City Youth Home After Working On The Alcan Highway In Canada
Thomas Dorsey aged 18 returns from White Horse Yukon Territory after ten months with a survey crew on the new Military Highway and later a refinery and pipeline job. He describes frontier town life, bears, and subarctic cold while awaiting Army call in Winchester.
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Alcan
Canada
Thomas Dorsey
White Horse
Yoak Territory
Ding
Dorsey
O. J.dorsey
E. Fairfax Lane
Public Roads Administration
Washington
Young Dorsey
U.S
Frontier Town
Roy Harper elected president of power company association
Roy Harper was chosen president for 1944 45 at a northern Virginia Power Company Employees Association meeting. Harper, a Moorefield West Virginia native, serves as chief clerk in the Winchester District of Potomac Edison Company. Other officers named include Elmore Norris vice president Miss Margaret Clowe secretary and Richard E Cunningham treasurer. Association members span Berryville Strasburg Front Royal Charles Town Millville and nearby districts.
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Employees Association
Northern Virginia Power Company
Roy Harper
Harper
Moorefield
Inchester
Potomac Edison Company
Keyser
Elmore Norris
Margaret Clowe
Richard E. Cunningham
Berryville
Strasburg
Front Royal
Charles Town
Millville
W. Va
People Of France Show Gratitude To Allied Troops
Reporter Collin Wills describes French villagers cheering advancing Allied armor near a target town in France. British tanks battered by German forces are shown from ridge vantage as tanks move up, while French peasants share chocolate and sweets and display British badges on berets and blouses.
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France
Nazi Attacks In Romania Ended Says Moscow
London report says German assaults north of Iasi diminished markedly. Red Army counter moves in Moldavia captured two heights from the Nazis, with over 10 000 German deaths reported May 30 to June 6. Berlin broadcast confirms battle ended but claims Soviet divisions wiped out or mauled. Minor actions noted northwest of Tiraspol and near Vitebsk.
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London
Iasi
Romania
Moscow
Moldavian
Berlin
Tiraspol
Dnestr
Vitebsk
White Russia
Bishop Craighill to Preach at Millwood Church Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Liroyd Rutherford Craighill bishop of Anking China will preach at the 11 o'clock service Sunday June 11 at Christ Episcopal Church Millwood Clarke county His brother Rev G Peyton Craighill is rector He is a native of Lynchburg Va and recently repatriated after a Japanese internment camp service in China since 1915 with roles at St Pauls School Anking Kuling American School St James School Wuhu and Nanchang prior roles and mission work.
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Liroyd Rutherford Craighill
Anking
China
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Clarke County
G. Peyton Craighill
Lynchburg
Craighill
National Council of the Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s School
Kuling
St. James School
Wuhu
Nanchang
Bishop Craight’s Pioneer Chinese Mission Church
Bishop Craight, graduate of Washington and Virginia Theological, was ordained, served in Nan chang where St. Matthew's Church was built. It became one of the first China churches to adopt native architectural features to appeal to a Chinese congregation.
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Craight
Washington
Virginia Theological Ne
Nan
Chang
St. Matthew's
China
Pure-in-Heart Church grows under Chinese leadership
The Pure-in-Heart and the Social Welfare Association organized in 1929. Under Chinese leadership, the church has expanded its congregation with a strong focus on work with young people. Bishop Craighill was elected for the Anking District after Rt. Rev. Hun ton retired in 1940 and the region faced Japanese invasion, with repatriation occurring late in 194%.
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Pure-in-Heart and the Social Welfare Association
Pure-in-Heart Church
Craighill
Anking
Hunton
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