Rev Herman Strawn Named New Gainesboro Pastor
Dr. R Orman Bryant announces Rev Herman Strawn will become pastor of the Gainesboro Charge after completing a counselling course in Boston. Until his arrival Rev Lawrence L Shreck of Winchester fills pulpit duties.
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R. Orman Bryant
Winchester
Methodist Church
Herman Strawn
Gainesboro
Lawrence L. Shreck
William F. Bull
North Frederick
Ashland
Richmond
Ray W. Wilson
West Virginia
Mr. Wilson
Ridgeway
American Prisoners See Movies From U S
Hollywood films are being sent to German camps for American boys to view. LaMar Keen, motion picture activities chairman, announced this based on Dr. Tracy Strong’s report after visiting European distribution centers run by YMCA War Prisoners' Aid. Titles shipped include Step Lively Casanova Brown Higher and Higher In Society Arsenic and Old Lace and three unreleased titles Saratoga Devotion Crime by Night.
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Hollywood
Germany
LaMar Keen
Motion Picture Industry War Activities
Tracy Strong
World
YMCA
Stockholm
Ymca War Prisoners’ Aid
Step Lively
Credit Bureau Activities Increase War Time Roles
A survey of 1,300 credit bureaus by the Associated Credit Bureaus of America shows wartime diversification from character investigations of prospective sons in law to loyalty reports for military and government agencies. Mrs. Evelyn C. Grimes, manager of the Winchester bureau, releases the findings.
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Associated Credit Bureaus of America, Inc
Evelyn C. Grimes
Credit Bureau of Winchester
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
How To Keep Well The Home Doctor Book
A 40 page health guide offers authentic facts to treat common ailments at home and recognize when medical care is needed. Sections cover Care of the Sick, Diet for the Sick, Personal Hygiene, Home Medicines, and Care of Infants. Fifteen cents postpaid.
Revival Continues At Greenway Church Sermons Focus on Tongue
Rev P W Fisher preaches at Greenway A B Church Double Toll Gate during ongoing revival. Wednesday sermon titled Your Religion urges self control of speech and living what is professed, from James 1 26.
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P. W. Fisher
Greenway A. B
Double Toll Gate
We Love the Valley and Nature’s Quiet Night
A nostalgic poem by Nola I. Chapman dated October 13, 1944 celebrates Green Valley features. It recalls rang es high clouds brook hills birds streams and childhood memories in tranquil nature scenes.
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Nola I. Chapman
If every member were just like me what kind of church
A reader recalls a sermon line on heart over form and asks where the Manhattan cocktail originated. It is noted the Manhattan Hotel at Madison Avenue and Forty-second Street, New York, gave way to an office building in 1921. A stamp claim cites the Chinese Express Letter stamp as possibly the largest known, measuring 9 11 16 by 25 8 inches.
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Manhattan
Madison Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York
City and County Realty Transfers List
City of Winchester transfers include F. L. Harris to Mildred I. Hook land on Woodland Ave for 10 dollars and Wm. B. Baker to C. H. Anderson property at 690 Berryville Ave for 10 dollars. Additional transfers: L. H. Williams to O. O. Grand staff land on Shenandoah Ave for 190 dollars and Mervel M. Bailey to Robert McC. Glass property at 501 S. Braddock St for 10 dollars. B. Brook Smith to Frank L. Whitacre et ux improved property on Farvien Ave for 10 dollars. Power of Attorney: Columbia Casualty Co appoints Roland T. Bryarly Jr. as attorney in fact.
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City of
Winchester
F. L. Harris
Mildred I. Hook
Woodland Ave
Wm. B. Baker
C. H. Anderson
Berryville Ave
L. H. Williams
O. O. Grandstaff
Shenandoah Ave
Mervel M. Bailey
Robert McC. Glass
S. Braddock St
Land transfers and consents around Winchester area
Frederick County transfers include 100 acres near Siler with improvements for 10 dollars. A life interest on a 142 acre Stephens City farm is valued at 8100 dollars. Several parcels near Winchester and Gainesboro are listed with modest sums and dozens of acres.
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Frederick County
Hutch DeHaven
Alvin Dellinger
Siler
Josephine E. McLeed
Donald M. Zea
Stephens City
Robert F. Vann
Ellen Coffelt
Winches So Andong
Mill Road
Miller transfers Woodland Ave land parcel to Elsie Ruth Miller
A deed notes Harry H. Miller sells a parcel on Woodland Ave partly in Frederick County to Elsie Ruth Miller for consideration of 1.00.
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Harry H. Miller
Elsie Ruth Miller
Woodland Ave
Prederick County
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