Berryville Offers Two Swimming Classes This Season
Berryville pool under Miss Gar Levi will host two classes this season George Reading of Winchester teaches the Senior Life Saver class and Mrs Kenneth Levi runs the Junior Swimming class The junior group is open to non swimmers on Mondays and Fridays Readings class list includes Mrs Wenneth Levi Charles Fiders Billy Barnett and others Swimming hours are 10 to 12 pm 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm on July 4 plus pool facilities and tennis court work progress in town.
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Berryville
Gar- Levi
George Reading
Winchester
Kenneth Levi
Ming
Thoee
Elife Savine
Wenneth Levi
Charlee Fiders
Billy Barnett
Edith Pitter
Ine Dorsey
Meade N Dorsey
Morton Mumma
Ann Tee Enders
Garnett Levi
Mise Levi
Pixel Moore
Limited Army Service Rules Outline New 1 A Eligibility
War Department outlines limited service under new standards for induction. Men with defects or physical limits may qualify if they can perform a useful vocation, while those meeting full service criteria will be inducted as 1 A. Among 1 B classifications, candidates with weight or vision issues or partial deafness may be eligible if the other faculties meet minimums.
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War Department
Selective Service
Inexpensive cotton heirloom crochet squares
A brief note describes easy filet crochet squares using inexpensive cotton. The illustration shows stitches and a coded pattern for creating heirloom mesh squares.
Hopkins to Marry Mrs Louise Macy
New York reports Mrs Louise Macy an authority on fashion and former Harper's Bazaar Paris editor will marry Harry Hopkins presidential aide in about a month. They met six months ago through friends Averell Harriman and his wife. Macy says Hopkins is busy but plans a wedding soon and may set plans after this weekend visit.
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New York
Louise Macy
Paris
Harper’s Bazaar
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Holy Communion At Saviour Church
Holy Communion to be administered at the Theran Church of Our S a Sunday at 11 o clock by Rev C Worthington Lowe who will preach. All members urged to attend. There will be no Vesper Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theran Church of Our Sa
C. Worthington Lowe
Lost ring found as monument on dirt road at Camp Butner
A private misplaced a valuable ring along a dirt road to his barracks at Camp Butner North Carolina on a July night. He searched unsuccessfully and returned at first light to discover only a hard surfaced road monument where the ring lay guarded by the road’s new surface.
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Camp Butner
N. C
Deed Recorded After 115 Years at Cheraw Church
In Cheraw South Carolina on July 6 the Presbyterian Church finally records the deed to its property after 115 years. The title was found yesterday in an old residence and surprised church officials who had not expected the deed to be unregistered for so long.
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Cheraw
S. C
The
Presbyterian Church
Alsace Children Counted in Nazi German Campaign
German authorities order a census of all children ages 10 to 14 in Alsace as part of a Germanization drive. The region hosts German language kindergartens in La Poutroye and an exposition of German greatness in Strasbourg.
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Bern
Hitler Youth Organization
Alsace
la Poutroye
Strasbourg
Finnish marshal wounded by shell fragment in Russia front
A Stockholm dispatch said Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mantellem, Finland's armed forces chief, was hit in the leg by a heavy shell fragment while inspecting a frontline sector. The injury delayed his planned visit to Adolf sen last week on the Russian front.
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Bern
Switzerland
Stockholm
National Zeitung
Carl Gustaf Mantellem
Finland
Adolfsen
Group Tactics Debate in Wartime Food Policy
President Roosevelt backs Senate food program figures as a wartime goal. He says farmers must have full time work to meet national food targets and notes pressure group tactics must not override Congress. Letters from labor leaders urged broad issues, but Roosevelt maintains the country will judge those responsible if proposals persist.
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Congress
FSA
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Pyative
Social Roundup at Berryville and Clarke County
Berryville and Clarke County residents host and visit guests across Virginia and nearby states. Highlights include families hosting Alice Winslow and others, tributes for Rev. Claudius Shelton, and summer plans at Riverside and Cool Spring with multiple regional guests visiting from New York Chicago Evanston and Washington.
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Winslow Sommaripa
Alice Winslow
New York
Harold Hoskins
Washington
le Clerq
Tanny le Clerq
Sommaripa
Bellfield
Belgians Told To Be Prepared For Allied Strike
Four German authorities order Belgians to stay home when alarms sound and to seal doors and windows. Belgian railway civil and economic staff in coastal areas told to return home as Allies are perceived to strike.
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Cy Repo’ Ed
She's Making Up for Lost Time
Mrs Mary McKnight in Winston Salem says she lost her voice four years ago and it returned suddenly now she is making up for lost time by talking more than usual the incident recalls her sideline voice recovery story.
