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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1942

Page

6

Winchester and Clarke wedding notices fill social page

Social and personal items report Edith Campbell and Woodrow Harris Moore marry in Brucetown Methodist Church at 8 PM with candlelight and floral decorations. Also noted are Mrs. Largent visiting Everett Pa. after her father's accident, Miss Shacklett's Bethesda wedding to John Wiley, Epworth League program at Macedonia Church, Irene Cohen wedding in Easton Pa, Mr. Hall hosting a weiner roast for Newberry staff, and Logan Massey starting at Randolph Macon College Ashland freshman year.

Winchester Clarke County Brucetown Methodist Church Edith Louise Campbell R. A. Campbell Wadesville Woodrow Harris Moore W. H. Moore South Loudoun Street E. B. Moore Logan Massey C. F. Massey Ashland Randolph- Macon College

Dinner honoring Louise Campbell and Woodrow Moore at Jack Hotel

Mrs Hockman and Miss Denny hosted a dinner at the Jack Hotel Coffee Shop in the wedding party circle for Miss Louise Campbell and her fiancé Mr Woodrow Moore who are to wed tonight. The guest list included bridesmaids and friends such as Mrs Shirley Bly Miss Alberta Owens Miss Alice Cary Polhamus Anne Meade and Cornelia Duvall along with Edward Moore Berlyn Moore Charles Patton Irwin Zuckerman Harold Campbell and Larrick Hockman.

Hockman Miss Denny Larrick Hockman Elizabeth Denny Jack Hotel Louise Campbell Woodrow Moore Shirley Bly Alberta Owens Alice Cary Polhamus Anne Meade Cornelia Duvall Edward Moore Berlyn Moore Charles Patton Irwin Zuckerman Harold Campbell

Community Socials Mark Farewells And Family News

A man and a woman from Gore enter the Army soon as guests attend a Wednesday weiner roast at Wolford’s Beach honoring M. G. Anderson and Robert Combs. Local residents gather for weddings, travels, and hospital updates including Mrs. J M John visiting Winchester and Baltimore relatives.

Miss Alsop Weds Mr. Dougherty This Afternoon

Eleanor Kelso Alsop daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert K Alsop of Richmond will wed Mr Graham Dougherty Jr son of Major and Mrs Graham Dougherty of Woodley Clarke county at St James Episcopal Church Richmond The Rev Churchill Gibson will perform the ceremony Major Dougherty will be best man and Miss Mary Dougherty sister of the groom will be a bridesmaid The couple will live at Woodley after a wedding trip and a reception at the Commonwealths Club follows the ceremony

Foundry Church Washington Mrs. Wiley Lucas Lane Bethesda Eleanor Kelso Alsop Robert K. Alsop Richmond Graham Dougherty, Jr Graham Dougherty Woodley Clarke County Churchill Gibson St. James Episcopal Church Alsop William B. Watkins, Jr Clarke Mary Dougherty Kitty Adamson Laura Butcher Dorothy Cowardin Major Dougherty Ronald Mitchell Howard Harry Wood Philadelphia Commonwealth's Club Woodfey

Mrs Lula Loy Hosts Mixed Shower For Bride-To-Be

Mrs Lula Loy and daughter Freda hosted a pink and white miscel laneous shower for Mrs Charles J Lillis at their Amherst street home. Guests embroidered their names on towels for the bride and enjoyed music by Miss Dorothy Larrick and singing led by Buzz Jackson. Attendees included Mrs Harry Hottel Mrs Charles H Lillis Mrs Edwin Lillis and many others alongside relatives visiting from Norfolk and Baltimore.

