Open Camp Wakanda Celebrates Fort Valley Indian Lore
Seventy boys and girls enjoy an all day Methodist outing at Camp Wakanda with Fort Valley lore. Leaders Advise on legends dance songs and tribal customs as Winchester and Frederick County youth participate under Rev. H. G. Foester Rev. E. J. Clark and Mrs. Andrew Bell among staff and counselors.
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Camp Wakanda
Fort Valley
Indi
Andrew Bell
Mother Taylor Bart
Stu
Powell's Fort Valley
Mt. Jackson
Gtory
H. Goester
Montague Church
Margaret Mean Shade
Isabelle
Shull
Larrick
Gisband
H. B. Balthis
Taylor Barr
Ruth Shilling
Jack Purse
E. J. Clark
Jackson
Virginia Barr
Ruby Shiley
Laura Anderson
Catherine Shull
Ess Denis Hoover
Dletown High School
Bell
Margaret McIntyre
Ralph Snapp
Walter Cain
John Mowery
William Clark
Earl Coulgon
White Post
Jean Shade
Isabelle Larrick
Roy Dellinger
Ida Ware
Jee Ware
D. F. Fo
Local Hold Up Orndorff Event Names Maude Everhart and Others
A list enumerates female participants including Maude Everhart and Nancy Seabright among many others, followed by a separate roster of male competitors led by Dennis Giffen and James Alexander. The source presents a long, name-dense record of attendees or entrants.
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Ickey Ware
John Ware
Bobby Brown
Clarence Peffer, Jr
Edwin Creswell
Robert Covell
Marion Campbell
Joseph McDaniel
Marshall Creswell
Relief list demand fuels protest in Talbot county
Easton Maryland August 1 Rotary Club members push to publish the Talbot county relief roll. Howard Eley a building contractor says he would hire ten men but they refused to work while on relief. The club vows to take the issue to Washington if the roll stays private.
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Easton
Rotary Club
Talbot County
Washington
Howard Eley
War jitters aiding music sales in 1940 boom
William H Beasley of Dallas says the music trade expects 135000 to 140000 new pianos sold in 1940 the best year since 1925. He cites world affairs uncertainty and war anxieties driving people to music for relaxation and release, with gains in trumpets clarinets saxophones and guitars.
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Chicago
Aus
William Howard Beasley
Dallas
Tex
National Association of Music Merchants
Beasley
Television Rules Being Considered
New York August 1 The national television standards committee weighs whether to move from experimental to commercial status pending FCC action. At its first meeting sentiment favored a fall or winter report with the committee tasked to settle the final system of transmitting standards.
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New York
National Television Standards Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Slaying Case Near To Close
Norfolk prosecutors near completion of case against Charles C. Sanderlin 64 a Norfolk County poultry man charged with murdering his wife Louise Gertrude Sanderlin and their three children Charles Joseph seven Louise Elizabeth five twelve and Emily Joalice six months with only one witness remaining to testify Sanderlin pleads innocent.
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Norfolk
Charles C. Sanderlin
Norfolk County
Louise Gertrude Sanderlin
Charles Joseph
Louise Elizabeth
Emily Joalice
Sanderlin
Softball Standings And Schedule From Local League
Standings list United Food ahead 3 to 0 over Jr Board with Plaza losing. Plaza vs Va Woolen and Icebergs vs Dr Pepper were rained out. Tomorrow United Four meets Icebergs while Jr Board faces Plaza and Icebergs take on Va Woolen. National Fruit defeats Miller Anderson 7 to 5. O Sullivan 10, Joe’s 7. Today Joe’s vs Miller Anderson and O Sullivan vs National Fruit scheduled on Nos 1 and 3 respectively.
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United Food
Veak Eee
Jr. Board
Forest
Plaza
Dr. Pepper
National Fruit
Miller & Anderson
O'Sullivan
Joe's
Joe’s
O’sullivan
United Food Een Nene
Va. Woolen Sneer
Plaza Eeuene Eee Senor
Junior Board
Seeees
Clarke County road work list for 1940 41
Clarke County outlines fifteen road projects for the 1940 41 season. Mrs Martha Virginia Baker 74 of Stephens City widow of Perry Baker dies after paralysis illness. She is survived by four sons a daughter and siblings. Funeral set for Bethel United Brethren Church with burial at Bennett s Chapel Cemetery.
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Martha Virginia Baker
Perry Baker
Robert Ridgeway
Stephens City
Jack Sammiers
Buckton School
Fork
Warren County
Joseph Ridgeway
Martha Kate Ridgeway
Bennett's Chapel
Bethel United Brethren Church
C. A. Moon
Toms Brook
Bennett's Chapel Cemetery
Militia Staff Ordered To Stay In Virginia During Maneuvers
Governor Price orders Adjutant General Gardner Waller and eight state staff officers to remain in Virginia for the first army maneuvers in New York. Colonel J. Fulmer Bright will command the Virginia brigade in the Thousand Islands area. Staff duties include mobilizing the National Guard and organizing a protective force for civilian support of selective service.
