Dates to Remember Luncheon Meetings and Societies
A schedule lists 12 events including Turner Ashby Chapter luncheon at 21 South Loudoun street 1:00 p m and 4:45 p m Woman's Society at Braddock Street Methodist Church. Bible class 7:45 p m at 406 Gray Ave. Rebekah Association and Eagles Lodge meet 8:00 p m. Circles at Market Street Methodist Church and Kiwanis Club luncheon at Golden Grow Coffee Shop on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Ashby
South Loudoun Street
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Gray Ave
Rebekah Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Winchester Aerue No
Order of Eagles
Loudoun Street
Circles of Market Street Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Golden Grow Coffee Shop
Mary Norris
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Guerrant Missions Clinic
Winchester
Olinger Turner Wedding Held in Elkton Maryland
Miss Hilda Louise Olinger married Edwin Ray Turner Friday evening at 6 30 in United Brethren church Elkton Maryland. The bride is daughter of Mrs Angele Olinger and the late Geo Jenny Olinger of New Market. Groom is son of Mrs Bertha Turner and the late Jesse S Turner of Danville. The couple will reside in Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Louise Olinger Beame
Edwin Ray Turner
United Brethren Parsonne
Elkton
Floyd L. Pulk
Angele Olinger
Geo
Jenny Olinger
New Market
New Warket
Winchester
Bertha Turner
Jesse Sarter Turner
Danville
Axton High School
United States Navy
Winchester Wholesale Co
Social News From Winchester and Nearby
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martin hosted a Sunday gathering honoring Mrs. Martin's nephew Larland Dorsey who just returned from White Horse Canada and Juianeau Alaska after ten months with the U S Engineering Corps of the Alaskan highway. Guests included Benjamin and Genevieve Massie and others from Stephens City Washington D C and more. The Winchester Junior Music Club High School Group elected officers Nancy May Hurst president Sara Lee Sencindiver vice president Cary Randolph Marshall secretary treasurer and planned programs for September. Other members attended. The A A U W held its final meeting of the season at 3 pm Saturday hosted by Mrs Leslie Bell with guest speaker Mrs W S Garrett of Roanoke. Assistant hostesses were Mrs Douglas Cather Mrs Helena Lupton and Mrs Loring Moore. Mrs Lester D Arnold Jr and daughter Ann, longtime winter guests, have moved to Clearbrook to stay with Mr and Mrs H C Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Martin
Leser Branner
Betty Lee
Jean Rae Branner
Washington, D. C
Dorsey
Washington
Branner
Winchester Junior Music Club
Kathleen McCartney
West Cork Street
Nancy May Hurst
Sara Lee Sencindiver
Cary Randolph Marshall
Evelyn Allen
Elizabeth Baker
Charlotte Brown
June Cammer
Peggy Galladay
Colleen Grimm
June
Leslie Bell
W. Cecil Street
W. S. Garrett
Roanoke
Virginia
Douglas Cather
Helena Lupton
Loring Moore
Lester D. Arnold, Jr
Ann
Lester D. Arnold
South Stewart Street
Clearbrook
Mrs. Arnold, Jr
H. C. Light
Community Church Circles Meet Tonight Across Several Homes
Local church groups plan meetings this evening at 8 o'clock in various homes and church venues. Circle 2 hosts Mrs. Sartelle, Circle 3 with Mrs. Small, Circle 4 at the church recreation center, Circle 5 with Mrs. Terr, and other groups including W C T U and Girl Scout Council hold separate activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Girl Scout Council
Garland Quarles
Graystone Terrace
Service Members Return Home and Advance in Ranks
Pfc Douglas A Lake of Sioux City Iowa spent 13 days with his parents at 567 North Cameron Street before his Air Corps induction last June. He worked at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg before joining the service. He has returned to the replacement center at Kern Utah. John Frederick Taxwell Jr S 1 C AM M formerly of Winchester has graduated from the Naval Air Technical Training Center Memphis Tenn as an aviation machinist mate and is now stationed in Ottumwa Iowa. Mrs Tillie Boxwell of Miami Florida and Mrs J F Boxwell Jr of Washington DC attended the grade nation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Reading
B. E. Russell
South Cameron Street
Kreamer
Dunn Woolen Co
Martinsburg
Douglas A. Lake
Sioux City
Iowa
Harry Lake
North
Cameron Street
Air Corps
Douglas
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Kerns
Utah
John Frederick Taxwell, Jr
S. 1 C
Winchester
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis, Tenn
Ottumwa
Tillie Boxwell
Miami
Fla
J. F. Boxwell, Jr
Washington, D. C
Russians Repulse German Forces at Iasi Sector
Moscow reported fresh Nazi forces attacking in the Iasi sector of Romania were repulsed yesterday as Red airmen hit the Chisinau rail junction. The broadcast said Germans used self propelled midget tanks and lost 41 tanks and 33 planes in yesterday’s fighting near Iasi.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Chisinau
Aem
Moscow
Anzio
Tasi
Nazis Withheld Comment On Allied Tactics
