Calendar of Wednesday through Friday club meetings
Community groups list a string of meetings and luncheons from Kiwanis Elks Rotary D A R W C T U Jubilee Church of Brethren and Federated Council of Church Women. Venues include Golden Glow Coffee Shop Hotel Jack and Handley Library with times from 11 00 am to 9 00 pm and groups across Macedonia Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Exchange
Fort Loudoun
Golden Glow
Rotary Club
Sarah Zane Hall
Ladies Aid Society of
Jubilee Church of Brethren
Ernest Smith
Berryville Pike
Friends Meeting House
Federated Council of Church Women
Handley Library
Mrs Martin Wisecarver Elected President of Turner Ashby Chapter
The Turner Ashby chapter United Daughters of Confederacy held its final summer meeting at Macsf ield the home of Mrs H B McCormic with a luncheon. Elected officers for next year include Mrs Martin Wisecarver president and several vice presidents secretaries and a historian. Seventy members and guests attended and later enjoyed time in the Mansfield rose garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Wisecarver
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of Confederacy
Macsfield
H. B. McCormic
Robert Barton
Barton
Washington
R. Bruce _ Slonaker
R. T. Barton
William T. Barr
Herbert S. Larrick
Noble Pierce
Wiliam T. Colbert
Lucy F. Kurtz
Clarence Hardy
Mansfield
Eleanor Lindsey Weds Elliott Stringham in New York City
Eleanor Lindsey and Elliott Stringham married last Saturday in the Chapel of the Episcopal Church in New York City. The bride, from Clarke county and New York resident, wore a white faille gown with lace and a Juliette cap, and was escorted by cousin J Carleton Lindsey of Paris, Virginia. The groom, son of Norris Barnes Stringham and late Mr Stringham of Roslyn Estates, received best wishes from Will H Krohn Jr of Morristown. A reception followed at Calvary House before the couple departed for a brief honeymoon and will reside at 33 Prospect Street, Great Neck, Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Eleanor Thornton Lindsey
Elliott Barnes Stringham
Episcopal Church
New York City
J. Carleton Lindsey
Paris
Marie Luttrell
John Thomas Lindsey
Ada Goode Lindsey
Joseph Berry Lindsey
Clarke
Mosby
Miss Lindsey
New York
Stringham
Norris Barnes Stringham
Mr. Stringham
Roslyn Estates
Roslyn
Long Island
Wille H. Krohn, Jr
Morristown
Calvary House
Prospect Street
Great Neck
Westminster Preparatory School
Columbia University
Airex Manufacturing Company
Miss Elizabeth Beverley Attends June Ball in Annapolis
Miss Elizabeth Beverley daughter of Mr and Mrs William Beverley of Milton Valley near Berryville left Richmond yesterday morning after attending St Catherine's School to travel to Annapolis Maryland for the June Ball. She was the guest of Mr and Mrs D Claude Handy during her stay in Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Beverley
William Beverley
Milton Valley
Berryville
Richmond
St. Catherine's School
Annapolis
Beverley
D. Claude Handy
Richman Stickley Engagement Announced in Woodstock
Mr and Mrs Stanley A Richman of Woodstory announce the engagement of their daughter Blanche Marie to Philip Brooks Stickley son of Mr and Mrs G Lewis Stickley of Strasburg. The wedding is set for June 13.
Miss Wolford Vacationing in Saumsville
Miss June Wolford of this city is spending her vacation in Saumsville with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wolford. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Barton and family spent last Sunday in Saumsville with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Coffman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Wolford
Saumsville
June Wolford
Mrs
Ray Wolford
Stanley Barton
Elmer Coffman
Visiting Gordon Family in Strasburg for Summer Return
Mr and Mrs James Gordon and their children are staying with Mrs Gordon s parents Mr and Mrs R L Funk on East King street Strasburg for several days before returning to their North Carolina home for the summer The Cross family missionaries have arrived in Bolivia Rev and Mrs Walter G Cross Jr and their daughter Beth Ann join in the news Mrs Cross is daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles W Wilkins of Tuleyries White Post Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gordon
