Social News of Interest in Winchester Area Highlights
Mrs. Thomas McCaulty Booth arrives in New York from England with her daughter to visit Winchester relatives. Marriage news includes Jane deJarnette Jones to Capt. William L. Bull III in Hawaii. Minor operation noted for Elsie B Rippeon. Birthday dinner hosted by Bessie Brewer. Recovery and visits of local residents featured. Upcoming meetings and weekend visits listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCaulty Booth
Anne Tucker McGuire
Hunter McGuire
New York City
England
Tanie Hunter Booth
Winchester
Mrs. McGuire
Warren Gibson Jones
Jane deJarnette Jones
William L. Bull
Oahu
Hawaiian Islands
Bessie Brewer
Highland Avenue
Raymond Bradfield
Smith Adams
Diora Lonas
Betty Lou
Chambersville
Dorothy
Winifred Brewer
Opequon
Clyde Keckley
Maynard Brewer
Jewish Women's Club Elects Mrs. J. H. Fine
A Jewish Woman's Club meeting on January 10 elects officers for February including President Mrs. Hyman J. Fine and Vice President Mrs. Abe Leven. Members discuss rummage sale plans, charity drives, hospital entertainment, and contributions to the SS Winchester library and the Hillel Foundation Building Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Woman's Club
Sear’ Teck
Saloman
Winchester Recreation Ment
George Washington Hotel
Red Cross Nutrition Committee
Newton D. Baker Hospital
E. Garner
Martinsburg
Steiglitz
Arlington
Hyman J. Fine
Abe Leven
Freda Zuckerman
M. Schaffer
Winchester
Hillel Foundation
Bisma Rex Antacid Powder Coupon Promotion
Brooks' Pharmacy advertises Bisma Rex powder for acid indigestion and sour stomach with a free trial package coupon. Sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.25 dollars. 4 Way relief for gastric acidity advertised.
Cumberland Valley Art Exhibit Opens February First
The 13th Annual Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition will open at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown Maryland on February 1 featuring over 120 paintings and drawings from about 60 valley artists. Hobson Pittman of Philadelphia will judge the entries and give a lecture on What to See in a Painting at 8 30 p m on January 18, offering insight for artists and museum friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley
Washington County
Hobson Pittman
Philadelphia
Pittman
Penn State
Dr Richardson Preaches at Berryville Presbyterian Church
Dr Donald W Richardson a professor at Union Theological Seminary will preach at 11 am at Berryville Presbyterian Church. He is known in Winchester and vicinity for Rev elation lectures and his mission study book The Church of Christ in China. He will also preach at Stone's Chapel after the morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald W. Richardson
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Richardson
Winchester
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church
Charlotte
N. C
Church of Christ In
China
Nanking
Court of Honor Awards Mark Winchester-Frederick Scouts
Special awards were given at the Boy Scout Court of Honor for Shawnee District in Christ Episcopal Chapel. Wendell Barney presented a Scouts at War Flag to Troop 3 for war stamps and bonds. Merit awards went to 24 scouts for scrap paper collection, plus 1,000-pound club honors for 16 members from Troops 3 and 11. Other recognitions include Second class and First class awards, Star, Community Service, Merit Badges, Cabin Boy Solenberger, and Camporee ribbons for multiple participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Court of Honor
Shawnee
Christ Episcopal Chapel
Wendell Barney
Winchester-Frederick County
Gibson White
Edward Manuel
Eugene Cunningham
Jack Henshall
Edwin Bridgeforth
Richard Wolfe
John Solenberger
John Butler
Dick Kremer
Joe Giuliani
Finis Danley
Teddy Legge
Pat Barr
Ross Knee
Tom Leech
Donald Grove
Teddy Keller
Wilbur Kern
Gus Kannis
Donald Hartley
Godfrey O'Rear
Gene Dicks
Troop 3
Philip Grim
Daniel Yowell
Troop 11
Court of Honor
Harold Robinson
David Storstrom
Tom DeHaven
Henry Hawkins
Don Hough
Bobby Lindsay
Jimmy Miller
Ray Garrabrandt
Billy Carpenter
Charles Ellen Burtner
Amory Sommaripa
Harold Hawkins
Bob Hall
Max Baker
Tom Leetch
Alson Hott
Gene Cunningham
E. B. Cooper
Austin Morgan
Philip Solenberger
S. D. McFadden, Jr
Jim Hall
Edwin Bridge
Oak Leaf Cluster Added To Air Medal For F O Anderson
Flight Officer Levi F. Anderson of this city earns the Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal for a combat glider mission into Holland. Serving with the U S Troop Carrier Force in Europe, he recalled German flak and the Dutch pattern of wooden shoes as memorable images. His crew captured a German swastika from a headquarters in Holland, a prized keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi F. Anderson
L. F. Anderson
Holland
F/O Anderson
U. S
Paul L. Williams
Lewis H. Brereton
Soldiers in Belgium and South Pacific News From Home
Pvt. James E. Keffer Jr. is in combat duty in Belgium after leaving Normandy and writes of his progress. Cpl. Marshall Patton, No. 8 Air Force, reports safe arrival in the South Pacific after 34 months in service and a 15 day furlough with his parents Luther and Mrs Patton of Winchester Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Keffer
Pvt
James E. Keffer, Jr
Belgium
Normandy
South Pacific
Luther Patton
Route 2
