Local people see what better beef looks like
A railcar educational exhibit on Better Beef opened in Frederick County inviting farmers to view prime cuts and market grades. The program featured W. R. Legge and O. K. Quivey along with U.S. Department of Agriculture and Virginia Polytechnic Institute representatives. A carload of Aberdeen Angus Shorthorn and Hereford bulls was offered for sale with guaranteed breeders delivered to counties visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Gwenaidoat
Agricultural Department
Winchester
W. R. Legge
Handley High School
Quivey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United
Eee Department’ of Agriculture
Bureau of Ae Anan
Wilson
National Livestock: Meat Board
State Agricultural College
Department of Home Economics
Middletown
Middletown Agricultural High School
Strasburg
Valley of Virginia
Lexington
O.K. Quivey
Baltimore and, Ohio Railroad
H. R. Wallace
United States Department of Agriculture
L. I. Case
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
L. I. Hartley
John J. McCabe
K. H. Humphries
Ottenheimer Brothers
Baltimore
J.S. Haldeman
Andrew Bell
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Baker
Common Council
W. E. Cooper
H. Clay DeGrange
D. J. Howard
R. Gray Williams
Winchester Bar
John Cather
Harry McCain
John M. Fishpaw
School of Agriculture
John Handley
The
Star
Festival Parade Participation Call Outreach
Dennison's Crepe Paper Co expert designer of costumes visits our store April 9 11 12 13 to assist you free of cost. Office Supply Company Inc. promotes costume help for the festival parade with expert design guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennison
Crepe Paper Co
Office Supply Company Inc
Richmond couple’s daughter crowned at Winchester Apple Festival
The nameless daughter of Mr and Mrs Clifford R Caperton of Richmond is named princess for the thirty sixth senatorial district at the Winchester Apple Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford R. Caperton
Richmond
Princess For
Winchester
Richmond News-Leader
Winchester Apple Blossom Festival Preparations Ahead
Virginia newspaper readers learn Winchester plans the fourth annual Apple Blossom Festival with blooms predicted across 10 million trees in Shenandoah and Potomac valleys. The event aims for grander programs, attracting crowds near 60,000, with Navy Band and school children leading a parade. Continued on Page Eight.
Non-Union Coal Camp Houses Dynamited in West Virginia
Three miners in the Mount Claire district near Clarksburg in a Strickler Coal Camp were victims of dynamite blasts last midnight. Damage was mainly to windows with no serious injuries reported. A separate blast Sunday morning damaged another non-union miner's home at Reynoldsville. Mrs. J P Rahof is slowly improving.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Mount Claire
Strickler
Reynoldsville
Handley High School presents Seventeen senior class play
The Handley High School senior class staged Booth Mh Sarpy's Seventeen to an audience over a thousand. Throngs laughed as the well acted performance moved smoothly from start to finish under coach Miss Opal Robinson with detailed support from stage manager James B. Yates and dancers Julia Reno, Georgia Conrad, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High School
Booth
Sevente
Opal Robinson
Mr. Baxter
Thurman Ritenour
Baxter
Mary Capper
Jane Baxter
Estelle
Nathanson
William Sylvanus Baxter
Esteseecees
Luther Greene
Johnnie Watson
Harold
Mary Thomas Wallie Banks
Charles Baker
Mary Brooks
Mary Greenway Russel
Julia Reno
Georgia Conrad
Mary Himelright
Louise Harris
Susan Steck
Juanita Hockman
Georgia
Virginia Barnett
Mary McKenzie
Mary Katherine Aulick
James B. Yates
Robinsom
Wide Area Faces Flood Threat Near Mississippi River
Residents over 240 square miles in Arkansas and neighboring states prepared to flee as the Little River rose. About 400 people live in the danger zone with nearly 8000 acres already underwater. Sandbagging sped at a previous break while others along Burke's Landing and Laconia Circle faced receding waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Big Lake
Little River
Columbus
Burke's Landing
Miss
Laconia Circle
Ark
Missisippi River
Daring Jail Wardrobe Wife Foils Jail Break At Union City
In Union City Tennessee April 11 a jail break by fifteen negro prisoners was halted by Mrs J McCain wife of the jailer. Hearing the convicts tearing bars she seized her husband’s pistol and charged the group, corralling three outside and Herding twelve back to safety.
