Social and Personal News Row of Local Clubs
Rotary and Elks schedule weekly meetings this week. Mrs. Lindergreen returns to Florida from winter visit. Natalie Browne hosts picnic supper at Sub Rosa cabin with many young guests. Henry Whiting heads to VPI and his family plans Boston and West Point trips. Birth announcements include a daughter for the Bumgardner family and a son for the Grimes family. Several birthday and social gatherings at Mountain View Tea Room and around Winchester, with various local families hosting events and visits to Memphis and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalie Browne
Sub Rosa
Horace Browne
Shenandoah
Nancy Lee Coble
Betty Alden Pifer
Ann Oakes
Dorothy Ann Robinson
Meta Whiting
Mary Maxwell Bona
Reba Snarr
Jane Cather
Marion Johnson
Brenda Carter Ann Light
Ann Woolfolk
Morristown
N. J
Bill Turpin
Macon
Richard and
Edgar Whiting
Billy Clark
Bobby Williams
Pat Duffy
Eugene Bab
Lester Arnold
Logan
Weekend entertaining scenes in Purcellville and Winchester
Social page chronicles Stag dinner at Exedra near Purcellville hosted by Franklin H Kenworthy for guest W W Gibbs of Staunton. Many local and visiting guests from Leesburg Hamilton New York and Washington attend gatherings with notes on upcoming arrivals departures and engagements across Winchester and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin H. Kenworthy
Exedra
Purcellville
W. W. Gibbs
Staunton
Messrs
R. Gray Willimas
Nelson Page
Fred Switzer
Harrisonburg
Lloyd B. Wilson Philip Coffin
R. van Orsdel
Dr. Lamb
T. Rothwell Brown
Washington
A. Smith Bowman
Robert Graham
Frederick D. Richardson
Fairfax
Sterling Lacy
David Rusk
J. A. Gibson
R. Clarke Hogé
Charles Murman
Hayden Harris
Leesburg
Monture Lyons
Terry Hirst
Clarence Robey
Arthur Tasboides
Allen B. Daniel
Waterford
Walter Grant
Hamilton
Pembroke boy Carl Mason overcomes tuberculosis to start school
Carl Mason an 11 year old from Pembroke Massachusetts begins his first term in school after spending most of his life in hospitals fighting tuberculosis of the spine. He learned to walk only six years earlier and now attends classes with peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Mason
Pembroke
Mass
Virginia Smith and Mildred Showalter Return from Illinois Visit
Miss Virginia Smith of Riverton Virginia and Mildred Showalter with daughter Mary Frances return home after a week with relatives in Galesburg Illinois formerly their home before moving to Winchester. They were guests of Clifford Showalter Clell Perry and John D Showalter in Galesburg and Burlington Iowa. Mrs Joseph Scott of Washington DC spent the weekend with her aunt Mrs Clarence Patton and later left for Atlantic City to join her husband for their vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field
Tennessee
Arthur Field
Ann Dudley Field
Memphis
Tenn
B. M. Roszel
Dudley Field
George Smith
Clay de Grange
Miss Field
Anne Robinson
Mildred Showalter
Mary Frances
North Frederick Terrace
Galesburg
Ill
Winchester
Clifford Showalter
Clell Perry
John D. Showalter
Burlington, Iowa
Joseph Scott
Washington, D. C
Clarence Patton
Atlantic City
Garden Club Hosts September Meeting in Fredericktown
The Old Fredericktown Garden Club met at Mrs. Winthrop Legge’s home with co host Mrs. Allen Bond. guest speaker Miss Helen Massey spoke on Seeing Our Surrounding and urged pruning and low growing shrubs. Awards announced for arrangements with blue red and yellow ribbons. A yard party hosted by United Brethren Church Laurel Hill is planned for Saturday September 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericktown
Harmony
Herbert Larrick
Sam Preston
Dowell J. Howard
George Snarr
E. G. Rusk
S. E. Brooks
Rites Tomorrow for Mrs Smith
Final rites for Mrs. Mary Smith widow of I W Smith who died at her East Leicester home yesterday morning will be at 3 PM Thursday from the residence. Rev T M Swann will officiate. Interment in Mt Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers are Hector Ritter James Clevenger Addison Henry Earl Cuthbert Howard Patton and John Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
