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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1942

Page

6

Watkins Receives Silver Tray From Hunt Club Honor

William Bell Watkins, long time Man of the Fox Hounds for the Blue Hunt Club in Clarke County, was guest of honor at a Sunday party. He received a silver tray engraved with the enamel of 75 members who followed him. Additional trays were given to Mrs. William Beverley Mrs. Winslow Sommaripa and Mrs. Percy D. Randolph for the non hunting wives of members. Guest included Mr. A MacKay Smith newly elected M F H.

William Bell Watkins Blue 7 Hunt Club Clarke County William Beverley Winslow Sommaripa Percy D. Randolph A. MacKay Smith

Luke Williams Dies In Clarke

Luke B. Williams age 24 died at his Millwood home about midnight Saturday. He was the son of the late Rev. Allen Williams and Evelyn Carter Williams and is survived by his mother and several brothers and sisters including George A. Williams Madison New Jersey Alice R Banks Millwood H B Williams Orange New Jersey David T Williams Mary S Williams and Hattie G Williams all of Millwood The funeral is set for Wednesday at 3 30 P M with Rev James Baylor presiding. Burial will be at Little Chapel.

Luke B. Williams Millwood Allen Williams Evelyn Carter Williams George A. Williams Madison N. J Alice R. Banks H. B. Williams Orange David T. Williams Mary S. Williams Hattie G. Williams James Baylor Nea Little Chap

Local Markets Reach Accurate daily report

The Star presents a daily markets overview noting accuracy in current prices while disclaiming no responsibility for typographical errors. Experts advise checking official sources for final figures and transactions.

The Star

Local Wholesale Market Flour Prices and Livestock Rates

A dense listing of flour prices for patent and short patent brands in 12 to 98 pound bags, dairy and mixed feeds, corn meal, middlings, and a range of livestock prices for cows, steers, bulls, calves, lambs, hogs, and poultry. The document includes a brief recipe note on serving bananas and another query about banana preparation.

Generis Cao Cowes Sivscacey Csccessess Ees Creamery

Handley High School Class of 1937 Banquet Held in City Hotel

About 47 alumni and guests attended the Handley High School 1937 class reunion banquet at the Hotel Jack Coffee Shop on West Piccadilly Street. The program featured as, prize awards for the longest married couple and most children, a vital statistics paper, and Auld Lang Syne. Out of town attendees included Miss Mary Scully, Gordon Thomas, Ed McKenna, and Corp. John Hottel among others.

Handley High School Hotel Jack West Piccadilly Street Dorothy Larrick Charles Lillis Ella Rudolph Mary Jane Jolliffe Mary Scully Joseph Ritter Garland Quarles Ray Gerra~brandt E. P. Browning John Ramey Ritter Ray Garrabrandt Browning Miss Scully Charlottesville William Schenck

Capon Bridge Couple Wed In Leesburg Lumber Family

The Rev. S. J. Goode officiated Saturday at 4 PM as Miss Dorothy Hiett of Capon Bridge wed Mr. Raymond Davey of Loudoun County. Mrs. Davey wore dusty rose crepe and white gardenias. Attendants Miss Mary Ramsburg and Adrian Morrison of Capon Bridge. Bride a Capon Bridge High School graduate who attended Winchester Business College. The couple will reside in Leesburg where Davey works in lumber.

S. J. Goode Dorothy Hiett Harry B Hiett Capon Bridge Raymond Davey Charles E. Davey Loudoun County Capon Bridge High School Winchester Business College Leesburg Davey

Wedding Bells and Local Gatherings Dot Winchester Scene

Miss Jessie Fanning weds James Thompson in Hagerstown as families from Winchester celebrate. Several social events unfold with picnics at Dickey Ridge, birthday party for Mr. Snapp, and visits by guests from Washington, featuring local residents and neighbors at Ridgewood Orchard and Front Royal road gatherings.

Charles Massey Ridgewood Orchard J. G Wendell Gray Alan Burnham Washington

Lieut Gaunt Engaged To Wed Richmond Girl

Mr and Mrs Albert Ross Morris Sr of Richmond announce the engagement of their daughter Phyllis Jeanette to Lieut Wilbur Martin Gaunt Jr son of Mr and Mrs W M Gaunt of Berryville The wedding is planned for early fall Gaunt is a 1939 Virginia Tech graduate and is stationed at Camp Lee in Virginia.

Berryville Albert Ross Morris, Sr Richmond Phyllis Jeanette Wilbur Martin Gaunt, Jr W. M. Gaunt Lieut Gaunt Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Camp Lee

Social notes from Berryville and surrounding towns

A lengthy social news roundup lists residents and visitors from Berryville and nearby towns. Names include Cecil Barr, Roy Carlisle, Percy Sheetz, C H Grim Jr of Asbury Park, Beverley Jakimier arriving from National Avenue, and the Ebersoles visiting their Virginia and Maryland relatives.

Survivors report Italian commanded attack in Southern Atlantic

Four British crewmen say a new Italian armed submarine with German commander sank their small merchant ship on May 11 in daylight after giving crew 30 minutes to abandon ship. The sub, with Italian crew and English speaking deck crew, fired 24 shells and took photos from the lifeboats before remaining surfaced for two hours. Nine are unaccounted. 14 survivors reached an Atlantic island after 12 days at sea. The ship’s four mates later reached the United States aboard a transport.

