Community Celebrations And Local Marriages In City Notes
At Mrs. Ridgely White home this afternoon about twenty five children attend the mid birthday party for Master Charles Ridgely White Jr and Virginia Du Shane while Thomas Bentley Kern marks his second birthday. Miss Helen Bonroe wed Flight Officer James Glascock in Nevada with Rev Harold Broughton and attendants Marguerite Emerick and Fred R. Barker. The couple will reside in Las Vegas after a trip to several eastern cities. Sgt Frank Edward Pope marries Zella Frances Reed at Rev J Goode’s home, the couple planning to live in Martinsburg West Virginia. Julia Tyler Zone of the Women’s Society of Christian Service meets Sept 28 at Braddock Street church with Mrs J M Johnson as speaker. Mr and Mrs John Woolfolk return from Baltimore while Mr and Mrs Guy Fletcher arrive from Phoenix to visit local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glascock-Bonroe
Nevada
Helen Bonroe
Lloyd S. Payne
Clake Co
Las Vegas
Nev
James Glascock
Winchester
First Methodist Church
Harold Broughton
Marguerite Emerick
Oklahoma City
Okla
Fred R. Barker
Las Vegas Army Air Field
Martinsburg
West Va
Sgt. Pope
Newton D Baker Hospital
Julia Tyler
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Braddock St. Methodist Church
J. M. Johnson
Missionary Education and Service
W. Ss. C
Marriage in Prescott Ties Miss Ruth Rogers to Max Christen
Miss Ruth Virginia Rodgers of Kimballton Virginia married Max Christen in Prescott Arizona on Sept. 20. Christen, son of the late Jacob Christen of Switzerland, ran a pastry business in Atlantic City and studied in Switzerland. The couple plans residence at 3802 Ventor Ave Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Rogers
Max Christen
Prescott, Ariz
Ruth Virginia Rodgers
Kimballton
Freeguerick County
Prescott
Arizona
Jacob Christen
Switzerland
Christian
Herzogenbuchsee Canton
Bern
Atlantic City
N. J
Payscott
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Cal
Oregon
Ventor Ave
New Jersey
Camping Ranks High On Girl Scout Program
The Winchester Girl Scout Council outlines a major drive to expand camping. Funds from the annual canvass October 1–6 will buy camping gear, dining hall expansion, refrigeration, hot water, kitchen equipment, chinaware, cots tents and a wooden floor for the First Aid Tent. Sports equipment and year round use items are also urged to support a larger next season enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
Winchester
Camp White Rock
Signal Boy’s War Journey Through Pacific to Manila End
The article recounts a signal soldier’s wartime path through Aitape Morotai Leyte Luzon and Borneo. He was wounded at Manila and killed two Japanese at Baguio seeking his wife’s former home. He hoped to stay with MacArthur who gave him a field commission August 6 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitape
Morotai
Leyte
Luzon
Borneo
Manila
Baguio
MacArthur
Broadway
Nipponese Talk on Surrender and Postwar Plans
A Japanese woman discusses surrender and postwar aid from General MacArthur. She predicts reconstruction funds, a possible abolition of the Emperor, and a brighter future, while a park child questions the Emperor's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Special Card Stock Used In Making Playing Cards
A special stock is described as thin sheets of paper pasted together with a black paste so that the imprint on the face of the card cannot be seen from the back when light shines through it. This stock is used in producing playing cards.
