Socials and Personalities Gather in Winchester Buzz
Mrs H C deGrange Mrs H B MacCormac and Mrs Robert Conrad drove to Warrenton on Friday. They attended the regional meeting of the Women s Division of the War Finance Committee at the Warren Green Hotel. Mrs MacCormac with Mrs Emer y of Warrenton inspected the Camp Hospital Day room at Vint Hill. The room will be furnished by gifts from Winchester via the Camp and Hospital Council. The Day Room is in use and work is underway with curtains chairs and a repurposed Chesterfield. Plans include staining walls and bright chair and sofa coverings to honor soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. deGrange
H. B. MacCormac
Robert Conrad
Warrenton
Winchester
Camp and Hospital Council
Monk
Jennie Lillis
Lillis
Leesburg Man Marries New York Bride at Christ Church
Mr John Janney of Leesburg wed Miss Alice O Reilly of New York at Christ Church in New York City at noon on July 7. The bride’s sister attended. After breakfast the couple left for Pioche Nevada. Janney, son of the late Charles P Janney of Leesburg, is a VMI and UVA Law School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Janney
New York
Alice O’reilly
Leesburg
Alice O'Reilly
Christ Church
New York City
Janney
Charles P. Janney
Winchester
Virginia Military Institute
Law School
University of Virginia
Ever Ready And Woman's Bible Classes Picnic
The Ever Ready and Woman's Bible Classes of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church held a picnic last night. They met at Colonial Kitchen at 5:30 and rode in the wagon of Mr. Arthur Ritters drawn by horses of Mr. Amos Shryock, to Handley School grounds for a supper. Guests included Rev Ronald Wilson and wife and daughter Mary Carrington, and Rev Eppard and wife, pastor of Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Colonial Kitchen
Arthur Ritters
Amos Shryock
Heywood Washington
Handley
Ronald Wilson
Mary Carrington
Eppard
Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Hospital News notes local patients and visitors
Mr M K Sandy of Stephens City is a patient in Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Pancoast’s condition improved at the same hospital. Mr Lee Massey, injured at work, was sent home in satisfactory condition. Mr C I Brumback of Stephens City slowly improves after surgery. Miss Sandra Gene Whitacre of Glaize Avenue underwent a tonsillectomy at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Carroll Smith left the hospital after back injuries from a fall at the Virginia Woolen Mill. Mrs Robert Kennedy of Columbia DC visits sister Miss Carrie Hunter at Gray Gables. Mrs B B Dutton Mrs Lewis Allen and Mr Douglas Allen plan a ten day trip to Cape May NJ. Mr and Mrs Eugene McDonald announce a baby girl born at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs McDonald formerly Ruby Orndorff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Massey
Virginia Woolen Mill
Winchester Memorial Hospital
East James Street
Brumback
C. I. Brumback
Stephens City
Sandra Gene Whitacre
Glaize Avenue
Carroll Smith
Robert Kennedy
J. Hunter
Columbia, D. C
Carrie Hunter
Gray Gables
South Washington Street
McDonald
Eugene McDonald
Frederick County
Winchester Memorial
Ruby Orndorff
Births and notices from Winchester Memorial area
Mr and Mrs James F Luxford of Arlington Virginia welcome a daughter born this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Irene Strode of Clarke county is her grandmother. Loring Kenneth Himelright a Citadel lieutenant and Duke graduate held civil engineering roles at the Charleston Navy Yard since 1940. He belongs to several honor societies and enjoys reading carpentry and walking. Other items mention patients at Memorial Hospital and local engineers visiting families or on business in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Luxford
Arlington, Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Luxford
Irene Strode
Jacob Strode
Clarke County
Loring Kenneth Himelright
C. H. Himelright
Miller Avenue
Winchester
Citadel
Military College of
South Carolina
Moorefield
W. Va
St. Himelright
John Handley High School
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Himelright
Charleston Navy Yard
American Society of Civil Engineers
Hintebright
Phi Eta Sigma
Pi Mu Epsilon
R. Clinton DeWitt, Jr
R. C. DeWitt
Valley Pike
J.T. Kremer
Jefferson Street
DeWitt
Society of American Military Engineers
North Carolina Society of Engineers
U.S
Social Notes From Winchester Area Residents
Mesdames Hay and Benchoff of Woodstock spent Thursday in Winchester on business. Mrs. Louis Wender returned home after a stay in New York at the St. Regis. Mrs. Stickley went back to Vaucluse after summer school at Madison College Harrisonburg. Mrs. Painter of near Strasburg visiting her mother Mrs. A L Martin at Bartonville. Mrs. Trenary visited her parents in Upperville. Miss Agnes Kennedy, recently in Winchester, moved on to Boyce Virginia for several weeks. Pvt George Craig Jr Miss Jayne Myers and Bill Jones spent Thursday in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Hay
