Betrothal of Eleanor Lee Bruster to Lt. Oscar W Dabney Jr
Eleanor Lee Bruster of Durham and Charleston will wed First Lt. Oscar W. Dabney Jr. at Humphreys Memorial Methodist Church in Charleston on Saturday January 19 at 8 p m. Dabney is a Lehigh graduate with service in New Guinea the Philippines and Australia. Bruster is a Morris Harvey College alumna and a former member of the Women’s Army Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Daughterty
Morris Harvey College
Sheen
Women’s Army
New Guinea
Dabney
H. W. McVicar
Peyton Street
Australia
Philippines
Lehigh High School
Staunton
Staunton Military Academy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
States
Miss Elsie Cadwallader to Wed J W Olcott in Berryville
Miss Elsie Cadwallader of Boyce will marry J W Olcott County Agent Clarke County on Sunday January 20 at Grace Episcopal Church Berryville. She was guest of honor at a Berryville shower hosted by Mr and Mrs C Richard Funk with assistance from Mrs Edith Ritter Mrs Helen Elsen and Miss Leona Krause. Guests included numerous Berryville residents and friends from Winchester and Kabletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Cadwallader
Boyce
J. W. Olcott
Clarke County
Grace Episcopal Church
Berryville
C. Richard Punk
Funk
Edith Ritter
Helen Elsen
Leona Krause
Josephine Carter
Maria Morris
Joyce Davis
Patty Wynkoop
Dorothea Wynkoop
Helen Berry
Jack Enders
Fred Alger
Andrew LaVelle
Dick Olcott
Clarence Houghman
Hugh N. Ritter
Ann Frazier
William Ryan
Winchester
Harry Kable
Kabletown
W. Va
Miss Nair
Sara Nair
Nellie McCartney
Robert McNally
William James
Hamlet
N. C
Clifton Forge
Elizabeth Dunlap
Katherine Pannill
Lemma Snider
Bess Nicholas
Dorothy Hawthorne
Bessie Corkey
Virginia Gregory
Elsie Mathews
Mesdame
Florence Kinter
Alison Kern
Mary Belle Prey
Harriet Rhodes
Viola Henkel
Edna Ochs
Winchester Recreation Council to meet Friday night
Winchester Recreation Council schedules a meeting for Friday January 11 at 7 30 pm in the George Washington Hotel small dining room. President Sam D Preston urges full attendance as plans and projects for the new year are discussed and each city organization urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Recreation Council
Hts
George Washington Hotel
Sam D. Preston
Relatives Visit at Camp Peary and Local Bonds
Mr and Mrs J L Thornton and son Bill travel to Williamsburg to visit their son George Thornton U S N stationed at Camp Peary. They are joined by Miss Eliza Haddox and others to see George Ross Barr Jr also stationed there. Miss Sara Nair honored at shower as engagement to Dr William James announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Peary
J. L. Thornton
Bill
Williamsburg
George Thornton
Eliza Haddox
Mack Noonan
Elizabeth Barr
Betty Mac Barr
George Ross Barr, Jr
Girl Scout Meeting Postponed After Winter Wedding
Girl Scout leaders postpone their meeting to next Wednesday January 16 replacing the tonight session. Miss Cora Dutterer formerly in Washington DC, has returned after attending Miss Helen Erickson and Mr Harry Hall wedding held January 4 at the Lutheran Church in New York City. The couple plan to reside in Port Huron Michigan. Mr Hall recently discharged from the Navy.
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Girl Scout
Cora Dutterer
Interstate Commerce
Washington, D. C
Helen Erickson
Harry Hall
Lutheran Church
155
East 22Nd Street
New York City
Gustav Graber
Cutterer
Rev
Graber
Hall
Port Huron
Mich
Minneapolis
Dutterer
Detroit
Michigan
Navy
Social Roundup From Millwood Clarke Manners and Visitors
Mrs Thomas B Claggett and daughter Anne visit Clarke with her parents the Meades. Anne Meade of Winchester also attends. Various local households host teas dinners and informal gatherings at homes like Annefield Callendar Red Gate Rosney and The Glen. Comdr Dwight Day U S Navy gains captaincy and is noted in Pacific duties.
