Highway survey on Route 50 ties city street plans to millwood avenue
A state highway survey crew works this week on Route 50 from the Winchester line to Boyce to align the highway with Millwood avenue plans. Funds limit construction this season, but relocation and tie‑ins proceed, under T C Melton. The Winchester Chamber of Commerce supports work, while the State Highway Commissioner notes no construction funds this year.
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Winchester
Boyce
Highway Department
Millwood Ave
Millwood Avenue
Pilcher
Rouss Spring
T.C. Melton
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
Shenandoah River
Andrew Bell
Commerce Organization
Henry G. Shirley
Market report notes local wholesale and retail price ranges
The local wholesale market shows shelled corn at about 1.35 per cwt and cracked corn around 0.65, with various feeds and dairy products listed. Retail prices include shelled corn near 1.40 and creamery butter around 0.25, with multiple grain mixes and egg mash noted.
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Odes Casacsss
MIGUY
Ewes
New Telephone Directory Issued By C and P
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company serves Winchester Berryville Boyce and Stephens City with a new directory. Manager J T Yates urges turning in old books to avoid wrong numbers and notes many numbers have changed since the last issue. The Whitacre Telephone Company listings are included. The directory is a valued information source for spellings and addresses and guides on service calls and how to use the telephone.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Winchester
Berryville
Boyce
Stephens City
J .T. Yates
Chesapeake and Potomac Company
Whitacre Telephone Company
Penguins Stand Upright Among Antartic Birds
The strange birds of the Antarctic regions called penguins are among the few creatures besides humans that habitually keep an upright posture.
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Antarctic
Triplett Loses Insurance Suit In Circuit Court
In Gore area a 1932 fire on the Triplett farm led Stanley L. Triplett to sue Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance for 825 dollars. Judge Williams instructed the jury to avoid a verdict for the plaintiff as against the law, then the jury returned with a verdict after initial indecision.
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Frederick County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Williams
Stanley L. Triplett
Gore
Amphibians Named For Double Life In Water And Land
The term amphibian classifies frogs toads salamanders and newts as vertebrates with a double life. It reflects their life cycle that spans water and land.
Public sale of valuable property in Winchester Virginia
Special commissioners will offer at public sale on May 1 1934 at 11 o clock in front of Winchester courthouse a lot with stucco dwelling on Valley Pike fronting 50 feet and back 400 feet. Property conveyed to Carl R Ritter in 1928 by Fred L Glaize and wife. Terms: one third cash, balance in two annual installments at 6 percent with deed of trust and insurance. Proceedings noted by Corinne Barnett deputy clerk.
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Corporation Court of
Winchester
Virginia
Eisendrath Grove Co
Carl R. Ritter
Valley Pike
Fred L. Glaize
Corporation Court
John W. Rice
R. Gray Williams
James P. Reardon
Corinne Barnett
City of
Winchster
Death summons E C Goodridge at Boyce home
Edward Clinton Goodridge 46 of Boyce Virginia died at 7 45 this morning after a two day illness from pneumonia He was a mail route carrier and a prominent local figure He leaves a widow Miss Ethel Carroll a son Carroll and two sisters Esten Clark and Mrs Charles Rainey Funeral at Northern Methodist Church Sunday at 2 PM with burial in Hill Cemetery Berryville
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Boyce
Edward Clinton Goodridge
Goodridge
Mr. Goodridge
Robert Goodridge
Margaret Pyle Goodright
Ethel Carroll
Carroll Goodridge
Esten Clark
Charles Rainey
Fredericksburg
Northern Methodist Church
W. W. Stevens
Hill Cemetery
Berryville
Apoplexy Dealth Of Mrs E F Barr In Winchester Court
Mrs E F Barr 71 widow of E F Barr died after a Tuesday apoplexy stroke at Stephens City Virginia. She helped organize the local Episcopal Church and was born March 26 1863 in West Virginia. Survivors include her son E E Barr and two daughters Mrs J L Drake and Mrs Frank H Chandler with five grandchildren. Burial at Green Hill Cemetery with local clergy officiating.
