Marriages and Society News From Winchester Area
Socials and Personals detail the Decca Singleton Gilmer and Rollin Nichol Corn Jr marriage in Charlottesville with a large local bridal party. Guests, relatives, and post ceremony reception are listed alongside other society notices and upcoming events in Winchester including graduations and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decca Singleton Gilmer
Downing Smith
Charlottesville
Cornwell
M. Conwell
Westfield
University of Virginia
United States Marine Air Corps
Conwell
Inchester
Miss . Scully
John Scully
South Stewart Street
Birth announcements and local society notes in Winchester area
Mrs Frances Robinson Sledge announces the birth of a son in Winchester Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles C Sledge Jr. Also births for Mr and Mrs Emmett Knight of White Post Va and Mr and Mrs Ernest Elsea of White Post Va. Capt R F Cline on leave from Little Rock Ark visits family with daughter June. Mrs Margaret Hodgson Goss returns from New York trip for shop. Mr C Stuart III guest of grandfather R Gray Williams after AM A graduation. Modern Woodmen of America to meet tonight at 8:30 with new members. Mrs Florence Rice returns from Thorn Dale Vaucilse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sledge
Charles C. Sledge, Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Sledge
Frances Robinson
Fred Robinson
Knight
Emmett Knight
White Post
Elsea
Ernest Elsea
Elsen
Betty Meade Stuart
Capt. Cline
R. F. Cline
Little Rock
Ark
William C. Stuart, III
R. Gray Williams
Williams
North Washington Street
Modern Woodmen of America
Odd Fellows Hall
visitors and relatives gather around Rhodes and Keith families
Middletown Virginia reports visitors from New York Baltimore and Roanoke as James Bryson and family arrive to visit Mr and Mrs M H Rhodes. E V Ogden returns home after Memorial Hospital operation. Trip events include Gordon Keith Robert Miller Darlene and others spending Memorial Day with Rhodes relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
James Bryson
New York City
M. H. Rhodes
E. V. Ogden
Memorial Hospital
Gordon Keith
Robert Miller
Darlene
Woodrow Cornwell
John Douglas
Baltimore
M. Earl Kline
Washington
Kline
Bobby
James C. Kline
C. H. Hall
Virginia Lee
Roanoke
Ww. T. Wood
William Jones
E. W. Ward
Jon Keith
Shelby Lee
Rhodes
Shelby Keith
Forget-me-not Chosen Alaska Territorial Flower
The forget-me-not is designated the territorial flower of Alaska, symbolizing the state’s natural beauty and resilience. The choice reflects local pride and the plant’s abundant presence across Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Wartime Red Points Strain Beef and Canned Goods
Wartime ration changes increase red points for beef steaks by three and beef roasts by two for June 6 to July 6. Dried beef jumps four points, while cheese and canned fish see reshuffles. Canned milk remains limited with single point per pound. many items cannot be delivered and shopping bags gain new utilitarian role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Bert
Liederkrantz
Germans Gunning For Churchill In Aerial Attack
London reports indicate Germans may be targeting Prime Minister Churchill as they shoot down a Britain bound airliner carrying Leslie Howard and 12 others from Lisbon. A dense Nazi air presence over the Bay of Biscay accompanied the attack and German stations spread varying claims about Churchill’s location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Leslie Howard
Lisbon
Bay of Biscay
Axis
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Africa
Winchester Men In Service Spend Time In South America
Two Winchester men visited South America with Captain Lester Forney at a post where P F C Wimpy Barnett has served since before Christmas. Pvt Jack P Lindsay now at Camp Shelby Miss, formerly with Schenck Cheese Co, inducted April 29 at Camp Lesa. Cpl Harold D Patton moved from Camp Adair Ore to Camp Shelby Miss. Pvt Strother W Boyd returned to Norfolk Navy Yard after a ten day furlough. he serves with the 80th Chemical Co Smoke Generator Co and welcomes letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
South America
Lester Forney
Fred Forney
Jack P. Lindsay
The
Schenck Cheese Co
Camp Shelby
Miss
Pvt
Lindsay
Lewis Pearson
Camp Lesa
H. Q. Co
Inf
APO
Harold D. Patton
George Patton
Camp Adair
Ore
Maddox
Cpl
Patton
Harold D.patton
Strother W. Boyd
Norfolk Navy Yard
Strother H. Boyd
West Bend Street
Boyd
Chemical Service
80Th Chemical Co
80Th, Chemical Co
Portsmouth
Will of Gordia Reed probate suit in Winchester Court
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on June 2 1943 executor M M Lynch seeks construction of Gordia A Reed deceased will recorded in Will Book 16 page 272. Defendants Lee Baker Lula C French Mary J Minerly May VonWitt Montana Blanch Washington Nina Clowser Judy Blum Mt Hebron Cemetery Co Children's Home Society Shenandoah Valley National Bank trustee for Lee Baker must appear within ten days of publication and a notice will run weekly for four weeks in Winchester Evening Star with a copy posted at the courthouse door by June 21 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
