Local Women Officers Recruit at Winchester Post Office
Lieut Edna M Caslin recruiting officer for the Women's Army Corps will be at the Winchester Post Office every Wednesday to recruit women as Medical Technicians for Army Hospitals. Eligible persons may contact the postmaster or write to the U S Army Recruiting Office Hagerstown Md. Maxine Keckley Celebrates 14th Birthday with a large party at Fairfax Lane. Attendees include numerous local teens. Allen Bond Jr arrives with companions to spend holidays with his parents on Apple Pie Ridge Road. Nancy Bond visits from Washington to spend the weekend. Several local residents travel to and from Richmond and abroad while others host gatherings and attend church events. continuous updates note family, travel, and hospital news across Winchester and Clarke counties.
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Edna M. Caslin
Women’s Army Corps
Winchester
Caslin
U. S. Army Recruiting Office
Hagerstown
Allen Bond, Jr
William Flick
Pittsburgh
Thomas Fooks
St. James School
St. James
Allens
Allen Bond
Apple Pie Ridge Road
Nancy Bond
Marjorie Webster
Washington
B. A. Rucker
Myers
West Cork St
Rucker
Delaplane
Mead Triumphs In Championship Golf Match
Mrs. Lloyd Mead won the championship in a close final against Mrs. B B Dutton and received a War Bond. Runner up Mrs. Dutton earned golf balls. Earlier season honors included the Governor's Cup awarded to Mrs. Paul Rosenberger. Other society notes include family turkey dinner at Mrs. Bernice A. Clevenger’s with many relatives visiting from Philadelphia Selma Baltimore and Winchester. births and college pledges also reported.
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Lloyd Mead
B. B. Dutton
Mead
Dutton
Paul Rosenberger
Bernice A. Clevenger
Amherst Street
L. M. Sumption
Virginia Sumption
Philadelphia
T Carroll L. Sumption
Selma
Ala
E. A. Clevenger
Dorothy
Allen Clevenger
Charles L. E. Shewbridge
Charles L. E. Shewbridge, Jr
Baltimore, Md
Floyd S. Strasnider
Strasburg
Carrie I. McVay
Ada Russell
Clearbrook
James Ford
Sylvia Ford
Lohn Glevenger
William Sager
Patricia Clevenger
Douglas Clevenger
Taylor Barr
Winchester
Berryville Social Events May Attend Fort Monmouth Graduation
Mrs. Merritt Mergler plans to visit Fort Monmouth New Jersey this weekend to see her brother Set Wilbur Feltner graduate from the Officers Candidate School and receive his commission.
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Berryville
Merritt Mergler
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Set
Wilbur Feltner
Winchester Officer Wins Air Medal for Europe Combat
Captain John Ellet Pennypacker, a B 24 Liberator pilot with the 392nd Heavy Bombardment Group, received the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in bomber missions over Europe. The award was presented by Col. Lorin L. Johnson in England, with missions spanning Berlin to France and D Day support. Pennypacker, a Shenandoah Valley Academy and V P I alumnus, served since 1940 and later instructed on B 24s before overseas duty. His wife and parents reside in Winchester Virginia.
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England
John Ellet Pennypacker
Europe
William E. Kepner
Pennypacker
Lorin L. Johnson
Payson
Utah
392Nd Heavy
United States
393Nd
Penypacker
Berlin
Riedrichshaven
Gotha
Bremen
Politz
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Norway
France
392Nd
SVA
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Blacksburg
Caribbean
States
Army Air Field
John E. Pennypacker
A. S. Penypacker
Merrimans Lane
Junior Board of Trade
Winchester
News of Our Men and Uniformed Women Training
Pfc Chauncey F Dorsey has moved from France to Italy and is back with his company in good health after hospital rest. A Rome photo accompanies the item. Reverend and Mrs R V Whitehurst of 1305 Valley Avenue are noted. Waves are chosen for new specialized training offered first time to women based on their recruit aptitude test scores. After graduation they will serve as Mark 3 and 4 trainers instructors at shore based training activities.
