Shawnee District Boy Scouts Camporee At Handley Playground
About 100 Boy Scouts from Shawnee District representing 14 patrols and seven troops camp overnight at Handley Playground to test camp craft skills ahead of a council camp. Basil F. Starkey announced registered troops and leaders. camp activities include a huge 8 30 p.m. camp fire and a Saturday church parade with services along Handley Boulevard.
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Shawnee
Basil F. Starkey
Presbyterian Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Ymorrow
Handley Boulevard
Loudoun Street
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Washington Streets
Basil F. Sarkey
Cecil Grim
George Reading
Maurice Grim
Laurens Jones
Philip N. Hunter
John Kern
Maurice Pifer
Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show Plans For 51st Exhibition
Mrs George P Greenhalgh chair of the race committee announces 25 classes for the 51st Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show to be held at Carter Hall Millwood on Saturday June 3 starting at 9 a.m. The event features hunters jumpers green hunters and breeding classes with trophies for Master’s Trophy green hunter hunter and jumper championships. Luncheon proceeds benefit the District Nurses Association.
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George P. Greenhalgh
Blue Ridge Hunt Horse Show
Oak Grove
Carter Hall
Millwood
Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four
The item lists quiz solutions: Major Samuel C Grashio, Navy Captain equals Army Colonel, Rangoon, Mercury, Salt, Gene Fowler, Twelve, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cuba, Baron von Richthofen.
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Aswers
Quitz
Samuel C. Grashio
Navy
Rangoon
Gene Fowler
Napoleon Bonaparte
Cuba
Baron von Richthofen
Middletown Clinches Frederick Clarke Title with 11 1 Win
Middletown High School clinched the Frederick Clarke Baseball League title with an 11 1 victory over Stonewall. Stephens City beat Gainesboro 9 1 to secure runner up hopes while Gore and Boyce moved into a tie for third after Boyce defeated Berryville 11 7.
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Middletown High School
Frederick Clarke
Stonewall
Stephens City
Gainesboro
Gore
Boyce
Goreidle
Berryville
Middletown
Clearbrook
O'Leary
Driver
Smith
Armel
Jenkins
Eugene Clem
Castleman
Taylor
Richard
Hartman
Orndorff
Denny
DeHaven
Tanner
Casey
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Weaker on Overnight Selling
The Chicago grain market opened weaker with rye leading the decline. Opening prices show Wheat July 1.65 1/8, Sept 1.61 7/8, Dec 1.61 3/4. Oats July 77 5/8 to 3/4. Sept 72. Dec 70 5/8. Rye May 1.20 to 1.19 1/4, July 1.18 3/4 to 1.17, Sept 1.14 1/2 to 1.14, Dec 1.15 1/2 to 5/8. The ballet originated in Rome and moved to France, reaching England in the 18th century.
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Chicago
Baltimore May Livestock Market Report Highlights
Livestock and produce market notes from Baltimore dated May 20 show steady to higher price shifts. Slaughter steers and heifers gain, cows and bulls hold. stockers and feeders mostly steady. Hogs, calves, and sheep show varied moves with overall dull egg and produce demand.
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Baltimore
Chicago hog and cattle market report with mixed gains
Salable hogs 550 head of 180-270 lb hogs steady near 13.75 top. 4,000 unsold. Cattle 100 head. steers and yearlings 25-50 higher, top 17.05, calves mixed. vealers firm at 16.00. Sizable sheep offering 2,000 head. slaughter classes steady to 25 lower. lambs 14.00-15.10, ewes 7.00-7.50. various prices across cut, weight, and quality.
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Cate
Chicago
Stock Market Report May 20 Outlook Steady Quiet Trading
Stock market in New York shows a moderately good performance with limited selling pressure. Turnover about 350000 shares in two hours, low price issues drive most volume, Sinclair Oil hits a 1944 peak but cannot sustain the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sinclair Oil
Friends Holding Quarterly Meet in Hopewell and Winchester
The Fairfax Quarterly meeting of Friends is held this weekend with sessions at Hopewell and Winchester. A meeting for ministry and council met at Hopewell today at 2:30 pm on the topic The meeting's responsibility in adjusting our fs and the lives of our returning soldiers to the changed world conditions with the coming of peace. Worship is at 11:00 am Sunday and a best-day school conference at 2:00 pm at Hopewell. Attendees include Mr and Mrs Bliss Forbush of Baltimore and others from Loudoun county, Washington and Alexandria.
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Fairfax Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Hopewell
Winchester
Bliss Forbush
Baltimore
Loudoun County
Washington
Alexandria
Funeral Services Conducted For Rev. James H. Haley
The Rev. James Hubert Haley 67 longtime Gaithersburg Maryland pastor died of pneumonia complications at Sibi hospital Washington. Funeral at Epworth Church Gaithersburg with burial in Charles Town West Virginia. He leaves wife four sons three daughters and two brothers.
