Virginia Electric and Power wins rural electrification award
Virginia Electric and Power Company received the Martin Award at the Edison Electric Institute convention in Atlantic City. The brief highlights 1580 miles of rural lines serving 12,341 farm customers, rural rate reductions from 1929 to 1933, and the company’s agricultural engineering team aiding farmers across Virginia.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
Martin
United States
Jack G. Holtzclaw
Edison Electric Institute
Atlantic City
Holtzclaw
Agricultural Engineers
Rural Electrification Bureau
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
V. P. I. Extension Division
Virginia Electres and Power Company
Sunday Dinner Suggestions From The Quaker Maid Menu
Summer crops appear early with peaches pears apricots and cherries in season. Fresh tomatoes cucumbers and melons provide cooling options while beans spinach and cabbage remain inexpensive. The Quaker Maid menus offer Pan broiled Round Steak with Onions New Potatoes Cucumbers Bread and Butter Tapioca Pudding Bananas Tea or Coffee Milk and a Very Special Dinner of Stuffed Celery Ham Mashed Potatoes Fried Squash Cabbage Lettuce Salad Preserves Rolls and Butter Cantaloupe Ala Mode Coffee Milk.
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Quaker Maid
Halifax Chapter Picnic and Birthday Party News
The Halifax Chapter of the Confederation held a Wednesday picnic led by Mrs. J A Dickens with about thirty members. Misses Mary Earle Wilson and Anne Fisher celebrated birthdays with a party at Mrs. Carlton Wilson’s home featuring green and pink decor and two birthday cakes. Attendees included Lucy James Butts Mildre Smith Louise Price Marie Dickens Gertrude Mitchell Weldon and several male guests. Also noted were Miss Callie Mae Dickens at State College commencement and visitors from Gainesville Fla Norfolk and Wilson area.
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Halifax
Confeder
J. A. Dickens
Mary Earle Wilson
Anne Fisher
Carlton Wilson
Lucy James Butts
Mildre Smith
Louise Price
Marie Dickens
Gertrude Mitchell
Weldon
Charles Hale
Spottswood Butts
Sam, Quentin
Haynes Gregory
Don Campbell
Bill Eyre
Leonard Dickens
Electrically Operated Farm Facilities Noted in List
The passage lists electrically powered dairies hatcheries hot beds silos barns and farm home conveniences operated by electricity, highlighting widespread adoption of electric machinery in agriculture and rural life.
Local Social Notes List House Guests and Travel
Mrs Anne Kitchen Travis of Scotland Neck hosted visitors Mrs BE L Travis Sr and Ed Travis LIT. Miss Ida Shaw Applewhite from Duke University visits family for the summer. Annie Louise Coppedge spent the weekend with Lois Smith in Roanoke Rapids. Viola Nethery returned from Norfolk and Portsmouth relatives. Charles Vincent of Jackson visited Mary Read and Mrs Battle Ewing in town.
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Anne Kitchen Travis
Scotland Neck
Ed Travis
BE. L
Travis, Sr
Ida Shaw Applewhite
Duke University
Annie Louise Coppedge
Lois Smith
Roanoke Rapids
Viola Nethery
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Town Talk: Local Residents Share Weekend Travels
Mr and Mrs B L Hall and children Shirley and Pat and Miss Ethel Mills spent the weekend at Union Level Virginia with Mr and Mrs A F Barber. Gladys Steinberg visiting Richmond pals mother Mrs M R Steinberg. Graham Shell UNC student home for summer to work at Shell Furniture Co. Frank Horwitz Roanoke Rapids visitor. former city merchant now living in Enfield. Sigmund Meyer Durham attorney visited sister Mrs M R Steinberg. Pendleton Grizzard and Mrs J M Grizzard in Raleigh. Mike O Mansky of Emporia Roanoke Rapids visitor. David Traynham and daughter Kathrine and Mrs Job Taylor weekend in Christiansburg Virginia. Kathrine to stay with grandmother all summer.
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B. L. Hall
Shirley
Pat
Ethel Mills
Union Level
A. F. Barber
Frank Horwitz
Roanoke Rapids
Horwitz
Enfield
David Traynham
Kathrine
Job Taylor
Christianburg
Kathrine Traynham
Christansburg
Mr and Mrs T J Alford Visit Richmond Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. T J Alford spent Thursday of last week in Richmond, engaging in local social visits and returning home the same day.
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T. J. Alford
Richmond
Miss Grey sisters return home for summer with Long family
Miss Marie and Miss Betty Grey Long return from college to spend the summer with their parents Dr and Mrs T W M Long, at their home.
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Marie
Betty Grey Long
Dr. l
Mrs. T. W. M. Long
Also Mentioned on This Page
VEPCO
Ann Page
Callie Mae Dickens
State College
N. L. Steadman
Nathan, Jr
Gainsville, Fla
Texas
Margaret Lienback
A. B. Petty
R. L. Dickens
Helen Marshall
Laura Cox
Wilson
Hale and
Cecil
Scotland
Chas, Vincent
Jackson
Mary Read
Mrs. Battle Ewing
Capt
Mrs. ix. B, Ewing
Gladys Steinberg
M. R. Steinberg
Graham Shell
University of North Carolina
Shell Furniture Co
Sigmund Meyer
Durham
Pendleton Grizzard
J. M. Grizzard
Raleigh
Mike O’mansky
Emporia
Sunnyfield
Libbys
Yalb Pkes
Donora N. B. C. Macaroons
Guest Ivory
Tetley's
Jare
VEAL
Carton
Ts Pay
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