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Winston-Salem, N. C
Mary McKnight
Local Selectees Are Accepted in Winchester Examination
Of 47 selectees from Winchester examined at Charlottesville on Wednesday 21 were accepted and 26 rejected. Accepted: Woodrow Wilson McGolerick Wilbur Harold Jenkins Cletus Harrison Cline Magnue G Newcome Robert A Scruggs Arthur Lee McKee Kenneth Miller Clevenger Hydie Wills Shanholtz Charles Jesse Kline Leslie Kennedy Smoak Allen Kenneth Staples Lee Albert Ebert Herman P Madigan Claude Dudley Bennett James N Daniel Cary Wesley Whitacre John Reardon. Frederick County has a quota of 20 to leave on July 6.
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Winchester
Charlottesville
Woodrow Wilson McGolerick
Wilbur Harold Jenkins
Cletus Harrison Cline
Magnue G. Newcome
Robert A. Scruggs
Arthur Lee McKee
Kenneth Miller Clevenger
Hydie Wills Shanholtz
Charles Jesse Kline
Leslie Kennedy Smoak
Allen Kenneth Staples
Lee Albert Ebert
Herman P. Madigan
Claude Dudley Bennett
James N. Daniel
Cary Wesley Whitacre
John Reardon
Frederick County
Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures for July
Treasury: July receipts amount to 23 million 198 thousand 007 dollars with expenditures at 298 million 22 thousand 195 dollars. Total debt stands at 77 billion 446 million 58 thousand 846 dollars, rising by 455 million 354 thousand 100 dollars from the previous day.
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting at Mabel Aiken Home
The American Legion Auxiliary of Robert Y. Conrad Post will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at 15 North Braddock Street the host Mrs Mabel Aiken. Garland R Quarles Handley Schools superintendent will speak on Americanism.
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Robert Y. Conrad Post
American Legion
Mabel Aiken
North Braddock Street
Garland R. Quarles
Handley Schools
Winchester Sends Fourth of July Greetings to Connecticut
Cable from Winchester England extends Fourth of July greetings to Winchester Connecticut. Mayor Griffith quotes "Greetings July 4th honoring your Independence Day" and notes a forming committee to welcome American soldiers and Winchesterites. The message recalls 1776 and says in 1942 they are fighting together for the same cause independence.
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Winchester
Conn
England
Connecticut
Griffith
Funeral service for Mrs Loy at home and church
Funeral services for Mrs Rebeca Loy will be held at her son's home 320 East Piccadilly street at 10 o clock Sunday then at Little Mountain Methodist Church. Rev John Tetters will officiate with interment at the church grounds. Jones Funeral Home quartet will provide music with pallbearers John Lewis David Clark Lemuel Clark Carter Lonas Hubert Offutt and Hugh Grim.
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Rebecca Loy
East Piccadilly Street
Little Mountain Methodist Church
John Tetters
Jones Funeral Home Quartet
John Lewis
David Clark
Lemuel Clark
Carter Lonas
Hubert Offutt
Hugh Grim
Bible School Opens At Highland Avenue This July
Highland Avenue hosts a Bible School from July 6 to 17, with daily two hour sessions starting 8 30 a m. Miss Margaret McMurray and Miss Virginia Leatherman lead Beginners, Mrs L E Harris Primaries, Miss Marguerite Daugherty Juniors, and Mr Robert Bridgers Intermediates. All church and community children invited.
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Bible School
Highland Avenue
Margaret McMurray
Virginia Leatherman
L. E. Harris
Marguerite Daugherty
Robert Bridgers
Apparels of Estates Appraisals in Corporation Court Record
The record lists appraisal values for multiple estates. John M. Steck estate totals $39,795.03 with appraisers J. H. Yost, H. Claude, and J. W. Arthur. Calvin M. Martin estate totals $22,907.39 appraised by B. M. Sullivan, Charles H. Harper, and Paul L. Massey. Edgar L. Dick estate totals $2,263.50.
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John M. Steck
J. H. Yost
H. Claude
J. W. Arthur
Calvin M. Martin
B. M. Sullivan
Charles H. Harper
Paul L. Massey
Edgar L. Dick
Services At Braddock Street Church
Services at Braddock Street Methodist Church Sunday include a 9 45 a m service and a 1 p m prayer service. Regular prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
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Braddock Street Methodist Church
Communion Sunday At Opequon Memorial
Communion Sunday on July 5 marks the first Lord's Supper observance at Opequon Memorial and Opequon Chapel in weeks. Rev. Carlyle McDonald will administer the sacrament for the first time since his May 31 ordination at Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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Opequon Memorial
Opequon Chapel
Carlyle McDonald
Opequon Memorial Presbyterian Church
Patriots Put To Death Reported In Latvia and Estonia
Ottawa dispatch says Moscow radio reported 30 patriots were killed in Latvia and Estonia for the slaying of a German policeman. The report was heard by the Canadian broadcasting corp.
