Front Royal to Parade Float in Apple Blossom Festival
Front Royal will have a float in the Apple Blossom Festival marking the Northern Gateway to the Shenandoah National Park. E T Whitesel chairs the float committee with C Oma Maddox W C Deming and L S Rohr. six young ladies lead soliciting efforts.
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Front Royal
Shenandoah National Park
E. T. Whitesel
Chamber of Commerce
C. Oma Maddox
Rotary Club
W. C. Deming
Lions Club
L. S. Rohr
Retail Merchants Association
Helen Emmert
Virginia Downing
Barbara Higgins
Mary Ward Shannon
Gladys McFall
Louise Borden
Miller Elected Rotary President for Year at Front Royal
G Tyler Miller was chosen president of the Front Royal Rotary Club for the coming year at a meeting held at the Aston Inn. J Grover Hillidge becomes vice president, R W Shannon is secretary, with a board including Ray Jones and Stephen M Boyd Jr. as director.
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Front Royal
Pront Royal Rotary Club
Aston Inn
G. Tyler Miller
Warren-Rappahannock
J. Grover Hillidge
R. W. Shannon
Ed and
Ray Jones
Oscar Bumtler
L. S. Rohr
John C. Boggs
Stephen M. Boyd
Wyndham R. Lee
Jack Morgan
Stephen M. Boyd, Jr
Harry Reid
L. B. Dutrow
R. A. Pitman
Luray
Front Royal Social and Personal News Highlights
Miss Helen Weaver returns to Warren County High School amid measles recovery. Local residents update health notices, engagements, and travels including Irene Richardson to Giles Updike with June 15 wedding plans. Community groups meet, visitors arrive, and residents attend events in Front Royal and surrounding Warren County during late April.
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Front Royal
Warren County
Helen Weaver
Warren County High School
P. L. Richardson
Church View
Irene Richardson
Giles Updike
Browntown
Stephens City High School edges Warren County 6 to 5
Stephens City High School defeated Warren County High School 6 to 5 at the All-Stars diamond. Brown struck out four Stephens City batters and Yan cey also fanned four for Stephens City as decisive moments doomed Warren County’s offense.
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Front Royal
Stephens City High School
Warren County High School
Brown
Stephens City
Yancey
W. C
H. S
Demonstration on Economical Women’s Clothes at Church
Miss Symbel Taylor of the State Home Demonstration Agency gave a Thursday morning demonstration in the Front Royal Baptist Church on remodeling clothes. This afternoon she spoke on Economical and Becoming Clothes for Women.
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DeSoto Burruss
Front Royal
Miss Symbel* Taylor
State Home Demonstration Agency
Front Royal Baptist Church
All-Stars Open Sunday in Front Royal Season Opener
The Front Royal All-Stars host their season opener Sunday against the Majestic Radio team of Washington after a Thursday practice loss to the Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets.
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Yellow Jackets
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal All-Stars
All-Stars
Majestic Radio
Washington
Game Warden Reports Yearly Duties in Warren County
Warren County game warden Norman Shepherd logged 12 421 miles in county service during the year. He inspected 2 298 licenses and recorded 30 convictions for dogs and game plus one for fishing, totaling 167 dollars 75 cents. He worked 2 days enforcing the laws.
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Front Royal
Norman Shepherd
Warren County
Shepherd
Warren-Rappahannock Trust Company
Venables’ Drug Store
Choral Club and Rhythm Band Stage Evening Recital
The Choral Club and Rhythm Band directed by Mrs. Lottie West Whitehurst presented a concert at the Warren County High School auditorium attended by over 300. Soloists Lawrence Snoddy and Joe Worley performed with Kirk Payne accompanying on organ. The Rev. T Eugene West was ill and did not sing. Worley delivered Invictus and The Grenadiers, to the audience’s praise for the high musical standard.
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Front Royal
Lottie West Whitehurst
Warren County High School
Lawrence Snoddy
Joe Worley
Kirk Payne
First Baptist Church of
Charlottesville
T. Eugene West
Gram
Worley
Invictus
Grenadiers
County Schools Enter National Spelling Bee
Warren County schools enter the National Spelling Bee sponsored by the Washington Post to be held in the high school auditorium on Monday May 6 at 7 30. Riverton Bentonville Browntown Linden Milldale Reliance Waterlick Buckton Harmony Hollow are participants. First and second place advance to a tri state contest with a national final in Washington DC on May 28 broadcast nationwide.
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Front Royal
Warren County
The
Washington Post
Riverton
Bentonville
Browntown
Linden
Milldale
Reliance
Waterlick
Buckton
Harmony Hollow
National Museum
Washington, D. C
Benefit Dance Draws 200 at Updyke Hall
More than 200 people attended a benefit dance sponsored by the All Stars baseball team at Updyke's Hall last evening. Excellent music was provided by the Parkway Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Doman.
