First Red Cross 1st Aid Class Holds Inaugural Session
Forty five persons enrolled as Taylor Barr instructs at city hall. P. McVicar urges enrollment for those missing opening night and notes potential insurance savings for industries with trained first aid staff. Attendees include Louise Moore, Mary Warden Boyd, Helen Gatewood, Irene Olinger, Nancy Lart Tick, and many workers from Winchester Woolen Mill, National Fruit Product Co, Plumly Lumber Co, and Valley Service Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Taylor Barr
Barr
Cecil
P. McVicar
Louise Moore
Victor Arthur
Agnes B. Yount
Mary Warden Boyd
A. C. Halvosa
C. W. Atkins
Lawrence Hollis
Alice McCarthy
C. L. Riley
Va. Omps
Margaret Ayres
Helen Gatewood
George T
Lewis Barton
Valley
Charesi Bass
M. J. Groves Lime Co
Stephens City
J. C. Gregory
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Bernard F. Groves, Jr
Orndorff Joe Eine
Boy Scouts of Ameri
Answers to the Daily Quiz Show Short Clues
Answers list: Napoleon Bonaparte and the Empire State Building in New York City. Achilles appears as a clue. IG PEBBLE. The text notes sons and the Gracchi with sh sound and discord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aenne
Napoleon Bonaparte
Empire State Building
New York City
Achilles
IG Pebble
Discord
Wright heads to Burma after mission in France
Daniel Edward Wright, sanitary engineering adviser to the Rockefeller Foundation from Winchester, just returned from unoccupied France and a deep South trip with Mrs Wright and their son. He expects to be sent to Burma to assist malaria control, having surveyed refugee camps and water supplies for nine months. He described typic camps, neglected facilities, and conditions of families separated with limited food and no work or reading material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Edward Wright
Winchester
Rockefeller Foundation
Deep South
Burma
France
Wright
Daniel Wright, Jr
Edward J. Foley
Nashville
Memphis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Richmond
Gulf
Foundation
America
Ber
Crisp Set Beautifies Chair for Fall
Iris from your garden inspires a filet crochet chair set. Pattern 7075 includes charts directions materials illustrations and stitches. Send ten cents in coin to Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York NY with your name address and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Dr James R Graham to Lead Three Day Bible Conference
Dr James R Graham will speak each evening at 7 45 and Thursday and Friday afternoons at 3 o clock during a three day Bible Conference at First Brethren Church on Berryville Avenue August 13 15. He is known in the city and has delivered conferences at Ben Lippen North Carolina and Winona Lake Indiana. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Brethren Church
Berryville Avenue
James R. Graham
Graham
The
Presbyterian Church
China
Ben Lippen
N. C
Winona Bible Conference
Winona Lake
Ind
Lifelong sanitary engineer Wright dies after a global career
Wright spent decades in sanitation and public health. A Virginia Tech graduate in 1904 he joined a Panama canal mission with General Gorgas and later led municipal engineering there. He served Greece and Turkey, built hospitals and trained health workers, and worked on refuge efforts in France before retiring from Rockefeller duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Virgina Polytechnical Institute
Gorgas
Panama
Winchester
Rockefeller Foundation
Greece
Athens
Ministry of Health
Ankara
Turkey
United States
France
Bible Conference Opens at Massanetta Springs
The final conference of eleven at Massanetta Springs opened last night with a sermon by Dr. Frederick W. Norwood, former City Temple pastor, London. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes arrived from Charlottesville for his 8 p.m. address, following a Maine engagement. Attendance on opening night was the largest in years, with more visitors expected daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massanetta Springs
Frederick W. Norwood
City Temple
London
Norwood
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York City
Edwin Holt Hughes
Methodist Church
Charlottesville
Masganetta Springs
Ocean Park
Maine
Boston Wool Market Report Shows Stable Prices
Boston August 12 report from the U. S. Dept. notes graded fine territory wool with French combing length selling in moderate volume at 1.03 to 1.05 dollars per scoured pound. Original bag lines were irregular with offers around 1.03, some sellers taking 1.00 for similar length. Twelve month Texas wool sold at 1.03 to 1.05, with some houses holding at 1.05 to 1.07.
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Boston
U. S. Dept
Texas
Yard Party Aims to Fund Band's South Boston Trip
The Junior Board of Trade hosts a two night Yard Party on August 23 at the city plaza to defray McIlwee's Municipal Band expenses for a Tobacco Festival in South Boston. Phil Hunter and Richard Eddy announce concerts with vaudeville acts bingo cake auction and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Mcllwee
Junior Board of Trade
City Plaza
Phil Hunter
Richard Eddy
Laurens
George Jones
Kenneth Windle
A. Long
Richard Rush
John Knight
Jonas Chamberlain
Walter Bailey
Emmert Dorton
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures Reported
Treasury data from Washington shows receipts of 25.15 million dollars and expenditures of 56.75 million. The gross debt rises to 49.89 billion with an increase of 93.09 million over the prior day.
