Eagles Aerie Plans Mother's Day Observance
Winchester Aerie Fraternal Eagles to observe Mother's Day on Sunday May 10 at United Brethren Church with Andrew Bell as principal speaker. Worthy President Henry Keller notes this long tradition tracing back to 1904 led by Ank E Her ing and the Eagles National Old Age Pension Commission. Local committee includes Robert Dale G F Dove Jr and Clarence Hartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Aerie
United Brethren Church
Andrew Bell
Order of Eagles
Henry Keller
Congress
Grand Aerie
Tor
The
Acre Magazine
Eagles’ National Old Age Pension Commission
Robert Dale
G. F. Dove, Jr
Clarence Hartley
Lutheran Women Meet Friday At Grace Church
The nineteenth annual convention of the Women's Missionary Society of the Winchester Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia will be hosted by Grace Church Winchester. Sessions start 9 30 A M and 1 30 P M with the local society providing noon hour. Con ferge president Mrs Joseph X of Wardensville W V. local president Mrs Luella Hook. program guests include Mrs W F Morehead Educational Secretary of the United Lutheran Church in America Mrs B D Gastor President of the Virginia Synod W MS and Dr R Homer Anderson Superintendent of the Virginia Synod. The Winchester Conference covers about 30 churches bounded by Kerdstown Wardensville Mt Jackson and Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Society
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Grace Church
Conferge
Joseph x. E
Wardensville
W. Va
Luella Hook
Jay
W. F. “Morehead
Women's Missionary Society
United Lutheran Church In America
B. D. Gastor
Women's Missionary Society of the Virginda Synod
R. Homer Anderson
Virginia Synod
Winchester Conference
Kerdstown
Help The Boys Keep In Touch With Home While Training
The Star reports on mail and communication contact for servicemen in training. Soldiers, barracks, and base posts are highlighted as families seek timely letters and packages to support morale during ongoing drills.
Public Sale of County Realty in Winchester Virginia
The estate heirs of Isaac Wisecarver dec’d and trustee in bankruptcy C A Wisecarver offer 2 acre parcel with a frame dwelling and outbuildings for sale at public auction Friday May 15 1942 at 11 a m in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia Shawnee District about 14 1/2 miles west of Kernstown Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall terms cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Court House
Winchester
Virginia
Kernstown
Shawnee District
Isaac Wisecarver
Dunn & Duvall
W. E. Edwards
C. A.wisecarver
Local Livestock Auction Report May 5 Prices Steady to Mixed
At Tuesday sale May 5 fat steers and heifers held steady from last week while fat cows and veal calves showed small declines. Lambs rose, butcher hogs fell about 50 cents, and bulls, pigs, sows, and shoats posted varied results. Special notice: state grading program to be piloted May 19, with optional participation for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moe
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page four list itemized facts. The Sydney population is 1,311 and other entries include Raymond Keeneaats United States Maine Attorney General Kettle drum True Earth Lake Erie and the Hudson River Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Raymond Keeneaats
United States
Maine
Kettle Drum
True
Earth
Lake Erie
Hudson River
Williamsburg
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Markets May 6
Baltimore market reports steady poultry eggs and butter with cattle calves hogs and sheep prices listed by weight and grade. Chicago figures show hogs 14.00 to 15.75 top, cattle and calves strong, sheep steady. detailed ranges by weight and class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
U. &S. Dept. Agr
Wheat and corn futures edge up on government sale signals
Chicago grain prices rose early as mills showed scattered buying. Reports indicate about 2,000,000 bushels of government owned 1941 wheat may have been sold to mills based on bids from yesterday, with May wheat at 1 21 1 2 and other contracts range bound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rye
Baltimore Grain Market Closing
Baltimore grain market closes with Wheat No 2 Red Winter around 1.21 1-2 May and Corn near 0.96 to 0.98 May. Winchester Market reports Wheat at 1.15 per bushel and Corn at 90 cents. Prices reflect deliveries at mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Winchester
Helping Hand Mission to Reopen for Mother's Day Service
Mrs Henry W McVicar superintendent of the Helping Hand Mission in Indiana Hollow announced the mission will reopen for the summer season with a Mother's Day service at 3 30 Sunday afternoon May 10 The Rev Homer Welch will deliver the address and the program aims to be glorified Everyone is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. McVicar
Helping Hand
Indiana Hollow
Alice M Fom
Homer Welch
I is Our Unvarying Rule Never to Refuse Services
Jones Funeral Home asserts a policy of never refusing basic funeral services to any family, regardless of financial circumstances, emphasizing commitment to aid families in crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Funeral Home
Market Dip After War News Weakens Rally
New York May 6 stock market seen a thin selling wave amid war reports and new economic controls. Leading issues fell about a point with steels motors utilities rails and aircraft mostly negative. American Telephone and Eastman Kodak dropped over 2 points as U S Steel Chrysler Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft and Union Carbide also declined. Santa Fe tasted losses before a partial recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
American Telephone
Santa Fe
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Sé@ars Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Air Reduction
North American Co
Union Carbide
Eastman Kodak
Local Markets and Wholesale Grain Prices Noted
