Virginia FFA Members See Profits Rise as Capital Grows
Blacksburg reports 7592 active Virginia FFA members saving capital in banks and farms totaling near one million dollars. The organization added 17 new chapters reaching 236 FFA chapters. members advance from Green Hands to State Farmers and many invest profits from farm projects. Leaders credit teachers and alumni for growth as FFA origins trace to 1926 with Groseclose and Newman guiding state and national efforts.
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Blacksburg
State Farmers of America
Virginia
Hod
Asreen Hands
Green Hands
Wier
State Farm
Deee
Kansas City
Hngh
Farmers of Virginia
Enry C. Groseclose
Virginia F. F. A
Naonal
Walter Newman
State Department of Education
New Year Blessing From Grace England Turner
The poem speaks of shedding old falsehoods and embracing new courage, hopes, and dreams. It asks for divine guidance from God through shadow and sunshine, hour by hour, day by day, signed by Grace England Turner.
Des Moines Court Office Undergoes Historic Paint Job
In Des Moines Iowa workmen exposed an unpainted wall patch in the State Supreme Court clerk's office revealing paint luster not renewed since 1886. Cabinets were not moved during prior decor, prompting a full walls refresh for the first time in 56 years.
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Des Moines
Moyi
State Supreme Court
Capitol
Joker Found In Cambridge Anti Lenin Move
Cambridge authorities tried to ban Lenin and Leningrad from print but a council resolution was found to include a joker clause. Police Chief Leahy said there would be no enforcement and City Solicitor Evarts warned the action infringed press freedom.
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Cambridge
Mass
Leningrad
Timothy J. Leahy
Richard C. Evarts
Finds Home Of Famous Greek King
Ann Arbor Michigan December 28 A Cincinnati archaeologist Dr Carl W Blegen announced at the Archaeological Institute of America meeting that dug runs in Greece last spring identify the palace of Nestor as the source. He noted over 600 inscribed slag tablets in a Mycenaean context likely inventories or catalogs and dated the陶 to the close of the thirteenth century BCE linking to Homeric Troy.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Greece
Nestor
Cincinnati
Carl W. Blegen
University of Cincinnati
Archaeological Institute of America
Blegen
K. Kourouniotis
National Museum At
Athens
William T. Semple
Semple
Troy
Pylos
Federal regulators weigh life insurance oversight options
Washington reporters say members of the federal monopoly committee discussed informal paths for federal regulation of life insurers. They cited potential changes to the bankruptcy act, a federal fund insurance model, and a system akin to the Federal Reserve or Securities Commission, noting current state law covers insurers with assets of about 27 billion dollars.
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Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance
Federal Reserve System
Securities Commission
The
Brush Creek Community News and Visits
Brush Creek VA residents share illness notes and holiday visits. John W. Dunlap is ill. J R Whitacre and family visited Martinsburg relatives returning with Laura Dailey and Anne Rebecca Dailey for several days. Ruth M. Kerns visited Alva Lamp and family on Christmas Day.
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Brush Creek
John W. Dunlap
J. R. Whitacre
Martinsburg
W. Va
Laura Dailey
Anne Rebecca Dailey
Ruth M. Kerns
Tor
Alva Lamp
P. B. Heironimus
Hagerstown
R. M. Kerns
Raymond Heironimus
Ces
Willie Mockabee
Was
Elizabeth Thompson Colored Dead At 80 In Martinsburg Area
Lizzie Thompson colored dies at her daughter Mary Champ's home on Tuesday December 26 age eighty born in Warren county daughter of Buck and Irene Harris she leaves husband Amos Thompson of Martinsburg West Virginia two sisters in law and three daughters Lula Jackson Closia McMillan and Mary Champ plus fifteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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Lizzie Thompson
Mary Champ
Warren Countity
Buck
Irene Harris
Warren County
Amos Thompson
Martinsburg
W. Va
Joe Harris
Steelton
Lula Jackson
Winchester
Closia McMillan
New York
Milldale
Stephens City Notes share Christmas visits and family inquires
In Stephens City Virginia on December 28 Mr and Mrs Howard Evans and their three children from Alexandria are visiting Mr and Mrs Will Yeakle. Several families, including the Grim, Ewing, Grim, Proctor and Tobin households, host Christmas dinners with relatives from Martinsburg Ninevah Laytonsville Winchester and Needmore.
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Stephens City
Howard Evans
Alexandria
Will Yeakle
E Steele
Daniel eCarthy
Art Stephens
Washington
T. A. Grim
Frank Ewing
Calvin Grim
Harry Frazier
Mrs Proctor
Washington, D. C
Raymond Hausenfluck
Jasper Combs
Needmore
W Va
Harry Butler
Anne
Winchester
R. M. Carbaugh
W. H. Herr
Charles Richard
Helen
Edwin
Jean
Preston Carbaugh
Harry Booth
Frank Brill
Mount Olive
Margaret Grove
Elwood Carper
Madison Riggleman
Marion Riggleman
Rock Oak
W. Was
B.C. Brumback
Middletown
E. R. Campbell
Twelve year old George Saling loses leg after skating accident
Twelve year old George Saling won t use his Christmas roller skates after he slipped under a truck while being pulled for a ride. A wheel crushed his right leg and doctors amputated it. He said I didn t feel much pain. The truck carried seven tons of paper.
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New Orleans
George Saling
George
Casey Lands In Jail After Engine Throttle Theft
Buster Dingle was jailed for 15 months in Wilmington North Carolina after climbing into a locomotive cab, opening the throttle, and running three miles before the steam exhausted, authorities said.
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Casey
Wilmington
N. C
Buster Dingle
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