Allied Break Through in Italy Pushes Hitler Line Back
Allied forces drive along the Adolf Hitler line from Pico to Terracina, seizing Itri and Gaeta while Terracina and surrounding roads are shelled. French troops capture Sant Oliva and Monte Mandrone as Eighth and British units press toward Aquino and Pontecorvo.
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Itri
Terracina
Formia
Gaeta
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Livorno
Adolf Hitler
Liri
Fifth Army
Pico
Eighth Army
Tenth Army
Rome
Gaeta Point
Alphonse Juin
Sant’ Oliva
Monte Mandrone
Pontecorvo
Dominion
Aquino
Mrs Mild H Nixon Buried at Mt Hebron
Funeral services were held yesterday May 19 at the Amherst street home for Mrs Mild H Nixon with Rev T J Hawkins presiding. Interment followed at Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named include George Patton Perry Miller W B Clark Carton Hook J E Beatley Jacob Crabill Ford Luttrell and A L Place.
Potatoes Grow In Parsonage Basement In Trucetown
Roy P. Duvall brought two Irish Cobbler potatoes to the office claiming Rev. F. T. Pulcher raised them in the parsonage basement at 106 Morningside Drive. The minister stored spuds under dirt to sprout them for winter harvest. Joe the Motorists' Friend opened in a new location after remodeling the former Union Bank building with a Pittsburgh plate glass front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy P. Duvall
F. T. Pulcher
Trucetown
Morningside Drive
Joe
Union Bank
Pittsburgh
Major Frank Wray Receives British Honor for Italy Service
Major Franklin Wray of Berryville Clarke County receives the Order of the British Empire for Allied Military Government work in Italy from September to November last year. General Geoffrey Keyes pins the medal. Wray helped reorganize Salerno after the landings and later served as a civilian affairs officer with combat troops. He trained at the University of Virginia School of Military Government, graduating in May 1943.
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Italy
Frank M. Wray
Berryville
Clarke County
Geoffrey Keyes
Wray
Salerno
Major Wray
School of Military Government
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Law School
Charlottesville
Mrs Carrie Carper Attends Grand Lodge in Roanoke
Mrs Carrie Carper of Winchester represents the Winchester Rebekah Lodge as she travels to Roanoke Virginia to attend the Grand Lodge gathering.
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Mrs. Carper
Grand Lodge
Carrie Carper
Sharp St
Roanoke
Winchester Rebekah
Former County Minister 18 Buried
Funeral services for the Rev. James Hubert Haley former pastor of Strasburg and Middletown Methodist churches were held at Epworth Methodist Church Gaithersburg Md conducted by Rev. John R Edwards district superintendent assisted by Rev. William A Gover Interment was in Charles Town W Va Mr Haley died Wednesday in Sibley Hospital Washington D C at age 72
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James Hubert Haley
Strasburg
Middletown
Epworth Methodist
Gaithersburg
John R. Edwards
William A. Gover
Charles Town
W. Va
Haley
Sibley Hospital
Washington, D. C
Myitkyina Falls to Marauders After Airport Take
Lt Gen Stilwell and ten correspondents arrived at Myitkyina to find the airport under Marauders control yet city pockets held by Japanese two miles east. Chinese artillery fired briefly but the airport was secure, with surrounding forces closing in on three sides and the Irrawaddy River guarding the remaining approach.
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Katkya
Ghappate
Stilwell
Merrill
Myitkyina
Joseph Stillwell
U. S
Uncle Joe
Cant
Emmett Theisen
Detroit
Irrawaddy
Obituary for Edward Jacobs Boyce and family rites
Edward Jacobs Boyce leaves two daughters Mrs. George P. Greenhalgh Jr and Mrs. A R Dunning both of Boyce and a sister Mrs Mary Roesler of Nineveh. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 3 PM at Christ Episcopal Church Millwood with burial at Front Boys Cemetery. The will of Peyton Craighill is noted.
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Boyce
George P. Greenhalgh, Jr
A. R. Dunning
Mary Roesler
Nineveh
Christ Episcopal Church
Millwood
Front Boys Cemetery
Peyton Craighill
Truck Suppliers Inc Holds Formal Opening for Industry Leaders
Over 100 guests attended Truck Suppliers Inc in their new West Germain Street location for a postwar planning gathering. John M. Hopfer welcomed manufacturers from Toledo to Baltimore and Hastings to Camden, noting future meetings to discuss trucking conditions.
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S Inc
West Germain Street
John M. Hopfer
R. H. Wetherington
Toledo Steel Products Co
Toledo
Ohio
E. B. Harris
Mer
Truck Tire
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Baltimore Dist
Henry Skillman
Mgr
Hastings Manufacturing Co
Hastings
Mich
W. J. Teubner
Whiz Products
Camden
N. J
Harold Borgstrom
Grizzly Manufacturing Co
Paulding
R. i Dodge
Baltimore
W. K. Armstrong
Mack- International Motor Truck Co
Ray Shearer
Mack-International Motor Truck
Heavy Allied Raids Target German Lines and Rail Hubs
The United States air forces attacked Berlin Brunswick and other targets with 1 500 bombers and fighters blasting 125 German planes while losing 26 bombers and 19 fighters A German radio claimed 71 American planes were downed Rail yards at Boulogne Tours Le Mans and Orleans were struck on strategic railway lines along the Paris Loire routes before and after.