London June 6 The German News Agency commentator Capt Ludwig Sertorius declared the great contest between the Reich and the Anglo Americans has begun The Allied landing in the west has put the German forces in the mood They stress the single mindedness with which the Wehrmacht faces the enemy onslaught, placing ethical values above numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
DNB
Ludwig Sertorius
Europe
Gereran Wehrmacht
Graduation at Gainesboro High School Wednesday Evening
Gainesboro High School hosts graduation in the auditorium at 8 30 P M with principal Fred C Braithwaite presiding The senior class conducts the program including processional invocation glee club selections address of welcome class history talks on Navy and Army by Lamar Owens and Kenneth Taylor etc
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesboro High School
Fred C. Braithwaite
Edith Braithwaite
Clara Tinsman
Glee Club
Kathleen Strother
Eula Mae Lutzenhiser
Navy
Lamar Owens
Army
Kenneth Taylor
Eleanor White
Catherine Davis
Roxanna Batt
Stella Lewis
Petain Urges French to Resist Allies at War’s Front
London reports the Paris radio broadcast Marshal Petain appealing to French citizens to stay at their posts and resist calls to oppose the German occupation. He says France is a battle field and officials railway workers must continue duties to keep the nation alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris Radio Today
Marshal Petain
Churchill Offers Rome Liberation News From War Front
Churchill says Rome's liberation by Fifth Army forces brings defense against air raids and relief from famine. He lauds Generals Alexander Clark Eisenhower Montgomery and stresses unity among Allied commands. He notes Italian campaign advances, 20,000 prisoners, and heavy losses at Anzio before Hitler redirects forces south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Churchill
Churchill
Rome
Fifth Army
Britain
Harold Alexander
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Van
United States
Commons
Anzio
Hitler
Liberators Sink Jap Destroyer and Biak Battle
Advanced Allied headquarters in New Guinea reports Liberators sinking a Japanese destroyer and damaging two small vessels off Halmahera. A Nippon bomber was downed and Thunderbolts claimed four to five fighters in the Biak invasion area as Allied air superiority grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Philippines
Wih
Dutch New Guinea
Biak
Schouten Islands
Truk
Central Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera Islands
President Roosevelt Writes Victory Prayer During Invasion
President Roosevelt spent the early hours of the invasion drafting a victory prayer for Allied forces. He planned to address the nation at 10:00 p.m. EWT and release the prayer text for public joining, with invasion reports delivered from the Pentagon. Secretary Stephen Early described the blackout conditions and noted no immediate plan for a Capitol appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Rome
White House
France
Army
Pentagon
Early
Congress
House
Rayburn
Dtex
Capitol Hill
D-Day Observances and Commencement Plans Across Local Schools
On commencement night the Middletown High School program moves to the Methodist Church for an 8 o'clock service followed by graduation activities. Stonewall and Gore plan similar events with prayers for Allied forces. churches across the area hold 8 pm services and D-Day observances are tied to a day of prayer with mass gatherings and bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Methodist Church
Stonewall and
Gore
S. R. Sammis
Sammis
Western Union
Christ Episcopal Church
R. B. Nelson
Grace Lutheran Church
W. E. Eisenberg
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Donald S. Wilson
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Corpus Christi
Winchester
American Legion
Stonewall Cemetery
Richmond
Virginia
Office of Civilian Defense
J. H. Wyse
CCD
France
Wyse
Invasion Day Prayer Echoes War Almanac Verses
Norfolk poet laureate Charles Day offers an "Invasion Day Prayer" praising duty and sacrifice. The lines invoke God to grant victory, peace, and safe deliverance for sons at death’s door amid a war torn world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Day
Norfolk
God of
Our Fathers
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Carl Martins
Junior Music Club
Vineland Tonic
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Huntsberry
von Bora
Circles of the
M. E. Church
Friendship Peeege House
Boyce W. C. T. U
Harry D. Ratchford
Macon
Pvt
Ratchford
Camp Wheeler, Ga
R. C. Kremer
Melvin Snyder
Eva Brill
Betty Lou Showalter
Mildred Showalter
Front Royal Road
Memorial Hospital
Cpl
Clyde W. Showalter
Camp Wheeler
Showalter
Fort Meade, Md
Lycaon
Arcadia
Gobelin Chocolates
Amity
Gaunt
Main
Valley Ave
Douglas Lake
Main St
Petain
Endur
Tode Tuttle
A Clippe & Sons Anterior
Gery Ae
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Moling and Cather
Timberlake
LEE Baking ‘Company
Lawn Supplies
Vigro
Miller’s Hardware and Househole Supplies
SEIRY
America
Lovett Brothers
Daily Crossword
India
Ireland
Nurse
Orient
Mexico
Peru
SIA P
Fas
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