Grange Head Speaks Here On Tuesday
Herschel D. Newsom National Grange Master will address Maryland State Grange at the Francis Scott Key Hotel at 3 15 p m December 4. Newsom elected Master of the National Grange in Minneapolis in 1950 to fill the unexpired term of the late Albert S Goss and reelected at Atlantic City for two years. He previously led Indiana State Grange 1937 to 1950 and chaired the National Grange Executive Committee 1939 to 1950. He ministers to health, farm, and marketing groups in Indiana and serves on UN mobilization board. He and his wife have two sons. Address will be public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel D. Newsom
National Grange
Maryland State Grange
Francis Scott Key
Newsom
Minneapolis
Minn
Albert S$. Goss
Atlantic City
N. J
Indiana State Grange
Indiana State Board of Health
Farm Home Administration
Indiana Marketing Council
UN National Mobilization Board
Jesse Newsom
Columbus
Indiana
Mr. Newsom
Virginia Youth Is Sheep Shearing King
A 20 year old Virginia 4 H youth and a 41 year old Wis consin professional won the North gsodestes sheep shearing crowns at the International Livestock Exposition. William M. Ramsey of Howardsville Va won the national 4 H hearing contest scoring 94.65. Melvin Walker of Dalton Wis claimed the professional crown with 94.92. Ramsey earned a $200 college scholarship and plans to study agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Walker received a $100 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Virginia
Wisconsin
North Gsodestes Sheep Shearing Kings
William M. Ramsey
Howardsville
Melvin Walker
Dalton
Wis
Ramsey
Walker
International Amphitheater
Hampshire
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Catoctin District elects new Supervisors and notices
Maurice S Ahalt and colleagues, elected Supervisors of the Catoctin Soil Conservation District for three years on November 14, replace retiring members C A Stetnemyer G Millard Derr and Cecil K Holter Sr. Stetnemyer served since 1939. Fred L Bull praised retirees. Also Maryland Hampshire Swine Breeders elected Lutz as President and Wirls Jr to Board. Mouse damage warnings for fruit trees urge zinc phosphide bait from the University of Massachusetts via the County Agent and a note on Frederick County testing program staffing and new Extension Service fact sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Renry R. Shoemaker
Maurice S. Ahalt
Charles H.remsberg
Wolford W. Wolfe
Catoctin
Holter
Fred L. Bull
State Soil Conservation Committee
Middletown Valey
Kired Lu
Rodent Control Fund
University of Massachusetts
Frederick County
Ralph R
Bob" Gouker
Bob
University of Maryland
Apple Production Exceeds One Million Bushels in Virginia
The H. F. Byrd Inc orchards at Berryville and Charles Town surpass one million bushels for the first time, totaling 1,033,000 with 2,000 acres yielding about 500 bushels per acre. About 325 pickers, 40 truck drivers, 15 tractor drivers and 525 cannery workers supported harvest and processing into sauce, jelly, and sliced apples in Betryville, Berryville, and Charles Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
H. F. Byrd, Inc
Berryville
Charles Town
Florida
Byrd Cannery
Betryville
Jefferson Community Show Prize Winners Listed
Winners in multiple divisions are named with first second and third places across baked goods produce and farm items. Notable names include Dorothy Keller Ruth Keller Doris Gordon Lois Hildebrand and Emory Zimmerman among many others tied to 4 H Club and farm and garden departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Community
4-H Club Department
Dorothy Keller
Doris Gordon
Ruth Keller
Lois Hildebrand
Barbara Remsberg
Joan Fawley
Nancy Thrasher
Nancy Hicks
Nancy Noffsinger
Lojis Hildebrand
Dorothy Kelly
Apron
Sandra Sehamel
Emory Zimmerman