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Ottawa
Moscow Radio
Latvia
Estonia
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Coored Team To Play Sunday At Lucy Lane Park
The Winchester colored Red Sox face Huntley colored ball club at Lucy Lane Park near Front Royal Pike Sunday at 2:30 PM. With six wins in as many games, Joe Cook will pitch and Hay Washington will be behind the plate.
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Winchester Colored Redsox
Huntley, Va
Lucy Lane Park
Front Royal Pike
Joe Cook
Haytr Washington
Has Plan To Save 62 Billions
Washington July 3 Leon Henderson told a Senate committee that holding prices at current levels and preventing wartime inflation could save 62 billion dollars on the war program over the next 200 months. He said inflation danger rose with large recent military appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Henderson
Grace Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Grace Lutheran Church on W Boscawen Street presents a morning service at 11 with church school at 11 led by Carl R. Ritter and a program by Vacation Church School children. Evening programs include Luther League at 7 and Vespers at 8 with a sermon titled The Message of Proverbs by Rev. Carl A Honeycust.
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Grace Lutheran Church
W. Boscawen Street
Carl A. Honeycust
Carl R. Ritter
Vacation Church
Luther League
Serman
Local Church Schedule Promotes Weekly Worship and Study
Morning worship at 9 45 features a sermon on Paul and the Second Coming. Bible School at 10 45 with A C Frye as superintendent. Evening services include Christian Endeavor at 7 and evangelistic preaching at 8. Wednesday prayer meeting and Bible study at 8. Friday S M M meeting. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
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Bible School
A. C. Frye
Christian Endeavor
Big Al Benton Wins Fifth Straight For Detroit Tigers
Detroit defeats St Louis Browns 5 to 4 behind Benton fifth win after a tense ninth inning. Pinky Higgins hits his sixth homer as Tigers build a four run lead before Browns rally. Benton steadies in relief, prompts double play to end threat.
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Detroit
al Benton
St. Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Pinky Higgins
Tigers
Benton
Brownies
Harland Clift
Walter Judnich
Glenn McQuillen
St. Louis
Niggeling
Caster
Gatehouse
Tebbetts
Rubber Is Needed To Win The War
Wartime appeal urges salvage of rubber to bolster allied effort and shorten the conflict. Citizens urged to collect scrap rubber items and bring them to designated collection points for processing and reuse.
Large Number From City And County Will Attend Camp of Methodists
Miss Virginia Shenk returns to Berryville after two weeks in Orlando. Several locals visit relatives in Maryland and Virginia as others travel for weddings and visits. Walter Wisecarver earns First Lieutenant rank after training at Camp Tyson. Berryville and Charles Town residents attend recent weddings and visit kin in Washington and Richmond.
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Berryville
Virginia Shenk
Orlando
Fla
Walter Wisecarver, Jr
Camp Tyson, Terin
Wisecarver
Blacksburg
No Change In Situation At National Fruit
An afternoon inquiry found no change in the strike at the National Fruit Product Company. Truck drivers remain out and shipping department workers refuse to pass picket lines and have not returned to work, though spokesmen claim they are not on strike.
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National Fruit Product Company
Shipping Department
Vacation Bible School at Gore Baptist Church
The Gore Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School in session with commencement exercises Sunday at 11 am. The program titled A Story of the Bible in Picture Story and Story features large Bible pictures to add interest. Public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gore Baptist Church
British Report Per Page Review on naval losses
British report notes Italian cruiser and two destroyers plus a submarine sunk. A battleship was torpedoed, one of the Axis’s few remaining. The engagement was largely airborne with Axis losing 65 aircraft and the British noted.
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Axis
Camp Wakanda Opens Monday With Full Capacity
Methodist sponsored camp for youth near Fort Valley opens Monday with full enrollment and limited first week vacancies. Registrar Miss Bette Duvall notes second and third weeks have remaining slots. transportation from Winchester via Market Street Church bus around 1 30 P M Monday. Names listed include participants from Brucetown Braddock Street Montague Avenue Maker Street and Market Street churches with many attendees from nearby areas.
