Appalachian Scenic Highway Highlighted As National Showcase
An Asheville correspondent in the Baltimore Sun praises the Appalachian Scenic Highway from Quebec to Tampa as a successful national project. The route, largely hard surfaced, traverses the eastern U.S. and links diverse landscapes from the White Mountains to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with numerous offshoots and key stops such as Shenandoah and Endless Caverns, hinting at broader tourism and regional development.
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Asheville
N. C
Baltimore Sun
Quebec
Tampa
Gulf
Province of
White and
Een Mountains
Hudson Co
Catskills
Alleghenies
Shenandoh Valley
Great Smoky Mountains
Atlanta
Gulf of Mexico
North
Irca
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Niagara Falls
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Virginia
Shenandoah National Park
Siewenas Valley
St. Petersburg
Mobile
New Orleans
Norfolk and Western Schedule to Roanoke and Points North
Train timetable dated November 21 1926 lists services from Berryville to Roanoke Bristol Cincinnati Columbus Hagerstown and Washington with Pullman and parlor cars. Connections at Shenandoah Junction Roanoke Memphis and Philadelphia and agents H H Burks Berry Virginia and John L Bladon Roanoke General Agent.
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Berryville
Roanoke
Bristol
Bluefield
Williamson, Norton
Waynesboro
Pullman
Williamson
W. Va
Memphis
Chattanoga
Nashville
Mphis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Broiler
Shenandoah
Hagerstown
Shenandoah Junction
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
H. H. Burks
Berry
Jno
L. Bladon
Governor Evans Keynote At Winchester Rotary Meeting
District Governor Frank W. Evans of Norfolk addressed the Winchester Rotary Club at the George Washington Hotel. He urged support for boys work and personal mentorship, praised Rotary’s role in international friendship, and noted plans for Ostend convention with about 6000 Rotarians. He also urged visitors to view Winchester as a welcoming gateway for travelers and praised local leadership. Visiting Rotarians included Brent E Clark Jack West and Cy Mee and Dayton O Rea from Handay School for clays.
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Frank W. Evans
Norfolk
Winchester Rotary Club
George Washington
Evans
Rotary
Ostend
United States
Europe
Winchester Club
Winchester
Virginia
Evane
Marshall Baker
Brent E Clark
Oklahoma City
Jack West
Staunton
Cy Mee
Missouri
Handaley School For Clays
Dayton O’rear
Sunday calls and social visits in Midway Virginia
Midway Va December 10 Sunday callers included Ben White and son Elwood Belmont Fout and Miss Iva Line bure. Beathie Snapp spent Thursday night with Glenna White. Warner Dyke called on George Dyke last Monday. Hugh Ashwood and Arthelia visited Edgar Smoke together. Glenna White called at Simon Snapp’s. James Rosenberger of Mount Pleasant called at Edgar Smoke’s Sunday afternoon.
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Midway
Godfrey Bly
Ben White
Elwood
Belmont Fout
Iva Linebure
Beathie Snapp
Glenna White
Warner Dyke
George Dyke
Hugh Ashwood
Arthelia
Edgar Smoke
Simon Snapp
James Rosenberger
Mount Pleasant
Chinese governance praised as stabilizing force in China
A. H. George, British government commercial agent in Shanghai, credited Chinese genius for self-government with saving China from complete chaos amid the country’s revolutionary ups and downs.
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China
A. H. George
Shanghai
Future Farmers of Virginia form new local chapters
Students at Middletown and Stephens City high schools organized local Future Farmers of Virginia chapters with Grover Kinzy directing. A fathers banquet kicked off the program, highlighting parent cooperation and a plan for school farm departments to apply scientific agriculture, with support from W. S. Newman and local officials.
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Middletown
Stephens
Grover Kinzy
Future Farmers of Virginia
Virginia
Jefferson
Monticello
University of Virginia
Capitol Building
Richmond
Stony Hill
Washington
Mount Vernon
W. S. Newman
D. J. Howard
Northern
Department of Agriculture
Kline
L. D. .Kline
P. B. Stickley
Stephens City
Asa
Clarke County Woman's Club to Meet All Winter
Clarke County Virginia Woman's Club holds winter meetings in American Legion rooms with new president Mrs A C Muller presiding. Financials show 75 dollars in general fund and 133 42 in garden fund. A C Muller reports board decided winter gatherings will continue. Exhibiting further, garden dept will share proceeds from Son of a Sheik to beautify school grounds on December 21.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Woman’s Club
American Legion Rooms
A. C. Muller
A. Cummins
J. F Moore
Garden Department
E. G. Henson
Moving Picture House
Alexandria
Quarles
Handley Schools
James Riddle
Blackburn Smith
Baltimore
John D. Richardson
Fairfield
Alice Ferguson
Miami
Fla
Mother Who Stole For Child Released In Police Court
A Loudoun mother, with her husband and child, received a suspended jail sentence after noon in police court for stealing 62 cents worth of trinkets for her child. Downtown stores employ detectives during Christmas to deter shoplifting, ensuring high scrutiny of shoppers.
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Loudoun Street
Veterans Bureau hospital to include gym with pool and track
A Fort Snelling project will add a gymnasium featuring a swimming pool and running track to the new United States Veterans Bureau hospital under construction, part of a $1 50,000 facility.
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United States Veterans Bureau Hospital
Fort Snelling
Festus Fletcher Dies in Martinsburg After Illness
Festus Fletcher aged 38 died in Martinsburg West Virginia after a ten week illness that puzzled physicians. A lung trouble diagnosed as pneumonia gave way to a pus condition requiring operation. He collapsed and died after seeming to improve. Survived by wife and four children, a brother and three sisters, he was a Modern Woodmen member and Christian Church adherent. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm in Highview Christian Church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Seenecick
Thurada
C County
Y Atty Hospital
Martinsburg
Fletcher
J. H. Richard Fletcher
Trone
Courvive
Hubert
Mildred
Filda
Agnes Fletcher
Lester Fletcher
Cora Fletcher
Rena Cooper
This County
Robert French
Hagerstown
Modern Woodmen of America
The
Christian Church
Highview
Falling Tree Kills Farmer and Leaves Widow and Five Children
Upshur Deem, a farmer near Ebenezer in Romney, was struck by a falling tree while trapping a raccoon. He died an hour later at a hospital. His widow and five children survive.
Miss Fannie Wallace Aged Teacher Dead in Front Royal
Miss Fannie Wallace died in Front Royal after a long illness. A native of Fangwater county and daughter of the late George Wallace and his wife, she was eighty four and long known as a leading local schoolteacher. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church with Rev. N. N. Hall and N. B. Harmon officiating. Burial followed at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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Front Royal
Fannie Wallace
Fangwater County
George Wallace
Methodist
N. N. Hall
N. B. Harmon
Prospect Hill Cemetery
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Governor Evans
Rotary Club
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Woman’s Club of
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Petrified Forest
Navajo County
Arizona
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Hanter
Essex
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Brucetown
McCormick
Duvall & Dunn
J. L
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Netita E., Rogers
John B. ’B. Rogers
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