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Associated Press
Union City
Tenn
Obion County
Alse
Man Attempts Suicide After Stabbing In Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on April 11 Mike Valentine 35 stabbed Alphone Alexander 35 during a scuffle. Valentine then tried to commit suicide by dynamite and a throat slash but the explosives failed to ignite. Both men remain in critical condition.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Mike Valentine
Alphone Alexander
Holt
Legionnaires Smoker Set For April 11 Meeting
The Robert Y. Conrad Post of American Legion will host its monthly smoker Monday evening April 11 at 8 p.m. All members and legionnaires are invited to attend.
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Legionnaires
Robert Y. Conrad Post of
American Legion
Legion
Crowning of Mrs. Gilpin Set At Shenandoah Festival
Princess pageant expands as Miss Gladys Valkenburgh and Miss Ann Neblett are named Virginia princesses at large. A long list of named princesses from cities such as Appomattox Fredericksburg Lynchburg Norfolk and many more is announced for the Winchester Apple Blossom Festival in Virginia. Governor Gore of West Virginia may lead a university pageant entry and the queen will be crowned in front of the George Washington Hotel. Easter plans include school closings in Brunswick and a large student turnout from Harrisonburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth N. Gilpin
Clarke County
George Washington Hotel
Governor Gore
West
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Winchester
Samuel P. Duke
Nelson F. Richards
G. Lloyd Palmer
Frederick
H. Clay DeGrange
Board of Education
Brunswick
Emadke
Woodrow Wilson
Kentmere
Boyce
George Washington
Gore
West Virginia
University of W. Va
Betty Eckhart
Gladys Valkenburgh
Appomattox
Ann Neblett
Fredericksburg
Elizabeth Smith
Frederick County
Anne Costin
Wilkins
Eastville
Virginia Crocker
Clarendon
Jean Watts
Lynchburg
Mary Cornelia Baldwin
Norfolk
Jacquelin Hix
Wise
Marguerite Lacy
Halifax
Elizabeth Sechler
Chilowie
Frances Jones
Chathamffi
Virginia Amberger
Wytheville
Katherine Funkhouser
White Post
Emma Griffith
Emmerton
Sarah George
Charlottesville
Sarah Howell East
Staunton
Helen Roulette Rickerson
Spout Spring
Catherine Jones
Martinsville
Polly Zimmer
Petersburg
Alice Vail Ward
Williamsburg
Marguerite Fenson
Richmond
Anne Wise Chapin
Newport News
Frances Wallace
Chase City
Roberta Gridlin
Jonesville
Elmah Perkins
Blackstone
Mary Monroe Penick
Lexington
Nancy Ryall Massie
Clifton Forge
Virginia Lattrell
Evelyn Tucker
Roanoke
Lucile Halsey
Independence
Mary Kate Anderson
Hopewell
Dorothy Page Joyney
Portsmouth
Dorothy
Hugh Duffey Heads TriState Golf Association
The Tri State Golf Association annual meeting in Martinsburg elected H S Duffey of Winchester as temporary chairman with the group later naming H S Duffey as president for 1927. Fountain Head Club of Hagerstown was declared champion in both match play and low medal with B L Howell of Belle Haven Club receiving the low gross cup.
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Tri-State Golf Association
Martinsburg
Howard Emmert
Mesers. Cochran and Reid
Fountain Head Club
Hagerstown
Messrs. Lebhera and Schriver
Catoctin Club
Frederick
Messrs
Horsfall, Campbell and Parks
Opequon Club
E. G. Butler
Blue Ridge
B. L. Howell
Belle Haven Club
Alexandria
Opequon
Winchester
Ale
Boyce
Erick
Belle Haven
Martinsb
Catoctin
Fredeerstown
Martinsure
Sie Br
Fred_ Dotohers
Harrison Speaker Tonight At American Legion Smoker
The Robert Y. Conrad Post No 21 American Legion holds its monthly meeting and smoker at the legion building this evening at 8 o’clock. Congressman T. W. Harrison is the main speaker with Clifford D. Grim addressing on loans for adjusted compensation certificates. The post is recognized by national HQ for civic achievements in 1926 and aims to continue service locally.
