Gainesboro School News Highlights Holiday Cheer and Classes
Mary Lee Miller Eleanor White Russell Grove Jean Moore Harold Phillips Thelma Lamp Wilda J Adams Kenneth Taylor Katherine Davis report holiday decorations and carols as students prepare for the Christmas program. Dr Catherine Clark visits for upcoming dental exams. High School assemblies recount Thanksgiving Pearl Harbor themes and a seniors’ one act play The Neighbors. War stamp sales total 10.40 in December and 37.30 since start.
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Mary Lee Miller
Eleanor White
Russell Grove
Jean Moore
Harold Phillips
Thelma Lamp
Wilda J. Adams
Kenneth Taylor
Katherine Davis
Catherine Clark
Washington
Linwood DeHaven
Rosevelt
John Thompson
Sophores
Loa@C. Messick
Pearl Harbor
Braithwaite
Grandma
Peter
Joyce Ann Adams
Arthur Taylor
Sara Marie Smith
Lola Mae Omos
Robert Kelsoe
Douglas Cooper
Rhoda May Cooper
Gainesboro High School Seniors Shine In Profiles
Katherine Virginia Davis, born October 1, 1926 in Gainesboro Virginia, is a dark haired student active in sports and the 4 H Club. She serves as class secretary this year and aims to be a nurse with an interest in the U S Army and a service station. Stella Emaline Lewis, born March 26 1926 in Nain Virginia, is Gainesboro High School senior and class vice president. She plays softball, belongs to 4 H, and aims to be a nurse with interest in Roosevelt and the Grand March.
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Emma Loy
Gainesboro
Virginia
Gainesboro School
U. S Army
Stella Emaline Lewis
Clifton Lewis
Nain
Gainesboro High School
Stella
Mr. Roosevelt
Grade School Attendance Drops With Cold Weather
First grade attendance fell this month due to cold weather and illness while students practice their parts for a forthcoming program.
Ration calendar details for stamps and fuel coupons
The calendar outlines validity for Bests and fats book stamps L M N P Q through January 1. Book Four covers pork stamps, processed foods stamps through January 20 and February 20, sugar stamps through January 15. Shoes and gasoline coupons vary by book and region with multiple end dates. fuel oil coupons span periods through March 13 in parts of the country.
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Whitacre 4-H Club Hosts Li'l Abner Themed Party
Frederick county 4-H members gathered at Gainesboro School on Friday night December 10 turning the venue into Dogpatch Town Hall. Burl Carpenter and Janice Stine were crowned king and queen of Dogpatch for best costumes.
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Gainesboro
Dogpatch Town Hall
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Daisy Mae
Burl Carpenter
Janice Stine
Stella
Jean
U. S. Army
Sam
Bill
Virginia
Mary Lee
W. P
Winchester
Here and There at Gainesboro June Call
June received a telephone call from Great Lakes Sunday night triggering a fluttering heartbeat during a Gainesboro moment described in local notes.
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Gainesboro
June
Great Lakes
New American Weapon Aids Air Attacks Through Clouds
Major General Frederick Anderson Jr and the U S Air Force report new navigational aids enable precise bombing through thick cloud cover up to 25 000 feet. He notes British reports of daylight heavy bombers operating in bad weather and cites 6 400 tons dropped in November and over 9 000 tons this month. Anderson expects overall losses to stay under five percent.
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U. S. Air Force
Frederick Anderson, Jr
Ba Bomber Command
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Britain
Anderson
England
Soldier Gives Blood To Civilian In Rare Type AB Case
NAMPO Idaho Dec 29 Tables were turned when Private Lucille Mosgar 24 WAC aerial photographer at Hill Field donated blood to a civilian saving the life of Mrs Tod Streshly of Nampa Idaho in response to a radio plea for AB type blood.
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Idaho
Armed Forces
Lucille Mosgar
WAC
Hill Field
Tod Streshly
Nampa
Ida
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed by Question
Answers printed on Page 4 provide the correct choices for ten quiz items. Bolivia is first, followed by Sculptor and Senator Butler of Nebraska. The list ends with False as item ten.
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Bolivia
Sculptor
Senator Butler (R
Nebraska
the Chief of the Gods
Roorback
Anatone
France
False
Scientists Move To Preserve Baboons
London December 29 Scientists at Witwatersrand University aid baboons in South Africa farmers label them pests and shoot them. The university says baboons are invaluable for medical research and closer to humans than other monkeys. Baboons have been used to study diseases of women and to induce gastric ulcers in small colonies.
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London
Witwatersrand University
South Africa
Witwatersrand
Dog Miraculously Survives After Near fatal Run Over
In Haledon New Jersey on December 29 the Heller family thought their dog Bonzo was dead after a reported run in. After 48 hours of grieving Mrs. Heller heard faint whimpers from a curb catch basin. Bonzo was found battered but breathing and is being nursed back to health.
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Haledon
N. J
Martin Heller
Bonzo
Hope chest fad fades among San Jose State College girls
A San Jose State College poll found 32 of 43 girls said they do not own a hope chest, suggesting the trend is diminishing. The item was reported from San Jose, California, with the broader reference to mustache cups and tintype albums.
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San Jose
Calif
Hope Chest
San Jose State College
Regular Nip Keeps Tiny Baby Healthy
Betty Sue Beeson born in Baton Rouge weighed two pounds three ounces, one of the smallest babies. After a month she gained to nearly four pounds while fed milk and whiskey and water, preferred the spirit mix. she remains in hospital care and is expected home when she reaches six pounds in early 1944.
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Baton Rouge
Betty Sue Beeson
Betty Sue
Luther W. Theonek
Probable Decline Ahead for Virginia Hog Production
Virginia hog production peaked in 1943 with a rise from the 1942 fall crop. The 1944 fall period saw 825000 pigs saved from 125000 sows, boosting the total year to 1527000 head, 27 percent above 1942 and 72 percent above the 10 year average. Next spring’s farrowings are indicated at 110000 sows, six percent below 1943 spring levels.
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Virginia
Virginia and U.S. pig survey tracks fall numbers
The report notes a rise above the ten year average of 70 000 pigs. The figure comes from the annual fall pig survey conducted since 1924 by the Virginia and United States Departments of Agriculture with the Post Office Department and rural mail carriers.
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Virginia
United States Departments of Agriculture
Post Office Department
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