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Wakanda
Fort Valley
Wood
Bettie Duvall
Miss Duvall
Garland Evans Hopkins
Winchester
Market Street Methodist Church
Market Street Church
Brucetown
Catherine Travers
Marie DeHaven
Charles DeHaven
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Isabelle Larrick
Rhodes Huntsberry, Jr
Ross Knee
No Bryant
Eddy Manuel
8 Doughtery
Sarah Sencindiver
Ann Butler
Pat Barr
Edwin Bridgeforth
Peggy Chapman
Colleen Grim
Patsy Ritter
Zida Artrip
Betty Jane Gearing
Betty Jean Nixon
Bobby Huntsberry
Dick Boyd
Wesley Snapp
Teddy Keller
June Hensell
Pauline Snapp
Freddie Swann
Nancy Ritter
Anne Copenhaver
Marie Garber
Eddie Levi
Montague Avenue Methodist Church
Dickie Ware
Evans Creswell
Vance Orndorff
Ali Patton
Louise Fogle
Fremont Fogle
Bobby Koontz
Hickso
Hook
Marshall Creswell
Orndorff
Ilena Ondorff
Ondorff
Maker Street
Chucrh
Betty Campbell
Gary Green
Ralph Harry
Charles J James Schneider
Jacqueline Eagle
Helen Johnston
Doyle Peer
Keith Lee
Jimmy McCoy
Dorothy Lee Harry
Wilbur Johnston
Elizabeth Halvosa
Buddy Eagle
Doris Lane
James Fauver
Donald Cofflet
Jimmy Poole
Peggy Havice
Boneny Seal
Donna Havice
Keneth Wingfield
Dennis Wingfield
Douglas DeHaven
J. Lowden
Ralph Pugh
James Sempers
Ronnie Lane
Douglas Cain
British Raid News on Flensburg and Bremen Losses
Berlin reports five British bombers hit Flensburg near the Danish border, causing civilian casualties. German high command says 17 bombers failed to return last night and 14 were shot down in the Bremen attack, where fires burned mainly in residential areas. Bremen lies near Kiel and Denmark with key rail links and shipbuilding.
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Cologne
Essen
Germany
Berlin
Flensburg
High Command
Bremen
Auto Dealers To Close Tomorrow Across Winchester
Auto dealers announced they will close tomorrow with the exception of a few firms that will remain open for limited hours in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Ete
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Chicago
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Virginia
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Evanston
Madison, Conn
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George P. Greenhalgh
William Greenhalgh
Toledo
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Rockcroft
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Hettie Mackay Smith
Palmer Beverley
Page Levi
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Hugh Everett, Jr
Bethesda, Md
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Clarke
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Ind
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Vaida
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Shelton
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Edward Jaquelin Smith
Fountain Valley School
Colorado Springs, Col
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Keneath N. Gilpin
Willamsburg
Tyson Gilpin
Camp Eustis
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Princeton
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Miami, Fla
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Ala
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Limestone
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Col
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William Blair
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John B. Neill
Rose MacDonald
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Ernest F. Meade
Treasury
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Loy
Appraise Estates
Braddock Street
Animal Army
George A. Hamid
Billy
Sheila) Rose
Central Press
Ping Ying Fong
Board One
New York City
Arthur V. McDermott
William F. Walsh
Big al Benton
Hobson McGehee, Jr
Bethesda
Hugh Everett, II
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Roberta Winter
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, Ga
John D. Winter
Emily Powers
James Riddle
the Knoll
R. S. Blackburn Smith
Mary Washington Gold
Flossmore
J. J. Harris
Arch Arnetts
Charles Town
Ernest Ristedt
Minnesota
Maury P. Richmond
Concord
A. L. Crumpler
Lowell Crumpler
Roanoke
North Carolina
Capt
Charles E. Moore
E. P. Dorsey
Ralph N. Dorsey
Dorsey
Richmond
David Donovan
Betty B. Call
Raymond V. Long, Jr
Ginter Park Presbyterian Church
Harry N. Wynkoop
Pattie Wynkoop
Theresa Lee Wynkoop
Jacob Mock
Arlington
Jacob Childs
Washington, D. C
Hunter Childs
Garfield Hospital
Gore
Joe Harry
Fritze Briggs
Donald Sartelle
Billy Duncan
Ellen Morgan
Dannie Babb
Jane Barry
Martha Jane Martin
James Mason
James Miller
Charles Lackey, Jr
Charles Miller
Jimmy Aoee Grim
Peggy ‘0 Sea
Miriam Kelly
Betty Arthur
Patricia Stephenson
Paul Holinger
Market Street
RAF
Denmark
Kiel
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