Auction Listings Highlight Local Sales Faces
Apr 21 1 pm B H Potts items south of Winchester on U.S. il Furniture and household goods. Apr 22 10 am R J Gibson school property Paris Va Antiques household goods farm items 231 pm Mrs Mary Lindamood 710 Winchester address. Reynolds Store real estate livestock farm wood household goods.
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B. H. Potts
Winchester
U. Il
R. J. Gibson
Paris
Mary E F. Lindamood
Reynolds
Syracuse
McCormick
McCormick-Deering
Modern Etiquette Q and A on cards invites and fishbone removal
A reader asks when to use postal cards in business versus social correspondence. The etiquette expert says invite a minister and wife to a wedding reception as courtesy. Guidance on removing a fishbone from the mouth advises using thumb and finger with lips together to extract it.
Lesson In English by W. L. Gordon
W L Gordon presents guidance on common word usage and pronunciation. Highlights include misused phrases such as time expressions, attention to direc tion pronunciation, and common spellings like palate palette pallet. The piece emphasizes vocabulary growth and offers today’s word cataclysm with a quotation.
Armel PTA Plans Friday Program
Members of the Armel school PTA are to meet at 7 30 p m Friday in the Front Royal Pike school building. Vice president Naomi Slonaker will preside and speaker Liza Trainham of Marshall will address the group. A R LaFollette plans a social program with a committee including John Snapp Melvin Spitler Opal Landacre and Mae Painter.
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Armel School Pta
Front Royal Pike
Naomi Slonaker
Liza Trainham
Marshall
A. R. LaFollette
John Snapp
Melvin Spitler
Opal Landacre
Mae Painter
Correct Quiz Answers From Page 4
The page lists correct responses to ten quiz questions. Answers include yes for question one and facts referencing Ludlow Colorado, Colorado Fuel and Iron, G. Vassar, ages 60 born April 20 1889, the American Newspaper Guild, salt water, and John Jay.
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Ludlow
Colo
Colorado Fuel & Iron G. Vassar
American Newspaper Guild
John Jay
Commissioner Hosts Staff Conference at Camp Rock Enon
Shenandoah Area council Boy Scouts plan a Saturday to Sunday staff meeting at Rock Enon with Eugene Cooper and staff from Winchester Berryville Boyce and Shawnee district joining. Training wraps up, Basil F. Starkey leads sessions on commissioner service and neighborhood commissioner roles. Buffalo lodge at Camp Enon receives a face lift ahead of the June 26 camping season opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Basil F. Starkey
Buffalo Lodge
Camp Enon
Council
Pvt Lupton Rites Held for War Dead in Lehen
Military funeral services were held Monday at Carrier Funeral Home in Lehen for Pvt Wilmer Lupton husband of Wilda Lupton who was killed January 27 1945 in Belgium Rev Robert A Whitten of Winchester led the service with Rev C R Line assisting Pallbearers included Willard Oates Calvin Kump Edgar Triplett Willard Riley Carl Anderson and Francis Anderson Flower girls were Fern Oates Helen Triplett Betty Anderson Natalie Spaid Madeline Whitacre and Josephine Whitacre.
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Carrier Funeral
Lehen
Wilmer Lupton
Wilda Lupton
Belgium
Robert A. Whitten
Winchester
C. R. Line
Willard Oates
Calvin Kump
Edgar Triplett
Willard Riley
Carl
Francis Anderson
Fern Oates
Helen Triplett
Betty Anderson
Natalie Spaid
Madeline
Josephine Whitacre
First Platinum Arrives in Europe in 1941
The record suggests platinum reached Europe during 1941 via Cartagena Colombia where a Jamaican assayer facilitated the transfer. This note highlights an early supply route and key player in the metal's movement to European markets.
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Europe
Cartagena
Colombia
Mundt Proposes UN Spy Probe Over Soviet Ties
Senator Mundt urged the House Un American Activities Committee to investigate spy and saboteur infiltration in the United Nations. He cited Valentine A. Gubitchev, a Russian once on UN payroll, and Judith Coplon, a Justice Department employee, accused of conspiring to steal U.S. secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
House un-American Activities Committee
United Nations Organization
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
U. S
VFW Turkey Shoot to Fund Clarke County Memorial Post
The Veterans of Foreign Wars promotes a Sunday turkey shoot at the Hardesty farm near Berryville to raise funds for a building loan. Prizes include six boxes of shells for top shooter, an electric toaster for top woman marksman, and a new air rifle for best youth score. NRA rules guide target events supervised by Berryville Rifle and Pistol Club under Herbert Armel. Refreshments offered. profits support the Clarke County Memorial post building fund.
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Hardesty Farm
Berryville
Clarke
Frederick County
VFW
National Rifle Assn
Berryville Rifle and Pistol Club
Herbert Armel
Clarke County Memorial Post
Tent Deflates in About Forty Five Seconds
The Big Top balloon of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus deflates and drops to the ground in roughly 45 seconds after being loosed from its supports.
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Scout Ceremony Set for Sunday at Washington Heads
Shenandoah Area Boy Scout council launches Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty at 3 30 p m Sunday. George Washington headquarters Braddock and Cork Streets hosts a county turnout with Ashley Collins Eagle Scout presiding over torch lighting. County representatives include Gregory Orndorff Troop 6 Stephens City Fredrick county and Donald Forsythe Troop 18 Berryville Clarke county. Other area scouts named include Cletus Nesmith Berkley Springs Timmy McCarty Martinsburg Johnny Kibler Front Royal Randolph Via Strasburg and Cecil Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Area
Boy Scout Council
Arm of Liberty
George Washington
Braddock
Cork Sts
Ashley Collins
Charles Town
Richmond
Scout Collins
Gregory Orndorff
Stephens City
Frederick County
Donald Forsythe
Berryville
Clarke
Cletus Nesmith
Berkeley Springs
Timmy McCarty
Martinsburg
Johnny Kibler
Front Royal
Randolph Via
Strasburg
Cecil Graves
Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty Launched
In Luray scouts opened the Crusade to Strengthen the Arm of Liberty at the Statue of Liberty ceremony as 1950 marks the 40th anniversary. Douglas A. Cather noted Shenandoah area council aims to train scouts in the scout oath and daily good turn to protect democracy. Basil F. Starkey praised council leaders as key to the crusade’s success. The article also notes that only ten percent of U S foreign commerce was carried in American ships at the close of the 19th Century.
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Basil F. Starkey
Uast
U. S
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