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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1945
Page
3
The Coast Guard announces enlistment for 17 year old men with training in radar and action service. Norfolk office Room 331 New Post Office Building issues the call as SPAR and other recruiting ended after Japan’s surrender. A trivia note recalls Robertson of the 1922 White Sox pitching a 2 0 win over Detroit.
We express appreciation to friends and neighbors for kindness during the untimely death of Avi ation Cadet Weldon L. Holsinger and for floral contributions. Hazel L. Holsinger and daughter Beverly Kaye Holsinger.
In Hollister Idaho on September 14 war news emerges that Pfc Daight L Shaw a prisoner of war camp survivor released from Toyama Camp near Nagoya three days prior has been missing in action since July 1943 The soldier's wife who remarried Vandis Madsen five months after his capture was a nurse at Salt Lake General Hospital until September 1 and has since moved to Nevada Shaw's parents say the family has not yet contacted him or his wife.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 at Rest Church for Mrs Edna Carter who died at her home in Inwood Sunday. The Rev John Teter and Rev Emory Elmore led the rites as many local friends paid tribute. Schools in the area reopened for fall term and several locals were noted visiting relatives at Bainbridge Training Center Baltimore and Chicago.
Local churches list Sunday worship times across Cork Street Capon Bridge White Hall Reliance Ridings Chapel Greenway and Round Hill. Minister names include Quenzel Booze Teter Ellmore and others with sermons at 11 a m 11 30 a m and 8 p m plus Sunday School and Youth activities.
The Salem Church of the Brethren in Front Royal Pike and Salem near Stephens City lists Rev. Cephas Fahnestock and Rev. L. Riggleman as elders and pastors. Sunday School at 10 a.m. and preaching each Sunday at 11 a.m except the fifth. Youth Fellowship meets 7:30 p.m. on first and third Sundays. Salem location offers Sunday School at 10:30 a.m. and preaching at 11:30 a.m. each Sunday.
The STEP HENS CITY CHARGE lists Walter Smith as pastor with service times at Stephens City Fairview Kernstown and Refuge churches across Sundays the middle weekends and fifth irregular Sunday. Home Mission Tabernacle Nain Virginia with George Helsley pastor hosts Sunday School at 9 a.m. and evening worship at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 p.m. United Brethren Winchester Charge under John E Oliver pastor shows Pleasant Valley Mt. Pleasant Red Bud churches with specified Sunday School and worship times and public welcome.
Gravel Springs and Gainesboro Charge notices urge worship at St Be ee School 10 30 am and 11 30 am services. Bethel 10 am Sunday School 8 pm sermon. St James 10 am Sunday School. District invites all to attend. Rev C H Palmer pastor at Salem 11 am worship.
Timber Ridge Congregational Christian Church in High View announces Sunday School at 10 30 am Worship at 11 30 am Sermon Our Hope and 3 pm ChurcY topic. Salem Evangelistic services cause no Redland Sunday services and Old Bethel 3 pm service noted. Berryville Pentecostal Hall hosts Sunday School 10 30 am Evangelistic 8 pm Young People Thursday 8 pm.
W O Talbert pastor conducts Millwood Sermon 10 am Boyce 11 am White Post 8 pm Mt Carmel all day homecoming with morning and afternoon sermons by Revs Carroll and Shreck. Sunday Schools at all churches at regular time.
The Middletown Methodist Church lists a Grace Church School service at 11 a m led by Rev K R B Moore and an evening worship at 8 p m. The item notes church activities and speakers for the day.
Industrial and manufacturing interests in Virginia support a Virginia State Chamber of Commerce proposal to streamline the tax system. The plan calls for effective measures to simplify administration and improve efficiency across state taxes.
Representatives of the big business bloc urged tax changes at a State Chamber of Commerce taxation hearing held yesterday. They pressed lowering the tax on intangibles to broaden the tax base and proposed simplifying income tax returns to align with federal forms.
A letter to Col Louis A Sigaud describing an alarm in the night likens Civil War memories to the Pacific theater during World War II. Lt Col William Webb of the 748th Amphibian Battalion reports the resemblance to the Civil War sensation and cites Belle Boyd as a reference.
The fragment references Col Webb, CIC and CIP roles, Belle Boyd as a Confederate spy, and timelines spanning Leyte and Okinawa campaigns. It notes a publisher Dietz Press and questions the book’s reception, with a segue to Col in civilian life.
Webb wag on the staff of the Library of Congress. This brief item notes an individual connected with the institution and hints at a formal or ceremonial context within the national library system.
Rev F T Pulcher leads services at Brucetown and Welltown with worship and sermons at 10 and 11:30, Sunday School at 10:30, Youth Fellowship, and evening service at 8. All are welcome to attend and worship.
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