Brenner Leave Party Highlights Local Homecoming
PFC Ralph Brenner, on leave to visit his mother Ada Brenner in Clearbrook, was guest of honor at a Virginia Tavern Park gathering with family and friends from Gainesboro Bruce Winchester and Red Bud Road. A dinner oyster fry at Wesley Shiley’s hosted further Brenner relatives from Brucetown and Biglevel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PFC
Ralph Brenner
Ada Brenner
Clearbrook
Virginia Tavern Park
Lottie Cooper
Ed Brenner
Betty Joe
Ronnie
Arch Smith
Gainesboro
Hilda Pitcock
Franklin Brenner
John Pranklin
Shirley
Ruth Brenner
Donald Br
Brucetown
Roy Brenner
Roy Jr
Jackie
Bighville
Paul Rush
Connie
Floyd Brenner
John Franklin Brenner
Red Bud Road
Marriage Announcement for Alice Jean Koon
Mr and Mrs B F Koon announce the marriage to Alice Jean Koon. The ceremony was held January 24 at 8 pm in Braddock Street Methodist Church parsonage with Rev T J Hawkins officiating. The bride wore a yellow street length dress with black accessories and a corsage of red roses and baby's breath. A reception followed at the home of her uncle and aunt L Dunn on Front Royal Pike. The bride attended Handley High School and works at Kay's beauty parlor and will reside with her parents. Seaman Bell will return to California after attending Berryville High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Koon
L. T. Beil
Berryville
Braddock Street Methodist Church
T. J. Hawkins
L. Dunn
Front Royal Pike
Handley High School
Kay
Seaman Bell
California
Berryville High School
Community notices and upcoming meetings in Front Royal area
Presbyterian Young Adults plan January business social at Mrs Frances Fawley home on Front Royal Road at eight. Civic League luncheon speaker Dr Allen T Hawthorne February 2 at Golden Glow Coffee Shop with 1 pm start. Madison College Glee club to broadcast February 4 over WSVA 4 30 to 5. Junior Century Club meets February 2 at 3 30 at Mrs W A Baker 8 S Washington St. P T A Stonewall High February 2 at 8. Engagement announced for Lottie Ethel Aflen to Pfc Ralph J Brenner. Mrs Carl Miller guest of her sister in Front Royal. husband Lt Miller serving in CBI Theater. Q and A about joint loan guaranty up to 4000 for home purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Frances Fawley
Front Royal Road
Margaret McMurray
Allen T. Hawthorne
Civic League
Golden Glow
Dr. Hawthorne
Courtney Fauver
C. A. Fauver
Berryville Ave
Madison College Glee Club
WSVA
Junior Century Club
W. A. Baker
Washington Street
Paul Rosenberger
A. H. Morgan
Douglas Aflen
AVS
American Volunteer Corps
Carl Miller
Carl B. Miller
Front Royal
New York
Bryant R. Harper
Fairmont Ave
Miller
Lt. Miller
China
Burma India Theater of Operations
Civilians Flee East Prussia Amid Siege and Fires
Besieged Kofligsberg outskirts burn as Russian shelling drives tens of thousands of civilians toward Port Pillau on the Samland Peninsula. Refugees, including women children and the disabled, move through blizzards on sleds wagons and tractors amid chaotic orders and looming battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kofligsberg
East Prussia
Port Pillau
Samland
Pillau
Explosion ruins highway cafe. 16 injured in Hammond
After a ten hour battle, Hammond firemen extinguished flames from an unexplained blast that destroyed a highway restaurant. Sixteen people were injured and two cafe patrons Wer ner Petrie and Marie Hart were unaccounted for as gas risk halted basement searches.
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Hammond
Ind
Highway
Werner Petrie
Marie Hart
Calumet City
Ill
Roads Opened After Drift Breaks In Cross Junction Gore
Secondary roads in the Cross Junction and Gore area, which had been drifted shut up to three times this week, were opened today by road crews. Resident highway engineer F M Yellett said drifts were isolated and may be opened by this evening. Most country roads remain icy, with clear primary roads except in shady spots. Icefest is 522 toward Berkeley Springs. Snowfall was light, about .11 inch, and cold snap eased briefly before temperatures rose to the mid thirties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cross Junction
Gore
F.M. Yellett
Berkeley Springs
Winchester Research Laboratory
Reds Nearer London Than To Moscow
London dispatch reports Marshal Zhukov's First White Russian Army lies about 200 miles closer to London than to Moscow. German sources claim the Red Army offensive targets the Oder and Berlin with Neu Bentschen about 700 airline miles from London and 900 from Moscow.
