McKinley Chapter of OES Ye Hear Annual Sermon
Members and friends of McKinley Chapter No. 19 Order of the Eastern Star gather at Congregational Christian Church in Winchester for an eight o clock sermon titled The Guiding Star delivered by Rev. Robert A Whitten. Officers and members listed with past and present leadership noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Chapter
OES
Order of the Eastern Star
Braddock and
Clifford Streets
Winchester
Robert A. Whitten
Guiding Star
Daisy Shade
Grace Hewitt
Nan Chouderis
Margaret Pine
Nancy Jones
Catherine Mooneyham
Marshall
Camille Heitmuller
Ella Hodges
Catherine Whetzel
May McIlwee
Ruth Haines
Sentinel
Clara Spates
Warden
Armorel Chambers
Ada
Helen Heeps
Ruth
Mary Omps
Esther
Margaret Smith
Martha
Pauline Spring
Electa
Walter Shade
Worthy Patton
Funeral Tomorrow for Mrs Newman
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Virginia Newman aged 90 who died yesterday will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at the Presbyterian Church with Rev Ronald Wilson officiating Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers include Dr P W Boyd Calvin M Martin Edgar Mason Harry Ridgeway Robert Fleet and William Miller Survivors include a brother Edward Chrismore of Kansas and a sister Mrs Nellie Campbell of Hagerstown
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Anna Virginia Newman
Presbyterian Church
Ronald Wilson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
P. W. Boyd
Calvin M. Martin
Edgar Mason
Harry Ridgeway
Robert Fleet
William Miller
Newman
Edward Chrismore
Kansas
Nellie Campbell
Hagerstown
Quarles Speaks At Red Cross Staff Course Meeting
Garland Quarles Handley High School principal addressed thirty staff assistance course members on disaster organization and Winchester’s Red Cross setup for war crisis. Miss Edgerton outlined Red Cross nutrition and canteen work with Winchester serving as a model for HQ in Laped. The course will reconvene Friday at 10 AM in the Council Chamber with trainees to be assigned to Civilian Defense central office.
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Garland Quarles
Handley High School
Red Cross
Winchester
Quarles
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Miss Edgerton
la Ped
Council Chamber
Central Office of
Civilian Defense
Germans Claim Many Sinkings Reported in Arctic Convoy
Berlin reports German high command claims 14 merchant ships totaling 96 000 tons sunk in a convoy in the Arctic region amid a day of victory notes for planes and U boats.
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Berlin
High Command
Arctic
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list the quiz results. Items include thirteen million, Coral Sea, Amphibian, Dr. William Temple, British Guiana, Smith iron worker, Great Seal of the United States, True, Bert Wheeler, and No.
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Coral Sea
William Temple
British Guiana
Smith
The
United States
True
Bert Wheeler
Service notices from Winchester area parade of troops
Lt. A. M. B. Snapp leaves for Thomas Ky to serve as chaplain with first lieutenant rank after duty at Church Hill Md. Pvt. Raymond Carpenter returns to Fort Oglethorpe Ga from furlough. Sgt. Walter Hirth and family return to Camp Bowie Texas from a 12 day visit. Kenneth Herbaugh arrives in Australia. Lewis Barley visits Stephens City. Calvert Racey resumes Norfolk Naval Training Station duties. Joseph Stickles on furlough in Berryville from Camp Pendleton.
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A. M. B. Snapp
Mary A. Snapp
Simon E. Sna
Thomas, Ky
Cincinnati
Snapp
Church Hill
Winchester
Fort Dix
James Street
Randolph- Macon College
Old Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Virginia
West Virginia
Pvt
Raymond Carpenter
Ed Carpenter
Round Hill
Fort Oglethorpe
Walter K. Hirth
C. L. Hirth
West Monmouth Street
Camp Bowie
Brownwood
Texas
Pittsburgh
Hirth
91St Ordnance
Fort Benning
Shelby, Miss
Elizabeth Shade
Kenneth Herbaugh
Australia
L. G. Herbaugh
Stephens City
Down Under
632 Tank Destroyer Battalion
Fort Bragg
N. C
Calvert Racey
U. S. Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Harry Racey
Charles Street
Service School
Norfolk Naval Training Base
Sergeannt
Joseph M. Stickles
Herman Stickles
Camp Pendleton
Berryville
Naval convoy returns from epic Atlantic voyage
An Atlantic Fleet task force returns to an eastern port after a 5,700 mile round trip. The crew reports 11 depth charge attacks and possible sinking of three submarines with no ships lost. The author notes perfect personal and unit records and pride in the maneuver.
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Atlantic
Britain
British Isles
Axis Submarine Thought Lost Near Caribbean
London reports a second Axis submarine destroyed in the Caribbean within a week. The Blakeley, an American destroyer damaged near Martinique, fought off subs outside Castries harbor with plane counterattacks. one submarine believed sunk.