Strasburg
James Gordon
Cross
L. A
Walter G. Cross, Jr
Beth Ann
South America
Bolivia
Charles W. Wilkins
Charles Joyce
Local Births and Visits Noted in Winchester Area
Congratulations extend to Mr and Mrs Herman Dyke on the birth of a daughter at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Dorothy Wise Carver is the bride before marriage. Mrs Killan and Betty of Inglewood N J visit South Washington street home of Dr and Mrs Lee Mee. Mrs R L Cline of Petersburg WV spending a week with her parents on Gray Avenue. Jeanne Carper now in Washington spent last week in Berryville with Miss Alice Marlowe at Hawthorne Farm. Thomas Clagett of Washington will attend the Williams Stribling marriage at Christ Episcopal Church tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Dyke
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Wisecarver
Killan
Betty
Inglewood, N. J
Winchester
Lewis Mee
South Washington Street
R. L. Cline
Petersburg, W. Va
Mrs
D. L. Larrick
Gray Avenue
Jeane Carper
Washington
Berryville
Alice Marlowe
Hawthorne Farm
Thomas Clagett
Christ Episcopal Rch
Thomas Byrd
R. E. Byrd
Amherst Street
Shirley Carter Williams
John Wright Stribling, Jr
Reva Berlin
Washington, D. C
Edward P. Ber
Garland Williams
Hagerstown
J. Dyson Burnett
Williams
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Clarke County
Charles Myerly
Boyce
Henry M. Davis
Louise Huyette
Trovsville
John Huyette
Huyette
Radford
Radford State Teachers College
Rose Ellen Ramsburg
D. L. Ramsburg
Fredericksburg
Mary Washington College
Carl Haines
Will Rodgers Field
Okla
Nebraska
Mrs. Haines
Charley Levi
Richmond
Levi
Randolph Everett Dozier
R. E. Davis
Baltimore
Joyce Davis
Bealton
Bowling Green
Fort Loudon Chapter Luncheon Tomorrow
Fort Loudoun Chapter of the American Revolution will hold a luncheon tomorrow at the Golden Glow Restaurant at one o clock. Mrs. Dudley Field will speak on Nostradamus and Eleanor Noiley will discuss her WAAC life. Members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Loudoun
of the American Revolution
Golden Glow
Dudley Field
Jewish Woman's Club Sets Last Summer Meeting Tonight
The Jewish Woman's Club schedules its final summer meeting at 8 15 p m tonight at Odd Fellows Hall with a 6 30 p m dinner at Hotel Jack Coffee Shop for members and guests. The Kernstown Methodist Church Young People hold their monthly meeting Friday at 8 00 p m at the home of Misses Lillian and Anna Lee Snyder led by Mr Lawrence Owens on devotionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Golden Glow
Stephenson
Maud Prince
C. S
Macedonia Methodist Church
Mary Manuel
White Post
Hotel Jack
Jewish Woman's Club
Jewish Woman’s Club
Odd Fellows Hall
Kernstown Methodist Church
Lillian
Anna Lee Snyder
Lawrence Owens
Berryville Social Notes Highlight Local Movements
Berryville residents report Miss Annie M. Stribling traveling to Annapolis to attend the Naval Academy graduation where nephew Jack Stribling will be commissioned Ensign and Miss Shirley Carter Williams to wed Ensign Stribling in Winchester. Other items note Lt. Cooley at Fort Monmouth, Bill Henson heading to Virginia Military Institute, and Red Cross hospital quota shipments of pajamas, housewives, layettes, and pillows for Clarke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Annie M. Stribling
Annapolis
John Stribling
United States Naval Academy
Jack Stribling
John Striblings
Louise Stribling
Ned Stribling
Miss Stribling
Shirley Carter Williams
Ensign Stribling
Winchester
Clarke County
the Red Cross
Berryville Social Roundup Sees Wide Summer Travel
Local notes list residents visiting relatives in Virginia and Maryland, with many heading to families in Alexandria Fredericksburg and Richmond. Also mentioned are deployments and weddings involving Dorsey, Mumma, Stribling, and Fresh, plus gatherings at Rockcroft and Milton Valley.
