Community Activities and Local Society Notes
Local social calendar lists meetings for Bethany Circle American Legion Auxiliary I O O F and other groups through midweek. Card of notes mentions Helen Brown returning to Northfield, Ensign Harold Lucas visiting Norfolk, Mrs Griffith hosting tea for DeHart and Haines, and dances and visits by residents with occasional overseas news including Brenda Carter narrowly escaping a V2 bomb in Portsmouth Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Carter
Richard Griffith
Wren
Marriage of Elsie Mae Summers and Charles Cole Jr.
Mrs. Oscar M. Summers of Frederick Maryland announces the marriage of her daughter Elsie Mae Summers to Charles Cole Jr of this city. The ceremony took place in January at the Presbyterian Manse with Rev. C O Sullivan officiating. Elsie Mae is a Frederick High School graduate class of 1940 who worked for Price Bros. Inc. before joining the Navy and has since been discharged. The couple reside at Kansas Ave N W Washington after a wedding trip to New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar M. Summers
Frederick
Elsie Mae
Charles Cole
Presbyterian Manse
C. O. Sullivan
Cole
Frederick High School
Price Bros. Inc
Navy
Washington, D
Kansas Ave
N. W
Washington
New York City
Bisma Rex Antacid Powder Promo Note
Advertising short for Bisma Rex antacid powder offering 4 way relief for acid indigestion sour stomach and gastric acidity. Priced 50c and 1 25 with a free trial package advertised upon this coupon.
Mr Wilkie Hunt Jr entertains at dance and society notes
Social items report Mr Wilkie Hunt Jr entertaining Saturday night at his parents home with many guests including Barbara Bond Virginia Pifer Ann Beverly Wright Massie Hawthorne Barbara Sprinkle Catherine Solenberger Patricia Stephenson Elizabeth Lichliter Betty Stuart Jamey Lupton Mary Clegg Miller Betty Bickers Helen Brown Dorothy Scott. Also listed are Bill Brown Bigelow Thomson Harrison Nesbitt Lynchburg guests Skipper Scott Sam Preston Jr Arlen Bond Jr Geo Snarr Jr Herbert Schutte Jr Woodie Baker Jr Brian Minningerode Beverley Jakimier Alton Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkie Hunt, Jr
Skipper Scott
Sam Preston, Jr
Arlen Bond, Jr
Geo. Snarr, Jr
Herbert Schutte, Jr
Woodie Baker, Jr
Brian Minnigerode
Beverley Jakimier
Alton Powell
Fasic-Tipton Co. Sold to Eastern Breeders Group
Fasic-Tipton Company, long a leading thoroughbred sales firm, has been sold to an Eastern breeder group led by Maj. Kenneth Gilpin of Boyce Virginia and W. H. LaBoyteaux of Holmden New Jersey. Other members not named and price not disclosed. Sales in New York had been dropped in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fasic- Tipton Company
Maj
Kenneth Gilpin
Boyce, Va
W. H. LaBoyteaux
Holmden
N. J
Fasi-Tipton
Kentucky
Mrs. Tranter
Lexington
ELAS Forces Driven Deeper Into Hills
British troops press ELAS retreat from Athens driving the leftist militia into hills west and northeast of the capital. RAF planes bomb retreating SAS units near Eleusis 15 miles from Athens as combats continue. Sixty three ELAS fighters killed and 44 captured. Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie says truce terms withdrawn and future talks require fair treatment for British prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
ELAS
SAS
Eleusis
Ronald M. Scobie
Back the Attack Buy War Bonds Campaign
Citizens rally behind the national drive urging purchase of war bonds to support military efforts. Officials promote patriotic action, detailing how funds will finance equipment and supplies for service members abroad. Community groups organize drives and collateral events to maximize purchases.
News of Our Men and Women in Uniform
Postwar era update highlights Pfc Douglas B Stickley arriving safely in England after training at Fort McClellan and Camp Breckinridge. Marine 2nd Lt George Barrie, a Yale graduate, completes Infantry School Battalion at Camp Pendleton. Mary Lindsey reports her husband Sgt Jack P Lindsay promoted to sergeant in the 80th Division. A distrait anecdote shares Cpl J K Armel’s encounter with a French couple and a cache of francs. Cpl William N Glaize, long stationed in India, returns from overseas assignment with Handley ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B. Stickley
D. B. Stickley
South
Loudoun Street
England
Fort McClellan
Ala
New York City
Camp Breckinridge
Handley
Star Office
Winchester
Marines Marine
George Barrie
F. L. Rief Kohl
Piccadilly Street
Infantry
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
California
Arine Corps
South Pacific
Barrie
Lawrenceville High School
Yale University
Marine Corps
New Haven
Conn
Parris Island
8. C
Quantico
Mary T. Lindsey
East Piccadilly Street
Jack P. Lindsay
General Patton
Third Army
Sgt
Lindsay
Schenck Cheese Company
William N. Glaize
Jessie Hillyard
Washington, D. C
India
Daisy Glaize
William Glaize
Peyton St
Army Air Forces
Cpl. Glaize
Why tularemia carries its name
The disease tularemia derives from Tulare County California where the illness was first identified in 1910 by the U S Public Health Service. The naming ties the condition to the location of its discovery and the early work by public health authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulare County
California
U. S. Public Health Service
Six Alarm Fire Destroys Downtown Buildings in Pittsburgh