Mrs. Margaret Ridings Dies, 83
Mrs. Margaret Ridings aged 83 died suddenly yesterday at a daughter’s home in Toms Brook. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Strasburg Christian Church. She had been ill only a short time and is survived by children including Harry Ridings and Mrs. Claude Rickard of Middletown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasburg Christian Church
Margaret Ridings
Toms Brook
Harry Ridings
Claude Rickard
Middletown
Emperor Hirohito Tours Tokyo Embassy Visit With MacArthur
The Japanese emperor met with General MacArthur in a swift embassy event. A five car convoy entered the gate and sped toward the palace, pursued by more than fifty reporters who were briefly allowed near the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Picket
Dallas
Tex
MacArthur
Hirohito
Lieut Warner Promoted and Stationed at Corona Naval Hospital
Lieut Mary C Warner promoted to Lieut U S N R Nurse Corps and stationed at Naval Hospital Corona California She served aboard the hospital ship Refuge from 1943 through campaigns in Sicily Italy Normandy and the Pacific Her duties include supervising section 3 with 30 wards and she has many notable assignments from Dakar to Leyte and a Manila San Francisco non stop run
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary C. Warner
Naval Hospital
Corona, Cal
Russell Warner
Warner
Lieut
Refuge
Mediterranean
Sicily
Italy
France
Normandy
Europe
Panama Canal
Pacific
Leyte
New Guinea
States
Manila
San Francisco
Corona
Cal
What LCS in reference to a ship stands for
The letters LCS stand for landing craft support. These ships furnish fire support in area landings. Each vessel carries a crew of five or six.
Middletown PTA organization elects officers
The Middletown Patrons organized a Parent-Teacher Association with G. Wilson Borden as president and W. F. Shipe Sr. as vice president B. E. Rogers secretary and Mrs R F Altizer treasurer A monthly meeting schedule was set for the second Tuesday of each month and a delegation was approved to meet the Frederick County School Board. Principal H Dennis Hoover urged improvements to handle rising enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
G. Wilson Borden
W. F. Shipe, Sr
B. E. Rogers
R. F. Altizer
H. Dennis Hoover
Frederick County
Herbert S. Jones
Rev. L. & Tederick
J. J. Pickeral
D. K. Muntzing
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Funk Near Woodstock
Mrs Sara A Funk 73 died at her home near Woodstock. Burial is planned for tomorrow afternoon at Massanutten Cemetery. She leaves five children including Mrs Raymond Bumgardner of Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara A. Funk
Woodstock
Massanutten Cemetery
Raymond Bumgardner
Winchester
Plans for 1945 Christmas Seal Sale Opens November 19
The Winchester Tuberculosis Association prepares for the 1945 Christmas Seal Sale with committee members Mrs. Claude Grim, Mrs. D W Lupton and Mrs. R R Sartelle meeting at the Association office. A successful sale will fund expanded services in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Association
Claude Grim
D. W. Lupton
R. R. Sartelle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. White
Guy Fletcher
Phoenix
Mary Fletcher
Virginia Avenue
Loring Fletcher
South
Cameron Street
Mrs. Bell
McCallum Home
Leslie M. Bell
Douglas
Nancy
Sally Tucker
McKee
South Stewart St
Lucille H. McCallum
Mrs. Athey
Jefferson, Ma
J. William Athey
Kernstown
Kenneth W. Shaw
Frederick, Md
Howard
Frank Renn
Junior Barthalow
Jefferson
Mr. Wingert
A. K. Wingert
Pvt
Harold Wingert
Army Air Corps
Lowery Field
Denver
Colo
Wingert
Baltimore
Washington
Colorado
Dove Vaughn
Mathias, W. Va
Eva Lee Vaughn
Needmore
W. Va
Ernest F. Dove
Mathias
W.va
Wheeler Walker
Thomas Mauck
Ed Dove
Good Friend
U. B
Myrtle Cather
Robert Phalon
Virginia Miller
Strasburg
John Downing
Front Royal, Va
J. Gray Beverley
W. Cork Street
Elizabeth Lee
Front Royal
Benny Strother
Princess Jones
Kitty Liggett
Fhiladelphia
Louis Diffenderfer
Rice Street
Ater
Fairbury
Ill
Cara
NOME
Brooks’ Pharmacy
Cc. B. Smalts & Son
National Avenue
G. Adams
Esso
Winchester—Front
Roya
Gaunt’s
J. G
Towner
Selby
Lovett Brothers
Bethrotha
Loudoun Street
Dia
PTA
Mrs. Funk
S. Loudoun Street
Pine Motor CO
Dodge
Plymouth
Junior
the Commercial & Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller Bros
Hound’s Tooth
Cather & Moling
W. Boscawen Sr
SHELL
R. E. Buncutter
S. Braddock St
DIAL
WARDS
Montgomery
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