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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1944
Page
8
Civic League luncheon at Golden Glow at 5 45 p m Quota Club at Golden Glow at 6 p m Weekly W O W meeting at Odd Fellows Hall at 8 p m Farmville Alumnae meet at Mrs Garland Quarles home Greystone Terrace at 4 p m
Miss Rebecca Beverley Miss Frances Beverley and Miss Judy Beverley of this city with Miss Elizabeth and Miss Palmer Beverley of Richmond plan a weekend at Milton Valley near Berryville. Also noted Marion Robertson to be discharged after hospitalization. Capt Hollen G Herbert and Mrs Herbert welcome a son Paul Méilfer born February 29 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Louise Robin White infant of Mr and Mrs Laurence White is a Memorial Hospital patient.
Miss Sarah Tyler Meigs daughter of Mrs Edward Browning Meigs and the late Dr Meigs of Washington D C and a niece of Mrs Melvin Green of this city was wed Monday afternoon in St Johns Church LaFayette Square Washington to Lieut Thornton Brown of Milton Massachusetts M C US NR son of Dr and Mrs Lloyd T Brown of Milton Massachusetts The officiating clergyman was Dr John R Magee The bride was given away by her brother Arthur Vincent Meigs The groom a Harvard and Harvard Medical School graduate
Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh of Baldwyn Mississippi was chosen February 29 to be the first woman secretary of the Democratic National Committee. The appointment links to Peter Vredenburgh the third and the late Virginia Baker family in Winchester and Miss Ruth Rogers of Washington underwent hospital treatment this morning. Maurice R Foreman, Seaman Second Class, returned to Camp Peary Virginia after ten days leave. Mrs Allen returned home from Baltimore after a visit with friends.
Mrs James Breckenridge of Clarke county and Miss Mary Thomson of Summit Point spent Wednesday in this city. W I spent Wednesday in this city. Mrs Huffman with pneumonia ill at home in Cumberland Maryland. Her parents Mr and Mrs J A Martin of Edgewood Md have been with her. Latest report her condition is better.
Mrs. Jackson of New Orleans arrived Tuesday to stay several weeks with her father C Gratton Crawford who has been ill at his home Hilandale near Kernstown. Mrs Walter Shawn Mrs Blair Goss Mrs Vincent Miller Ms Wallie Carper and Miss Katie Gordon, all of this city, were guests in Strasburg this week of Mr and Mrs Elwood Werrick and son on East Queen Street.
Mrs. Choman returns to Thornhill Manor Monday night after two weeks at Sulgrave Club in Washington. Other brief items note wedding officiated by Dr E T Clark in Louisa Va and Miss Iona Mae Long’s marriage to Set Milton Earl Towsey in First Baptist Church.
Miss Sara Hamilton of Winchester Memorial Hospital says strong interest in the Women's Volunteer Corps. A few applications remain unreturned but by week’s end officials expect all forms filed to organize the corps next week. Watch the paper for further enrollment announcements.
Jerry E Peacemaker 74 died early today at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He ran a mercantile business on Timber Ridge near his former home. Survived only by his widow May Peacemaker. Funeral at 10 a m Sunday from Parlett Funeral Home Gainesboro with interment at Whitacre Cemetery Virginia. Services led by Francis Eldridge of Cumberland Maryland.
Two organizations sponsoring contests during the Fourth War Loan Drive request final reports to determine winners. Retail merchants must submit bond sales reports of three leading girls to L. B. Phillips at Woolworths, who chairs the award committee for $100 in bonds. Mrs. Harold Brown seeks immediate sales records from all women in the Victory Exchange bond contest.
A dessert recipe mixing American apples with Asian spice notes and French technique. It uses 8 or 10 apples simmered with water sugar and raisins, then combined with cinnamon nutmeg and butter, filled in an uncooked shell and baked at high then lower heat until done.
Winchester Virginia mayor I C R Anderson calls all citizens to support the 1944 Red Cross War Fund for the local chapter. He notes the expanded burden on the Red Cross to aid fighting men and protect families at home during American Red Cross Month.
Laura Virginia Keckley 86 died at her nephew Clyde J Keckley’s Amherst street home after a three week illness. Born November 18 1857 at Mt Williams she was a lifelong member of St John’s Lutheran Church. Relatives will meet Sunday at 2 pm at her nephew’s home before a procession to St John’s for rites with Rev E B Smith. interment in the adjacent cemetery. Pallbearers named. Body remains at Omps funeral home until late tomorrow afternoon.
Measures advanced to third reading include a bill to let the agriculture commissioner inspect treat or destroy trees with Dutch elm disease and require owners to pay removal costs.
Congress debates the compromise on armed service voting between Senate and House conferees. President Roosevelt’s veto potential hinges on whether the federal ballot expands or limits voting compared with existing state law. Governors must certify state legality, with California currently sole to provide full legal service voting.
The twenty first annual spring trials of the Virginia Amateur Field Trial Association will be held in Louisa county near Gordonsville starting March 20. Ernest C Mead president said two stakes will run puppy events and all age events with heats. Entries close March 19 at the Old Oak and Bucket Hotel Gordonsville. Judges are Nash Buckingham and William N Greene. Beau Essies Don owned by Vircil P Hawse of Staunton won last spring's all age and has earned several awards this winter.
Three judges of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals ordered to hear an appeal on behalf of Louis Buchalter from a federal judge denial of a writ of habeas corpus which could have stayed his scheduled execution in a gangster case.
Secretary of War Stimson announced a new army medical center to provide social adjustment training for blinded veterans of all services before discharge. The center will be run by Col. Frederic Thorne and will serve 73 total blinded veterans, 70 Army and 3 Navy Marine Corps, plus two blinded German prisoners under care.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Spence Yeakley will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. from the Gainesboro Road home near Albin. Interment will be at Mount Hebron Cemetery with Rev. Edwin B. Smith officiating. Pallbearers are Zeilor Pag eant, Dan Greenawalt, Robert Butler, Lewis Hartman, William Cochran, and Earl Bailey.
Scarlet fever cases reported to the State Health Department for the week ending February 26 show a decided increase with Norfolk most affected. Seventeen cases in Norfolk. total 102 cases statewide, up from 76 the prior week and 44 a year ago.
Edgar Lee Stipe died February 18 in Dallas Texas after a heart attack. He was born January 30 1873 and married Rena Ridgeway in 1908. He is survived by a son Edgar Ridgeway Stipe a granddaughter Susan Adele a brother Hugh R Stipe and several nieces and four nephews. Services will be held Sunday afternoon at Brucetown with burial nearby and the Rev Fulcher presiding.
The City police report a wheel and tire were found this morning where the railroad tracks cross Millwood Avenue. The spare was thought to have been taken by a passing motorist. It may be returned to the owner at police headquarters after identification.
Three city fire companies were called out at 7 o clock this morning by a fire in a two story frame building on Indian Alley between Clifford and Cork. Firemen battled the flames for about an hour, with damage estimated at $500 to the property owned by Hugh Brill. The house, said to be occupied by an Owens family, was largely destroyed, with furnishings and personal belongings lost. Chief Argenbright said the fire started from a heating stove on the second floor and crews confined the blaze to the dwelling, while an attached garage-like structure was covered by metal material.
London dispatch states Vatican radio reported bombs dropped in Vatican City last night and no casualties were confirmed. Officials urged calm as brief notices circulated.
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