Ensign Georgie Simpson Arrives in Winchester After Commission
Ensign Georgie Isabelle Simpson, of this city, earned a commission January 11 after officer indoctrination at Smith College Northampton Mass arrived in Winchester Wednesday to visit her father George F Simpson and Mr and Mrs E A Carper before departing for Dahlgreen Va. Minnehaha Council No 1 Degree of Pocahontas held a chicken supper and weekly meeting at Brumback home on Braddock street installing officers for six months. Lydia Chapman Deputy Great Pocahontas welcomed. officers installed included Annie Taylor Wenanah and Anna Boxwell among others. Birthday gifts were given to Mrs Cora Robertson and Mrs Nellie Mason. bingo followed social evening.
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Georgie Isabelle Simpson
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Winchester
George F. Simpson
E. A. Carper
Om Peyton
Dahlgreen
Minnehaha Council No. 1
Degree of Pocahontas
David Brumback
Braddock Street
Lydia Chapman
Miss Chapman
Virginia Brumback
Brumback
Council of Virginia
Erm
Pocahontas
Annie Taylor
Jane Hopkins
Anna Boxwell
Hazel Lake
Ruth McFarland
Gussie Dyke
Francis Teavault
Etta Curl
Nina Henrietta
Anna» Bell McFarlin
Nelfie Mason
the Tepee
Gertie Puller
Cora Robertson
Elizabeth Corbell
Portsmouth
Nellie Mason
Daughters of the American Revolution Luncheon in Winchester
Mrs William Lee Clark returns home from travels in the Middle West and West Coast visiting relatives and friends. D A R Luncheon set for January 29 at Golders Glow Restaurant with speaker Dr W H Bowers.
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William Lee Clark
Tennyson Ave
Middle West
West Coast
Fort Loudoun
The
Daughters of the
Miss Lorraine Russell Named Freshman Council Rep
Miss Lorraine Russell of Wadesville Virginia has been elected as a Freshman Class representative to Shepherd College Student Council at Shepherdstown. She serves on the Assembly Committee and chairs YWCA programs and Alpha Sigma Tau Blood Bank solicitations. She graduated Berryville High School in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Russell
James Russell
Wadesville
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Russell
Alpha Sigma Tau
Blood Bank
Young Women's Christian Association
Berryville High School
Mothers Club Plans January Nursery School Meeting
Mothers of Mrs. Masons Nursery Training School will meet Thursday night January 20 at 401 Courtfield Ave. A Spring program with speakers on child development is planned. Each monthly meeting covers topics from Self Discipline to Reverence and Mother child relations led by named educators and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Hall
City School
Ronald Wilson
Lillian Babb
Jack and Jill School
Mesdames George Barnsley
Leslie Bell
E. P. Browning, Jr
W. V. Bradshaw
W. H. Bosserman, Jr
William Gibson
Roger A. Jackson
George Smith
Leonard Sirbaugh
Christopher Stuart, Jr
N. Bowly Ryden
Miss Boyd and Miss Russell to Arrive Saturday
Miss Mary Warden Boyd and Miss Virginia Russell of Washington will arrive Saturday to spend the weekend in Winchester with their parents. They will be accompanied by Mrs. Philip Glaize of Petersburg who has been in Alexandria and will stay with Mrs. Fred Glaize Sr. Mr. E R Duffey of Middlebury has returned from Winchester Memorial Hospital after treatment for a dislocated shoulder from a fall on the ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd and
Russell
Mary Warden Boyd
Virginia Russell
Washington
Winchester
Philip Glaize
Petersburg
Alexandria
Fred Glaize
E. R. Duffey
Middlebury
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Attending Son's Wedding in Hightstown NJ
Mr and Mrs Noble C Pierce and their daughter Betty Pierce travel to Hightstown New Jersey to attend the wedding tomorrow afternoon of their son Lieut Frank Chevalle Pierce to Miss Ruth Shangle set for four o clock. Elizabeth Sharp Bennet engages to Lieut Thomas Odorson Roby Veterinary Corps with wedding planned in spring. Bennet is daughter of Col Alexander Sharp Bennet Field Artillery and Lt Roby is son of Mr and Mrs Orprion Wilton Roby of Fairland Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble C. Pierce
South Stewart Street
Betty Pierce
Alexandria, Va
Hightstown
N. J
Frank Chevalle Pierce
Ruth Shangle
Elizabeth Digges Rudacille
Front Royal
Elizabeth Sharp Bennet
Thomas Odorson Roby
Veterinary Corps
Miss Bennet
Alexander Sharp . Bennet
Field Artillery
Roby
Orprion Wilton Roby
Fairland
Browne Couple to Leave Winchester for Tampa Florida
Col and Mrs Browne will depart Winchester on Saturday for Tampa Florida where they plan to spend several months He and Mrs Bowyer Browne have been in town for months and stayed with Mr and Mrs Horace Browne on Amherst Street prior to the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Mrs. Browne
Florida
Bowyer B. Browne
Winchester
Horace C.browne
Amherst Street
Tampa
Fla
Sgt and Mrs Taylor Welcome Son William Stewart Taylor
Mrs William A Taylor and Sgt Taylor announce the birth of son William Stewart Taylor at Winchester Memorial Hospital on Wednesday January 12. Mrs Taylor formerly Helen Jean Scheehl of Martins Ferry Ohio. Sgt Taylor is stationed at Gravelly Point Virginia on furlough. Winchester Federated Council Of Church Women Meeting Today at Handley Library.
