Farm Weather Boostes Virginia Crop Prospects
The report shows wet weather delayed farm work in late February and early March but progress resumed in March. Plowing and seeding oats and lespedeza finished. corn planting in southern counties expected around April 15. Winter grains look strong. wheat yields may reach near 1938 levels, with U S winter wheat prospects improved by rains in the Southwest.
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Ange Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Virginia
United States
Southwest
Real Estate for Sale by J O J Green Winchester VA
Real estate notice invites buyers to consider renting or owning with options for a 10 room home on Route 11 Valley Pike and lots. Offers a farm possibility and promotes buying a lot to build a home. Broker contact J O J Green at 133 N Cameron St Winchester VA.
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Route 11
Valley Pike
J. O. J. Green
N. Cameron St
Winchester, Va
Easter services draw large audience in Grimes
Grimes Virginia April 13. A large audience attended Easter services at Galilee Church. Visitors Mary and Alice Newcomb of Winchester visited Mrs. Dora Grimes. Residents and travelers hope to see a surface treated dustless road through the village this summer. Mrs Charles McVay visits Rest area. Olin Affleck and son Daniel join relatives. Opal Tusing with H B Taylor family at Rest. Strong wind and ice persist with concern for fruit crops.
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Grimes
Galilee Church
Mary
Alice Newcomb
Winchester
Dora Grimes
Charles McVay
Estin Affleck
Rest
Olin Affleck
Daniel
Patton
H. B. Taylor
Opal Tusing
Easter visit highlights from Brucetown notes
Brucetown brief reports Easter visits in the area. James Largent and guests from Parsons W Va spent Easter with Mrs Largent and family. The party joined Mrs Janny McKee at White Hall Va and other local families hosted relatives for dinner.
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Brucetown
James Largent
Parsons
W. Va
Largent
Jess O’con
J. R. Smith
Andy Whitacre
Janny McKee
White Hall
Walter Ciander
Wally
Washington
Easter visits and local social notes from Canterbury
Canterbury notes record visitors and gatherings in Cant erburg Virginia including B A Rowland Reliance callers, Catherine Perry from Winchester, the DeHaven family from Bunker Hill along with Painter and Albin households, and a District Conference in Hedgesville. The April Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. DeHaven’s home lists attendees and refreshment details.
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Canterburg
B. A. Rowland
Reliance
Milton Lemley
John Perry
Front Royal
Catherine Perry
Winchester
Mack DeHaven
Lomax
Windle
Bunker Hill
W. Va
Lloyd Painter
Painter
Lois Albin
William Harry
Baltimore
Ladies Aid Society
Guy DeHaven
DeHaven
Homer Welsh
Arthur Webster
Journal Orndorff
Ben Derflinger
Henry Mears
John Bauserman
Beatrice Painter
Ruth Bauserman
Little Herbert
Easter sunrise service and anniversary dinner in Cross Roads
In Cross Roads Virginia on Easter Sunday Rev L C Messick and several congregations held a sunrise service at Fairview Lutheran Church. Rev M L Zirkle will preach there Sunday at 3 PM with Sunday School at 2 PM. A dinner marked the twenty fifth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Hicks marriage at the Hicks home hosted by their daughter and son in law Woodrow Line.
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Cross Roads
L. C. Messick
Fairview Lutheran Church
M. L. Zirkle
Fairview Church
W. W. Hicks
Woodrow Line
Hicks
Belle Hicks
Charles Peacemaker
Janet
Bettie
Esta McKee
Evelyn
Robert
Jesse Peacemaker
Luther Peacemaker
J. B. White
Marie McKee
A. J. Marple
Dick Keffir
Cumberland, Md
Cross Junction Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Cross Junction is busy with Sunday visits as residents hosted and received guests including J. S. Braithwaite families, Harley Adams and Delbert Sibert households, Elmer Braithwaite from Winchester, Ray Lewis from Baltimore, and Baltimore pair Frank Donelan and children. Martinsburg and Cross Junction residents dropped by the Bakers and Braithwaites, with Hattie and Rhea Baker among visitors, plus Glenn Baker and Clarence Carter families.
