Of Interest to Women Calendar Tuesday Evening Meetings
A list of women oriented events for Tuesday to Friday including church groups Bible classes Missionary Society and a Lieut Lamont talk at the George Washington Hotel. Also notes meetings for Winchester Aerie Rebekah Association Kiwanis Elks Rotary Stephenson Social Club Turner Ashby chapter U D C Nurses Aid Corps AAUW and the Women’s Civic League with locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mary Sibert
Mary Martha
Pete George
Woman's Missionary Society of
U. B
James D. Winefeld
George Washington Hotel
Lamont
Winchester Aerie
Order of Eagles
North
Loudoun Street
Rebekah Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Victory Exchange
Rotary Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Stephenson Social Club
Turner Ashby
U. D.C
Susie Strider
AUW to Hear Mr Garland Quarles at Barr Home
American Association of University Women members will meet at 106 North Ave to hear guest speaker Mr. Garland Quarles. He will discuss whether three strikes mean out for Germany. Hostesses include Mrs. Dechert Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Hough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Quarles
Virginia Barr
American Association of University Women
North Ave
R. B. Dechert
L. E. Harris
W. 8S. Hough
Quarles
Germany
Women's Civic League Plans February Luncheon Talk
The Winchester Women's Civic League meets Friday at 12 45 PM at Golden Glow Coffee Shop for a luncheon. Guest speaker Mrs George C Madary will share impressions from Lylands and Pearl Harbor era service. The March meeting will feature a bank services quiz and members should bring a question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Golden Grow Coffee Shop
Elks Club
Women’s Civic League
Golden Glow
Nurses’ Aid Corps
Nurses’ Home
Virginia Barr
North Avenue
Winchester Women's Civic League
George C. Madary
American Legion Auxiliary Addresses By Lieut Lamont
Lieut Lamont of the Newton D. Baker Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia spoke at the American Legion Auxiliary meeting held at Mrs B M Roszel on Stonewall Ave He urged civilian support for the Martinsburg hospital and outlined planned Auxiliary efforts Also noted were visits to Mrs E W Cather in Memorial Hospital and recent guests of the Cather family in Winchester and Hagerstown Stephenson Social Club to meet Thursday at 2 PM hosted by Mrs Irene Sedee and co hostess Mrs W O Zinn with devotional led by Mrs June Rudolph and recreation by Miss Edith Jolliffe
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Stephenson Social Club
Irene Sedeeee
W. O. Zinn
June Rudolph
Edith Jolliffe
Mrs Chapman to Spend Two Weeks in Washington
Mrs Robert Chapman of Thornhill Manor will leave Thursday for Washington to spend two weeks at the Suletave Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Washington
Robert Chapman
Thornhill Manor
Suletave Club
Capt Pennypacker Leaves City for Nevada
Capt J E Pennypacker who has been in the city two weeks at his father’s bedside departed today for his post in Nevada. Alvin E Pennypacker who underwent an operation in Winchester Memorial Hospital also left today for Nevada continuing his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Pennypacker
Nevada
J. E. Pennypacker
Alvin E. Pennnypacker
Enchester Memorial Hospital
Navy and college training notes and local talks
J Howard Cather Jr sails to Notre Dame for midshipman training. S N R sailor departs on furlough for U S Naval Reserve Midshipman's School program at Notre Dame. Lieut Lamont to address Hotel tonight on convalescent care project at George Washington Hotel. Local group plans to support recreation for convalescent soldiers with hospital aid and a temple of service. Weekend visitors include Romney West Virginia and Gore families visiting Seaman 2c Austin S Johnson at Camp Perry Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Howard Cather, Jr
Notre Dame
United States Reserve Midshipman’s
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
U. 5
Lieut. Lamont
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Aven Buckman
Romney