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London
Reuters
St. Louis
British West Indies
Blakeley
Caribbean
Castries
St. Lucia
Martinique
Collision injures crew as trains collide near Petersburg
In Petersburg Virginia on May 28 a diesel Birmingham Washington train crashed head on into two southbound locomotives. At least a score of people were injured none seriously with 14 taken to Petersburg hospital for examination.
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Petersburg
Air Line
Here Toay
Seaboard
Ryan
Richmond
Kinwha Capture Claimed as Japanese Advance
Japanese field headquarters claimed occupation of Kinwha the capital of Chekiang province at 7 a.m. today while Chinese reports said the city held and fierce fighting raged on the outskirts. Chinese dispatches noted Kinwha lies 200 miles southwest of Shanghai and 800 miles east of Chungking with 1,500 Japanese killed by land mines in recent fighting.
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Kinwha
Seaboard
Chekiang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Kinhwa
Shanghai
Chungking
China
Lungling
Burma
Salween River
Winchester Homes Preview for Garden Tour May 30
Garden Tour on May 30 will visit Winchester homes and gardens to benefit Gertrude Barton Nursery School. The Baker family home displays fine woodwork and furniture from Thorn Hill, Rockbridge County, with roots in Colonial era leadership. Red white and blue floral arrangements honor patriotic themes.
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Winchester
Gertrude Barton
Thorn Hill
W. A. Baker
Virginia
A. Baker
Bowyer Place
Rockbridge County
Baker
House of Burgesses
Harold Brown
Daly Slonaker
Paul Haldeman
Old Fredericktown
Help the Boys The Star message for trainees
A brief wartime appeal urging readers to keep in touch with troops in training by sending The Star newspaper. It emphasizes morale, boosts connection between servicemen and home, and calls for continued support and letters.
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Summary
Baltimore reports closing grain prices with Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.1934 for May 1.19 and Corn at 96 98 cents per bushel. Winchester Market shows Wheat at 1.15 and Corn at 90 bushel with delivery at mill as basis.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Deportation Ordered for Bridges CIO Leader
Washington May 28 Attorney General Biddle ordered the deportation of Harry R Bridges west coast CIO leader in a decision reversing the Board of Immigration appeals which had ended the proceedings on January 3.
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Washington
Biddle
Harry R. Bridges
CIO
Board of Immigration Appeals
Germans claim encirclement victory near Kharkov
The German high command announced a major victory south of Kharkov with 165,000 Soviet prisoners. Attacks to relieve encircled Red forces failed, and Germany said it captured hundreds of armored vehicles and guns along with other materiel. Air operations damaged a Murmansk merchant ship and targets near Sevastopol.
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Berlin
Kharkov
Germany
Arctic
Murmansk
Sevastopol
Crimea
Mrs. M. J. Baptist Remains Hospitalized For Major Operation
Friends of Mrs. M. J. Baptist of Middleburg Virginia regret to learn she has returned to Winchester Memorial Hospital for a major operation scheduled for the first of next week. She was recently treated at the hospital and had gone home before the decision was made.
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M. J. Baptist
Middleburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Local Fair Receives Variety of Home Produced Awards
Third Session lists numerous awardees with addresses across town. Recipients include Mrs. Paul E. Dick, Mrs. B. L. Miller, Mrs. Olin E. Affleck, Violet Carlye, Frances McAboy, and others, earning items from molasses cookies to flour and macaroni salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Cecil Grapes
National Avenue
Lillian S. Harris
Tional Avenue
Leon C. Michael
Amherst
Independent Tells Committee Rubber Shortage Is False
Elliot E. Simpson a New York independent rubber dealer testified before a House committee that a false rubber shortage was created by large monopolies. He named Goodyear United States Rubber B F Goodrich Firestone and General Tire as forming an economic octopus controlling rubber needs and said officials in government are unwitting tools of these giants. He claimed large firms have more business than they can handle while many independent competitors are going out of business.
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Independent Tells Committee
Washington
Elliot E. Simpson
New York
Independent Rubber
House
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United States Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
General Tire and Rubber Company
Simpson
Jones Funeral Home Sees Rule to Aid Families Regardless of Means
A local funeral home states an unvarying policy to serve all families without regard to financial circumstances. The message emphasizes inclusive assistance and accessible services for those in need.
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Jones Funeral Home
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R. A. Whitten
Orand
McKinley
Elia Hodges
Ges
Rand
Eastern Star
Altaska
Canal Stone
Mrs. Newman
Pee Iee
Mary Ann Kidd
N. Loudoun St. Your
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Lewis M. Barley
Fort Devens
Mass
Mrs
Miller Barley
Ireland
Axis
Phil Sergeant
United Food Stores
United Food
Van
Mps
Liptons Tea
Crockers
Keystone
Stokely’s Tomatoes
Stokelys
King Syrup
Stokelys Kixe
Dromedary
SCOTT
Scott Towels
Waldorf T. Paper
U. F
United States of America
White House Coffee
Mee
Carton
Kirk
Untfed
Associated Press
Bridgers
du Pont
Ahi Seovenan
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Braddock St
Dial
Silvertown Stores
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