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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1944

Page

6

Radio Highlights and Evening Schedule Across Stations

Radio highlights list wartime veterans interview at Fort Du Pont. Airing titles include Chaminade music, La ment and Tschaikovsky pieces, Sanborn drama The Letter, and Prague occupation era Out of the Shadows. Later programs feature News Music Spotlight Blind Date Information Please and Lux Radio Theater style features with Broadway shows and Ed Sullivan.

Rp. m Vox Army Engineers Corps Aleutians Fort du Pont Delaware Firestone Richard Crooks The Frestone Symphony Howard Chaminade Cilea Frederico Tschaikovsky Herold WRC Bette Davis Herbert Marshall Somerset Maugham Wtor Prague WMAL K. C Bat’front M. Beatty Wills Agr Sky Dutch Bergman Bequest Lowell Thomas Heidi Fred Waring Hines News of the World Rancer Herson Vnv Sum ‘N’ Abner of America Voice of Dr. I. Q Evans Harkness D. C Pacific Story Wtroop iFoo K. Co. Folliard-Costello Thyn Blondie Vox Pop News Lux Radio Theater Lux Radio Theater Screen Guild Payers Broadway Showtime Calmer & Howe Arch McDonald’s Moondial Sonny Dunham

Bowling Ladies Commercial League Results

Valley Pride defeated South End 2 1 while McCrory's topped Capitol Restaurant 2 1 in a forfeit filled match. High games were Bowers 115 Cather 111 Jenkins 110. Team sets Capitol Restaurant 1367 McCrorys 1342.

Ladies Commercial League South End Fire Co Maccrory’s Valley Pride Woolen Co Capitol Restaurant Miles Music Co Gs Ponte Woolen Miles Music South End McCrory’s Capitol Rest Bowers Cather Jenkins Hawkins Strode Va. Woolen Co

Victory Quilt Winner Mentioned In Local Notes

Mrs. Alfred Rinker of near Rea visited Ill Elmer Godlove’s home with daughter Mrs. Alfred Rinker. Readers note a Victory Quilt raffle winner in Strasburg and local social visits. Burial of William Pine Lindamood at Lebanon Church followed heart illness. Lindamood, 40, survived by mother Mamie LutHoltz Lindamood and son Larry Pine Lindamood, with funeral conducted by Rev. John Mangum. Pallbearers were Mackall Wilkins Glenn Cochenour Cecil Hockman Elmer Snarr Tilden Hockman Frank Snarr. Interment Lebanon Church Cemetery.

Elmer Godlove Alfred Rinker Near Rea Normal Gore Strasburg Marshall Hayde L. Russell Miller Lebanon Church William Pine Lindamood Mamie Lutholtz Lindamood Charles Lindamood Larry Pine Lindamood John Mangum Mackall Wilkins Glenn Cochenour Cecil Hockman Elmer Snarr Tilden Hockman Frank Snarr Lebanon Church Cemetery

Ashwood couple welcome daughter in Memorial Hospital

Mr and Mrs Liaian Ashwood of Mount Williams Va announce the birth of a daughter Janet Marie born February 28 in Memorial Hospital. The couple also has two older children Deloris and Allen. Grace Sager of Washington visited the Bells. Pvt. Charles Ashwood returns home from Newfoundland due to his mother's illness and death. Mrs Katie White and Miss Wilda White of Winchester visited Mrs Ernest Ashwood and David Braithwaite. S2c USN is spending a few days with Mrs Braithwaite.

MT. Williams Liaian Ashwood Memorial Hospital Janice Marie Deloris Allen Grace Sager Washington K. L. Bell Charles Ashwood Newfoundland Guy Fauver Baltimore Katie White Wilda White Winchester Ernest Ashwood David Braithwaite

Sewing machine clinic held at Fawcett home

Miss Ruth McNeil led a successful sewing machine clinic in Mt. Pleasant at Mrs. FE E Fawcett’s home. Miss Marie McNeil from Tennessee visited. Next meeting set for March 24 at Mrs. John Perry’s. all members urged to attend. visitors welcome. Sunday School at 2 pm and union service at 3 pm in the United Brethren Church.

