Social Notes of Local residents and upcoming marriages
Social notes report William Robinson honored after a First Church party. his Navy service via Winchester Recruiting Office. prior scouting and church involvement. Announcements include Ina Combs and Jennings Fletcher wedding at Albin. Nancy Lee Seabright and Franklin Graves marriage. other local notices on births, visitors, and an illness postponement for Ebenezer church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robinson
Erie Robinson
South Street
First Church
Robinson
U. S. Navy
Winchester
Troop 40
Boy Scouts of America
First Baptist Church
Hebron Baptist Church
Gore
Boy Scouts
Ina Combs
N. G. Combs
Needmore
Wa. Va
Jennings Fletcher
Leslie Fletcher
E. B. Smith
Albin
Mathias High School
Mathias
W. Va
Ed Molden
Gainesboro High School
Virginia Grubbs
Pairview Avenue
Nancy Lee Seabright
Franklin Graves
Viola Graves
Clifford Street
Robert A. Whitten
Henderson
N. C
Washington
Winchester to Name First Lady of the Year
Beta Sigma Phi selects the First Lady of the Year across communities. Winchester will have its announcement next week by a committee of local leaders recognizing women for community service and war efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
International Organization of Beta Sigma Phi
Beta Sigma Phi
Party Friday For Girl Scout Leaders
The Episcopal Church House hosts an informal party Friday at 8 o clock for all Girl Scout leaders and one member of the Girl Scout council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl
Episcopal Church House
Girl Scout
Girl Scout Council
Pvt Goode to Arrive Today for Family Visit
Pvt. Robert Goode who served 28 months in the European theater will arrive today with his wife to spend time with his sister and mother Mrs. Mary Goode at 705 North Braddock Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Goode
Robert Goode
Mary Goode
North Braddock St
Local Hospital Reports A Flurry Of Major Surgeries
Reports show multiple residents receiving major operations at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Intervening notes detail surgery outcomes as satisfactory or slowly improving, with names including John O Boyd Sumption and Nancy Lee Coble among the patients and relatives visiting or attending in hospital or at homes in Winchester and Kernstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Boyd
Winchester
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sumption
George Sumption
East Piccadilly Street
Coble
Memorial Hospital
Nancy Lee Coble
West
Boscawen
Salt and brine toxicity warnings for hogs and chickens
The Department of Agriculture states hogs require 1 to 4 pounds of salt per 100 pounds of feed, while chickens should receive one pound and may have up to two pounds per 100 pounds of feed. Exceeding these amounts can cause toxicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.W.A. A
Department of Agriculture
Kiwanis See Movies At Weekly Meeting
Winchester Kiwanis Club met January 23 at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall. Ther man Crooslin presented a reel titled A Visit with Mr. J. C. Penney detailing Penney's early life and rise in business. New member Walter Duncan joined. guest William Mills of Washington, D. C., attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Kiwanis Club
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Ellis Harbaugh
Therman Crooslin
J. C. Penney
Penney
William Mills
Washington, D. C
Harry Ebert
Walter Duncan
Duncan Brothers
Waltonites Plan Dinner Meeting At Sarah Zane Hall
The Winchester Izaak Walton League invites all members planning to attend a dinner meeting next Tuesday to notify chairman Clifford Grim by Saturday January 26. The event at Sarah Zane Fire Hall features dinner, a wildlife film with sound and color, an interesting speaker, and a bingo party afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Izaak Walton League
Clifford Grim
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Mrs. Emma Himelright Buried in Camden New Jersey
Funeral services were held at Leonards Funeral Home in Camden at 1 PM for Mrs. Emma Elliott Himelright formerly of Winchester and Martinsburg. She died while visiting her sister in Camden. Interment followed at Lake View Memorial Park nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonards Funeral Home
Camden
N. J
Emma Elliott Himelright
Winchester and
Martinsburg
Fun With Faces and Fortune Telling Booklet Ad
An old advertisement promotes a booklet on fortune telling including palmistry tea cup fortunes and playing cards. It claims faces reveal character and invites readers to buy the booklet for fifteen cents postpaid for party amusements.