Lula Loy Freda Charles J. Lillis Amherst Street Dorothy Larrick Buzz” Jackson Freda Loy Norfolk Harry Hottel Charles H. Lillis Edwin Lillis Lucy Crim Ralph Manuel Asbury Jackson Dorothy Sencindiver Betty Wilkins Myrtle Cooper Dorothy Armel Hilda Armel Peggy Lee Joseph Lingo A. C. Stottlemyer John Bowman S. V. Lewis George Butler Sadie Finkelstein Gertrude Organ Lucille Sencindiver Clarence Creswell Joseph Cassell M. J. Billmyer Hinton Jackson Maynard Wisecarver Mamie Coffman Alvin Pennypacker Vinton Sarver

Hrist Episcopal Church Service Note

Reve R B Nelson pastor at 8 am Holy Communion with no Sunday School. At 11 am prayer and reading of Bishop Tucker's Pastoral Address to the Council. Weekly prayer includes a blessing for guidance and mercy through temporal trials toward eternal rewards.

Hrist Episcopal Church R. B. Nelson Tucker Council God Heavenly Father Jesus Christ

Nephew of Goering Reported Killed in Air Battle

A BBC style broadcast in London June 27 announced Walter Goering, 21, nephew of Hermann Goering, was killed in an air battle on the western front. He served as a lieutenant in a German fighter squadron.

London Walter Goering Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering R.af Goering

Miss Frances Trott Weds James Goode in Washington

The wedding of Miss Frances Louise Trott and Mr. James Sewell Goode took place Thursday night at All Saints Episcopal Church Chevy Chase Circle Washington. The bride’s father gave her away and the couple will live at 1725 17th Street NW Washington after a reception at the bride’s home.

Frances Louise Trott David C. Trott Chevy Chase James Sewell Goode Washington J. Goode All Saint’s Episcopal Church Chevy Chase Circle Henry Teller Cocke Frederick Dalcourt Chew Helen Lucille Trott Clara Trott Mrs Clara Lee Trott Landon Whitacre David Crouper Trott, Jr Edward Francis Callanan New York 17Th Street N. W Washington, D. C

Veteran to direct WAAC training program at Fort Des Moines

Col Don C Faith names Catherine Van Rensselaer 43 as physical education director for WAAC officer training. She emphasizes toughening the corps, developing stamina and flexibility, and rejects a purely athletic approach. First 440 candidates report July 20.

Fort Des Moines New York France W.A.A.C Sisses van Rensselaer

Sock tester marches 60 miles daily in army socks

A British army clothing inspector's invention, a sock tester named Tom my, walks 60 miles daily using two mechanical feet to reproduce perspiration and strain of long marches in army socks.

London Tommy

Uniforms and Fitness Regimen for Women Soldiers

A feature exhorts women in uniform to maintain straight backs, full chests, and trim waists. It mocks slouching and offers two exercises to flatten abdomens, slim hips, and improve digestion, claiming benefits within weeks with daily routine.

Examining Doctor Of Draft Board Loses His Appeal

In New York federal court Judge Simon Rifkind holds a local draft board may induct its own members if in class 1-A. Dr Frank J Pirone of Mount Vernon NY loses his deferment appeal and sues, but the court dismisses the complaint saying courts should not interfere until deprivation occurs.

New York Simon Rifkind Frank J. Pirone Mount Vernon N. Y Pirone

13 Men Die In Murton Colliery Explosion

London June 27 thirteen men were killed in a gas explosion at Murton colliery in Durham county. Colliery officers reported the blast caused by ignited gas fumes and all the bodies were recovered.

London Murton Durham County Collery

Porch picnic ideas and Liberty Cookies recipe details

A reader asks for an attractive buffet style porch picnic menu including cold soup fruit rice or fruit cup vegetables and meats with rolls crackers cheese nuts mints olives ice cream and small cakes plus iced tea or coffee. A Liberty Cookies recipe uses chocolate raisins oats shortening and peanut meats baked at 350 for 15 minutes yields about four dozen cookies.

Guest Elias Zimmerman to Speak at 1st Brethren Church

The Rev. Elias Zimmerman a converted Hebrew and Christian minister will speak at First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue Sunday June 28 at 8 o clock. Pastor Rev. Paul Dick notes Zimmerman’s long rabbinical training in Europe and Russia before converting to Christ and serving in missions to Jews for 20 years with the American Board of Missions to the Jews. The message is described as sane biblical and spiritual and the public is invited.