MT. Pleasant Ruth McNeil FE. E. Fawcett Marie McNeil Tennessee John Perry Hilda Milhoun Edison Fawcett Charles Lake Harry Lake Winchester Verne Milhoun Richard Boyce

War correspondent notes on Ennylabegan island after Kwajalein bombardment

William L. Worden reports from Kwajalein Atoll detailing Ennylabegan as a peaceful contrast to wrecked islands nearby. He notes a recovering Marshallese society, a 200-man Japanese barracks abandoned before use, and a cemetery with over 100 white crosses. Soldiers adjust to island life, with soldiers like Robert Yarrington and Leonard A. Carter completing duties while reading and supervising locals.

William L. Worden Hal Boyle Kwajalein Atoll Islands Ennylabegan Roi Namur Kwaalein Ebeye Enubuj Enyla Robert Yarrington Marionville Leonard A. Carter Hastings Okla

Virginia Loser In Legion Contest

West Virginia and Virginia competed in an informal membership contest. West Virginia claimed 14,241 members to Virginia’s 14,225, keeping Virginia as the loser for the second year running. A dinner and party will be hosted by West Virginia for Virginia American Legion members at a date to be set.

Charleston W. Va West Virginia Department of the American Legion Virginia Department Old Dominion Legionnaires West Virginia T. T. McGovran National Indianapolis Ind Virginia

Local notes from Apple Pie Ridge Virginia dated March 4

Small town report lists residents ill with chicken pox flu grippe and relapse illnesses. Several moves are noted including Clem family from Chamberlain farm Gerrardstown and Dodson family from Green Orchard to Front Royal. Funeral attendance for Mr. G Light noted.

Pie Ridge Betty Hoover Walter Jackson Plumley Lumber Company Garland Clem Chamberlain Farm Gerrardstown W. Va Ellis Dodson Green Orchard Front Royal A. W. Adams Frances Jackson Theodore Hoover June Brown S. S. Abshire Robert McDaniel G. Light Light Green Ray Wilson Phil Gold Ray Butler Pitcock Wilson

Dial 3424 For Your Socials Page Notice

By dialine 3424 you may let your friends know when you entertain have guests are going away or have returned home. The Star will be glad to publish all such matters on this page.

Dialine The Star

Some Nippons Have Change of Heart

Japanese prisoners at an American beach in Bougainville express gratitude for kind treatment and medical care. In a letter translated by Empress Augusta Kay, they say they hope to recover health and work for the United States while awaiting return home.

Bougainville Solomon Islands Augusta Kay United States

Help the USO Provide A Home Away From Home

A wartime appeal urges donations to the USO to support facilities and programs that offer soldiers and sailors a comforting base while overseas. The campaign highlights housing, meals, entertainment, and welfare services aimed at boosting morale for service members.

USO

March farm sales list across Winchester area towns

A sequence of auction schedules lists buyers and items. Dates span March 7 to March 30 with locations including Ashby Station Berryville Meyers Town Winchester Rippon and Gore. Items cover stock implements dairy cattle household goods antiques and machinery.

H. F. Hughes Ashby Station Ernest Bell Berryville D. F. Unger Chas Lanedon Meyers Town Howard Luttress N. W Winchester Ginesboro Miles B. Dean S. Main St Harry L. McCann Admr Lula M. Linaberg

Rainfall Statistics From Winchester Laboratory Report

Present and past rainfall data show none in the 24 hours ending 8 a.m. March to date 0.74 inches year to date 5.86 inches. Average annual rainfall over 31 years is 35.95 inches. Monthly averages from 1913 to 1943 list January 2.51, February 1.95, March 2.92, April 3.15, May 3.60, June 3.83, July 3.60, August 3.74, September 2.31, October 3.45, November 2.46, December 2.43 inches. Data supplied courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.

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