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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1944

Page

8

Doris Supinger Bride Of Garland Whitlock

Doris Supinger of Royal becomes bride of Garland Whitlock son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Whitlock at the groom's parents home. The ceremony was by Nathan Williamson of the Church of Christ. The couple will reside with the groom's parents on National Avenue.

M. H. Supinger Royal de‘Whitlock Elmer Whitlock National Avenue Nathan Williamson Church of Christ Jean Koon Coca Cola Co

Local noting of visits and farewells in Clarke

Seaman Ralph Snapp Jr. on a week’s leave staying with his parents on Fairmont Avenue. Mrs. Mosley Harris and Mrs. Alfred Smith return to Washington D C. Mrs. R. C. Kremer heads to Washington for funeral rites. Clara Nigg from Camp Dietrich Md returns to Lexington to stay with Mr. and Mrs. W A Baker. Florence Bel and Mrs. Bell arrive from Washington D C with Bell staying two weeks. Charlotte Meade to entertain Saturday at Clarke home. Ensign Robert Blair of the Naval Air Corps visits Clarke for furlough with his mother Mrs. Krock. Dorothy Hawthorne to arrive from North Carolina by week’s end.

Seaman Ralph Snapp, Jr Mrs Ralph Snapp Fairmont Avenue Mosley T. Harris Alfred T. Smith Washington, D. C Clara Nigg Camp Dietrich Lexington W. A. Baker Florence Bel Mrs. Bell Miss Bell Washington Ens Robert Blair Naval Air Corps Clarke Arthur Krock Krock Dorothy Hawthorne North Carolina

Dates to Remember at Eight Tonight for W O W

Weekly meeting of the Woodmen of the World at Odd Fellows Hall set for 8 00 p m. The notice urges members to attend the gathering and discuss upcoming events and responsibilities.

Odd Fellows Hall

Virginia Retail Merchants Convention Attendee Returns

Mrs Evelyn C Grimes and Mrs Dorothy Marshall returned home after attending the 28th annual Retail Merchants Association of Virginia convention at the John Marshall Hotel Richmond June 25 to 27. Principal speakers included Hon Colgate W Darden and Dr John S Freeman. While there they attended a reception for Guy Lombardo and his orchestra, featured for the Fifth War Bond Drive.

Evelyn C. Grimes Dorothy Marshall Retail Merchants Association of Virginia John Marshall Hotel Richmond Colgate W. Darden John S. Freeman Amon Grimes Marshal Guy Lombardo

Births and service updates at area military families

Seaman and Mrs. David Braithwaite celebrate the birth of a son on June 10 at Memorial Hospital. Ruth Ambrose of Mt Williams is the new mother. Seaman Braithwaite serves at Quonset Point R I. Phyllys Fowle will train as a registered nurse at the University of Virginia starting Saturday. Mrs J C Breckenridge of Summit Point hosts Miss Pamela Dunn of New York and two sons on furlough from training at Chapel Hill. John E Shull Sr of 118 S Kent St recalls his son Seaman John E Shull who finished boat training at Camp Peary and moves to Norfolk. Eva Brill visits in DC after staying with her sister Mrs R C Kremer. Capt Kenneth Robinson US Army and Capt Tucker US Army arrive from Camp Blanding Fla for a furlough with Mr and Mrs Ray Robinson and family. Apprentice Seaman Charles Jolliffe, home with his mother Mrs Ethel Jolliffe, heads to Duke University. PFC Robert Lofton, on 15 day leave with Mrs Lofton in White Post, departs for Fort Benning Ga with Mrs Lofton accompanying. Pvt and Mrs Lofton visit Moorefield W Va last Sunday. Mrs Foster Reeler of Mt Victoria Md plans a stay at Thornhill Manor.

Seaman David Braithwaite Memorial Hospital Braithwaite Ruth Ambrose Mt. Williams Seaman Braithwaite Quonset Point R. I J. C. Breckenridge Summit Point W. Va Pamela Dunn New York John and James Breckinridge Chapel Hill N. C John E. Shull, Sr S. Kent Street John E Shull Camp Peary Norfolk Unit A. Prim Nob Kenneth Robinson US Army Tucker U. S. Army of Releigh Camp Blanding Fla Robinson Ray Robinson Robert Lofton

Baltimore guest travels to Summit Point with Thomson family

Miss Nellie Todd of Baltimore arrives to visit Miss Mary Scott Thomson in Summit Point West Virginia. Also staying with them is Miss Sonny Mc Knew of Washington DC. Pvt Wilbur Wisecarver leaves Fort Meade after a fifteen day furlough with Mrs Wisecarver. He joined service November 10, 1943 and trained at New Cumberland and Ft McClellan before basic. He worked for National Fruit Products Co. Miss Sara Glenn Lupton returns to William and Mary College after visiting with her parents and attends the wedding of Miss Mary Glenn Lupton and Capt John Hawse.

