Community Show Awards at Poolesville Fair 15th Annual
The 15th Poolesville High School Community Fair on November 18 honored Future Homemaker Club and F F A members led by Marjorie Lewis and Raymond Poole. Top honors went to Estelle Buxton, Nell Painter, Shirley Ann Titus, Una Fitzwater in Home Arts and Wellstood Tipton, Raymond Poole, Joe Deadrick in Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poolesville
Raymond Poole
Homemaker's Club
Marjorie Lewis
Homemaker
Elizabeth Roberson
Dickerson
Guthein
Weicheller
University of Maryland
A. Kuhn
George Quigley
Home Arts
Estelle Buxton
Nell Painter
Shirley Ann Titus
Una Fitzwalter
Earl Nicholson
Johnny Rolfe
Minnie Nicholson
Louise Clark
Bobby Lillard
Mrs. Chiswell
Ellis Roberson
R. Bodmer
F. Cubitt
B. Stevens
Una Fitzwater
Virginia Willard
K. P. Williams
Dorothy Titus
C. Jones
S. C. Jones
Jane Hubble
Fannie Carlisle
Frank Cubitt
Dorothy Elgin
Peggy Smith
Vivian Winfield
George Mitchell
Ann Roberson
Mary White Hays
G. Wise
Mary Bourne
Elizabeth Daniel
Jane Allnutt
Martin Wise
Jean Hubbles
Helen Willard
Charles Elgin
Doug Roberson
J. R. Hicks
R. B. Compher
Nevian Hoffacker
Paul Roberson
Willstood Tystow
Wellstood Tipton
Flowers
Chiswell
Martha Streams
Nora Lester
Nelli
Marvin Percer
Jane Hubbie
Elizabeth Hall
Margaret Windsor
Mary W. Hays
Margie Belcher
Frances Gue
Mary Morningstar
Charles
Six Champion Cooks At National 4-H Congress
Six 4-H food preparation winners arrive in Chicago for the National 4-H Congress to receive prizes and $200 college scholarships. Named are Audrey Averill, Priscilla E. Atwood, Dorothy Pate, Annie Blanche Johnson, Juanita Floyd, and Dorothy Strand. The event opens as 800 delegates from 1.7 million farm youth converge, marking the first national winners announced at the Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Audrey Averill
Collins, Mont
Priscills E. Atwood
Sanbornton
N. H
Dorothy Pate
Portales
N. M
Annie Blanche Johnson
Kinston
N. C
Juanita Floyd
Holden
War Prisoners Help Harvest Beets In Colorado Story
Italian prisoners of war in Greeley Colorado helped harvest a sugar beet and potato crop and produced thousands of pounds of beef. They organized labor crews in a school building, learned quickly, and with chicken dinners spurred faster work. Farmers praised their thoroughness and discipline under a blanket Army contract with Great Western Sugar Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Geiger
Greeley
Colo
Colorado
North
Africa
Frank Magnuson
Great Western Sugar Company
America
War efforts highlight 4-H share in national program
The 4-H report cites over 300 million pounds of scrap collected and more than 25 million dollars in war bonds and stamps bought or sold. It notes 200 thousand members receiving health exams, 200 thousand taking first aid and home nursing, 250 thousand aiding farm fuel supplies, 300 thousand serving in farm machinery repair, and 400 thousand preserving food. The goals include interpreting the nation’s war program, practicing democracy, and fostering good neighbor spirit at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
Christmas Tree Demand May Reach New High
College Park reports demand for Christmas trees in Maryland may hit an all-time high this year. Extension forester Harry Dengier notes war workers and higher family incomes boost demand while labor shortages, scarce rail cars, and fewer trucks threaten supply to retail markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Harry W. Dengier
University of Maryland
Dengler
Tree market tips urge growers to plan sales before cutting
