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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1941

Page

2

Sixteen Seniors To Take Part In June Week At Middletown High

Middletown High's June Week includes baccalaureate on June 1 at the Methodist Church and graduation on June 6 in the high school auditorium. Commencement speaker Rev. Julian T. Owen of Falling Waters and former Stephens City pastor Rev. J. T. Brown will participate. Salutatorian Audra Hunt and valedictorian Dorothy Tevalt headline exercises along with 16 graduates led by Christine Wright and others.

Middletown High WNI Indh Race Methodist Church Tiriday Denis Hoover Julian T. Owen Palling Waters W. Va Stephens City J. T. Brown Methodist Church Audra Hunt Owen Dorothy Tevalt Leslie D. Kline Christine Wright Malcolm Brumback Evelyn Long

Duet and speaker lineup at senior farewell event

Edward Rowles leads a program featuring Audra Hunt and Christine Wright in a duet with Harvey Austin and Mildred Grim as speakers. Before the Seniors close, the annual will be distributed to attendees.

Edward Rowles Audra Hunt Christine Wright Harvey Austin Mildred Grim

Bumgardner Dies at Woodstock After Ill Health

Benjamin F. Bumgardner retired farmer died at his Woodstock home yesterday evening after two years of illness. Survived by wife Nannie, children Elmer, Floyd, and Sadie, plus siblings Hubert Charles Frank Yates and Oscar Hammer. Funeral at 2:30 Sunday from Dellinger Funeral Home Woodstock with Masschnutten Cemetery interment.

Benjamin F. Bumgardner Woodstock Bumgardner Raymond Bumgardner Nannie Bumgardner Elmer Floyd Washington Sadie Mitchell Tarkie Park Hubert Luray Charles Elkton Frank Yates Oscar Hammer Dellinger Funeral Masschnutten

Answers to the Daily Quiz From Page Four

The page lists quiz answers including Pacific and Russian musical instrument. It names Parlor-spider, Charlotte, Marshal Henri Petain, sixty five, yes, painter, and false as items numbered 1 through 10.

Pacific Charlotte Marshal Henri ‘Petain Painter

Leith Rites Planned At Bloomery For Jefferson Leith

Funeral services for Jefferson D. Leith 78 who died of pneumonia at Memorial Hospital will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM from his Bloomery residence and Presbyterian Church. The Rev J A Trostle will officiate with interment in the adjacent cemetery. Surviving are children Grover Leith Shenandoah VA Smith Leith Keyser WV Mrs Dora Boyd Martinsburg Mrs Lester DeHaven Ridge WV Mrs Harold Yost Oakland WV Miss Verdia Leith at home and step son George Johnson of Bloomery.

Jefferson D. Leith Memorial Hospital Bloomery W. Va Presbyterian Church J. A. Trostle Leith Grover Leith Shenandoah Smith Leith Keyser Dora Boyd Martinsburg Lester DeHaven Ridge Harold Yost Oakland Verdia Leith George Johnson

Autograph Collector Addresses Warenton Club Meeting

Marshall Farmer, Handley High School student and autograph enthusiast, spoke to Warenton Methodist Wesleymen's Club about collecting signatures from over 1,000 celebrities including President Roosevelt and cabinet members. He began after the 1936 election, surpassed 1,000 names in 1940, and has since addressed various groups while supporting Wendell Willkie during the last presidential contest.

Warrenton Marshall Farmer Wesleymen’s Club Warad Methodist Church Farmer Handley High School Roosevelt Alfred M. Landon Wendell Willkie

Pearls Need Skin Moisture to Stay Lustered

Pearls require contact with skin moisture to retain their luster. They should not be stored away for long periods.

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Rev Arthur Wake Dies After Surgery in Petersburg

The Rev. Arthur Wake, longtime Disciples of Christ minister and prominent Strasburg resident, died last night at Memorial Hospital in Petersburg after an appendectomy. Survived by a wife and six sons, his death follows his English birth and leadership in Virginia church life. Funeral set for Sunday at 3 PM at Strasburg Christian Church with burial in Riverview Cemetery.

Arthur Wake Jonee Church Petersburg Wake England The Disciples of Christ Virginia Strasburg Elizabeth Wake John Wake Orville Blacksburg High School Memorial Hospital Here Willis Strasburg High Anna Edith William Land Oyar Pateley Bridge Yorkshire Strasburg Christian Church William Norment, Jr Woodstock Riverview Cemetery

Public Invited To Community Dinner

Capt M W Bott chairman of the Community Service dinner reminds the public the annual event at the St Baptist Church is open to all. The dinner, organized by city civic and social groups, will be held Monday evening at 6 30 oclock.

