Marriages and social notes from Stephens City area
June weddings and social events unfold in Stephens City with guests from Winchester and surrounding towns. Reports include a Civilian Pilot Training course in Maryland, a birth in Stephens City, linen showers, reunions near Martinsburg, and a Beta Sigma Phi steak fry, plus a Macedonia Church yard party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golliday
Mary
Marshall Golliday
Stephens City
University of Maryland College Park
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Keller and Martin
Mrs Willa G Bean hosted a surprise birthday party on July 13 at 1002 Amherst Street for her sister Mrs A B Keller and her brother Mr John A Martin. A dinner was served with Mrs Martin and Mr Keller in attendance along with Mr Martin Lee Bean of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Martin
Willa G. Bean
Amherst Street
A. B. Keller
John A. Martin
Gladys Barley to wed Pvt John Cougill at local ceremony
Announcement states Miss Gladys Louise Barley daughter of Hunter L Barley of Stephens City will marry Pvt John Derris Cougill son of Harry A Coughill of Middletown on July 11. Rev George W Stover will perform the ceremony. Barley works for Montgomery Ward. Cougill recently inducted and stationed at Camp Lee expects transfer soon. He previously worked for the State Highway Department. Richard Sutton honored at luncheon for Boy Scout councilor role. Sutton to report to Clarksburg WV, two weeks after induction. Guests included Dorothy Cooper Steve Stone Bill Snider Leon Reid and Bester Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Louise Barley
Hunter L. Barley
Stephens City
John Derris Cougill
Harry A. Coughill
Middletown
George W. Stover
United Brethren Church
Montgomery Ward and Company
Pvt
Cougill
Camp
Richard Sutton
E. B. Cooper
White Rock Lodge
Sutton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dorothy Cooper
Messrs
Steve Stone
Bill Snider
Leon Reid
Bester Cooper
Mrs. W. B. Johnson Visits Family In Martinsburg
Mrs. W. B. Johnson of St. Louis is a guest of her aunt Mrs. W Barr on Fairmont Avenue. They recently spent several days visiting the S. C. Doyles at their Martinsburg home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 3B. Johnson
St. Louis
W. ©. Barr
Fairmont Avenue
S. C. Doyles
Martinsburg
Club Meeting and 4-H Activities Noted in Local Clubs
The motor corps plans a Monday 8 p.m. meeting at Miss Mary Warden Boyd’s home in Fairmont Avenue. White Hall 4-H Club met Wednesday at White Hall School. Rebecca Lodge presided and the group voted to fund two members for the Powells Fort Valley 4-H Camp August 17 to 22. Old Fredericktown Garden Club gathered at Mrs. George Snarr’s home on South Stewart Street with discussions on storing surplus produce and a special exhibit of fruits and vegetables prepared by Mrs. B. G. Rusk. ribbon winners included Mrs. John Iosenberger and Mrs. Harold Brown. The August meeting will be a picnic at the home of Mrs. Mc Sherry Lupton on Papan Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Corps
Mary Warden Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
White Hall
White Hall School
Rebecca Lodge
Powells Fort Valley
Old
Rusk
McSherry Lupten
Papan Hill
Girl Scout Leaders Meet Saturday For Talks
Girl Scout leaders are to gather Saturday night at 7 30 in the Girl Scout room. Miss Beatrice Bell of Roanoke director of the Scout Camp this year will give a talk. Councilors for Camp White Rock leaving Monday will take a training course to prepare for campers arriving Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Bell
Roanoke
Helen and
Farley Massey
North Washington Street
Bell
White Rock
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Camp
Little Garden Club to Hear Talk by Miss Sprouse
The Little Garden Club holds its July meeting Monday at 3 30 PM at Miss Elizabeth Barr’s home 221 West Boscawen Street. Miss Elizabeth Sprouse home demonstration agent will discuss Practical Methods of Canning in a two tier arrangement. Mrs Glaize to Teach Bible Classes Sunday. The Margaret Collins Denny and Comrade Bible Classes of the Braddock Street Methodist Church meet Sunday at 9 45 AM Mrs John Glaize presents the lesson.
