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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
7
Last night at Westwood street residents hosted a social with dancing and gate viewing. Attendees included Karl Noerr of Richfield New Jersey visiting cousins Ann Beverley and Westwood Wright along with numerous local residents and guests.
Mrs B B Dutton reports the Surgical Dressings Room at the Presbytery Church is closed until a new quota arrives. The August total reached 48 000 dressings thanks to volunteers. Readers are urged to watch the paper for further notice.
The Victory Exchange advertises practical items visible in its display window and invites shoppers to Thursday and Saturday weekly visits for new arrivals. Miss Carrie Parrill, recently discharged from Winchester Memorial Hospital, has returned home on West Cork Street. Mrs. A. C. Carson of Dellbrook Riverton and Mrs. Harold Smith of Front Royal spent Sunday in Winchester. Miss Elsie Vance returned to Strasburg after a tonsillectomy.
Berryville Virginia notes record a parade of visitors and service members on leave from stations in Washington and Georgia. Pvt Craighill Burks and Lt Gilbert McKown visit relatives, with many others from Camp Gordon Camp Wheeler Camp Peary and Fort Meade spending furloughs or arriving for concerts and church events. Local families host, travel, and welcome relatives across Clarke and surrounding counties.
Miss Ann Beverley Wright entertained last Thursday with a dinner party honoring Miss Lou Glascock of Upperville. Guests included Miss Betsy Arthur Patricia Stephenson Elizabeth Lichliter Barbara Sprenkle Dorothy Scott Massie Hawthorne and Elizabeth Baker.
Mrs. Effie A. Fine returns to Washington after a week in Winchester with daughter Mrs. Lee A. Smith. Mrs. A. H. Morgan and daughter Ellen Fauntleroy of Baltimore arrive tonight in Bluefield with Mrs. Morgan's sister Mrs. Laurence Tierney and Mr. Tierney Jr. to visit Mr. and Mrs. Morgene. Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson depart Winchester for Parkersburg. Moses W. Barbe returns home from Winchester Memorial Hospital. Rev W A Wilkerson and Mrs. Wilkerson visit Dr and Mrs. McMurray on North Washington Street.
The Daughters of Wesley class of Stephens City Methodist Church will host their annual family picnic tomorrow evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Miller Barley. All members are urged to attend. Mrs Haines able to be out after accident after serious injuries and hospitalization.
Miss Virginia Brown of this city has returned home after spending a week at Massanetta Springs attending the Lutheran Conference.
Millwood Virginia hosts a series of social events with a long list of attendees. Notable names include Mrs. John Labouisse Mrs. Thomas N. Carter Capt. and Mrs. Ewart Johnston and Miss Agnes Page. Family visits span Ardmore Philadelphia Baltimore Lynchburg and Richmond with multiple stays at Abbyville Edgewood and The Play House.
A lawn festival will be held at the home of the Rev. Strange in Clarke County on Saturday, July 29, starting at 7 30 o clock. The Winchester chorus will sing.
A bush meeting is planned on the Kinderhook Lawn from Tuesday through Friday and Sunday. The Rev Mrs Reddie from Washington will be the speaker.
James C. Bud Mars, pioneer aviator who gave Emperor Hirohito his first aircraft ride, died at 68 of a heart ailment. Mars flew the 1911 Curtiss sortie with the crown prince, later honored by Japan for the flight. he guided pilots in World War I as a U S Air Corps lieutenant.
Revival meetings led by Evangelist O L Mankamyer of Cincinnati draw growing crowds at the Church of Christ. Children receive new testaments for tasks as the preacher denounces sin and contrasts heaven and hell. A special service for service men is planned with patriotic readings and photographs.
The Daily Vacation Bible School begins at Grace Church Middletown July 26 for two weeks from 9 to 1130 a.m. Rev. R. B. Moore leads as general director with Miss Myrtle Rhodes Doris Wright and Helen Frances Mowery as teachers. Music by Tommie Borden. Local residents visit relatives and return from hospital duties as townsfolk share updates on soldiers and neighbors.
Mrs B N Ogden to host W S C S at her home on August 3 at 8 PM. Manuel family held a Fort Valley picnic Sunday afternoon with relatives and friends noted. Page continues with weekend visits from Mrs Wm Ogden and Mr Mark Sperry visiting Warren Ohio relatives. Loretta Miller of Silver Springs Md. guests of her mother.
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