M. W. Bott St Baptist Church Capt. Bott

Three Soldiers Held As Fugitives

Baltimore police said three soldiers named Carl Morris Clyde Buck and Walter Canterbury were held for army authorities after escaping a guardhouse at Fort Meyer Arlington Virginia. Police followed a tip from military police who asked to watch for five men who escaped yesterday.

Baltimore Army Fort Meyer Arlington Carl Morris Clyde Buck Walter Canterbury

Mrs. C. P. McVicar Fractures Wrist in Kitchen Accident

Mrs. C. P. McVicar wife of the city's Commissioner of Revenue slipped in her kitchen yesterday about 4 30 PM fell fractured her right wrist. She was taken to Memorial Hospital where X rays confirmed the fracture and it was reduced with the arm placed in splints. Despite the pain the injury is not serious, her husband said.

C. P. McVicar Memorial Hospital McVicar

Oil Company's Safe Is Looted in Baltimore Office

Safecrackers battered open a safe in Consumer's Oil Company offices in Baltimore and escaped with 227 dollars just seconds before police arrived. Less than a month earlier about 400 dollars was taken from a wall safe in the same office.

Baltimore Consumer's Oil Company

Wray Praises Company 115 After Inspection

Lt Col Wray inspected Virginia Protective Force Company 115 at the armory and lauded Captain Baker’s unit as the best drilled and marching outfit seen. Plans were set for a Memorial Day parade with Company I and the 116th Infantry Headquarters Detachment joining in.

Frank M Virginia Protective Force W. A. Baker Baker 116Th Infantry Wray Board of Trade Winchester

Kiwanis Hold Annual Meeting In Atlanta June

Kiwanis International gathers in Atlanta June 15 19 for a five day convention likely the largest yet with an estimated 6000 attendees including 2000 ladies and 600 children. Georgia clubs organize district hospitality with speakers Senator Walter F George and Clyde Hoey featured.

Miami Kiwanis International Atlanta Georgia Kiwanis Jimmy Carmichael Eet Thomasville Covington J. C. Wardlaw Jos. S. Shaw Hamilton Holt Macon U. S Walter F. George Clyde Hooy North Carolina Dixie South Piedmont East Lake Country Club Kiwanis Clubs

Garments Toward Winchester England Aid Deadline

Mrs J V Arthur chairs the Winchester Adopt A Town Committee reporting a box of clothing and other warm items packed for shipment to Winchester England. More donations needed especially warm coats and sweaters. Boxes provided by O Sullivan Rubber Company and free transport to New York offered by Novick Transfer Company. Contributions welcomed at 200 Fairfax Lane.

J. V. Arthur Winchester O'Sullivan Rubber Company Novick Transfer Company New York Eng

Junior Editors Visit The Star Office From Handley Junior High

Members of The Maroon and White Quill staff visited The Star office this morning with Miss Erma Kelley and Miss Ruby Shiley. They toured teletype rotary press and stereo typing equipment and learned about newspaper publishing processes.

Maroon and White Quill Handley The Star Erma Kelley Ruby Shiley Associated Press Betty Hendrie Richard Grove Mary Thornton Peyton Marsall Virginia Goss Jacqueline Eagle Columbia University Scholastic Press Association

Clanging Bell Wins Johns Hopkins Turtle Derby

In Baltimore on May 24 the eleventh Johns Hopkins Hospital turtle derby crowned Clanging Bell as first across the circle for a $50 purse. The event mixed fun and costumes as doctors let loose, while the main race offered a near Derby pace and a light shower followed by the Freakness final.

Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital Hopkins

Miller Dunn Funeral Set For Kernstown Burial

Miller T Dunn 61 retired farmer died at Memorial Hospital after weeks of illness. Survived by wife Bertie and two sons Gladden Kernstown Norman Winchester, sisters Annie Bennett Mabel Barr, brothers William Inwood Ollie, eight grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 PM from Kernstown residence with burial Mount Hebron Cemetery. Revs Balthis Whitehurst officiating. Pallbearers listed. hymns and solo planned.

Miller T. Dunn Memorial Hospital Mr.Dunn Charles and Dunn Frederick County Martin Wisecarver South Market Street Winchester Bertie Dunn J. W. Cornwell Washington, D.C Gladden T. Dunn Kernstown Norman C. Dunn Annie Bennett Martinsburg W. Va Mabel Barr Ridgeway William Dunn Inwood Ollie Dunn Martinsburg, W

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