Social and Personal Notes from October Era
Weekly W O O meeting set for Friday at Odd Fellows Hall. Birthday dinner honors Mrs Maggie Grove hosted by Mr and Mrs Elwood Carper in Highland Avenue. guests include Adams Riggleman Browne and Seal from Arlington. Numerous local families and military personnel appear in a broad social chronicle of town life.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Elwood Carper
Highland Avenue
Carpers
Maggie Grove
National Avenue
Carper
Robert Adams
Baltimore
Madison Riggleman
Nevieve
Dale Riggieman
Peggy Seal
Arlington
Ray
Patricia
Atiany
Sandra Lou Carper
Golden Rule Club To Elect Officers At Braddock Street Church
The Golden Rule Bible Class of Braddock Street Methodist Church will hold its annual election of officers. The group meets at 9 45 and all members are requested to be present for the vote.
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Golden Rule
Golden Rule Bible Class
Braddock Street Methodist Church
850000 Tons of U S Supplies Flowing Weekly
A British port reports the United States is delivering about 850000 tons of lease lead goods weekly for the past ten weeks. The cargo includes airplanes, beans, raisins, citrus fruit, cheese and meat delivered by ships to Britain with a steady flow and faster dock turnarounds.
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War Transport Ministry
Idaho
California
Florida
United States
War Transport
Ministry
Royal Navy
Mercantile Marine
Britain
Santa Monica
Calif
Hansen
Chicago
Wisconsin
Fresno
Wales
Fla
Milford
Fairfax trio visits Opequon couple on Sunday
Mr and Mrs G C Punkhouser Mrs L D Funkhouser and Mrs S B Swart of Fairfax motored to the home of Mr and Mrs J W Richard of Opequon last Sunday.
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G. C.punkhouser
L. D. Funkhouser
S. 8. Swart
Fairfax
J. W. Richard
Opequon
Modern Etiquette Q&A by Robert Lee
A reader asks if a post visit thank you should be followed by a phone call to express greater appreciation. Another query about asking a friend where they bought clothing elicits a rude comparison to price. The guidance favors self introduction as Mary Blank over Miss Blank.
Berryville Social Events Highlight Local Movements
Berryville residents attend college transfers and visits with families across nearby towns. Notables include Miss Elizabeth Ann Jones and Miss Anne Howel heading to Farmville and Madison College respectively, while Mrs. Estelle Kerfoot relocates to Scrabell Hall.
Slimming Advice Before Winter Temptations
A health column urges rapid but safe weight loss before winter. It recommends two tablespoons of fat daily for a hard worker, walking as ideal exercise, avoiding rapid reduction, and using Indian clubs to slim neck, bust, and shoulders. Readers are invited to send beauty questions to the Beauty Box Editor with a stamped return envelope.
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Beauty Box
Aerial Infantry Organized At Fort Benning
The War Department announced plans to form an air borne infantry battalion at Fort Benning Georgia on October 10 with 500 volunteers from Fort Bragg and Camps Croft Wheeler. The unit will use small motorized transports and will be carried by 28 man cargo planes rather than parachutes. It signals a broader integration of national guard and regular army units and changes in guard promotions and officer training policies.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
N. C
Stimson
National Guard
Department
Regular Army
War Airborne Infantry
Treasury Receipts and Gross Debt Report September 17
The Treasury on September 17 reported receipts of 125 million 019 thousand 382 74 and gross debt totaling 51 billion 49 million 714 thousand 402 66. The release provides a concise snapshot of the government's cash intake and overall indebtedness.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Ladies Aid and Home Demonstration Club Meetings
In Stephens City Virginia the Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs Homer Welsh and the parsonage kitchen received paint wallpaper and furnishings. Home Demonstration Club members discussed blankets canned goods and an October officers election with plans for an achievement day. The Independent Hose Company framed a drive to collect unsold newspapers for charity and Mayor Lomax Parker offered his truck to assist residents without transport.
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Stephens City
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
Homer Welsh
Welsh
Eldridge Lemley
Charles Staples
Miller Barley
Cora Grove
Mildred Lee Grove
A. Williams
Charles Headley
Mattie le
Clarke County Garden Club
Eugene Adams
Ada Trussell
H. A. Funk
H. P. Lovett
Frances Asbury
Independent Hose Company
Auxiliary
Hose Company
Treasury
Lomax Parker
Campaign to collect old papers organized for Steele’s store
Residents are urged to bring bundles to Steele's store or the fire house Saturday morning between 9 and 12, where E S T Don Lemley will assist with contributions. The effort supports a worthy cause while aiding a community cam paign. Mr. Marshall Lovett has left for V P I Blacksburg for the fall term. Mrs. Dell Irwin of New York is her sister of H P Lovett. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Baker and family moved to the D W Heironimus property west of town. The Young Women's Circle of the M E Church will meet with Misses Dorothy and June Lemley tonight.
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Steele
E. S.T. Don Lemley
Marshall Lovett
Blacksburg
Old Bethel Social News Recaps Visits and Sunday School
Old Bethel Virginia reports Mr and Mrs B V Unger spent Sunday in Washington DC with friends. Mr and Mrs Eaton Foggle visited Mt Williams friends. Mr and Mrs Carl Whitacre visited Mrs Whitacres parents Calude and Mrs Carper. Sunday School planned for September 21 at 11 daylight time with Mrs Bessie Fries in charge. Mrs Joe Pent visited her mother Mrs Unger Wednesday.
