Rickenbacker predicts postwar aviation expansion and challenges
World War ace and Eastern Air Lines president Eddie Rickenbacker says defense-led aircraft factories will spur twofold to tenfold growth in commercial aviation after the war. He foresees 500 to 1,000 postwar airliners, but warns about 75 percent of defense plants closing and stresses long-range planning for pilots and technicians.
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Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Atlantic
United States
Manu
Calendar of Friday Legion and Woodmen meetings
Friday events include a 12 30 p m weekly American Legion Post luncheon at a hotel and an 8 p m weekly Woodmen of the World meeting at Odd Fellows Hall.
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American Legion Post
Odd Fellows Hall
Rickenbacker Talks Recovery Amid War Work Outlook
The article notes permits for continued experiments to keep commercial designs ready after the war and states that current work will reduce operation costs and tariffs. It quotes Captain Eddie Rickenbacker recovering in an Atlanta hospital from February 27 crash injuries, using a cane and hoping to fly again in two to three weeks.
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Rickenbacker
Atlanta
Mrs Comb's Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Estelle Combs wife of Kenneth Combs of White Post will be held tomorrow afternoon at Greenway Church at 2 o'clock with Rev. C P Walz officiating. Interment follows at the Stephens City cemetery. Bearers are Herbert Deaven Leslie White Fermahn Per Arthur Carper James Cornwell and J R Haines. The remains rest at Jones Funeral Home until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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Hilda Estelle Combs
Kenneth Combs
White Post
Memorial Hospital
Greenway Church
Toorrow
C. P. Walz
Stephens City
Herbert Deaven
Leslie White
Fermahn Per
Arthur Carper
James Cornfell
J. R. Haines
Jones Funeral Home
Notice to remove property in Winchester Virginia
Notice states hearing on advisability of removing property for GEO. BARRIE Jr held in Corporation Court Winchester Virginia. Union Title Insurance and Trust Company as guardian seeks court permission and any interested party may appear at 10:00 a m on a scheduled date to be heard.
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Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
U ‘California
Union Title Insurance and Trust Company
Guardan of Geo. Barrie, Jr
Modern Etiquette Q and A for Church, Debutante Parties
A reader asks if a man and a single girl may walk down the church aisle together, and the answer is yes. Debutante tag-out parties are typically held at eighteen. A pretty, attractive girl applying for an office job should not expect special treatment and must be treated like any other employee.
Senior Banquet And Dance Colorful Affair Last Night
The Handley High School senior class of 1941 held a banquet with Miss Dorothy Moore as toastmistress. Afterward the annual final dance featured Soddy Haines and his orchestra, with Hubert Kerr Jr. singing solos. The gym displayed a large American flag and red white and blue decorations.
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Handley High School
Dorothy Moore
E. Blackburn
Moore
Soddy Haines
Hubert Kerr, Jr
Virginia Set to Register Men Aged 21 July First
Richmond June 12 The 153 Selective Service Boards are empowered to conduct the July 1 registration for men newly reaching age twenty one since the Oct 16 initial day Lt Col Mills F Neal state director directs chairmen to act as chief registrars and arrange locations for registration with no pay for registrars An estimated 20 000 to 26 000 Virginians will register in Virginia this time following nearly 350 000 in the initial fall registration
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Richmond
Selective Service Board
Mills F. Neal
Neal
Virginia
Miss Mary Warden Boyd Hosts Favor Day Luncheon
Social notes report Mary Warden Boyd hosting a Fairmont Avenue luncheon in honor of bride to be Virginia Steck ahead of her June 21 wedding to Harry R. Kern Jr. The event, decorated with spring flowers, featured wedding-party members and several invited guests.
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Mary Warden Boyd
Fairmont Avenue
Fevor
Virginia Steck
Harry R. Kern
H. KK. Benham
John Scully
James Miller
Virginia Cover Russell
Bentley Thomas
Dorothy deGrange
Florence Nightengate Meets Tomorrow Night
Florence Nightengate chapter of the Sunday School will hold a meeting tomorrow at 7 30 at Miss Lillian Nestlerode's Front Royal road home. Members meet at the church at 7 and transportation is provided.
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Florence
Florence Tengate
The
United Brethren Church
Lillian Nestlerodt
Front Royal Road
Cant. Reformed Church Rummage Sale Planned for Saturday
The Centenary Reformed Church announces a rummage sale to be held Saturday in a building on Main Street. An advertisement will appear on The Star's front page tomorrow afternoon with the sale time and location.
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Cant. Reformed Church
Centenary Reformed Church
Main Street
the Star
Mrs Wisecarver Heads Turner Ashby Chapter U D C
Mrs Martin Wisecarver was elected president of Turner Ashby Chapter U D C for the coming year. Officers include Mrs William T Colbert first vice president Mrs R T Barton second vice president Mrs Clarence Hardy third vice president and others. The chapter caps a record year and plans fall activities. Boyce Alumni To Hold Supper Tomorrow Night at 5:30 in Parish Hall Boyce High School alumni will dine. Episcopal Womans Auxiliary Conferences Province of Washington will hold two conferences for women church workers at Shrine Mont Orkney Springs Va June 16-20 and June 23-27 with speakers from several cities. Little Garden Club Meets Monday at 3:30 at Mrs Paul Rhodes home. Dorcas Class Meets tomorrow night at Centenary Reformed Church home of Mrs F H Fansler Woodland Avenue.
