Horticulturists Elect Bond Urge More Apples Used
Walker M. Bond named new Virginia State Horticultural Society president at the 45th annual convention opening in Roanoke. Officers elected include J. B. Bonham T. J. Andrews Dr. H. E. Clarke G. Dayton Hodges C Purcell McCue and B. J. Wood. Banquet tonight features Billy Beard as keynote speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker M. Bond
New Virginia Statecultural Society
J. B. Bonham
Chilhowie
T. J. Andrews
Roanoke
H. E. Clarke
Massie’s Mill
G. Dayton Hodges
Staunton
C Purcell McCue
Greenwood
B. J. Wood
George Washington Hotel
Billy Beard
Atlanta
Michigan
Dr. Marshall
Benton Harbor
Fagan
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
North Loudoun Street
C. Purcell McCue
Org Tion
Mr. McCue
Andrews
V. P. I. Agricultural Experiment Station
Blacksburg
Oie
William F
Prenat
Wyatt H. Richards
Winchester
Henry Chiles
J. Lewis J
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Mr. Andrews
P. I
Roanoke Times
Winchester Miss Anne Williams Earns Yearbook Publication
Handley High School student Anne Williams had a courtesy themed letter published in the Junior Evening Star and selected for inclusion in We The People, a Paebar Company yearbook. Abe Novick, Trans fer Company owner, was elected president of the Virginia State Highway Users Association at a Bristol convention, highlighting his trucking influence from Roanoke to New York and local employment in Winchester.
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Anne Williams
Handley High School
Junior Evening Star
We, the People
Paebar Company
New York
Abe Novick
Abe
Virginia State Highway Users Association
Bristol
Star
Roanoke
Winchester
Virginia group adopts proposals at annual apple meeting
Last night the executive committee of the board of directors was discussed with resolutions on turnover and duties. W S Campfield chaired the transportation panel and highlighted ongoing activities over the past year. The Virginia apple society gathered representatives from Eastern Apple Growers and other groups to endorse proposals for the industry.
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C. Purcell McCue
Greenwood
Board of Directors
Campfield
Stanton
Virginia Society
Apples in the Home Front Defense and Market Push
Mrs. Dorothy W. Lewis and Carroll R. Miller addressed the Appalachian Apples auxiliary on boosting apple consumption and defense roles. They urged daily new apple dishes, school service, and market education while noting the fruit’s high vitamin content and the expanding U.S. fruit output from 12 million to 20 million tons between 1920 and 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy W. Lewis
Appalachian
Apples, Inc
Hagerstown
Carroll R. Miller
Martinsburg
Janet L. Cameron
Blacksburg
United States
Elizabeth Sprouse
Frederick County
Madeline Blair Myers
Carroll Miller
Virginia Auxiliary
Catnap Cat Causes Clutch Panic for Shawnee Street Salesman
Robert Wilt, a 50 year old salesman from Shawnee Avenue, recounts a nightmarish drive when a mysterious squeal from his Pontiac's clutch turned out to be a cat wedged between the clutch pedal and floorboard. After pulling over on Kent Street and experiencing growing fear, Wilt had the cat removed at Harry Himright’s filling station, restoring his confidence in the vehicle.
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Robert Ae 50
Shawnee Avenue
Wilt
Ripley
Harry
Right
Gerrard and
Cameron
Winter Cold Wave Grips East While West Sees Relief
The first cold wave of the month pushes a freezing front seaward with record lows in New York and New England. Minnesota and Wisconsin report twenty to thirty below, Albany drops to four below, while Boston records six above zero. Meanwhile a mid winter heat wave hits California with a severe flu outbreak in Los Angeles and Kern County schools closed amid high sickness rates.
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Associated Press
New York State
New England
Middle West
Midland
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Albany
Boston
Long Island
Penobscot
Maine
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Bristol
Tenn.Va
Eet
Pigeon Falls
Wis
Tarzana
Calif
California
Los Angeles
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Bertram P. Brown
Bakersfield
Kern County
Santa Barbara
Blythe
Palo Verde Valley
Missing Girl Is Located in Capital
Marea Chambers, 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Chambers of East Baker Street, disappeared from Winchester Monday afternoon and was found in Washington DC today. She told Red Cross workers she went with two friends and became stranded. Her parents plan to contact her father in Alexandria as efforts continue.