Daily market listings show wholesale flour prices for multiple bag sizes and brands, with patent and mixed feed rates. Also listed are livestock prices for cows calves hogs and poultry, plus retail butter rates and grain feeds for local markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Sane Ae
Peouiote
Guinea
Cesse
Walter Hough Update Highlights City Maintenance
The report details curb and gutter work completed on Euclid and Whitlock Avenues and Woodstock Lane and Smithfield Avenue. Town Run cleaned from Stewart Street to the disposal plant. White traffic and pedestrian lines repainted and curbs repainted in restricted business areas. The annual fire hydrant inspection remains a yearly city maintenance task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O ‘Euclid
Whitlock Avenue
Woodstock Lane
Smithfield Avenue
Stewart Street
Enroll Now for June Typing Courses at Winchester College
Enrollment open for six month section and typing classes at Winchester Business College. Programs cater to advanced and high school commercial graduates seeking practical skills and certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Business College
Mine Workers Buy Million Worth of Treasury Bonds
The United Mine Workers of America CIO bought one million dollars of new Treasury bonds. Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Kennedy presented a five thousand dollar check to the Army Emergency Relief Association. Bonds carry 2.5 percent interest and mature in 20 to 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Treasury
Thomas Kennedy
Miners’ Treasury
Army Emergency Relief Association
Navy Relief Fund
Union
Folkestone Target For Nazi Bombs
German high command said on May 6 night bombing hit Folkestone on the English Channel area with little damage. British bombers carried out nuisance raids on southern Germany. The communique listed three British bombers shot down and minor damage from a German naval encounter with five British destroyers in the Channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ffrom
Valvae
Folkestone
High Command
Germany
English Channel
French Put Up Stiffer Resistance At Madagascar Invasion
British forces press toward Diego Suarez on Madagascar with aerial and naval superiority. French crews are rescued from Beveziers and Bougainville as British landings advance along the coast. French defenses, though described as heroic, face outnumbered troops and a long, contested advance across the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beveziers
Bougainville
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Stas
Iward
Vichy
Antsirana
Tulear
Crete
Gentler Way to Treat Constipation Highlighted
A new method promotes gentler relief for constipation using a drink that supports easy elimination. The approach, produced by Kellogg's in Battle Creek, targets those with normal intestines seeking softer, regular bowel movements without harsh laxatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Ahapeca
21 Saved After 14 Days Adrift
The Sixth Naval District reported 21 sailors landed after drifting 14 days in two overcrowded lifeboats. Thirteen were taken to Parris Island, eight crewmen and a body brought to Charleston. They covered about 600 miles before rescue after patrol aircraft sighted them. A burial at sea occurred for the chief engineer. One crewman survived four torpedoings, joking he would keep going back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
8. C
Sixth Naval District
Atlantic
Parris Island
French Bases in Vichy Control Face Allied Anxiety
Diplomatic observers warn that Vichy bases in the Caribbean Martinique Guadeloupe and French Guiana may be treated as hostile if used against Allied forces. The Beam aircraft carrier and two cruisers are at Martinique with Laval Petain and Darlan signaling a tense stance toward US Britain. Washington expects a rapid response to any warlike act tied to Vichy on the Atlantic front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Nations
Vichy
Madagascar
Hull
Roosevelt
Axis
Laval
Britain
Madagasy
Tate Petain
Admiral Darlan
Martinique
Guadéloupe
French Guiana
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Hieitiaios
Burma Front Battles Echo Japanese Gains In Burma
British land forces fall back along the Chindwin as RAF bombing aids Monywa while Chinese fight the Japanese near Lashio. Rangoon falls as Japan gains in Burma. Analysts say three short term aims include linking supplies, delaying India defense, and stretching Allied lines. Despite losses, air superiority holds and Japanese gains may be hard to exploit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Army
Chindwin
Monywa
India
Lashio
Harold Alexander
Japan
Burma
Rangoon
China
Singapore
Nomination Losses Highlight GOP Rivalries Across States
Across four states voters bore results showing Senator Bulow trailing Tom Berry with Berry leading by more than two to one. Mundt was renominated in a separate race, while Bushfield appeared set as secretary of state. Several runoffs loom in Indiana Alabama and Florida as party contests tighten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bulow
South da
South Dakota
Tom Berry
Pearl Harbor
Harlan J. Bushfield
Karl Mundt
Fred Hildebrandt
Mon Ceneee
Indiana
Rep
Schulte
Ray J. Madden
Alabama
Bankhead
Grant
Patrick
Jarman
Chauncey Sparks
Florida
Green
A Home Newspaper Devoted to Community Interests
Local weekly paper highlights neighborhood events, school notices, and community updates. Readers find calendar items, small business news, and public notices shaping the town's daily life.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eagles Aerie
Ow. B. Church
Lydia
Pinkham
Philippine
U. S. Navy
Corridor
Mindanao
U. S
Island Fortress
Central Press
Ces
Virginia Livestock Market
North Kent St
United Food Stores
Cameron & Piccadilly
Loudoun St
Loudoun &T
Valley Avenue
Braddock &T
Braddock
Chicago Livestock
Stock Market Report
Walter Hough
Fsh
B. F. Goodrich Silverton Store
Soeinen
Sen. Bulow
Ace the Food Center
Leedoen
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Dial
Winchester, Vs
Valley Pride
All United Food Stores
Blue Ridge Lines
Blue Ridge
N. Braddock &T
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!