Blue Ridge School Names Eight Regular Faculty Appointments
Blue Ridge Country Day School announces eight regular faculty appointments for the 1955 56 school year by headmaster Robert Jay Evans. Lower school hires include Mrs William B Watkins Jr kindergarten Mrs Ernest Gosnell Form I Mrs Beverley Tucker Nelson Form I Miss Josephine Drury Form III and Mrs Emily Harbaugh Form IV. Upper school teachers for Forms V VIII are Mr Evans history geography and athletics Harry A Oxenham English and athletics and Dr William G Pendleton mathematics. Part time music art and languages will be announced later.
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Blue Ridge
Evans
Harry A. Oxenham
William G. Pendleton
Early Negro MLB players traced to 1884 Toledo twins
The claim that Jackie Robinson was the first Negro in major league baseball is incorrect. The 1884 American Association era saw Toledo Club players Moses Fleetwood Walker and Welday Wilberforce Walker, brothers, in the majors, predating Robinson in the National League.
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Jackie Robinson
American Association
Toledo
Moses Fleetwood Walker
Welday Wilberforce Walker
Market Quotations Slip as Stocks Decline a Second Day
New York market reports a quiet slide for the second straight session with most divisions down one to two points. Steels and motors led activity while autos faced credit warning impacts from the Automobile Dealers Association.
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New York
Steels
Motors
Automobile Dealers Assn
Baltimore Market Report Prices for Livestock and Produce
Livestock and fruits lift or dip with regional variations. Apples and peaches show weakness with wide price ranges across Maryland New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady to barely steady. Poultry steady with mix of roasters fryers hens and caponettes on varied offers. Baltimore cattle calves hogs and sheep quoted with several weight bands and price spreads. Chicago and other markets also report rangebound hog and cattle pricing for the period.
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Baltimore
Duchess
MD Wealthys
NJ Gravensteins
MD. del & Va
Eastern Shore
MD Eastern Shore
Tria Gems
Halehavens
Jerseyland
Coblers
Eastern Shore Coblers
Agricultural Market Report Shows Steady Demand and Heavy Offerings
Agriculture Dept notes a steady market with good demand and heavy receipts. Higher prices seen for white eggs and large white poultry, with live poultry prices for broilers under three pounds and over three pounds listed. Regional egg quotes from Harrisonburg and Winchester reflect US Grade A and B levels.
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Rome Es Nee Ag
Harrisonburg
U. S
Chicago Grain Opens Easier After Fast Pace Day
Grain prices ease on the Board of Trade with lighter activity after yesterday’s surge. Wheat corn oats rye soybeans and lard futures show mixed quotes across Sep Dec Mar and May contracts with old and new soybeans listed.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Rye
Local Market Prices From The Star
Local markets list daily prices for feeds grain and butter in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County. Items include mixed feed twenty pounds per bag two to four bit ranges and No 2 yellow corn shelled prices around 1.60 to 1.65 per bushel.
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Chicago
USDA
U.S
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Rockingham Co
U.S. Chamber Film to Be Shown Here
The Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce announced that the U S Chamber of Commerce cartoon film It s Everybody s Business will play in local theatres for the next two weeks. The 15 minute full color production, produced by DuPont Co, won the Freedom Foundation Award in 1954 and explains free enterprise by showing how a foreigner can start a business in the United States.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Winchester - Frederick County
Barley No 2 Rockingham Auction at Luray
Partial OCR shows a barley lot from Rockingham, tagged No 2, offered at Luray with bids around .95 to 1.10. Listings include a product code AURUSM and a stated quantity of 3.0 sacs.
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Rockingham
Roanoke Units Seek Naval Reserve Avenue Rename
In Roanoke a coalition of military groups including the National Guard Naval Reserve Marine Reserve and Air Force Reserve petitioned the city council to rename Naval Reserve Avenue to Reserve Avenue. Armorists stand near the street as part of the action.
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National Guard
Naval Reserve
The
Marine Reserve
Air Force Reserve
Naval Reserve Avenue
Reserve Avenue
Poison Ivy Poisoning Risks Across Seasons
Poison ivy poses its highest sap toxicity in spring and summer, increasing burn risk, but contact can still cause reactions in fall and winter.
School Registration Rules for White and Colored Grades
Registration at Virginia Avenue John Kerr and Douglas Schools requires birth certificates, official records, and vaccination proof. Transfers to Handley or Douglas High must have prior transcripts mailed before August 25. New first graders registered in spring are exempt.
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Winchester Public Schools
Virginia Avenue
Cork Street
John Kerr School
Gerrard Street
White
Quarles
Gerrard
Handley School
Loudoun Street
Valley Avenue
General Office
Douglas School
Handley Or Douglas High Schools
Handley Or Douglas High School
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Landy
Eugene W. Landy
Western Sun
Marcus Hook
Young Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Thomas
International
Blue Ridge School
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Patern Dept
West 17Th St
N. Y
Wall Street
Agriculture Dept
Chicago Grain
Sesiers
Cloverdale Spring CO
Oates Ave
Carr Publishing CO
Star
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Winchester
Strong
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Roanoke
Armed Services of the
United States
the Riviera
Buick
America
Loudoun ST
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