Notable Talk by Mrs. Ress Howard in Winchester
Social groups including The Century Club and Winchester Branch AAUW host American author Mrs. Ress Howard of Washington for a Current Topics talk at the George Washington Hotel on October 24. Mrs. Bruce Barton praises Howard for presenting vivid unbiased views of current events without notes.
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Century Club
Winchester
American Association of University Women
Aes Ress Howard of
Washington
George Washington Hotel
Howard
Bruce Barton
Mrs. Howard
Arrivals and Service Members Reach Out to Kin
Mrs. J F Richmond of Cooksville Tenn visits in the city with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs J P Reardon before traveling to Frostburg Md to see her mother Mrs H B Colburn Her husband Col J F Richmond has been in New Caledonia two years One son First Lieut J F Richmond Jr serves in France another Pvt Harry C Richmond trains in Georgia Ensign Eugene J Harner son of Morgantown W Va leaves for ua after a week with his wife and mother Mrs Mable R Cather Ensign Cather W Harner accompanied by Mrs Harner Pvt Lester H Anderson Jr leaves for Memphis Tenn to join 1563 Engineering Depot Company after a furlough with his parents on South Braddock Street
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J. F. Richmond
Cooksville
France
Pvt
Harry C. Richmond
Georgia
Ensign Eugene J. Harner
Guy Harner
Morgantown
W. Va
Harner
Mabel R. Cather
Gainesboro
Ensign Cather W. Harner
Lester H. Anderson, Jr
Memphis
Tenn
1563 Engineering Depot Company
Camp Swift
Texas
Anderson
Lester H. Anderson, Sr
South Braddock Street
Rummage Sale Sponsored by Eastern Star Set for Oct 7
Community notices urge participation in a rummage sale sponsored by the Eastern Star to be held next Saturday October 7 beside the White Palace. The event includes Ximas boxes packing for boys overseas and calls for volunteers.
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Eastern Star
White Palace
G. A. A. To Hold Business Meeting
The Girl's Athletic Association will hold a business meeting at 8 o'clock tomorrow night in their club rooms following the council shape to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Hodges
Recreation Council
Winchester Recreation Council
Handley School
Ruth Garber Ehlers
National Recreation Association
Girl's Athletic Association
Ehape
Berryville Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits
Berryville residents and visitors are listed in a social notes roundup. Rose Ellenee went to Fredericksburg while Ruth McDaniels returned from Jeffersonton. Kate Powers and Virginia Page traveled from New England to Berryville and Washington DC.
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Berryville, Va
Rose Ellenee
Mary, Washington College
Fredericksburg
Ruth McDaniels
Berryville
Jeffersonton, Va
Kate Powers
Virginia Page
New England
Miss Powers
Mona Whitehead
Rockport
Mass
Miss Page
Katherine Page
Providence, R. I
Washington, D. C
Washington’s favorite clock by Lepine Frenchmaker
Milham notes George Washington favored a Lepine brass mantel clock from 1720 to 1805. The clock sits in a glass case and is wound with a back key, a typical French mantel design.
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George Washington
M. C. N. A. Milham
Lepine
Harpist Hazel Ione Moses to Play in Winchester Concert
Hazel Ione Moses a noted harpist will perform at the George Washington Hotel on Tuesday Oct 17 at 8 30 pm under the Winchester String Ensemble sponsorship. Born in South Carolina she trained at Hunter College and with Henriett Renie in Paris and has worldwide concert experience. Tickets available at Pifer Printing Co or from ensemble members.
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Winchester
Hazel Ione Moses
George Washington Hotel
Winchester String Ensemble
South Carolina
Europe
Near East
Mildred Dilling
Pifer Printing Company
Main St
Navy Welcomes Holmes Pingley Sons and Ensign ORear
Mr and Mrs Holmes Pingley of 19 West Cecil Street report two sons in the Navy Garland L Pingley Seaman First Class entered September 24 1943 at age eighteen attached to the Seabees has eight months overseas and attended Handley schools Robert R Pingley Airman Second Class enlisted July 11 after his seventeenth birthday now at Bainbridge Maryland training writes he likes it and is reachable at the listed Bainbridge address Ensign Steward ORear U S N R completed training at Camp MacDonough Pittsburg and is on four day leave in Baltimore before joining Harvard for a four month communications training course He had been a chemical engineer for Calvert Company in Louisville before enlisting.
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Holmes Pingley
West Cecil Street
Navy
Garland L. Pingley
Seebees
Handley Schools
Robert R. Pingley
Bainbridge, Md
Ensign O’rear
Ensign Steward O’rear
Camp Macdonough
Pittsburg
N. Y
Baltimore
Harvard University
Calvert Company
Louisville
Navy Ensign O Rear Shares Education and Family Ties
Ensign O Rear, who earned a chemical engineering degree from the University of Virginia in 1940, attended Handley schools. His father W. T. O Rear and sister Mrs. Thelma Dettra reside in the city. Pvt Clifton R Wilson reports transfer from Fort Meade to Camp Croft for basic training and invites letters at 33664493 Co C 29th ITB Camp Croft SC BLDG 337.
