Garber Moyer Engagement Announced in Society Note
Miss Evelyn Irene Garber daughter of Mr and Mrs George T Garber of 208 Greenwalt avenue and Pfc George Raymond Moyer of Perkasie Pennsylvania announced engagement He has served three and a half years in the Army including overseas in Europe and is now at the P O W Camp Mrs Moyer and Mr Moyer are from St Clair Shores Michigan Garber is Handley High School graduate class of 1941 and works as a secretary to O L Jareison of Aetna Life No date set for the wedding
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Irene Garber
George T. Garber
Greenwalt Avenue
Garber
George Raymond Moyer
Perkasie
Pennsylvania
Pfc
Moyer
George L. Moyer
Titus Barthlolmew
St. Clair Shores
Mich
P. O. W. Cartnp
Handley High School
O. L. Jareison
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Patricia Capper to Wed This Afternoon
This afternoon at five thirty at Braddock Street Methodist Church Miss Patricia Belle Capper of 17 E Leicester Street will become the bride of Cpl. John W. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Patricia Belle Capper
Leicester Street
Cpl
John W. Smith
Local social notes and military citation from Berryville
Community guests mingle with residents as the week brings visits from Nancy Drinkwater and Nancy Stevens to Washington and Berryville. Blood Donor Clinic plans advance with Captain Edmunds on 20 day leave. wartime plasma needs rise with Pacific conflicts and wounded servicemen. Sergeant Jack Martin of Berryville earns a Presidential Citation for action on Hill 314 during Mortain, France in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph N. Dorsey
Clarke County
The
Red Cross
Berryville
216
120Th Infantry
Mortain
France
Jack Martin
Martin
Virginia National Guard
Miss Joyce Davis Heads to Washington and Baltimore
Miss Joyce Davis leaves for Washington to visit Mrs. Hampton S. Diggs and former Miss Dorothy J. Kackley of Berryville. They will travel to Baltimore to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Birmingham, the latter being Carroll Castleman formerly of Berryville. District Deputy Ruth Bucker and staff install officers including Mrs. Bessie Miller and Mrs. Lottie Patton. Rebekah Night set for Tuesday July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Davis
Washington, D. C
Hampton S. Diggs
Dorothy J. Kackley
Berryville
Baltimore, Md
Charlie Birmingham
Ruth Bucker
Bessie Miller
Nellie Mason
Carrie Ca Noble Grand
Lottie Patton
Elizabeth Green
Elsie McCormick
Cora Robertson
Noble Grand
Gussie Dyke
Gertie Fuller
Leslie Carper
Edgar Mason
Virginia Brumback
Lillie Jones
Rebekah
Berryville Social Roundup Of Local Visitors And Travel
Mrs Creed Davis returns to Richmond after Berryville visit with Dr Harris and daughters Virginia Leigh and Brooke Gwathmey Harris. Dick Price leaves Tuesday for Charlottesville for treatment at University of Virginia Hospital. Seaman Blake Denny on 30 day Pacific theatre leave with family in Berryville. Ernest L Woodworth hosts visitors Rena Norton Mary Custer Mireille Cordell Martha Hester now home in Washington DC. Col Joel D Griffing Selective Service director to spend weekend in Berryville. Mrs W E Shaffer to return to Berryville after Richmond visit with Mr Shaffer. Henry Reynolds of Washington DC to spend weekend in Berryville with family guest of David and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Bond
Mrs. Allen Bond
Biddeston
Apple Pie Ridge
Miss Bond
Marjory Webster Day Camp
Washington
Creed Davis
Richmond
Berryville
H. B. Harris
Virginia Leigh Harris
Brooke Gwathmey Harris
Dick Price
Tueqiay
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Seaman Blake Denny
Ernest L. Woodworth
Rena Norton
Mary Custer
Mireille Cordell
Martha Hester
Washington, D. C
Joel D. Griffing
Selective Service
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Henry Reynolds
Washington, D.C
David
Police Kill Rabid Dog on Washington Street
Officers Borden and Wise Carver killed a dog on Washington Street after a resident complaint. The animal showed rabies signs, was unlicensed, and roamed the street. The owner could not be identified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Borden
Wisecarver
Police Court Dispositions At Morning Session
Judge John Rice presided as Lotty Foster of 123 E Germain Street was fined five dollars and costs for drunk and disorderly conduct. Laura Dinges of 123 E Germain and Ralph L Cummin of Hillsboro Virginia faced similar charges with Cummin fined nine dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Court
John Rice
Lotty Foster
E. Germain Street
Laura Dinges
Ralph L. Cummin
Hillsboro
Miami Navy ship marks first year in Pacific combat
On USS Miami a light cruiser in the Western Pacific under Boatswain's Mate Second Class C I Wright of 602 South Cameron Street, the ship has downed five Japanese planes unassisted, sunk two cruisers and bombarded shore targets in its first year of combat. From Pearl Harbor to Leyte Gulf and Iwo Jima operations, the Miami supported carrier strikes, rescued sailors and participated in major battles across the Pacific theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Miami
Western Pacific
C. I. Wright
Cameron Street
Pacific
Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Rota
Bonin Islands
Miami
Formosa
South China Coast
Hainan
Hong Kong
Balitang Channel
Luzon Straits
Tokyo
Chichi Jima
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Chinese Combat Command head is Stanford alum Captain Driggs