West Va
Austin Johnson
Luther Johnson
This City
Melvin Seldon
Donald
Gore
Seaman 2
Austin S. Johnson
Naval Construction Training Center
Camp Perry
Williamsburg
Martinsburg Wedding Joins Geraldine Lee and Lieut Ernest Alther
Mrs Mabel Michael and daughter and Mrs Kenneth Hawse of this city joined out of town guests at the Martinsburg wedding Sunday afternoon of Miss Geraldine Lee to Lieut Ernest C Alther of Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Michael
Kenneth Hawse
Martinsburg
Geraldine Lee
Ernest C. Alther
Miss Grimm Returns to Vienna After Weekend with Family
Miss Helen Avis Grimm returns to Vienna Virginia after visiting over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Holmes R Grimm in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Avis Grimm
Vienna, Va
City
Mrs
Holmes R. Grimm
John Middleton Undergoing Treatment at Winchester Memorial
Mr. John Middleton of Stras boro Virginia is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital undergoing treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Middleton
Strasboro, Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Safety Study In The Home Club Meeting Report
The ci d Guidance Club met at Mrs. George Welden's home for an evening on Safety Study In the Home. Mrs. Alson Hott lectured and read Edgar A Guests most beautiful poem Even As A Baby. Miss Lola V. Moore spoke on Safety Training. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Welden
Alson Hott
Birth of Fred Carter Vose Jr in Winchester Hospital
Mr and Mrs Vose of Strasburg Va announce the birth of a son named Fred Carter Vose Jr in Winchester Memorial Hospital early Monday. Major Vose is serving overseas. Mrs Bowley Ryden hosted a buffet last night for Mrs White with guests including Miss Jane Bickers and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vose
Fred Carter Vose
Strasburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Ss. Vose
Sue Boles
J. M. Boles
Major Vose
Bowley Ryden
White
Mrs Carbaugh Underwent Operation in Winchester
Mrs Norman Carbaugh a registered nurse of Stephens City recently underwent an operation in Winchester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbaugh
Norman Carbaugh
R. N
Stephens City
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Lieut Hardenburg Spends Weekend in City
Lieut Henry M Hardenburg of New York visited Miss Jane Bickers on West Cork Street for the weekend and returned to New York yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardenburg
City
Henry M Hardenburg
New York
Jane Bickers
West Cork Street
Woman's Missionary Society Of United Brethren To Meet
The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church will meet at eight o'clock tonight at the home of Mrs. James D Winefield located at 365 National Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Missionary Society of
U. B
Womans Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church
James D Winefield
National, Ave
Raffo Visits Winchester Friends
Fire Chief Jack Raffo of Richmond Virginia is spending time in Winchester with Mrs. Fred W. Forney at 9 East Clifford Street. This marks his first Winchester visit in several years and he is renewing many old acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffo
Winchester
Jack Raffo
Richmond
Fred W. Forney
East Clifford Street
Mrs Philip Williams Hosts Thursday and Friday Bridge Clubs
Mrs. Philip Williams will entertain both the Thursday and Friday afternoon bridge clubs this week at her Amherst street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Williams
Amherst Street
Jakimier Family Heads to St. Petersburg Florida
Mr and Mrs T F Jakimier and children Jane Bev erley and Ensign T F Jakimier Jr left National Ave for St Petersburg Florida to spend several months. Ensign Jakimier and Mrs Jakimier are stationed in St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fla
T. Fpf
Jakimier
Jané
Beverley
National Ave
Mon- Gay
Ensign. T._FP
Jakimier, Jr
Mrs Headley Improves After Illness at Home
Mrs. J W Headley, confined to her Valley home by illness, is reported to be improving and receiving care at home.
