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QJamcs Hoover At Ft. Knox*Two Interesting Estates Added Soviets ClaimTo Garden Week Tour In Valley They InventedStOIi nO!Visitors to Virginia s hist.orleOgusta built a race course, uponjW*9S.' i/ii.* f, 346cd word C. Rin- ' rca serv- j O. of the iRoy C VI P CoCb PostSal.and beautiful Shenandoah Valleyduring Garden Week wul hav* an opportunity this year to see two interesting and colorful estates never before opened to the public. One is the probable birthplace of John Sevier, founder of the j State of Tennessee, and the other the site of the first race track west of the Blue RidgeThe two estates are ‘Meadow View Farm” and “Toll House Farm.” both in Rockingham i1 County. Both will be opened for 3 j inspection the afternoons of fiun-! day. Monday and Tuesday, April 27, 28 and 29. from 2:30 until 5:30.‘Tell Mouse Farm*Toll House Farm,’ on Highway U. S 11, 1314 miles north of Harrisonburg and owned by Thomas W. Heitx and Lloyd 6 Keehn, was built and owned by yalentine Sevier, father of John Sevier, prior to 1745.Colonial Yeoman!Pvt. James L. Hoover, son ofMr and Mrs. Theodore Hoover ofRoute 2, and husband of the former Miss Patricia Pelder, who is now living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs John Pelder, also of Route 2 is now stationed at FortKnox. Ky.Pvt Hoover attended the Bry-arlv School and entered the service on March 19 of this year.His address is: Pvt. James L. six years Hoover, US 52136800, Btry. C.,67th AFA Bn.. Res. Corn’d , 3rd Armored Div., Fort Knox, Ky.which he rode his own horses, stands Meadow View Farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan C Stickley. On State Highway 276.7’a miles southeast of Harrisonburg Meadow View Farm” wasoriginally the home of JohnStephenson. Stephenson befriended and gave a home to John Hindman, a former Presbyterian minister, and financed his return to England to study for the ministry in the Church of England. Upon his return Hindman secured a recommendation from the colonial governor to the parish of Augusta, which qualified him as that Episcopal parish’s first rector. Across the top of the hill at Meadow View. the dim outline of the race course 1* still visible.Timber and Brick on EstateSuperior TVlaTTtl01 of 127 his eom-enant inHe was ilu High and at-of Ala-Arm.v in!class of irt Mon-is officer Septem-asses lb 9fc*awarded long with a’es, clt-of in-in-id course, eadership jn opera-ytluipment,f Mrs RLocal Men ReturnFrom Korean Water*Lloyd W Amhro.se, boatswain's mate, second class, URN, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer G Ambrose of Mount Williams, and RobertC Catir, seaman, USN, husband of Mrs. Betty lou Catir of Route 1-A. are aboard the USS Wisconsin. one of the world’s mightiest battleships, that is re!urning to the United States from Korean waters.The 45,000-ton droadnaueht Isreturning to Norfolk, with her 2.000-man crew She was in thecombat zone four months.T he ship, which arrived in Korean waters in December, sailedMichael Boyer, who bought the property from Sevier, was a yeoman under British colonial governors and collected tolls for tnem —hence the name ‘Toll House Farm. Boyer was one of a group of French Huguenot settlers In 1777 he sold the fa nr to Seoas-tian Marche. The estate remained In the family until 1877. when an Englishman. James M. Bradford. bought it and added a wooden wing to the original 18th century brick house. Mr Heits andMr. Keehn bought It from John C. Bradford about ter years ago1,660 BoxwoodThe present owners restored the house and built a series of gardens among the most beautiful in the 8henandoah Valley. More than 2,000 boxwood surround the three gardens—a formal garden, with pool and fountain: a rose garden, and a green garden.The lower floor of the house will be shown. It includes a library panelled In black walnut, drawing room and den whose walls are papered with hand-blocked documentary print paper Imported from England. There is a large collection of Swedish Modern crystal and interesting collections of old pewter Sheffield plate and English bone chinaPreacher Builds Race CourseThe farm was sold by Stephenson to the Kyles, from whom it was bought in 1870 by Edtfard S. Kemper who built the present house. Stones for the massive foundation were quarried on the place, and the brick made there. The timber used, native heart pine, was cut from the surrounding forests. Mr. Kemper sold the farm to the Herings, and it remained in that family until bought by the Stickleys In 1947Restoring GardensThe Meadow View’’ gardens are being restored to conform asclosely as possible to the original plantings An old rock garden is being rebuilt, and old-fashioned perennials, iris and bulgs are being used in great quantity.Patrol Bomber ArriveiSafely In GreenlandWASHINGTON —IP— A Navy patrol bomber carrying 17 men has arrived safely in Greenland after being stranded 19 days on an ice island 60 miles from the North Pole.MOSCOW Television —which the Soviets say they invented—is far superior to the foreign variety, it is being claim-6d hc?re.Since Nov. 4, 1948. said Commentator I Gribov, “the Moscow television center has been transmitting images divided into 624 lines. This is the highest standard in the world1He said the USA and the countries of Europe have fallen iar behind the Russians in television.Gribov said that in Britain and France the old pre-war method of 405 lines was still being used whereas in the United States the pictures have only 525 lines.Distinct as Photographs The conversion of the Moscow television center to the new* standard has sharply raised the quality of the Images,” he said. Now the sequences on the screens of television setr are just as distinct as good photographs.Moscow has a schedule of six day transmissions. The programs start every evening at 8 o’clock. On Sundays there are presentations for children.Three of Moscow’s best known theaters, the Moscow Art Theatre, the Maly and the Vakhtangova Theatre arc integral parts of the television setup.The Moscow station is able to broadcast more than 100 miles— to Tula and Vladimir-he said, while the poor weak American stations do not better than 80 kilometers (about 50 miles).25 Pictures a Second The Soviet technical standards of 625 lines are based on 25 complete pictures a second using 50-cycle electric current, and arebasically the same as U. 8 standards of 525 lines with 30 complete pictures a second using 60-cycle current. Most continental European countries use the 625-lineI ccrraatt«t(Where once the first Episcopal clergyman In the parish of Au-An engine of the plane, a P2V Neptune, failed on a takeoff attempt during a planned flight to the North Pole The Air Force flew in a spare engine and a crew of seven men from Kodiak, Alaska, to repair the plane.FLOWERSCUT and POTTEDFlower* By Wire Everywhere— THE -FLOWER SHOPThe Navy and Air Force arestudying water and ice conditions in the polar regions.PHONE SillS» E. Piccadilly Stfimin Rt i mor*. than 25 000 miles in ODCra-
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Winchester Evening Star
Winchester, Virginia, US
Sat, Apr 26, 1952
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