Millwood Socials Highlights Local Weekend Activity
Millwood social items note a ten mile canoe trip by Oxenham Ev ans Carter and Eaton through Goshen Pass. Easter visits include Crismonds and Brown family members with several Millwood residents hosting gatherings and attending Middleburg Races.
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Jane W. Hutton Millwood
Harry W. Oxenham
Robert Jay Evans
Blue Ride Country Day School
Randolph Carter
Warrenton
Ray Eaton
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Goshen Pass
Marury River
Leaington
A. R. Crismond
Alexandria
Crismond
Herbert E. Brown
Helen Beatty
John Beatty
Pittsburgh
Millwood
Richard C. Plater, Jr
Thibodaux
Play Gardens
H. E. Brown
Winston Pyne
Alexandras
James P. Sipe
White Post
Patsy Durell
Annandale
Wilton Bovyston, Jr
Alcinda Pyne
Robert MeclInturff
Beverly Estep
Phyllis Weinburg
Carol Ann Estep
Robert Weinburg
Allen B. Weinburg
Arthur R. Crismond
William B. Watkins
Annfield
Karl Boy-Ed
Roland G. Mitchell
Page
Vaida
Henry Post Mitchell
R. G. Mitchell
Gienn
Richmond
Roland G Mitchell
Agnes Mitchell
Courtney Byrd Jones
Woodbine
Champe Carter Conner, Jr
Elizabeth Bradford
Nathaniel Jones
Robert Magill
Lynchborg
Frederick B. Robinson, Jr
St. Petersburg
Marshall
Kay Prances Watson
Dallas
Texas
Frank L. Hutton
Kathryn Jolliffe
Fort George Meade
Julian A. Evertly
Mary Conroy Wilson
Origin of the saying "Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no fibs"
The line appears in Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer from Act III Scene 1 (1773) as "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs." Since then writers like Scott Dickens Shaw adopted similar phrasing using lies.
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C. Q
Oliver Goldsmith
Scott
Dickens
Shaw
Goldsmith
Change in SCC Taxing Formula Would Hit Here
Clarke County would lose 16186 pounds and Frederick County 23351 dollars in tax revenues if the State Corporation Commission uses local assessment ratios to tax public service properties. SCC may drop its 40 percent formula, replacing it with local ratios to equalize taxes. The estimates, based on local rates, include railroad tracks and other property.
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Clarke County
Frederick County
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Public Service Corporation
Winchester
Ralph T. Catterall
Catterall
Bahai Faith and Nine Symbolism in Wilmette Temple
The Bahai Faith, originating in Persia in 1844, emphasizes the number nine as perfection. The $3 million Bahai Temple in Wilmette, Illinois features nine concrete piers, nine pillars representing nine world religions, nine arches, a nine-sided park, nine avenues, and nine gateways, and was dedicated in 1953 to unity of God prophets mankind.
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Persia
Wilmette
Ilinois
God
Gifted Children Shouldn't Have Special Classes
Dr. Laura Zirbes of Ohio State University argues gifted children benefit from inclusive classrooms. She told the Assn for Childhood Education Convention that even gifted students learn to live with average peers and become better people through broader social contact.
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Laura Zirbes
Ohio State University
Assn
Methodist Laymen To Speak Sunday In No Vacant Pulpit Series
Several laymen from Stephens City Methodist Church will speak Sunday as part of Winchester Layman's No Vacant Pulpit program running to June 1. Speakers include A. R. Marks at Plains Methodist Church Marshall Charge and H. E. York at Shockeysville Methodist Church Francis Ashbury Charge. Reverend Charles A. York of Stephens City will guest preach at New Market Methodist Church exchanging pulpits with Reverend B. S. Via Jr.
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Stephens City Methodist Church
Winchester Iayist
A. R. Marks
Plains Methodist Church
Marshall
H. E. York
Shockeysville Methodist Church
Francis Ashbury
R. E. Ayler
Howellsville Methodist Church
Linden
Charles A. York
New Market Methodist Church
B. S. Via, Jr
Leesburg and Chantilly Firemen Name Honorary Chiefs
Leesburg Volunteer Fire Co names Miss Betty Jane Fletcher as Honorary Fire Chief for the Firemen’s parade. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester E Fletcher of Ashburn and a Leesburg High School graduate employed as a reservationist with TWA in Washington.
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Betty Jane Fletcher
Leesburg
Alma Mae Byrne
Chantilly
Leland N. Byrne
Chantily
Miss Byrne
Herndon High School
Rev Bernard S Via to Speak at Stephens City
The Rev Bernard S Via Jr pastor of Manor Memorial Church New Market will preach at Stephens City Methodist Church at 11 am His sermon titled Our Call to Christian Education fits a district wide program plan with Via as guest preacher
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Bernard S. Via, Jr
Manor Memorial Methodist Church
New Market
Stephens City Methodist Church
Via
Stephens City
Methodist ministers to preach on higher education program
Pulpit exchange of Methodist ministers is set for next Sunday to inaugurate a program of emphasis on higher education by the Methodist Church in the United States. The plan was adopted by the last session of the General Conference.
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United States
Alaska Declares Holiday on Salmon Opening Day
The state marks a holiday aligning with the national salmon fishing season opener, joining patriotic and religious observances like July 4 and Christmas. The designation affects state offices and public schedules, highlighting Alaska’s fishing heritage and seasonal economy.
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Alaska
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