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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1944

Page

7

Evening Community Meetings and Club Gatherings Schedule

A slate of local meetings on Thursday includes Nurses Aide Corps at Nurses' Home at 7 30, Gertrude Barton Nursery School Committee at 8, Elks Club weekly gathering at 8, Victory Exchange Open 11 to 5, Rotary Club luncheon at 1 at Sarah Zane Hall, Jubilee Church Ladies’ Aid at 2 at Front Royal Road, Sunshine Club Braddock Street at 2 30 in Women's Assembly Room, Rachel Hodges Sunday School Class at 8 at 210 Valley Avenue, and Gainesboro Church Aid Society at 8 30 at 903 Berryville Avenue.

Victory Exchange Rotary Club Sarah Zane Hall Ladies’ Aid Jubilee Church Levi Anderson Front Royal Road Sunshine Club Braddock Street Methodist Rachel Hodges Audrey Shickle Valley Avenue Aid Society of Gainesboro Robert Reardon Berryville Avenue Aid Society of the Gainesboro Church Raymond Baker

Dr Doris Barlow To Address Civic League

The Winchester Women's League meets Friday June 2 at 12 45 p m at the Golden Glow Coffee Shop for a fried chicken lunch. Guest speaker Dr Doris Murray Barlow will discuss What A Health Unit means to a Community. Officers for 1944 45 to be installed.

Winchester Women's League Golden Glow League Doris Murray Barlow Alvin Pennypacker Winchester W. R. Strader Philips Clifford Grim Marjorie Davies E. G. Rusk James A. Mason

Mrs. Richard Alwood Honor Guest At Tea This Afternoon

Mrs. Richard Alwood recently moved from Charlottesville Virginia to Winchester will be honor guest at an informal tea this afternoon from four to six hosted by Mrs. W B Glover and Mrs. Roy Cather at Mrs. Cather's West Clifford Street home.

Richard Alwood South Stewart Street Winchester Charlottesville W.B. Glover Roy Cather Cather West Clifford Street

Local club meetings and society notes in Washington area

The June G A business meeting is set for June 1 at eight p m in Elk's Club rooms with a council gathering at 7 30. A wedding occurred at Foundry Memorial Church in Washington DC where Kathryn Dove Snyder married Lt Col Ogden Carr Bruton in a May 28 ceremony. Bruton recently served in the Panama Canal Zone and awaits assignment at Ft Dix after a honeymoon in New York. Also noted are visits from Mr and Mrs Graf and son in Maryland and Manchester to see relatives, the Sunshine Club meeting at Braddock Street church, and Miss Nancy Bowen traveling to Charleston West Virginia to visit relatives.

Foundry Methodist Church 16Th Street Washington, D. C Kathryn Dove Snyder Ogden Carr Bruton United States Army Medical Corps Frederick Brown Harris Grace Saylor Dove Stephenson Thos. Jefferson Dove Harry Snyder District of Columbia Dental Doctors Mead and Lynch Oliver Craven Bruton Mt. Gilead N. C Georgia Macauly Bruton Duke University Vanderbilt Nashville

Marriage Announcements Include McDonalds and Whites

The May 10 wedding of Miss Violet Virginia Peacemaker, daughter of Clyde and Viola Peacemaker of Bloomery, W Va, to Corporal Douglas W M McDonald of Angers Store, W Va, is announced. Also listed are engagements for Stella Elizabeth White to Paul Glenn Miller, and Eunice Jack ie Lewis to Pvt Theodore Nichols, with June ceremony plans for Nichols. A wide list of local social notices follows including visitors, church meetings, and arrivals in Winchester.

Violet Virginia Peacemaker Clyde Peacemaker Bloomery W. Va Douglas W. M. McDonald J. E Ina (Slane) McDonald Angers Store W.va F. T. Fulcher Morningside Drive Charles M. Dick McDonald Berkeley Springs High School Camp Haan Calif O’sullivan Rubber Co Winchester A. C. White Route 1 Stella Elizabeth White Paul Glenn Miller James A. Miller Cameron Street Miller

Miss Mitchell to attend Festivities in Annapolis

Miss Lucy Mitchell daughter of Mrs Thomas B Byrd will leave Friday for Annapolis Maryland where she will attend the festivities connected with June Week Major Rodney Taylor is spending a short leave in the city with his wife and daughters at the home of Mrs Taylor's parents on South Stewart Street The Rachel Hodges Sunday School Class meets Thursday night at 8 at the home of Mrs Audrey Shickle 1210 Valley Avenue with Mrs Harold Bageant and Mrs Kenneth Cather in charge Devotionals Mothers meeting tonight at 8 for Mrs Masons Nursery Training School

Miss Beverley Richmond Rebecca Beverley Miss Elizabeth Beverley St. Catherines School William Beverley Chesterfield Mitchell Annapolis Lucy Mitchell Thomas B. Byrd Major Taylor Major Rodney Taylor Rachel Hodges United Brethren Church Audrey Shickle Valley Avenue Harold Bageant Kenneth Cather Mrs. Mason

Navy Secretary opposes early Kimmel court martial

Washington May 31 Navy Secretary Forrestal voiced personal opposition to a court martial for Admiral Husband E Kimmel over Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. Congress debated deadlines for starting the trial while Knox era depositions proceed from officers at sea.

