Aerial Revue Planned For Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Proposals for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival include Her Majesty Queen Shenandoah XVI flown to Winchester by air and paraded over orchards, with an evening airshow fireworks dance and a post parade schedule. A student parachute jump is also planned Sunday afternoon by Winfrey Wiseman of Boone Mill Virginia.
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Queen XVI
Paul Rhodes
Rhodes
Tom Baldridge
Charles Douglas
George Schecter
Ernest W. E. Bridgeforth
Orchard
Queen Shenandoah XVI
Winchester
Winfrey Wiseman
Boone Mill
Franklin County
Old Homeplace of Mrs. Carr Burned Near Leesburg
The old residence on the Rusk Park estate of Gray Alton Hume three miles from Leesburg Loudoun county burned last Friday morning. Fire was discovered about 5 o clock and the roof collapsed once the Leesburg fire company arrived. The only occupant was a colored servant and valuable antiques were lost.
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Phe “Rusk Park
Grayalton Hume
Leesburg
Loudoun County
Hume
Clay B. Carr
Boyce
Clarke County
Passover Feast Being Observed
Local Jewish residents begin the eight day Passover observance at sundown with services in Odd Fellows Hall. Unleavened bread will replace regular bread to recall the haste of the Exodus. Seder services with symbolic dishes and ceremonies are highlighted as a key feature.
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Odd Fellows’ Hall
Egypt
Young girl's warning helps family escape home blaze
Mary Lee Woods, age two, climbed to the second floor and told her mother she lit a latch starting a fire on the stairs. The warning allowed Mrs. Albert Woods to guide her daughter to safety, and the house sustained about $3,000 in damages.
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Woodstock
Mary Lee Woods
Albert Woods
Spring Ball Camps Update from Baseball Notes
AP reports from multiple spring camps: Bobby Estalella provides right handed punch for the Senators as Zeke Bonura is sold to the Giants. Detroit pitchers rotated for 13 games with four at 1-0-0 records. Merill May heads to Philadelphia for spine injury treatment. Cliff Melton shines for the Giants with 13 hits allowed in five outings. Padgett out with shoulder dislocation, Mize ill, Shoun nursing an instep bruise. Durocher tests Mungo for arm recovery as Lamas ter struggles in seventh.
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Associated Press
Clearwater
Fla
Bobby Estalella
Washington Senatores
Zeke Bonura
New York Giants
Baton Rouge
Bill Terry
Carl Hubbell
Cliff Melton
Big Ears
Montgomery
Ula
St. Louis Cardinals
Don Padgett
Johnny Mize
Clyde Shoun
Terry Moore
Mount Williams Debating Society To Debate Apple Festival
The Mount Williams Debating Society will close its season with a debate at Community Hall at 8 pm Friday. The question asks whether the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is beneficial to the country. Ford Luttrell N C Williams and N B Fout defend the affirmative. Howard Luttrell H A Snapp and J D Luttrell oppose. Everyone is invited.
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Mount Williams Debating Society
Ford Luttrell
N. C. Williams
N. B. Fout
Howard Luttrell
H. A. Snapp
J. D. Luttrell
Debate Thursday At Armel School
The Luttrell Debating Society will debate at Armel School Thursday night at 8 o clock. The topic is Re solved, That Chamberlain is responsible for the present European troubles.
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Armel School
Luttrell Debating Society
Chamberlain
Diocesan Woman's Auxiliary Set for Richmond Convention
Members of the Christ Episcopal Church group plan to attend the Woman's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Virginia meeting at Grace and Holy Trinity in Richmond from April 12 to 14. Mrs. R. T. Barton will preside over business meetings, with Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst as principal speaker.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Woman's Auxiliary
Little Helpers
H. E. Batcheller
O. D. Dennis
John A. Hancock
E. T. Gatewood
Church Service League of Grace and Holy Trinity Church
Memorial Rites Held for Dr. T. R. Dew at College
Memorial services for Thomas Roderick Dew 13th president of the College of William and Mary are held in the college chapel. Dew born 1802 in King and Queen county graduated 1820 and served as professor then president.