Atlantic United States U.S. Navy T. G. Spiedling Jack Bunting W. H. Vincent W. H

Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures From Washington

Treasury daily status shows receipts of 25 million 297 thousand 680 dollars and 98 cents, expenditures 150 million 658 thousand 377 dollars and 22 cents, total debt 80 billion 599 million 87 thousand 531 dollars and 94 cents, increase over prior day 46 million 149 thousand 931 dollars and 04 cents.

Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices Fade

Grain prices eased in early trading as anti inflation uncertainty weighed. Wheat futures moved to July 1.15 3-8 and Sept 1.17 5-8 to 7-8 while Dec edged to 1.21 1-4. Corn futures showed July at 87 1-2 with other months higher. Oats and rye also drifted lower across contracts.

Chicago

W S C S Talk by Miss Kern at Market Street Church

The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Market Street Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at 8 o'clock. Miss Mary Katherine Kern will discuss the Activities of the W S C S. Production Room Not Open Tuesday. The Red Cross Production Room will not be opened on Tuesday.

Woman's Society of Christian Service Market Street Methodist Church Mary Katherine Kern Red Cross

Calendar of Monday and Tuesday Club Meetings

Monday at 8:00 p m weekly I O O F meeting at their hall and motor corps gathering with Miss Mary Warden Boyd on Fairmont avenue. Tuesday at 12 30 p m Lions Club weekly luncheon.

Motor Corps Mary Warden Boyd Fairmont Avenue Lions Club

Beauty in Arched Eyebrows

The article praises varied eyebrow designs and warns against overplucking. It notes eyebrows shape facial expression, functions as dust barrier and sweat guard, and offers styling tips including brushing upward at the inner end and downward at the outer end. It also mentions dyeing light growth and cautions against too-strong lower-edge plucking.

Storage tips for surplus garden products in wartime

Question and answer column explains storing vegetables like potatoes cabbage and squash in cellars or other structures with good ventilation and controlled temperature. Dried foods can be kept in attic or near the furnace. Brined vegetables store in stone jars or kegs. A government booklet is available for five cents. For clothing shortages it states there will be enough clothing with adjustments to materials and styles and no major civilian shortage.

Washington, D. C

Stocks Largely Hold Steady Amid Mixed Trading

New York stocks largely held balanced in a listless session with fractional gains and losses. U S Steel N Y Central Santa Fe Consolidated Edison Chrysler GM Texas Co Standard Oil Boeing and U S Rubber drew intermittent buying while Bethlehem Dow Chemical American Telephone Kennecott and Montgomery Ward faded.

New York Russia U. S. Steel N. Y. Central Santa Fe Consolidated Edison Chrysler General Motors Texas Co Standard Oil N. J Boeing U. S. Rubber Continental Motors Bethlehem Dow Chemical Ameican Telephone Kennecott Montgomery Ward

Baltimore Produce and Livestock Markets Report

Baltimore markets record July 20 with USDA quotes on produce apples and various poultry prices. Cattle calves hogs and sheep trading steady to higher in major cities including Chicago and Pittsburgh with notable top prices for select steers and good to choice hogs.

Baltimore U. S Williams Ae Duchess Baltimore Livestock US Dept Chicago Livestock Chicago Pittsburgh Livestock Pittsburgh Dept. Agri

Oily Bu Biblical Name Pack Away Card Game

The clues refer to a puzzle style fill in where oily becomes lubricate or slick and biblical name such as Paul or Mary appears. Pack away indicates store and the area around the th hints at the word theater. A game at cards points to a whist or poker variant matching the set.

Also Mentioned on This Page

W. B. Watkins Hunt Club Luke Williams Clarke Brooks’ Pharmacy Service Huntsberry Walier’s Handley School J. B. Cather Clarence Schenck P. G. Ireland A. C. Halvosa Robert Gaines Weems Jessie Fanning James Thompson Myrss G. A. Fanning A. W. Thompson Hagerstown Scott Wagner Reformed Church Winchester Sharp Street Dickey Ridge Abney Payne Nelson Page Lewis Hyde Allen Richardson Hunter McGuire J. A. Massie J. Heber Flood Lee Riggs Julian Lindsey John Snapp Roy Lee Roy Lees Front Royal Road William Carlisle S. G. Newcome William Strickier Joan A. B. Lee Eleanor Lee Winifred Knight Albert Lee Davis Cleaners N. Braddock St Sonia Lovett Brothers Cecil Barr Stanley Roy Carlisle Benny Percy Sheetz Frank Carlisle Charles H. Grim, Sr West Germain Street C. H. Grim, Jr Asbury Park Beverley Jakimier National Avenue Arriv Norfolk Theodore Jakimier Raymond Ebersole Maryland Dry Dock Company Bruce Nelson University of Virginia Robert Nelson Gordette Schenck Valley Avenue South Orange William Kelly Ed McKenna Red Bank Georgetown University Dental School Lillie Barman Elsie Dillon Ruby Green Villa Boyce Rebecca Frye Angers Store W. Va Fort Jackson S. C Pvt Gilbert Tillison Chalmer Strain Dick, Barbara Donald Poughkeepsie, N. Y J. A. Richard South Stewart Street Irvan O’connell Virginia G. F. Kershner Towson Bryan Minnigerode South Washington Street Jimmy McCurdy Betsy Nelson Charles Town Treasury the Food Center Leudoun Bell Bell Clothes Stores Front Royal Underwood Aes Underwood’s Bakery Loudoun St Beauty In Helen Pollett Brenda Joyce Ompany N. Loudoun 8&T Stock Market Report Miller Bros E. Piccadilly St Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Moling & Cather Valley Pride United Food Stores Daily Crossword Hautboy Region Scotland Sitia
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