Winchester Hosts Trainin g Session for U S O Hostesses
Nearly a hundred women from most local organizations attended a seven to eight p m instruction course at the Church House Episcopal Church led by Mrs Helen H Wright on U S O hostess duties and lounge operations. Mrs Alvin Pennypacker presided and Mrs W W Beatty, secretary of the U S O, will visit the lounge several times daily to ensure smooth operation. Citizens are invited to visit the U S O Lounge Friday from 10 a m to 9 p m to see the facilities provided for the servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Church House
The
Episcopal Church
Helen H. Wright
U. S.O
Alvin Pennypacker
W. W. Beatty
Gertrude Barton Nursery School Yearly Report
The Gertrude Barton Nursery School reports an average winter attendance of 15 to 23 children despite flu and chicken pox. For 1943 the school shows receipts of 1626.99 and disbursements of 1362.09, aided by gifts from civic groups and a 1000 per year council contribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rude Barton Nursery School
Common Council
Winchester
Civic League
Amproject
Legion Auxiliary
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions
Quota Club
Woman's Auxiliary of
Christ Episcopal Church
Federated Council of Church Women
Ladies Aid of
Highland Ave
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Braddock Street
Methodist Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Mary Martha
Grace Lutheran Church
Jewis Woman’s Club
Novick Transfer Company
Lilie H. Adams
Jane Gross
Gertrude Barton
Robert T. Barton
E. C. Stuart, Jr
R. Gray Williams
L. M. Allen
W. A. Baker
Rebecca Beverley
Harold G. Brown
R. E. Byrd
S.C. Brooks
Henry Bryarly
Quota Club To Meet At Golden Glow
The Quota Club will hold its first meeting of the new year tomorrow evening at six o clock at the Golden Glow Restaurant. Full attendance is urged by president Mrs. Ethel Jolliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quota Club
Golden Glow
Ethel Jolliffe
Mrs Grove Returns from California Visit
Mrs. Grove returns to her home after spending two months in Santa Maria California with her son Lieut. Edward H. Grove and his wife.
Dr Osborne Tl In Memorial Hospital
Dr A P Osborne practicing physician of Berryville is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Mason returned Monday from Matthews County Va to their home on Tennyson Ave after holidays with Mr Mason's mother Mrs George Mason. Mrs Masons Nursery Training School will open January 10. Mr and Mrs Shoemaker of North Lawrence Street Charles Town WV are parents of a daughter born Saturday afternoon January 1 at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Memorial Hospital
A. P. Osborne
Berryville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Mason
Mathews, Co
James Mason
Tennyson Ave
Matthews County
Mr. Mason
George Mason
Shoemaker
Calvin Shoemaker
North
Lawrence Street
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester _Memorial Hospital
Arthur T. Henrici
Minneapolis
Minn
Ruth Elizabeth
James Sydnor Robertson
Paul Robertson
Austin
Sigma Kappa
Twelfth Street
Robertson
University of Minnesota
Bettie Whitacre
Whitacre
Reuben Gray Underwent Tonsil Surgery Last Week
Reuben Gray of near Charles Town West Virginia underwent a tonsil ectomy last week at Winchester Memorial Hospital. PFC Tillotson guest in city during holidays at Miss Dorothy Larricks home on National Avenue. Tillotson formerly of Mt Airy North Carolina is now stationed at Camp Atterbury Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Gray
Charles Town
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Pfc
Tillotson
Gilbert Tillotson
U. S. Army
Dorothy Larrick
National Avenue
Tillitson
Mt. Airy
N. C
Camp Atterbury
Ind
James A. White
Stephens City
Wilmer White
Nwood
Retha
Ella Rae White
Front Royal
Indiana
James Robt. White
Betty Lou
Dorothy
Byron
Lloyd White
Kenneth, Bobby and
Lloyd, Jr
Harry White
Boyce
Marguerite White
Eugene White
Washington, D. C
White
Mrs Organ Travels to Washington to Visit Sister
Mrs. Organ left yesterday for Washington D C to spend several days with her sister. Mrs. Charles Writt of Kable town is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital confined with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Writt
Kabletown
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Miss Adams Enters Army Nursing Corps
Miss Harriet DeHaven Adams of Gainesboro enters the U S Army Nursing Corps part of the U S Air Forces. She leaves for basic training at Drew Field Tampa Florida after receiving her age. Adams is a Virginia Tech graduate and a Winchester Memorial Hospital nursing school graduate with RN credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet DeHaven Adams
Walter Adams
Gainesboro
U. S. Army Nursing Corps
U. S. Air Forces
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Miss Adams
Blacksburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing
AAUW Meeting Postponed in Stephens City Area
The American Association of University Women postponed its monthly meeting to Saturday January 15. The note lists numerous local residents and guests including W A Harvey Jr, Ruth Elizabeth Robertson, and James Sydnor Robertson with related engagements and military assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
George
Local residents visit family over holidays
Several Berryville residents are mentioned visiting relatives after Christmas. Lucille Hendricks, principal at Round Bgll School, spent holidays with her parents in Shepherdstown, W V. Esther Lee of Berryville returned to Washington to resume her Navy and Marine office job after holidays with her parents in Berryville. J F Bly of Berryville spent the week in Danville Virginia visiting kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Hendricks
The
Round Bgll School
Mrs
D. W. Hendricks
Shepherdstown, W. Va
Esther Lee
Berryville
Washington
Navy and Marine Office
A. B. Lee Mean
Arrival of Son for Ebersole Family
Mr and Mrs Christian Ebersole of 509 Fairmont announce the birth of a son Tuesday morning in Winchester Me. Mrs Ebersole was formerly Miss Eisie Willecsr neephene. Mr Ebersole is with the Goodrich Tire Company in Winchester. Pvt Douglas D Stickley has returned to City College in New York after visiting his parents in this city. Address available by phoning 5667.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebersole
Christian Ebersole
Fairmont
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Eisie Willecsr Neephene
Goodrich Tire Company
Winchester
Pvt
Douglas D. Stickley
City College
New York
Viscose Plant Is To Be Enlarged
Front Royal Virginia will expand the American Viscose Corporation mill with Rust Engineering of Pittsburgh to triple rayon production. The project aims to produce rayflex for synthetic tires for war use, making the plant the largest rayon producer in the western hemisphere, says vice president S. M. Rust Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Front Royal American Vis#se Corporation
Rust Engineering Company
Pittsburg
S.M. Rust Jr
Rayflex
American Viscose Corporation
Annual Scout Affair At Martinsburg
The Shenandoah Area Council Boy Scouts of America will hold its annual meeting in Martinsburg to elect officers. Committee members include Phil Hunter Shawnee District G William Ropp Potomac District Martinsburg and Capt Bernard Dabney Two Rivers District Front Royal.
Grandmothers Bond To Measure War Factory Output
In London a major British war plant created a unit called the gran-hour to quantify 350 hours contributed by 53 grandmothers and one man. The elderly workers, many seasoned from the last war, perform soldering paint spraying drilling and assembling tasks and are praised as efficient and dependable by the plant manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fall Gamebags claim by Hays attorney quoted on hunting
Hays attorney Arthur J. Wiles says he hunts with an expert marksman and fires as well, claiming birds always fall and he will take half of the birds harvested. The report notes Wiles’s method and his assertion of a shared bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hays, Kas
Arthur J. Wiles
Hays
Sitesn
Diet X ray Clinic Attracts 412 Patients In December
The District Nurse Association held a diet X ray clinic at First Baptist Church on December 6 in cooperation with the tuberculosis educational committee. Four hundred twelve patients were X rayed and reports will be sent to patients and family physicians when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nurse Association
First Baptist Church
Tuberculosis Educational Committee
Richmond
Grace Anderson
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Territorial
University of Virginia Hospital
Winchester Memorial Hospital
City Welfare Department
Lions’ Club
Invasion Office In London Opens
Allied invasion headquarters have opened in an inconspicuous London building guarded by a lone American sentry. General Eisenhower is not due for days, but his staff is already at work. Doors display American and British officers, with the United States shield the only emblem shown so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Firemen Save Coal Savings in Ocean Grove House
Mrs. S. W. Lewis aimed to save coal and returned a few bits to the bin. Firemen arrived after an alarm and battled about an hour to contain a coal pile fire and protect the house. Damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Grove
N. J
S. W. Lewis
Hospitalized Patients Buy War Bonds at Naval Hospital
Oceanside California January 6 patients confined to the United States Naval Hospital at Santa Margarita ranch joined naval and civilian personnel to purchase more than 12000 dollars in war bonds from their hospital beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceanside
Calif
United States Naval—Hospital
Santa Margarita Ranch
Troubles Of War-Time Travel Add Troubles Of War-Time Travel
SEVIERVILLE TENN Jan 6 The Sevierville Newport bus wound along the Smoky Mountains foothills and halted before a bridge deemed unsafe and condemned The driver warned that the other bridge to Newport had fallen in the river recently About half the passengers alighted to walk across
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevierville
Tenn
Sevierville-Newport
Smoky Mountains
Newport
pAbout
Berryville Post Sponsors American Essay Contest
Berryville Post and Berryville Chamber of Commerce agreed at a meeting last night to sponsor an American essay contest in Berryville and Boyce high schools. A report on the drive to raise the remaining 2100 dollars shows good progress and a report of full payment is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Williams Post
Ann- Berryville
Berryville
Boyce
Women Shoppers Get Liquor Store In Mobile
In Mobile Alabama the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced a liquor store for women only to be operated downtown. The plan, proposed by Mobile board member Dr Ray, aims to separate the sexes with one store for women and another for men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Dr. E. C
Hee
John E. Toomey
Ray
Rosenberger Rites To Be Held Friday
Funeral for Julian L. Rosenberger will be held at his Hayfield Virginia home Friday at 2 p m Burial will be at Mt Hebron Cemetery The Rev J S Goode and the Rev C H Anderson will officiate Pallbearers are F W Pinely Charles A Windel Edward Cooper Willis Anderson Clifton Nail and Leslie Lucas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian L. Rosenberger
Hayfield
Mt. Hebron
J. 8S.goode
C. H. Anderson
F. W. Pineley
Charles A. Windel
Edward Cooper
Willis Anderson
Clifton Nail
Leslie Lucas
Labor Has Tribute From MacArthur
The American Federationist says its next issue will feature a statement by Gen Douglas MacArthur praising labor for patriotism and service to the army and nation. The federationist did not reveal when the message was received and would not explain injuries on the point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federationist
Officr
An- Federation of Labor
Douglas McArthur
Federationist
Mass built homes proposed by Briton contractor
HALL England Jan 6 Mass production of post war homes is proposed in Great Britain. Contractor Robert Tarran with over 2000 workers says government aid for factories could enable 50 men to build a bungalow in a week featuring a large living room streamlined kitchen and bath and two bedrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
England
Great Britain
Robert Tarran
Teesoree
Tarzan
Anti Nazi Author Found Slain in Denmark
Copenhagen dispatches say Danish anti Nazi writer Kawi Munck was found slain near Silkeborg in Jutland. Four men, believed Gestapo agents, went to Munck s home at Deversee and drove away with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Kawi Munck
Silkeborg
Jutland
Copenhagen
Gestappo
Munck
Deversee
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Helen Wright
USC
Gertrude Barton Nursery School
S. C. Brooks
Motor Corps
H. B. McCormac
Harry P. Light
Grimes
Girl Scouts
Graham
Jen
Brooks Pharmacy
Huntsberry
Gaunt
Main and
Valley Ave
Raees
Army Nursing Corps
R. £. Albin
W. A. Harvey, Jr
W. A. Harry, Jr
Joan Harry
Ronald Harry
Mildred Painter
Alice King
Bafttmore
Helen Ritenour
Leesburg, Va
Chester Hall
Fort Custer
Mich
H. M. Pope
Shirley Pope
Jack Albin
Sue Albin
Eloise Albin
Austin Glaize
Middletown
Tederick
Reliance
James Inskip
Maggie Sargent
Arthur Sargent
Karnstown
E. M. Hurst
A. S
Bainbridge
Beatrice
Elsie Painter
Marcella
Doroth White
Albert Stine
Olivia Hartman
Baltimore
Harry A. Hartman
Hartman
Ordnance Commantry Division
Adair
Ore
Harold E. Doss
Bainbridge, Md
Mrs. Doss
Bea Huff
Oe Royal
Patsie
John Kendall
Strasburg
Thomas Elliot
W. Queen Street
Taylor Barr
Barr
Provosts Marshals Office
Palm Beach
Jane Bickers
Clearbrook
C. Ridgely White
T. F. Timberlake
Timberlakes Dept
Pifer PI 6 Company
Mr. B. Bickers
J. F. Bly
Danville
Martinsburg
Lovett’ Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Frederick
Arrid
Lenas
Berryville Post
Labor
MacArthur
Commercial & Savings Bank
U.S
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Herbert S. Larrick
H. C. Sheetz
John I. Sloat
H. R. Edwards
F. A. Crisman
Charles R. Anderson
Howell M. Bond
Fred S. Boyd
Joseph H. Funkhouser
E. A. Humston
Llewellyn Jackson
Philip Klompus
H. S. Larrick
J. Henry Moling
Charles A. Pine
R. Bruce Stonaker
E. M. Steele
Cameron ST
Crosen’s Produce
Wm. Swimley
Mgr
Portieres
Moling & Cather
Timberlake
Miller Bros
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