I. W. Smith
East Leicester Street
T. M. Swann
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Hector Ritter
James Clevenger
Addison Henry
Earl Cuthbert
Howard Patton
John Hoover
Corporal Kerns Wins Promotion at Camp Haan
Corporal Wilton E. Kerns of Capon Bridge West Virginia now serves with the 78th Coast Artillery Anti Aircraft at Camp Haan California and has been promoted to temporary sergeant as announced by Captain E B Wyman. He previously served at Fort Hoyle Maryland and Fort Ord California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Haan
Calif
Wilton E. Kerns
Capon Bridge
W. Va
78Th Coast Artillery
E. B. Wyman
Kerns
Fort Hoyle
Maryland
Fort Ord
California
Modern Etiquette Tips From Robert Lee
A Q and A on polite speech and dining etiquette covers pronouncing pardon correctly with emphasis on pardon, paying hotel bills at the desk or in the room, and leaving a forwarding address. It also explains water glass placement at the tip of knives and pouring three quarters full.
Secret FBI Findings Kept From Defense in Espionage Case
In Brooklyn federal court Judge Mortimer W. Byers refused a defense motion to examine nine pages of FBI notes on an employee trained in espionage by the Gestapo. The notes, surrendered by William G. Sebold returning from Germany in 1940, were not allowed as evidence or public documents.Counsel George W. Herz urged separate identification of pages, while the judge admonished about cross examination proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Gestapo
Mortimer W. Byers
Brooklyn
George W. Herz
United States
Herz
Germans Not To Sacrifice Lives Around Leningrad
Berlin reports quote Dienst saying no unnecessary German lives will be sacrificed to gain a swift triumph at Leningrad. Russians reportedly mined retreat routes, with Schluesselburg engineers removing about 10 000 mines. A hospital in Schluesselburg was reportedly thoroughly mined with explosives found in bed mattresses and stove tiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Dienst, Aus Deutschland
Leningrad
Schluesselburg
German Newsreel Shows Giant Long Range Cannon Near Leningrad
Berlin report describes a German newsreel previewed by correspondents showing a massive long-range cannon firing ponderous shells at Leningrad. The weapon’s tubes were partly hidden in trees, with no technical details or exact stationing disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Leningrad
Captain Beardall Promoted to Rear Admiral Tenor
The Navy announced that President Roosevelt approved promotions of 12 naval captains to rear admiral and 147 commanders to captain. Included is Captain John Reginald Beardall, 54, of Orlando, Florida, the President's chief naval aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Roosevelt
John Reginald Beardall
Orlando
Fla
Modern hygiene tips for women to combat body odor
Instructional piece advising women to recognize and address offensive body odor through cleansing, rubbing, and deodorants. It emphasizes daily washing, vigorous scrubbing, and armpit care, notes heavy perspiration can produce odor, and suggests medical checkup if untreated. Encourages use of borated talcum and cautions against lax cleanliness.
Taylor Confers With Pontiff
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt’s personal emissary to the Vatican, met for half an hour with Pope Pius XII in Vatican City. The talks occurred within 24 hours of his arrival in Rome following a U.S. air journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
Pius XII
United States
Star invites notices for social and club events
The Star asks readers to submit social and club news as fresh information, advising to send notices the day before or the day after events occur. It emphasizes printing only timely items and welcomes personal notices as news.
