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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1945

Page

2

Shenandoah Area Scout Council Elects Officers at Annual Meeting

The Shenandoah Area Council held its annual meeting with a large turnout. J R Polland presided in Col Ashby Miller’s absence as reports from six operating committees were heard. Six Eagle badges were awarded and Rock Enon Springs progress and possible outright purchase were discussed.

Eng Wm. H. Lawrence Rock Enon Finance Committee Jan F. Moore Glaize Rock Enon Springs G. Wm. Ropp Martinsgate Miller

National Service Life Insurance Policy Limits Clarified

Answers state a serviceman may carry as little as 1000 up to 10000 in multiples of 500 per life. Multiple policies allowed, but total government policies on one life cannot exceed 10000.

R. L P. A

Ration Calendar Notes From OPA On Stamp Validity

The Associated Press reports on meat and fat stamps Book 4 red stamps Q5 through X65 with no termination dates set and validation not before March 1. Blue stamps Book four X5 through Z5 and A2 G2 are current, with new dates set February 1 and five pound sugar stamps renewed for five pounds lasting three months.

OPA

Market Quotations for Produce and Livestock

Baltimore market reports show unchanged prices for apples and potatoes with light receipts. Eggs firm at 168 cases. butter 46,428 pounds. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep listed with steady to higher price ranges. Chicago reports strong demand, higher hogs and cattle, and rising beef prices. overall tone: active, steady to firm across commodities and regions.

Baltimore Moceie Baltimorre W. PF. A. Office of Distribution Chicago

Mrs Susie Jenkins Dies In West Va

Mrs Susie Jenkins 73 wife of Albert Jenkins died at 2 30 this morning at her home in Franklin Town West Virginia She was born in Madison county Virginia daughter of the late Billie Berg and Lizzie Rider Eight sons and daughters survive including Lester Rodger Luther Tester Raymond Jenkins and Mrs Hilton Cook Also four sisters Mrs William Brown Mrs Tenah Nichols Mrs Charlie Jones and Mrs Major Smith Funeral services will be Friday at 2 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home with Dr L A Parker Berryville Baptist Church officiating Interment in Greenhill Cemetery

Susie Jenkins Albert Jenkins Franklin Town W. Va Madison County Virginia Billie Berg Lizzie Rider Lester Jenkins Rodger Jenkins Luther Jenkins Tester Jenkins Raymond Jenkins Hilton Cook Acey Hert George Weekley William Brown Tenah Nichols Charlie Jones Major Smith John H. Enders L. A. Parker Berryville

Rotary Fellowship Talk Set at Winchester Club

Phil Sprenkle leads this week's Winchester Rotary meeting with a Fellowship topic. He chairs the Fellowship committee and will present the subject Fellowship to club members.

Rotary Phil Sprenkle Winchester Rotary Club Sprenkle

Plainfield visitor tours Shenandoah Valley Academy site

A. G. Stevens of Plainfield New Jersey visited the city this week to reconnect with old friends from Shenandoah Valley Academy in 1898 and also paid a call at the original building site.

A. G. Stevens Plainfield, N. J Shenandoah Valley Academy

Stock Market Report Reacts to Transport Gain On Flat Session

New York traders pushed stocks higher at the open as carriers led an upturn. Rail shares steadied after yesterday's dividend news while others fluctuated, with gains of fractions to about a point later in the day. Investors weighed peacetime prospects amid continued Russian drive and mixed bond and commodity activity.

New York Southern Railway Santa Fe New York Central Southern Pacific Delaware & Hudson Great Northern International Telephone U. S. Steel Bethlehem Curtis Publishing Chrysler Goodyear, Texas Co Standard Oil N. J American Telephone

Local Market Listings Include Butter Creamery Butter

Markets note daily correctness but disclaimers cover typographical errors. Butter Creamery butter appears among items with minor garbling in the advertisement.

Star

Grain futures weaken on war news early trading

Chicago grain quotations show a broad early sell off led by war news. Prices slide across wheat oats and rye with May and July contracts posting notable losses as markets open for January 24.

Chicago Cork

Rites Tomorrow For Mr Brumback

Funeral services for cC I Brumback a longtime farm implement dealer and civic leader will be held Thursday at 2 pm from his late home near Stephens City. Elder J T Powers will conduct with pallbearers named. Interment in Mount Hepton Cemetery. Brumback moved to Winchester in 1918 with his business and served on hospital and welfare boards. He survived by his wife Rebecca Hite and nine children.

