Virginia Avenue School News and Activities
Virginia Avenue School reports on its new custodian Mr Jenkins efforts to keep the building clean. Fifth and sixth graders were selected as Easter Bunny aides for veterans at Newton D Baker Hospital. The pageant highlights forty girls chosen as tulips for the Apple Blossom Pageant with rehearsals under Miss Brooks. Chapel services led by Miss Tillar's class include singing and prayers. A film trip showcased Shenandoah Valley scenes and the 1951 Apple Blossom Festival.
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Virginia Avenue School
Sealock
Jenkins
Barbara Higgs
RED Cross
Peter Cot
Jean Fowler
Miss Brooks
Bonnie Higgs
Miss Tillar
America
Bonnie Miller
Linda Shifflette
Frances Beavers
J. T. Clevenger
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Natural Bridge
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Tinsman
Strayer College Scholarship Open
Strayer College of Washington offers a $450 scholarship to all 1952 high school seniors. The winner is the top scorer in a 2 hour open exam on April 26 at 10 am at Strasboro High School. exam tests scholastic ability for business education and pays tuition for a one year secretarial course or first year of a two year business administration program.
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Strayer College of Washington
B. C
Strasboro High School
Strayer
Conservatives Lose Ground in English Local Elections
Labour swept gains across rural districts and won back control of Essex and West Riding counties along with a London County Council majority. Aneurin Bevan called for the Churchill government to resign as Labour expands influence in 22 counties.
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London
British Conservative Party
Winston Churchill
Essex
West Riding
London County Council
London Council
Churchill
Aneurin Bevan
Tor
Bevan Presses Time Limit for Commons Members
In Sheffield Bevan urged that certain MPs have outlived their time, a call the Conservative party dismissed as unfounded given its slim 16 seat majority. A party spokesman noted a temporary dip in Conservative strength but forecast recovery once national issues loom before the general election.
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House of Commons
Bevan
Sheffield
Mission Circle Hosts and Social Report
Mrs. Paul Ally was hostess of the Mission Circle on Thursday. The Young People held their monthly social Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ira K. Grover and Mrs. Floyd Derflinger returned from a three week Florida vacation. Mrs. Lee Gruvner and her brother Frank Gruvner visited their mother Mrs. C Gruvner in South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Rinker of Washington DC visited their mother Mrs. Daisy Rinker here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lutz of Coniesville called on friends here last week. Mrs. R. E. Weirich and Miss Janette Bowen of Washington spent the weekend at their homes.
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Reliance
Paul Ally
Mission Circle
Mildred Keenan
Ira K. Grover
Floyd Derflinger
Florida
Lee Little
Frank Gruvner
South Carolina
C . Gruvner
Warren Rinker
Washington, DC
Mr Rinker
Daisy Rinker
Ray Lutz
Coniesville
R. E. Weirich
Janette Bowen
Washington
Cowboy Hat Secrets Revealed In Albuquerque Convention
Report from Albuquerque shows cattlemen debating hat shaping methods at a 6 700 member convention. Stories include steam shaping by Bow Shores, rain curling by Hunter Greer, and a tying technique by J Heinmann. Also notes questions about Oak Ridge Tennessee fence removal in 1948.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Bow Shores
Hunter Greer
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Virginia Avenue School News
VFW
Winchester
Rhoden
Elwood Willey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Philip Hollis
Department of Virginia Adjutant
W. S. Wooddell
Staunton
J. Douglas Butler
Leona Eddy
Woody W. Baker
Strayer College
Eass
Philco
Philco Electric
N. Cameron St
NEW Philco
England
J. Heinmann
Atomic Energy City
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Easter
Ational Red Cross
Easter Footwear
Beaster
Fredas Iris
Miller Bros
E. Piccadilly ST
St.josten
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