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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1945
Page
6
Society note calls all Newton D. Baker Hospital hostesses to notify captains by tonight for Wednesday dance transportation. Unassigned hostesses may contact Mrs. S. C. Brooks or Miss Dellinger. Cars depart George Washington Hotel at 6 30 sharp. Anyone supplying a car should notify Mr. Molden by Monday evening.
The Loudoun Street Presbyterian Women's Auxiliary invites all church women to the Loyalty Meeting at 7:30 p m in the Sunday School Building. Teachers from Handley School System are guests. men are invited to attend the social hour after. Circle I led by Mrs L G Sjostrom will direct the program.
Mrs Noble Pierce hosted the Turner Ashby Chapter U D C at 503 S Stewart St with president G Miller O Rear presiding. Reports cover Oct 1944 to Sep 1945 noting 58 members total and five new joins as Nashville marks UDC founding day. Historian led program with Mrs Wyatt Richard reading on General Raphael Semmes Naval career. Colbert reviewed chapter work. Refreshments served after adjournment.
The Little Helpers of Thrist9 Episcopal Church will hold a baptismal service at four Thursday afternoon in the church followed by a party in the church house. Parents and young children of the church are invited. Program coordinators include Mesdames Douglas DuShane S R Sammis Tilman Shumate and James T Clevenger.
The Fort Loudoun Chapter of the D A R will meet Thursday at 2 30 PM at 301 South Main Street Woodstock Virginia. Rev John Locke will speak on the subject Palestine providing the afternoon program.
The Junior Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital will meet at 3 45 p m tomorrow afternoon at the nurses home. Members are urged to be present for the gathering.
Mr and Mrs Gabriel Ensogna welcome a daughter named Sherry Diane born at Winchester Memorial Hospital on September 9. The mother formerly Miss Bernice Repener. The couple spent time in Winchester over the weekend. Miss Mary Warden Boyd and Miss Virginia Russell from Washington visited Winchester with their parents.
The Red Cross production room at Episcopal Church House, 134 West Boscawen Street, will open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 5 to help workers complete the current quota of sewn articles. More workers are urgently needed.
Miss Colleen Nichols former Army Air Forces staffer in Washington has visited her aunt Mrs Julia Lupton near Winchester before heading back to Tennessee. Accompanying her were her sister Mrs Jane Avril and cousin Donald T Lofton. Also visiting was Mr M J Lillis. Miss Nancye Cox Crockett left for ce aes Va to begin sophomore year at William and Mary. Moss Crockett worked on The Star’s rep ortorial staff during the summer.
Miss Barbara Darlington daughter of Mrs. E. W. Clark was the honoree of a surprise birthday party given Friday night at her Fairmont avenue home. Dancing and refreshments followed with many friends in attendance including Lou Anne Carner Nora Chrisman Nell Chrisman Ann Copenhaver Betty Joe Dearing and several others alongside family members.
The W C 5S of the Market Street Evangelist Church will hold their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at eight oclock. Mrs. Mervel Adams leads the program and Mrs. R W Vanderberry handles the devotionals. Pvt and Mrs Robert Frye of High View West Virginia welcome a daughter Darline Evelyn born Thursday August 23. Mrs Frye formerly Miss Evelyn Fletcher, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Fletcher of High View. Pvt Frye recently returned from overseas.
Mr and Mrs Bill Larrick of High View West Virginia announce the arrival of a daughter Jolie Elaine at Winchester Memorial Hospital on August 24. Jolie Elaine is welcomed by family and friends in the community.
Red Cross calls knitters to work from home or at two local churches. Sessions run Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Episcopal Church House workroom and Wednesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Presbyterian Annex with Thursday evening hours. A quota of 5,000 dressings per week applies. Lt. J W Stribling Jr leaves for Philadelphia with Mrs. Stribling, while Shirley Carter Stribling stays with her grandmother in Winchester.
Mr Henry W Boyd of Chicago DL arrived Friday to visit his sister Mrs Fred L Glaize Sr on Piccadilly street. He spent Sunday in Falls Church Virginia. Mrs Grace Russell and her son William and grandson Billy spent the weekend in Falls Church with Mr and Mrs Guy Fansler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. McCall and daughter Nancy Sue stop in Winchester en route to Montgomery West Virginia from New York and stay with Mrs. Walter Duncan on South Stewart Street. Miss Cather to Averett College Danville Virginia will leave Tuesday with her parents for the freshman year at Averett College.
Hollywood reports actress Mary Astor will wed Thomas G. Wheelock a Chicago broker this winter. They met two months ago at the home of film writer Lee Mahan a mutual friend. Wheelock served as a meteorologist in the Army Air Forces. this will be Astor fourth marriage following Kenneth Hawks Manuel Del Campo and Dr Franklin Thorpe.
LAWTON PA September 17 An 18 pound baby girl was born last Wednesday to Mr and Mrs Francis Strohl as reported by Dr Harry N Fry of Montrose The child is alive and well Mrs Strohl 38 years old and mother of 15 children has had an uneventful recovery Records of the American Medical Association at Chicago show a 20 pound girl born July 1940 to Mr and Mrs Joseph Hunter of near Popular Bluff Mo the heaviest baby reported in recent years
The Virginia Sales Division of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey returns to a 40 hour week starting September 17. About 500 employees receive a 15 percent pay raise. holidays are restored to seven with double time for holiday work. Vacation policy is liberalized with full vacation pay after certain service conditions. Agreements followed wage bargaining to avoid price increases.
The Star provides comprehensive news coverage spanning local stories national developments and global affairs with timely updates and in depth reporting across sections and formats to keep readers informed.
At a planning committee meeting the Winches ter-Frederick County War Food Bank scheduled a final canning in the first week of October with the date to be announced. Apples will be canned to reach a local relief goal of 1,000 tins for Europe. So far 840 cans of vegetables have been preserved. About 20 workers are needed for the final canning. Volunteers or apple donations should contact Mrs. Madeline Myers, county home agent.
Henry F. Seal Jr son of Mr and Mrs Henry F Seal Sr of 104 West Boscawen Street is a patient at Kecoughtan Veterans Hospital Newport News Va after an honorable discharge from the U S Army He was wounded by shrapnel on D Day Normandy and has undergone multiple operations in England to remove shrapnel from his leg He returned to the U S about five weeks ago and remains for further shrapnel removal surgery at the Virginia hospital
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