A six alarm blaze swept three downtown Pittsburgh buildings causing heavy damage and traffic disruption. Fireman Edward Jones escaped with an elbow injury after falling into a three story snowpile while fighting the flames. Damage estimated at upwards of $200,000 as more than 150 firefighters from 15 companies battled the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Edward Jones
Roanoke Office Sets 3B 2B 1B Beer Prices for Dining Venues
The Roanoke District Office of Price Administration released Revised Order 6 1 under General Order 50 setting maximum beer prices at retail for 2500 eating and drinking establishments in northern and western Virginia. Prices reflect new wholesale costs after RMPR 259. 3B 2B and 1B classifications affect common prices and brand premiums. A meeting for Winchester and Frederick County retailers will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke District
Virginia
Roanoke
War Price and Rationing Boards
Office of Price Administration
Wll
Winchester
Frederick County
Injuries From Fall Fatal To Mrs. Bowman
Mrs. Ella B. Bowman of the Hayfield area Frederick County died Sunday at Winchester Memorial Hospital age 74 after a fall at her home on Friday December 29. She fractured her hip and leg and lay on the ground until a neighbor summoned aid. She was a lifelong member of Mount Olive United Brethren Church near Hayfield and widow of Jackson Bowman. Funeral services will be held at Mount Olive Church with Rev. L. C. Messick and Rev. E. B. Smith officiating. Pallbearers named H A Snapp E Dean Adams Ernest Adams William H Clowser O C Clowser Luther Larrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella B. Bowman
Hayfield
Frederick County
Jackson Bowman
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bowman
John H
Sarah E. Larrick
Verna Richard
Indiana
Mount Olive
Parlett
Gainesboro
L. C. Messick
E. B. Smith
Albin
H. A. Snapp
E. Dean Adams
Ernest Adams
William H
What The Prophets Say About Hitler booklet offer
An information bureau advertises PROPHECIES a booklet predicting wartime events and human destiny. Readers can order for ten cents postpaid by mailing name address and payment to the Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau Washington DC. The text also includes a soldiers passes query with War Department note on discretionary limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Evening Star
Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D.C
Chinese Baby Born Aboard Ship Under Fire in Transit
A 24-day-old Chinese girl named Yu-Hai-Hu was born prematurely aboard a ship under Japanese air attacks during a China Burma India war evacuation to Venezuela. Navy doctors saved the mother and baby without an incubator as passengers and crew endured casualties and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Pedro
Calif
China
Burma
India
Yu-Hai-Hu
Yu Shih
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bethany Circle
American Legion Auxiliary
Robert Y. Conrad Post
North Washington Street
Lions Club
Golden Glow
Century Club
Sophie Baker
Women's Missionary Society of Church of Christ
South Cameron Street
Rebekah Association
Odd Fellane Trail
Winchester Aerie No
Fraternal Order of Eagles
North Loudoun Street
Gray Ladies In Council Chamber
Kiwanis Club
Golden Glow Coffee Shop
Elks Club
Jewish Woman's Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Helen Brown
Harold Brown
Northfield
Mass
Ens
Harold Lucas
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Virginia Lucas Wall
North Ave
Miss DeHart
Miss Haines
Charlotte DeHart
Gwendolyn Haines
Jane Cary Lindsay
Nancy Davis
R. E. Davis
Berryville
Fox den
Millwood
Miss Lindsay
Miss Davis
Ruby Davis
Nancy Jane Wolfe
Joyce Davis
Virginia Armstrong
John Tucker Lindsay
Ewing Dance Studio
Ewing Studio of Dance Art
Miss Ewing
Miss Aulick
Dorothy Ewing
Mary Katherine Aulick
Charles Cole Jr
Bobby Conrad
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Robert Y. Conrad
Elizabeth Massie
Swaves
Joseph Massie
Amherst Street
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Page
South Carolina
Thomas Byrd
Nelson Page
Charleston
S. C
Greenbriar
Messrs
Winfield Scott, Jr
Greenbriar Military School
Augusta Military Academy
Cathets
George Snarr, Jr
Jenny
Pete Pappas
Donald Larrick
George Williams
Richard Duncan
Bigelow Thomson
John Jackson
Janney Lupton
McSherry Lupton
George School
Philadelphia
Allen Bond
Str
St. James School
Hagerstown
Flood
John Heber Flood
Joseph Massie, Jr
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberryc
Frent Roya
W. H. McIntosh
William H. McIntosh
William Henry, Jr
Memorial Hospital
Philip Williams
Iowa
Ottumwa
J. G
John Stribling
Mr. Harrison Nesbitt
Harrison Nesbitt
Lynchburg
Winfield Scott v
Missionary Society of Church of Christ
Woman's Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
M. H. Ebersole
Cameron Street
Jewish Woman’s Club
Jane
P.T. A
Capon Bridge
Wake Island
McGuire
William McGuire
Sheila
Rockeville
William Payne
Capt. Payne
Pacific Theater of Operations
Winston Lindsay
Fort Defiance
Gaunt
Main
Valley Ave
Mas. Gilpin Heads
Fasic-Tipton Co
Selby
Lovett Brothers
Meuthe River
Cpl
J. K. Armel
National Avenue
Cpl. Armel
8Rd Division
Armel
Pfc
Bill Glaize
Hitler
Sesa
War Department
Baker’s Drug Store
Court House
FBI
Sally Sears
Boston Society
Holt
Greensboro
N. C
FBL International Soundphoto
the Commercial & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
C. B. Smalts & Son
Miller Bros
Cather and Moling
Daily Crossword
Earth
Arabia
Scandinavia
Simtat
Igia
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