Stephens City Hose Company Plans Fun Festival
At a Stephens Independent Hose Company meeting last Thursday a committee was appointed to plan a Fun Festival within two weeks. The group includes Mrs Eldridge Lemley and others and will meet with the men’s committee Wednesday to finalize details. A new siren will be purchased to replace the worn out one.
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Stephens Independent Hose Company Oe
Seated Bass
Appo
Eldridge Lemley
Boyd Steele
Mildred Lee Grove
Charles Mason
Park Hottel
Carolyn Seal
Mrs. Hugh White Dies in New Jersey
Word reached here of the death in Moorestown New Jersey of Mrs. Hugh W White wife of the late Dr Hugh W White long a missionary to China Dr White died there years ago He was a son of Dr Henry M White longtime member of the Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church in this city The Panera services for Mrs White will be in Bedford Virginia Tuesday afternoon Information came to Frank B Crawford here.
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Mooresville
N. J
Hugh W. White
Ration Calendar Details Stamps and Expiration Dates
The Associated Press notes on ration stamps for meats fats and sugar with various book and stamp groups and their validity through specified dates. OPA states no plans to cancel any stamps, including shoes stamps indefinitely.
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OPA
Four Injured in Clarke County Crash at Routes 12 and 50
Four people treated at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a 6 25 p m collision at Routes 12 and 50 in Clarke County. Roosevelt Van Meter and wife and Charles and Rena Dessez from Washington were hospitalized. Van Meter released, others unharmed except for vehicle damage totaling about 1200 dollars. Road surface conditions were poor at the time.
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Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Roosevelt van Meter
Arlington
Charles and
Rena Dessez
Washington
van Meter
Dessez
George Stillson
Francisco Forcade
John Butler 81 Dies at Summit Point Virginia
John Wesley Butler retired farmer died at his home near Summit Point West Virginia at 8 15 this morning. He was 81 born March 19 1864 in Madison County Virginia son of James and Jane Butler. Survived by three children and a sister funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Enders Funeral Home Berryville burial Green Hill Cemetery.
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John Wesley Butler
Summit Point
W. Va
Madison County
James and
Jane Cubbage Butler
T Hat Place
Eliza Elen Butler
Charles W. Butler
Near Summit Point
William J. Butler
Etlan
Annie L. Berry
Seine
Julia Jenkins
John H. Enders
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Star Dispatches Berryville Notes On Daily Events
The Star reports local happenings in Berryville and Clarke County including daily events in Boyce. Readers learn of community updates, meetings, weather, and notable occurrences shaping the local scene.
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Berryville
Boyce & Clarke County
Funeral set for Mr Sprint veteran and farmer Frank Humston Sprint
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 4pm from Jones Funeral Home for Frank Humston Sprint 58 a World War I veteran and former fruit grower and businessman who died Friday in Perry Point Veterans Hospital. Burial in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers include Albert L. Baker G Gibson Baker J H Yost and others. Sprint kept in touch with Winchester reading the Star daily despite 15 years illness. He ran his late mother’s Clarke County farm and was highly regarded by friends.
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Jones Funeral
Frank Humston Sprint
Perry Point
Veteran's Hospital
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mt. Hebron
Albert L. Baker
G. Gibson Baker
J. H. Yost
William H. Brown
William W. Glass
Charles R. McCann
Charles L. Nicodemus
Sidnordc. Curl
M. B. Clowe
Walker van Bokelin
W. Lee Fisher
Sprint
Winchester
Winchester Star
Clarke County
Town Meetings Sponsored by Local Civic Groups
The Jr. Board of Trade, American Legion, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce sponsor this year's Town Meetings. The public is invited to attend.
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Jr. Board of Trade
The
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Lion’s Club
Rotary Clu
Chamber of Commerce
War Memorial Members Urged to Attend Tonight Meeting
A long list of named members including Mrs. Allen Bond Lee Grant George Riddick E M Funk C P McVicar Percy Miller James Pappas Ray Robinson John H Rosenberger C F Coffman H Delmar Robinson Harry Benham Mrs H B McCormac Mrs B B Dutton John Warner Peyton Marshall Miss Lucy Kurtz Fred Glaize Jimmy Sirbaugh C F Schenck and W W Baker are urged to be present at tonight's war memorial meeting.