Mrs Eustaphieve Leaves for Washington Visit
Mrs E L Eustaphieve who is spending the winter with Mrs Nancy Cobls on Bonaven st left Sunday for Washington to spend a week with her sister Miss Katherine P McDonald. Mr Woodrow Tinsman of 414 South Kent street is in Memorial Hospital recuperating from an operation performed last Friday. He is getting along nicely and expects to be home soon. Mrs Giles B Cook spent the week end in Front Royal with Mr and Mrs S Byrne-Downing at Bel Air. Mrs Ed Sandridge is improving after a recent operation in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Robert Butler of Clear brook Va and Mrs Edna Edwards of this city spent last week end in Atlantic City with Seaman 2 class James Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Eustaphieve
Washington
E. L. Eustaphieve
Nancy Cobls
Bonaven
Washinegton
Katharine P. McDonald
Woodrow Tinsman
South Kent Street
Memorial Hospital
Giles B. Cook
Front Royal
Mrs. S. Byrne —Downing
Bel Air
Ed. Sandridge
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Robert Butler
Clearbrook
Edna Edwards
Annie Vandergrift
Gloucester
Long Branch
Hugh M. Nelson
A. B. Bevan
Winchester
Clarke
Louis B. Meade
Tom H. B. Meade
Ewart Johnston
Roanoke
Clay Hill
Sherman Joost
Agnes Mitchell
Great Neck
Long Isand
Washington, D. C
Sarah Fuller
North
Washington Street
James M. Jackson
Millwood Social Events Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Millwood Virginia notes dated February eight record a Blue Ridge Hunt gathering at Mrs Burwell Jacobs gate followed by a hunt breakfast hosted by Mrs Jacobs and Mrs George P Greenhalgh Jr. The field included Alex MacKay Smith and others while social visits span from Birmingham to Bloomington and Washington with dinners, nursing visits, and plans for nursing school in Miami Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwood
Blue Ridge Hunt
Burwell Jacobs
Jacobs
George P. Greenhalgh, Jr
Alex MacKay Smith
William Donovan
George P. Greenhalgh
Sherman Joost
Walter Lee
Norman Haymaker
Bob and
Lawrence Russell
Bill Wetherall
Willi Donovan
Bill Weatherall
Johnny Dorsey Seeks Treatment For Infected Foot
Johnny Dorsey, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Dorsey of Clearbrook, admitted to Winchester Memorial Hospital Sunday for treatment of an infected foot from stepping on a nail during the Christmas holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Dorsey
Memorial Hospital
Elmer Dorsey
Clearbrook
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Uncle and Nephew Enjoy Christmas Cake Across Ocean
Relatives of Master Sergeant Jacob D. Colvin report a letter from England detailing a Christmas visit with his nephew Seaman Hubert Burker. They shared cake baked by Nora Burker of Hagerstown Maryland before Burker sailed to serve, with Colvin noted as a long time guard member dating to before the Mexican border action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. Colvin
National Guard
England
Seaman Hubert Burker
Seaman Burker
Nora Burker
Hagerstown
Burker
Sergeant Colvin
Villa
Barker
Naval Service
Major Covington Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Army Air Corps
Major Henry A. Covington former assistant manager of the Northern Virginia Power Company has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps. He entered the army as a first lieutenant and quickly rose, later directing training of about 500 cadets at an air training camp in Colorado Springs. He recently flew a B 24 bomber with friends over Winchester and is believed still stationed at the Colorado camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Covington
Northern Virginia Power Company
Army Air Corps
Associated Press
Washington
Covington
Army
Wincheter
Colorado Springs
Colo
German POW seeks Spanish envoy in Alabama Capitol
A German prisoner of war wearing part of a Nazi uniform walked into the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery and asked for the Spanish ambassador. FBI agent D. K. Brown identified him as Sgt Major Hans Peter Fuhrmann of the Afrikan Korps, a Tunisian campaign veteran who escaped a POW camp near Opelika last Saturday. State workers detained him while police and FBI investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Federal Bureau of Investigation