Cc. I. Brumback Stephens City J. T. Powers Old School Baptist Church Martinsburg W. Va Marlboro John M. Fishpaw Herbert 5. Larrick Roy P. Duvall C. L. Smith H. Briscoe Williams R. O. Daugherty Mount Hepton Cemetery Mr. Brumback Winchester Memorial Hospital Pred. I. Brumack Frederick County Welfare Board Farm Security Administration Board Frederick County Board of Supervisors Brumbeck Rebecca D. Hite Shenandoah County Omps Funeral Home

Allies Press Into Roer Front Amid Heavy Snow and German Resistance

Allied forces push toward the Roer as winter snow blankets the front. Soviet and German moves are logged with 11 towns captured by Eisenhower’s communique, while the British Second Army fights toward Heinsberg and the Germans defend the Haguenau forest area. The Colmar pocket near Strasbourg is under French attack, with 280 millimeter shells striking Haguenau and Brumath as German pressure persists in Alsace.

Maasbracht Aphoven Brachterbeek St. Joost Obspringen Laffeld Waldenrath Roermond Supreme Headquarters Strasbourg Reich Arddennes Greene Dusseldorf Hannover Ardennes Dusseldof RAF Berlin A. P Roger D. Greene Montgomery von Rundstedt Eisenhower U. S. 7Th Army Haguenau Alsace Ponius Colmar Ill River Rhine Brumath Bitche Maas Meuse Heinsberg Roer Germany Duesselin Third Army Clerve River

Germans Preparations Put Germans on Defensive Western Front

London military commentators weigh where Hitler may defend as Soviet forces press the line. Analysts expect a possible stand farther west than East Prussia, with weather and Russian regrouping delaying a decisive move until late spring or early summer.

Reich London Hitler Danzig Poznan Breslau East Prussia Red Army Lower Oder

Mrs Athey Dies At Son's Home In Winchester

Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Athey 80 died at 9 15 last night at her son Harry E Athey 429 Gray Ave Winchester She was widow of Charles J Athey former assistant superintendent of Strawboard Paper Mills Surviving children include Mrs May B Griffin Arthur G Athey and Harry E Athey also Mrs William B Sinnott Grandchildren Walter G Hurdle Margaret Jane Jakimier Donald Athey Loveday Virginia Athey and two great grandchildren Betty and Billy Hurdle The funeral service with Dr Ronald S Wilson and Rev J S Duckwall will be held Friday at 2 pm from the 429 Gray Ave home and the remains will lie in Kurtz Funeral Home until the morning of the services.

Margaret Elizabeth Athey Harry E. Athey Gray Avenue Charles J. Athey Athey Mt. Savage, Md Evans William D. and Loveday V. Man South Wales Loveday V. Betsall John Daw England Georgetown D. C John Morgan America Credega Wales Baltimore and Ohio Highland Avenue Church May B. Griffin Arthur G. Athey Winchester William B. Sinnott Bethesda Walter G. Hurdle Kurtz Funeral Home

Silver Beaver Honors For Local Scout Leaders

The Shenandoah Area Council held its annual meeting awarding Col. Ashby Miller and B. A. Poland the Silver Beaver for exceptional service to scouting. Miller received his in absentia. Poland was praised for revitalizing scouting in his district. Officers were re-elected and new board members added as Dr. Ronald Wilson urged consecrated leadership.

Shenandoah Area Col Ashby Miller B. A. Poland Martinsburg Potomac John 8. Scully Col. Miller Poland Scully Stanley Cundiff Harry Syndor Ashley Miller Winchester J. R. Poland Fred D. Maphis Strasburg C.S. Hartman Philip N. Hunter John S. Scully, Jr National Council S. D. McFadden Shawnee Horace C. Browne Chas. R. Buell W. W. Baker B. F. Arthur, Jr H. C. Crim E. B. Cooper Price M. Clark Berkeley Springs C. Vernon Eddy Wm. H. Lawrence C. S. Lewis Charles Town T. Warner Swory Fred Matson John C. Mor Berryville Roy Potts G. Wm. Ropp Henry M. Lyndor Frank Tavenner,Jr Woodstock Ben Belchie Burr Harrison Steve H. Stone Wilson Ronald Wilson R. W. Vanderberry John S. Scully

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