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Star
Mountains Raked For Army Bomber Near Mount Rainier
A 4330 foot Cascade ridge near Mount Rainier was combed by search parties hunting an army bomber missing since Tuesday morning with six men aboard. Col. William H. Cram led McChord Field crews as they probed by foot and truck after a failed ground search. The last radio contact came at 4 59 a m east of Seattle with pilots Second Lieut Edward H Valorz and Second Lieut John W Winship among the crew along with radioman Staff Sgt Robert D Dexter and privates James W Page Milford Knight and Jack J Hupert.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cascade Mountain
Mount Rainier
Snoqualmie
Chinook Pass
William H. Cram
McChord Field
Seattle
Edward H. Valorz
Chicago
John W. Winship
Riverside
Calif
Robert D. Dexter
Victorville
James W. Page
Seagoville
Texas
Jack J. Hupert
Milwaukee
Wis
Milford Knight
St. Louis
Trade Expansion Is Halted By Priorities Board
Washington Sept. 10. The Supply Priorities and Allocations Board denied civilian expansion plans that would use scarce defense materials. The move followed a temporary denial of Tennessee Eastman Corporation's Kingsport plant expansion, with the board noting hundreds of similar applications await decisions to gauge material drain on defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priorities Board
Washington
Supply Priorities and Allocations Board
SPAB
Tennessee Eastman Corporation
Kingsport
Tenn
Time of Meetings Daylight Savings Rule
The Star notes that all meeting times shown in social columns use daylight saving time until September 28 when Eastern Standard Time resumes. The policy aims to avoid confusion for readers tracking events across time zones.
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the Star
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Golf Club
Lindergreen
Florida
Frank J. Lindergreen
Winter Park
McKim Diffenderfer
South Cameron Street
Miss He Diffenderfer
Whiting
Henry Whiting
Blacksburg
V.P.I
West Point
N. Y
Mr. and
Mrs. Bumgardner
Harry Bumegardner
Fairmont Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Bumgardner
May Printz
Grimes
Ernest Grimes
Boyce
Lucy Lenham
Bean
Mountain View Tea Room
Thelma Bean
Boyd Bean
Raymond Baker
Glenn Anderson
Lola Forney
Forrest Forney
Evert Touchstone
Dottie Dodson
Slim Hershman
Oscar Schaubode
Wade Guard
Mr. Kenworthy
Lewis Hyde
Mary Greenway Carr
H. K. Russell
Stewart Street
Paul Rutledge
Howard Allen
Clifford Street
Braddock Street
W. T. Colbert
Hoye Riley
Vallye Avenue
Kitty McInturff
Williamsburg
Tresea Lynch
Mr. M. M. Lynch
Washington Street
Nancy Leigh Scholes
Detroit, Mich
Catherine Beattie
Lee Street
Miss Scholes
Miss Beattie
Duke University
H. R. Kern, Jr
Dorothy deGrange
Clay deGrange
Mr. deGrange
McQuarlin deGrange
Sociology
Dartmouth College
Mary Olinger
Herbert Barr
Herbert, Jr
Victor Wheeler
William Green
Green
Paul Thomson
Marine Basic Schol
Philadelphia
Katherine Fraser
Stuart Crim
Stuart, Jr
Miss Fraser
Harry Fraser
Summit Point
Merlin Bly
Martha Ann
Shepherdstown
Walter Prye
Sue Dailey
South Kent Street
New York City
William Woolingham
Woolingham
Baltimore
Bendix Radio Company
Pvt
Lee Butler
Regular Army
Fort. Meade
Biloxi, Miss
Army Air Corps
Douglas Cather
Dicky Ridge
DIAL
Brooks’ Pharmacy
The
ELTO
Huntsberry
Palm Beach
Pingley & Carper
Virginia Smith
Riverton, Va
United Brethren Church of
Laurel Hill
Mrs. Smith
Corporal Kerns
E. Piccadilly St
Robert Lee
F.B.I
Beardall
Helen Follett
U.S. Defenses
U. S. Navy
Kearny, N. J
Federal Shipbuilding Yards
Atlanta
Taylor
Pontiff
Pifer Company
Colonal
Beauty Shoppe
Piccadilly St
Rita
Sue
Underwood’s Bakery
Loudoun St
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
SILK
Se-Ling
Gotham
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun
Zenith
RCA
G-E
Emerson
Shenandoah Valley
Miles Music CO
W. Boscawen St
Barbara Bell
Princess Frock
Winchester Evening Star
New York, N. Y
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