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London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Oder River
Berlin
Neu Bentschen
Rifle Match Planned At Winchester Armory Thursday
Plans completed for a rifle match at the Winchester Armory Thursday night. Shooting starts at seven with prizes awarded to the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Armory
Accident Near Boyce Involves Mae Lanham Vehicle
An auto driven by Mae Lanham of Boyce side-swiped a cattle truck from Knoxville Maryland one mile east of Boyce on Saturday evening. Kendrick G. Thornton of Charles Town operated the truck. Deputy Sheriff W R Thompson cited him for driving without a license. No injuries. Lanham’s car suffered about $50 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Lanham
Boyce
Knoxville
Kendrick G. Thornton
Charles Town
W. R. Thompson
Miss Lanham
Winchester natives honor overseas men in uniform
Cpl Hiram McDaniel Jr and James F Snapp Jr, both connected to Winchester, are featured with war notes. McDaniel, promoted to corporal after earning the Purple Heart on Guam, sends thanks for Christmas packages and recalls frontline courage. Snapp, a baker aboard a South Pacific ship, reports baking feats and home comforts. Richard E Stine enlisted in the Marine Reserve in Baltimore at 18, awaiting Paris Island training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
U. S. Marine Corps Public Relations
Philadelphia
Cpl. McDaniel
South” Pacific
Hiram McDaniel, Jr
Route 3
Winchester
McDaniel
Guam
Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr
Sixth Marine Division
Gum
Bouganville
Emirau
Marine Corps
James Franklin Snapp, Jr
Winchester Sear
South Pacific
J. F. Snapp
South Caremont
Young Snapp
Richard E. Stine
Albert Stine
Middle Road
U. S. Marine Reserve Corps
Baltimore
William A. Howard
Stephens City Agricultural High School
Virginia State Guard
Boy Scouts of America
Kernstown
A C Whitacre Dies Suddenly Rites Thursday
Arthur C Whitacre a lifelong Ebenezer resident died suddenly yesterday at his home at age 72 He was stricken while going to the mailbox for feed and was dead when his son Welba found him Funeral services set for Thursday at Ebenezer Diciples Church with Rev Roy F Schumaker and burial in the adjoining cemetery Pallbearers named among family friends from Martinsburg Winchester and the county
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Whitacre
Ebenezer
Bertie Stother
Welba Whitacre
Ira Clark
Mt. Williams
Violet
Pansy Clark
Omar Whitacre
Albert Whitacre
Martinsburg
Don Whitacre
Ebenezer Diciples
Roy F. Schumaker
Winchester
R. P. Anderson
Jesse
Douglas Whitacre
Luther Fletcher
Cory Miller
Fred A. Whitacre
Estimate of War Costs for Allies and Germany
The current war cost to the Allies is estimated at 500 billion dollars while Germany may have spent about 130 billion dollars. These figures exclude civilian property damage and overall country losses.
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Germany
Card of Thanks for Sister's Illness and Death
Mrs. Katie B. Sherman thanks all who sent flowers offered cars pallbearers neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of her beloved sister. T. D. Cain and Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie B. Sherman
T. D. Cain
Fragmentary crossword clues in 19th century page
A brief OCR fragment lists numbered clues: 35 cancer 37 projection of land 38 Book of Old Testament 39 covered as with wax 40 compress 1 point on to chieftain on to.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Wesley Shiley
Tilden Snapp
Leonard Snapp
Granville Snapp
Miller Craig
Oren Snapp
Roger Lee
Opequon
Minnie Vuick
East St. Louis
Francis Tevalt
Josephine Messick
Arlington
South Loudoun St
Ernest Barret
Ruth Bucher
Ruby Messick
Margaret Kingree
Middletown
Winchester Studio of Music
Russia
Tschaikovsky
Ann Ritter
Tse Wsky
Peggy E Keller
Tschaikowsky
Jimmie McFadden
India
Rimsky-Korsakov
Peggy Song
Peggy Gene Keller
June
Marthena Clevenger
Girls Athletic Association
Elk’s Club
Sunshine Club
N. M. Hottle
Norval M. Hottle
Parkway
George W. Haddox
Harley Adams
T J. Gatewood
H. B. Garber
Mrs. Wender
Louis Wender
New York City
St. Regis Hotel
Valentine
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Winchester—Frent Royal
Alice Jean Koon
Dorothy Hawthorne
Doris Clark
University of North Carolina
Madison Glee Club
Stonewall High
Parent Teachers Association
Stonewall High School
Lottie Ethel Cooper
Hunter Cooper
Lottie Ethel
Ralph J. Brenner
Pvt. Brenner
Camp Polx
Gaunt
Main and
Valley Ave
Reds
Just Dial
B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Luzon
Manila
Coast Guard
International Soundphoto
Cpl
H. J. McDaniel
Route No. 3
Hiram J McDaniel, Jr
J. Franklin Snapp
Styl-Eez
SELBY
Lovett Brothers
Dr. Clendening
the Star
Memoriam
Namoi Haines Merryman
George Duplaix
Rojanakovsky
A. C. Whitacre
W. P
Aii
Blust
Üie
Baker’s Drug Store
Court House
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Nelson Eddy
Northern Virginia Power Co
Hollywood
Vogue
Cather and Moling
Timberlake
Dia
Winchester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Dial
Daily Crossword
King of Bashan
Portico
Burden
Arcadia
Smai
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