President Wilson Proclaims October 26 1917 as Day of Prayer
Information from the Information Bureau notes President Wilson set aside a day of prayer for the triumph of American arms on October 26, 1917. The announcement appears in The Winchester Evening Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester Evening Star. Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington 2
D. C
Wilson
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
Short instructional note on proper phrases and pronunciation. Highlights misused words like spend vs put in a few days visiting, stresses correct syllable emphasis for sanguine, defines salable versus saleable, lists synonyms and a daily vocabulary goal. Ends with a quotation on mendacity from Southey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southey
Local Man Patented Invention for Rotary Cultivators
D W Ritenour of Amherst Street Winchester was granted patent 2393190 on rotary cultivators and attachments. The patent signed January 15 1946 runs 17 years to the patentee or heirs. Applications filed December 21 1943. claims cover weed control soil conditioning and rodent runway prevention with a guard regulating depth and disc driven action through soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Ritenour
Amherst Street
Winchester
Commissioner of Patents
Local Dairymen Convene Amid Milk Price Debate
Local dairymen will be represented at the State Dairyman’s annual convention in Richmond, with attendees including Robert K. Stickley and C. E. Garber. They report costs to produce 100 pounds of milk at $4.66 while current returns are $4.50 with a 70 cent subsidy, aiming to boost fluid milk prices by two cents per quart when subsidies end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
John Marshall
Richmond
Robert K. Stickley
George H. Eagle, Jr
Mark Hannum
C. E. Garber
I. Fred Stine
Winchester
Frederick County
World's record GI British marriages cited by Walter Grimaldi
Tottenham registrar Walter Grimaldi claims the world record with 31,679 marriages since 1912 and notes 10,300 during wartime including 3,000 to 4,000 American soldiers. He discusses hopes for enduring GI marriages and recalls varied ceremonies across allied nations and unusual couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tottenham
Enz
Walter Grynaldi
Grimaldi
Quote on beauty from a circus anecdote
A speaker remarks that beauty is skin deep by noting he has married an "ugly" circus woman twice, claiming longevity in marriage to prove the point. The remark uses provocative humor to challenge appearances.
Dark horse scorer Bob Richards shines for Bridgewater Eagles
Nine teen year old Bob Richards, a preacher who studies at Bridgewater College and serves a small pastorate near Woodstock, Va, is emerging as a top scorer in the Old Dominion intercollegiate race for the 1945 46 season. In only his second year on the court the Champaign Illinois native shows sensational potential for Bridgewater College in a standout performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgewater
Bob Richards
Bridgewater College
Woodstock
Eagles
Bob
Champaigne
Atomic bomb research spawns thousands of new products
L K E says many rates will appear over time. About 5 000 new products and procedures will be available to industry due to gaseous diffusion research tied to atomic bomb development at Oak Ridge Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.K.E. A
Oak Ridge
Tennessee
Enlistment path to Army Band uncertain
A young man cannot guarantee entry to the Army Band when enlisting. Enlisted recruits are classified on entry and assigned where they can serve best. If the applicant has musical ability, note it to the Classification Officer at the Reception Training Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Band
Army
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Fletcher Combs
Miss Seabright
Mrs. Lever
Ysterday
City
Holtzman
Leonard Holtzman
Ronald Lee
Ebenezer Ladies Aid
Ebenezer Church of Christ Ladies Aid
Friendly Grove
S. H. Miller
Ernest Ashwood
Anderson
Annie Anderson
Martinsburg Pike
Roberta Lee
DeRay
Boston
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Front Royal
Chambersburg, Pa
Grover Cc. Lewis
Sargent
Alvin Sargent
Kernstown
John Perry
Kentucky
Alma Christine Shifflett
Robert Shiflett
Stephens City
Thomas Edward Harden
North Main Street
R. F. Schmucker
Harden
American Viscose Corporation
East Baker Street
Etna Charles R. McCann
Row
Charles Town
Clinton Polhamus
James H. Polhamus
Medical College Hospital
Sirbaugh
Conrad Sirbaugh
Staunton
Malden Electric Co
Loudoun St. Winchester
W. L. Gordon
Guadalcanal
Navy Department
Mindoro
Lady Astor
Lord Astor
Cunard
New York
Virginia
Langhorne
Cupid
By Helen Camp
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
T. G. Adams Esso
Cammer Tire Co
Handley School
Haldeman’s
Geo
Chapman Motor .Co
N. Loudoun St
Cather & Moling
Timberlake
Ladies’ Store
Florist
the Flower Shop
E. Piccadilly St
Evening Star
Lovett Bros
Winchester and Staunton, Ya
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
W. Boscawen St
Miles Music CO
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