Nellie Todd Baltimore, Md Mary Scott Thomson Summit Point W. Va Thomson Sonny McKnew Washington, D. C Wilbur Wisecarver Fort Meade Wisecarver New Cumberland Ft. McClellan Ala National Fruit Products, Co Sara Glenn Lupton William and Mary College Edmund Lupton South George Street Mary Glenn Lupton Capt John Hawse

Annual Nursery School Party Planned for July 7

Plans perfected for Garden Party at Mrs. Robert T. Barton home South Washington Street on Friday July 7 to benefit Gertrude Barton Nursery School. Afternoon fashion show 3 30 to 6 00 with young models. Grab Bag fortunes and a lengthy evening program 7 30 to 10 00 including a costume party and auction with local merchants contributing. War Bond drawing precedes auction. proceeds aid Colored Day Nursery.

Robert T. Barton Washington St Gertrude Barton E. C. Stuart, Jr Fred Glaize Jr Betsy Glaize C. 8. Butler Winchester J. Sloan Kuykendall Melvin Green Clarke T. Cooper Carl Massie Robert Pizzano Colored Choral Society Allan Richardson Earl Clowser Coleman Dunn Alfred Schwalb Post Office Ed Molden W. A. Baker R. T. Barton Henry Bryarly W. E. Bridgeforth John Woolfolk Carrie Hunter Harry Schmidt Phil Boyd Colored Day Nursery Gertrude Barton Nursery School

Bond Auction at Stephens City High School Saturday

The Stephens City home demonstration club plans a bond auction at the high school this Saturday at 8 o'clock. Mrs. H. A. Punk chairs the committee, with livestock antiques and homemade pies and cakes offered for war bonds and war stamps. C. I. Brumback acts as auctioneer and special music is planned. all nearby residents are invited.

Stephens City H. A. Punk C. I. Brumback

Clarke County Daily News Service Heralding Local Updates

Clarke County daily briefing highlights municipal actions and community events. Officials announce service changes, school board decisions, and public notices affecting residents and businesses across the county.

War Mother of Winchester Honored for Unity of Duty

Mrs. Edgar Whiting widow of Colonel Whiting U.S. Army and WWI nurse was named outstanding War Mother for Winchester region. She heads Bundles for Britain, manages Fauquier County farm and Winchester home, has seven sons and one daughter, four sons in service, two overseas. She aided rationing, staffed OCD activities, donated blood, led Victory Book Campaign, and helps local recreation efforts.

Edgar Whiting Colonel Whiting United States Army Winchester Quota Club Whiting Britain Washington O.C.D Century Club

Berryville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Departures

Berryville residents share weekend travel and hospital news. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Howell visit Washington and their daughter-in-law and daughter recover from an appendectomy. Numerous guests arrive and depart, with family visits in Winchester, Hagerstown, Richmond, and Berkeley Springs, plus illnesses and hospital stays noted for A. Moore Calmes and others.

Drinkwater Sisters Return to Washington after Berryville Visit

Mrs. C. M. Drinkwater and Miss Nancy Drinkwater return to Washington, D. C., after a weekend in Berryville visiting Mrs. Bayard Stevens and Miss Nancy Stevens.

C. M. Drinkwater Nancy Drinkwater Washington, D. C Berryville Bayard Stevens Nancy Stevens

U S C Lounge Opens Overnight For Service Members

The U S C Lounge will close in daytime starting Friday but will stay open at night for service men with building owner Miss Carrie Gratchen donating the space. Capt Tom Boyd and police will admit guests and release them in the morning. Furniture loans may be retrieved or left for later pickup. Junior hostesses are to be honored with a July 17th dance at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg.

Carrie Gratchen Miss Gratchen Tom Boyd Police Department

Teeth bite on beach in Sydney sensational collision

Crowded Sydney beaches witnessed freak collisions as an individual was bitten by an artificial tooth from another swimmer. A fragment of a broken plate embedded in the scalp and both victims were taken to hospital for treatment.

