Community Club and Club Meetings Outline Calendar
Calendar shows Victory Exchange open Thursday 11:00 5:00. Rotary weekly luncheon 2:00 at Sarah Zane Hall. Sunshine Club Braddock Street 2:30 in Methodist Assembly. G A A monthly business meeting 8:00 p m. Friday Visitors Day USC Lounge 10:00 9:00. Civic League luncheon 12:45 Golden Glow. W O W weekly meeting 8:00 p m Odd Fellows Hall.
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Victory Exchange
Rotary Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street
Methodist Church Assembly Room
USC Lounge
Civic League
Golden Glow
W. 0
Odd Fellows Hall
GAA To Elect Officers Thursday
The Girls Athletic Association schedules its monthly business meeting Thursday night January 6 at eight in their club rooms. All members are urged to attend as officers will be selected for the coming year. Council members will meet promptly at seven thirty. Miss Nell O Connell has returned to Hitzler Bros Baltimore after holidays with her mother. Mrs Kathryn Linaweaver is in Georgia this week with her husband where she serves as deputy clerk in the county clerks office. Miss Elizabeth Ryan is ill with the flu at home on Wood Ave. Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton and Miss Katherine Sprinkle return to Clifton Forge Va after visiting in the city with their parents. Son born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Kerns of Route 2 at Memorial Hospital. Mrs Kerns was formerly Miss Ella Mae DeHaven. Little Miss Buckner of 436 Fairmont Ave is now able to be out after illness. Sunshine Club of Braddock Street Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 2 30 p m in the Assembly room hosted by Mrs Ida Shryock Mrs Charles Fling Mrs Howard Shindel Mrs Charles Lanahan Mrs Clarence Grim and Mrs E L Keller.
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Girls Athletic Association
Nell O’connell
Hitzler Bros
Baltimore
J. DD. O’connell
Sensency Road
Kerns
Arley Kerns
Route 2
Memorial Hospital
Ella Mae DeHaven
Sunshine Club
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Ida Shryock
Charles Fling
Howard Shindel
Charles Lanahan
Clarence Grim
E. L. Keller
DeHaven Ramsburg Marriage Announced
Announcement of the marriage of Pauline Ramsburg daughter of Mr and Mrs H B Ramsburg of near Summit Point West Virginia to Orville B DeHaven son of Mr and Mrs H B DeHaven of Clear Brook Virginia. The ceremony occurred in Hagerstown Maryland on Thursday December 30 at 7 30 p m by Rev M A Keesecker at the Methodist parsonage. The bride wore soldier blue with brown accessories. The couple left for a short trip through Pennsylvania. A turkey dinner honored the bride and groom was hosted by Mrs W W Farr.
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DeHaven-Ramsburg
Pauline Ramsburg
H. B. Ramsburg
Near Summit
Point
W Va
Orville B. DeHaven
H. B. DeHaven
Clearbrook
Hagerstown
M. A. Keesecker
Methodist
Methodist Parsonage
Pennsylvania
W.W. J Farr
Mrs Sutton Returns From Camp Shelby
Mrs. Sutton returns from Camp Shelby in Mississippi where she visited her husband, Corporal Robert Sutton.
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Mrs. Sutton
Camp Shelby
Robert Sutton
Miss
Cpl
Braddock St Church Young Adult Class Schedules Meeting
The Young Adult class of Braddock Street Church holds its regular monthly meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM at 664 Virginia Ave. Mrs Eleanor Hall and Mrs Ruth Prelip will host the event and lead the program. All members urged to attend.
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Braddock St. Church
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Eleanor Hall
Virginia Ave
Ruth Prelip
Hall
Steady Improvement for Mr J C Oakes After Illness
Mr J C Oakes, long bedridden at his West Clifford Street home, shows steady improvement. Miss Rosalie Oakes departs for Lexington Kentucky to join the University of Kentucky staff while Miss Ann T Oakes heads to Staunton to serve on Mt Williams faculty, after visiting their parents Mr and Mrs J C Oakes.
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J. C. Oakee
J. C. Oakes
West Clifford Street
Rosalie Oakes
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Ann T. Oakes
Staunton
Mt. Williams
Help the USO Provide 4 Home Away From Home
A wartime appeal outlines four new or expanded USO facilities offering rest, meals, and shelter for service members on furlough or awaiting assignments. The drive emphasizes safe havens near military hubs to support troops and boost morale.
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USO
Victory Exchange Reopens Thursday on Boscawen Street
The Victory Exchange will reopen Thursday on Boscawen Street after the holidays. It features new bargains and calls for children’s clothes. The committee appeals to stamp owners to clear items this week to free space for the war effort.
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Victory Exchange
Boscawen Street
New Year Socials At Millwood and Clarke Community
Millwood Va January 5 hosts Mr and Mrs A R Dunning host New Year party with many guests including Mrs Byrd Mrs Sommaripa Mr and Mrs Walter Lee and others. Various dinners and visits at Bellfield Rosney The Cliff Woodley and Clarke in the days after New Year with military personnel and families mentioned.
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Edward Jenkins
Polly Winslow
Lucy Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
Virginia Watkins
Vaida
Charlotte Meade
George H. Burwell
H. B. Meade
Lieut
Valentine Hollingsworth
Beverley Randolph
George P. Greenhalgh
Walter Lee
Rosney
Tojo Warns Japan Faces Grave Situation
Premier Hideki Tojo told Japanese leaders that the nation faces a grave situation that will decide its rise or fall and victory or defeat. He said the present path does not promise an easy road, per a Tokyo broadcast.