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Set
William A. Taylor
William Stewart Taylor
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Helen Jean Scheehl
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Sgt. Taylor
Gravelly Point
Winchester Federated Council of Church Women
Handley Library
Home Nursing Classes Begin January at George Washington Hotel
Mrs Mary Pearson Farmer District Nurse lauds Home Nursing instruction as it helps District Nurses and empowers locals. A six week course starts January 18 at the George Washington Hotel, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 pm. Enroll at the Red Cross or call 5412.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pearson Farmer
George Washington
Red Cross
Newspapers Not Denied Radio Ownership, FCC Says
The FCC ruled newspapers will not be barred from owning broadcast outlets but will face scrutiny to avoid excessive concentration. It rejected a general rule, will assess each application for public interest, and warned against control by a few. A summary of the evidence goes to Congress for possible action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
House
Few Bulgarian Trains Operate Across Turkish Border
At Istanbul on January 13 trains from Bulgaria failed to reach the Turkish frontier for 24 hours after Allied air strikes on Sofia. Only two Bulgarian passengers arrived on a Turkish train from the border, with police permits needed to enter or leave Sofia and warnings of summary shooting for looting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Bulgaria
Sofia
Office of War Information
Budapest
U. S
Blood donors contribute as Winchester aids war effort
The Winchester and Frederick County community met its blood plasma quota with local donors and volunteers from distant towns. Lt. D S Clayman led the mobile unit with Frances O Brien and registered nurses assisting. Local Red Cross officials praised the turnout and announced plans for more clinics this year.
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Charles Town
Woodstock
Front Royal
Strasburg
Stewart Bell, Jr
Red Cross
Winchester
Frances O’brien
Thompson
Lyman
Brady
Searcy
Meade
Blake
Cheney
Washington
Motor Corps
Doyle
Penn
J. W. Arthur
FE. E. Harbaugh
Lee Odell
Alton Pow- Hotinger
Ralph Hardy
Motor Cotes
Jacqueline Smith
O. L. Jamison
F N
Mississ Doris Whitehurst
Tom Sprint
Joseph C Ford Native Of County Dies In W Va
Joseph Cromwell Ford 80 native of the county died in Charles Town West Virginia shortly after arriving from Detroit Michigan with his wife He was born November 20 1863 in Frederick County Virginia son of John T Ford and Henrietta Cromwell Ford He married Mary Jenkins in 1900 He taught and practiced law and served as welfare worker with the Knights of Columbus He is survived by his wife two brothers Luther Ford and B J Ford Funeral services will be at the Catholic Church in Charles Town with interment in Hillsboro Virginia
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Joseph Cromwell Ford
Charles Town
W. Va
Detroit
Mich
Frederick County
John T. Ford
Baltimore
Henrietta Cromwell Ford
Jefferson County
Mary Jenkins
Loudoun County
Washington and Lee
Newport News
Norfolk
Wa.r
Pennsylvania
Claire
Frederick Counties
Knights of Columbus
West Virginia
Ford
British Press Praises Roosevelt Budget Message
London editors reacted favorably to President Roosevelt's budget speech noting its war duration forecast to July 1, 1945 and warning against relying on a 1944 victory. The Daily Express credited him with duty to the alliance and electorate, while The Daily Telegraph praised his stance against wishful thinking and political maneuvering.
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London
Roosevelt
Daily Express
America
Daily Telegraph
Price Reporting Rule For Sweet Potatoes Announced
The Winchester Frederick county war price and rationing board requires all sweet potato sellers to file by January 15 1944 a statement showing the highest price charged in December 17 to 21 including all allowances discounts and price differentials and to keep the records in their shop for inspection at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester-Frederick County
Bank Directors Supper Honors Byrd and New Board Members
Shenandoah Valley National Bank President R. Gray Williams hosted an informal supper for bank directors in honor of Lieutenant Harry F. Byrd Jr on leave and welcomed three new directors J. W. Richard H. B. McCormac Jr and Harry K. Benham. Directors present included Frank Armstrong Jr Stewart Bell Dr P W Boyd Harold G Brown Harry F Byrd Dr Claude R Cammmer Eugene B Coover W Nelson Page Clifford D Grim and R Gray Williams. Captain McCormac was absent with the armed forces, and T Russell Cather attended in Richmond. E G Rusk Assistant Cashier Trust Officer and Secretary of the Board was also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Gray Williams
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
J. W. Richard
H. B. McCormac, Jr
Harry K. Benham
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Stewart Bell
P. W. Boyd
French Terror Attacks Leave Several Dead in France
Paris dispatches report Joseph Serlin former French senator slain by an unidentified assassin at Lyon. In the Cote d Or department six others killed and two wounded in a day of attacks described by the German controlled press as terrorists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Paris
Joseph Serlin
Lyon
Cote D’or
Airfield raids and German clashes near Cassino in Italy
Allied forces pressed operations across central Italy with heavy and medium bomber raids on Guidonia Centrocelle and Perugia air fields and rail yards at Isola Colle Ferro and Formia. Air power targeted enemy shipping off Sibnenik as well. Ten enemy aircraft were destroyed for Allied losses of five.
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Orsogna
Vichy
Eighth Army
Air Command
Guidonia
Centrocelle
Rome
Perugia
Italy
Isola
Cassino
Colleferro
Formia
Fifth Army
Sibenik
Plans Completed for School Salvage Drives in Winchester
Handley High and Elementary plan morning collections on January 21 and then biweekly on Thursdays and Fridays with tabulations after each run. Residents are urged to save salvage material including waste paper, magazines, tin cans, and scrap metals for war effort, with curbside drops by 7:30 or 8 a.m. when no door call occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Winchester
War Production Board
Ickes Injured in Fall Breaks Collar Bone
Secretary Ickes arrived at the Interior Department with his arm in a sling after tripping at home Wednesday night and breaking his collar bone. The injury was disclosed by his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Interior Department
Ex Premier Toschev Dies in Sofia
Former Bulgarian Premier Andrea Toschev died in Sofia on January 10 after a heart attack, according to Berlin radio. Toschev served as premier in 1935 and his son was noted to be in Budapest in the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Andrea Toschev
Sofia
Berlin
Toschev
Budapest
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Ensign Simpson
Mrs. Clark
Percy Miller
Strasburg, Va
Roberta Ann
Charles Lyles
This City
C. M. Shannon
Mt. Jackson
Harold Shannon
Hammond
Jean Hammond
Winchester Business College
Bernie Zerkel
Miller
Lawrence Miller
South Kent Street
Hockman
Richmond
Robert E. Hockman
Kitty Bird
Bartonville
W. F. Bennett
William E. Jordan
Clarence Patton
James Loy
Dudley Carper
Strother Linburg
Ashby Loy
East Falls Church
Miss Russell
Hugh Brill
Pront Royal
A.B.C
Huntsberry
Suede Shoes
Winchester Memorial Hospital Alumni Association
Nurses Home
Presbyterian Church
Gaunt
Main and Valley Ave
Lieut Roby
Mrs. Taylor
Tode Tuttle
Orrin Tucker
Jill Powell
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Ill
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
International Soundphoto
Army
Navy
Joseph C. Ford
Mother
Valley Pride Bread
AD United Food Stores
Selby Stylez
Lovett Brothers
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Timberlake
Miller Bros
Gel TV
Ompany
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