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Richmond
Price
Gardner Waller
Virginia
New York
Congress
J. Fulmer Bright
Virginia Brigade
Waller
Thousand Islands
W. W. LaPrade
Ernest L. Trice
Leroy Hodges
Miles F. Neal
Joel D. Griffing
Ernest F. Bluethgen
Paul M. Booth
Asher W. Harman
National Guard
Washington
Sergeant Nathan Meredith Killed in Highway Crash
Culpeper, Aug. 1. Sergeant Nathan Meredith caretaker of the National Cemetery for Union dead here was killed when his automobile crashed into a pole on the Warrenton Culpeper highway two miles north of Remington late yesterday. He had been returning from a brother Odd Fellow’s funeral at Warrenton. The wreck cut power lines and disrupted service to Warrenton and nearby areas for about an hour. Meredith was a retired army man and was alone in the car, according to Culpeper police.
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Culpepper
Nathan Meredith
National Cemetery
Warrenton-Cul+peper
Remington
Warrenton
Ed Payne
Culpeper
Meredith
Clarke County highway budget lists 15 secondary projects
Pred M. Yellett reports fifteen Clarke County secondary highway projects for the coming year. Each entry lists the road, endpoints, scope such as widening drainage resurfacing and culverts, length in miles and estimated costs.
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Clarke County
Pred M. Yellett
Loudoun County
Mt. Weather
South Junction Rt
Hubbard Run
Mt. Carmel Road
Junction
Mt. Weather Road
Castleman's Ferry Bridge
Possum Hollow Road
Blandy Road
White Post Railway Station
Old Senseney Road
Fishpaw Road
Byrd Road
Cristmore Road
Clarke-Frederick Co
Rag Run
Drag
Wadesville Road
Killed in Water Dispute at Municipal Center
Police search for a suspect described as a Black man who fatally injured Jay F. Jett, 45, a steam fitter, in a dispute over ice water in the sub basement of the Municipal Center Building. Jett died en route to a hospital after being struck with a lead pipe during the argument.
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Washington
Jay F. Jett
Jett
New Municipal Center
Film shows two cheaters in civil service exam scene
Photographers told Dallas city hall staff the release of a film showing two people cheating in a civil service exam was delayed to avoid embarrassing the pair. The individuals did not win the jobs.
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Dallas
Fire Blazes Hit Camden Plant. Two Dead, Seven Missing
A $2,000,000 blaze at the R. M. Hollingshead Company paint factory left two dead and seven missing as smokeblack walls collapsed. Twenty one injured, 67 homes destroyed, 124 families homeless while firemen searched smoldering ruins. A separate blaze at a Curtiss seaplane tender on the Delaware River drew officials to rule out sabotage andAlert FBI inquiry.
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Camden
R. M. Hollingshead Company
Int
Curtiss
Delaware River
New York Shipbuilding Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Winchester Falls to 23rd in Virginia Motor Death Rate
University of Virginia researcher David M Baldwin reports Winchester’s motor accident death rate rose from 0 in 1938 with no fatalities to four deaths in 1939, giving a 36.8 rate per 100000. only South Norfolk ranked lower and statewide city rate was 15.5.
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University of Virginia News
David M. Baldwin
State Police and Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles
Winchester
Virginia
Bason
Norfolk
Financing G O P Campaign Is To Be Considered
Willkie meets Republican leaders at his Colorado Springs hotel to discuss budget and personnel for the campaign. He is finalizing his acceptance speech and planning a southern campaign tour after his August 17 address in Elwood Indiana.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
Willkie
Joe Martin
National Committee
John Hamilton
Martin
Elwood
Ind
South
Governor Loren D. Dickinson Aged 81
The article notes Michigan Governor Loren D. Dickinson is 81 years old.
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Michigan
K. R
Loren D. Dickinson
Flag Never Put On Stamp A Stamp Flag Dilemma
The Postoffice Department admits a stamp with an American flag would raise issues for philatelists and the public. Investigations show flags appeared insignificantly since 1869 but never featured. concerns include canceling marks and preservation of envelopes. The department takes no final stance yet.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Postoffice Department
Whistler
H. E. Rhoads
San Diego
Calif
Farley
Rhoads
San Diego Stamp Club
Air Mail
Virginia Baptist Summer Assembly Opens at Massanetta Springs
The thirty second Virginia Baptist Summer Assembly begins August 5 at Massanetta Springs and runs through August 11 under Rev. J B Hill. More than 1 000 delegates from Virginia Baptist Sunday Schools are expected as part of a 225 000 member Sunday School system with leaders and speakers of national and international note attending daily conferences.
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Massanetta Springs
J. B. Hill
State Baptist Sunday School
China
Charles A. Wells
Europe
Russia
C. Oscar Johnson
St. Louis
Iprecaeus
Northern Baptist Convention
W. T. Conner
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Texas
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn
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Frederick County
Kathleen Dellinger
Carmine Luttrell
Sarah Anderson
Maxine Grubbs
Gerline Seabright
Ettis Orndorff
Alice Brown
Elaine Peffer
Mary M Everhart
Reva Melvin
Telena
Warren Waterman
Larchmont
N. Y
Harvard
Corn Exchange Bank
Hamilton M. Love
Yale
Rosenberger’s
John W. Rosenberger
Braddock St
Sequoias
Mercury
St. Lawrence
Carl van Doren
Department of Justice
Thou
Brutus
Jour
House of Windsor
L Pet
Ooen
Strasburg
Raymond F. Ritenour
Stephens City, Va
Durand
Mount Weather Road
Pleasant Grove U. B
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ray
Hotpoint
Mervel W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Motorola
Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Cor
Braddock & Boscawen
Sts
Harry Miller
Baptists
Massanetta
Kernstown
Othe
Coach Service
Capitol
Martinsboro
Pullmans
Martinsburg
B& O
Baltimore
Ohio
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