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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1944
Page
7
At a regular Motor Corps meeting in the Council Chamber Mrs. W H Bosserman Jr was unanimously elected captain. She plans to appoint an adjutant and lieutenants. The October schedule was announced and retiring Captain Marjorie Yellott was thanked for eight months of service.
Tea hosted by the Girls Athletic Association in the Club Rooms at 6:30 p m. The Mary Martha Class of the Evangelical and Reformed Church meets at the home of Mrs. Wm Goss 4078 Kent at 7 00 p m. Inquiries continue for details on the events and locations.
The Girl Scouts of Troop 8 held their first meeting of the year in the scout com and elected officers: President Jacqueline Eagle Vice President Ellen Largent Secretary Massie Hawthorne Treasurer Betty J Rose. A Saturday hike and a troop constitution committee were planned.
An ad-style notice from Brooks Pharmacy touts school supplies including pens pencils tablets notebooks crayons rulers and related items. It urges students to use better tools of education to achieve higher marks and aims at parental and student shoppers.
Mrs Hodson of Oranda is in Winchester Memorial Hospital for treatment. Mr Hewitt of Millers Hardware awaits Johns Hopkins admission in Baltimore. Miss Colston rests at home with sister Mrs Trapp nell visiting. Mrs Wright returns home after major surgery. Gerald Wayne Marple born Sept 14. Joshua Elliott son Philip Henry born Sept 14. Cadet Nurse Elizabeth Crim, Stonewall High School 1944 graduate, visits near Grimes, Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cooper hosted guests over the weekend, Pvt. Lawrence J. Luttrell of Long Island N Y and Mrs. Luttrell of Washington, and Ensign Lee Luttrell of Arlington. Luttrell brothers are kin to the Coopers.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Whitacre announce the birth of a son in a York hospital. Mrs Whitacre was formerly Miss Gladys Eaton of Capon Bridge West Virginia. Mr Slaughter underwent an appendectomy Tuesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital. His condition is reported satisfactory.
RAF heavy bombers hit the twin towns of Munchen Gladbach and Rheydt behind the Siegfried line north of Aachen. Two railway lines from Aachen and Cologne converged at Rheydt then Munchen Gladbach, linking Ruhr to Holland. Large fires were started, five planes were lost.
Stockholm reports that street fighting and disorders in Denmark subsided last night after protests against the German seizure of Danish government buildings and police stations. The Free Danish Council urged Danes to halt fighting and keep a general strike through Thursday in protest of dissolving the 12,000 strong police force, with some trains already halted and a near universal strike expected except for gas water and electric services.
Rep. Knutson introduces a House resolution proposing Thanksgiving Day on November 30 instead of the fourth Thursday, November 23. The measure argues the later date aligns with seasonal observances.
The Fourth U.S. Civil Service Region reports an urgent need for hundreds of electricians for immediate duty at Norfolk Navy Yard Virginia. Open positions include pipefitters machinists sheet metal workers laborers with guaranteed transport and housing. details from Herman Lee at Winchester Post Office.
In Baton Rouge three detachment WACs earned 72 hour leaves and badges as Official WAC Dogcatchers after capturing stray dogs that invaded the Harding Field WAC unit. The nocturnal visitors prompted a three day pass policy for those who corralled the unwelcome animals.
Berryville notes detail a flurry of visits and travels among residents. Louis Stolle and his mother Mrs Jessie Stolle return from Bayard Virginia. Rev R K McDonald and Judge Loring Kackley attend a Richmond Presbyterian Synod meeting. Various family gatherings, naval and military moves, hospital entries, and social visits are listed across Berryville and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Fleming Wisecarver and Elizabeth Ann Jones left Monday for Farmville Virginia where Elizabeth will begin her senior year at Farmville State Teachers College. Warren Ashby who had stayed in Berryville with Edward and Thelma Diffenderfer has now returned to Washington DC.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley entertain visitors for several weeks Mrs. Paul Gladhill and Mrs. Helen Underhill of Washington D C. Mr. William Rhoden of Washington D C spent the past weekend in Berryville with Mrs. Rhoden.
Mr. Gilbert Longerbeam of Richmond Virginia spent the weekend in Berryville with his wife Mrs Longerbeam. Mrs Longerbeam is accompanied by Mrs John Kelly of Washington DC.
A compact OCR fragment lists clues from 25 to 41 with hints like a Japanese person, God of pleasure, apportions, having life, cloth, lairs, a public safety item linked to Phil, and items on a priest’s breast plate. It also references AIR IN PLUSIA and Yesterday's Answer, plus Encountered and Article in French.
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