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Stephens City
Bessie Reid Barr
E F. Barr
Mrs. Barr
Dorsey and
Louisa V. Reid
West Virginia
Virginia
E. E. Barr
Strasburg
J. L. Drake
Frank H. Chandler
Harrisonburg
J. L. Carper
Alexander Jolliffe
R. E. Reid
M. L. P. Reir
Boyce
C. S. Reid
Roanoke
Lucy D
Elizabeth
Beverley Drake
Mary Frances
Harold Barr
Stephens City Episcopal Church
Francis A. Brown
Woodstock
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Winchester
Green Hill Cemetery
Cape Morris K Jesup Named Northernmost Land Point
The American Geographical Society identifies Cape Morris K Jesup as the northernmost land point, at 88 degrees 30 minutes north, Cape Morris K Jesup lies on Greenland's northeastern edge under Danish sovereignty. Vegetable ivory comes from a palm shrub nut whose white hard kernel can be carved like ivory. The piece also notes that character is shaped by receiving, giving, and striving, and defines hamal as a porter or porter in India.
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Lana
American Geographic Society
Cape Morris
Jesup
Greenland
Denmark
Christopher Columbus
Seo
Moses
Jesus Christ
Europe
Mexico
Columbus
Punich
Simple Funeral Rites For Dr J A Richard
Large Winchester congregation attendance marked the funeral of Dr Jacob A Richard a prominent dentist and church leader at Grace Lutheran Church He served on the church council led the Men s Bible Class and was a past exalted ruler of the Winchester Kiwanis Club Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery pallbearers and honorary pallbearers included local doctors bankers Elks officers and dental professionals.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Jacob A. Richard
Winchester
Richard
Church Council
Virginia Synod
Luther A. Thomas
Philomena Laren
Rebecca Bell
Joseph Haines
William R. Miller
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Ralph B. Snapp
W. D. Myers
B. B. Dutton
John I. Sloat
T. Russell Cather
Harry A. Schmidt
Peyton J. Marshall
Men’s Bible
Commercial and Savings Bank
Kiwanis Club
Winchester Lodge of Elks
Ice Around Antarctica Could Lift Oceans 150 Feet
Report notes vast polar ice near Antarctica covering about 6 million square miles. Melting all polar ice simultaneously could raise global ocean levels by roughly 150 feet.
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Antarctica
North
South Polar
Gulbertson on Contract by Ely Culbertson
A 1934 Bly Culbertson article presents a bridge problem solving slam bidding. It analyzes a six card heart fit and a four heart cue, detailing North South West East bids and the reasoning leading to a likely six spades or seven contract, with discussion to follow.
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Magasine
East
North
South
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Penguins
Triplett
Tory
Plaintiff
the Little Scorpions’ Club
Toonerville
E. C. Goodridge
Boyce Home
George B. Forney
E. F. Barr
Chater
Amanda Mash
Rebecca J. Walker
Lucy Williams
Millie Holland
Lula Williams
Amanda Briggs
M. M. Lynch
Samuel Mash
Della Addison
Carrie Odgen
Malcomb Odgen
Harry R. Kern, Jr
Commisioners Office
Harry R. Kern
Buscoe Williams
John Staples
F. B. Cadwallader
William Venable
F L. Lemley
H. N. Funkhouser
P. B. Stickley
Harry Stickley
J. A. Parker
Harry Carbaugh
Wilmott Gardner
James Cresswell
E. W. Collis
Hamal
India
J. A. Richard
Gath
Ering
Bel Syndicate, Inc
Ams Gars
K. AK
Bly Culbertson
Winchester Milling Corporation
Winchester, Virginie
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corp
Sec
Mgr
N. Loudoun St
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