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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1944
Page
5
Local club members express sorrow at the death of charter member Mrs. P. A. DeHaven. They resolve to bow to divine will, pay tribute, and extend sympathy to her family. A copy is sent to the Winchester Evening Star and recorded in club minutes as a lasting remembrance.
Malcolm Campbell colored son of Mr and Mrs Orlando Campbell of Box 23 Philomont Virginia enlisted in the Navy last week at the Winchester recruiting station. Born February 3 1927 in Philadelphia he moved to Virginia in 1936 and was the only child in school his high school years in Lees. He played football baseball and basketball and appeared in school plays and is a member of Lincoln Zion church. Sworn in at the Navy Recruiting Station in Washington DC he was indoctrinated at a Naval Training station.
The report covers standings for the Virginia Woolen Co Bowling League with teams Railway Express Viscose Perry Coast Co Eagles and others. Notable results include high games by LaFollette 162 and Clowser 148 and team highs by Railway Express 603 and 1806 in series.
Russell LaFollette rolled the top individual score in Health Center history with 162 148 and 158 aided by one strike. He led Railway Express to 601 602 603 in winning three games over the Eagles Club and posted a 468 spare aided by seven one pin breaks in the opening game.
LaPOLLETTE rolls seven spares in game two and a late strike for a 158 to set Health Center history. Weber, Yellott, Hawthorne and others post strong sets as Perry Construction, State Guard and other teams clash in multi-league action. Snapp leads the girls with 118 and 111 games.
Wartime civic drive urges citizens to support the war effort by purchasing war bonds. posters emphasize national unity and financial support for military operations.
Chronicle of the Eighth Army under Churchill Alexander and Montgomery detailing the victory campaign in the Mediterranean. Richard McMillan draws on wartime dispatch experience to recount inside stories, equipment secrets, and a Gibraltar start to battlefields in Albania with Greek forces.
Virginia youths ages 14 to 22 with two years in vegetable gardening are eligible for the National Junior Vegetable Growers Association wartime food production and marketing contest offering a $6000 fund plus regional and sectional scholarships. Winners will be based on course grades, a vegetable project report, and community activities.
Mrs Clarampbell has been visiting at Mrs Ella Snapp in Opequon and is quite sick. Several locals report health updates including Albert Keller improving from a cold Elmer Godlove still ill Ray Windle improved and Della Stover returning home after Memorial Hospital operation. Multiple visits and weekend gatherings are noted among families in Opequon Strasburg Star Tannery Woodstock Kernstown Cross Junction and Baltimore with Navy sailor Samuel J Williams visiting family.
The Fourth Civil Service Region reports 7500 workers sent to Norfolk Navy Yard in five months. Regional Director M. J. McAuliffe says the drive remains strong to meet invasion needs. Irving L. Leafe and the U S Employment Office interview applicants Monday through Wednesday each week for skilled war jobs with immediate employment and transportation to Portsmouth Virginia.
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a fast, cooling remedy for piles. It claims 30 years of relief and 40 years of trust, with a 60 cent tube and applicator, plus a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Realty transfers list property exchanges and deeds involving D K Russell, Lawrence Dorsey, Mollie Parlett, Lawrence F Dorsey, Katie Boyd Glaize, and Sallie Kelley. Parcels include 152 acres known as Dorsey Farm, 200 acres Cochran Farm along Welltown Road, 10 acres north of the city, and several Middle town Lots 38 through 48 plus a frame dwelling along the Winchester Pront Royal Turnpike with $10 or $2100 consideration.
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