Captain Edwin O Driggs 37 of Oakland California serves as Commandant of the School for Chinese Signal Battalions under the Chinese Combat Command in China. He graduated from Stanford in 1930 where he led the water polo team and belonged to Alpha Tau Omega. He worked for East Bay Municipal Utility District and station WINC before his 1942 army entry. His wife resides in Berkeley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinese Combat Command
U.S. Army
Edwin O. Driggs
Edwin L. Driggs
Burk Street
Oakland
Calif
Driggs
Stanford University
Alpha Tau Omega
Army
East Bay Municipal Ut
Station Winc
Durant Avenue
Berkley
Command and General Staff School
Leavenworth
Kans
University of California
China
CCC
R. B. McClure
Palo Alto
Ho Yimg-chin
Japan
New
Stillwell Road
Navy Yeeman training graduate Raymond Hook listed
Among those graduating from the intensive Yeeman training at the Great Lakes Training Station Raymond A. Hook 18 son of Mr and Mrs Courtney G Hook Sr 31 West Cork Winchester is prepared for a specialized Navy job in the long Pacific war ahead and for skilled industrial work when peace comes Graduates from the ten courses are put to sea shore stations or to advanced schools for further training
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeeman
Great Lakes
Raymond A. Hook
Courtney G. Hook
West Cork Street
Winchester
Farm machinery origins rooted in United States innovation
The passage notes that the majority of pivotal farming equipment transforming global agriculture began in the United States, underscoring American contributions to modern farming technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
United States
Memorial Services At Pleasant Grove
The annual memorial services in memory of the Old Pleasant School will be held at Pleasant Grove Sunday July 29 beginning at 2 o'clock. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Pleasant School
Pleasant Grove
Funeral Sunday for Edward I Barrett
Funeral services for Edward I Barrett son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Barrett near Boyce will be Sunday at 2 30 pm from John H Enders Funeral Home with Rev R K McDonald of Berryville Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville pallbearers include Charles Barrett Douglas Barrett Julian Williams Horace Smallwood George Greenwalt and Carl Lee. He died Wednesday evening at 9 o clock at Colony Hospital Colony Virginia after a 22 month stay as patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward I. Barrett
Arnold Barrett
Near Boyce
John H. Enders
R. K. McDonald
Berryville Presbyterian Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Charles Barrett
Douglas Barrett
Julian Williams
Horace Smallwood
George Greenwalt
Carl Lee
Young Barrett
Bible School Closes at John Mann Church After Two Weeks
Union Vacation Bible School at John Mann Methodist Church concluded with a commencement program last Friday night. organizers praise the event and plan for a larger session next year. Staff included Rev E H Jackson Rev A T Gaskins Pocahontas Cartwright Estelle Mitchel and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Vacation Bible School
John Mann Methodist Church
E. H. Jackson
A. T. Gaskins
Pocahontas
J. Cartwright
Estelle Mitchel
Marcia Taper
Hazel Bass
Mammie Wright
Emma Parks Robinson
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Society
Garber-Moyer
Evelyn Irene Moye
Patricia Capper
Casilear
City
George W. Casilear
George Washington Casilear III
California
J. H. Henry
Mrs. Dunn
Eugene Dunn
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Ada M. Wagner
Newport News
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Will Brumback
Middletown
William Hohannes
C. W. Hohannes
S. Washington Street
Capt. Hohannnes
Pacific Theater
Rinker
Rouss Spring Park
Casper Rinker III
Allen and
Glen Allen
John B. Neill
Bayard Stevens
Wweek
Stevens
Miss Nancy Stevens
Nancy Drinkwater
Miss Stevens
Miss Drinkwater
Arthur Edmunds
Maryland
Edmunds
Gilbert Longerbeam
McKinney
Capt. Edmunds
Captain Edmunds
Camp Butner
N. Car
Helen E. Ford
Riverside
Charles Enders
New England
Canada
West
F. L. Ayler
Frank McComb
Bluemont
Oscar M. Cave
A and P
Mr. Cave
Ohio
Edward Sweeney
Garland Williams
Rosemont Circle
James Tyson Dortch
Mt. Hebron
Theodore Dorch
Oklahoma City
Okla
Clarke
Josh Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes
Longview
Nancy Davis
Nancy Jane Wolfe
Baltimore
Rebakah Lodge
Sybella Crisman
Department of Agriculture
Ulness
Irvin Carper
Front Royal
C. E. Thompson
Miss North
Betty North
William Hunt
Betty and
Jack Hunt
Pikesville, Md
Cara Nome
Brooks’ Pharmacy
OPA
Juntsberry Fashion
Roya
Edward Thoma
Mary Margaret Thoma
Mrs. Thoma
Mrs. Richards
W. E. Shaffer
Mr. Shaffer
Gaunt’s Drug Store
Uss
Pansy Clark
Glenn Whitacre
Frederick County
Rando C. Roe
Whitacre
Cpl. Roe
Cpl Roe
Donald Hildebrand
Paris Island
S. C
U. S. Marine Corps
E. D. Hildebrand
Gray Avenue
Hildebrand
Star Ofice
Lovett Brothers
Dodge
Lincoln
Ford
Pine Motor Co
Edward Barrett
John Mann Church
Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
D. C
Haldeman
W. Boscawen Sr
Motion Picture
Brown
guneArden
Loudoun ST
Loudoun Street
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Winchester, Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Reddy
Aera
Cather and Moling
Timberlake
Dia
Madam Delia
Madame Delia
Pullman Trailer
Martinsburg Pike
Daily Crossword
Coin
Peru
Dov
Ireland
Caresse
Verbal
Rabbit F
Swiftly
Collier
Thickel
Profoun
Heather Deities
Rome
Egypt
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