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Harrison
American Legion
Robert Y. Conrad
Legion
T. W. Harrison
Clifford D. Grim
Congress
A. J.novick
National Headquarters
Interest Grows In U. B. Revival
The United Brethren revival gains momentum as Rev. J. R. Collis preaches three services with full seating and special meetings for women. Crowds fill the church daily, with singing at 7:46 and sermons at 8 nightly. Ross Wheat of Washington visited over the weekend.
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United Brethren Church
J. R. Collis
Collins
Princess Clarke Appointed to Apple Blossom Festival
Princess Clarke, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph H Funkhouser of White Post, is named by State Senator Joseph B Denny to represent his senatorial district as a princess at the Apple Blossom Festival per Richmond News-Leader courtesy.
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Joseph H. Funkhouser
White Post
Joseph 8. Denny
Richmond News-Leater
March Is Busier Nursing Month in Society History
The report chronicles nursing activity with 361 visits and 67 nursing visits, hospital treatments including a tonsil operation, 31 tuberculosis clinic examinations with 26 new cases, and three sanatorium referrals. Plans cite emergency relief for the Apple Blossom Festival and coordination with local officials and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomuiee
Iurse Assoc
Josephine
Arthur
Evelyn C. Dean
D. W. Ritenour
Flower Shop Easter Corsages and Sprayers for Sale
SPRAYERS FOR SALE 2 second-hand 3 h. p. Myers Sprayers at Hl. S. Byrd Orchard near Berryville. 2 second-hand Hayes sprayers at Green Orchard. BIG LOT SALE The Big Lot Sale of Parkway Addition at the corner of Lee Jackson and Richmond Highways adjoining Arthur G. Jones Wooten Mills postponed to Sat April 16 at 1 p m. Easter Corsages in many combinations. Order yours now. The Flower Shop.
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H. P. Myers
Hl. S. Byrd Orchard
Berryville
Hayes
Green Orchard
Parkway Addition
Cor
Lee-Jackson & Richmond
Arthur G. Jones Wooten Mills
Spirit of Cooperation Drives Virginia Assembly Reforms
A sweeping set of reforms in Virginia's General Assembly aims to modernize the state government in a thirty day effort led by Governor Harry F. Byrd. The plan consolidates offices, reorganizes the financial system, and shifts tax administration to new departments, with public hearings, itemized expense reports, and mandatory newspaper publication. Two surveys were authorized, one for public schools and one for the seafood industry, to identify improvements and rehabilitation needs.
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John R. Crown
Richmond
Govnor
Harry F. Byrd
Gé@ Assembly
Ornesal
Ture
Hall
Cnd
A ,Eat Business Corporation
Inheritange
Department of Taxation
Firemen's Welfare Association Meeting Notice
Meeting of Firemen's Welfare Association will be held at Sarah Zane Co Hall Tuesday April 42 at p.m. All members requested to be present for important business. See Fisher secretary.
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Firemen’s Welfare Ass'n
Firemen’s Welfare Association
Sarah Zane Co. Hall
Fisher, Séc
Gray Gables Gift Shop Easter Offerings and More
The Gray Gables Gift Shop at 119 S Washington St offers handmade lamps, embroidered textiles, napkins, pillow cases, handkerchiefs, bags, aprons and other items. Easter baskets may include eggs and fruit preserves. Also features coats and dress amenities on seventh street.
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Crystal Confectionery
Betsy Ross
S. Washington - St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Handley Instructors
Harriette Caperton
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Shenandoah
Cumberland
Potomac
Albany
Cay of
Baltimore and Ohio
Norfolk and Western Railway
United States Navy
Washington
J. P. Rauhof
National Avenue
Scauds
College For Teachers
Miles B. Dean
Hayfield
N. Main St
Hable’s
Hugh
Duffey
Trestate Golf Association
U. B
Ross Wheat
Princess Clarke
Kathryn Funkhouser
District Association
Gray Gables
Moling
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