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Millwood
Thomas B. Claggett
Anne
Clarke
Louis B. Meade
Anne Meade
Winchester
Dwight Day
U. S. Navy
Capt. Day
Pacific
Rosenberger Elected to Board of Shenandoah Valley Bank
John H. Rosenberger vice president and manager of John W. Rosenberger and Company was elected a member of the board of directors of the Shenandoah Valley National Bank. A prominent businessman and Methodist lay leader, he has led the Rosenberger company since 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger and Company
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Rosenberger
Social Round in Clarke and Richmond Gatherings
Mrs. kins, Sr., serves as secretary at St. Catherine's School in Richmond. Dinner at Annefield honored house-guests with attendees including Mr. William Bell Watkins Jr and Misses Hitchell Boy-Ed. Lt. Aston Lee visited Clarke after weekend in Washington. Barrett and Lewis families hosted dinners. Lewis family arrived from Chattanooga, Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bell Watkins
Annefield
A. A. Baldwin
Clarke
George P. Greenhalgh, Jr
Edward Jenkins
Red Gate
Tyson Gilpin
Aston Lee
William Bell Watkins, Sr
William Bell Watkins, Jr
Agnes P. Hitchell
Vaida Boy-Ed
Roland G. Mitchell
Ben Harrison
Ashton Lee
Richard Dole
Washington
Mrs
Walter Lee
Rosney
Charles Conrad Lewis
Marion
Chattanooga, Tenn
Higher Butter and Meat Prices Loom in 1940s Push
Washington reports official proposals for higher butter and meat prices collide with efforts to curb food costs. Butter may rise 18 cents per 4 pounds by May 1, with Anderson backing higher meat ceilings to avoid a meat packing strike next week. The administration may extend the war era subsidy program beyond June 30 to keep civilian prices in check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anderson
Dr Flickinger on Virginia Jim Crow and world unity
Dr Flickinger argues that Virginia must discard Jim Crow laws to be a potential home for the United Nations. Mr Habel says the Christian Church must become a force for a better world in the atomic age. Rev Whitten will speak tomorrow night at Cork Street Church of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Habel
Habel
Robert A. Whitten
Congregational Christian Church
Cork Street
Church of Christ
Lucy Malcomson Declares She Will Marry Gregory Boyington
Reno dispatch reports Mrs Lucy Malcomson insists she will marry Lt Colonel Gregory Boyington the WWII hero and Medal of Honor recipient. She says the 34 year old brunette will wed after her divorce from Sewart Malcolmson is finalized. Boyington in San Diego denied any marriage plans and has not commented since.
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General Motors
Australia
San Diego
Boyington
Shelton Taken By N. Y. Police
A 28 year old man identified by the FBI as J Paul Shelton was arrested in New York on two forgery charges. He allegedly forged and cashed $7 000 in checks stolen from a New York hotel and is held on $75 000 bail. The U S Marshal's office in Richmond previously held him on a motor vehicle theft act violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Marshal's
Richmond
FBI
J. Paul Shelton
Raphael P. Koenig
Richman
Shelton
Petersburg Reformatory
Nationwide Strike Disrupts Telecommunication Labor Action
The CIO strike of 800000 workers seeks seven dollars a ton for steel and a six dollar weekly wage rise as picket lines form around major exchanges. Ed Weaver of the Independent Association of Communications Equipment Workers warns of toll and dial service breakdown within days. The walkout involves 263000 INFTC members and 17000 Western Electric workers in New York and New Jersey, with planned actions in Chicago San Francisco St Louis Cleveland Detroit and more. Government efforts press to curb nationwide walkouts in steel and meatpacking sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Weaver
Independnt Association of Communications Equipment Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Employes Association
New York
New Jersey
Weaver
Independent Union
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Minneapolis
Albany
Atlanta
Denver
Newark
March of Dimes Funds Polio Care for All Victims
The text notes high costs of polio treatment, with some patients needing care for years and new cases arising yearly. It highlights the March of Dimes as a means to provide treatment and ongoing care for all polio victims regardless of age or background.
War Correspondent Notes Communist Justice In Yenan
Leaves from a war correspondent diary describe Yenan under Chinese Communist rule where murder carries death or up to ten years, with five year terms common for murder inmates. Prisons are clean with recreation halls and workers, while assault theft opium and land disputes dominate courts. Narco-smuggling carries death or at least five years as defendants face reform-focused questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wang Tze-Yyi
Yenan
People’s Political Council
Shansi
Egg-eating snake of South Africa swallows large eggs
The article notes an egg-eating snake Dasypeltis scabr with the ability to swallow eggs three to four times the head’s diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Cather Reelected Treasurer at Shenandoah Valley Bank meeting
Stockholders of Shenandoah Valley National Bank held a meeting yesterday and in overlooked during initial reporting Carl T. Cather, Assistant Cashier, was reelected to the long held position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Carl T. Cather
Cather
Lloyd Mead Plans Broadmoor Golf Club Area Growth
Lloyd Mead, noted for winning the Byza Trophy and Governor's Trophy in 1944, reveals ambitions for Broadmoor Golf Club near Portland, an endeavor under consideration since 1930. He also announces plans to open an electrical appliance store with his brother in law. Mead served 47 months in the U S Navy Reserve, with 20 recruits monthly aided through his Winchester-area office covering eight counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead
Broadmoor Golf ‘Clus
Portland
U. S. Navy Reserve
Winchester
Navy
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Federation Council of Church Women
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Averett College
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Florida
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Miami
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Glouchester
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Dr. Flickinger
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N. Y
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