Dengler urges farmers with Christmas tree plantations or woodlands to secure wholesale outlets in advance. He notes supply and demand will push prices up and recommends roadside assembly, trucking to cities, and contracting for definite numbers at set prices. Tops from pulpwood can boost pre holiday profits due to ornamental cones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dengler
Fire destroys truck on Route 40 carrying sugar
A Charlton Bros. Transportation Co. tractor trailer loaded with more than 10 tons of sugar burned on Route 40 between Hancock and Cumberland. Driver Raymond Dorsey of Martinsburg W Va escaped injury. Say you saw it in The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Charlton Bros. Transportation Co
Hancock
Cumberland
Raymond Dorsey
Martinsburg
W. Va
Calf Vaccination Seen as Answer to Bangs Disease
Henry R Shoemaker County Agent outlines that calfhood vaccination under State supervision can curb Bangs disease. Farmers fear loss of productive cows under older tests, but vaccination between four and eight months offers a safer path. Maryland herds rise to record cows due to milk demand, with postwar outlook noting Maryland lags top northern states in per cow production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Shoemaker
Maryland
State Livestock Sanitary Board
Ransom
Lewis
Guernsey
State Department
Frederick County
Meeting to name Farm Home Service advisory committee
The Brunswick Cooperative Association board will meet Thursday December 2 at 7 PM at the Hawaiian Inn Brunswick to name a Farm Home Service Community Advisory committee and discuss farm home program plans. M F Borden and David Arnold will join, with board members Lee Titus president Samuel Rusherman Fawley and Frazier Lakins also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Home Service
Sarat PL Els. Richmond
Southern States Cooperative
Farm Home
Brunewick Cooperative Association
Hawaiian Inn
Brunswick
M. F. Borden
Baltimore
David Arnold
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Jeffers
Charles Flynn
Clover Seed
Mark Jeffers
D. Willard
Arnold Williams
Hays
Alfalfa
Joe Deadrick
Julius Funk
Clover Hay
Clover
Timothy
Chas. Tipton
Lespedezia Hay
Timothy Hay
Corn
Reids
Grubb Bros
Clark Carter
Jack Cubbit
Jack Shannon
Wendell Lewis
Jack Rutter
Bun Randle
Dave Wood
Charles Ricketts
Donald Webb
Billy Glover
Nevin Hoffacker
Jack Cubitt
Charles Tipton
Charles Stub
Ralph Hubble
Conley Jones
Blair Trump
Wayne Cregger
Isaiah Jones
Joe Dead
Gene Ricketts
Thomas Ricketts
Stayman
Carl Holland
York Imperial
Wellistood Tipton
Mildred Holland
Hubbard
Z. N. Compher
Harry Shuby
Alfred Poole
John Nicholson
Carroll
Howard Bodmer
Wellsted Tipton
Kale
Curb
C. M. Wilson
Wellstead Tipton
Gene Deadzick
Edwin Ricketts
Burr Randle
Charles Cunningham
Supervior
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick Oe
Frederick
Ubert A. Harp
J. M. Sire
Mgr
Lisbon
Westinghouse
Philgas
Sterling E. Blacksten
New Windsor
J. M. Star
Sykesville
PTR Pvg
Arcat
Ouy FF
DOSH
Virginia
Earl Dosh
THE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Terminal Trainmaster
Brunswick, Md
Camden St
Baltimore, Md
Local Manpower Commission
State Road
Woodsboro
Tanrytown
New Midway, Md
T. B
Schutttler
John Deere
It. C
John C. Jacobs
Harry Trout
Raymond L. Kelly
Mt. Zion Church
McKa‘g
Frederick County National Bank No
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Prom
ORD Egg Feeds
Bedford
WFMD
Monrovia Supply CO
Monrovia, Maryland
Farmers Supply CO
Walkersville, Maryland
Retreat Grove
Walkersville
Penshurst
Panshurst Last Man
Sycamore Avister
Marble View
Berkshire
Berkshire Jr
Schuttler
McCormick Deering
Osborne
Corn Co
FORD
Halness
Glenn Trout and Son
Walkersville, MD
Kelly and Etzler
Mt. Pleasant
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