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Front Royal
All-Stars
Updyke’s
Mexican Banks Close for Day Amid Monetary Embargo
Mexico City April 27 banks nationwide were closed after the government embargoed all export and silver coins to allow banks to adjust to new monetary regulations. Banks will reopen Monday as scheduled.
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Mexico
D. F
Fires Set Across Political Fronts in 1936 Campaign Tangle
Washington reports a flurry of activity as 1936 campaign tensions rise. Senator Long faces criticism at the National Farmers Holiday Association meeting in Des Moines while rumors of third party alignments fade. Senator Nye predicts a Coughlin shift if major parties dodge reform. Republican leaders meet at Excelsior Springs to urge midwest revival, and Democrats fill New York for Jefferson Day dinner as officials monitor events.
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Washington
America
National Farmers’ Hi Association
Des Moines
Senator Long
D-La
John
Charles EB. Coughlin
Nationall
Union For Social Justice
F. E. Townsend
Detroit
Townsend
Long
Nye
R-Nd
Father Coughlin
Excelsior Springs
New York
Peace Prayers To Be Concluded Sunday Night
In Lourdes France crowds filled the altar rails before dawn for a three day service of supplication and 140 masses for peace. About 50 000 communions were distributed from midnight to noon as 200 000 pilgrims gathered with notable attendees including Prince Xavier of Bourbon former Empress Zita of Austria Archduke Otto the Duchess of Parme Princess Isabella of Bourbon and the Prince and Princess of Saxe. A papal address from the Vatican is expected tomorrow night to close the prayers.
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Lourdes
France
Bernadette
Prince Xavier of Bourbon
Zita
Austria
Archduke Otto
Parme
Isabella of Bourbon
Saxe
Vatican
Mail Robbery Solved After Slaying In Providence Raid
Providence April 27 The spot killing of Andino Merola a Providence manster whose bullet ridden body was found at Wrentham Mass led to solving a 129000 mail truck robbery with 14 arrests and seizure of an arsenal in a gangsters hideout following an all night raid by federal agents and Providence police on an old estate at Warwick Neck.
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Providence
R.J
Andino Merola
Wrentham
Mass
Warwick Neck
National Farm Holiday Head Unleashes Fury in Des Moines
In Des Moines on April 27, National Farmers Holiday Association president Milo Reno slammed the Democratic administration accusing it of destroying pe ople ground in government. He attacked AAA and NRA and praised Huey Long while warning against any group seeking to replace representative government.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
National Democratic Administration
Cencre
Holiday Association
Lord Corn Wallace
Reno
AAA
NRA
Huey Long
Louisiana
Stalin
Hitler
Des. Moines
Iowa House of
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Iowa House of Representatives
Northern lights vary with latitude and a horse helps elect a president
The article notes aurora frequency decreases near the equator and poles, is more common toward higher latitudes up to about 60 degrees where it can be nearly nightly. It also mentions Old Whitey the horse ridden by General Taylor as a political symbol aiding his presidential victory.
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Old Whitey
Taylor
Mexico
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Rotary
Stephen Boyd, Jr
Boyd
Arlene Lauck
Johnson Nursing Home
Russell Sonner
Warren Garden
Newton Painter
Roanoke
Hugh Naylor, Jr
Bureau of Public Roads
S. H. Bierer
Paul Sisson
L. D
Charles H. Stevens
Mr. Henry Bush
Randolph- Macon College
Ashland
Mrs. Henry Bush
Rockland
Emmett Stickley
Major
Robert’ C. Rives
South
W. LeRoy Corron
University of Virginia
Charles Baker
Winchester
Mrs
Luther Wood
Ralph Ruffner
Messrs
Joe Riggins
Statton Hammock
Virginia Beach
Virginia State Police
Mary Louise Purdum
Helen Baker
B. A. Fristoe
Frances Simpson
Blackstone
Charles A. Epes
Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets
Bridgewater High School
Academy
Mollie Franklin
Cedarville
Albert Franklin
Raymond Weiser
Martha Brent Brruss
Baltimore
Aubrey G. Weaver
George L. Wallihan
Richmond
Charles Yates
Woodstock
Marjorie Boyd
Byrdie
Manor Avenue
California
Community Oil Service, Inc
Manor Ave
Hamburger’s Specialty Shop
N. Main Street
Muggs McGinnis
By Wally Bishop
Little Rowe
Central Press Association, Inc
National Farm Holiday
Long Falls
College Queens
Kingfish
State Assembly
Minnie
Prue Ae
Moling & Cather
T. F. Timberlake
Betty Shoppe
Etta Keit
By Paul Robinson
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