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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1945

Page

3

Front Royal Rally Aims to Draw City Residents

Sunday program at Park Theater in Front Royal features six World War II veterans as the main attraction with films band music and talks by Army officials and civilians. Mayor Purdum will welcome guests after the invocation. Leaders from the American Legion VFW Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Lions will attend. Veterans were sent to help recruit 300 workers for the Viscose rayon cord plant for tires in the war effort. The event is free to the public.

Park Theater Front Royal Curry Purdum Front Royal American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Chamber of Commerce Rotary and Lions Japan

Local Family News Highlights Weekend Visits and Service Plans

Community notes list visits from Ivy Mae Heighman Carrie Orndorff and families from Washington Baltimore Hyattsville and Strasburg. Seaman Quinton Baker and Charles Baker busy in service. Revival services announced for St Hope Church with preaching by visiting minister and pastor next Sunday afternoon.

Ivy Mae Heighman Carrie Orndorff Washington, D. C Archie Unger Martha Ann Decker David Glaize Annabelle Grove Sherman Minebank Myra Hockman Statton Bowers Albert Ab) Keller Winchester Memorial Hospital Glenda Dodson Front Royal Viscose Sant George Himelight Baltimore Lucy Himelright Bob” Himelright Gravel Springs E. L. Himelright Quintus Himelright Sandra John All Hyattsville, Md Hopewell Himelright Strasburg Mamie Lindamood Larry Lindamood Matthew Wayne Donian Norma Jane Baker Quinton Baker South Pacific Iwo Jima Charles Baker Philipines W. D. Teets Fred Hershman Wheatfield John Stuart Cedar Cliff Ruth Julius Keller Annabelle Helen McDonald Robert Stuart St. Hope Church

Local Church Services Filled With Various Parishes

The schedule lists numerous denominational services across Stephens City, Middletown, Winchester, and nearby areas. Ministers include Rev. Arthur Carper, Rev. Walter Smith, Rev. R. B. Moore, Rev. C. A. Quenzel, and Rev. O. W. Lynch with times ranging from morning Sunday School to evening worship. Public invited.

United Brethren Reliance L Prederick Minister Reliance Greenway Arthur Carper Stephens City Chargs Methodist Church Walter Smith Fairview Kernstown Refuge Gainesboro Methodist Church C. H. Palmer Wesley Chapel Gainesboro Old Bethel Redland Salem Gainesboro School White Post Methodist Circuit O. W - Lynch Millwood Boyce Mt. Carmel White Post Rockland Mt Carmel Providence Chapel Christian Church Group J Goode Capon Bridge Montague Avenue Methodist John Teter Macedonia E. E. Hall Mary Welch Greenwood Audrey Baecher Round Hill Myra Payne

Wounded Staff Sgt K Brown McDonald Served 38 Months Overseas

Mrs. Charles Dick of Sunnyside reports her brother Staff Sgt K Brown McDonald was critically wounded in Okinawa while with the 27th Infantry Division. He suffered chest wounds and a fractured spine and is hospitalized in the Pacific. He enlisted in 1941 and has four brothers and two sisters in service or nearby.

Charles Dick Sunnyside K. Brown McDonald 27Th Infantry Okinawa Pacific McDonald Army Makin Gilbert Islands Saipan Marianas Talands L. C. Mc- Donald Co. Douglas Mc- Donald Belgium Don H. Mc Donald California David E. McDonald S. F Sicily Arthur Shambrough Emile Ambrose Grey Avenue Nehi Bottling Company

JBT To Abandon Luncheon Meetings

The Winchester Junior Board of Trade plans to abandon luncheon meetings and return to evening membership meetings. Ted Mosley, secretary, surveys whether members prefer meeting once or twice monthly. A monthly dance for JET Ex hausted Roosters and guests is set for May 26 at the George Washington Hotel.

Winchester Junior Board of Trade Ted Mosley JET Roosters George Washington Hotel

Gravel Springs 4 H Club News

The Gravel Springs 4 H Club met on Tuesday May 15. Mr Hoover spoke on the Seventh War Loan drive and upcoming Winchester program. Albert Lee Orndorff joined the armed forces. School children received tuberculosis clinic reports. Mrs Gertrude Cooper is a patient at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Visitors Sunday included Evelyn Richard Virgil Orndorff and Elmer McIlwee. Martha Brill stayed with Mrs Ralph Williams after visiting Star Tannery.

Gravel Springs Hoover Winchester Albert Lee Orndorff Gertrude Cooper Winchester Memorial Hospital Gertrude Wymer

Social Gatherings Dot Capon Springs Visit List

Capon Springs West Virginia May 18. Mr and Mrs Cornwell Dyer and family visited Mr and Mrs B Q Prill Monday evening. Sunday visitors included Mrs Ida Miller Mr and Mrs L F Miller of Yellow Springs and Maynard Brill. Douglas Nesmith also spent the weekend. The Rev Claude Larrick and wife from Winchester and Mr and Mrs Harold Good of Wardensville visited Mrs Vernie Anderson. Mr and Mrs B G Brill and son Franklin and Mrs George Brill visited Hunter Tharp of Wardensville. Miss Willetta Brill spent Sunday with Mae and Lilian Dunlap. Alice Nesmith and Maynard Brill made a business trip to Romney. Miss Doris Heare spent Sunday night with Miss Reneta Cooper. Cpl Wilbur Brill, on furlough, returned to Alabama. Mr and Mrs Dewey Orndorff visited with Lee Stultz, Mildred Orndorff and friend of Winchester, Mrs George Brill and family.

Capon Springs W. Va Cornwell Dyer B. Q. Prill Fred Nesmith Ida Miller L. F. Miller Yellow Springs Maynard Brill Douglas Nesmith Claude Larrick Winchester Harold Good Wardensville Vernie Anderson B. G. Brill Franklin George Brill Hunter Tharp Willetta Brill Mae Lilian Dunlap Alice Nesmith Romney Doris Heare Reneta Cooper Wilbur Brill Alabama Dewey Orndorff Lee Stultz Mildred Orndorff Lloyd Sandy

Capon Springs Resort Opens for Summer Tourists

Mr. L. L. Austin hosted a hotel banquet at Capon Springs to thank business friends in Capon District. The summer resort is now open and Austin predicts a busy season through 1945.

Capon District Austin

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