late Charles Elliott of Clarke county and Sarah Monroe Elliott of Fauquier. Survived by two sons George and William and daughter Elizabeth. brothers and sisters include William George Charles Peter Elliott Ida Turner Lucy Byrd and Etta Lockett. Funeral at Shiloh Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 with Rev Laws. interment in the colored cemetery on Millwood Berryville road. Body at Jones Funeral Home until service time.
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Mary M. Elliott
Haddix Row
Charles Elliott
Clarke County
Sarah Monroe Elliott
Fauquier
George
William Elliott
Elizabeth Elliott
William
Charles
Peter Elliott
Ida Turner
Lucy Byrd
Boyce
Etta Lockett
Hagerstown
Clarke County Lions Form New Club in Berryville
C. Funkhouser elected president of the Lions Club of Clarke County at Berryville meeting of sixteen business and professional men. Officers include E. P. Berlin Julian Everly Welton Stuart E. D. Vaughan and others. Charter members listed. Meetings set for first and third Thursdays at 6 pm.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Lions Club
C. H. Kiel
Lions International
Lions Club of
Co. C. Funkhouser
E. P. Berlin
Julian Everly
Welton Stuart
E. D
Public Opinion On U S Aid To Great Britain
The Inquiring Reporter surveys views on assisting Britain and allies. Respondents urge substantial aid, from supplying stores to full resources, with calls to avoid delaying intervention and support Roosevelt and Hull's guidance.
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United States
Great Britain
Pot of Gold winner Mrs. Cammer hears her $1000 prize
Mrs. Cammer of Winchester won $1,000 on the Horace Heidt radio program Pot of Gold after being randomly selected from a pool of numbers. The broadcast, aired from New York, uses three wheels to pick the winner, with Mrs. Cammer’s number drawn last night. She identified Winchester as known for apples and the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Cammer
Tum
Horace Heidt
New York
United States
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Lucille Hoak
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Elsie Kline
Anna Lee Miller
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Scott Wingfield
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Harry Morrison
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Junior LaFollette
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Melvin Johnson
John Strosnider
Frank Macomber
National Ave
Jones Funeral Home
W. D. Sievers
Shenandoah Area
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C. C. Fankhouser
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George Popé
Charles Ramsburg
Clarke County Lions
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C. M. Martin
England
Lee Brown
Lamar
Claude Smalts, JR
A. D. Henkel
Roosevelt
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Palliilils
Mond Sunshine
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Mousehold Arts. Inc
Alice Brooks
Winchester Dept
14Th Street
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Wam
Dunn and Duvall
John M. Fishpaw
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