Democratic Committee to Meet in Staunton
G Fred Swisher of Harrisonburg, chairman of the Seventh District Democratic Congressional Committee, calls a 2 PM March 22 Staunton meeting to decide the method of nominating a congressional candidate. Members include Mrs. F Cleveland Davis Lexington E B Jones Richmond Lawrence H Peyton Staunton H F Byrd Jr Wochester Joseph Goodwin Amherst W S Moffett Staunton C M Shannon Mr Jackson James W Fletcher Sperryville. Shannon is secretary. Swisher recently succeeded the late Carroll Menefee as chairman. Incumbent A Willis Robertson is not expected to face opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Fred Swisher
Harrisonburg
Seventhistrict
Democratic Congressional Committee
Staunton
F. Cleveland Davis
Lexington
E. B. Jones
Richmond
Lawrence H. Peyton
H. F. Byrd, Jr
Wochester
Joseph Goodwin
Amherst
W. 8. Moffett
C. M. Shannon
Mr. Jackson
James W. Fletcher
Sperryville
Shannon
Swisher
Carroll Menefee
A. Willis Robertson
Death Notice of Mrs Gertrude C App
Private funeral services were held Sunday in Muncy Pa for Gertrude C App widow of Albert App a former Winchester resident She died March 9 at the Wilmington Delaware home of her niece Miss Helen S App where she had lived for 18 years Daughter of Thomas C and Kezia Schuyler Opp of Muncy her only survivors are several nieces and nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncy
Gertrude C. App
Winchester
Mt Pleasant Community Notices and Visits
Mt Pleasant Virginia dated March 15 reports numerous family visits among local residents. Highlights include Jason McCarty and Perry Sunday visits, Bill Sager and family in Rio West Virginia, and Irene Funk with Cadet Nurse Louise Perry in dinner plans. Church services are announced for March 17 with Sunday School at 2 p.m. and preaching at 3 p.m. The Ladies Aid met recently and will reconvene April 13 at the Bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Pleasant
Jason McCarty
Perry
Alfred Sager
Carlton Sager
Bill Sager
Rio
W. Va
Atha Dyke
Miller Rosenberger
Will Lamp
Roy
Edson Fawcett
John Perry
Irene Funk
Louise Perry
Winchester
United Brothern
Woodrow
James Boyce
Jimmie Seymore
Richard Boyce
Naoma Racey
Freda May Million
Stanley Bishop
Frances Sager
Hilda Million
Ladies Aid
John Colvin
Hobart Candidate Wavers Swaps Tickets In One Day
Walter M. Oleska of Hobart reversed course twice yet kept a political focus. He withdrew a trustee candidacy on the Republican slate and filed for justice of the peace on the Democratic ticket, leaving Hobart township politics unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Walter M. Oleska
Hobart
Walter Myback
Oleska
Hobart Township
Justice of the Peace
Bluebirds for happiness pattern offer from Winchester Star
The notice promotes bluebird motifs to decorate linens. Pattern 547 includes 18 motifs sized 4 x 11% to 142 x 2. Send twenty cents to Winchester Evening Star Needlecraft Dept. Include pattern number name address and zone. Fifteen cents more buys the 1946 Needlecraft Catalogue with 112 illustrations and a free cuddle toy pattern.
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Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Church Notices From Valley Congregations
Summary of local church schedules and invitations across multiple denominations including Brethren Salem, Christian Church groups, Opequon Memorial Presbyterian, United Brethren, and Methodist churches. Lists times for Sunday School and worship services, preacher names, locations such as Salem near Stephens City and Capon Bridge, with cordial invitations to attend all services.
