Mrs. Elsie Jenkins Enlists in WAVES
Mrs. Elsie Triplett Jenkins of 34 South F B Main street enlisted in WAVES on February 19 and was sworn in in Washington D C. She enlisted through the Navy Recruiting Station in the Winchester Post Office building and reported for boot training on March 9 at Hunter College in the Bronx New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Triplett Jenkins
South F B
Main Street
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Washington, D. C
Jenkins
Navy
Winchester
Hunter College
Bronx
New York City
Tenth Anniversary of Garden Club Celebrated in Fredericktown
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club marked its tenth anniversary with a Wednesday afternoon gathering at Mrs. Harold Brown’s home on South Washington Street. Guests included former members and key contributors. former president Mrs. Sam D. Preston reviewed the club’s history from its 1934 Shawnee Garden Club origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Fredericktown
Arrivals Tied to Local Weddings and Visits
Residents and relatives travel for ceremonies and visits as Sgt Richard Haven and Barbara McEachran prepare for their wedding in Winchester. Others return from training, attend conferences, or visit family across towns, including Petrie, Huff, Haines, and Quick family notes.
Debate on U S Foreign Policy By AAUW Saturday
The Winchester Branch of the American Association of University Women sponsors a debate at the George Washington Hotel Saturday March 11 at 3 30 pm. Topics include military alliances after the war with speakers Miss Marjorie Davies Mr W W Glass Mr Grant Pollock and Captain William Barrett. Judges are Mr Garland Quarles Mr Vernon Eddy and Rev E T Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
American Association of University Women
George Washington Hotel
Richard Lewis
R. O. Bryant
Russell Furman
Gladys Haldeman
R. B. Dechert
United States
Marjorie Davies
W. W. Glass
Grant Pollock
William Barrett
Clarke County
Garland Quarles
Vernon, Eddy
E. T. Clarké
Golden wedding anniversary marked by music at George Washington Hotel
A deluxe reception for Mr. and Mrs. John Fishpaw of Clarke county celebrated their Golden anniversary with a musical program at the George Washington Hotel Tuesday night. Daughters Betty June and Nancy May Hurst played piano solos and duets, including Lohengrin’s wedding march, as the couple cut the wedding cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington Hotel
John Fishpaw
Clarke County
Betty June
Nancy May Hurst
Sam Hurst
Dr. Osborne
Thomas Dix
Hugh Pierce
Berryville
Wilbur Gaunt
Fishpaw
Helen Bromley
Warren Daugherty
Alice Hardesty
Nannie Shearer
Eleanor Fishpaw
Cake
Harvey Fishpaw
Clara Foreman McAfee
Louise Fishpaw Arnold
Baltimore
Anna Howard Hurst
Beverley party to spend weekend in Winchester
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beverley Jr and Miss Nan Dupuy of this city, visiting Richmond, are due to spend the weekend in Winchester with Miss Rebecca and Miss Frances Beverley at their South Stewart Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Beverley, Jr
Nan Dupuy
Richmond
Winchester
Rebecca
Frances Beverley
South Stewart Street
Smiths Welcome Son Mason Breckenbrough
Mr and Mrs Richard Smith of Clarke County announce the birth of a son Mason Breckenbrough Smith born Monday March 6 at Memorial Hospital. Grandmother is Branch Breckenbrough Grave, Public Health Nurse in Clarke county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Richard Smith
Richard B. Smith
Clarke County
Mason Breckenbrough Smith
Memorial Hospital
Smith
Branch Breckenbrough
Mitchells to Move to Richmond After Ardmore Stay
Mr and Mrs Henry Post Mitchell who lived in Clarke County and moved to Ardmore Pennsylvania in 1940 will relocate to Richmond Virginia in the near future. Mr Mitchell has been named district manager of Autocar branches in Virginia and southern Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Post Mitchell
Richmond
Clarke County
Ardmore
Mitchell
Autocar
Virginia
Maryland
Glee Club Presents Twentieth Annual College Program
The Glee Club of Madison College in Harrisonburg staged its twentieth special program this season featuring songs favorites. Performances included College events, church canteens for soldiers, Woodrow Wilson Hospital, and venues in nearby towns. Members Betty Jo Stretchberry and Jean Whit ham Kuykendall are freshmen singers from local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Woodrow Wilson Hospital
Betty Jo Stretchberry
J.A. Stretchberry
Jean Whitham
J. E. Kuykendall
Madison
Birth of Daughter for Linaburg Family in Arlington
Mr and Mrs Linaburg of Arlington Virginia announce the birth of their daughter Sandra Faye on March 5 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Mrs Linaburg formerly Miss Bessie Ruble of Gainesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linaburg
Boyd Linaburg
Arlington, Va
Sandra Faye
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Bessie Ruble
Gainesboro
Mr Lynch Nears Ninety After Illness at Home
Mr. Lynch recovering at his South Washington Street home invites friends to brighten his days. He will be ninety on May 14, and enjoys visits and calls from acquaintances. The note fits a small town obituary-like update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Maurice M. Lynch
South Washington Street
Misses Castleman Leave Hospital for Home
Misses May and Ada Castleman, hospitalized at Memorial Hospital for injuries from an accident, have been moved to their home near Gaylord Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Castleman
Misses May
Ada Castleman
Memorial Hospital
Gaylord
Mrs Noyes Tyndell Visits Winchester Household
Mrs Charles Noyes Tyndell of Front Royal is spending the week in Winchester with her daughter Mrs Peyton Marshall on South Stewart Street.
