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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1942
Page
8
Weekly Ellis' Club meeting at 2:06 p.m. and Rotary lunch at 1:00 p.m. at a hotel. Bridal shower hosted by Mrs. C. H. Lillis for Mrs. Charles J. Lillis with pink and white motif. Recitals, dance exhibits, and performances by local students and notable guests announced. Court and club news include university honors, family travel, and upcoming house and garden tour details.
The Presbyterian Church youth group hosts a May Day party tomorrow night in the church recreation room with Betty Schlack chairing the recreation committee and Martha Shade heading the refreshment committee. The Kernstown Methodist Onward and Upward Class meets tomorrow at 8 at Mrs. E Dean Adams home with Mrs. Arthur Wolfe co-hostess. A Standard First Aid Class begins Tuesday at 8 in Friendship Fire Hall with ongoing sessions Tuesdays and Fridays 8 to 10. enrollment via the Red Cross at 5412.
Berryville Virginia notes list of visitors and residents including Mrs. Ed Ogden in Baltimore after her brother Hunter Dovell’s death in Ohio formerly of Luray. District police Lt. William Blythe spent time with family in Berryville. Various families hosted guests from Washington D C Langley Field and Baltimore with weekend gatherings at Belle Meade and West Main Street. Sgt. Donald Cooley moved from Fort Meade and Camp A P Hill to Fort Monmouth for officers training school.
Helen Follett urges girls troubled by blackheads and skin eruptions to discard dirty powder pads and switch to fresh absorbent cotton. Use a new pad or pad-free method, keep a cotton jar, and follow a balanced diet with fruits, vegetables, and plenty of water for better complexion.
Pat Stover Clark arrives on a 72 hour leave from Portsmouth where he serves in the U S Coast Artillery. Pvt Hubert W Fanning at Camp Shelby Miss spends a 12 day furlough with parents and wife, address listed. Wilmer W Comer transferred from Camp Gordon Ga to Antitank Company 314 Infantry Camp Pickett Va. William Huntsberry commissioned ensign in U S Naval Reserve while a University of Virginia student. John H Weirick completes anti submarine tactics course at Key West and awaits ship transfer. second class seaman next month. his father Major A F Weirich also serves in the army.
Local markets are collected daily. The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
Several Clarke County residents are back from trips and duties. Grace Episcopal Rectory hosted visits by Rev and Mrs Henry M Lane while Lane was elected Chaplain of the Travellers Protective Association at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. Ruth Wheeler and Edna Ziler left for Maryland and Cumberland respectively. Marion Ware of the Medical College of Virginia plans a late week visit with his parents. Mrs Griffing, Mrs Elsen, Miss Catherine Anderson, Helen Richards, Dr Iden and family members are noted in travel or family visits between Clarke County and Richmond.
The American Mother's Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation selected Mrs. William N. Berry of Greensboro North Carolina as the 1942 American Mother. She is 52, mother of 13 living children, oldest 30, youngest 9. The piece also identifies major Chinese rug dynasties and how to remove smoke stains from plastered walls.
Campbell of New York visited Mrs Archibald Cummins and Deaconess Maria Williams at Caryswood. Mrs Virginia Morrow of Warren Ohio visits Mrs Henry Clark then headed to Philadelphia to see her ill son Mallory in a Naval Hospital. Mrs L M Russell and Mrs Thomas Jones return from Petersburg to attend presbyterial and women’s auxiliary meetings. Mr Seldon O’Bryan returns from Washington after the death of his father James William O’Bryan.
A listing shows feed and bag weights with per barrel prices for 12 lb 24 lb 48 lb and 98 lb bags, plus corn meal middlings mixed feed scratch feed mash chick grower broiler mash turkey grower and patent creamery butter retail prices. The data includes multiple inconsistent OCR artifacts but preserves key price points and product names.
Roy O. Locke was re elected as president of the Berryville Paren Teacher Association at the final meeting in the school auditorium. Henry Davis becomes vice president, Mrs. Ethel Slonaker secretary, and H C Barth el elected treasurer for the fourth year. A small group attended due to gas shortages.
Chicago May 20 prices steady with scattered buying aiding milling demand for wheat. Opening quotes: Wheat May 1.19 1 4 to 1 8, July 1.20 7 8 to 3 4, Sept 1.23 1 2 to 1 4, Dec 1.26 1 8. Corn July 88 1 4 to 3 8, Sept 90 5 8 to 1 2, Dec 93. Oats May 55 3 4, Sept 53 1 2. Rye July 70 1 2, Sept 73 1 4 to 3 8, Dec 77.
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