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Rhea Baker
Glenn Baker
Clarence Carter
Martinsburg
W. Va
C. V. Edwards
Cross Junction
S. H. Braithwaite
Lee Dick
Clearbrook
Lester Kerlin
Frank Chapman
Coleman Dunn
Gerald Braithwaite
Local social notes from Gainesboro and nearby areas
Winchester and Mrs Holmes Adams of Gainesboro hosted. Mr and Mrs Lee Braithwaite visited R G Braithwaite. E W Braithwaite welcomed Dr Noble D Ng.9 acre and children from Pikeside West Virginia stayed with Mr and Mrs Harry McKeever. Raymond Edwards visited his parents Frank Barnett and wife. Clarence Sibert and children stayed with his Edinburg Virginia kin over the weekend.
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Clarence Sibert
Mr. Sibert
Edinburg
Easter Dinner Guests In Brush Creek Va
Easter Sunday guests of Mr. A. L. DeHaven and family included Harry L. DeHaven of Siler Gainesboro and Hollis DeHaven of Berkeley county with their families. Rev J R Collis of Martinsburg visited Mrs A P Whitacre and attended Mt Hebron Easter program, where Mr Howard and the Mauzy daughters performed.
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Brush Creek
A. L. DeHaven
Harry L. DeHaven
Siler
Harry ©. Kerns
Gainesboro
Hollis DeHaven
Calvin, Allen
Mabel
Paul
Ruby
Rosa Lee DeHaven
Berkeley County
Raymond, Isaac
Wilson DeHaven
Willie Taylor
Abige Whitacre
Messick
Crowe
A. H. Lamp
Ruth Kerns
Harry Kerns
Ruth M. Kerns
Laura Dailey
Arnold Dailey
Kathryn DeHaven
A .P. Whitacre
North Mountain Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
North Mountain Virginia reports a sequence of social visits with guests from Lanham and Hagerstown in April. The piece notes Mr and Mrs M L Harvey and daughter visiting Lanham. S L Metro and son Francis visiting J B Snapp in Hagerstown. Bertha Ashwood and Lee Orndorff from Lenora visiting friends. Ida Good and Sarah Good from Winchester visiting locals. Joseph Bean from Washington DC spending the previous Sunday in the area.
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North Mountain
M. L. Harvey
Lanham
Ivan Miller
S. L. Metro
Francis
Hagerstown
J. B. Snapp
Bertha Ashwood
Lee Orndorff
Lenora
Monay
Ida Good
Sarah Good
Winchester
Joseph Bean
Washington, D. C
Local resident Ernest Nesselrodt Improving at Winchester Hospital
Ernest Nesselrodt, long time resident at the old homeplace at the foot of the Great North an, has been a patient in Winchester Memorial hospital for five weeks. He is slowly improving and his friends expect his return home soon.
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Ane
The
Great
North
Ernest Nesselrodt
Ben
Winchester Memorial Hospital
White Hall celebrates 110th anniversary with revival
White Hall M E Church marks its one hundred tenth anniversary on April 13 with a revival continuing through April 23. Visiting preachers will deliver messages each night.
Five Officers Respond to False Station Robbery Report
In Ogden Utah five officers in three patrol cars rushed to a service station after a woman reported a man robbing the attendant. Chief Dewey Hawkins said escape would have been impossible, but the suspect was merely a friend showing a new gun to the attendant.
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Just Pals
Ogden
Utah
Dewey Hawkins
Warsaw traffic cops wear language armbands for tourists
Warsaw police officers wear armbands indicating the languages they speak to guide foreign visitors. Most officers can converse in Polish and German, aiding communication with travelers.
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Warsaw
Poland
Penny in three year old's throat found by X rays
Not Hungry Wichita Kas. When 3 year old Jean Edwin turned down ice cream her parents consulted a doctor. X rays followed by a quick hospital trip where a penny was removed from her throat.
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Wichita
Kas
Jean Edwin
Jeap
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