Benchoff
Mesdames B. K. Hay
H. J. Benchoff
Woodstock
Winchester
Louis Wender
North Stewart Street
New York
St. Regis
Painter Guest
A. L. Martin
Kenneth Painter
Strasburg
Bartonville
Trenary
Upperville
Maurice Trenary
George Smallwood
George Craig, Jr
Jayne Myers
Bill Jones
Washington
Red Cross Overseas Expands Clubmobile and Support Services
The Red Cross reports 87 overseas Clubmobile workers largely in Britain and Africa, including Miss Jane Carey Randolph of Clarke County. Clubmobiles deliver coffee, doughnuts, movies and reading material to servicemen, free of charge, with Aeroclubs at remote air bases aiding Air Force personnel. Rest Homes in North Africa, run by the Air Force with Red Cross directresses and girls, are expanding alongside cinema and travel services to boost morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Great Britain
Africa
Jane Carey Randolph
Clarke County
Air Force
North Africa
Brother of Lenin Dies At Gorki
Moscow report says Dmitry Ulianov, Lenin's younger brother, aged about 70, died at Gorki after a long illness. The central committee announced the body would lie in state tonight in the state building before Lenin's tomb on Red Square, where the public would be admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Central Committee
The
Communist Party
Dmitry Ulianov
Nikolai Lenin
Gorki
Lenin
Red Square
Ulianov
Park To Play Remount Sunday at the Park
Sunday is Ladies Day as the Park hosts Front Royal Remount Station. Batteries Mathais and Reed for the Remount. Hill on mound and Keller catching for the locals. First pitch at 3 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal Remount
Mathais and
Reed
Hill
Pitch
Keller
Lee Massey Home Recuperating After Mill Accident
Lee Massey who was injured in an accident at the Virginia Woolen mill on June 24 has returned home from Memorial hospital where he received treatment. It will be several months before he can return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Massey
Virginia
Memorial Hospital
Court Docket Brief From Trial Justice Sessions
Edward Thomas Bolton of Alexandria Virginia faces speeding charges with $15 and costs. Wesley Hayward Pitcock Route 3 city pleads guilty to reckless driving with $25 and costs. Thomas K Mattison Washington District of Columbia is cited for reckless driving with $10 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Edward Thomas Bolton
Alexandria
Wesley Hayward Pitcock
Thomas K. Mattison
Washington, D. A
Baltimore Market Quotation Report on Livestock and Crops
Baltimore market notes show steady cattle demand with varied steers and cows, calves and hogs traded across weight groups. Chicago figures indicate a broad drop in fed steers and heifers, with lower cattle prices and mixed results for cows, bulls, and lambs across major centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Union Stockyard Co
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Local wholesale market listings and prices
The Star presents daily market prices for flour bags of various weights, patent brands, and feed items. It shows rates for broilers, roosters, calves, lambs, hogs, and dairy products, with several entries containing illegible or garbled OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Stock Market Report Faces Mixed Day With Small Volume
New York July 17 The market shows continued buying to support the session but profit taking keeps many leaders lower. Transfers run about 400 000 shares in two hours, utilities respond to improving forecasts, North American may hit a new 1943 top, and several names advance including American Telephone Public Service of New Jersey Santa Fe Chesapeake & Ohio New Haven U S Steel and General Electric. Laggers include Chrysler Southern Pacific Anaconda Westinghouse Sperry and Northern Pacific. Steel production outlook supports the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North American
American Telephone
Public Service of
N. J
Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
New Haven
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Yellow Truck
J. I. Case
Phelps Dodge
American Smelting
Loew’s
U. S. Gypsum
General Electric
Standard Oil
Chrysler
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Anaconda
Goddrich
Westinghouse
U. S. Rubber
International Harvseter
Douglas Aircraft
Sperry
Northern Pacific
Gas Association Warns of Winter Gas Shortages Across Regions
The American Gas Association warned that critical areas nationwide could face cooking and heating gas shortages next winter unless consumers conserve. It cites shortages in western New York southern California Missouri Illinois Indiana Michigan Kansas City to Minneapolis region for natural gas and coal or oil gas elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
The
American Gas Association
Aga
New York
California
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas
Missouri Valley
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Atlantic Coast States