Winchester
Cpl
Marshall Patton
Cpl. Patton
No. 8. Air Force
New Orleans
Geneva
Nebr
Woodstock airman posthumously awarded DFC and Air Medal
Mrs. Helen Bailey of Woodstock received word that her son Technical Sergeant John S. Bailey, Air Corps, was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster. The citations praise fourteen and ten combat sorties and note his death on January 21 1944 during a takeoff crash after a fifteenth mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen 8. Bailey
South
Murienbergh Street
Woodstock
John S. Bailey
Air Corps
Tech
Bailey
Viscose Expands Rayon Tire Cord Production in Wartime Plant Upgrades
American Viscose Corpora tion completes installing cord twisting machinery and looms at Lewistown Pennsylvania and Parkersburg West Virginia to boost rayon tire cord fabric for heavy wartime tires. Lewistown converts 20 million pounds annually of high strength rayon yarn for cord fabric. Front Royal Virginia expands to 82 million pounds yearly for the same rayon yarn supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tire American Viscose Corporation
Lewistown
Parkersburg
W. Va
Laveene
War Production Board
American Viscose Corporation
Front Royal
Marcus Hook
Drive Will Decide Concert Artists For Winchester
The Winchester Community Concert Association launches a Campaign Week January 15 to 20 to raise memberships for funding artists. Local Artists Committee will select acts after the drive, with final choices announced January 20 at Miles Music Store. Memberships grant access to any Community Concert in cities nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drive
Winchester
Community Concert Association
Community Concert Service
Columbia Concert Corporation
Wincheser
Miles Music
W. Boscowan Street
Sub-zero Weather Brings Local News From Reliance
In Reliance Virginia on January 12 the cold snap persists with snow and ice. A midweek prayer service met at the parsonage. Mrs Martha B Trurbull found a home for Robert Smith with the Stickleys. Edna Ritennour returns from Winchester Memorial Hospital convalescing from major surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Martha B. Trurbull
Robert Smith
R. R. Stickley
Edna Ritenour
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Helen Jordan
Front Royal
Myrtle Keener
R. N
Front Royal Hospital
Verlin
Women's Gym Class Monday at Handley Gym
The Women's Gym Class will meet Monday night January 15 at Handley Gym. Mrs. Michael DeCarlo returns with new ideas and exercises to satisfy requests for a fitness program. Weather may be bad, but attendance is encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley Gym
Michael DeCarlo
Complete Coverage Of Local National World Events
The Star offers ongoing updates across local, national, and world affairs. Readers can expect timely reporting, in-depth analysis, and breaking developments on politics, economy, conflicts, and major societal issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reco! the Star
In Memoriam Bertie L Palmer
In loving memory of our beloved wife and mother Bertie L Palmer who departed January 14 1941. Deep in our hearts lies a picture of a loved one laid to rest. In memory's frame we shall keep it because she was one of the best. Forget you no we never will. We loved you then we love you still. Your memory is as fresh today as in the hour you passed away. You are not forgotten dear mother nor will you ever be. As long as life's memory lasts we will remember thee. apne Husband and Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie L. Palmer
Mother
Apne
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Anne Tucker McGuire Booth
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Elsie B. Rippeon
Uth Cameron Street
Fishpaw
John Fishpaw
Charles Cochran
Marvin Campbell
Mary Sue
Seaman Campbell
Little Creek
Milton Saville
Marilyn Yvonne
Judith Ann
Slanesville
Orville L. Bloom
Saville
Rust Engineering Company
H. R. Kern, Jr
Washington, D. C
Edward Page Tabb
J. Howard Cather
Washington Street
Russiel
Virginia Russell of
Wash
Century Club
G. R. Quarles
P. W. Boyd
Garland R. Quarles
Lloyd Kiter
Loudoun Street
Baptist Auxiliary
First Baptist Church
W. W. Pettus
Jewish Women’s Club
J. H. Fine
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
George Washington Garage
Shenan Ion
Puntsberryc
Winchester—Front Royal
Dr. Richardson
Ty Gaunt
Main and
Valley Ave
Ney
Levi Anderson
Enter Maritime Service
Eddy Joyce
H. B. Carlisle
Berryville
Baltimore
U. S. Maritime Service
Leon Dillion
U. S. Army
Nellie Dillion
Italy
Dillion
Fairchild Aircraft Company
Hagerstown
Camp Wheeling
Fort Meade
Georgia
Russell L. Good
Camp Wheeler
Oscar Nebel Hosiery Company
Paper Mill
Good
Co. B
Lynn E Chapman
Emma Chapman
Greystone Terrace
Chapman
The
Pine Motor Company
Field Artillery
Camp Shelby
Miss
Bessie Stout Boone
Stephens City
William Stout
Seaman Stout
Navy
Bainbridge
Eve
Army Air Forces
Ward French
Winchester Community Concert Association
Ray Bowers
C. C. Bowen
B. A. Roslen
Strasburg
A. C. Poo
Baker’s Drug Store
Court House
Oxfords
Lovett Brothers
the Food Coe
N. Leodoer
Ompany
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
CBS
Nelson Eddy
Northern Virginia Power Co
Cather and Moling
Chatham
Timberlake
Dia
Daily Crossword
Alvine
Ila
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