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Little Garden Club
Sprouse
Elizabeth Barr
West Boscawen Street
Elizabeth Sprouse
Glaize
Margaret Collins Denny and Comrade Bible
Braddock Street Methodist Church
John Glaize
Berryville Social Events Highlight Local Guests
Berryville notes list visitors and departures from July events. Sam Lewis returned to Bellas Falls VI after a stay with Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Aylor. Mrs. Jessie Wetzel Faris of Richmond spoke to nurses at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Lieut. Joe Harris left for Langley Field with his mother visiting Norfolk. Doris Ruffner returned to Luray after visiting Berryville and Miss Mary Ann Davis.
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Berryville
Sam Lewis
P. L. Aylor
Bellas Falls
Aylors
Aylor
Wayne Lewis
John M. Lewis
Gertrude Lewis
Culpeper
Betty Russell
Jessie Wetzel Faris
Richmond
State Graduate Nurses Association
Joe Harris
J. J. Harris
Langley Field
Norfolk
Doris Ruffner
Luray
Mary Ann Davis
R. E. Davis
Beverleys Travel and Davis Family Visit Plans
Mr and Mrs William Beverley of Milton Valley spent Thursday on business in Washington DC and plan several weeks in Maine. Mr R E Davis of Baltimore visits locally for a few days as Joyce and Nancy Davis accompany him to Orange Virginia for his father’s birthday. The Davises then head to Disputana Virginia to visit the Rev and Mrs Robert H Thomas II.
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J. M. Johns
Joan
Richard
Baltimore
John
8. J. Goode
Landon B. Whitacre
Whitacre
William Beverley
Milton Valley
Washington, D. C
Beverleys
Maine
R. E. Davis
Crockett Sisters Open Questover After Florida Visit
Mrs T B Crockett and Miss Nannie Crockett, long staying in Purcellville, have opened Questover after returning from Florida. Miss Jane Allen of Rippon West Virginia has been
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T. 8. Crockett
Nannie Crockett
Purcellville
Florida
Questover
Jane Allen
Rippon
W. Va
Poise as Beauty Head Position and Posture Guide
The piece urges head balance to improve appearance and health. It warns against forward head tilt and a rigid backward tilt, notes effects on shoulders breathing and abdomen, and offers tips for a graceful silhouette and firm chin muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Robinson
Clarke County officials discuss fall school opening
Mr. A. F. Robertson, Clarke County Schools superintendent, and Mr. John Hardesty, a school board member, spent Thursday in Staunton attending a meeting of school officials and apple men to decide when schools will open this fall in the valley region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Robertson
Clarke County
John Hardesty
Staunton
Visit Concludes for Mr and Mrs Boxwell Guests
Mr and Mrs Harry Lee Boxwell hosted guests for several days including Mr William Shull of Wic liffe. Mr Shull recently returned from Winchester Memorial Hospital where he had an operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lee Boxwell
William Shull
Wicliffe
Shull
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Local notes on residents' jobs travel and deaths
Mr George Skelton takes an inspector post at Glenn L Martin airplane plant in Hagerstown. Rebecca Carter and Albert Cox leave Friday for a Cape Charles Va vacation and return Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Daniel McFarland and Miss Mary Carpenter visit Pvt Lawrence Franklin in North Carolina. Berryville mourns the death of Marguerite Pattison Gaither in Baltimore. Mrs Joel D Griffing spends weekend in Richmond. Raymond Newlin hosts a gathering for Raymond Kackley who has enlisted in the Navy and reported to a radio school. Kackley, son of Denzil and from Berryville, finished Berryville High School in 1940 and studied at Strayer's in Washington DC.
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George Skelton
Glenn L. Martin Airplane
Hagerstown
Rebecca Carter
Mr. Albert Cox
Mr. Cox
Cape Charles
Daniel McFarland
Mary Carpenter
Pvt
Lawrence Franklin
North Carolina
Raymond Newlin
Raymond Kackley
Navy
Mr. Kackley
Denzil Kackley
Berryville
Berryville High School
Strayer’s Business College
Washington, D. C
Davis Attends Agricultural Teachers Conference in Blacksburg
Mr. Henry M. Davis spends the week in Blacksburg attending a conference of Agricultural Teachers at V. P./I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Davis
Blacksburg
Mrs. Tom Shepherd Learns of Pvt Joe Avis Transfer
Mrs. Tom Shepherd has received word that her son, Pvt. Joe Avis, has been transferred from Camp. The brief notice confirms military personnel movement and the family’s update on service location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Shepherd
Pvt
Joe Avis
Camp
Local Social Roundup Shows Travel and Visits
Mrs. George Wynkoop hosts her son William Wynkoop from Indiantown Gap Pa in Fort Bragg N C this weekend. Hobson and Bettie McGehee of Fielding stay with Joseph F Moore. Mr and Mrs Marshall Elsen hosted guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wynkoop
William Wynkoop
Indiantown Gap, Pa
Hobson
Bettie McGehee
Fielding
Joseph F. Moore
Sugar Ration Use and Treats Recipes For Women
The column advises housewives to avoid sharing rationed sugar beyond family use and to leave surplus in the national pool for those in need. It also provides two recipe answers for Rhubarb Conserve with honey and minimal sugar and for Apple Whip with eggs and apple butter, including directions and serving suggestions.