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New York
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Tojo
Tokyo
Berryville Social Notes Highlights Local Wartime Gleanings
Berryville Virginia notes report PFC Homer Knight arriving on a Pacific island and Private Dodson visiting after returning from Africa with a Purple Heart. Casual visits span family and friends across Clarke, Winchester, and nearby towns with many traveling to Fredericksburg, Richmond, and Washington for holidays and duties.
Mcllwee Rites Held Here Today
Funeral services were held at Jones Funeral Home for Charles Mcllwee a prominent farmer and school board veteran who died Monday morning at a sister’s home after influenza and pneumonia. Rev S J Goode and Rev Norman Cooper conducted the rites with Mt Hebron Cemetery interment. Active pallbearers included Arthur Snapp C M Rosenberger C W Franks B S Proffitt H B Proffitt and Richard Davis. honorary pallbearers were Frederick County School Board members Leslie D Kline Fred J Larrick George Bywaters George A Whitacre Lee O Dick Harry L McCann A B Solenberger Paul D Beable F W Pingley Dr W D Myers William C Miller and Lee Whitacre.
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Jones
Charles Mcllwee
S. J. Goode
Norman Cooper
Mt. Hebron
Arthur Snapp
C. M. Rosenberger
C. W. Franks
B.S
Boys Band Disbands As Draft Keeps Players Overseas
Harrisonburg Va January 5 The Harrisonburg Boys Band long a popular Virginia group since 1931 disbands as draft calls remove its members and director Joe Wampler is classified 1 A The director handed over the instruments valued at 8000 dollars to Harrisonburg High School after the albums members preceded him into the armed services.
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
Joe Wampler
Armed Services
Harrisonburg High School
Yugoslav Officers in Middle East Move to Join Tito Front
Reuters dispatch from Cairo reports the Yugoslav government in exile stating that royal army officers in the Middle East have begun moving to join Tito's partisan army. They aim to present a united front to the Germans.
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London
Reuters
Cairo
Middle East
Josip Broz
Tito
Greeks Wipe Out 600 Germans
The Cairo radio reported that Greek patriots killed 600 Nazis in Epirus in a battle of great importance. The light Turkish losses were noted as the Patriots attacked a 7,000-strong motorized German force. Earlier Nazi reprisals burned villages in Macedonia during Christmas, killing many inhabitants.
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New York
Cairo
Epirus
Macedonia
Nazi U boats sink six Allied destroyers claimed by Berlin radio
Berlin radio quoted as saying six more Allied destroyers were sunk in the Atlantic, bringing Allied destroyer losses in the last 10 days to 21. No Allied confirmation was available.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic
Service members and cadets from Winchester area
Excerpts list 41 Virginians at the San Antonio Cadet Center in training for Army Air Forces pilots and note recipients in the Navy and Marine Corps. Homes, addresses, and brief updates show boot leave returns, enrollments, and furloughs including Elmer C. Cochran and John MacMillan amid World War II service.
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San Antonio
Braddock Street Choir Shifts Rehearsals to Friday Nights
The Young People’s Choir of Braddock Street Methodist Church moves rehearsals from Thursday to Friday nights at 6 30. The change affects all current members and follows church schedules for weekly practice sessions.
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Young‘ Peoples
Braddock Street Methodist Church
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Wood Ave
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Clifton Forge
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South Stewart Street
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Martinsburg
Lupton
Miss Buckner
Fairmont Ave
Brooks Pharmacy
Huntsberry
J. C. Cunningham
Front Royal
Winchester Memorial Hospital
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Walter N. Ruth
Lewis Allen
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Clarke County
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New York City
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Richmond
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St. Augustine
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Thomas Earl
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Everard K. Meade
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Karl
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Louis B. Meade, Jr
England
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Tom H. B. Meade
Winchester
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Berryville Social Notes
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Pfc
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Pacific War Area
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Lloyd Dodson
Dodson
Taylor Lee
Claude Clemmons and Son
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Roosevelt Jenkins
Pvt
Purcell Fincham
Amville, Tex
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Mary Washington College
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Alma-Lee Bruré
Rice, Va
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John Dixon
Ramsburg
Tom Iden
C. H. Iden
Medical College of Virginia
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Troutville
John Huyette
Huyette
Frankie Showalter
Frederick, Md
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R. E. Davis
Alden Cummins
Youngstown, O
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Barbara Stolle
Charles Town
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New Jersey
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Tom Howell
Woodstock
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Main
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Seaman
U. S. Naval Reserve
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Great Lakes
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Seaman Baker
Navy
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Sam McCarty
U. S. Army
Sam
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Northern Virginia Power Company
Robert R. Boden
Raymond G. Boden
Bainbridge
U. S. Naval Training Station
Bainbridge, Md
Marion E. Campbell
United States Marine Corps
Virgil Baughman
Harold Baughman
Air Force Technical School
Boca- Raton Field
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Boca Raton Field
John MacMillan
United States Army
Willian V. MacMillan
Morningside Drive
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Virginia Woolen Company
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N. Loudoun St
Porto
The
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the Commercial & Savings Bank
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Ap Prat ‘Asst
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Howell M. Bond
Fred 8. Boyd
Joseph H. Funkhouser
E. A. Humston
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Philip Klompus
H. S. Larrick
J.henry Moling
Charles A. Pine
H. C. Sheetz
R. Bruce Slonaker
E. M. Steele
John I. Sloat
Valley Pride
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Poultry CO
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Dial
Crosen
Wm. Swimley
Mgr
Armstrong
Moling & Cather
Timberlake
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