Virginia Counties Benefit From State Supplements In 1938
The report shows Virginia counties received 8.1 million in supplements to 3.27 million in state taxes and licenses, with Arlington Clarke Fauquier Goochland Henrico and Orange posting notable excesses. Trial justice expenses rose to 218,960.04, with no shortages found and statewide liquor board net profits totaling 21.85 million, shared with counties via per capita distributions.
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McCarthy
All- L. Downs A
Arlington
Clarke
Fauquier
Goochland
Henrico
Orange
Treas
Commonwealth
Downs
Trial Justice
Trial Justice Courts
Virginia
State Liquor Control Board
State Department of Taxation
Christmas Celebration At Mt. Olive
Mt Olive United Brethren Sunday School in Hayfield Virginia will hold Yuletide activities Saturday December 23 at 7 30 p m The enrollment has risen to 130 with most of the community enlisted A large lighted tree and a 100 plus participant program feature hymns readings recitations solos and pantomime plus an offering and pastor address continuing the county s strong Bible school tradition.
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Hayfield
Mt. Olive
L. C. Messick
Victor Hoover
Leslie Cooper
Rites For Infant To Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Preston P. Braithwaite infant son of Mr and Mrs George C Braithwaite of Frederick county who died yesterday afternoon of pneumonia at Memorial hospital will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o clock from the Jones Funeral Home. The child born October 1 1939 is survived by four brothers George Roger Earl and Vernon Braithwaite and two sisters Martha and Dorothy Braithwaite in addition to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston P. Braithwaite
George C. Braithwaite
Frederick County
Memorial Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
George
Roger
Earl
Vernon Braithwaite
Marthat
Dorothy Braithwaite
Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Carver
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily Stump Carver 89 wife of John Carver will be held tomorrow at 10 am from the Ash Hollow residence Rev W O Talbert will officiate Pallbearers include J M Fishpaw John Bromley Charles Swartz Roy Duvall Coleman Dunn and Schuyler Larkin Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery Mrs Carver died Sunday evening after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Stump Carver
John Carver
Ash Hollow
W. O. Talbert
J.M. Fishpaw
John Bromley
Charles Swartz
Roy Duvall
Coleman Dunn
Schuyler Larkin
Mount Hebron
Candlelight Service Program at Christ Episcopal Church
St Johns Guild presents a candlelight service on Christmas Eve at 11 30 with choir. It includes O Come All Ye Faithful opening prayers hymns It Came Upon a Midnight Clear While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks by Night Joy to the World O Little Town of Bethlehem Silent Night and Hark the Herald Angels Sing plus offertory and benediction. Congregation urged to join in singing.
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St. Joans’ Guild of the
Christ Episcopal Church
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Answers to Today's Quiz From Page Four
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 list six items. The key responses include the number three hundred sixty six the surname Flaherty a barge used in ports for loading cargoes in ships the term ku men a residence Montana and Churchill Downs in Louisville plus a twenty five day period and the bill of rights ten amendments to the US Constitution.
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Flaherty
Montana
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Churchill
United States
Baptists To Hold White Yule Service
The First Baptists Church will host a White Christmas Service on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the church auditorium. Organizer efforts by the Fellowship Club will provide food and toys to needy families, with 26 bushels distributed last year. Garland R. Quarles will read A Christmas Carol, and a manger scene will cap the service with carols and a gift offering to the least fortunate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptists Church
Fellowship Club of
Winchester
Garland R. Quarles
Charles Dickens
Brahms
Elizabeth Grim
Andrew Babb
Garland Quarles
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Graf Spee Sinking: Uruguayan, Argentine Deter Ownership
Montevideo December 19. Oil and other inflammables on the Admiral Graf Spee continue to smoulder as authorities plan to burn 42 more hours. Then Uruguayan and Argentine officials must decide fate of 10 000 tons of wreckage in the River Plate estuary.
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Montevideo
Graf Spee
River Platte
Alberto Guani
Uruguay
Langsdorff
Pony Express Station Spacing and Run Distances
Early Pony Express routes placed stations about 25 miles apart. A rider typically covered three stations or about 75 miles each day. Later auxiliary points were established to improve coverage.
Spee a Sea Chameleon Spee a Sea Chameleon
Eugenos Aires reports Admiral Graf Spee described by Captain Hans Langsdorff as a sea chameleon using fake smokestacks and disguises to resemble the British Renown and other pocket battleships while raiding the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. He says the sinking decision was forced.
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Eugenos Aires
Admiral Graf Spee
River Platte
Hans Langsdorff
Graf Spee
Langsdorff
North Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Deutschland
Admiral Scheer
Lawyer Phillips Questions Hurley During Hearing
The testimony shows attorney Phillips objected to questions about Hurley appearance and capacity. Hurley, identified as a spectator, denies being green while Toland questions his role. Phillips says he could not control Hurley’s judgment, though Hurley was on probation or inexperienced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
Edmund M. Toland
Hurley
Halleck
Rep. Healey
D-Mass
Third Graders to Shine With Christmas Program
Middletown Community League meetings at the high school include a third grade program led by Miss Kathleen Snapp. Students from Ella Mae Jenkins to Virginia Austin perform poems stories and songs in a Christmas themed show with scenes like The Twins and What I Did on Christmas Day. The event highlights recent league growth and stronger attendance.
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Middletown Community League
Kathleen Snapp
Hilda Steele
Ella Mae Jenkins
Virginia Austin
Bethlehem
Charles Sperry
James Beatty
Glenden Wisecarver
John Ferrell
Pansy Ferrell
Louise Hoar
Frances Miller
Mary Miller
Rudell Shiley
Allen Cooley
Richard Clem
Clayton Shiley
Donnie Steele
Santa Land
Goodnight
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Middletown
Amon
B&o
New York
Newark-Plainfield
Elizabeth
Lys Harpers Ferry
Compalt
Baltimore & Ohio
Mary Morris
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun Street
Jesus
Donnie Ramey
Joe Palm
Ann A. Wolfe
Billy
Lynn Wolfe
Herald Angels
Santa
Kathleen Cooper
Misses Bolton
Buddie Ramey
Vernon Hoover
Lester Kilham
Robert Cooper
Wayne Miller
Mildred McCormick
Audrey Cooper
Marilyn Miller
St. Joan’s Guild
Episcopal Church
Miller
Anderson
Front Royal
Spee
Uruguyan
Central Press
England
Evelyn
Chamber of Commerce
Andrew Bell
Pony Express
R. G
Busy Bee Restaurant
Cornel
Victor
Siegless
Kotes
Silco Cut Price Store, Inc
NIA: Engraving CO. Inc
Wash College Publications and Annua
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
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