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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1944

Page

2

Cadet Nurses Complete Enrollment At Hospital Here

Winchester Memorial Hospital approves the Cadet Student Nurse Program and will place enrolled students in military uniforms as part of the war effort. Insignia are being awarded for in uniform. Names listed include Catherine Baker Staunton Dorothy Harrington Ivill e Virginia, Dorothy Lockhart Bridgeport West Virginia, Mildred Middleton Strasbourg Virginia, Jean Miller Rockville Maryland, Opal Oates Gore Virginia, Lena Palmer Covington Kentucky, Ruth Statham Hawthorne New Jersey, Frances Wallace War Gente Virginia.

Winchester Memorial Hosptal

Photographic Exhibit Planned at Winchester Hospital

The Entertainment Committee of the Newton D. Baker General Council for Winchester announces a photographic exhibit to be shown at the hospital for convalescent soldiers. Contributors should bring mounted photos to Mrs. Jolliffe's Studio at 15 N dock Street, Winchester, by March 15 1944. Images should be in mats 11x14 or 16x20 with exhibitor name. titles preferred. Judges from the towns will award ribbons.

Newton D. Baker General Council Winchester Hospital Inburg

Answers to the Daily Quiz Corrected for Pace 4

The quiz results list the correct responses: 1 Germany 2 212 degrees F 3 Minnehaha 4 Massachusetts 5 Sam Rayburn 6 Samuel Gompe e Stephen Collins Foster. Lightning rod 9 The Book of Judges 10 True Resolve Now To Do Your Full Duty In 1944.

Pace Germany Minnehaha Massachusetts Sam Rayburn Samuel Gompe Stephen Collins Foster Lightning Rod The Book of Judges True

Stamp Redemption Notice for Meats and Fuel Oil

Associated Press announces stamp validity details for books three and four covering meats fats and spare stamps V through Z with various expiration dates. Fuel oil period three through February 21 in the South and March 13 elsewhere, period four through September 30, period five through September 30 in the Midwest and South. Coupons specify 10 gallons per unit and multiple units per coupon.

Associated Press Far West Mid

Birth of baby girl at Memorial Hospital in Stephens City

Mr and Mrs Ray Carter welcome a baby girl born Friday morning at Memorial Hospital. Peggy Seveniaer, now Mrs Carter, is the mother. Various local residents, including the Lemleys, Chapmans, Bartlow family, and others from Winchester and Martinsburg, visited or were listed as guests in recent days. Pvt Sylvia Boone of Fort Meade has been honorably discharged for illness and returned home.

Jack William Kerr Lemley Annapolis Naval Academy Sylvia Boone Fort Geo. Meade Lehring Staples Buchannan C. E. Staples Lloyd Argenbright Harrisonburg Paul Flowers W. W. Cooley Middletown Bob Brown Martinsburg Lomax Parker

Record Christmas Seal Sale Hits New Virginia High

Virginia Tuberculosis Association reports 1943 Christmas seal sales totaling 264 225.97 with final county reports expected to push total above 280 000. Miss Ellen H. Smith says generosity and vigorous army campaign contributed to the record amid wartime TB concerns.

Virginia Virginia Tuberculosis Association Ellen H. Smith State Association Miss Smith

Virginia Raises Funds for Tuberculosis Seals

Workers aware of tuberculosis note an upsurge in need. The 1943 total of 280000 dollars compares to 233030 dollars raised in Virginia in 1942 from Christmas seals, a 20 percent increase to support tuberculosis eradication efforts.

Virginia

Eggs Must Be Graded For Virginia Support Prices

Government support prices for eggs apply only to eggs graded by a licensed grader. With over 60 grading stations in Virginia, the War Food Administration will purchase graded eggs when prices fall to the support level. Arrangements link Southern States Marketing Cooperative in Richmond and Roanoke, Cooperative Farm Bureau in Harrisonburg and Staunton, and Armour and Company in Roanoke for grading.

Harry L Virginia Agricultural Extension Division War Food Administration Moore Southern States Marketing Cooperative Richmond Roanoke Cooperative Farm Bureau Harrisonburg Staunton Armour and Company

Medicated powder marketed for diaper rash relief

A historic drug product advertised as a medicated powder for men or boys, claimed to soothe diaper rash and provide family use. The item emphasizes simple ingredients and skin comfort, targeting caregivers seeking gentle relief for infants.

Distribution Shift Sheds Light on WFA Receiving Strategy

The fragment notes that goods were sold direct to the WFA's Office of Distribution and discusses impracticality of establishing a receiving station at every community location, highlighting logistical constraints in the system.

WFA

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