Elias Zimmerman First Brethren Berriyville Avenue Paul Dick Europe Jesus Christ Russia Germany America Dubuque University American Board of Missions Zimmerman

Farmer escapes hogs and bull after tractor crash

In Upper Sandusky Ohio a farmer Theodore Belle was injured when a tractor upset. He crawled across a pasture after his leg and calf were cut. A herd of about 250 hogs and a young bull pursued him until he reached a shed and could attract help.

Upper Sandusky Theodore Belle Belle

Two Czechs Divide German Reward

Prague announces two Czechs shared a German reward of 10,000,000 Czech crowns for information that led to the shooting of two men who killed Gestapo leader Reinhard Heydrich. The Bohemia Storavian protectorate government reportedly paid an extra 5,000,000 crowns to seven Germans and two Czechs.

Berlin Gestapo Reinhard Heydrich Prague Bohemia-Storavian

Braddock Street Methodist Church Service Schedule

Pastor Rev T M Swann leads a 9 45 a m church school with Walter M Shade as general superintendent. Sermon at 11 a m What Can Prayer Do by the pastor. Vacation Bible School commencement at 7 30 p m. Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30 p m.

Braddock Street Methodist Church T. M. Swann Walter M. Shade Vacation Bible School

Proportion to Melodies and More Across Clues

A list of crossword style clues ranges from proportion to melodies and more. Entries include Arabian prince Bog exist and pierces pronoun unit of work Chinese river falsehood a frolic sugar cane shoot material on beach vegetable by way of spawn of fish present feminine name glossy cloth travel back and forth mode insurgent gloss ventilate solemnity siren slave god of war performed contend recent.

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Brucetown Silties Lofton Epworth League James Lofton Macedonia Church Novick Easton Irene Cohen M. E. Cohen Ensign Harry I. Cohen William Cohen A. J. Novick Temple Covenant of Peace Joshua Trachteeberg Ote] Easton San Francisco Calif Ensign Cohen U. S. Naval Brooks Pharmacy Service Oenny AAA Huntsberry Walley’s Messrs. Combs, Anderson Weiner Wolford’s Beach M. G. Anderson Robert Combs Gore Army R. N. McKee Dorothy Davis Paul Beable Eva Foreman Minia Lockhart James Sawyer Charles Wittranks W. H. Wisecarver William Wofford B. Larrick Sandy, Jr Mrs. Flood Willow Lawn Inn H. D. Flood R. E. Byrd Mrs. Byrd Margaret Byrd Harry Stimpson Jean Cornwell M. T. Dunn Southwark Street J. W. Cornwell Lillian Cornwell Winifred Carper Opal Tusing Fort Benning, Ga Corp Albert Pingrey Ray Barley Olin Grove Barbara and Bradley Dayton, Ohio John A. Dick Kernstown G. C. Booker Alexandria Francis Tewalt South Main Street Julian Anderson Kerr Street Memorial Hospital R. Y. Conrad South Washington Street Tunstall Smith Baltimore Front Royal Alexander Gordon Joyce Ridings A. C. Ridings Fairview Avenue Cecil Funk North Loudoun Street Funk Glenn L. Martin the Food Center Loudoun Miss Alsop Mr. Dougherty Charles Lillis Arthur Ruggles Cora Funk North Robert Noerr Ridgefield, N. J William G. Hardy West Clifford Street Presbyterian Church Fairview Church Ladies Aid Society of Por Winchester Business College Frances Trott James Goode WAAC Balsas Thomas Credit Jewelers N. Loudoun Helen Follett Frederick County Underwood’s Bakery N. Loudoun St. Phon 1St Brethren Church Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Esa Fort Moling & Cather Daily Crossword Bounders INIA Contend Rey
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