Winchester Could Be Safest City Says Lieut Hanna
Richmond officer Lieut John Hanna touring Winchester to train local Police and Traffic personnel. He praises Winchester’s modern setup, signs, lights, radio and patrol vehicles as evidence the city could become America’s safest with public cooperation and strong police relations. Classes for the program run 4 p.m. today and tomorrow, organized through a League of Municipalities.
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Winchester
Ecic
Win
America
Ton
John
Richmond
Trafft
Hanna
C. D. Barnett
Lieuten
Aoea
League of Municipalities
Answers to Today's Quiz Broadcast in Print
Answers to today's quiz appear on page four of the edition. Names such as Samuel Johnson and Pius L. Schwert are mentioned among the tested items. The fragmentary text suggests a feature listing quiz responses and participant references rather than a complete solution.
Mountain View School News Highlights Community Efforts
The school reports volunteer road work by W R Berryhill to improve access for buses and a student aid plan with Ralph Nesselrodt to help via the N Y A youth project. Highlights include a Gone With The Wind showing, an evening program with Tillie Triplett's playlet, F F A jamboree notes, and eighth graders’ science displays and a charity drive for hospitals. Mae Smoke is highlighted as an able eighth grader with math talent and teaching ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Berryhill
Schoor
Hayden
Berryhill
Ralph Nesselrodt
Kline
Handley High School
Dorothy Harbaugh
Dorothy
Professor Legge
Harbaugh
Harry Richard
Carlton Patterson
Clayton Bucher
Bulletin
Mountain View Students Hope for Spring Sports
After a snowy spell the sunlit days lift student spirits at Mountain View. They look forward to resuming focused sports activities as spring approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
Winchester Faces Traffic Fatalities Record Challenge
The 1939 report notes three people killed in Winchester, with pedestrians including children among the victims. It cites driver intoxication and street surface as factors and urges cooperation and policy changes to reduce fatalities and improve safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Middletown Community League Meeting Postponed
The Middletown Community League meeting is postponed due to illness of president B F Rogers and bad weather. It will be rescheduled for next Tuesday night. Denis Hoover says Wayne Guthrie will speak Tuesday if no conflict arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Rogers
Middletown Community League
Denis Hoover
Nigh School
Wayne Guthrie
White Hall School
Guthrie
Hoover
From Our Scrapbook: Who, What, and When at Gainesboro High
A compact quiz of school life asking who outwits smoke in freshman algebra and who attends Mr. Werded's records better than Eugene Hulver. It asks which girl idolizes James Barr as he plays guitar and who hurries to Mt Williams store at dawn. It names a bus seat saver, a student who utters Bless your heart, and a girl with red hair in the freshman class. It ponders Lacy Long, Adeline Long, Tillie Triplett, Puffinberger, Mary Ella Hodgson, and a shoe incident, plus Gainesboro High ties to Mt View outings and daily rides with a boyfriend and lunch patterns.
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Alge
Mr. Werded
Eugene Hulver
James Barr
Mt. