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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1946

Page

6

Fort Loudoun D A R Chapter Meets at Mrs Cather Home

The Fort Loudoun chapter of the D A R met January 17 at Mrs J rd Cather’s home. Lunch was served with several assistants named. Guest speaker Mrs Arthur ston, head of War Finance work in D C, spoke on Rehabilitation and reconversion with examples from the Daughters’ efforts.

Fort Loudoun D. A. Ra Cather Miss Bittinger Charles Me Walter Duncan William Colbert S. William B. Davis Historical Arthurston We- Organizations D. C War Finance Committee Treasury Buddy J. W. Rosenberger F. L. Ayler Richmond W. R. Strader J. H. Cather J. W. Rosener W. Germain Street

Local Residents Plan Short Trip and Church Lesson

Paul Thomson of this city and Mr and Mrs James Thomson Gaylord Clarke county depart Monday for New Orleans for several weeks. Denny and Comrade Class at Braddock Street Methodist Church will be led by Margaret Col Denny. Mrs J W Rosenberg er teaches the lesson. Guests at the home of Mr and Mrs John E Zombro Boyce were their sons and daughter in law Lt jg John Edward Zombro Jr and Mr and Mrs Earl D Zombro of Washington DC. Lt jg Zombro is stationed at Anacostia Naval Air Station after serving months aboard the carrier U S toga.

Paul Thomson James Thomson Gaylord Clarke County New Orlea Saulsbury Margaret Col- Denny Braddock Street Methodist Church J. W. Rosenberger John E. Zombro Boyce John Edward Zombro, Jr Earl D. Zombro Washington, D. C Zombro Anacostia Naval Air Star U. S. Toga

Modern Etiquette Q and A Highlights

Roberta Lee advises patience to cool hot drinks and forbids blowing on spoons. Accept formal invitations in the exact form received. A divorced woman may choose to continue wearing her rings.

Presbyterian Aux Will Meet Monday

The January meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will be held Monday January 21 1946 at 3 30 p m Mrs H Clay DeGrange president will preside at the business meeting Circle 7 Miss Anna Briggs leader will be in charge of the following program Hymn No 125 Spirit of God Descend Upon My Heart Morecambe Prayer Mrs Joseph A McMurray Scripture Romans 10 9 15 Miss Mary Bittinger Review of Foreign Mission Study Books Cross Over Africa Mrs Henry Martin Daughter of Africa Miss Leigh Rosenberger Hymn No 257 O Zion Haste Angelic Songs Benediction The week of Prayer and Self Denial for Foreign Missions is January 27 through February 3 Self Denial Envelopes will be given each member of the auxiliary and Church.

Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church H. Clay DeGrange Circle 7 Anna Briggs Morecambe Joseph A. McMurray Mary

Local social notes list birthdays and marriages in town

George W Hawse and Mrs Hawse visit Mrs Rose Hawse on South Brad dock street. Pvt Marvin R Beatty and wife host Edward Allen s eleventh birthday party with guests listed. Beatty returns to Walter Reed after a 30 day furlough. Mr and Mrs W E Bridgeforth plan Sunday return from New York. Joseph Jolliffe A S U S N R leaves for Camp Peary. Anna Lee Miller weds Carl W Strosnider in the Miller home with Rev Clyde Koon officiating. groom a former Army discharge now with National Pruit Product Company. couple to live with bride s parents.

Marvin R. Beatty Edward Allen Margaret Haines Roselee Haines Juanita Stroggins Dorothy Pope Nancy Kessner Lee Rathman Tommy Winn Bobby Kendal George Garver Paul Stroggins Johnny Massie Burr Grim Lewis Kesner Billy Kesner Walter Reed Hospital Washington, D. C Beatty South Cameron Street Hammond Miller Cameron Street Anna Lee Miller Carl W. Strosnider Kerns Clyde Koon National Pruit Product Company

Inf divis in Hapens War 0 longest combat days

The Soci tari an Division Mine Division logged 531 days in combat, the most of any infantry division in Hapens War 0, beating all other divisions.

Hapens

Quota Club Meets at Fort Loudoun Restaurant

The Quota Club held its bi monthly meeting at the Fort Loudoun Restaurant with 20 members present. Honor guest Mrs Margaret Hodgson Goss was introduced by president Miss Sue Schlack and will be replaced by Bill Wood as new member. Guest speakers included Mrs Helen Hardy Wright who lectured on welfare work with humorous highlights.

Quota Club Fort Loudoun Margaret Hodgson Goss Sue Schlack Goss Quota Winchester Bill Wood Margaret Hodgson

Week Schedule for Home Agent Mrs Madeline B Myers

Home Demonstration Agent Mrs Madeline B Myers issues the weekly schedule January 21 to 26. Activities include Round Hill 4-H Club meeting at Mrs R E Myers home January 21, furniture clinics at several homes, custards and white sauce demos, and public meetings at Community House with West Frederick and Friendly Grove groups. The agent will be in office January 26.

Madeline B. Myers Round Hill 4-H Club R. E. Myers Greystone Terrace Friendly Grove Hdc Ivan Miller West Prederick E. E. Fawcett Stonewall Hdc L. O Evendale Hdc Lynn Norman Friendly Grove 4-H Club West Frederick Hdc

Shortage of coffins in New York area

Metropolitan New York faces a coffin shortage after a carpenters union strike over a 20 percent wage increase. Ned De Mar of local 3128 says only 3,000 caskets remain and 2,700 deaths occurred last week in the territory including New York City Nassau and Westchester counties and northern New Jersey.

New York Carpenters Union Metropolitan Casket Manufacturers Association Ned de Mar United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners New York City Nassau Westchester Counties New Jersey

First Baptist Church Edward T Clarke Dod Service

Sunday schedule lists 945 a.m. Sunday School with Herbert W. Watson as superintendent. Dr. Edward T. Clarke will speak at eleven o clock on Steadfastness. Forums meet at 6 p.m. for a fellowship supper and discussion. Minister N B Habel Associate Minister. Everyone is welcome.

First Baptist Church Edward T Clarke Dod N B. Habel Herbert W. Watson E. T. Clark

Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon

School text notes common usage errors and pronunciation tips. It emphasizes using that in sentences and correct ermin pronunciation. The piece urges daily vocabulary growth and defines figment as an invented statement or fiction.

W. L. Gordon

Religion News Roundup on Civics and Racial Harmony

J Edgar Hoover urges adult participation to steer youths toward church and moral living. Leo Baeck, survivor of Theresienstadt, receives Doctor of Divinity from Jewish Theological Seminary. Cardinal Spellman condemns bigotry and defends American freedoms. Interracial clinics held in Indiana New Jersey Michigan Oregon Washington aim to diagnose race prejudice and coordinate community programs.

Jewish Theological Seminary of America Leo Baeck Berlin America Germany Hitler Theresienstadt Czechoslovakia Baeck Francis J. Spellman New York Indiana New Jersey Michigan Oregon Washington State Department of Race Relations Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America George E. Haynes

Men's Bible Class Notices from Grace and Centenary Churches

Grace Church invites Winchester and Frederick County men without another Bible Class to attend Sunday sessions at 9 45 a m with Rev William E Eisenberg teaching. Centenary Evangelical class hosts L L Shreck as guest teacher at 9 45 a m January 20. Loudoun Street Presbyterian opens at 9 45 a m with Rev Joseph S Ducknall teaching. visitors welcomed.

Grace Lutheran Church Winchester Frederick County William E. Eisenberg Grace Church Centenary L. L. Shreck Centenary Evangelical and Reformed Church Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Joseph S. Ducknall

Dr Miller to Be Guest Minister at Grace Lutheran

Dr Miller S G Miller pastor of the Lutheran Church in Laurel Mississippi and former United Lutheran missionary to Japan will preach at Grace Lutheran Church tomorrow morning. He will also address Sunday School classes and is widely known in Winchester as son of the late Dr L G M Miller and brother of Mrs Stewart Bell Sr. Everyone is invited.

Lewis S. G. Miller Lutheran Church Laurel Miss United Lutheran Church Japan Grace Lutheran Church Miller Winchester L. G. M. Miller Stewart Bell Grace Church

King of Kings screening at Mount Carmel Baptist Church

The Mount Carmel Baptist Church will show the religious film The King of Kings on Thursday January 24 at 8 30 p m. Tickets cost 3c for children ages 10 to 16 and 55c for adults 16 and up. All attendees aged 10 and older must have a ticket. Public invited.

Mount Carmel

Seven Killed In Slaying Reprisal

Athens reports seven killed and five wounded in retaliation for the slaying near Sparta of the president of a monarchist group his six year old son and two others. The ministry blames a Communist band for the Wednesday killings.

Athens Ministry of Public Order Sparta

Enterprise Carrier Engagement Count and Pearl Harbor Status

The Enterprise participated in about 20 engagements and was hit more often than any other carrier in World War II. It was one of the seven US carriers at Pearl Harbor and is to be preserved for posterity.

Enterprise D.R.V. A United States Pearl Harbor

Nationwide effort launches interracial clinic program

The Department initiates a broad program of interracial clinics in Negro Mexican and Japanese American tension fields. Reverend James Oscar Lee, noted Negro leader and former Connecticut Council of Churches staffer, will assist Doctor Haynes in the nationwide effort. Lee, a Lincoln University Yale Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary graduate, is a Baptist minister who has conducted social religious welfare work in Virginia and Connecticut.

James Oscar Lee Connecticut Council of Churches Haynes Lee Lincoln University Yale Divinity School Union Thelogical Seminary The Baptist Church Virginia Connecticut

Escaped Italian POW Seeks Flatbush Home Again

Alfred Raffaele a 24 year old escaped Italian prisoner of war repeatedly tried to reach Brooklyn from a U S troop ship bound for Antwerp He longed for Flatbush home of his uncle Pietro Buttacaroli After attempts via Casablanca Baltimore Antwerp Staten Island he finally remained aboard the vessel bound for Antwerp while officials refused landings in every port.

Frank Kelly New York Alfred Raffaele Ben Brooklyn Flatbush U. S Antwerp Raffaele Pietro Buttacaroli Casablanca Tunisia Theordoric Bland Baltimore Staten Island Theodoric U.S

Eisenhower Addresses Nation on Demobilization

Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower urged understanding of demobilization issues and promised the new discharge directive would be observed. He said the Army must retain 1,500,000 men by July 1 to avoid abrupt occupation and liquidation tasks.

Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower

Troop Train Freight Collision Kills Two Near Myerstown

Two people die when a Mississippi bound troop train jumps tracks west of Myerstown and crashes into an eastbound Reading Railroad freight train. Twenty two are injured, including seventeen soldiers from Louisiana and Mississippi. The dead soldier's name was withheld.

Myerstown Here Reading Railroad Louisiana Mississippi

Berryville Boyce Clarke County Daily Event Brief

Local briefs from Berryville Boyce and Clarke County report community happenings. Highlights include civic notices and small items of public interest affecting residents and neighboring towns.

Expulsion of Fox official and traveling company director

Public security officials in Lebanon announced the expulsion of Albert Leonard of Twentieth Century Fox Films and Jean Gallant, director of a traveling company. Details could not be cabled.

Beyrouth Lebanon Albert Leonard Twentieth Century Fox Films Jean Gallant

Fox executive cites director in Middle East area

In New York President Murray Silvertone of Twentieth Century Fox International said Albert Leonard was the companys man aging director for the Middle East Area. Silvertone added he had no information about the expulsion but was seeking details from Cairo.

New York Murray Silvertone Twentieth Century Fox International Albert Leonard Middle East Silvertone Cairo

Also Mentioned on This Page

R. E. Lee T. J. Jackson Mrs. Cather Will New Orleans Women’s Bible Mr. and Mrs. Zombro Brooks’ Pharmacy Cen Fashion Footwear Winchester & Front Royal Chambersburg, Pa Miller’s Roberta Lee Presbyterian Aux George W. Hawse Sp. C Mrs. Hawse Rose Hawse South Braddock Street Edward Beatty Pvt. Beatty W. E. Bridgeforth South Washington Street Joseph Jolliffe J. Earl Rinker Camp Peary Gaunt’s Drug Store W.w.reid J. Edgar Hoover Conference of Missionary Societies of Great Britain and Ireland Church of Scotland British Council of Churches Episcopal Synod of the Church of South Africa Portland Ore Seattle San Francisco Oakland Los Angeles Pacific Coast Committee Home Missions Council of North America Men’s Bible Class Dr. Miller Staunton, Va Gen. Eisenhower Berryville Boyce & Clarke County Robert E. Lee’s South the Commercial & Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation T. G Adams Esso Bell Bell Clothes Store Winchester Front Royal Cammer Tire Co Handley School Crystal OOD Loudoun St T. G. Adams Esso Cc. B. Smalts & Son National Avenue Her Hollywood Vogue Cather & Moling Timberlake Ladies’ Store Winchester Furniture CO Loudoun Street Florist the Flower Shop E. Piccadilly St American Viscose Employment Office Front Royal, Va
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