Allies Ready To Use Poison Gas If Started By Axis
President Roosevelt said the Axis may be preparing to use poison gas. The Chemical Warfare Service reported protective devices exist and the U S Army can produce large quantities of gases if needed. Porter noted Germany and Japan have gases to attack lungs and blister skin, while U S methods protect troops. The President urged restraint and outlawing gas use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
Washington
Allied
Europe
Chemical Warfare Service
Roosevelt
Asia
U. S
United States Army
William N. Porter
Porter
Germany
Japan
United States
Berryville Students and Staff Head Off for Summer
Berryville area teachers and staff plan summer travel and study with several leaving Wednesday. Kathleen Francis will visit Glen Allen and Williamsburg to attend William and Mary College summer program. Mary Unruh departs for Kinsale and will not return to Berryville. Ann Jones leaves for Alexandria to pursue a George Washington University master’s degree. Others visit relatives, attend camps, or travel to California, Baltimore, and Staunton for family time and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Francis
Berryville High School
Glen Allen
Williamsburg
William and Mary Colege
Ann Jones
Alexandria
Miss Jones
George Washington University
Washington
Blue Ridge Camp Service Explained by Local Committee
The Blue Ridge Camp and Hospital Council formed after a first city meeting led by S. H. Bennett. Delegates from several groups agreed to appoint representatives to collect unused items for day rooms in camps serving armed forces, with donations including a radio and Mor ris chair noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Bennett
Red Cross
Blue Ridge Camp and Hospital
Price Decrease For Most Foods Said In Prospect
Congressional critics warned of a general price drop for most foods with subsidies likely to continue. The Senate hearing disclosed that the Office of Price Administration plans to apply the rollback to vegetables butter meats and coffee. Taft urged limiting subsidies to government needs and transport, arguing consumer savings would be offset by taxes and admin costs. Witnesses from industrial groups praised the move as OPA showing strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Office of Price Administration
Taft
Ohio
Congress of Industrial Organizations
OPA
Unification of French Factions Moves Slowly
The French national committee of liberation in Algiers aims to unite Giraud and De Gaulle factions to resist the Axis. Delegates Hoppenot and Baudet presented the notice to the State Department, noting slow progress and that formal U S recognition may await broader unification. Through lend lease the Giraud mission is exported. Britain backs De Gaulle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min Sie Dour Camie Toiay
French National Committee of Liberation
Algiers
Andrew Hoppenot
Henri Giraud
Philippe Baudet
Charles de Gaulle
State Department
Washington
M. Baudet
M. Hoppenot
United States
Giraud
General de Gaulle
Hull
Japs Claim Bag Of 49 Planes Over Russell and Guadalcanal
Tokyo radio quoted an imperial HQ communique saying a large Japanese formation shot down 49 American aircraft in a battle over the Russell Islands near Guadalcanal. The broadcast noted six Japanese planes were lost. The U S Navy said American airmen downed 19 Japanese fighters over the Russell Islands, with seven American planes lost and three pilots rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Russell Islands
Guadalcanal
United States Navy Department
Maryland Comptroller Tawes Faces Gas Coupon Inquiry
Cornelius Mundy of the Office of Price Administration announced a hearing before a state investigating officer to determine if Comptroller J. Millard Tawes misused "C" gasoline rationing coupons on an automobile trip to Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cornelius P. Mundy
State Office of Price Administration
J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Tawes
Georgia
Germans Wipe Out Kandanos in Grecian Town Destruction
Cairo reports photographs smuggled from Crete show Kandanos leveled by German forces in reprisal for German parachutists' deaths. A marble slab bears the inscription memorializing the destruction as retaliation for the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Crete
Kandanos
Lidice
Can Spare Only Few Medical Graduates
In Chicago on June 9, Dr James E Paullin presented to the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association that only about twenty percent of each year’s medical graduates can be spared for civilian care. The remainder would enter the military medical corps for the duration of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House of Delegates
American Medical Association
James E. Paullin
Atlanta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eleanor Lindsey
Shera
Jenet Momerd
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Berrys
Huntsberry
Mrs. Dyke
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Front Royal
Fort Loudon
W. A. Homer of
Hershal Omps
J. J. Harris
Red Bank
N. J
Donald Cooley
Cooley
Fort Monmouth
Bill Henson
W. E. Henson
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
Bill
Virginia Page
Kate Powers
Page
Philip Page
Evanston
Ill
Fort Belvoir
Brooke Harris
H. B. Harris
George Washington Garage
Miss Harris
St. Margaret’s School
Tappahannock
Westhampton
Elyene Beverley
Milton Valey
Mary Lewis
Katherine Lewis
Germantown
Miss Lewis
Francis Lewis
Graham Dougherty, Sr
Woodley
New Jersey
Joe Dorsey
Ralph N. Dorsey
Edgar Moore
E. Blackburn Moore
Triplett Hardesty
Ensign Meade Dorsey
James Pierce
Baltimore, Md
Frank Sowers
Rhode Island
Kenneth Levi
Morton C. Mumma
D. C
Arlington
Mumma
V.M. I
Louise H. Kerfoot
Henry Kerfoot
Arlington, Va
Nora Moore
Mary O'Fallon
St. Louis
Howard O'Fallon
Ruth Early
New Hope
Mrs. Early
Mary Meade Osborne
Archibald Osborne
Stuart Hall
Staunton
Rockcroft
Loring Rackley
George Kackley
Washington, D.C
Mr. Kackley
Oliver Janet Fresh
George Oliver Fresh
Maurice Thatcher
Louisville
Parish
Kackleys
Charles Broaddus
The
Berryvile High School
By Douglas B. Cornell
Helen Schaffer
American Red Cross
Mary Unruh
Kinsale
Unruh
Bob Fowler
Elmo Smith
Willard Fuller
Fred Lloyd
California
Paul Stickles
May Wagner
N. Loudoun
Coop Centes
Loudoun St
Rollerkoater
Miller’s Hardware
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Blue Ridge
Pine Motor CO
Main St
Trip
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Timberlake
Moling and Cather
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
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!