United Brethren Church Winchester Charge Service Times
John E Oliver pastor leads Pleasant Valley with Sunday School at 10am and worship at 11am C E Society at 7pm Mt Pleasant Sunday School and Evening Worship at 7:30pm Red Bud Sunday School at 3pm and Worship at 3:30pm Public welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Winchester
John E Oliver
Pleasant Valley
C. E. Society
Mt Pleasant
Red Bud
Stephens City Lutheran and Trinity Church Services
Stephens City Lutheran invites parishioners to Sunday School at 10 a m led by Raymond L Booze and morning worship with the sermon An Answered Prayer at 11 a m J W Richard Superintendent Trinity Church offers Sunday School at 9 45 a m F B Cadwallader Superintendent Luther League presents When Jesus Hesitated with Edna Racey at 6 30 p m and Evening Worship with sermon at 7 30 p m The public is welcome to attend any or all services
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Greenway
Fremont
Gravel Springs
St. James
St. John-Sunday School
St. Paul's Church
Richard
Trinity Church
F. B. Cadwallader
Luther League
Jesus
Edna Racey
Timber Ridge Congregational Church Service Notice
Reverend Roy D Coulter of High View West Virginia invites all to attend Sunday worship at 8 30 and 11 00 in the morning with Elray Seldon as superintendent. Sermon by the pastor on Fruits of the Spirit. Morning services at 10 30 and 11 00 with sermon and general attendance urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church
High View
W Va
Roy D Coulter
Elray Seldon
Bruce Town Methodist Charge Worship and Sermon Times
Bruce Town Methodist Charge announces a full schedule. Pulcher Minister Stephenson conducts worship and sermons at 10 a.m. Crums Church School at 10:30 a.m. Welltown Church School at 10 a.m. Youth Fellowship at 7 p.m. and worship at 7:30 p.m. W. M. S. Mission Study Class meets at the parsonage Wednesday March 13 at 8 p.m. A cordial welcome is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brucetown
Pulcher
Stephenson
Galilee Church of Christ Announces Easter Service
Galilee Church of Christ announces special Easter service on Lord's Day night April 21 with Minister C A Quenzel preaching at 11 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. communion. Bible School at 10 a.m. Supt Chas E McVay. special program led by Minister Quenzel. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galilee Church of Christ
Quenzel
Bible School
Special Speaker At Jubilee Church
Rev Earl W Flohr of Vienna Virginia and former Africa missionary will speak at Jubilee Church of the Brethren on Front Royal Road Sunday March 17 at 11 am. Flohr is with United Church Relief Center in New Windsor Maryland and leads a Brethren Service Field Representative tour across the southeast. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF the Brethren
Salem
L. R. Dettra
Ahnestock Cephal F
L. Riggleman
Jubilee
Front Royal Pike
Earl W. Flohr
Africa
Stephens City
Vienna
General Kepner to Speak at Kokomo High Graduation
Maj. Gen William E Kepner will deliver the commencement address at his own Kokomo High School graduation on March 28. He left the school 30 years ago to join the Marines and now serves on the army navy marine board preparing atom bomb tests in the Pacific. Twenty seven veterans including the general will receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
William E. Kepner
Kepner
Point Army-Navy-Marine Board
Pacific
Kokomo High School
Marines
C. E. Hinshaw
Garden tools ready for spring use and care tips
Garden tips urge cleaning stored tools in spring. Scrape soil with a thin wooden edge, then steel wool to remove all dirt. Maintain sharp edges and smooth handles with sandpaper to avoid blisters. Ensure rakes hoes cultivators spades and spading forks have smooth handles for safe use.
Douglas School News March events and postponements
The American History class sponsored a program in the Assembly Hall on Wednesday March 13. The Glee Club performed. The Declamation Contest and the crowning of Miss Douglas have been postponed until Friday April 5. A film titled Let My People Live was shown to all pupils, stressing early diagnosis and treatment as a positive cure for tuberculosis, reported by Sue Catlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly Hall
Glee Club
Douglas
Sue Catlett
Golf Ball Shortage To End By June 1
Jacksonville March 15 The golf ball shortage will end by June 1, ending an era in which pre war pellets sold for 5 dollars. Touring pros agreed the livelier balls were worth the higher price. Slammin Sam Snead played the recent St Petersburg open with one ball to finish second. War trophies must arrive in the United States by March 31, 1946 or face confiscation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Sam _ Snead
United States
Handley prep for state tourney as 1945 46 squad holds
Handley High plans for the 1945 46 state basketball bid with most of the roster returning except Pete Miller. McIntyre Lamb Winkfield and Garber expected back. track numbers strong but few lettermen. Shepherd College reports 20 baseball candidates in town with a 12 game schedule opening April 5 at Elizabethville. Harpers Ferry meets Piedmont for regional CW title bid as Piedmont posted 17 wins in 21 games.
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Handley
Pete Miller
McIntyre
Lamb
Winkfield
Garber
Handley Monday
Letterman
Sargent
Vmi
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Elizabeth, Pa
Harpers
Keyser
Piedmont
Romney
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Minnie White
Round Hill
United Brethren IN Christ, Reliance Charge
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Toms Brook United
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Franklin Senger, III
Toms Brook
Mount Hebron
Shiloh
Bethel
Luther
Jon E. B. Smith
PAS Bethel
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John Henry Sargent
Round Hill Church
Myra Payne
Stephens City Lutheran Hisense
Raymond L. Booze
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Army Air Corps
Herbert Stultz
South Pacific
Maytag
Harley Swisher
Philco Dealers
Miller Anderson
Douglas School News
Europe
Gene Miller
Martinsburg
John Coburn
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Berkeley Springs
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Winchester Furniture CO
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