Middletown M J Grove Quarry Begins Production
The M J Grove Company quarry near McCune about 2 miles southwest of Middletown starts production supplying high quality stone for industrial use. About 20 workers start, with plans to increase as demand grows and the development could reach about a quarter of a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
M. J. Grove Company
McCune
F. Grove White
Stephens City
The
Grove Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Public Sale of Personal Property at Clear Brook Virginia
Public sale conducted Tuesday September 5 1939 at 10 A M by Mary W Pitzer and Duvall Audts of Clearbrook Church. Household items furniture rugs glassware cookware and bedding plus chickens and other articles sold without reserve for cash. lunch served by church officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearbrook
Mary W. Pitzer and
Duvall
Audts
J Jolliffe
Clearbrook Church
Calotabs: A Pleasant Calomel Night Reform
A vintage advertisement touts Calotabs as a modern, pleasant alternative to old calomel doctors used for biliousness. It claims one or two doses at bedtime purify the system with no calomel aftertaste, leaving the next day clear headed and ready for activity. The genuine Calotabs come in checkerboard packaging. family packs cost twenty five cents.
Engineer Makes Last Run On a Famous Express
Conductor Charles M. Peters retired after 48 years with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad as he brought the National Limited into Washington Union Station. Peters began as a freight brakeman in 1891 and rose to passenger service before joining the Capitol Limited and later the National. He lives in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and plans to go home after the farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Charles M. Peters
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
The
National Limited
Washington
Union Station
H. F Wyatt
Peters
Capitol Limited
National
Railroad
Cumberland
Martinnsburg
W. Va
Hitler and Staff Put Themselves On War Rations
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler and the Wilhelmstrasse staff are on a strict one course meal plan. The Fuehrer ordered his cook to remove soup and dessert from the menu while chancellery workers and SS members dine at the Casino with clipped food tickets for coffee milk meat and fats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Wilhelmstrasse
Fuehrer
Casino of the Chancellery
Local Notes and Social Roster From Reliance Area
Reliance Virginia notes list Mrs Herbert Cummins and two children returning from Lexington visit with her sister. Miss Dorothy Burgess and Miss Patsy Jolly accompanied them home. All day services last Sunday were well attended. Various families visited and traveled through Reliance including Mr and Mrs Lee Little returning to South Carolina and Mrs Joe Brumback en route to Front Royal. The Binker reunion was held at Elizabeth Furnace on August twenty seventh. A death notice for Mr William Irvin of Washington and a nurse Miss Elsie Gruver visiting relatives are also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Herbert Cummins
Lexington
Dorothy Burgess
Patsy Jolly
Lee Little
South Carolina
Mary
Frances
Gilbert Brumback
Front Royal
R. R. Stickley
William Borden
Hugh Showalter
Golden Airy
W. D. Mitchell
Jannette Bowen
Harold Miller
Miller
Corrine Willey
J. M. Derrick
Elkins
W. Va
E. E. Baker
Anna Marguerite
S. B. Green
Winchester
Cecil Hyde
Amelia
Binker
Elizabeth Furnace
Elsie Gruver
New York
William Irvin
Washington, D. C
Gruver
Grace Grover
Lucille Cummins
Junior
Pairfield
State Grain Farm Plan In Russia Fails
The state grain farms created in Soviet Russia after the 1917 revolution failed to meet promoters expectations. After over 20 years they are deemed impracticable and are being discarded. The plan relied on large scale state farms run by the government, but lack of capital and efficiency led to poor yields and widespread liquidation.
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Washington
Soviet Russia
Russia
Soviet Union
Refuge Brevities from Refuge Virginia
Refuge Virginia notes relay visits across Martinsburg West Virginia Nelson County and Winchester with multiple local households hosting relatives and friends. Early reports mention Mrs Ballenger ill and Mrs Perry recovering from illness while Emma Pitcock visits Middle town.
