Baker Nelson Engagement To Marry Halford Baker
Social notes report the engagement of Hilda Nelson of 707 East Cork street to Halford H. Baker, son of Mrs. H. T. Busey of 102 East Piccadilly. Both are Handley High School graduates. Miss Nelson works for H. F. Nelson and Baker recently discharged from military service. The wedding is planned in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Nelson
East Cork Street
Hilda Nelson
Halford H. Baker
H. T. Busey
East Piccadilly Street
Handley High School
Nelson
H. F. Nelson
Baker
Community Notices and Personal Updates In Town
Local social news lists Allen hosting bank directors at his home on South Wil street with Farm ers and Merchants National Bank guests. Other items note visits, club meetings, hospital plans, and a Q A on limited service soldiers using the point system for discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
South Wi Street
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
C.B.L. A
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
Word study notes on misused words mispronunciations and misspellings. It teaches a daily vocabulary gain with the word transcend defined as to rise above limits, citing a Binney quotation to illustrate usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Binney
Mrs Sumption Dies After Ill Health at 77
Mrs Laura B Sumption died last night at 10 30 from complications and old age at her niece’s Middletown home. She was 77, born in Page County, widow of Joseph S Sumption, with two sons George and Joseph V Sumption, a daughter Clara Ritter, three brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. Funeral on Saturday February 9 at 2 pm from Jones Funeral Home, Rev John Teter, Mt Hebron Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura B. Sumption
Arthur Tevalt
Middletown
Page County
Grafton Foster
Warren County
Gemima Atwood Foster
Bentonville
Joint PTA Meeting Tomorrow
The Miller School PTA holds its regular monthly meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in the school. A brief business session precedes a county wide joint meeting of the Parent Teachers Associations at 8 p m All patrons and friends are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paynes Chapel
Roland Tharpe
Loudoun Street
Perruasy
Miller School Pta
Four Hundred Men Enlist In Army At Winchester Recruiting
Lt. Colonel James T. Cooper announced that over 400 men have enlisted at the Winchester Recruiting Sub-District to date. Since June 1, 1945 the Regular Army strength rose to 436,502 as volunteers join to relieve overseas troops and safeguard the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Cooper
Winchester
Churchill and Fuehrer clash on postwar terms in war threat notes
In a wartime report, Hitler’s aide outlines demands for postwar German British settlement. Key points include negotiations with a different English government, British evacuation of Iraq, reciprocal identification of expropriated nationals, and rejection of current British leadership as negotiating partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Pfehrer
Germany
Churchill
Fuehrer
Modern Etiquette Q Questions and Answers by Roberta Lee
A home arrival occurs as the host invites entry, suggesting a five minute poised visit before departure. The bridegroom bears travel costs for conveyance when leaving a parent's home for the church. In dining etiquette the woman should enter the hotel dining room first.
Kiwanis Hear Scout Drive At Winchester Meeting
At the Winchester Kiwanis Club gathering, Dr Ronald S Wilson urged support for the upcoming Boy Scout fundraising drive. Garland R Quarles spoke on Presidents of the United States, noting the 32 past presidents. Visitors included James Payne Roland Bean and W A Rooker Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Ronald S. Wilson
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Kiwanis
John J. Warner
Wilson
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester City
United States
Quarles
John R. Rice
James Payne
Roland Bean
Front Royal Club
W. A. Rooker, Jr
W. A. Rooker, Sr
Farm Meeting At Stephens City Tonight
Stephens City residents are urged to attend the Stephens City Community Organization meeting in the high school agricultural building tonight at 7 30. Speakers include Croswell Henderson soil conservation technician Fred Stine Frederick county agent Mrs Madeline B Myers home demonstration agent and James C Gordon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Croswell Henderson
Fred Stine
Frederick County
Madeline B. Myers
James C. Gordon
Rites Tomorrow For Mr Laughlin
Funeral services for Joseph R. Laughlin will be held Friday February 8 at 2 p m at the Congregational Christian Church with Rev Robert A Whitten officiating. Interment will follow at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include six cousins Everett Brown Roy Brown Glen Brown Beverly Helsinger Everett Helsinger and Clarence Shope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Laughlin