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Navy
University of Virginia
Handley Schools
Ensign O’rear
W. T O’rear
Thelma Dettra
Pvt. Wilson
C. R. Wilson
Pvt
Clifton R. Wilson
Army
Fort George Meade
Camp Croft
S. C
Clifton Wilson
Co. C
Clarke Supervisors Seek Higher Pay for Fire Fighters
The Clarke Board of Supervisors passed a resolution asking the State Forester of Virginia to approve a pay raise for Forest Wardens of Clarke county for fire suppression. Registered fighters would rise from 30 to 40 cents per hour, non registered from 25 to 35 cents. Clerk ordered to forward attested resolution. F J Jobst attended. Elizabeth Russell, Clarke welfare worker, reported to the Board at Berryville Court House.
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Virginia
Clarke County
Clarke Board of Supervisors
State Forester
F. J. Jobst
Office of Virginia Fire Service
Richmond
Elizabeth Russell
Berryville Court House
Dr. Barlow Harris To Address Rotary Club
Dr. E T Clark will introduce Dr. Barlow Harris pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hopewell at the Winchester Rotary Club weekly meeting tomorrow. Harris will speak on The Ethical Situation in India As It Is based on years spent in India.
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E. T. Clark
Barlow Harris
First Baptist Church of
Hopewell
Winchester Rotary Club
Harris
India
Berryville Chamber Features Fire Service Speaker
F J Jobst from the Virginia Fire Service in Richmond was guest speaker at the Berryville Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting. He spoke on the Importance of Fire Prevention in the State and attendees heard a survey of agriculture and home economics for returning soldiers and young couples after the war. Adjourning after luncheon, the group had no further business.
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F. J. Jobst
Office of Virginia Fire Service
Richmond
Beryville
Tom Thumb Wedding Presented by Day Nursery Children
The children of the Black Day Nursery present a Tom Thumb Wedding on Friday evening October 13 at 8 30 at Mt Carmel Baptist Church. Gladyce L Crawford supervises the event.
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Negro Day Nursery
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Gladyce L. Crawford
Superin
Nursery sale planned by church ladies reaches patrons
The tendent of the nursery asks patrons and friends to remember the upcoming event. The ladies of the nursery will hold a delicatessen sale in the basement of the church.
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Tendent
Puzzle Clues List Food and Place Items
A set of crossword style clues includes 37 Malt beverages 39 Edible root stock Maori 41 Persia 42 Fruit filled pastry shell. The hints point to beverage types spices origins and bakery items as a mixed clue series.
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Persia
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Mrs. Richmond
Ensign
Mrs. Harner
Calif
Pvt. Anderson
Ladies Aid of Jubilee Church
Ladies Aid
Jubilee Church
Sallie Funkhouser
Front Royal Road
Herman I. Pifer
Sunshine Club
Brad Street Methodist Church
J. W. Crider
Meredith Anderson
Alice Rhodes
Norval Hottel
R. A. Shaffer
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Bell
Bell Clothes Stores
Front Royal
Winchester—Front Royal
Queen Esther S
Queen Esther
U. B. Church
E. W. Miller
North Braddock Street
Willie Sampsell
Mrs. Kline
Effa Kline
Woodrow Wilson Hospital
J. W. Hudson
Howard. Plotner
Clearbrook
Rosella Shirley
Howard Fiddler
Charlie Fiddier
F. T. Fulcher
Stonewall Demonstration Club
Stonewall Home Demonstration Club
Edith Jolliffe
Ruth McNeil
Mary Louise Gershank
St. Marys Seminary
Samuel Gershank
May McCarty
St. Mary’s County
Mrs. Zombro
Ralph Zombro
Charles Town
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Laura Jane
Lofton
Talmadge Lofton
Doris Lorraine
Ruth Chapman
Robert Gordon Lofton
Emery
Bertha Emery
Loudoun St
Gaunt
John Henry
Falls Church, Va
Herbert B. Whiting
Dorothy Fletcher
Russell Fletcher
H. M. Smalley
Bob Smalley
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville, Va
Graham Dougherty
Red Cross
Woodley
Portia Baldwin
Norfolk, Va
Eee
Annie Stribing
Garland Williams
Joseph F. Moore
Margaretta Whiting
West Virginia
Granville Sydnor
Kaplan
Buckmarsh Street
Wilbur P. Gaunt
Wilbur Gaunt, Jr
Carmen and
Sharon Gaunt
Richmond, Va
Wilbur Gaunt Jr
Mrs. Morris
Loring S. Bean
William Rhoden
Rhoden
Georges. Lightner
Roy Ball
Harold. Farrington
O. A. Murphy
Mason Morris
Marion Hammill
New York
Nelson Eddy
Robert Armbruster
Columbia
Steacieaction
Nortern VA. Power Co
Virginia Woolen Mill
A S. Co
Bros
Robert R. Pingleyy, A
PN Yoo
RED Goose
Dad
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Clarke
Berryville Chamber
George Washington Garage
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
Cammer Tire CO
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Ifer
North Loudoun St
Winchester, Virginia
Clendening
the Commercial & Savings Bank
The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Howers
Miller Bros
Moling & Cather
Baker’s Drug Store
County Court
Dial
Timberlake
Dia
Miller’s Hardware
and Household &Supplies
Daily Crossword
Chem
Ecuado
Asia
Egypt
R. C. Ch
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