Bonds Set To Sell Jeeps On Loudoun Street Monday
Winchester groups including the Junior Board of Trade and the Girls Athletic Association run a bond booth on Loudoun Street next Monday July 3 to sell war bonds for Jeeps. Each bond marks the purchase as support for Army mobile equipment and replaces earlier plans for a war bond slave auction.
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Winchester Junior Board of Trade
The
Girls Athletic Association
Loudoun Street
U. S. Army
JET
GAA
Jeep Ride Offered With Bond Purchases
Committees overseeing bond sales for two organizations will display a Jeep on Monday. Every person who buys or pledges a bond at the booth will receive a city ride in the Jeep, driven by a soldier.
War bonds program offers Jeep additions via pledges
Pledges Monday allow adding Jeeps to the Armed Forces mobile equipment, with other gear priced at 3430 for a Field Ambulance and 6175 for a Scout car. A price list will cover all equipment. A 3 by 5 inch marker sticker credits purchases by the Junior Board of Trade and Girls Athletic Association. A flag raising at 2 30 p m marks the American Legion Post presenting a flag and holder, with a 7 30 p m plan for the formal presentation of the permanent war activities booth by the JBT to the bond committee.
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Armed Forces
Minutemen
Board of Trade and Girls Athletic Association
American Legion
JBT
Clarke Considers Government Offer for School Lunch Canning
Clarke county officials weigh a U S Department of Agriculture plan to support canning of donated vegetables and fruits for school lunches. Boyce and Berryville committees will meet July 4 at the Berryville Cannery to discuss cooperative handling, storage, and reimbursement for canning costs. Individuals may donate via Mrs Lindsey Tavenney in Boyce or Mrs Rice Levi in Berryville to schedule cannery time.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Boyce
Berryville
Clarke
Frederick
Shenandoah
Clarke County
Lindsey Tavenney
Rice Levi
Wills of Yeakley and Fauver Recorded in Winchester Probate
Two wills were admitted to probate in Winchester Corporation Court. G. Fred Yeakley, dated February 15 1928, leaves remaining estate to wife Rose Janet Yeakley after debts tombstone and care costs. James P. Reardon named administrator with a 5000 bond. C A Fauver dated February 1943 leaves 2000 to Courtney Mae Fauver 500 to Bessie L Fansler and rest to wife Shirley E Fauver. widow serves as executrix with 4000 bond. Appraisers listed for both estates.
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Winchester Corporation Court
G. Fred Yeakley
J. H. Yost
C. M. Grim
Yeakley
Mt. Hebron
Rose Jan
C. A. Fauver
Carl T. Cather
Elnora C. Barr
Courtney Mae Fauver
Woodland Avenue
Bessie L. Fansler
Shirley E. Fauver
Elmer Wingfield 61 Dies at Winchester Home
Elmer E. Wingfield, 61, longtime Winchester postal employee, died at his home 218 E Fairfax Lane at 12 40 PM after a yearlong illness. He left a widow and two children from his first marriage, plus another daughter, three sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren. The body remains at Jones Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Elmer E. Wingfield
City Post Office
E. Fairfax Lane
David Perry
Mary F. Lonas Wingfield
Winchester
Rose Pearl Mcllwee
Margaret Wingfield
Front Royal
Curtis Grove
Wingfield
Madison Lodge
N.C.C.F
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Reform Church
Jack Shumaker
Charles Wingfield
Charles Lewis
Charles Anderson
Lorne Mumma
Camp Hill
Nancy
Fay
Frankie
Jones Funeral Home
Sales Tax Hearing Set For Alexandria Public Meeting
The Winchester Chamber of Commerce was told that the Sales and Use Tax Commission will hold a public hearing in Alexandria on July 11 at 10 30. An attempt was made to locate the hearing in this city.
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Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Sales and Use Tax Commission
Alexandria
Rally Sunday at Mt. Nebo in Happy Creek Virginia
Mt. Nebo Baptist Church celebrates its twelfth annual Rally Day on Sunday July 2 with Pastor Rev C H Johnson presiding. Services start at 11 and 8 with holy communion, sermon, and Elder D J Lucas of Burkettsville Maryland to play electric guitar.
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Mt. Nebo Baptist Church
Happy Creek
C. H. Johnson
D. J. Lucas
Burkettsville
Caen Battle Sees Fluid Front as British Press On
Allied forces push near Caen with no firm front lines as German counterattacks intensify. Sixty German tanks destroyed in three days. total 160 this campaign. German air power rises briefly while RAF bombs Metz. Bridgehead across the Odon widened as weather improves and reinforcements arrive.
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Caen
Metz
Pfc. Travers Wounded in France Reports From England
In a June 21 letter Pfc. F. Wilson Travers informs parents in Stephenson he is in a hospital in England recovering from action wounds in France. He is with Company I 116 Infantry 29th Division and hopes to return to his unit after two years overseas. Lions Club bond booth sales reported at $27,625 by 2 p.m.
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Pfc
F. Wilson Travers
B. A. Travers
Stephenson
England
France
Travers
Lions Club
Finns Face Collapse Amid Questioned German Aid
Helsinki feelings run that German aid is token and far short of Nine divisions Von Ribbentrop reportedly promised. Berlin reportscite rumors Gen Eduard Dietz killed in crash with unconfirmed Berlin confirmation. NBC Stockholm cites unconfirmed dispatch about Jodl and Dietz deaths.
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Sturdevant
Helsinki
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Eduard Diet
Finland
NBC
Germany
Alfred Jodl
Dietz
United States
Bombardment Squeezes Caen Front as U S Forces Advance
The report describes a west to east offensive west of Caen with heavy bombardment from the north and northwest. Americans push on Cherbourg peninsula mop up pockets on the Cap De La Hague with ongoing German resistance and a rising prisoner tally reaching 28,849 since D-Day through Tuesday night.
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Caen
Cherbourg
Cap de la Hague
U. S
France
D-Day
City Appraisements and Insurance Bonds Recorded
Several appraisements in Corporation Court include Pearl E. Striker with insurance and bond for 433.73, appraised by Ryland Connor and C. L. Spillman, among others. The list details surety amounts and appraisers for the filings.
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Pearl E. Striker
Ryland Conner
C. L. Spillman
Estate Assets of Earl Leach and Minnie Ola Hardy
Estate notice lists personal property valued at 4080.36 dollars and real estate ye 000 along with assets connected to FE. G. Rusk H. a W. Copenhaver and Popert D. a.
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Earl Leach
Minnie Ola Hardy
FE. G. Rusk
H. A W. Copenhaver
Popert D. A
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jeeps
Loudoun ST
Yeakley and
Fauver Wills Recorded
Tvemoe Star Daily
Elmer Wingfield
Mt. Nebo
Supreme Command
Edwin Hummel
Rommel
Normandy
Tilly-Sur- Seulles
Oden
F. W. Travers
Pine Motor Co
Uncle Sam
Sun Suits
Lovely Pictures
Beaconair Glass
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