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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1943
Page
5
The Winchester Evening Star will publish installments listing all names on the Winchester Frederick Service Men's Honor Roll. Readers with omissions should call Mrs. Evelyn Grimes at 3818. The notice invites public cooperation to complete the list accurately.
The Rotary Club luncheon this week features district conference reports from Roanoke attended by President-elect Harold Brown and J. Pinckney Arthur. Next week members will give five minute talks on how the war affects their business, led by Frank Armstrong.
A wartime memorial poem by Carl McKee narrates the 29th division’s deeds. It sees soldiers washing windows policing grounds sending messages and enduring quarantine with humor before ascent to heaven. The piece honors their service and imagines a celebratory parade in the afterlife.
Three young fighters recovering at Walter Reed Hospital credit blood donated from home for saving their lives during the Tunisian and Moroccan campaigns. Cor corporal Lawrence Baarelaer, Sergt Ernest Robsin, and Private First Class John Lawrence describe how plasma steadied them after torpedo and shellfire as they fought on the front lines near Gibraltar and Safi.
The Engineering School at WPI offers a 13 week summer course in Engineering Fundamentals for women to fill war production vacancies. Open to US high school graduates with math experience, it yields 20 college credits and eligibility for Civil Service ratings.
Public sale in Winchester Virginia at the courthouse on May 15 1943 offers two lots once owned by the late Jerry J Dunlap. First a 35 by 120 foot fronting Piccadilly with a two story six room residence at No 210. Second a 22 by 120 foot parcel adjoining the first and Dellinger with a building on this lot reserved. Cash terms. Executor D E Dunlap and auctioneers Duvall Dunn.
The notice advertises a 13 week training program for women in engineering with roles in drafting maps testing materials and research assistance. The federal government covers tuition and education subsidies, room and board cost about 110 dollars, and housing is in college dormitories with meals provided. Applications go to the Dean of Engineering at Blacksburg.
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