Electrification of Virginia Farms Surges in 15 Years
Paul D. Saunders notes Virginia farms now over 85 percent electrified and farm electricity use surpassing urban usage. He cites education, prosperity, utility innovations, power company stimulus, and wartime food demand as key drivers of rapid agricultural modernization.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Virginia
Rural Electrification Administration
Chicago
Paul D. Saunders
Richmond
The
Southern Planter
Saunders
Farm electrification cuts milking and barn chores by half
Dr Saunders notes electricity on farms halves milking time and greatly reduces barn cleaning time by about five sixths. Laundry in the farmhouse now requires only a small fraction of prior hours. The gains promise less farm drudgery and a stronger rural civilization by spreading modern comforts to farmers.
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Saunders
One Year Ago 1948 News: Jenkins Girl Born
A year ago Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jenkins welcomed a daughter, with Mrs. Jenkins identified as the former Myrtle Lee. The item notes the couple resides in R. 1. and marks the family milestone.
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Raymond Jenkins
Strength For The Day by Earl L. Douglas
The cross as a symbol of Christ’s love dominates Christian life. It marks church, altar, and jewelry, yet the speaker urges daily personal crosses to share in salvation. Two crosses are needed: Christ’s and ours, the former for salvation and the latter for sustaining faith.
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Christendom
Christ
Jesus
How's Your I. Q. Memory Quiz Prompts Quick Scores
A 10 day Q and A style test rates scores from Memory Genius to Good with 100 questions. It asks antonyms, timing of beauty sleep, Secret Service heads, birds, nolo contendere, British prime ministers, metatarsal location, Ersatz meaning, Latin American succession, and Army Navy game winner.
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Secret Service
Nolo Contendre
Labour
Rdes
British Dominion
Sidney G. Holland
Army
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