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Tyndell
Marshall
Charles Noyes Tyndell
Front Royal
Winchester
Peyton Marshall
South Stewart Street
Wood Couple Celebrates 54th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs C L Wood of Baltimore marked their fifty fourth anniversary with a home gathering from seven to ten o clock. They have seven children fourteen grandchildren and three great grandsons. Four grandsons serve in the armed forces with two in the Pacific. They attended the prior years fifty second anniversary reception of Mrs Wood s brother John M Fishpaw and Mrs Fishpaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wood
C. L. Wood
Baltimore
Pacific Area
Former Home Agent Elizabeth Sprouse Recuperating After Appen dectomy
Miss Elizabeth Sprouse former home agent of Fredercck County is in Jefferson Hospital Roanoke recuperating from an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sprouse
Fredercck County
Jefferson Hospital
Roanoke
Brill Returns To Tyndell Field After 15 Day Furlough
Pfc. Marion Brill returned to Tyndell Field Florida after a fifteen day furlough at his parents home Mr and Mrs W E Brill 201 East Boscawen street This was his first furlough since induction in January 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Petrie, Jr
R. I
Quick
Winchester
Edward Quick
Mascoutah
Ill
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
W. F. Plank
P. F
Mrs Bryarly Returns From Washington to Winchester Home
Mrs Henry Bryarly who spent months in Washington returned to Winchester last week and opened her home on South Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryarly
W Mn
D. C
Henry Bryarly
Washington
Winchester
South Washington St
Ramirez Resigns in Argentina After Palace Coup
Buenos Aires March 10 Ramirez formally resigns the presidency of Argentina after a palace coup in which Edelmiro J Farrell becomes acting president. Ramirez sent his resignation to the Supreme Court and disappeared from the presidential palace as the Farrell regime seeks recognition amid Axis concerns. The United States and Britain suspend formal diplomatic relations pending clarification of hemisphere defense goals. Chile and Bolivia recognize the Farrell government.