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Williamsburg
Thomas Roderick Dew
College of William and Mary
Dew
Paris
France
Mont‘Mmatre
Christopher Wren
William A. Brown
Episcopal
Southern
Virginia
Francis H. Craighill, Jr
Bruton Parish
John Stewart Bryan
Hables Palace presents The Hound of the Baskervilles
Richard Greene Basil Rath bone and Wendy Barrie star in The Hound of the Baskervilles at Hable's Palace Theatre today and Tuesday. The legendary Baskerville curse and the Unearthy beast drive a spine tingling tale of danger and romance. A Fox News Reel will also be shown.
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Richard Greene
Basil Rathbone
Wendy Barrie
Hable’s Palace Theatre
House of Baskerville
Fox News
Fine Array of Steeplechasers To Answer Call At Curles Neck
Richmond April 1 Entries close this weekend for the 12th annual Deep Run Hunt Races at Curles Neck Farm near Richmond on April 8. Noted stables Rokeby from Paul Mellon and Montpelier from Marion DuPont Scott appear with top steeplechasers. The program includes two brush events, one timber, one hurdle, and a flat race with The Broad Rock hurdling 142 miles to start at 3 p.m. Curles Neck Farm sits 12 miles southeast of Richmond on Route 5 to Charles City.
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Richmond
Curles Neck Farm
Bird Wallach, Jr
Deep Run
Paul Mellon
Rokeby
G. A. Laing
Jack Skinner
Raymond Woolfe
Jim Ryan
Henry Frost
William B. Streett
Marion DuPont Scott
Montpelier
Carroll Bassett
Scott
Curles Neck
Broad Rock
A. B. Ruddock
Charles City
Henrico County
Sports Round Up from New York April round of trades and hints
The column piles up sport gossip across football baseball boxing and golf. Mike Jacobs and Jimmy Johnston reportedly mend fences toward a top role at the 20th Century Sporting Club while Clipper Smith exits Duquesne after Aldo Donelli’s promotion. Kaye Sunday set to replace Mel Hein as Giants center, Tipton heads to the Yankees after graduation, and more chatter on fighters writers and athletes including Buck Newsom Abrams and Doeg with hints of comebacks and spring practice at Texas Christian and Marquette.
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New York
Mike Jacobs
Jimmy Johnston
Johnston
20Th Century Sporting Club
Clipper Smith
Duquesne
College Brass Hats
Aldo Donelli
Kaye Sunday
Arkansas
Football Giants
Mel Hein
Eric Tipton
Duke
Yankees
Roanoke Man Wins Small Bore State Rifle Title
K. E. Sink of Roanoke won the State Small Bore Rifle Gallery Championship with a 290 of 300. Hampton Rifle Club won the team title with 1382 of 1500. Sink belongs to the 246th Coast Artillery rifle team, Virginia National Guard. A. W. Philbrick of Portsmouth scored 284 to place second. W. J. Holbrook, also from the 246th unit, took third. Richmond’s J. W. Watkins Jr and M. W. Dinwiddie placed fourth and fifth.
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K. E. Sink
Roanoke
Virginia
Old Dominion Rifle Club
Hampton Rifle Club
Sinks
246Th Coast Artillery
Virginia National Guard
A. W. Philbrick
Portsmouth
Giants puzzled by Bonura escape from American League
Today's guest star Bob Dunbar notes Giants question why Zeke Bonura left the American League. He forecasts Nationals may hunt bunts down the first base line. Dodgers dispatch a scout to evaluate the Phillies.
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Bob Dunbar
Boston Herald
Giants
Zeke Bonura
Hampton Team Captures Narrow Rifle Team Title
Hampton team led by W. H. Lockwood J. D. Clark H. J. Reid John Stack and W. E. Dewey finished runner up with 1375 points. Harrisonburg rifle club placed third at 1356 with Hopewell 1336 Richmond 1329 246th Coast Artillery 1327 and Portsmouth Marines 1290.
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Hampton
W. H. Lockwood
J. D. Clark
H. J. Reid
John Stack
W. E. Dewey
Old Dominion Club
Harrisonburg Rifle Club
Hopewell Rifle Club
Richmond Rifle and Pistol Club
246Th Coast Artillery
Portsmouth Marines
Treasury Reports March 31 Receipts and Debt Increase
Treasury data show receipts of 7,894,622.08 and expenditures of 23,618,331.15 for March 31. Gross debt stands at 39,985,225,003.07, reflecting an increase from the prior period.
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Washington
The
Treasury
F F A Track Meet Set At Handley High School
The final Northern Virginia Future Farmers of America track meet will be at Handley High School on Saturday May 27 with public speaking and degree team contests. Winners advance to the state convention in Blacksburg Virginia June 13 to 16, 1939.
