Virginia Avenue Students Win Scrap Flag Drive Victory
Virginia Avenue School collected 6 506 pounds of salvage, averaging 24.06 pounds per student, to win the second round and claim the Scrap Flag from Handley Grades. Mayor C R Anderson will present the flag at a 10 am assembly. next drive set for February 17 and 18.
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Virginia Avenue
Handley
C. R. Anderson
Handley High School
Handley Elementary School
John Kerr
Douglas Colored School
Garvin T. Binner
Handley Elementary
Rouss Co Honors Deceased Members At Memorial Service
The Charley Rouss Fire Company held memorial services at the Congregational Christian Church for five members who died during 1943. The deceased were Hubert A. Kerr Lee M. Lamp Harry L. Wood Robert Kremer and S Porter House. Reverend R A Whitten delivered a sermon on Freedom and Reverend Ronald S Wilson led memorial rites with Eugene Russell directing the Men’s Chorus and Mildred Jones at the organ. About 100 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Christian Church
Charley Rouss Fire Company
Hubert A. Kerr
Lee M. Lamp
Harry L. Wood
Robert Kremer
Porter House
R. A. Whitten
Ronald S. Wilson
Two Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Hayfield
A collision on Route 50 near Hayfield yesterday at 6 15 p m injured two people. Roscoe Sites of Smoke Hole West Virginia drove west in a 1935 Oldsmobile sedan owned by Orville Miller near Capon Bridge West Virginia after Miller pulled from Lucas filling station. Miller’s car overturned. Injured were Mrs Eites and Mrs Alice Van Meter. Damage to each car about 75 dollars.
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Roscoe Sites
Smoke Hole
W. Va
Hayfield
Orville McCullock Miller
Capon Bridge
Lucas
Miller
Eites
War correspondent recalls Cassino corridor and Toothpick Acres
From the Fifth Army front in Italy on January 25 a war correspondent describes the Cassino corridor as the route to Rome. Heavy artillery and bombing pounded the valleys while Germans shelled highway 66. Monastery at Cassino remains undamaged as Americans refrain from firing on its area.
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FIFTH
Italy
Rome
Casside
Cassino
Mene Fortress
Eep
San Vittore
Venafro
Cavaro
Gregory
Monas
Frias
Benedict
Dishwashers Needed at Newton D Baker Hospital
The Fourth U.S. Civil Service Region announces an urgent need for male dishwashers at Newton D. Baker General Hospital in Martinsburg West Virginia. With patient arrivals increasing, those not currently in war work should report to the civilian personnel office at the hospital immediately.
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Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
U.S. Civil Service Region
Just How Red Can Apple Really Be
John Gould muses on color in fruit catalogs, noting the obsession with red apples like Red Delicious. He recalls the Red Delicious feud among growers, the rise of Double and Triple Red Delicious, and the impact of colorful advertising on nursery business amid wartime shortages.
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Harrisons
Rey Rome
Jonathan
Harrison Brothers
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Handley Grades
Mayor Anderson
Stark
Maloney
Moore Kelly
Rouss Co
Y Moroline
Silco Cut Price Stores, Inc
U.S
Mukden
Manchuria
Hakodate
Japan
Malang
Java
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Vladivostok
Hal Boyle
Goodrich
Silvertown
Tire Information Headquarters
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
E. Piccadilly St
John Gould
Christian Science Monitor
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
J.W Crove Furniture CO
Jayne
Dr. D
Winchester
Chatham
Cannon
Lady Pepperell and
Esmond
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