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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1945

Page

8

Shirley Temple Marries Sgt. John Agar in Hollywood

Shirley Temple became the bride of Sgt. John Agar of the Army Air Forces in a church ceremony at Wilshire Methodist. Police estimated five thousand fans lined Wilshire Boulevard as 500 guests attended the Episcopal double ring service. The couple honeymooned on a motor tour after a reception at the bride’s home.

Shirley Temple John Agar Army Air Forces Hollywood Moppet Wilshire Methodist Church Wilshire Boulevard Los Angees Wilsie Martin

Berryville Couple Wed in Columbia Ceremony

Miss Helyn Gertrude Seay and Pfc. Harry Richard Potts of Berryville were married at St Luke's Lutheran Church in Columbia South Carolina on September 18. The bride wore a pale blue suit with pink and brown accessories and pink rosebud corsage. Best man was Pfc Robert A Poynter. After a reception the couple will return to Columbia where Potts is stationed and will make 603 Kentucky Street their home.

Berryville Helyn Gertrude Seay Harry Richard Potts Army Air Corps St. Lukes Lutheran Church Columbia S. C C. K. Wise W. Bryan Seay Betty Lou Franklin Buck Potts Roy E. Potts Pfc Robert A. Poynter Tulsa Okla Columbia Army Air Base Olympia High School Craughton Business College of Columbia Randolph-Macon College Ashland Kappa Sigma Fraternity Pvt. Potts Kentucky Street

Raitt Visits Winchester Estate of Mr and Mrs Davis

John Raitt star of Oklahoma and now in Carousal in New York spent Sunday in Winchester as the guest of Mr and Mrs Ben F Davis at their Peyton street home. He was accompanied by Mrs Raitt and her mother Mrs Earl Haydock of California and New York a cousin of Mr Davis.

John Raitt Mrs Ben Davis Oklahoma New York Winchester Ben F. Davis Peyton Street Raitt Earl Haydock California Haydock Davis

Legion Convention Trip Prompts Local Social Notices

Local residents including Miss Frances Beverley and Mr and Mrs Fowle plan travel to Richmond for an American Legion Department convention. Many relatives from Baltimore and Charlottesville are noted in attendance and visits, with births and health updates among several households.

Frances Beverley Philip Fowle Cc. F. Schenck Is G. Ireland

Ladies of W C T U Meet At Methodist Church

The Ladies of the Boyce W C T U held their regular monthly meeting last evening at the Methodist Church after the weekly prayer meeting. Mr and Mrs Robert Bryson and family returned home from visiting Rev and Mrs A C Bryson in Balsam North Carolina. Mrs Bryson and son Eugene left for Baltimore where Eugene will enter Johns Hopkins Hospital for an eye operation. In Baltimore Mrs Bryson will visit her sister Mrs Agnes Milburn who spent the weekend in Winchester with her mother Mrs Emma Wisecarver. Major and Mrs P W MacCoy of Lawson General Hospital Atlanta Georgia, guests of Mrs Elizabeth Smith Kern on Amherst Street, left this morning for Washington D C en route to Georgia.

George A. Ebersole Fairmont Avenue Glenn L. Martin Company Baltimore Leslie Hitt Margaret DeHaven Kernstown Maryland John Woolfolk Anne Thomas Woolfolk Woolwolk Anne Woolfolk Goucher College Ladies of the Boyce W. C. T. U Methodist Church Robert Bryson Agnes Milburn Winchester Emma Wisecarver P. W. MacCoy Lawson General Hospital Atlanta, Ga Elizabeth Smith Kern Amherst Street Washington, D.C Georgia Marine Barracks Quantico John C. Breckinridge Summit Point W. Va Oliver P. Smith Marine Corps School Dorothy T. Breckinridge James C. Breckinridge Quantic

Red Cross Production Schedule for Home Knitting and Sewing

Red Cross calls for knitting and sewing at home and in church workrooms. Contact Mrs. Griffith or Mrs. Yerby for yarn and instructions. Sewing Workroom at Episcopal Church House, 134 West Boscawen Street, open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Surgical dressings at Presbyterian Church Annex open Wednesday Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also Thursday 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Quota 5,000 dressings per week. Work must be done in workroom. Call Red Cross office at 412 for more details.

R. E. Griffith J. R. Yerby Episcopal Church House West Boscawen Street Hamen Presbyterian Church Annex Red Cross Office

Winchester Junior Board Meeting At George Washington Hotel

A membership meeting of the Winchester Junior Board of Triple is scheduled tomorrow night at 8 PM at the George Washington Hotel. All members are urged to attend.

Winchester Junior Board of Triple George Washington Hotel Membrs

Rotary Club Weekly Meeting Highlights

Winchester Rotary Club members at the weekly luncheon viewed a film on freezing food packing and prep secured by Percy D. Miller from General Electric. The film also screened at the Kiwanis meeting yesterday. Joseph L. Kalbach was welcomed as a new member.

Winchester Rotary Club Percy D. Miller General Electric Company Joseph L. Kalbach

Driver James Lira Halts 2000-Pound Truck After Brake Failure

Denver, Lucky Day profile of truck driver James R. Lira 24 who held control as brakes snapped and a 2000 pound dynamite-laden truck lurched through six blocks of evening traffic before stopping on a slight incline.

Denver James R. Lira Lira

John Roosevelt to Be Deactivated From Active Duty

Lt. John A. Roosevelt U S N R youngest son of the late President is ordered to inactive duty. He is taking terminal leave before returning to civilian life and residence in Transbay Colorado. Roosevelt served with a Pacific task force early in the war and later with Fleet Air West Coast at the Naval Air Station San Diego.

San Diego Calif John A. Roosevelt Transbay Colorado Roosevelt Pacific Fleet Air West Coast Naval Air Station Here

Purse Return Highlights Wartime Marriage License Find

Mrs. Richard Seitz, a former Red Cross worker overseas, had her brown alligator purse recovered in Manhatt a Kas. The bag held her marriage license issued in France to Col. Richard Seitz paratrooper. The finder was rewarded and thanked gratefully for returning the irreplaceable document.

Manhatta Kas Richard Seitz Red Cross France Col

Missionaries Urged to Aid Japan By Higashi Kuni

Tokyo dispatch records Premier Prince Higashi Kuni inviting foreign missionaries to stay in Japan and help build a new nation. He says Japan should confront defeat, raise morals, eradicate hatred, and invites Christian help to cooperate in shaping a reborn culture.

Tokyo Asahi Higashi- Kuni Japan

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