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Allen Bond
Lee Grant
George Riddick
E. M. Funk
C. P. McVicar
Percy Miller
James Pappas
Ray Robinson
John H. Rosenberger
C. F. Coffman
H. Delmar Robinson
Harry Benham
H. B. McCormac
B. B. Dutton
John Warner
Peyton Marshall
Lucy Kurtz
Fred Glaize
Jimmy Sirbaugh
C. F. Sc
War Prisoners Go Home Soon War Prisoners Go Home Soon
Reconversion Chief W Snyder reports 315000 jobs held by war prisoners and foreign workers in the United States are being filled by American workers. All prisoners of war will be shipped home by early 1946. Of 441000 in the country September 1 about 140000 were available for private employment. 175000 foreign workers were employed in August. by year end 68000 Mexican and 15000 West Indian workers will have left for home. 85000 foreign farm workers may be returned. contracts for industrial work are no longer renewed.
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United States
W. Snyder
Agriculture Department
Services Yesterday for Thomas Hitt
Funeral services for the late Thomas Hitt were held yesterday at 2 30 p m from Omps Funeral Home with Rev T J Hawkins of Braddock Street Methodist Church officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included James Whitacre Boone Daniels Z Strosnider George Craig Shirley Printz and Strother Boyd. A native of Rappahannock county he had lived in Washington D C for twenty years and died there last Thursday after three months illness. He leaves his widow Mrs Sarah Jewel Hitt eight children and eight siblings.
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Thomas Hitt
Omps Funeral
T. J. Hawkins
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Mount Hebron Cemetery
James Whitacre
Boone Daniels
Z. Strosnider
George Craig
Shirley Printz
Strother Boyd
Rappanhannock County
Washington, D. C
Bush Whitacre Dies In West Wa
Bush A Whitacre of Paw Paw West Virginia died at his home Sunday morning at 6 30 aged 68 He is survived by his wife six children ten grandchildren and two sisters Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm from Fairview Lutheran Church Timber Ridge four miles north of Gore Burial will be in the cemetery adjoining the church The body is at Giffen Funeral Home Capon Bridge West Virginia and is to be removed to the late home for the service.
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Bush A. Whitacre
Paw Paw
W. Wa
Fairview Lutheran Church
Timber Ridge
Gore
Whitacre
Virginia Kerns
Ethel Kerns
A Orotler
Robert Whitacre
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Ben
Giffen
Fairview Church
Ships To Be Sold By U. S. After War Surplus Declared
Congress takes up a plan to dispose of about 19 million tons of merchant ships from a 55 million ton wartime fleet. Debates focus on how many ships may be sold and the method to unload a potentially 17 billion dollar surplus. Estimates place about 2,134 ships over 2,000 tons usable, excluding 2,700 Liberty ships unmarketable.
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Washington
Congress
Best Estes
Shipmarine
World-Circling Globster Lands in Calcutta Then Flies to China
The World-Circling Globster touched down in Calcutta, India at 1 38 P M GMT today and departed at 3 10 P M for the hop to China confirming its rapid eastbound progress during the autumn voyage.
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Calcutta
India
Greenwich
China
Sergeant Arnold Returns Home From India Furlough
Sergeant Lester D. Arnold Jr. of the Tth Bombardment Group arrives home for a 45 day furlough with his wife Anne Light and daughter Ann. He flew B 24 missions over Malaya Burma Siam and China and earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and a Presidential Unit Citation. His discharge will follow at Greensboro North Carolina after the furlough.
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Lester D. Arnold, Jr
India
Tth
10Th Army Air Force
Anne Light
Harry Light
Frederick County
Ann
Lester D. Arnold
South Stewart Street
Sgt
Arnold
Calcutta
Malaya
Burma
Siam
China
AFF
Greensboro N. C
Child Escapes Injury In Bike Accident
Mary Lee Haines of 125 W Ses cawen Street lost balance while riding in front of the Episcopal Church Saturday afternoon and fell into a car operated by Petty Officer Westcott Rathbone U S N Green New Jersey. The naval officer said before she could rise another car struck her and fled. Officers could not locate the hit and run vehicle 3 Fly mouth. The child was not hurt.
