Bridgeforth Rolls A 133 League B Standings
Bridgeforth and Nehi share high scores in a weekly league update. Team standings list Bell Clothes Gulf Oil United Food and others with results and top game and set scorers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buncutter
Valley Service
Letter Carriers
Lee Baking
Bridgeforth
Nehi
Lunsford
Fries Grocery
Scully
National Fruit
Snyder
Brown
United Food
Yerby
Texaco
Crowl
Bell Clothes
Gulf Oil
Texaso
Lambert Portrait Collection Holds Largest in Clarke County
In Carter Hall Lambert has the county’s largest single collection of portraits including works by Kneller Bridges Hesselius and Gilbert Stuart. The Clarke County Historical Association plans to photograph and add many pieces to its Clarke portraits collection and invites information on other Clarke hangs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Gerard B. Lambert
Carter Hall
Clarke County
Godfrey Kneller
Charles Bridges
Gilbert Stuart
Gustavus Hesselius
John Wesley Jarvis
Lambert
Clarke County Historical Association
Clarke
Nathaniel Burwell
Francis Willis
White Marsh
Gloucester County
Ee Bridges
Mary
Col. Willis
Lewis Burwell
Andrew Jackson
United States
John Randolph
Roanoke
David Wooster
Quebec
Lydia Sheldon Lisccene
Benjamin Higdon
Baltimore
Phillip Ludwell I
Lucy Hison Burwell
San
Phillip Ludwell
Grafton
Richard Henry Lee
Col. Lee
Mary Lee
Phillip Ludwell II
Hannah Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Wakefield
Brandon
Henry Clay
Charles Wesley Jarvis
Daniel Webster
Aaron Haight Palcom
John Wesley Jor
Samuel Evans
More Loans Are Made By Federal Savings Agency
Insured savings and loan associations in Maryland made 887 loans totaling 3 206 590 dollars in the first quarter of 1940. Nugent Fallon of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation reported a rise from 599 loans totaling 1 829 646 dollars in 1939. Deposits across 42 Maryland associations reached 24 984 000 dollars on 33 789 accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maryland
Nugent Fallon
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Fallon
Fellowship Grange Meeting at Middletown Open to Public
Funeral services for William J. Duncan are pending as his death in Belle Haven Va is reported. Mrs. Walter Shade leaves for the Eastern Shore. A public Fellowship meeting of the Middletown Grange is set for Friday April 26 at 8 pm with Dr J L Maxton VP I discussing Farm Organizations in Future Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Meeting of Grange
Middletown
William J. Duncan
Belle Haven, Va
Walter Shade
Handley Boulevard
Belle Haven
Duncan
Shade
Pat Lée
New York City
William Duncan, Jr
Delaware
Lawrence Hand
Henry Northan
Northampton County
Norfolk
Virginia
Grange
J. L. Maxton
Maxton
I. Fred Stine
R. A. Wall
Stephens City
More Women Telling Age Says 1940 Census Will Be Best
Washington April 25 The census bureau reports women are more willing to reveal their ages this year than ever before. District supervisors surveying over 200 enumerators said 34 of 45 reported no hesitancy, with seven noting continued hesitation and four qualifying responses. The bureau expects the 1940 age statistics to be the most accurate yet compiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Bureau
Heart Attack Fatal To Joe Jacobs
NEW YORK April 25 The fight world mourns Joe Jacobs known as Yussel the Muscle who rose from Hell's Kitchen to manage one world heavyweight champion and six other titleholders. He died in a doctor's office thirteen days before his forty fourth birthday shortly after returning from supervising another gag stunt used to heighten his fighters publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Joe Jacobs
Yussel
Hell's Kitchen
Divise
Home Economics Group Discusses Summer Programs
The Northern Virginia Federation of Home Economics Clubs held its spring meeting in Berryville on April 16. Anne Lee Grim of Stephens City presided, with officers named and a performance by Berryville students showing the year’s clothing projects. A June 11 picnic at Elizabeth Furnace was set, and delegates from Woodstock, Mount Jackson, New Market, Strasburg, Toms Brook, Boyce, Berryville, and others attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Northern Virginia Federation of Home Economics Clubs
Berryville
Anne Lee Grim
Anna Lee Grim
New Market
Anne Lee Enders
Emily Leach
Upperville
Helen Hopper
Virginia
Catherine Bauserman
Woodstock
Morgan’s Beach
Camp Strawderman
Edinburg
Elizabeth Furnace
Mount Jackson
Strasburg
Toms Brook
Boyce
Middletown
Calverton
Remington
Warrenton
Bealton and
Marshall
Fights Last Night Recap From Various Circuits
Kansas City Ceferino Garcia 161 pounds defeated Alen Mathews 161 pounds in a St. Louis bout. Oakland Little Dado 116 pounds, the NBA flyweight champion, outpointed Tony Olivera 117 pounds in San Francisco. New Haven Young Jack Thompson 146 pounds defeated Jackie Dubois 150 pounds in Albany. Worcester Irish Johnny McHale 151 1 2 pounds outpointed Billy Campanale 154 pounds in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Ceferino Garcia
Philippines
Alen Mathews
St. Louis
Oakland
Calif
Little Dado
Tony Olivera
San Francisco
California
New Haven
Jack Thompson
Albany
WN. Y
Jackie Dubois
Fall River
Mass
Worcester
Johnny McHale
New York
Billy Campanale
Scenic Rail Tour Offers Flexible Round Trip
A traveler details a flexible sightseeing plan covering Cincinnati St Louis San Francisco Louisville Chicago Lexington Roanoke Knoxville with a promise to take one scenic route out and a different return route with optional stopovers to maximize fun and exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnat
St. Louis
San Fran
Louisville
Chicago
Lexington
Roanoke
Knoxville
Chloe Davis Held Normal By a Jurist
Los Angeles April 25. A court ruling says Chloe Davis eleven year old daughter of Barton Davis is normal despite witnessing her mother killing three people and her own involvement in the tragedy. The judge released Chloe to her father calling her ward of the court and citing competent clinical studies indicating no abnormality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Chloe Davis
Chloe
TV Am
W. Turney Fox
Barton Davis
Davis
Little Hit Run Victim Found Between Cabins
In Stovestown Pennsylvania on April 25 coroner F E Sass said a boy about 12 was found between two vacant Lincoln Highway cabins. He likely was struck by a car elsewhere and moved, dying from shock and exposure. The victim had regained consciousness and dragged himself to shelter before dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stovestown
F. E. Sass
Lincoln Highway
Sass
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. J. H. A. Rembrandt
George W. Kurtz
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
Winchester
Navy
Rose
Wiener’s
James B. Aswell, Jr
Natchitoches
Aswell
Sam Jones
Congress
Clark
RA Viziot
Opera Box
Fifth Avenue
RCA Victor
Anderson
Federal Savings Agency
Home Economic Group
Co. Ine Inmotern
Jones Funeral Home
Greyhound
Greyhound Terminal
N. Braddock St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
O’connell
S. Braddock St
Ante
Loudoun St
Solenberger’s
Hdw
Farcy
Goodyear
Cizes
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