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Buenos Aires
Peiro Paulo ‘Ramirez
Agentina
Ramirez
Axis
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Supreme Court
Montevideo
Uruguay
Farrell
United States
Britain
Chile
Bolivia
First Hanging In 75 Years In Kansas History
LANSING KAN March 10 The first execution of capital punishment by Kansas in nearly 75 years was carried out just after midnight with the hanging of Ernest Hoefgen 31-year-old confessed slayer Hoefgen admitted fatally shooting Bruce Small 18 of Kansas State College while Small rode a hitchhiked ride home to Wichita last fall Former Warden Milton F Amrine resigned last month rather than arrange for the death penalty describing it as an evasive action unworthy of a civilized state Kansas first enacted capital punishment in 1872 abolished it in 1907 and reenacted the law for first degree murder in 1935
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Lansing
Kas
Kansas
Ernest Hoefgen
Milton F. Amrine
State
Hoefgen
Bruce Small
Kansas State College
Wichita
Ansas
Civil Strife Fear in Finland Reaches Crisis Tone
Stockholm dispatch says acceptance of Russia's armistice terms could spark civil war in Finland. Morgen Tidningen's Eric Lindquist cites Finnish public opinion as divided, with only Field Marshal Mannerheim seen as unifying force. Prewar demands and information blackout fuel opposition to government war exit. Original Finnish reply to Russia reportedly revised after rejection of internment of German troops and 1940 frontier withdrawal.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Eric Lindquist
Morgen Tidningen
Helsinki
Moscow
Lindquist
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Germany
General Opie To Manage Papers
Brig Gen E W Opie of Staunton Virginia assistant commander at Camp Walters has been relieved from active duty at his request. He will return home to run his two daily newspapers the Evening Leader and the News Leader. He cites no combat assignment at his age a surplus of older officers and the deaths of two managers as reasons. He will keep temporary Brigadier General rank for six months after the war ends and may be recalled. He began service in 1907 served on the Mexican border and was a captain in World War I in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wolters
Tex
E. W. Opie
Staunton
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Evening Leader
News-Leader
Opie
Helrome L. Opie
Charles K. Brown
General Opie
France
Slavs Pressing New Offensive in Slovenia and Macedonia
London report says Slavic forces push a determined offensive in Slovenia with heavy German casualties and steady advances between Ljubljana and Novo Mesto. Parisians and Macedonian battles are described as continuing against German and Bulgarian troops with continued pressure from Tito's forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Slovenia
Tito
Josip Broz
Ljubljana
Novo Mesto
Macedonia
Policy Of Red Continues Local Red Cross Plans
The article details Red Cross and related volunteers coordinating recreation for convalescents with Gatewood and Martinsburg chapters. It notes continued support from Y. Conrad American Legion Post and mentions Staff Assistants Canteen Corps Nurses Aides and Motor Corps, plus Home Service and Junior Cross developments and a Winchester USO donation drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Snarr Cochairman
Red Cross
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Berkeley Springs
Shepherdstown
Clarke County
Cc. F. Schenk
Y. Conrad
American Legion Post
E. E. Harbaugh
George Reading
Virginia Woolen Company
Susan H. Kabler
Junior Cross
John Kert
Winchester
Red Cross War Fund
Public Sale of County Realty of Winston Carter Property
Special Commissioner will sell at public auction in front of Frederick County Court House Winchester Virginia on March 25 1944 at 11 o clock A M the Winston Carter property a one acre parcel with four room dwelling adjoining Douglas Carter in Stonewall District Terms one third cash the balance in two equal annual installments bonds dated with sale date and secured by a deed of trust and insurance policy Deputy Clerk Bessie Brannon certifies bond required by decree has been given
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Scott
Winston Scott
Circuit Court of
Frederick Co
County Court House
Winchester
Winston Carter
Douglas Carter
Stonewall
Herbert S. Larrick
Spl
R. I
Bessie Brannon
Local Hospital News From Memorial Hospital
Miss Ruth Rogers of Clarke county is improving after an appendectomy at Memorial Hospital. Tommie Davis, son of Mrs. Lyda Davis, entered Memorial Hospital yesterday for observation. Mrs. Oscar Forsythe of Berryville is called to Hagerstown Maryland by illness of her brother Cyrus Everhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Rogers
Clarke County
Memorial Hospital
Tommie Davis
Lyda Davis
Opequon Avenue
Oscar Forsythe
Berryville
Hagerstown, Md
Cyrus Everhart
DAR Chapter to Meet at Mrs. Duncan Home
The Fort Loudoun Chapter will hold a meeting at 818 South Stewart Street next Thursday afternoon March 16 at two o'clock. Dr. W H Bowers will be the guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boland Eee
Ente
As. C. S
Pavia
W.S.C.S
Paynes Chapel
M. E. Church
Roland Tharpe
North Loudoun Street
Fort Loudoun
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. W. Duncan
South Stewart Street
W. H. Bowers
Ebenezer Church Board Meeting Called
The Official Board of Ebenezer Church will hold its annual meeting this Sunday March 12 at 2 PM in the afternoon. R P Anderson chairman requests all board members to be present as important matters will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Church
R. P. Anderson
Firemen Fight Two Fires At Once In Tennessee
Knoxville fire crews answered a call for a residence blaze but locals reported a second fire two doors away. Firemen continued tackling the house fire while others were dispatched to the simultaneous second blaze nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
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