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Marea Chambers
Gus Chambers
East Baker Street
Washington, D. C
Edythe Ballard
The
Red Cross
Washington
Alexandria
Winchester
Substantial Strasburg dwelling with building lots for sale
Real estate listing in Strasburg Virginia offers a ten room dwelling plus a small house and multiple building lots at a prime junction of three streets. Property suitable for hotel tourist home or business. Contact The First National Bank Strasburg Va. for details.
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Strasburg
Virginia
First National Bank
Farmland Prices Higher Than National Averages in Four-State Region
The Agriculture Department reports November 15 prices in Virginia Maryland West Virginia and Delaware generally exceed national averages across crops and livestock. Wheat ranged 87–92 cents, corn 70–77, oats 46–50 cents, potatoes 55–80 cents, hogs 6–6.70, beef cattle 6.80–7.90, veal calves 9–10.60, lambs 7.70–9, poultry 14–16 cents per lb for chickens and 15.5 cents for turkeys, eggs 24.9–31.9 cents a dozen, butter 23–30 cents, milk 2.30–2.70 per 100 lb, apples 60–70 cents, hay 9.50–13.10 per ton, clover seed 8.20–8.50, peanuts 2.2 cents. Tobacco prices 13–16 cents in Maryland Virginia 14.5–16 cents in North Carolina general average 14.7 cents.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Delaware
Department of Agriculture
Department
South Atlantic
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Price appoints Reid to unemployment commission chair
Governor Price reappoints Edwin S. Reid of Chatham to the unemployment Compensation Commission for a term ending December 28, 1942 and names him chairman for the year beginning December 28, 1940. Reid’s term had expired in 1938 but he has been a holdover. Also named to a forestry study commission are N. Clarence Smith and G. F. Holsinger.
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Richmond
Price
Edwin S. Reid
Chatham
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Reid
Frank P. Evans Reid
N. Clarence Smith
State Conservation Com
G. F P. Holsinger
Harrisonburg
Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
General Assembly
Flay Bingo Tonight at New Eagle's Home
Bingo runs every Wednesday at 8 p m at New Eagle's Home located at 211 N Lou doun St. Community players gather for games and prizes in a local social event in town.
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New
Eagle’s
Loudoun’ St
Turkey Supper at Market Street Methodist Church
The Women’s Society of Christian Service hosts a turkey supper at Market Street Methodist Church on Thursday evening December 5 from 5 to 8 o’clock. Tickets are 50 cents. Proceeds support church programs.
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Women’s Society
Christian Service Market
St. Methodist Church
Harrison Resigns Handley Board
State Senator Burr P. Harrison submitted his resignation from the Handley Board of Trustees effective immediately. He was named March 1, 1938 to succeed the late Shirley Carter and could not be reached for comment.
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Burr P. Harrison
Handley Board of Trustees
Common Council
City of
Winchester
B. P. Harrison
Harrison
Shirley Carter
Council Fails To Get Quorum
Absence of three members and other duties prevented last night’s regular December council meeting from achieving a quorum. discussions touched on filling the vacancy from Fred Forney’s death and possible short term appointment for Lt Hollis. City Manager S Lee Grant reported expenditures under budget by 27379.61 for 11 months and noted curb and gutter work across several streets with sewer and septic projects completed in November.
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Ana Wi
Percy Miller
Lawrence C. Hollis
A. Je Coble
George Washington Hotel
Earl Baker
Chicago
Fred Forney
Council
Hollis
Grant
S. Lee Grant
Cecil Street
Academy Street
East Street
Frederick Avenue
Braddock Street
Winchester Nurse Injured In Wreck
A Winchester nurse Miss Irent Argenbright and former nurse Mrs. Madeline Butler were injured in a Monday night automobile accident near Winchester. Both are patients at Casualty Hospital in Washington and described as not seriously hurt.