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PFC
Chauncey F. Dorsey
Dorsey
France
Italy
Rome
R. V. Whitehurst
Valley Avenue
Local Wave Graduates From Anti Aircraft Gunnery Course
Members of the Women’s Reserve completed an intensive anti aircraft gunnery instruction course during recent Service Schools exercises at Great Lakes Naval Training School in Illinois. Jean R. Whitehurst, 24, daughter of her family in Berryville, was among the graduates. The group was joined by Mrs. McGlothlen and their young daughter for a weekend visit before returning to Washington early this week. Additional visitors included Miss S. B. Crown with her brother T. Rice Crown of Decatur Georgia, plus Mrs. John Crown and Miss Carolyn Crown of Harrisonburg Virginia. Mr and Mrs Ralph N. Dorsey hosted Mrs. Dorseys sister Mrs Walter Munster of Port Huron Michigan and Draper Meade of The Plains Virginia for the latter part of the week.
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Women’s Reserve
Great Lakes Naval Training School
Great Lakes
Ill
Jean R. Whitehurst
Berryville
S. B. Crown
T. Rice Crown
Decatur
John Crown
Carolyn Crown
Harrisonburg
Ralph. N. Dorsey
Soldiers Letters and Furlough Notes From World War II
Pvt Renner reports France and England beautiful but not Virginia. He asks for a Coca Cola and friends’ letters. Leonard Erickson Navy aviation machinist mate 3 c spent 21 days with wife Nora and son Leonard Jr. prior to duty in San Diego. Pfc Herbert Stotler to teach gunnery at Tyndall Field after Gunnery Instructor School. Pfc Randolph Ritter on furlough from Suisu Army Air Field Fairfield California, in charge of crash equipment since July 1943.
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Germ
Paris
Pvt
Renner
France
England
Virginia
Dial
Leonard Erickson
Nora Orndorff
Leonard, Jr
Erickson
Bainbridge
Memphis
Tenn
Jacksonville
Fla
Naval Air Gunners School
San Diego
Calif
Washington
Stotler
Herbert J. Stotler
Bryan Stotler
Tyndall Field
Flying Fortress
Laredo
Texas
Ritter
Randolph C. Ritter
Carl R. Ritter
North Washington Street
Pfc
Air Transport Compand
Suisu Army Air Field
Fairfield
Henry Lloyd Dies In W Va Rites In Berryville
Jefferson county native Henry Walter Lloyd aged 72 died at his home 416 West Liberty Street Charles Town West Virginia He was husband to Lillian Orpha Smallwood and father to six children with survivors including Mrs Mary Fritts Mrs Gilbert Creamer Miss Dora Lloyd Miss Ruby Lloyd Edward Lloyd and William W Lloyd The funeral will be held at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville Sunday November 26 with services at 2 p m and interment at St Hill Cemetery Berryville
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Henry Walter Lloyd
Jefferson County
W. Va
Berryville
Clarke County
West Liberty Street
Charles Town
Andrew Jackson Lloyd
Mary Stewart Lloyd
Lillian
Orpha Smallwood
Lloyd
Bessie Lloyd
Dangerfield Lloyd
John H. Enders
Denver Davis
L. A. Parker
Robert Fowler
Elmer Kimmell
Joe Bell
Vernon Lloyd
Ami Kelley
Ernest Singhass
St Hill Cemetery
Bowles Talks Ahead of AFL Convention Work Session
In New Orleans delegates of the 64th American Federation of Labor gathering enjoy a holiday ahead of two weeks of sessions. OPA Chief Chester Bowles was slated to speak as the convention opened with ceremonial activities.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
OPA
Chester Bowles
Unions Challenge Anti-Union Laws in Supreme Court
The article notes delegates are briefed by the AFL General Counsel Joseph Padway that federation lawyers have filed suits with the U S Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of anti union laws passed by several states. The principal for tomorrow yields to reports from resolutions and other committees.
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AFL
Joseph Padway
Federation
U. S. Supreme Court
Padway
Allied Bombers Resume Flights Against German Oil Centers
A medium-sized Allied bomber formation headed east this afternoon toward the continent to continue the sustained bombardment of German oil centers, despite spotty weather that briefly threatened disruption.
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London
Continent
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