Rosenberger News Roundup of Regional Visits and Guests
Mrs. Virginia Orndorff and her daughter Winnie from Pittsburgh returned to Rosenberger after a New Jersey visit and World’s Fair trip. Morgantown couple Mr. and Mrs. William Clowser came home after visiting relatives. Various local residents hosted and visited friends at Mt Falls Smoke home and with the Miller, Brewer, Frye, and Nesselrodt families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosenberger
Virginia Orndorff
Winnie
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
William Clowser
Morgantown
W. Va
Annie Clowser
Eva Clowser
William and
Howard White
Mt. Falls
Ruth Feeley
Ray Allamong
Iven Miller
Guy S. Frye
James B. Frye
Alma
Smoke Home
William Brewer
Maud Brewer
Maynard Brewer
Raymond Bradfield
Betty Lou
Earl Sowers
Ralph Nesselrodt
George Nesselrodt
Floyd Brewer
Mt. Pleasant
Answers to Today's Quiz Pack Instructions
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list names and facts including John Adams and Caltech year. The long Soviet grain policy note discusses state farm sizes up to 140000 acres and grain supply aims amid decreasing state farm area and reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
Vieux Carre
Scotland
Investia
Independent Hose Co Formed With Local Fire Plans
Independent Hose Company formed to provide initial fire supply until a pump is ready. A potential 1800 gpm pump from M J Grove Lime Co may be obtained. Officers include Melvin K Sandy and Harry D Warren. An auxiliary led by Miss Mary Terault and Mrs W Lomax Parker was created with multiple committees for construction, truck, and finance. Spokesmen say the South End Hose truck can be delivered immediately if desired. awaiting a Seagraves pumper arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.J. Grove Lime Company
Melvin K. Sandy
Harry D. Warren
G. K. Lemley
F. Grove White
Frank L. Roof
Mary Terault
W. Lomax Parker
Mildred Lee Grove
Julian Gregory
Lucy Dean
Charles E. Bass
Howard Massie
F. B. Cadwallader
Julian D. Steele
Maurice Lemley
Don Lemley
Gervis Lemley
M. K Sandy
J. D. Steele
P. E. Lineburg
C. &. Golliday
Eldridge Lemley
Caroline Seal
Nettie Argenbright
South End Hose Company
South End
Stephens City
Seagraves
Independent Hose to discuss water plan in Stephens City
A meeting of the Independent Hose Company will be held in Stephens City on September 12 at 7 30 PM to discuss attacking the water supply problem and to name other officers. Citizens of Middletown support the Stephens City project and the engine could aid Middletown property protection. A constitution and by laws were adopted, meetings set for the second Tuesday of each month, and about 300 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Company
Stephens City
Middletown
F. Grove White
Slain Girl's Father Pleads Guilty in Camden Murder
Rev. Walter Dworecki and Peter Schewchuk pleaded guilty to murder charges but had their pleas converted to innocent at a preliminary hearing. Prosecutor Orlando said both signed statements that Schewchuk killed Wanda Dworecki at the father's solicitation for a $5 000 to $6 000 insurance payout. Wanda, 18, was found beaten and strangled near a South Camden Lover's Lane after abductors attacked her last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
Walter Dworecki
Iron Mike
Samuel P. Orlando
Peter Schewchuk
Dworecki
Orlando
Peter
Wanda
Schenchuk
Lover’s Lane
Chester
Shewchuk
Shevchuk
Schewchuk
Sa Yin
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M. J. Grove Lime Co
Hitler
Germany
Central Press Radiophoto
Reichstag
Danzig
Frederic J. Haskin
Bell Clothes
Ces
North America Assurance Society
Refuge
John Heartley
Robert Walters
Martinsburg
Emma Pitcock
Frank Pitcock
Roy Carter
Howard Walters
Waterlock
Charles Critter
Edith Carter
Nelson County
Jessie Markwood
E. R. Conner
Thurman Ballenger
Malone
Norman Grim
James Orndoff
Ballenger
Iva Perry
California
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
SILCO
N. Loudoun St
Winchester, Va
Independent Hose Co
Ferdinand Paarand
Chelsea
Mass
Boston
Revere Beach
Paarand
Fairmont
Loudoun
Loudoun Street
J. P. Miller
Handley School
Palace Theatre
South Braddock
South Main
R. B. Messick
Berryville Avenue
Harry H. Willis
Thor
E. Fairfax Lane
Care Star
Hale Peaches
N. C. Williams
Mt. Williams
May Browning
Patton
Baker and Cameron Sts
E. Leicester
Union Life Insurance Co
W. Bond St
S. Braddock
Business College
C. M
E. L. Dosch
Vine Street
Philadelphia
Helene Curtis
Park Avenue
MiLady Anne Peanty
Palace Hotel
Preacher
Pennsylvania
United States
DuPont
John W. Rosenberger and CO
S. Braddock St
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