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Northern Virginia
Future Farmers of America
Handley High School
Blacksburg
Middletown Wins Third Straight Over Gainesboro Squad
Middletown High School defeated Gainesboro 12 to 2 to claim its third consecutive win. Keith Judy pitched four innings, James Garrett finished, limiting Gainesboro to five hits. Carper led Middletown with three hits, while Adams took the loss for Gainesboro. Middletown faces Warren County at Front Royal next Tuesday.
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Middletown
Strasburg
Keith Judy
James Garrett
Adams
Carper
Smith
Secrist
Malcolm Brumback
J. Brown
Frederick County
Front Royal
Warren County High School
Geoffrey Laing's Entry Favored For Deep Run Cup Race
Geoffrey Laing’s Burnee Boy emerged as an early favorite for the 12th annual Deep Run Hunt cup at Richmond on Saturday. Faction Fighter will not enter after a rough Camden race. Deceit is being prepared to carry Mellon colors. Other entries include Music Mountain Cliftons Fairy and Captain Kettle’s owner Charles Chesterton plans an entry.
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Richmond
Geoffrey Laing
Faction
Camden
Pinehurst
Burnee Joy
Paul Mellon
Fleet
S. C
Jack Skinner
Mellon
Music Mountain
Stewart Spilman
Charles Chesterton
Philadelphia
Captain Kettle
Winchester to Host Virginia AAUW Convention in 1940
Winchester will host the Virginia Branch of the American Association of University Women for the 1940 convention likely in late March. Attendees from Winchester included Miss Edith Light and Mrs. George G. Snarr. Officers elected include Dr. Susan M. Lough as 1st vice president and Miss Lucy Lee Lancaster as treasurer.
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Winchester
Virginia
American Association of University Women
Lexington
Edith Light
George G. Snarr
Herbert S. Larrick
Denver
G. A. Laren
Frank L. McVey
Kentucky
Boy With Schilder Disease Declared Hopeless Case
Nine year old John Zurrick, sent from Ramey by an American Legion post, was examined at University Hospital in Philadelphia where physicians said there is no cure for Schilder's disease. A brain surgeon described the condition as so damaged that recovery seems impossible.
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Philadelphia
University Hospital
John Zurrick
Ramey
American Legion
Houtzdale
Cardinal Dies While He Sleeps
Cardinal Donato Sbarretti is found dead in his bed in Vatican City after a servant arrived to awaken him. The death was reported today with no immediate foul play suspected.
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Vatican City
Apple blossom fund gains with new junior board donations
Junior Board of Trade members report $204.50 in new contributions, raising the fund total to $1,669. List includes Barton and Parx Christian, Fansler, Fowle, Dr. Gibson, Gray and Eddy, Haldeman's Creamery, Harris, Jobe, Jolliffe, Kern Kern, Dr. Knight, Kremer, Necusenne Orchards, Perry, Richmond-Pittsburgh Lines, Riteway Cleaners, Sloanaker and Son, Clark Smith, Snapp, Mr. and Mrs. Philip, Winchester Milling, and Young Men's Sport Shop.
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Junior Board of Trade Today
Apple Blossom Fund
Barton and Parx-Christian
Charles T. Fansler
Phil Fowle
Thomas A. Gibson
Gray and Eddy, Inc
Haldeman’s Creamery
William L. Harris
Oscar device measures kiss oomph at Richmond exposition
At the University of Richmond a device named osculometer or Oscar measures the amount of oomph in a kiss. Dr. R E Loving explains its scientific basis while students test the wiring and meter readings. Oscar will be a main attraction at the Physics Society exposition Tuesday night.
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Richmond
Oscar
University of Richmond
R. E. Loving
Loving
Physics Society
Flu Poem Warns of Ills in Humorous Reminder
A humorous rhymed verse by Mrs. H. M. Carbaugh of Stephens City Virginia warns of the misery of the flu. It lists symptoms and grim humor about illness and recovery, concluding with reassurance that time may heal.
Cardinal Sbarretti Dies at 82 After Sudden Heart Attack
The aged cardinal, 82, died of a heart attack though he had no prior illness. He spent years in Washington Havana and Canada and was later made cardinal, renowned as one of the best informed on American conditions.
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Sbarretti
Washington
Havana
Canada
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