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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1944
Page
7
Mrs. Lathrop Colgate will host the Century Club Tuesday afternoon at four o'clock at Mrs. Lewis Hyde's home on West Boscawen street. A Little Theatre group will stage two plays for the gathering.
Nursery School Committee met on Tuesday February 29 at 8 P M with acting president Mrs E Christopher Stuart in the absence of Mrs Robert T Barton. Ten members attended and State Welfare worker Miss Baker praised staff pupil relations and happiness at the school.
Mr and Mrs Page Louderback and daughter Margot Anne will relocate from Salem Virginia to Winchester within the month. Louderback to begin duties as production engineer at O Sullivan Rubber Co on Monday.
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7 30 p m Monday at the home of Mrs B M Roszel on Stonewall Avenue. Local social notes mention other community events and residents visiting or returning from hospital.
Mrs Eva Bledsoe Pitta of Cork Street reports Fort Oglethorpe Georgia on March 9 for WAC training after prior employment at Virginia Woolen. She is the daughter of Mrs Margaret Bledsoe of this city.
Berryville events page notes visitors and guests in town. Emmons of Washita City attends the funeral of Leonidas Carlisle with his family. Mrs. James Lindsey visits Miss Virginia Page and Jane Lindsey visits Miss Nancy Seaman. Royal Navy’s James Fulcher and Lt Donald Cooley with family are guests of Berryville residents. Lt Cooley heads to Missouri for duty. May and Ada Castleman recover from an accident near Gaylord after returning from Winchester. Memorial day events and gradual improvement cited.
Private Robert Houghton returns to Durham North Carolina to attend the Marine School at Duke University. Pvt Jim Breckenridge and John Breckenridge visit with Mrs Marees Breckenridge at Flagstop then rejoin Marine Corps training. Joey leaves for Charlottesville to enter the University of Virginia. Berryville Chamber of Commerce plans a meeting March 6 at Grace Episcopal Parish House. Blackburn Smith and Mrs L Tessier in Washington while Clarke County Red Cross Blood Donor Service assists. Miss Watkins serves as Nurse's Aide.
A sacred music program at Braddock Street Methodist Church features a quartet of Mr and Mrs Roy B Wickes Jr and Mr and Mrs Marshall Kline replacing the Inspirational Service. They will perform Lent appropriate selections in the evening at 7:30.
The Open Door Bible Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will meet in their classroom at 9 45 Sunday. The Rev Joseph Ducknall will teach the lesson and all members are urged to be present. Visitors are given a cordial welcome.
Berryville High School closed the season with a doubleheader win over Jes ville, Va. The girls beat Lovettsville 37 to 31 while Clarke County outscored their opponents 26 to 13 in the opener. Ashby led Berryville with nine points, Jones added five baskets and a free throw. Jenkins tallied 19 for Clarke in the boys game, Frye scored 14 for Berryville, as Berryville rallied from a rough start to finish strong.
Baltimore and Chicago livestock quotes show firmer hog and steer prices with steady or slightly lower ranges. Baltimore notes firm poultry and mixed eggs, while cattle, calves, and sheep display varied weekly changes, top beef steers around 16.00 to 16.50 per cwt and hogs steady to lower in portions of the reports.
Scattered gains and pauses marked the market with White Rock hitting a new 1944 top. Leading issues at the close included Distillers Corp and National Distillers while U S Steel and General Motors lagged. Transfers ran about 300000 shares in two hours. Phoenix Securities Pontepec American Cyanamid and Cities Service showed forward curb tendencies.
Chicago March 4 light trading left grain prices little changed at the open. No overnight news spurred heavy moves. Wheat values closed July 1.67 1 8 and Sept. 1.65 3 8. Rye May 1.28 1 8 to 1.28 July 1.27 sept 1.25 3 8 and Dec 1.26 3 8.
Stock cattle and feeders moved slowly with steers reaching 17.00 for yearlings and bulk trading 13.90 to 16.25. Slaughter lambs eased 15 to 25 points with native lambs topping at 16.25 and good fall shorn lambs at 15.40 to 15.50. Sheep remained steady while cutter cows closed around 8.00 and heavy bulls hit 11.85.
The Handley Judges closed the 1943-44 basketball schedule with five wins and ten losses. They beat Berryville Warren County High School and Hedgesville, plusRomney twice. The team scored 319 points while opponents totaled 377, averaging 21 to 25 per game. Bill Lovett led with 45 baskets and 100 points, while Hink Lewis added 69 points and 17 of 35 free throws.
Domei reports under Tojo wartime measures a broad shutdown of entertainment venues in Japan. About 4,300 Geisha houses 850 restaurants and 2,000 cafes cabarets tea rooms and similar establishments plus nine leading theaters will close tomorrow.
British forces seized positions at Akyab fifty miles south in Burma yesterday and repelled strome counter attacks. An air assault hit Fort White in northern Burma while fighters and dive bombers struck in Baladan Arakan and Maya. Large US fighter-bombers started fires and caused heavy explosions among troops and stores in Swanghka, the communique said.
Judge Otis "Snag" Sargent resumes spring track at Handley School after a one year absence. He plans to issue a call for cinder candidates around April 1 and has scheduled meets with Randolph Macon Academy and Romney High School with a Fairfax feeler. Sargent may send representatives to the state meet if held. Handley will follow track with a short baseball season.
The Stephens City farm machinery repair class opens Monday evening at 7 30 in the Culture Shop. The ten week course runs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays from 7 30 to 10 30 p m with instructors Joe Clevenger and E W Clevenger. All farm machinery will be repaired and expert advice given on each type.
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