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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1940

Page

3

Map Makers Track Rapid Shifts As Borders Move

Official geographer Dr Boggs notes that borders shift every few months with events from Mussolini in Africa and Ethiopia to Hitler’s advances in Austria Bohemia Moravia Poland and the Baltic nations. He cites frantic requests from Americans seeking relatives and the need to consult frontier maps to route dispatches correctly.

France Italy Africa Mussolini Ethiopia Saar Germany Adolf Hitler Boggs Austria Sudentenland Hitler Bohemia Moravia Slovakia Albania Poland Russia Danzig Vilna Lithuania Estonia Latvia Karelian Finland Far Japan China Byrd Antarctic Dr. Bogs Stalin State Department Dr. Boggs Berlin Moscow

Program At Bruncetown Church March 31

A special musical program will be held at Brucetown Church on March 31 at seven o clock. Miss Rhodelle Whitacre chairs the program committee with participants Miss Kathleen McCartney Miss Mildred Jones Emmett Dettra the City Four of Winchester and a monologue by Mrs R D Moore. Public invitation issued.

Brucetown Young Pople Rhodelle Whitacre Kathleen McCartney Mildred Jones Emmett Dettra A City Winchester R. D. Moore

Mrs Rush Ill at Coal Mine Visit Recap

Mrs. D. W. Rush of this place is ill. Visitors on Sunday included Garland Boyce and family, Sam Reynard and family, Ed Rush and family of Relief, William Miller and family, William Dingis, Jean Bauserman of Toms Brook, Irwin Ritenour and Charles Shenk of Strasburg, Dale Clemore of Stephens City, Paul Rush and Ruth Benner of Clearbrook, and Mrs. Raymond Rush of Strasburg.

D. W. Rush Garland Boyce Sam Reynard Ed Rush William Miller William Dingis Jean Bauserman Toms Brook Irwin Ritenour Charles Shenk Strasburg Dale Clemore Stephens City Paul Rush Ruth Benner Clearbrook Raymond Rush

Easter Program Noted By St. Vias Sunday School Pupils

Bloom Virginia March 27 A brief Easter program was rendered by pupils of St. Vias Sunday School last Sunday Guests at the home of Mr and Mrs E A Richard for Easter included Mr and Mrs Patrick Barr and children Miss Arthelia Richard Mr T S Cooper and Miss Ann Jane Cooper. Mr Jack Sale of Winchester spent the night recently with Mr John Cooper. Mrs T S Cooper and daughter Miss Anna Jane and son John visited relatives and friends at Star Tannery Monday. Mr Tom Flagle was a guest of Mr and Mrs P P Glynn Sunday.

Bloom St. Vias Sunday School John Star Tannery Tom Flagle P. P. Glynn Opequon Ma Winchester St. Paul's Luthern Church Mr. Roof Winchester Annie Jane Bayliss John Snapp Oren Snapp Hook Phillip Oliver McDonald J. W. Richard Maynard Bayliss Berryville Frank Orndorff Joe Malone Malone Lawson Moore Cedar Creek Winchester Hospital Annie Richard Leonard Mountain Falls

Apple Marshmallow Betty Recipe Feature

Winchester’s major commodity is apples and The Star promotes daily recipes to boost local use. This installment delivers Apple Marshmallow Betty: applesauce cinnamon brown sugar graham cracker crumbs butter marshmallows baked at 300 F for one hour.

Winchester THE STAR

Death Takes Miss Ella W. Brown of Staunton

Relatives announce the death of Ella W. Brown at her Staunton home on North Washington street. The Staunton native was a longtime member of the Silver Cross Circle of King's Daughters and active at Christ Lutheran Church. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the church with burial in Thornrose Cemetery. She is survived by her brother Charles W. Brown of Swope Augusta county and many nieces and nephews.

Ella W. Brown North Washington Street Staunton William G Anne Hardy Brown Silver Cross Circle King’s Daughters King's Daughters’ Hospital Christ Lutheran Church Raymond D. Wood Thornrose Cemetery Miss Brown Charles W. Brown Swope Augusta County Henry Kinzel William H Samuel Hardy Winchester Emma Kinzel Theodore Y. Kinzel Alice Hardy George W. Hardy William G. Hardy City

Mrs Pugh Dies at 68 in Whitacre Virginia

Mrs Louisa Fletcher Pugh aged 68 widow of Ivan L. Pugh of Whitacre Virginia died at Memorial Hospital at 4 30 this morning after an operation two weeks ago She was daughter of the late Elisha and Eliza Fletcher Survived by sisters Mrs Anna Adams and Mrs Alice Cline of Lawton Michigan Mrs Rose Riley of Augusta West Virginia and brother C W Fletcher of Winchester Also surviving a foster daughter Mrs Ward W Kern and many nieces and nephews Funeral at Whitacre Methodist Church 2 30 Saturday led by Rev S J Le and Rev L C Messick with pallbearers as nephews Burial in Whitacre Cemetery.

