Front Royal Social Roundup and Court Ruling
Front Royal notes guests visiting for Christmas include Mr and Mrs John Boyd from Washington and Capt Carl Seaton of New York City. Also listed are Lt and Mrs Francis Mentz and children from Annapolis, Major and Mrs Wilkie Burt, and others visiting area families. In Buffalo, Supreme Court justice Frank A James approves reduced alimony for Thaddeus Skolimowski known as Jack Wasburn to 12.50 weekly after claiming to be a ham and egger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
John Boyd
Washington
Roy Collins
Capt
Carl Seaton
New York City
Mrs
John Earle
Buffalo
N.Y
Supreme Court
Frank A. James
Thaddeus
Skolimowski
Jack Wasburn
Bank Closing Notices on Christmas Day 1937
Christmas Day holiday closes banks including Commercial and Savings Bank Union Bank of Winchester Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co Shenandoah Valley Net Bank All maturing papers due Dec 25 1937 payable Dec 27 1937 with cashiers JOHN L SLOAT GEO B BUSHNELL J H YOST HAROLD G BROWN among signatories and bank names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 1. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo B Bushnell Casabie
Union Bank of Winchester
J. H. Yost
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Net’ Bank
Miss Ellen Jones Injured In Auto Accident At Front Royal
Front Royal news reports Miss Ellen Jones a Sperryville high school teacher and daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Jones of Bat Light Henna injured when a car struck the Wood vehicle. She is in a hospital with a concussion and not expected to move for a week. Also included are brief items on a packing shed fire near an orchard, a restaurant break in at Burke’s, and the funeral of Mrs Mattie Kemp with survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Front Royal
Ellen Jones
Sperryville High School
Charles Jones
Bat Light Henea
Senik
Walter Carter
Eli Vaught
Sam Kenner
Burke
Kemp
Mattie Kemp
Frank I. Kemp
Shipe Street
Union Church
Rileyville
Cameron
Nellie May Cameron
Thomas Kemp
Old Field
W. Va
Percy Cameron
High Cameron
James
Kentucky
Robert Cameron
John Walter
Page County
Mrs Rhodes
Teressa Kitchen
Severine Gardner
James Hess
Robert Russell
Buddy Lemoe
Helen Carper
Catherin Y
Catherine Bly
Cecil Carper
Mrs. Rhodes
Know Where Your Money Goes Budget Booklet 1938
Public information guide from Washington Information Bureau promotes the Household Budget Booklet for 1938. It explains spending and saving, shows how to make money work, and includes thirty-two pages on durable paper plus thrift hints and accounting pages. Available for ten cents postpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Information Bureau
Haskin Directs Information from Washington
The Winchester Evening Star notes Information Bureau updates from Washington D C with Frederick J Haskin as director and communications from the nation capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Winchester Evening Star
Frederick J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Christmas Spirit and Community Warmth at Middletown High
The Middletown High School News highlights Christmas as a timeless, sacred event started with humble shepherds and urges readers to share the season with the poor. It notes Christmas culture, quotes Reader's Digest and Thackeray, and mentions local ice dam activity and winter picnics by five senior girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Christ
Jesus
Bartonsville
Senior Occupations for Idle Moments
A compact list of senior class notes features individuals like Alice K thinking of a candidate for her next crush, Jean dodging admirers, Anne T counting the senior treasury, Ada Lea selling ice cream, Irene studying, Catherine studying chemistry, Lucille teaching a wiggle waggle game, Audrey primping, and Betty pondering the Grove Lime Company chemist. The piece captures light, everyday hopes and small actions among seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice K
Jean
Anne T
Ray Oor
Dot
Maxie
Ruth
Alice
Ada Lea
Irene
Kenneth
Jim S
Jim K
Hunter
Frances
Bob
Catherine
Athletic Association to Host January Fun Festival
A December meeting in Mr. DeHaven's room outlined plans to raise funds for spring equipment. The group, with the president absent, voted to stage a Fun Festival in January at the agriculture building. The decision was unanimous and members await the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic News
The
Athletic Association
Sophomore and Freshman Christmas Plans At Local School
Daily attendance highlighted with Catherine Bly never missing a day. Sophomores host a Friday evening Christmas party with Sally Pingley and Garland Parker providing the program and Frances Scrivener assisting. Freshmen plan a last period party next Thursday featuring jokes, tap dancing, singing, bingo, gift exchanges, and initiations. Kenneth Mowery is out ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spohomore News
Kenneth Mowery
Home Economics girls hold fruit cake chance drawing
The Home Economics group conducted a fruit cake drawing at Friday’s meeting with Denzil Bolen and Gertrude Clark as winners. Thelma Hausenbuck earned a small fruit cake for selling 49 chances, with Ruth Brill selling 43. Initiation plans for absent girls were set for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Economics
Denzil Bolen
Gertrude Clark
Thelma Hausenbuck
Ruth Brill
Cooperative actions for community groups and schools
A list of cooperative efforts includes buying shrubbery for school grounds, ensuring 30 percent chapter attendance at Northern Triangle Federation meetings, purchasing certified seed potatoes corn and plants, sending weekly school news articles, supporting a judging contest, and cooperating with the Home Economics Club and the Frederick and Clarke county livestock marketing association in livestock and wool shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community League
Northern Triangle Federation
Frederick and
Clarke County Livestock Marketing Association
Community Service Plan Aims Aid to Farmers and Schools
The plan lists tasks such as culling poultry and testing milk seed corn and soil for farmers. It also commits to aiding two or more needy families in winter and continuing to improve school and playground grounds while assisting the Grange in securing new resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Vaccination Offer for Cattle Black Leg Farmers
Farmers interested in animal health can request our service to vaccinate cattle against black leg. The program aims to protect herds and reduce losses through mass vaccination upon request.