Congregational Christian Church
Robert A. Whitten
Mt. Hebron
Everett
Roy
Glen Brown
Beverly
Everett Helsinger
Clarence Shope
Rites Held In West Virginia For Page White
Funeral services for Page E. White son of Mr and Mrs Joseph White Summit Point were held Wednesday at Strider Funeral Chapel. Interment followed at Edge Hill Cemetery Charles Town West Virginia. White 63 a merchant and farmer died Sunday January 27 due to an apparent heart attack. Surviving siblings Tom White Charles Town Mrs Lily Gruber New York John White near Swimley Clarke County Benjamin White Ellenburg Wash Mrs Nora Gruber Swimley Va and Emma Henry Summit Point Va. Six nephews Cecil Holmes White Clifton White Jack Tommy and Lee White served as pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page E. White
Joseph White
Summit Point
Strider
B. I. Barnes
Edge Hill
Charles Town
W. Va
White
Tom White
Lily Gruber
N. Y
John White
Near Swimley
Clarke County
Benjamin White
Ellenburg
Wash
Nora Gruber
Swimley
Emma Henry
Cecil
Holmes White
Clifton White
Jack
Tommy
Lee White
Car Crashes Picket Line During Strike at Conestoga
A car carrying eight men in Army uniforms crashed through picket lines into the Conestoga Transportation barn in Lancaster. Police and mobilized pickets pushed back as the vehicle entered the east door. One man grabbed the bumper and was dragged about 20 feet and taken to a hospital. The strike remains unresolved as the company vows to hire new workers if the walkout continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Conestoga Transportation Company
City Teachers Hear F. O. Wygal at Handley School
The Winchester Education Association met at 4 o clock at Handley School. Guest speaker F O Wygal from the State Department of Education spoke on the value of aptitude tests for the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Education Association
Handley School
F. O. Wyegal
State Department of Education
Navy officers dispute Pearl Harbor memo order claim
Capt. A. D. Kramer told Pearl Harbor investigators he never heard of any order to destroy memoranda about events before the Dec 7 1941 attack. He disputed Capt. Safford’s testimony that such an order existed and said no messages were destroyed unless duplicates matched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. D. Kramer
Pearl Harbor
Navy Department
Japan
L. F. Safford
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Safford
Kramer
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Naval Communications
Kimmel
Pearl
Navy
Storm Slams Washington Coast Cutting Northwest Links
A Pacific Northwest storm snarled train bus and telephone lines, with five dead and new earth slides in the Columbia River Gorge endangering crews. Rain-soaked cliffs broke away near U Highway 30 while repair teams barely escaped the collapsing poles and mainline of the Union Pacific Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
Middle West
Columbia River
Washington
Here
Union Pacific Railroad
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Baker-Nelson
Handley
Richmond Times-Dispatch
William D. James
Sara Brooks Nair
Charles Perry Nair, Jr
Clifton Forge
Hamlet
N. C
James
Hamlet Hospital
Mrs. Smith
George Smith
White Stone
Dr. Smith
Federated Council of Church Women
Federated Council of Church
Handley Irary, Ay
Charles Grim, Jr
California
Charles H. Grim
West Germain Street
Los Angeles
Callif
Henry Bardsharnd
Florence
Yelena Rutherford
Poars
Frida
J. G
John Anderson
Washington, D.C
Kernstown
Young People’s
Mrs. Fowle
Friday Bridge Club
Philip Fowle
Stewart Street
Rush
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
E. L. Rush
Valentine
DeRay
Boston
Brooks’ Pharmacy
St.Joseph
Taylor
Front Royal
Chambersburg, Pa
Mrs. Sumption
PTA
Roberta Lee
Mr. Laughlin
Page White
Prince
U.S
Gustaf
Sweden
Carl Johan Bernadotte
LaGuardia Field
Kerstin Wijkmark
U. S
Associated Press
Roanoke
Brotherhood of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia
T. C. Rohrbaugh
Salem
R. T. Sutcliffe
Raymond Shortt
Pulaski
William F. Coyner
Waynesboro
Carl Beach
Luray
C. M. Reese
E. B. Bonham
Chilhowie
Richmond
Trinity Methodist Church
Petersburg
Hilda Edwards
Helen Edwards
Portsmouth
South Boston
Wygal
Coty
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Eo Tore Eee
Palace Theatre
Asie
Molden Electric
Loudoun St
J. W. Davis
Washington Coast
New
Arch-Eater
T Winchester and Staunton, Ya
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cather & Moling
E. Piccadilly St
Timberlake
Ladies’ Store
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Virginia
Photo Supply Company
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