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Mary Lee Haines
W. Sescawen Street
Episcopal Church
Petty Oficer Westcott Rathbone
Green
N. J
Flymouth
Lions Club Fun Festival Announces Big Door Prize
The Lions Club Fun Festival week of November 6 to 10 will feature a national brand electric refrigerator as a door prize. Grand prize on November 10 is a Pontiac sedan. Proceeds fund free eye clinics and aid for the blind.
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Lions Club
Ben Cather
Winchester
Mr. Cather
Earl Bunting Named Honorary Vice Chairman of Bible Week
Earl Bunting president of O Sullivan Rubber Company is named Honorary Vice Chairman of National Bible Week set for October 15 to 21. Rear Admiral Reginald R Belknap thanks Bunting for joining the campaign as leaders from industry business and education nationwide participate. Mayors in many cities will broadcast tributes to the Book during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Mr. Bunting
Reginald R. Belknap
Admiral Belknap
America
Bunting
Miss Carver Dies In Stephens City
Emily Goldie Carver died at her home in Stephens City yesterday at noon after a year of ill health. She was 42 and born October 22, daughter of George B. and Ella Foster Carver. She is survived by brothers and sisters including German Carver and Mrs. Lewis Cline, with a half sister Elizabeth Williams. Funeral held Wednesday at Stephens City Lutheran Church with interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Middletown.
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Emily Goldie Carver
Stephens City
George B
Ella Foster Carte
German Carver
Lewis Cline
Mt. Airy
Maggie Terault
Middletown
Elizabeth Williams
Washington, D. C
Stephens City Lutheran Church
Raymond F. Booze
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Idle Decline Across Nation Triggers Labor Action
Unions describe a vacation pause due to a wage board complaint over supervisors performing subordinate tasks. NFTW discusses a possible work stoppage amid an NLRB order on Western Electric affiliate dissolution. Frigidaire plant workers vote to strike at 6 am ET after suspensions, with 14,000 employed nationally.
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WLB
Dayton Frigidaire
National Federation of Telephone Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Western Electric Employes’ Association
New York
New Jersey
NFTW
Joseph Bierne
CIO United Electical, Radio and Machine Workers
Answers to the Daily Quiz
Correct responses listed for Page 4 questions. Topics include locations, countries, names, and terms such as Romania, Bess Myerson, Postal Laws and Regulations, Siam, Boasting, Lower, Piano, Pi Beta Phi, and Chosen.
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United States Embassy
Romania
Bess Myerson
New York City
Siam
Lower
Pi Beta Phi
Chosen
MacArthur orders Bank of Japan liquidations and occupation moves
General MacArthur governs postwar assets in Japan as he closes seized banks including the Bank of Japan, targets financial centers tied to wartime expansion, and outlines occupation plans across Honshu Hokkaido Cheju Tientsin and Manchuria with Marine veterans aiding Chinese police and prisoner repatriation.
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Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Palau
Okinawa
Tientsin
China
United States
Japan
Domei Agency
Kyodo
MacArthur
Asia
Bank of Japan
Manchurian Heavy Industry Development Co
Mitsui
Manchuria
Bank of Chosen
Korea
Bank of Taiwan
Formosa
Philippines
Dutch Borneo
New Guinea
Mitsuu
Mitsubishi
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Stephens City Hose Company
Hugh White
N. Jersey
Associated Press
John Butler
Mr. Sprint
du Pont
Eli Rh
John W. Rosenberger & Co
S. Braddock St
Pearl Harbor
Adm
F. C. Sherman
U.S. Navy
International Soundphoto
Bush Whitacre
West Wa
U. S
Bulletin
Sgt. Arnold
Lions
A Free Press
Miss Carver
M’ Arthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S. 8Th Army
Honshu
Hokkaido
Sapporo
Adminioe
Toyama
Cheju Island
East China Sea
France
Glaize & Brother
N. Cameron SF
Handley Board of Trustees
Handley Schools
Handley Library
Handley Fund
Leeuwenhoek
Koch
Pasteur
Rhodes Drug Company
Boscawen
Braddock
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