M. M. Lynch
Gordia A
May VonWitt Montana
Blanch Washington
Lee Baker
Thirty five complete first aid instructor course
Thirty five persons have completed the first aid instructor training course announced today by George Reading in charge of this Red Cross phase. The five day course at the Salvation Army auditorium was sponsored by the Winchester-Frederick Chapter and taught by Dudley J Gordon with students named from Clarke County and Winchester-Frederick County chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reading
Red Cross
Winchester- Frederick
Salvation Army
Dudley J. Gordon
National Red Cross
Clarke County
Jessie C. Carpenter
William Cameron, Jr
Jane Gardiner
Opal Gardiner
Mary E. Thompson
Vada G. Thompson
Winchester-Frederick County
Lillian Babb
Julia P. Beaver
Edward Capper
Carson C. Dettra
George K. Dove
Cecil C. Grim
Charlena Grim
Raymond Golliday
Ray Garrabrandt
Margaret H. Halvosa
Loudelle P. Hale
Ruth Haines
Glen Jackson
George W. Jones
Birds and dogs spark odd cash and rescue tales
In Denver a bird drops a stray one dollar bill from its nest while a cocker spaniel named Halo returns a dollar found on the street. In Kansas a collie named Captain saves a girl from tracks, bearing teeth marks on her coat as proof. Pueblo’s dog patrol wagon gains a wired radio system with a large 13 painted on it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
George Schlitcher
Longmont
Schlichter
Jim Pike
Halo
Jim
Rossella Jane Hubbard
R. H. Hubbard
Rantoul
Kas
Rossella
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Pueblo
Colo
Victory Garden
R. W. Fox
Fox
Cripples Clinic Examines 62 Patients at Orthopedic Event
District Nurse Association reports May activities led by Mrs. Mary Farmer and Miss Evelyn Dean. A 7th and 8th orthopedic clinic examined 62 patients. Three hospitalization requests were approved for children awaiting surgery. Red Cross Motor Corps provided transport. May saw 193 nurse visits to prenatal, infant, school, TB patients, and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theegular
District Nurse Association
Daniel Lupton
H. D. Fuller
Martin Wisecarver
Lucy R. Hardesty
Tuberculosis Fund
Ip Sanatoria
Mary P. Farmer
Evelyn C. Dean
University Virginia Hospital
Red Cross Motor Corps
Press Occupying Key Position In War Effort
Washington June 3 APT News reports that journalists occupy a key position in the total war effort. A special report for the American Association of Teachers of Journalism says news is crucial in crises for democracy morale and youth discipline. The study was prepared by Dr Frank Luther Mott Herschel M Colbert and W Emerson Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
U. S. Office of Education
Frank Luther Mott
University of Missouri
Herschel M. Colbert
Grinnell
W. Emerson Beck
Colgate University
Hamilton, N. Y
Swedish Bunner To Sprint Here During Summer
Swedish distance star Gunder Haegg will not debut in the United States until July 1 due to sea voyage delays. He arrives in New Orleans June 8 aboard the Saturnus and will need about three weeks to recover, missing the June 19 20 A A U championships in New York. Haegg’s trainer notes his conditioning slipped during the voyage and he has gained weight while at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Gunder Haegg
Sweden
United States
New Orleans
New York
Haegg
Aftonbladet
Gothenburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Decca Gilmer
Lieut
Dorothy de Grange
Richmond
St. Catherine's
Clay deGrange
Washington Street
Eleanor deGrange
Augusta Milia7 Academy
Fort Defiance
Charles P. McVicar
Handley Ave
Kiergard
McVicar
Jorgen, Kiergard
Wilson College
Handley Avenue
Ralph Snapp
Ralph B. Snapp
Fairmont Avenue
Biisoureh Pa
Cleveland, D
Robert Chapman
City
Thornhill Manor
Cain
D. C
John H. Cain
En Positor
Washington, D. C
Sperow-Bush
Clyde Sperow
Imogene
Olin Bush, Jr
Olin Bush
Charles
W. Va
M. McMurray
Margaret McMurray
Joseph A. McMurray
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton
Miss McMurray
Music Club
Glee Club
International Relations Club
Maera
Jemelt Reounner
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberrys
Huntsberry
Florence Rice
Thorn Dale
Vaucluse
Iddletown
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Office of Defense Transportation
George Washington Garage
Mickey McCormack
U. S. Steel Federal
Port Newark
N. J
Mickey
Clarke
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Oak Grove
N. Clearbrook
Robert M. Rhodiffer
Clearbrook, Va
Mary
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Timberlake
Dickeys
Dimity
Moling & Cather
Aluminum
Miller’s Hardware
Carol Crawford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!