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Wisecarver
Turner Ashby
Martin Wisecarver
William T. Colbert
R. T. Barton
Clarence Hardy
R. B. Slonaker
Wm. T. Barr
Frank L
Boyce
Boyce High School Alumni Association
Episcopal Womans Auxiliary Conferences
Little Garden Club
Paul Rhodes
Dorcas
Centenary Reformed Church
F. H. Fansler
Woodland Avenue
Mrs Lupton Returns from Massachusetts Trip
Mrs. McSherry Lupton came home from a visit to her brother Lieut Beall Knight stationed at Fort Devens Massachusetts. She attended an alumnae meeting at Wellesley College and spent the prior weekend with Knight's fiancé Miss Elizabeth Hannahs in Watertown New York. She also visited Mrs. John Remington in Rochester New York on the return route.
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McSherry Lupton
Beall Knight
Fort Devens
Mass
Wellesley College
Lupton
Knight
Elizabeth Hannahs
Watertowwn
N. Y
Rochester
John Remington
Wellsley College
Virginia Steck Honored At Bridge Party In Martinsburg
Last night Mr. Bentley Kinney hosted a bridge party honoring Miss Virginia Steck whose June 21 wedding was announced. Guests included Eleanor Scully Virginia Russell Betty Riley Mary Warden Boyd and others. Several local residents and family members attended dinners and visits across Gainesboro Martinsburg and nearby towns.
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Virginia Steck
Bentley Kinney
News Means Fresh Information
This page invites readers to submit social personal or club event notices to the Star. It encourages sending details the day before events occur or the day after they take place for publication.
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Star
Mary Washington College Students Home for Summer Break
Miss Eloise Strader returns home to Stewart street Fredericksburg with her parents Mr and Mrs W R Strader to spend the summer after attending Mary Washington College. Mrs W G Ottley visits Farmville for a week with her mother Mrs Armstrong. Miss Ida Grace Swann pupil at Mary Washington College stays with her parents the Rev and Mrs T M Swann on South Washington Street.
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Harry Strader
Hampden Sidney College
W. R. Strader
Helen Woore
Frank. Woore
South Washington Street
Miss Woore
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin
Ohio
Eleanor
Virginia Leatherman
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Mrs
D. E. Leatherman
Tennyson Avenue
Tom Whitham
James Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Mr. Whitham
Blacksburg
Eloise Strader
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Stewart Street
Mrs. W. G. Ottley
Farmville
Mrs. Armstrong
Ida Grace Swann
T. M. Swann
Little Theatre Plans Junior Little Theatre Program
A meeting is set for Friday at 2 30 in the Little Theatre studio at 213 N Cameron street for youths ages 8 to 14 to join a Junior Little Theatre. The group will stage children s plays variety shows with dancers singers and puppets. Inquiries may be made to the studio at 4411 with organizers Mrs Ian MacCallum Mrs Albert Seal and Bentley Kinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Theatre
N. Cameron Street
Junior Little Theatre
Ian MacCallum
Albert Seal
Bentley Kinney
Little Theatre Studio
Important Chanters Meeting Tomorrow at Presbyterian Church
A very important meeting of the Chanters will be held tomorrow night at 7 30 in the Sunday School room of the Presbyterian Church. Music to be selected at the meeting will be sent to Fort George G Meade Md.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Fort George G. Meade, Md
Ought you not to ask your mother
A language note argues that modern phrasing should be more formal asking if one should consult a parent. It critiques common errors in phrasing and suggests a traditional alternative.
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Lucy Mitchell
Thomas B. Byrd
R. E. Byrd
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Charles Staples
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Frances Venable
Handley Won
Washington, D. C
Grace Collette
Washington
Alice Brill
M, Washington
Aloice Brill
Hugh Brill
Washington and Lee University
University of Richmond
Henry Bell
Mary Washington
John Steck, Jr
Mary Marshall
Steck
New York City
Harry Taliaferro
New York
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Branch
Oldary Comfort
Toay
Charles Morrison
Charles, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
A. L. Baker
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George Lee Baker
Fort Meade, Md
Paul J. Thomson
Lexington
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Virginia Military Institute
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New Orleans
L. Thompson
Robert B. Nelson
Selfridge Field
Mich
Robert Nelson
Hetzel A. Lewis
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Canal Zone
Howard Lewis
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Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
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England
P. W. Boyd
Margaret Collins Denny
Bible Class
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D. M. Sprinkle
E. P. Bean
Ernest A. Carper
Underwood’s Bakery
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Wood
Mrs. Lupton
Brother
Mrs. McIlwee
Ella McIlwee
Gainesboro
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Susie Allen
R. Daugherty
Noami Thomas
Wilmington
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Charles Wilson
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric’ Co
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Baltimore
Ralph Hengeveld
Betty Scott
N. C
J. Howard Cather, Jr
J. Howard Cather
Cather
George Patton
Bennett McCarthy
Mr. McCarthy
Vincent McFadden
Philadelphia
William D. Carpenter
Fort Eustis
E. F. Kent
Millwood
Upperville
Colt and
America
Upperville, Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
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Massanutten Military Academy
Shenandoah River
Woodstock
G. A. Benchoff
Camp Lupton Woodstock, Virginia
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Raylass Department Store
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