BPW Calendars Spotlight Winchester Rescue Squad Annex
The Winchester BPW Club annual community birth day calendar features the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad HQ renovation on Millwood Ave. Proceeds aid local charities, scholarships, and the Rescue Squad, Recreation Dept, and United Givers Fund. The calendar offers name placements for birthdays and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Hardy
Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad
Dorothy Lindsay
Winchester Business and Professional Women’s Club
Millwood Ave
Nina W. Earley
BPW
Rescue Squad
City Recreation Dept
United Givers Fund
Ultra Centrifuge in Use At VPI Research Center
Biochemists at Virginia Polytechnic Institute use a donated $30,000 ultra centrifuge to assess sample purity and particle size. Dr. Lewis B. Barnett leads operations, with two years post doctoral study at the University of Utrecht. The device reaches 60,000 RPM and 250,000 G, runs in vacuum taking 10 minutes to reach full speed, and photographs settling particles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lewis B. Barnett
University of Utrecht
Netherlands
Biochemistry
Fruit quality dictates success of controlled atmosphere storage
Dr. GE Mattus of Virginia Tech notes CA storage cannot salvage good fruit from poor stock. He tells buyers expect quality in CA fruit and offers tips: handle gently, discard fruit with water core, store firm apples picked moderately early, avoid soft or late picked fruit, apply scald inhibitors, and test firmness with 16 pounds for most varieties or 15 pounds for Jonathan and Golden Delicious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GE. Mattus
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
Mattus
Jonathan
Scout Executive Will Address Optimist Club
Veron LaBarre, Scout Executive of the Shenandoah Area Council, will speak at the Winchester Optimist Club dinner at 7330 p.m. on Scouting in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Optimist Club
Veron LaBarre
Shenandoah Area
Colorado student blames barking dogs for exam failures
A University of Colorado student told police that campus dogs roaming freely barked loudly enough to disrupt his study and caused him to fail two exams. The claim highlights campus noise issues affecting student concentration.
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Boulder. Colo
University of Colorado
Calendar notes show area meetings and events
A community calendar lists area and municipal group meetings with dates in the date block. It helps residents scan the day to see what is going on in the neighborhood, with continued details on page 13.
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Salvation Army
Shenandoah
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Loudoun St
Winchester
Winchester Savings & Loan
Shenandoah College and Conservatory
VPI
Barnett
Kendall King
M. D. Lane
Optimist Club
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kern Torco
S. Loudoun ST
Jeep’ Universal
Jeep
Kaiser Jeep Corporation
Kaiser Jeep
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