Engagements and Local News In Winchester Area
Local society notes report engagements and marriages including Ruth Solenberger and Fred Ores son. Ethyl May Kerns to Melvin H. Householder wed in Cumberland Maryland. Also includes club meetings, travel notices, and social events around Winchester Berryville and Gore during July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Householder-Kerns
Albert Kerns
Hayfield
Ethyl May Kerns
Melvin H. Householder
Blair Householder
Gore
Cumberland
A. K. Flora
Owens Home and Contents Burn in Clarke County Fire
The one story frame home of George Owens in Chilly Hollow Clarke County burned at 11 45 this morning destroying the house and all contents. Mrs Owens found the blaze upon returning home and the John H Enders Fire Company arrived too late. No insurance covered the loss. The Owenses recently learned their son Pvt George R Owens was wounded in France June 14 and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Owens
Chilly Hollow
Clarke County
Owens
Crate Hall
John H. Enders Fire Company
Pvt
George R. Owens
France
Red Cross
Pvt. Owens
Purge of Nazi Opponents Continues Across Fronts
Reports from London describe Heinrich Himmler’s Gestapo pursuing a major purge to quell internal resistance to Hitler. Churchill warned of grave signs of weakness as arrests spread to Germany France and possibly Italy. German front morale remained unsettled while leaders like Beck remained rare targets and Goebbels stayed silent.
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Hitler
Germany
High Committee
Col
Ludwig Beck
Himmler
Thefuehrer
Gestapo
London
Heinrich Himmler
Churchill
France
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Eastern Front
Albert Kesselring
Johannes Blaskowitz
Bordeaux
Blaskowitz
Britain
Normandy Front
Berlin
Frederick County Waste Paper Drive Collects Saturday
The 4-H clubs and home demonstration group in Frederick County announce a paper salvage campaign to aid the armed forces. Collections occur Saturday July 29 at multiple stations including Star Tannery Post Office and Mt Williams Post Office with specific bundle guidelines for newspapers magazines and cardboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Winchester
Ashwood
Mt. Williams
James Fishback
Wardensville Grade
Sours
Middle Road
Opequon
J. W. Lodge
White Hall
S. Solenberger
Fort View
Lawrence Cole
Stephenson
Hayfield
Leslie ‘. Lucas
Doll Show At Douglas School Winners Named
Twelve contestants entered a doll show at Douglas School on Friday afternoon with judging and awards. Barbara Turner won prettiest doll, Celesta Carter largest doll, Joan Brown best nationality doll, and Dorothy Cooper displayed other dolls as Janet Lewis opened with a recitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas School
Janet Lewis
James Stevens
Celesta Carter
Uhele
Dorothy Cooper
Barbara Turner
WAC
Charlie McCarthy
Joan Brown
Margaret Christian
Elsie Ford
Alice Butler
Evelyn Lewis
Fitzhugh Christian
Tillie Gaither
Audrey Willis
Helen Curry
Irene Johnson
Blanche Moten
Effie McKinney
Zelma Pinkett
German War Leader Dietrich Named Invasion Commander
The report identifies SS Panzer Corps commander General Josef Dietrich as a Nazi political general with a WWI background. He is linked to alleged war crimes at Kharkov and was cited by Russians as a war criminal. Normandy air operations increased with 1600 Allied sorties and RAF strikes, while German 271st infantry and 722nd division units arrived to bolster the southern front under pressure from Montgomery’s advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pucher
Ludwig Beck
Reichmarshal Hiemann Goering
Pauloseph Goebbels
Hitler
Berlin
Ankara
Stockholm
Robert Ley
Josef Dietrich
Dietrich
Munich
Balkan
Kharkov
Normandy
RAF
Germany
France
Saw Nothing On Western Front 1944 Normandy Tour Notes
Lloyd Stratton reports from Normandy noting the massive front and modern Allied mobilization. He observes skilled troops, heavy armor, air power, and organized logistics surpassing World War I, with a formidable German response and dramatic air combat near Caen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Stratton
Associated Press, Ltd
Associated Press
Normandy Battlefront
Associated Press News
Normandy
France
Western Front
Navy
1918
Caen
Plan for Religious Education Program Meeting Declared
Frederick County Religious Education organization calls a special meeting for Saturday July 29 at 2 PM in the county courthouse to arrange a district convention program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Snapp
Religious Education Association
County Court House
Frederick County Religious Education Organization
James Ware Earned 50 Year Rail Service Button
Philadelphia July 24. James Ware took a summer 1894 railroad waiter job to pay medical college expenses. He never reached college but earned a 50 year service button from the railroad.