In memory of Minerva Alice Erle
In memory of our dear mother Minerva Alice Erle who was called home August 12 1940. One year has passed since you slipped away to peace and rest. Messages of love and sorrow, words of faith, and prayers for eternal rest from her daughters and nephew.
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Erle
Minerva Alice Erle
Died Yesterday J L Williams of Middletown
James Ludwell Williams aged 66 died at 11 last night at his sister’s home in Middletown after a 9 month illness. Born March 17 1885 in Stephens City he was a carpenter and Mason. He left no wife and is survived by five siblings. Funeral at 2 30 pm Wednesday at Beckford Parish Episcopal Church with six nephews as pallbearers. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Remains at Samsell Funeral Home Stephens City until service.
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James Ludwell Williams
Stephens City
Harry Cogle
Middletown
Mr. Williams
James D
Catherine Snapp Williams
Episcopal Church
Masonic Fraternity
Florida
Williams
Frederick County
Briscoe Williams
R. M. Cogle
Near Midletown
Snapp Wiliams
Boyce
My— Carroll
Charles Town
W. A
Green Hill Cemetery
Darrell Cogle
Howard Carroll
Alfred
Floyd Snapp
James
Irwin Williams
Francis Brown
Woodstock
Beckford
Samsell
Navy Week Observed in Winchester
Mayor Anderson urged citizens to join Navy Week from August 18 to 23 in Winchester and urged youths to enlist during the period. The Martinsburg recruiting office in the Shenandoah Valley operates from the post office for those seeking to join, with posters posted around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Winchester
U. S
Shenandoah Valley
Martinsburg
W. Va
Gen Anderson Named to State Planning Board in Virginia
Richmond Aug 12 Brig Gen James A Anderson who followed the late Henry G Shirley as State Highway Commissioner was named by Governor Price to join the state planning board He will devote a small part of his time daily to directing Defense Council policies with J H Wyse as executive officer The new highway commissioner leaves today for a four day inspection trip in Southwestern Virginia and will continue as coordinator of the State Defense Council
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
James A. Anderson
Henry G. Shirley
Price
Shirley
State Planning Board
Virginia
State Defense Council
Anderson
J. H. Wyse
Defense
City and County Realty Transfers Summary
Heirs of Fred Glaize transfer 420 West Clifford Street to William E. and Mary 8 Stine for ten dollars. Vance B Affleck sells 121 East James Street to Margaret B Coontz for ten dollars. Herbert S Larrick Spec Co sells Park Way Avenue lot to Mary V Letzkus for one hundred fifty dollars. Rose Brannon transfers 325 East Kern Street to William Leon Brannon for five dollars. W L Judd and wife sell Shryock Avenue lot to Estelle Judd Beahm for ten dollars. Heirs of Fred Glaize transfer two lots on Read- Prom Street to George H Smith Jr for ten dollars. Shawnee Realty Co Inc sells two Shawnee Heights lots to Sue J Mason for ten dollars. Farmers and Merchants Bank sells four Euclid Avenue lots to Tommy Lockhart for ten dollars. Luther Steele transfers West James Street lot to Stewart Steele for one dollar. Luther Steele transfers lot on West James Street to Leona Perry for one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Glaize
William E
Mary
Stine
West Clifford Street
Vance B. Affleck
Margaret B. Coontz
East James Street
Herbert S. Larrick
Mary V. Letzkus
Parkway Avenue
Rose Brannon
William Leon Brannon
East Kern Street
W. L. Judd
Estelle Judd Beahm
Shryock Avenue
George H. Smith, Jr
Shawnee Realty Co., Inc
J. Mason
Shawnee Heights
Farmers and
Merchants Bank
Tommy Lockhart
Euclid Avenue
Luther Steele
Stewart Steele
West James Street
Leona Perry
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Emma Rollison
Novick Transfer
Robert M. Grim
Helen Keller
Winchester Woolen Mill
Gladys Golightly
Nathaniel Brown
Nathaniel DeHaven
Arthur Hunt
Harry W. Seaare
H.C. Lyman
National Fruit Ioe Company
Enda Ridings
National Fruit Product Company
Clinton Catlet
National Fruit and Produce Company
Thomas D. Cain
National
Glaize
Glaize & Brother-Building Supplies
Oe N, Cameron &T
Hei
Alfred Duff Cooper
Singapore
Upper Canada College
Toronto
Daniel Wright
South
Germany
Alice Brooks
Dr. Graham
Massanetta
Allis-Chalmers
Crawler
H. P
Doylestown
Ernest Love
Washington
Treasury
J. L. Williams
Berryville
Leesburg
Gen. Anderson
Tse
Dostas Mers
Beret
Gerry
Baie m
RAND
J. W. Grove Furniture Co
Loudoun St
DIAL
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
E. Piccadilly St
John W. Rosenerger and CO. Quality Building Materials
Smart
EYE
Philco
E. Boscawen St
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