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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1943
Page
6
A local social and clubs calendar lists events from Tuesday through Thursday. Activities include Red Cross yarn distribution, various church circles, W S C S meetings, Eagles and Rebekah gatherings, Kiwanis luncheon, District Nurse Association, Elks Club, Victory Exchange, Rotary luncheon, and Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid with times and locations.
A group of young mothers formed a local branch of the Child Conservation League of America at the George Washington Hotel with Mrs. Alma P Caskey presiding. Officers elected include President Clyde E Hall and Vice President A D Whitfield. first meeting set for May 17 at Mrs. Charles Andersons home. charter members named and committee appointments planned for May 13.
Mr and Mrs Settle of Upperville Virginia announce a daughter born this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs Settle is Katherine Morris Mrs and Mrs Shepherd of Bluemont Virginia announce a daughter born this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs Shepherd was formerly Pearl Tomblin A son arrives for Mr and Mrs Marvin Smith of Whitestone Virginia at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mr and Mrs William Hess of Hancock Maryland announce a son born yesterday at Winchester Memorial Hospital Mrs Hess formerly Maude Brannon Charley Levi of Berryville is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital Guests hosted at Brucetown home for Sunday dinner including the Snapps and Hensels and their relatives from Winchester Hagerstown and Brucetown
Local notices list W C S of Mace Donna Methodist Church meeting at Mrs Petrie home Wednesday night. Ever Ready Bible Class to meet tonight at 7 45 at Mrs McCormack home with co host. Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid to meet Thursday at two at Mrs Crim home with program by Mrs Dye. Friday bridge at Mrs Nancy Coble home. Ebenezer Ladies and Missionary Society meet Wednesday at 2 30 at Mrs Whitacre home. Miss Tevault hosts W S C S in Stephens City with June meeting planned at Mr Grove home. Several members travel or visit relatives, including Mrs Alma Caskey sailing to Staunton and Mrs Abney Payne visiting Wilmington Del.
Mrs. BR F Cline returns home after seven months with Capt Cline at Camp Robinson Arkansas and time in New Orleans. June Cline to visit by June 1. Miss Lazendy returns to Roanoke after weekend with Rev and Mrs Ashby. Miss Virginia Leatherman ill with mumps at parental home. Betty Ryan and Willie Belle Kater weekend in Washington. Jean Stouffer visiting in valley area. Dinner at 50-50 Farm includes Buckleys McGinnis Dailey and Ridgeway. Mrs Hicks attends Martinsburg gathering for Thurman Hicks now en route to Camp Lee.
Millwood Virginia society notes a week of social visits and family gatherings. Mrs A Sommaripa and son Amory return from New York to Bellfield for time with Miss Polly Winslow expected Friday. Bridesmaids and guests attend weddings in Washington and Clarke with many relatives visiting at Mountain Hall and Red Gate.
Miss Frances Todd of Charlottesville will exhibit at the A A U W Art Exhibition on May 8 and 9. Her canvases, praised for finish, are for sale and she will be in Winchester around June 1.
Word comes from Cpl. Louis B. Meade that he has been promoted to Set with the Fourth Cavalry. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph and daughter Jane Cary Randolph host relatives in Washington with Fairfax Randolph of Richmond. Several British sailors visit Clarke and guests include Allen Whitney Norman Boulder John Collins Kenneth Gilpin and others from London Manchester and beyond.
Stephens City Virginia May 4 The Daughters of Wesley Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church met Friday evening with Mrs Roy Wisecarver. Final plans were completed for the White Elephant sale to be held Saturday at 2 p m in front of the Methodist parsonage. Those present included the Rev Walter Smith and Mrs Smith, Mesdames Miller Bailey Robert Ayler Henry Ritenour Clarence Lemley Ernest Flowers Miss Mary Cain and Miss Nettie Yeakkle Refreshments were served. The June meeting will be with Mrs Raymond Hausenfluck.
Several fruit growers from Virginia will attend a fresh fruit growers conference in Charlotte North Carolina next Monday. General J Fulmer Bright district O P A director said today the meeting, arranged with the War Food Administration, will discuss a proposal to establish ceiling prices for fresh fruit.
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church sponsored an advanced First Aid class directed by George and Gaynel Reading. The first meeting was held Tuesday night April 27 at the Rouss Fire Company building with attendees including Lillian Brooks Ellen Conley Samuel Giles Jessie Goeins Hazel Greene Lucy Jones and others.
Son of Mr and Mrs Preston Orndorff of 720 South Braddock street Pvt Orndorff trains in Kentucky. Brother Elwood Orndorff reports station in England. Seaman Ray Medlicott of the Royal Navy visits Mrs Jack Calkin in South Cameron Street. Thurman A Ritenour discharged at Camp Hood Texas plans to contact posts near Houston. Lt Ralph Hardy promoted to 1st Lieutenant and commands Battery A 697th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Bragg. Mrs Hardy visited Fort Bragg. Corporal Warren M Robertson promoted and transferred to Camp Haan California attached to Battery D 120th Coast Artillery Battalion.
Handley Library offers Wendell Willkie’s new book One World. The author recounts meetings with Stalin Chiang Kai-shek and General Montgomery and argues global reconstruction beyond restoration and working with Russia for lasting peace. The work may be borrowed from the Handley Library.
A German report says Stuttgart railway station in southern Germany was wrecked during a recent RAF raid. A man claimed he left his luggage at the station three hours earlier and found both luggage and station gone upon returning.
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