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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
7
Ruthanna Lee Craig of North Braddock street announces her engagement to and forthcoming marriage with Pfc. David Stuart of the U S M C whose home is near Tulsa Oklahoma. The wedding will take place in Washington this month.
Listings show October weekly gatherings at I O O F hall Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church and various groups including Lions Club Kiwanis Club Rebekah Association Winchester Aerie 824 Fra ternal Order of Eagles and Elks Club plus garden clubs and Jewish and Grace Lutheran church activities with times ranging from 12 30 p m to 8 p m in multiple venues on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Junior Century Club will hold its last meeting of the year on Wednesday at 3 30 PM at the home of Mrs James Miller on Fairmont Avenue.
The Turner Ashby Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy meets Thursday at 3 00 at Mrs H B McCormac s Handley Boulevard Braddock Street Church to meet Tuesday The Woman s Society of Christian Service of Braddock Street Methodist Church meets Tuesday at 745 pm in the church school assembly room The study is Songs Of China Mrs O L Jamison leads Circle No 4 and Mrs F H Way gives the Bible lesson Business meetings follow with a social hour Stephenson Social Club holds its regular monthly meeting Wednesday May 10 at 2 pm at the home of Mrs John Anderson with co hosting by Miss Mary Anderson and Mrs Ed Woore Devotionals led by Mrs Viola Grant recreation by Mrs Myrtle Carlisle Jewish Women s Club meets Wednesday evening at eight at Odd Fellows Hall Mrs Harvey Ritter visits Kernstown to assist her sister Mrs C W Ritter who is ill there.
Mrs. Clara Colbert and Mrs. Douglas O Grimm depart for Richmond to attend the Grand Chapter Session of The Order of the Eastern Star meeting Tuesday and Wednesday. Colbert serves as Grand Representative of Iowa. McKinley Chapter officers are away, so the chapter’s regular meeting is not held this week.
John J. S. Goldsmith of Berryville slipped on the street Saturday afternoon and fractured his arm. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and will be a patient for several days.
Mr and Mrs Russell Feeley of Mr Williams are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son Russell George Jr in Winchester House Hospital on Friday May. The couple also have two other children Ruth and Marilyn.
Mrs E F Kent of Millwood Clarke county recovered from an operation last Tuesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital and is visiting her sister Mrs Paul Poston at 10 East Piccadilly Street while she continues to recuperate.
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club will meet at 3 30 Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Wilbur Krise at 414 West Clifford Street. Mrs. Arthur Robinson will assist. Speaker Mrs. Clarke Cooper will discuss Bulbs.
Miss Virginia Gregory director of Winchester recreation spoke at the Women's Civic League monthly luncheon at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop. The league agreed to fund part of her summer program and discussed supporting the Negro Day Nursery opening May 1 with 15 children and more to come, urging league help.
Social notes from Winchester include awards to the Civic League for bond buying, congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Lamp on a daughter Helen Marie born April 27 at Winchester Memorial Hospital, and requests for donations of vases and plates for hospital plant displays. Weekend visits and May Day events at Madison College are mentioned along with a feature on Miss Willis paintings exhibiting in Winchester via the A and T exhibition.
Mrs H Clay deGrange and Mrs Ethel Jolliffe left for Richmond on business and return to Winchester Tuesday evening. Mrs C P McVicar spent the weekend in Harrisonburg with her son and Mrs McVicar. In Richmond Hospital Mrs J William Rhodes is critically ill with a brain tumor and will undergo surgery this week. Her husband Mr Rhodes, overseas in a Rescue Boat crew, returned home after air travel to San Francisco and Washington to join family in Richmond.
The Winchester Park nine will open their 1944 season on Sunday May 14 with a game against the Williamsport Wildcats. The Wildcats, boosted by Hagerstown talent, return to face Park in a strong opener. Former big leaguer Boots Puffinger has played with them here previously. If weather permits, a practice game against Sam Ensogna's White Sox is set for tomorrow afternoon with no admission charged.
Lacy Coner was elected president and treasurer of the Middletown baseball team at an organization meeting last week. Ralph Conner was named vice president and business manager. The Minks open the season on Sunday May 14 against the Winchester White Sox.
Mr and Mrs Ira K Gruver return from Hyattsville Maryland and host visiting guests this weekend. Local social notes mention attendees at a Inwood Virginia farm convention and an Endeavor society social planned for Friday night. Sgt Tilden G Stickley transfers from Texas to Camp Livingston Louisiana.
James Robert Arnold is stationed in Texas and promoted to PFC in the Ordinance unit after about 14 months service. He is married to former Miss Mary Kern of Winchester and is the son of R. A. Arnold formerly employed at National Fruit Product Co. Addresses available from his wife. Pvt Hunter Whitlock serves at Camp McCain Mississippi. He is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Jacob Whitlock of Winchester and husband to Mrs Inous Whitlock of 318 Highland Avenue. Inducted November 1943. Address for mail ASN 33657991 Hq Co I Bn Camp McCain Miss.
New Delhi May 8 British reports say Gandhi and Lord Wavell may meet to discuss uniting India’s political leadership with Britain’s war effort against Japan. A conference depends on Gandhi’s full recovery from illness after release from custody in Poona two days ago.
The article lists hostesses for a monthly meeting at Mrs. Ray Theos Hausenfluck and names attendees including Walter Smith and others. It also records weekend guests of Mrs. Benjamin Massie of Stephens City, with visitors from Washington, Berryville, Winchester, and relatives including the Branner family and Major C. L. Morrison.
Crossword puzzle listing multiple clues across and down with varied topics including fencing, weather, and anatomy. Includes definitions for weapons, actions, and objects such as slight dampness, river in Pennsylvania, and medical abbreviation.
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