Greek Guitar Orchestra to Perform in Purcellville
Professor Sophocles Papas will lead six musicians in Purcellville at 3 PM on April 20. The world renowned ensemble uses guitars banjos and mandolins trained to imitate a full orchestra. Lillian Somoza, former Apple Blossom Queen and Nicaragua president’s daughter, will play electric guitar.
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Sophocles Papas
Purcellville
Papas
America
Greece
Washington
National Symphony Orchestra
Lillian Somoza
Somoza
Nicaragua
Gunston Hall School
Debate Tonight at Gravel Springs Schoolhouse
A Gravel Springs schoolhouse debate convenes at 7 30 tonight on whether farm life is more advantageous than city living. Affirmative speakers include Helen Grubb Oneida Ponton and Daniel Lindamood. Negative speakers are Bary Bentley June Brill and Eadline Grubb. The event features juvenile songs music games and refreshments.
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Gravel Springs
Helen Grubb
Oneida Ponton
Daniel Lindamood
Bary Bentley
June Brill
Eadline Grubb
German Drive in Greece Mirrors Earlier Axis Victories
War column analyzes Axis campaigns from Poland to Greece, noting only five setbacks for the Axis since the war began. It cites Luftwaffe strength, supply issues for Allies, and the linked Greek campaign as foreshadowing possible shifts toward Egypt and the Suez.
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Norway
Low Countries
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Cape Matapan
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Hitler
Athens
Washington
Greek
East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Libya
No Feuding In Hans Brinker
Hans Brinker play to be staged at Handley High School Auditorium Winchester on Friday April 18 at 2 00 pm under Handley General Organization and Junior Century Club produced by Clare Tree Major Children s Theatre of New York Mrs Jor dramatizes the Dodge story showing brother sister unity to aid their parents Tickets available from Mrs Harry K Benham or Mrs George H Smith Jr
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Hans Brinker
Winchester
Handley General Organization
Mary Mapes Dodge
Harry K. Benham
George H. Smith, Jr
Fear Wage Boosts May Squeeze Profits Of Big Industries
New York on April 16 corporate executives weigh wage hikes and higher costs as factors squeezing profits. General Electric reports first quarter earnings down from last year despite record sales, with Charles E. Wilson citing profits at about 39 to 41 cents per share in the three months.
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New York
General Electric
Charles E. Wilson
Death of Frank N. Lockhart Shiloh Villager Mourned
SHILOH West Virginia April 16 In the passing of Frank N Lockhart at age 58 the Shiloh neighborhood mourns a valued citizen Known as Frank he was always cheerful a helpful husband a kind father and a good neighbor He was ill about six months and all measures were taken but he did not recover He will be missed by young and old alike
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Shiloh
W. Va
Frank N. Lockhart
Frank
Easter Social Roundup in Berryville Families
Easter greetings fill Berryville as residents and relatives visit and travel. Local postmaster Lewis N. Glover spends Easter in Washington with Clifton Price of Soldiers Rest and Edna Kerchieval returns to Washington after visiting Berryville families.
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Lewis N. Glover
Berryville
Washington, D. C
Berryville Easter greetings and campus scholars noted
Berryville residents spent Easter with families and school staff. Mr. Craighill Burks, president of the Senior Class and Student Council, earned a University of Virginia biology graduate scholarship. Attendees included families from Washington DC, Coalport PA, Petersburg and Winchester areas among Berryville Public School students and staff.
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Craighill Burks
Hampden Sidney
H. H. Burks
Burks
4 College
University of Virginia
Berryville
Vacationers Trace Southern Wedding Trip
Miss Betty Robertson daughter of Superintendent and Mrs A F Robertson returned home Friday after visiting relatives in Remington for several weeks. Mrs William Harper Dean and her son John Dean of Washington DC were guests Easter at White Haven the Shenandoah home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Levi.
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Edna Kerchieval
Washington, D. C
Mrs
George Kerchieval
Alberta
Arlington
Mrs. Broaddus Elsen
Ruth Lancaster
Martinsburg
W. Va
Helen Levi
Richmond
Bill Levi
Randolph-Macon College
Charles Levi
Betty Robertson
A.f.bertson
Remington
William Harper Dean
John Dean
Kenneth Levi
White Haven
Shenandoah
Inside or Outside Horse Speed on a Merry-Go-Round
The outside horse travels faster than the inside horse because it covers more territory in a given time on a merry-go-round.
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