I A C V Y Leadership Activities List
A concise record of leadership activities including entering the Chilean Nitrate contest Barrett Company project contest plans a Grange or Community League program a student to apply for State Farmer Degree sending a judging team to Blacksburg rally and a delegate to the Blacksburg school of leadership and organizing an F F A debating team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barret Company
Grange Or
Community League
Blacksburg
School of Leadership
Thrift Bank and Chapter Treasury Guidelines
Continue thrift bank and maintain a treasury balance of 20 dollars or more. Members invest in livestock and crops. Conduct meetings with engaging programs and opening and closing ceremonies. Members learn parliamentary procedure and follow rules. At least one business meeting monthly. Offer a small prize to fully attending members.
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Treasury
Organizing the FFA 90 Club and high grade prize
The F F A announces a 90 Club organizers plan with a prize offered to the member achieving the highest average across all high school subjects. The chapter aims to motivate scholastic excellence among members.
National FFA Activities Outline Projects and Events
The plan outlines monthly participation in the National F F A radio program. It proposes organizing an F F A boxing team and an F F A rifle team. It also calls for entering a basketball team in the district tournament and holding a Father and Son banquet.
Public Sale of County Farm in Frederick County Virginia
Trustee to sell at public auction on January 8 1938 at 11 A M in Winchester Virginia a 100 acre tract on Timber Ridge with improvements. The sale follows a deed of trust dated November 30 1936 securing a bond to C S Modena and Maud A Modena. Terms require one third cash with balance in two yearly installments secured by two bonds and a deed of trust plus insurance on buildings.
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C. S. Modena
Maud
Modena
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Virginia
Court House
Winchester
Timber Ridge
H. J. Berry
Annie C. Berry
Frederick County Clerk's Office
Elizabeth L. Massie
Frederick County Clerk’s Office
Raymond E. Perrine
General Activities for Chapter Work and Outreach
The list outlines chapter tasks including displaying classroom objectives, broadcasting on a Harrisonburg station, aiding the Northern Triangle, building a hot bed and maintaining the plant nursery for treasury support, sending four news articles to chapter chats, and taking a farm tour or attending a State F F A Camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Northern Triangle
Treasury
Boulder Councilmen Urged to Elect Mayor on New Year
Dallas Mayor A gue invites Boulder Colorado councilmen to elect their mayor in Dallas New Year’s Day. Boulder charter requires January 1 vote but councilmen want to watch the Colorado Unity Rice football game in the Cotton Bowl. Sprague offers a solution as a football fan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Ague
Boulder, Colo
Boulder
Clipped and Collected
A short note describes girls choosing glasses, indicating sight needs and fashion choices. The excerpt suggests a trend or personal reason behind wearing spectacles, with hints of social or educational contexts.
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Firestone Heaters
Voice of Firestone
Red Network
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Store
N. Main St
Geo. T. Barnsley
Mgr
Oldsmobile
Virginia Motor CO
West Gerrard St
RITZ
Piccadilly St. David
Woodward
Chapman Motor CO
S. Loudoun St
Pine Motor Co
Braddock & Cecil Sts
DODGE
Plymouth
Black Ford
Ford
General
Bickers Motor Co
Front Royal and
Warren County News
Telephone Front Royal 149-A
Francis Mentz
Annapolis
Florence Millar
Elizabeth Millar
Major
Wilkie Burt
Samuel Erwin
Chattanooga
Floyd Golden
Remount Depot
Florida
Col. Sager
Mattie Clapp
Miami, Fla
Annabell Reinburg
Q. D. Gasque
E. B. Farringer
Baltimore
William Wooden
Shenandoah Motor Company Inc
Winchester, Va
Miss Jones
Information Bureau
Greg
Ebert
Middletown High School News
Margaret Jane Willey
Elaine Sperry
Reader's Digest
Reader’s Digest
Thackery
Lucille
Margaret D. Giggles
Marguerite
Sam
Margaret G
Gil
Audrey Primps
Ruth B
Betty
Grove Lime Company
Stephens City
Junior News
Tudor
Afar
Sprague
Goodyear Wings
Buncutter Tire CO
Ook & Germ
Seour
Philco
Stoo
PHILO
E. Boscawen St
Main Street
South Main St
Dad
Winchester Furniture Co
John S. Miller & Co
Toys & Gifts
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