Belgian master salutes crew before dying in Atlantic sinking
Norfolk reports tell of the Belgian ship Mercier going down after being torpedoed off Newfoundland on June 9. The master saluted his crew with four whistle blasts before vanishing, as 45 survivors from two torpedoed freighters were landed by the Finnish freighter Hammarland. The Yselhaven, Dutch freighter, sank June 6 with nine lost. survivors say the captain, M. P. De Unaard, perished trapped in his cabin while trying to save papers.
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Norfolk
North Atlantic
Hammarland
Yselhaven
Mercier
Liverpool
Montreal
Newfoundland
Belgium
United States
M. P. de Unaard
Rotarians Change Meeting Place to Winchester Golf Club
Beginning tomorrow at 1 o clock the Rotary Club will meet at the Winchester Golf Club until further notice. Lou L. Brown Jr of Washington will speak with a moving picture titled Hidden Enemies. Clifford Grimie will introduce him. The July 3 meeting willInduct new officers.
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Rotary Club
Winchester Golf Club
Lou L. Brown, Jr
Washington
Clifford Grim
Bie
Rotary
Social Guests Visit Stephens City From Harpers Ferry
Mr and Mrs Ray Rickard hosted guests Sunday including Mr and Mrs Neil Carper and family Mr and Mrs D M James and Mr and Mrs D G Conrad and family all of Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Also present were Mr James Spence of Miami and Miss Le Kline of Martinsburg. Floyd Roberson and sons visited with Mrs R E Helmick. Master Blom spends summer with grandmother in Slanesville West Virginia. Master Sonny Rickard spent week with Duddy Toer in Harpers Ferry West Virginia.
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Floyd Roberson
Cedar Grove Church Wields Brave Sunday Plans and Visitors
Cedar Grove June 25 The Little Mountain M E Church hosts Brave Sunday for children. Families, including Mrs. Livingood Smith Duvall and children Cornelia and Mary Ann, visited Mrs. O. C. Dix. Other locals vacationed with kin in Martinsburg and Washington. Plans advance for Pleasant Valley Endea vor Society yard sale July 2 and Ladies Aid July 3.
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Cedar Grove
Little Mountain M. E. Church
John Livingood
John Smith
Richard Duvall
Cornelia
Mary Ann Smith
O. C. Dix
D. A. Smith
Mom Smith
Martinsburg
D. C. Dix
Harold Britton
Washington, D. C
Upper
C. D. Dye
Lebanon
C. H. Fries
Alson
Bruce Sheard
Ray Lamp
White Post Social Notes from June
June notes from White Post report Mrs Thelma Hartness and daughter Joan Gail of Richmond visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Snapp Williams. Dr Dearmont and others from Richmond visited last Friday. Woodrow Coulson returns home after a West Virginia hospital operation. Harry Shull of Washington DC visited. Hallie Crisman of Richmond plans six week Madison College course in Harrisonburg. Mrs L S Haymaker is confined at home. Billy Green has been...
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White Post
Thelma Hartness
Joan Gail
Richmond
Harry Shull
Ton
D. C
Hallie Crisman
Calee” Thompson
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Haymaker
Billy Green
Socialnotes from Capon Springs and nearby towns
Capon Springs West Virginia June 25 Sgt Raymond Wilson from Camp Hobbard Maryland visited his parents Mr and Mrs L M Wilson Mrs Nora Himelright returning from New Jersey visited relatives here Mr Harry Wagner of Waynesboro Pennsylvania spent the weekend with relatives L J Orndorff accompanied by J M Orndorff to Washington last week Charles Orndorff visited Friday and Saturday with her son confined to Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr and Mrs P O Miller of Macauley spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs F W Nesmith Wilbur LaPollette joined Capenney Hotel Riverside Farm staff Lee Stultz of Winchester spent last Friday in the section.
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Capon Springs
W. Va
Raymond Wilson
Camp Hobbard
Harry Wagner
Waynesboro
L. J. Chandler
Charles Orndorff
Winchester Memorial Hospital
P. O. Miller
Macauley
W. Nesmith
Wilbur LaPollette
Capenney
Riverside Farm
Lee Stultz
Winchester
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Rotarians Change Meeting
Benefit Presbyterian Church
Clearbrook
Stephens City
Epa Feesl
Pepsi-Cola and
Cloverdale
D. A. Gordon & Co
Main St
Milton Stuart
Boyce
Lily Daniel Rixey
Dermont
Mrs. L. M. Wilson
Nora Himelright
New Jersey
Sale
Jess
S. Loudoun ST
Big Beautiful Cannon Towels
White, Bree
Montgomery Ward
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