Local Society Notes and Weddings in Winchester Area
Announcements include the November 15 marriage of Alice May Berryman to Frank J. Burd at First Baptist Church Winchester with Edward Berryman as best man and Olivia Berryman as matron of honor. The couple plans to reside at 22 West Monmouth Street. Also noted is the November 15 ceremony of Aletta Virginia Rudolph to P F C Ritter at Stephens City parsonage with a purple crepe dress and gardenia corsage. Pfc Ritter is in the Air Transport command at Fairfield AAF California. Other items: Technician Fourth Grade Carson Tevault’s 30 day furlough, Martha Babb’s trip home from Nutley and New Haven, Jack and Jill School holiday closure until December 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burd-Berryman
Douglas Berryman
Kernstown
Alice May
Frank J. Burd
Winchester
First Baptist Church
Edward Berryman
Olivia Berryman
New York City
Louisa Crawford
Burd
Kirby
Elliott Motor Lihes
West Monmouth St
Rudolph
Aletta Virginia
Megus H. Rudolph
P. F. C. Randolph Cather Ritter
Carl R. Ritter
Methodist Church
Stephens City
Walter Smith
Montgomery Ward Co
Pfc
Ritter
Air Transport Command
Fairfield Army Air Field
California
West Coast
Mrs Fishpaw Underwent Operation Monday
Mrs. John Fishpaw, once reported in worse condition, had a major operation Monday at Memorial Hospital. By Monday noon the operation was successful and she slept a comfortable night, according to family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fishpaw
Memorial Hospital
Mrs Cooper Hosts Little Garden Club Meeting
The November meeting of the Little Garden Club was at Mrs Clarke T Cooper's home. Mrs E Christopher Stuart Jr spoke on Christmas Decorations and members entered Thanksgiving displays with awards in blue and red ribbons highlighting arrangements and festive table setups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Garden Club
Clarke T. Cooper
E. Christopher Stuart, Jr
W. W. Baker
Wm. Lawrence
Paul Rosenberger
J. P. Arthur
Delmar Robinson
Edward Barr
Lewis Barton
Barron Glover
E. C., Stuart, Jr
Harry Benham
Harry Kern
Sloan Kuykendall
Elizabeth Barr
Frank Armstrong
A. H. Morgan
J. M. Steck, Jr
L. G. Sjostrom
Civic League Luncheon Friday Noon at Golden Glow
The Woman's Civic League will hold a meeting at 12 45 p m Friday at the Golden Glow Restaurant with guest speaker Mr Harold Brown Those unable to attend the luncheon can hear Mr Brown afterwards The league invites all interested in the citys civic welfare to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Civic League
Golden Glow
Harold Brown
Mr. Brown
Women’s Civic League
W. S. C. S. Rummage Sale Set by Market Street Church
The Market Street Methodist Church W. S. C. S. plans a fall rummage sale on December 8 and 9 with the place to be announced later. The Youth Fellowship will sponsor a Thanksgiving program on Friday December 1 at 8 p.m. at Stephenson Methodist Church with all invited. Contributions acknowledged include donations to the Children's Home Society of Virginia from several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market St. Church
Market Street Methodist Church
Stephenson Methodist Church
B. M. Roszel
Children’s Home Society of Virginia
Winchester
Frederick County
Richard F. Woodson
M. W. Armstrong
Robert Y. Conrad
Joseph Hodgson
H. P. Rhodes
Charles J. Athey
Harry E. Athey
Pearl L. Larrick
Birth of Bonnie Carol Dun can in Winchester
Sgt and Mrs Dun can announce the birth of a daughter Bonnie Carol at Winchester Memorial Hospital on Saturday November 25. Mrs Duncan is the former Kathleen Zimmerman of this city. Sgt Duncan is serving with American forces in the European Theater of Operations since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley O. Duncan
Valley Avenue
Bonnie Carol
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Duncan
Kathleen Zimmerman
Sgt
Handley Library Adds Wilson Life and Letters Volume
Handley Library offers the eighth volume of Ray Stannard Bakers Life and Letters of Woodrow Wilson titled Armistice March 1 to November 11 1918. Baker presents material without interpretation, revealing Wilson through a Boswell style. Other works on Wilson cited include Daniels White and Dodd biographies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Handley Library
Baker
Boswell
Johnson
Josephus Daniels
William Allen White
William Edward Dodd
Why the Milwaukee Depth in the Atlantic Ocean
The deepest Atlantic spot is named after the USS Milwaukee after its crew first reported the depth. Any U S ship reporting a new depth earns the same designation, tying the name to the reporting vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Milwaukee
S. E
United States
Berryville Observes Dual Thanksgiving Week
Berryville Virginia reports two Thanksgivings with local schools closing early and residents traveling to visit relatives. Numerous residents and visitors return from Washington DC and Maryland for holidays while local families host guests amid postings of military personnel in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