Sydney Australia

Proposal to Set Open Squirrel Season and Bag Limits

Virginia Commission proposes open season for squirrels from September 15 to January 20 with regional dates and a bag limit of six per day and seventy five per season. Landowners may kill on their land anytime. Public hearing scheduled July 21 1944 in Richmond.

Richmond Virginia Blue Ridge Halifax Henry Mecklenburg, Patrick Pittsylvania Nansemond Norfolk Princess Anne Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries WM. S. Snow

Japs See Grave Stage Of War

The Tokyo radio declared that the United States advances in Saipan and wider Pacific offensives have placed the war at a very serious stage. It quoted the Japanese people noting the impact of the Marianas battle on the war's future, highlighting enemy sacrifice and fierce fighting spirit.

New York Tokyo United States Saipan Island Marianas Pacific Japan The Office of War Information

Japs Cleared West of Kohima Imphal Road in India

Southeast Asia Command reports Allied forces eliminated all Japanese troops west of the Kohima Imphal road in northeastern India. Remaining stragglers near Karong are being hunted on the eastern side. In northern Burma Chinese forces advance south of Loilaw near Mogaung.

Southeast Asia Command Kandy Ceylon Kohima-Imphal India Karong Burma Loilaw Yesterdy Mogaung

If We'll Buy The Bonds Theyll Drop The Bombs

A political slogan framed as a critique of defense spending and bond funding. The line suggests that purchasing bonds would finance military actions, implying a public argument about fiscal policy and wartime expenditures.

Snake grows from banana bunch attraction at liquor store

A ten inch constrictor found on banana bunches a decade ago in Prescott grew to six and a half feet before dying. The snake was used as an attraction at a local liquor store.

Prescott, Ariz

How To Keep A Teacher

Tulare California schools implemented a rotating schedule allowing a high school girl to be excused each day to care for the one and a half year old son of teacher Mrs. Lester Kopplin.

Tulare 8. D Lester Kopplin

Also Mentioned on This Page

Doris Supinger Bride of Garland Whitlock Evelyn C. Murrell Evelyn Chamblin Murrell John Tabb Walke U. S. Army First Baptist Church Murrell Handley High School Madison College University of Virginia Stuart Circle Hospital George Burwell Ralph Snapp Jr Charlotte Meade Brooks’ Pharmacy Simplex Huntsberry Front Royal Evelyn Grimes Mrs. Braithwaite Phyllys Fowle Philip Fowle Eva Brill R. C. Kremer Charles Jolliffe Ethel Jolliffe Duke University Foster Reeler Mt. Victoria, Md Thornhill Manor Baby Products Baby de Luxe Gaunt’s Drug Store Stephens City High School Clarke County Main &J Mrs. Edgar Whiting Berryville Social Notes Tom Howell Ernest Brown Howells Ann Thomas Howell Garland Williams Rosemont Circle University Hospital Louise Huyette Joe Patnaude New York City Mary Ann Nancy Davis Capon R. E. Davis Virginia Walker Charleston John Summers Levi Will Hart Pvt Pete Russell South Carolina John T. Russell Jack Weisman Bethesda, Md Henry Clark Betty Clark Coshocton Ohio Patsy Pitta Bluemont, Va Helen Jenkins Jean Holmstrom Chicago, Ill Pfc Richard Potts Wendover Field Utah Roy Potts Miss Holmstrom Chicago Pvt. Potts Camp A. Moore Calmes Winchester Memorial Hospital Grace Young Miss Young Cumberland, Md Frank Young A. P. Osborne Rockcroft Hunter Osborne Givens Joe Osborne Frank Hart Jack Enders Hagerstown Fred Miller William Blythe May Wagner Staunton Martha Lu Wisecarver Louise Jones Joseph F. Moore, Jr Goodwin H. Williams Florida Nicholas Morrison Ann Morrison Waynesboro Walter Wisecarver, Jr Walter Wisecarvers Valley Fritts White Post Camp Tyson Tenn Chamblin Punkhouser Funkhouser Fritts Winter Royston John Sparks Charles McIntosh John McIntosh Jane Austen Selby Lovett Brothers N. Loudoun Cowyer Lippy U.S. C Bell Bell Clothes Stores Front ‘ Royal Snake Uncle Sam Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Moling and Cather Ma Omberlake Miller Bros LUX Lge Med Jenny United Food Stores
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