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Philadelphia
James Ware
Medical College
Middletown IOOF Installs Officers
Julian Kline installed as Noble Grand of Marsh Run Lodge No. 147 Middletown. Everett D. Kline District Deputy Grand Master Winchester installed Vice Grand Aymewne and W R Campbell as treasurer. Attendees from Winchester and Ben City attend the ceremony.
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Julian
Kline
Marsh Run
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Middletown
Everett D. Kline
Winchester
Aymewne
W. R. Campbell
Read The Star Daily Reports of Events in Berryville
The Star covers daily events in Berryville Boyce and Clarke County with brief items on local happenings. Readers learn community news, notices, and upcoming activities from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Star
Berryville
Boyce
Clarke County
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Bobbins-Solenberger
C. M. Solenberger
Martinsburg
Ruth Aleas
Fred A. Ores
Bobbins
Blacksburg
Miss Solenberger
Bridgewater College
Virginia Avenue
Sgt. Bobbins
Iowa University
Rosalind Kater
Florida
St. Petersburg
Fla
T. F. Jakimer
Ted Jakimer
St. Peetersburg
Cpl
Kirby
Clyde Kirby
Camp Gordon Johnston
Myrtle Kirby
Grace Avenue
Ebenezer Missionary Society
Ladies and Missionary Society of
Ebenezer Church
Mellon Adams
Ensign Randolph
Ensign Beverley Randloph
Ardmore, Pa
Mrs
A. T. Hawthorne
South Stewart Street
Hunter Lees
Hunter
Lee
Geraldine Lee
Lewis Hudson
Mary Byrd
Lucy Byrd
Albin
Cecil Barr
Miss Carpenter
Middlebury
Dorothy Carpenter
Parkway
Mrs. Maurice
Middleburg
Winchester Country Club
Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Hawthorne
Dotty Anne Robinson
Anne Williams
Farley Massey
Anne Oakes
Nancy Lee Coble
Jacqueline Womack
Washington
Ensign Beverley Randolph
Ardmore
Frederick
Centenary Church Women’s Guild
Hood College
Centenary Guild
George H. Fansler
Boyd Headiey
L. Flickinger
Robert Glaize
Kenneth Stahl
Flickinger
Berkley Springs
Gene Miller
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
J. B. Watersdale
Betty
Violet
June
W.va
John L. Major
Riverton
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Major
Virginia Smith
Harold Smith
Kathleen Strother
Nurses Training Co
Winchester Hosp
CaCapon State Park
Ca-Capon State Park
Patty Wyncoop
Mary Ann Davis
Ann Duvall Fishpaw
Betty Duvall
Thomas Polhamus
Walter Rutherford, Jr
Eddie Wisecarver
Pfc
Eddie Lou Hart
Miss Kackley
Dorothy Kackley
Lillian Ragland
Mary Lou Snyder
Columbus
Ohio
Joyce Davis
Messrs
Hampson Digges
George Kackley
Church House
W. Boscawen St
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry
Front Royal
Owen
Main and
Valley Ave
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dewey
Russia
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eric A. Johnston
Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Johnston
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Star Tannery
Orndorff
W. C. Whitacre & Son
Whitacre
McKeever’s
Cross Junction
L. D. Williamson
Gainesboro
Dr. Ciendening
All Children’s
Lovett Brothers
Pia
Seaeas
Tode Tuttle
Jis
Eam’ Wates
Plan Religious Education Program
IOOF
the Commercial & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
China
Moling and Cather
Timberlake
Chapman Motor Coo
Just Dial
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Acdox
Baker's Drug Store
Dial
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