Dorothy Leake
Berryville
Maryland
The Road To Berlin Distances By Front Lines
Western Front 301 miles from near Duren. Eastern Front 304 miles from north of Warsaw. Hungarian Front 420 miles from Budapest. Italian Front 557 miles from near Ravenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Budapest
Ravenna
Three Gordon Brothers Serving Across Overseas Fronts
Mr and Mrs E F Gordon of Bunker Hill West Virginia have three sons serving in the armed forces, all born in Frederick County. The eldest, Pfc Fred N Gordon, joined in March 1942, is with the Parachute Infantry, and has been overseas for fifteen months in England France Belgium and Holland, including participation in the Normandy invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Gordon
Near Grimes
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Frederick County
Fred N. Gordon
Pfc
Parachute Infantry
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Normandy
WAVES Seaman First Class Rachel Orndorff Returns Home
Seaman First Class Rachel Orndorff of the WAVES arrived home on a 16 days leave from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station Texas. She is wife of Floyd Orndorff a Navy seaman first class stationed in North Africa. Her father Frank Shiley serves in the Army at Camp Siebert Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Orndorff
The
WAVES
Corpus Christi Texas Naval Air Station
Floyd Orndorff
Stephens City
Navy
North Africa
Orndorff
Frank Shiley
Camp Siebert
Alabama
Wave Orndorff
Winchester
Hunter College
New York City
Norman
Oklahoma
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
O’sullivan Rubber Co
Jacksonville
Florida
Honor Roll Form War Fund Drive Acknowledges $5+ Donors
Melvin R. McChesney announces an Honor Roll for the Virginia War Fund Drive segment for city and county contributors of five dollars or more toward the two thousand eight hundred dollar local shortfall. First members include the Winchester Elks with a hundred dollars and Huntsberry’s with twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin R. McChesney
Winchester Elks
Huntsberry’s
McChesney
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Society
Martha Babb
Millwood Ave
Nutley
N. J
New Haven
Getty Fairchild
Getty, Jr
Greenbelt, Md
W. B. Hamrick
Morgan Street
Comdr. Hamrick
Lawrence Showalter
Martinsburg
Showalter
Charles Kidwell
Audrey Cain
John A. Dove
Frederick Parks
Washington
Don M. Scott
Woodville
Miss
George Ressiquie
George Jr
Brucetown
Col. Scott
China
Betty Sherman
Betty Jo Stretchberry
Virginia Mackie
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Phyllis Fowle
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Mrs
Philip Fowle
South Stewart St
Henry Flood
Rolling Flood
Joseph Massie
Sally Roberts
Chase City
Harry Kimmel
L. L. Hockman
Washington St
Nancy Coble
Boscawen St
Katherine Grubbs
T. J. Grubbs
Millwood
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Stanley Weir
Andrew McCarty
Union News Co
Roanoke
Charlotte Carpenter
Strasburg, Va
Meccon Hospital
S. Garner Edmonds
Helen Garner and
Billy
Arlington, Va
C. W. Ritter
Valley Pike
E. T. Shiner
Susan and
Philip
Front Royal
Staige C. Brumback
Camp Gordon
R. E. Brumback
Middletown
XMAS
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Sousthberry Fashion
Winchester—Front Royal
Civic League
Cecil Hart
Valley Mill Road
Messrs
Peanut
Chapman
Charles Crim
Clarke County
Col
Robert T. Barton, Jr
Richmond
Col. Barton
Robert T. Barton
South Washington Street
Elmer Tusing
Mr. Glaize
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Coty
Cheramy
Paris
Wrisleys
L'Laglon
Gaunt
Wilson
Porto-Ped TA Rouchh
Lovett Brothers
Washington, D.C
Berryville School
Robert Merchant
Jefferstonton
Clarke County Teachers Association
Elaine Scheuer
Harold Scheuer
Baltimore
Pred Allred
Page Allred
Hyattsville, Md
Alfred
Evelyn Longerbeam
Margaret Yowell
Peala Mills
Madison County
Charles Mercein
Washington, D. C
H. H. Burks
C. H. Iden
Hyattsville
J. B. Riddick
A. L. Jennings
Edward Berlins
Arthur Bonnett
Arthur Bonnett, Jr
Elizabeth Ann Bonnett
Phebe Stine
Bennetts
Miss Stine
Lynwood Wheeler
Lucy Wheeler
Lloyd Elsen
Ollie Elsen
Pennsylvania
Pvt
Floyd Holtzclaw
Pacific War Area
States
Tom Stough
Marine Corps
Stough
Quantico
Ed Stough
Stoughs
Betty Stough
Providence Hospital
Agnes Thompson
Ernest Woodworth
South Church Street
Berlin
Uncle Wiggley
Pider R
Ompany
Gordon Boys
Stan Sgt
Langdon
Gordon
C. Langdon Gordon
Air Corps
Victorville Army Air Field
Calif
Denver
Colorado
Mack Gordon
Mangels Merold CO
Baltimore, MD
Glider
Leaue
America
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Howers
Miller Bros
Eremene
Moling & Cather
Winchester Furniture Co
Dial
South Main Street
Timberlake
Dia
Castle Construction Co. Government Trailer
South Kent Street
Stephano Bros., Phila
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