D. K. Brown
B. I
Birmingham
Hans Peter Fuhrmann
Afrikan Korps
Brown
Fuhrmann
Opelika
Nurses Lose Lives as Anzio Hospital Bombed
The article reports that 26 people were killed and 43 wounded when a German air raid hit an Anzio evacuation hospital. Capt. Mathews argued the large Red Cross markings should have been visible to the low-flying enemy. The War Department confirms the nurses were the first American women to die from direct enemy action in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Mathews
War Department
Washington
Anzio
Service News Highlights Local Servicemen Promotions and Training
Local notices report Eli A. Garber 21 of Winchester named Naval Aviation Cadet and headed to Pensacola for intermediate flight training with future Wings of Gold and commission as ensign or second lieutenant. Raymond Corrigan promoted to staff sergeant serving at a Chinese American Training Center in India, Pvt. Leon Pope reports arrival in England. Other updates include Navy enlistments for Howard Halsey and Sgt. Ranny Ritter on furlough from Fairfield California, Private Ellis Adams in Oklahoma hospital, Seaman Clarence Foreman completing Great Lakes boat training and at U S Naval Radio School Auburn Alabama, and Pvt. Puffinberger returning to Camp Shelby after a family bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli A. Garber
L. Spitzer
Shawnee Ave
Winchester
Naval Air Training Center
Pensacola
Fla
Annapolis
Garber
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Raymond F. Corrigan
India
Helen Corrigan
W. ‘Monmouth St
Irene Corrigan
Fairview Aves
Clarence E. Foreman
J. B. Foreman
Martinsburg
Great Lakes
U. S. Naval Radio School
Auburn
Ala
Resolve Now To Work A Little Harder For Victory In 1944
A wartime editorial urges readers to increase effort and sacrifice as World War II enters a critical year. The piece stresses discipline, unity, and continued home front support to secure victory in 1944 and safeguard postwar peace.
V Mail Kisses To Be Sent Over
New York February reports lipstick kissed V mail letters prepared for overseas sending. Officials caution against heavy lipstick as it may smudge writing. Postal authorities advise a light touch in the corner to avoid interference with writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion Auxiliary
Lieut
Martinsburg, W. Va
E. W. Cather
Douglas Cather
Camp Lee
L. Russell Cather
Baltimore
Herbert Cather
Philadlephia
Kenneth Cather
Cather
Fred Fleming
Genevieve
Jake Bareau
Lemont
Valentine Candies
Norrisees
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Parly
Huntsberry
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Headley
J. W. Headley
Valleyee
Courney B. Jones
M. F. Henry Jones
Bloomington
Russell Jones
Thomas B. Huff
Mary Jane Huff
Winchester Memorial
John Payne
Long Island
Sham Hill
A. R. Dunning
Berryoa
Kenneth N. vi
George H. Burwell
Everard K. Meade
J. Townsend Burwell
Polly Winslow
William Payne
Bellfield
George P. Gheenhalgh, Jr
E. L. Alger
Bernard A. Rowland
Reliance
William Bell Watkins
Karl Boy-Ed
Virginia Watkins
Vaida
Maxwell Berry
Sea Island
Georgia
J. Peyton Craighill
Lloyd Craighill
The
Episcopal High School
Alexandria
Mr. H. Revell
Mr. Kenney
Sam Kenney
Albert Simmons
Atwell Ave
English Post
Major Covington
Lovett Brothers
Howard Elwood Halsey
S. Loudoun St
Navy
Chief Mead
G. W. Halsey
O’sullivan Rubber Co
Naval Training Station
Bainbridge, Md
Stuart Pope
Valley Ave
Leon
Leon Pope
Camp Croft
S. C
Ranny Ritter
Fairfield-Suisine Army Air Field
Fairfield
Calif
California
Ellis Adams
Martin Adams
Oklahoma
Co. A
252Nd
Camp Gruber
Cpl
Paul Woodrow Puffinberger
Bat.b
Camp Shelby
Miss
Tode Tuttle
Ito
New York Army
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Moling & Cather
James N. Moling
James P. Reardon
Dunn & Duvall
Joe Jolliffe
Adi
Dany
Ing An Rinia
Levi
Lexan Beth Arshi
Bel Are, Tolle
Sulfa
New Guinea
Sulsa
WPB
OPA
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