Jack Laking
Teddy Zimmerman
Talbott Arnold
Maurice Zimmerman
Peck Wheal
Dick Zimmerman
Peck Pariey
Teddy
Susan Marie Poole
Patty Poole
Myrtle Shaft
Harry Pennell
Arthur House
Merril D. Remsberg
Robert de Lauder, Jr
Erhl D. Remsberg
Dean A. Remsberg
Edward Thrasher
Richard Smith
Charles Noffsinger
Grimes
Norman S. Hersberg
David Ifert
York
Ruth Miler
Gulimere Keller
Norman S. Remsberg
Richard Arvin
Homer C. Gross
Ruth
Albert Bussard
Lucy Remsberg
David I. Fry
Barbara S. Smith
James Anglesbee
Tommy House
Virginia May Zimmerman
Helen Boyer
Russell Smith
Edgar Thomas
Mary £. Smith
Virginia Brown
Daniel Poole
Virginia May Zittimerman
Stanley Dade
Richard Remsburg
Mary Culler
Henry Keller
Abe Hemp
Thomas James
Connie Arvin
Clarence Rice
Myrtte
Frank Heffner
Mary E Smith
Gilmore Keller
George Lakin
C. O. DeGrange
Ruth Dade
Luther Hildebrand
Lacey Remsberg
Dot
Barbara Smith
Alice Zimmerman
Jan Thrasher
Betty Cline
Richard Remsberg
Austin Hale
Wilbur Arvin
Nathan House
David Fry
Byron Stockman
Teresa Fry
Bryton Stockman
Myrtle Shaff
Doty Remsburg
Mary Smith
Mary E. Smith
Francis Morrison
Wilbur Gordon
Luther Remsburg
Unidentified Cookery and Needlework Submissions Gathered
A long list of participants and entries for pickles cakes breads and needlework appears, featuring many names such as Virginia May Zimmerman Henry Keller Remsberg Lakin and Bussard. The piece also notes a new batteryless flashlight with a dynamo hand lever, unbreakable lens, pocket size and polished aluminum case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degrange
Virginia May Zimmerman
Henry Keller
Doty Remsburg
Henry Lakin
Richard Remsburg
Gary Remsburg
Richard Smith
Harry Pennell
Edgar Thomas
Ruth Dade
Nellie Thrasher
Gilmore Keller
Lee House
Mary Culler
George Lakin
Ethel Remsberg
Albert Bussard
Lucy Remsberg
Teresa Fry
Luther Hildebrand
Myrtle Shaff
Ruth Keller
Richard Grove
Henry D. Lakin
Doris Gordon
Halfdan Zimmerman
Norman &. Remsberg
Clarence Rice
Ira Remshberg
Toll House
Patsy Lakin
Abe Hemp
Edgar Cawood
Floyd Huffer
John Arnold
George Akin
C. DeGrange
Myrtle Shaft
Lois Hildebrand
Vera K. Crawford
David Tiert
Lloyd DeGrange
Cc. O. DeGrange
Vera K.rawford
C. O. DeGrange
Nathan House
Sacks
David Fry
Reba Arvin
Barbara S. Smith
Patsy Hale
Donald Helfer
Lee Busysard
Virginia Brown
Clarence Brown
Farmers First in Electrical Service Says Agriculture Dept
Washington November thirty officials say the Agriculture Department pamphlet argues farmers deserve priority for scarce electrical materials under the defense program. It contends rural electrification is vital for production, noting 800,000 farms lack power and farm power use has surged 500 percent since 1940 despite strained rural facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Defense
Armed Services
Weight Variation by Location and Earth’s Rotation
A man weighs more in Spitzbergen than in Brazil due to gravity differences. Centrifugal force at the equator reduces apparent weight, while the poles have stronger gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spitzbergen
Brazil
Equator
Poles
Spittlebug Control On Clover and Alfalfa
University of Maryland Extension Service publishes Fact Sheet 41 on controlling spittlebugs in clover and alfalfa. The sheet covers spring spraying and dusting timings, reports that spittlebugs hurt yield and quality, and summarizes experimental results from Kent, Hartford, Montgomery, and Washington counties. Sprayed red clover yielded 397 pounds more cured hay per acre. sprayed alfalfa yielded 112 pounds more per acre. Copies available from county agents or the College Park bulletin room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Kent
Hartford
Montgomery
Washington
Bulletin Room
College of Agriculture
University At Maryland
Advertising Group Honors Md Canners