Final Services Conducted For Hugh L. Pangle
Funeral services for Hugh L. Pangle were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from his Middletown home with Rev. C. R. Curtis presiding. The deceased died Sunday in his 87th year, survived by his wife Nettie V. and children Mrs. Harry Rickard Paul and Bernard Pangle Marvin Pangle Mrs. Thomas Fisher and Leslie Pangle, plus brother Randolph J. Pangle. Interment was Mt Carmel Cemetery Middletown with C. M. McDonald Harry O. White William Steele Ernest D. Rickard Robert White and W. I. Derflinger as pallbearers.
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Hugh Pangle
C. R. Curtis
Methodist Church
Middletown
John Gilbert
George Gilbert
Selina
Staunton
Carson Pangle
Faye
Warrenton
Harold Walters
Martinsburg
Pangle
Isaac N
Catherine Pangle
County
Nettie V. Pangle
Harry Rickard
Paul
Bernard Pangle
Marvin Pangle
Stephens City
Thomas Fisher
Stras
Stalin Reported Leading Defense of Stalingrad Front
A Stockholm dispatch via Reuters says an Ankara source reports Stalin left Moscow to direct the defense of Stalingrad. The claim notes Stalin would oversee operations from theVolga bend as German forces push south, with the Russian general staff in the city and central Asiatic army reinforcements nearby. No confirmation was provided.
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London
Reuters
Stockholm
Ankara
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Stalingrad
Stalin
Volga
Russia
Central Asiatic Army
Dial 3424 For Your Socials
By dialing 3424 you may let your friends know when you entertain have guests are going away or have returned home. The Star will be glad to Publish all such matters on this page.
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The
Star
Hospital Board Weighs Post War Building Plans
The State Hospital Board meets in Richmond to decide steps for a post war construction program and to assess smaller projects, including repairing the amusement hall at Eastern State Hospital. A $5,000 appropriation was made for that repair. The meeting follows government reorganization shifting hospital leadership under the governor.
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Richmond
State Hospital Board
Eastern State Hospital
Williamzyburg
General Assembly
Hospital Board
Darden
H. C. Henry
Commissioner of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals
Fingerprinting Training Planned By Civilian Defense
Mrs. Abney Payne announces daily fingerprinting lessons next week at the Office of Civilian Defense. A trained teacher will instruct staff assistants and corps members urgency cited for future duties. Members urged to attend during their usual appointments to learn this essential skill.
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Abney Payne
Red Cross
War Sparks Record Weddings Across the Nation
The census bureau reports 1,769,000 marriages last year, about 12.6 per 1000 population, up 7.3 percent from 1940 and 22.1 percent from 1939. The surge followed the 1940 Selective Service Act and Pearl Harbor, echoing earlier postwar peaks in 1920 after World War I.
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Washington
America
Census Bureau
I Do
Pearl Harbor
France
Late News Timetable From The STAR Dispatch
The STAR notes press time differences with 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin and 11 P M in Rome marking the late news window for international editions. Readiness at 9 10 11 P M local times signals update cycles across zones.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Virginia Debates War Insurance for State Properties
Governor Darden said Virginia would likely not pursue war risk insurance for state owned property after a committee estimated annual costs near 95 000 dollars. Hospitals colleges and bridges valued at 26 582 475 would incur about 39 874 dollars yearly. school buildings valued at 21 688 689 would cost around 55 000 dollars. The plan favored self insurance over underwriters, noting sabotage not covered.
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Richmond
Darden
George A. Bowles
Virginia
Pulaski
Montsomery
Point of Rocks
Lawrenceville
North Carolina
Bowles
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