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Old Bethel
B. V. Unger
Washington, D. C
Eaton Foggle
Mt. Williams
Carl Whitacre
Whitacre
Calude Carper
Bessie Fries
Joe Pent
Unger
Twelfth Olympic Games Cancelled by War
The twelfth Olympic Games scheduled for Helsinki Finland were cancelled on April 23 1940 during a meeting of the organizing committee and the Finnish Olympic Committee due to the war.
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Helsinki
Finland
Organizing Committee
Perm Aes
Bank guide for young men builds financial foundation
An advertiser invites young men starting out to choose this bank as their financial headquarters to build a strong bank balance keep credit good and lay a foundation for financial success.
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Mrs. Carper
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James Merriner
James H. Merriner
West Pall Mall Street
John Venor
Memorial Hospital
Merriner
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Thomas Carter
Powhatan
Millwood
Lewis Hyde
R. B. Byrd
W. A. Baker
J. A. Massie
Mr. and
Mrs. Sirbaugh
Douglas Sirbaugh
Ray Curtis
Turner Sirbaugh
Frances Sirbaugh
Mary Lind Browne
Virginia Timbrook
Selene Jackson
Kathryn Kline
Maxine Grubbs
Anna Mae Grubbs
Ann Bailey
Doris Supineer
Garland Whitlock
Charles Sirbaugh
Oscar Zigler
Blair Funkhouser
E. H. Rhinelander
Fannie Nelson
Pete Hammock
Arch Jones
H. C. Oates
H.C. Oates
Ora Bailey
Paul Fries
William Newlin
Urbin Sheetz
Tom Starrett
Shade
B. V. Shade
Mr. Shade
Boyd Unger
Albin
Avon Havermale
Elmer
Ridgeway
W. Va
Edward Brown
Russell
Forrest Bageant
Harold
Gainesboro
James 8. Goode
Elliott Motor Company
Ashington
Edgar Wilmer
Salvation Army
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wilmer
Omaha
Neb
Citadel
William Shafer
Charlottesville
School of Medicine
University of Virginia
Ralph Shafer, Jr
Martin Aircraft Corporation
Mrs
R. A. Shafer
Elsie Snapp
Washington Street
Harry Huff
Philippi
Vernon Eddy
Norfolk
John Eddy
Jean Breeskin
Bobbie Conrad
G. J. Finley
M. M. Ward
Grafton
Herbert Wolfe
Belington
W. W. Finley
Douglas Cooper
Eugene Cooper
St. James School
Hagerstown
H. K. Russell
Virginia Russell
John Carr
George Smith
Gray Beverley
Pvt
H. B. McCormac
Camp Lee
Mary Jean Choucleris
James Choucleris
Millwood Avenue
Fairfax Hall
Waynesboro
Elmodyne Grim
Lee Dick
Clayton Cochran
Don McDean
Detroit
J. Clayton Cochran
Harry D. Warren
Averil
Dorothy
Bubbles
Kay
D. W. Finley
Woodrow Artrip
Indiantown Gap
Marvin Weaver
Jefferson Street
Parsons
Mr. Weaver
E. E. Ours
Weavers
Alice Weaver
Kathleen Crosen
Georgia Crosen
Stephenson
J. M. Orndorff
West Cork Street
Wiliam Weisel
Orange, Va
Charles Harbaugh, Jr
Hayfield
J. Goode
Monmouth Street
Melon Adams
Harry Fowle
Phillip Fowle
Benjamin Randolph
Thomas Meade
Millrod
Clarke County
Minnie Benner
Amherst Street
Charles Bish
Boyd Avenue
E. B. Whiteside
Owensboro, Ky
M. B. Clowe, Jr
Fredericksburg
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Caroline County
Clowe
Co. I
Winchester
DIAL
Brooks’ Pharmacy
SWAN
the Food Center
N. Loudoun St
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Mansfields
Eenhore
Robert Lee
Miss Blank
Mary Blank
Berryville
Berryville, Va
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Anne
Howard Morrison
New Market
Walter Wisecarver
Helen Kackley
Harrisonburg
Madison College
Joyce Davis
Mary Washington College
Ed. Shugart
Tom Jones
Charles Town
Lorenzo Lewis
Catherine Allman
Williamsburg
Elizabeth Ann Jones
State Teachers College
Farmville
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Leonard Bell
Archibald Cummins
Careyswood
Ruth Campbell
New York
Gregg
North Carolina
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Tom Howel
Miss Howel
Estelle Kerfoot
Scrabell Hall
Mason Osborne
Mildred Carper
White Post
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Pine Grove School
T. S. Crocket
Martm Sanders
Chilhowie, Va
Mr. Crocket
Wytheville, Va
Mrs. E. P. Berlin
Edward Gilkerson
Col
Frank Wray
Moorefield
E. D. Vaughan
Presbyterian Synod
Richmond
Arthur Krock
Robert Krock
Princeton
Krock
University
Henry Lane
Mary Randolph Lane
William Milholland
John Jenson
Alexandria
T. A. Crocket
Arthurine Allman
Mississippi
Eleanor Webb
Thomas Gold
Lula Shepherd
Alfred Kerfoot
H. B. Harris
H. Hobson McGhee
Ralph Dorsey
Pattie Luck
L. M. Parker
Martha Ferguson
Ruth Berlin
Tom Elsen
Garnett Levi
Kate Powers
David Allen
Piccadilly St
Helen Follett
Peggy Diggins
Aerial Infantry
N. Loudoun 'T
the Commercial and Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Parker
E. Piccadilly St
Ward
Montgc
Admiral Byrd
S. Loudoun St