Louisa Pletcher Pugh Ivan L. Pugh Whitacre Memorial Hospital Elisha Eliza Fletcher Anna Adams Alice Cline Lawton Mich Rose Riley Augusta W. Va C. W. Fletcher Winchester Ward W. Kern Pugh Ebenezer B. A. Giffin Capon Bridge L. C. Messick

German Hausfraus Reuse Baskets to Save Resources

German housewives repurpose old shopping baskets as grocers face delivery limits. Authorities urge reuse to cut wrapping waste and support wartime economy. Bone collecting also advised for mucilage fats and fertilizer, with three quarters of bones wasted.

Berlin Associated Press DNB Germany

Easter Weather Eases in Opequon Notes

Opequon Virginia reports a mild Easter weekend with better weather than recent months. Local reflections caution cyclists and motorists to follow traffic rules while noting community updates on church services and residents’ recoveries and visits.

Community Sing With Harmoneers At Mountain View School

Visitors including Marvin Heltz Charles Windle John Sibert and Mrs Wallace greet Mrs Minnie Headley this week. The Harmoneers from radio WSVA will perform Friday at 8 p m at Mountain View School and lead a Community Sing acclaimed at many stops.

Minnie Headley Marvin Heltzman Charles Windle John Sibert Wallace Mountain View ‘School Harmoneers WSVA

Winchester Virginia Zoning Ordinance Residential Areas A to E

An ordinance defines Areas A to D within Winchester Virginia as residential with Area E unrestricted. It sets allowed uses including detached homes churches hospitals parks schools and professional offices with limits on nonconforming uses and penalties for violations. The ordinance becomes effective on passage.

Winchester Virginia City of Jefferson Street Dead Valley Academy South Washington Street Washington Street West Cork Street Stewart Street Academy Street A.aravs Smiese School City

Apple Blossom Festival Fund Contributors Announced

Ben Belchie, director of the Junior Board of Trade campaign for funds, said workers are meeting with a satisfactory response and urged citizens not contacted to mail contributions. Contributors listed include American Cyanamid, Bloom, J. J. Baldwin-Pope Pinemaking, and several others.

Apple Blossom Festival Fund White Palace Ben Belchie Junior Board of Trade Campaign For Funds Soe

Card of Thanks for Mahlon Jackson

We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of Mahlon Jackson and for cars and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Pope.

Mahlon Jackson Herbert Pope

Driver Is Freed In Collision Case At Front Royal

George E. Dellinger of 321 Virginia avenue was exonerated of responsibility for an accident at the Front Royal and Millwood roads on March 21. Joseph Marker of Martinsburg, 25, was found guilty of operating a vehicle while under the influence and fined $100 with 30 days in jail, 10 to be served. Paul Rind, 34, of Martinsburg, suffered minor injuries.

George E. Dellinger Virginia Avenue Front Royal Millwood Dellinger Joseph Marker Martinsburg Marker Paul Rind Mar Tinsburg Snyder

Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Update

The March 25 financial report shows receipts of 23,958,017.92 dollars and expenditures of 35,147,560.59 dollars, with a gross total of 42,513,854,593.75 dollars and a day increase of 11,621,289.69 dollars.

Washington

Police Court Drunk Defendants Fined In Local Docket

Theodore Anderson of 388 Charles Street A H White of 500 South Kent Street and Carl McKee of 47 Race Street were each charged with drunkenness and fined 10 dollars 25 cents in Police Court today.

Theodore Anderson Charles Street A. H. White South Kent Street Carl McKee Race Street

Miss Sperow Returns Home After Baltimore Visit

Miss Dorothy Lee Sperow returns to North Loudoun Street after visiting Miss Mary Elizabeth Womeldorf in Baltimore over Easter weekend. Womeldorf, formerly of this city, hosted a party for Sperow during the visit.

Dorothy Lee Sperow Loudoun Street Mary Elizabeth Womeldorph Baltimore Womeldorph Miss Sperow

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Bruncetown Mrs. Rush Apple Death Hausfraus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Fairmont Avenue National Fruit Products Company Peyton Street Morgan Street Amherst Street West Piccadilly Street Piccadilly Street Pendleton Pendleton Ee B, C Worace American Cyanamid Company B. Westin Cooperage Co Bloom, J. J. Baldwin-Pope Pinemating Co C.C. Hess-Watson Company Fibre Board Container Co Gilpin Henry B George Washington Hotel Jack Hodges Treasure House Heiston, W. A & Son Inge & Company, Inc Loy’s Grocery Latinsky Victor Nicodemus, CL. Rice, Trew & Rice Co., Inc Richmond-Pittsburgh Lines Ine Shenandoah Valley National Bank Feder Deposit Insurance Corporation Speedy Caring Food Guardian Montgomery George W. Kurtz Haldeman’s Firestone Auto Supply N. Loudoun St P. S POLL Royal Crown Nehi Corp Nehi Bottling Company
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