Four Methodist Camps Planned at Powell's Fort
Plans are set for four camp programs at Powell's Fort Organization Camp from July 14 to August 4 under Winchester District Methodists. Camps include Intermediate July 14 19 for 12 14 year olds, Young People's July 21 26 for 15 23 year olds, Adult July 26 27, and Camp Wakanda July 28 August 4 for all ages with multiple instructors and activities.
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Powell’s Fort Organization
Winchester
The
Methodist Church
Garland Hopkins
James Turner
Mary Glenn Lupton
Garland E. Hopkins
Kern Butsler
F. H. Strieby
J. F. Owens
J. Calloway Robertson
A. B. Clarke
J. H. Rosenberger
Wakanda
Harry G. Balthis
Montague Ave
Georges. Lightner
Edinburg
Rotary Presents Lexington with a Resuscitator
Lexington's first aid team received a portable resuscitator and oxygen tanks at a Rotary Club banquet. Rotary President John Bierer presented the device to instructor C W R Dunlap after a seven week fundraising drive led by Captain G D Letcher. Local officials and crew members attended the event and lauded the community effort to equip the rescue team.
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Lexington
Lexington Rotary Club
John Bierer
Rotary
C. W. R. Dunlap
Rotary Club
Bierer
G. D. Letcher
C. S. Steele
R. E. Smith
Walter Bingham
H. J. Tardy
R. H. Crist
R. L. Daves
J. C. Hutton
Carl Miller
R. C. Walker
L. L. Weaver
M. O. Wiggins
G. A. Rhodes
Alex Veech
Tire
O. T. Engleman
Finley Waddell
Herbert Boley
Gene Bare
Julian S. Wise
Roanoke
Quits Wise
Handley Library Notes on 1920s fiction and war novels
Handley Library reviews a slate of 1920s novels including Nelson romance The Divine Lady, Titanic inspired titles, Mary Roberts Rhinehart prize winner In Justice Be Damned, The Awakening by Melvin L. Livery, Speak No Evil by Mignon G. Aberhart, A Farewell to Arms and All Quiet Along the Western Front, This Above All by Eric Knight, Beau Geste author and wartime vicar tale, Two Feet from Heaven by P C Wren, and notes on prewar London slums and English countryside settings.
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Lord Nelson
Nelson
E. Barrington
Handley Library
Hamilton
Lady Hamimilton
Emma Hamilton
Lady Hamilton
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
A. R. Hilliard
Eric Knight
Canada
United States
Heaven
P. C. Wren
London
They Came to a River by Allis McKay and Dowdey reviews
The notice surveys fiction set in postwar America. It highlights They Came to a River by Allis McKay for its human realism and resilient characters amid industrial South growth, and Sing for a Penny by Clifford Dowdey for its critique of domination driven independence.
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Ters
America
Allis McKay
Clifford Dowdey
Handley Library
Italy Asked To Permit Americans To Come Home
The United States embassy demanded prompt lifting of Italy’s departure ban on U S citizens after Italy allowed some Italians to leave. The embassy urged reciprocal permission, noting Washington rules on Italian departures and stating that Americans have been restricted since June 24.
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Rome
United States
Italy
Foreign Office
Washington
America
Nazis Use Dummy Guns in War News Flash
The Red Army reported Germany moved artillery units from Dunkerque and Cherbourg to bolster the push against the Stalin line and left dummy wooden guns facing the British. Captured German officers were quoted as saying the units had been transferred and deployed while en route.
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Moscow
Red Army
Germany
Dunkerque
Cherbourg
Doghouse Soldiers Punished for Whistling At Girls on Memphis Course
Weary members of the 35th division's Doghouse battalion paid the penalty for whistling at shorts clad girls in Memphis. General Lear ordered discipline, demotions for non coms if needed, and the unit began a long march back to Camp Robinson after a stern rebuke.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Forrest City
Ark
Ben Lear
Camp Robinson
Mufti
General Lear
Buddy
Lear
Missing Plane Ensign McKown Aboard PBY Patrol Craft
Ensign Robert H. McKown a Naval Reservist from Atlanta Georgia commanded a PBY-5 Northeastern Atlantic coast patrol plane reported missing with two officers and five enlisted men aboard. An extensive search was mounted by surface vessels and aircraft of the Atlantic fleet.
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Robert H. McKown
Atlanta
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Methodists
Powell’s Fort
Ud Senet
Handley Library Notes
Robert Prechtt
Melvin L. Livery
Mignon G. Aberhart
Mary Pe
J. W. Gro
TRE CO
J. W. Ne Furniture CO
Taune Oun
Hester
Studebaker
Dellinger Brothers
East Piccadilly Street
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Lonoke
Little Rock
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cloverdale Ems
Sparkind Water
Pepsi-Cola
Cle
D. A. Gordon & CO
Verdale
S. Main St
Fred Waring
NAVY
E.S.T
NBC
Chesterfield
Leccree & Mraxs
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