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Winchester
Casualty Hospital
Washington
Irent Argenbright
Madeline Butler
Memorial Hospital
Glendale
Mary McCone
Axis reports sharp new blows against English sea power
London dispatch reports the air ministry stating British raids on Ruhr communications cut off half of Germanys mined supply. German factories relied on Ruhr coal and fuel for war materials, but may now be idle due to fuel shortages. The Ruhr region is described as crucial for mines and heavy industry.
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London
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Germany
Britain weighs conscript labor to rebuild Luftwaffe ruined industry
London reports the government may resort to labor compulsion to rehabilitate industrial centers wrecked by Luftwaffe bombing while also considering actions to curb rising shipping losses.
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London
Britain
London Air Raid Sirens Sound Amid Low Activity Day
Air raid sirens screamed in London and an east Anglian town was hit by two low flying Junkers bombers in the afternoon. Damage reported as negligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Philips Coming On Finance Deal
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau said Sir Frederick Philips undersecretary of the British treasury would arrive in the United States to place the last available information on British finances before the U S treasury. Secretary Jones added that the British government is a good risk for loans. the mission helped trigger a meeting of nine key government officials.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Frederick Philips
United States
United States Treasury
Commerce Jones
Federal Loan Administration
Sir Frederick
Apple Exhibit Showcases Eighty Varieties at Hilton Hotel
At the George Washington Hotel during the fruit growers convention an exhibit features eighty varieties of foods including main dishes snacks desserts and confections. Miss Elizabeth Sprouse Frederick home agent spoke at a Auxiliary session about the display while a Winchester Junior Board of Trade exhibit draws praise from hundreds of visitors. An exhibit of orchard equipment and nursery stock in the hotel garage also attracts attention.
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George Washington Hotel
Elizabeth Sprouse
Frederick Home
Charles Vass
Stephens City
H. P. Lovett
Walter Adams
Gainesboro
Winchester
Severe Winter Cold Hits Winchester Area
Morning temperatures dipped to 8 degrees above zero, 11 degrees colder than Monday night. Dr. Hough of the Research Laboratory warned of record lows this winter but said tonight won’t be as bad. Cars froze and several were towed for thawing, as Hampshire county residents hunted deer during a 3 day season ending tonight.
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Winter
David Long
Winfred Orndorff
Ray Anderson
Roy Orndorff
Yellow Springs
A. Clinton Loy
Romney
Jerry Stewart
Wardensville
Martinsburg
W. Va
Hampshire County
Fresh Blows In War News Across Europe and Atlantic
The Rome Berlin axis claims sharp new blows against Britain’s sea power with bombings of Birmingham and fires in the industrial center. Mussolini’s forces torpedoed three British warships near Suda Bay Crete, and an Italian submarine sank a destroyer in the Atlantic. German reports say six merchant ships were sunk by U boats and long range bombers attacked northwest of Ireland. Romania expropriates Standard Oil assets in the Balkans. Italy calls up 200000 more men as conscription rises to 1,200,000. A London briefing minimizes damage from night raids.
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Rome-Berlin
Britain
Birmingham
Premnier Mussolini
Suda Bay
Crete
Atlantic
Ireland
Rumania
Balkans
Iron Antonescu
Romano Americano Company
Standard Oil
Italy
Greece
High Command
Daily Bulletin
Porto Edda
Adriatis Sea
Argirocastro
Albania
Tr Duce
London
Cheer 7 Oe
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regular monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held Thursday evening December 5 at 8 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. WM. ARGENBRIGHT, Capt.
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Friendship Fire Company
WM. Argenbright
Bake Sale and Xmas Gifts at Episcopal Church
Church announces bake sale and Christmas gift event at Episcopal Church home Friday at 10 30 a m with items from the congregation and holiday craft displays for shoppers and gift seekers.
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Episcopal Church
Special Dinners and Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Call takes in Inn event features Bingo with 20 prizes and a $100 grand prize on December 5 at 8 30 p m admission one dollar. Pre holiday shoe sale urged at Lovett's Shoe and Dress Shop praising great value and styles.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Lovett’s Shoe & & Dress Shop
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Appalachian Apples, Inc
Virginia Horticultural Society
Order of ‘Daughters of Johnny
Lewis
Carroll P. Miller
Camey
Rob’t
Kent Street
Capital
Handley Board
Axis
Philips
Jones
C. D. Hewlett
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