Washington Forrestal Husband E. Kimmel Pearl Harbor House Rules Committee Kimmel Walter C. Short Senate Judiciary Committee Ferguson R.-Mich Navy Knox Circe

Peach Thinning Demonstrations Scheduled Across County

County agent I Pred Stine announces three thinning demonstrations next week due to a large peach crop. On June 5 at 2 pm at Wyatt Richard Orchard Timber Ridge. June 6 at 10 am at D K Russell Orchard Welltown Pike. June 6 at 1 30 pm at Rice farm Ray Robinson Middle Necessary To Thin. Horticulturist A H Teske will assist. other peach crop topics to be discussed.

Pred Stine Wyatt Richard Timber Ridge D. K. Russell Welltown Pike Ray Robinson Stine A. H. Teske

Obituary: Dr Harris of Clarke County Dies at 78

Dr Edward M Harris born May 1875 in Brunswick county Va died in Winchester after long medical career. He studied at William and Mary and Berryville and served in X ray work and hospital administration. Survived by widow three sons a daughter four grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral Friday at Grace Episcopal Berryville with burial at Green Hill Cemetery.

Virginia Brunswick County Edward M. Harris William and Mary College Wil Berryville Virginia Thomas Butler F. G. Butler Charles Town W. Va Samuel S. Thomas Clarke County Harris Medical Society of Virginia Medical Society of Northern Virginia Winchester Winchester Memorial Hospital Chicago William L. Harris U. S. Army Wilmington Long Beach California John E. Harris Italy Read H. Gibson Walnut Creek Calif Norfolk James D. Harris Richmond Huff Harris William S. Bradley Charlotte N. C W. E

Eastern Area Surgical Dressings Appeal Urges Volunteers

Mrs B B Dutton chairwoman asks trained volunteers to report regularly to the Surgical Dressing rooms at the Presbyterian Church. She notes the War Department requested 20 000 000 dressings per month and that quotas are large with limited time. Rooms are open 9 30 to 5 daily Monday to Friday and 7 to 9 30 Thursday evenings.

B. B. Duton War Department Dutton The Presbyterian Church

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Hospital News Reardon D. C David Reardon Memorial Hospital Mt. Alto Hospital Mr. Carper Frank Carper Berryville Ave George Robinson George Robby Robinson C. L. Robinson Latane Street Slaughter Robert Slaughter James Cather James Lawson Cather Hubert Cather Greystone Terrace Ashby Blakley Ashby Kenneth Garland Lillie Martin Miss Sharon Omps Wayne Omps North Braddock Street Richards Harry Austin Richards Virginia White Frederick County Miss Peters Anita Douglas Peters Douglas Peters Chestnut Street Yesteron Winchester Memorial Hos Wine Robert Wine Upperville Bick Tressa Bick Whitacre Harmer Herbert Harmer Albin Heishman Herbert R. Heishman Walter Thompson Oak Spring Farm Dudley West North America Assurance Society City West George Washington John Over Lemaster, Pa Aide Corps Nurses Gertrude Barton E. Christopher Stuart, Jr Elks Club Doris Barlow Civic League P. G. Ireland Jay H. Lowden Mrs Minnehaha Council Minnehaha Council No Degree of Pocahontas Great Council of Virginia Pocahontas John Marshall Virginia W. Brumback Great Pocahontas Frances Tewart Annie Taylor Martha Kline Strasburg Buckner Staples Groves Vineland Tonic Brooks’ Pharmacy Huntsberry G. A. ‘A. Business Meeting Girl's Athletic Association Elk’s Club Bruton-Snyder Graf and Son Maryland Robert Graf Little Son Manchester Mr. Graf Braddock Street Methodist Church Earl Baker R. O. Bryant Henry Goode Ella Miller Prank Yeakle Wheatfield W. W. Keller Arlington Harry Matthews Willis Underwood Col Alexandria J. F. Bly A. E. Keller David Stover Bowen Charleston Nancy Bowen West Va Frank Batman Gobelin Chocolates Amity Gaunt Main Valley Ave McDonald P White Miller E. B. Lewis Pall Mall Street Eunice Jackie Theodore Nichols Wheeler Nichols Miss Lewis Handley High School Pvt Nichols Camp Pickett Percy Miller Ladies Aid of the Bob Barney Courtfield Avenue Queen Esther S Queen Esther U. B. Church E. Ottie Dorsey East Lane Ave Sadie Hamrick Sarah Timbrook Edna Miller Mrs.Timbrook Cora Cutterer Charles Locke Bowling Green, Fla Mary Locke Guy Line National Avenue Colgate New York Lathrop Colgate Lewis Hyde West Boscawen Street Hunter Moss Parkersburg R. H. Stokes Minnie Baker North Cameron Street H. B. McCormac, Jr H. B. McCormac Mansfield McCormac, Jr Guy Montgomery Philip Nelson Pifer’s Lovett Brothers Melon Adams Darwin Pam Bertha Boyce Best Shingleton Adams Tode Tuttle Fanny Stall Charis Margaret McVicar Peyton St Timberlake the Commercial and Savings Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Moling Miller Bros Montgomery Ward WaPpy Chilp S. Loudoun St
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