The Advertising Club of Baltimore will honor Maryland canners on December 5 at a luncheon in the Emerson Hotel. George Gettman, club president, invites area growers and processors to attend the Salute to the Maryland Canning Industry. L. W. Graaskamp of American Can Company will be principal speaker with a talk on the first hundred years and the next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free State
Advertising Club of
Baltimore
Maryland
George Gettman
Ad Club
L. W. Graaskamp
New York
American Can Company
Emerson Hotel
Baltimore industrialist McCormick to chair state luncheon
The future of the industry enters its second century as Charles P. McCormick, a nationally known Baltimore industrialist and civic leader, will chair a luncheon. Government officials and canning industry figures are among the honored guests invited, with agriculture education and business leaders from across the state expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. McCormick
Baltimore
Roll Call lunch honors Mrs Elizabeth H Haller memorial
Frederick WCTU held a lunch meeting with forty members and guests. Mrs E D Godsey and Mrs P Brose were welcomed as new members. Rev E A Godsey spoke and a commemorative plaque for Mrs Elizabeth H Haller was presented for a permanent meeting place in the Lutheran chapel. Christmas remembrances will go to Seamen's Branch Salvation Army and Home for the Aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Wctu
E. D. Godsey
P. Brose
Albert Palmer
E. A. Godsey
Elizabeth H. Haller
Lutheran Church
Lutheran
Calvin Schildi Knecht
Seamen's Branch
Salvation Army
Home For the
Harry Zimmerman
Santa Purge Reaches Christmas Cards in Hungary
President, read All that Alcohol will Remove. Rev. P. Brose gave the benediction. Santa Purged Vienna reports Communist Hungary decreed Father Christmas and angels must be removed from Christmas cards. Cards now show gifts delivered by tractors to good children. Montevideo remains cosmopolitan with over a third of Uruguay’s population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Brose
Vienna
Hungary
Stalin
Santa Claus
Fuggeden Magyarorszas
Father Christmas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grange Head
Kerschel D. Newsom
Grange Neiis
Braddork Grange
George Stone
Thomas Summers
Cleo Cline
Harold Cline
C. H. Roberts
Lula Wiles
Alta Cline
Grace Stone
Charlotte Roberts
Elizabeth Adams
Ceres
Viola Boyer
Pomona
Edith Klein
Flora
Hazel Holter
Robert Klein
J. Thomas Summers
Clyde Adams
Martha Jane Layman
C H. Roberts
Slade Valley Grange
Glade Valley Grange
Edgar Zimmerman
Grange
Pauline Stauffer
Bruce Crum
Harry Remsberg
David Hoke
Buy
Hams
Walkersville
F.fla
I. Pleasant Grange
Charles Barker, Jr
Bertie Lindsay
State Grange
Randall Rhoderick
Robert Rhoderick
Ralph Harris
Harold Rhoderick
Welty Wastler
William Anderman, Jr
Brattleboro
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Irving H. Stine
Knoxville
W. J. King
Gaithersburg
Feedrenene Nevis
MgKendree Walker
Virginia Youth
Jefferson
Trego
Rohrersville
B&o. RR
Boonsboro
Washington County
Paul Revere
Herbert W. Walters
Emmert
Bowlus
R, L, Kelly
Christmas Club
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Ankers
Federal Deposit Insw © Corporation
Man
Lisbon
Western Maryland Dairy
Mt. Airy
Markell & Ford
Mendy
Wonden
Frederick Gas
Inc
JO Hospital
Ene
Jamesway
Edward F. Gaver
Middletown, MD
U.S
Montevideo
Uruguay
CYNE
Superior
Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Woodsboro
Fred
Laneytown
Bath
H.w
Shane
R. L. Zentz
Strout Realty
Taneytown
Iis
McCormick
McCormick Hammer Mills
H. C. Summers
Jefferson, Md
Frederick
Mercer Jones & Sons
Dickerton, Md
Buckeystown
ARM
Thurmont, Md
Thurmont
Monrovia Supply CO
Monrovia, Md
Phone New Market
B. Duvall
Frederick, Md
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