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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1945
Page
8
Local notes report a quiet wedding in Forestville with Lee Lock and Anna Sager, Army service details for the groom, and immediate plans. Numerous visitors and family travels fill Millwood Clarke with activity, including weddings, reunions, and social gatherings across towns.
Mrs. Josephine Wolford Chamberlain of 423 National Avenue receives War Department telegram that her husband Pvt. Jonas O Chamberlain U S Marine Corps was wounded in action on Okinawa June 17. He was shot in both legs above the knees and is in a Naval hospital there. He previously worked at the Winchester Post Office before enlisting in September 1944 and arrived overseas early 1945.
W B Snider and J H Yost report a potato plant grown along Clarke county Shenandoah river bearing three small green tomatoes. I M Painter from Stephens City displays a six legged bug pair at the office found at a white oak base, left behind a relieved female staff when offered.
The sheep on a Northumberland artillery range have proven as tough as Monty's Own 50th Division. For over a year they faced brutal bombardment, some killed, but the survivors yielded better than usual, especially in lambing.
Ramsgate unveils a new hotel venture in an unused railway tunnel offering two or three bunk cubicles with hot and cold water at 56 cents for adult visitors. The project marks a novel lodging approach in the seaside town.
Mrs Jennie Carver expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of Charles Carver. Appreciation noted for floral tributes and use of cars during the funeral period.
In Marion Ohio 29 year old Phyliss Lanman is charged with carrying away a child after confessing to abducting eight day old Jean Eileen Creviston from a hospital. The infant was returned to her parents Tech Sgt. and Mrs. John L. Creviston. Police say the suspect yielded to impulse claiming miscarriages and a drugstore visit preceded the move.
The Rev George Hebley pastor of the Home Mission Tabernacle at Nain announces the Allenberger sisters of Frederick Maryland will perform at the Mission Sunday evening July 15. The program includes special singing and preaching. The public is invited.
Bishop James Baker of Los Angeles urges a church wide inside program of religious education. He criticizes fragmented instruction and calls evangelism to be more content specific and connected to Christian heritage.
Mr. Hsu recalls a verse written years earlier by Rev Edward J Lee a Methodist missionary in Peking. The memory inspired him to establish the Friends of the Wounded Society to aid China's wounded soldiers with the slogan Crippled but not discarded.
Crossword style clues mix noted terms such as radium discoverer and cereal grain with down and across hints. Entries include potato, wan, and grampuses as part of a themed word puzzle grid.
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