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Seattle
Boston
Rochester
N. Y
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Court fines and sentences in Civil & Police cases
Judge Rice heard Civil and Police Magistrates Court cases including Earl Arndt of the city fined five dollars plus costs for disorderly conduct. Holmes Seabright of the city received six months plus costs for disorderly conduct. Wilmer Nail of R. F. D. No. 3 city locality charged with drunkenness was fined five dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Civil & Police Magistrates’ Court
Earl Arndt
City
Holmes Seabright
Wilmer Nail
Girl Committed After Fortune Teller Verdict
A 11 year old girl was declared insane after a gypsy fortune teller warned she would lose her mind unless paying five dollars for the fortune. Judge Raymond T. Coughlin ordered Evelyn Santistevan committed to Stockton State Hospital. Annie Guy and others are jailed on fortune telling charges under a city ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacremento
Calif
Raymond T. Coughlin
Coughlin
Evelyn Santistevan
Stockton State Hospital
Annie Guy
Italians Waited Three Weeks
An Allied force communications post in North Africa reports a Sicily captured Italian train rolling through the tableland. A U S soldier in a jeep heckles the men who answer in fluent English that they had been packed and waiting three weeks, asking where the American was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Sicily
Plans of Allies Visit Rome
Allied planes flew over Rome last night dropping leaflets likely containing the Churchill Roosevelt proclamation demanding Italian capitulation. The Rome radio went off air suddenly, suggesting an air raid alarm was sounded during the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rome
Poultry Culling Demonstrations Planned in Frederick Area
Poultry culling demonstrations will be held in Frederick with events Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the farm of Mrs. C. O. Watson and 2 p.m. at Mrs. H. Hershman. On Wednesday sessions start at 10 a.m. at Mrs. A. W. Wright’s Wellto Pike and 2 p.m. at M. Pease’s Bridge, W. Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
C. O. Watson
Stephens
H. Hershman
Star Tannery
A. W. Wright
Wellto Pike
M. Pease
Bridge
W. Va
Allied Units Listed in Sicily Invasion Force
Allied headquarters report American units in Sicily include the First Infantry Division under Maj. Terry Allen the Third Infantry Division under Maj. Gen Lu Troops Truscott the 45th Infantry Division under Maj. Gen. Gaffey and the 82nd Airborne Division under Maj. Gen Matthew Ridgway ready for operations in North Africa July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
Terry Allen
Lu Truscott
45Th Infantryvision
Gaffey
82Nd
Mathew Ridgway
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Conrad
Wilbur Lee Reed
Robert Reed
Glaizeave
Clara Gene
Reeds
Lucy Coombs
Roy Dellinger
Anna
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Robert Peyton
Evelyn
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Garnett Hershman
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Dolly Hermanson
Betty
Milton Hutzler
Lester Anderson
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Harry Deevers
Gilbert Line
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Herbert Williamson
Elsie Creamer
Ann
Evinne
Betty Lee Myers
Hilda
Madeline
Fay
Zella
Donald
Little Garden Club
John Minnegerode
Victory Gardens
Margaret Flickinger
Woodmen Circle
Rose Grove No. 38
Golden Glow Tea Room
Henrietta Snider
Richmond
Home
Sherman
Tex
Grove
Miss Netherton
Miss Adelaide Netherton
Macedonia Church
Sgt
Lawrence Bell
Mrs. Bell
E. C. Stuart, Jr
Capt
Walter Reed
Justice Grebe
Philadelphia, Pa
Bill Hendrie
West Cecil Street
G. W. Hohannes
Berkeley Springs
Mrs. Mitchell
Hamilton Perrine
Nancy Coble
Boscawen Street
John and
Rumsey Michael
Hillsboro
Mrs. L. E. Mandy
Garland Dorsey
Glen Jackson
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Dorseys
O. J. Dorsey
Hospital News
M. K. Sandy
Cape May
B. B. Dutton
Lewis Allen
Douglas Allen
TRE Food Center
Loudoun St
Brooks’ Pharmacy Service
Mrs. Luxford
Robert J. Pancoast
Zoe Lemley
D. C
Alice K. Lemley
Mrs. Davies
Mrs
Burt Powell Harrison
Insurance
Prescription
Gaunt’s
DIAL
Huntsberry
Agnes Kennedy
Boyce
the Red Cross Overseas
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Stock Market Report
Civil & Police Court
Pine Motor Co
Lloyd Douglas
Saroyan
Gideon Planish
Sinclair Lewis
James Hilton
Capricornia
Xavier Herbert
Dr. Wassell
Wendell Wilkie
Harry E. Fosdick
Eve Curie
Rd Tregaskis
Planes of Allies
Evening Star
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Timberlake
Scranton
Ecru
Moling & Cather
Service Department
Roddy Kilowatt
Northern Virginia Power CO
Daily Crossword
Aceos
Garret
Animal's Foot
Confede General
Sleevele Garmen
Ascend
Branch € Biol
Center
Guido
Craggy Hill
Flame
Rascal
Chieftain
Fabric
Taut
Threefold
Snares
Ord
Ig Laip
ILM
AME
Wioiri
INTEL
Wee
Andy LA
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