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Ing
Berlin
Brunswick
Boulogne
Channel
London
Tours
Paris
le Mans
Orleans
Loire River
France
Les Aubrais
Germany
Commissioner's Notice In Winchester Virginia Record
Master Commissioner H K Benham reports on the estate of Laura M Bayliss with heirs, real and personal property, lien creditors, and account settlements. Notice to be published in the Winchester Evening Star for two weeks, June 22, 1944 at 10 AM, 46 Rouss Avenue, Winchester.
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H. K. Benham
Laura M. Bayliss
Laura Bayliss
Mildred E. Hawkins
Harry Lynch
M. M. Lynch
Winchester
County
Frederick
Virginia
Allies suffer heavy air losses in nightly raids
The DNB Home Service broadcast notes Britain faced losses of about 30 000 air personnel this period, with no enemy planes shot down over Britain during the night, reflecting the sustained aerial struggle.
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DNB Home Service
Britain
Ascension Day Service of Winchester Commandery No 193
Knights Templar Ascension Day Service set for eight tomorrow evening at the Congregational Christian Church. Irvin G Bierer announces the event with members meeting at 7 30 in uniform at City Hall. Rev. Robert A Whitten will deliver the address. Refreshments follow at the Golden Glow Banquet Room. Committee: Roy Harrick chairman Brady Largent Harold Sheetz Jr.
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Winchester Commandery No
Knights Templar
Congregational Christian Church
Irvin G. Bierer
Uniform
City Hall
Robert A. Whitten
Golden Glow
Roy A. Larrick
Brady Largent
Harold Sheetz, Jr
Accident leads to reckless driving tickets in Winchester
An afternoon collision at Gray avenue and Kern street resulted in two drivers charged with reckless driving. Ernest Mangum of RFD No. 1 Winchester and Roy Linwood Madigan of 1004 South Loudoun street were cited. Mangum drove a Great American Tea Company truck. Madigan drove a pickup linked to L. S. Bean of 103 North Loudoun street. Total damages estimated around 50 dollars. Officer Borden investigated and ordered both to appear at 4 pm next Wednesday. No injuries reported.
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Gray Avenue
Kern Street
Ernest Mangum
RFD
Winchester
Roy Linwood Madigan
South Loudoun Street
Mangum
Great American Tea Company
Madigan
L. S. Bean
North
Loudoun Street
Borden
Death of Dr Heskett A Hite in Washington D C
Dr Heskett A Hite longtime Cumberland Maryland dentist and Winchester native died in Washington D C where he had lived for years An autopsy was planned to determine the cause He served in World War I and was about 52 Funeral services are set for Sunday at Kurtz mortuary with burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery The American Legion memorial service will be held at the graveside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heskett A. Hite
Winchester
Washington
D. C
Hite
Cumberland
William Hite
Kurtz Mortuary
Ronald 8. Wilson
Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
American Legion
Musical Well Received at Stephens City Church
Second grade students presented a musical at Stephens City Church and collected more than $26 in a silver offering this week, reflecting strong community support.
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Stephens City
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Boy Scouts
Handley Playground
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Goodrich
Silvertown
TRE
Piccadilly St
Vorous
Emmons
Blow
Williams
Lloyd
Catherine de’Medici
England
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Stock Market Report
Rev
James H. Haley
Sibi
Epworth Methodist Church
Hume
Cleveland High School
Delaplane
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
White Post
Woolstock
Elliston
Glen Wilton
Buena Vista
Covington
Marlinton
Lucy Ernestine Wrenn Haley
James H. Haley, Jr
Lynchburg
Gale B. Haley
Richmond
Barnett K. Haley
Carl W. Haley
Hampton, Va
Martha E. Haley
R. L. Bunker
Lucy Marshall
Albert O
William A. Haley
Hitler
Auto Supply
Frank Wray
Edward Jacobs
Frederick County
M.M Lynch
Admr
Als
Dr. Heskett Hite
Winchester Lunch
Baylass Dept
F. W. Magruder
North Main St
John F. Kincaid
Leesburg
Capon Lake
Joe Baylis
Marble Yard
Call
c/o Star
Swimley's Plant Nursery
Brucetown
W. B. Snider & Son
Virgil
Gore & Company
Staunton
Bath and Furnace
Valley Pike
Kernstown
W. J. Lupton
Capitol Theatre
Henry F. Rittler
Latrobe
Christian, White
G. E. Talmage, Jr
Care Interstate Commerce Commission
D. Cc
N. Kent
P. W
Highland Ave
W. Boscawen
E. Stephenson, Va
Parrment
Bufflick Road
Washington St
Trail's End
Gosgonsville
Trail’s End
Gordonsville
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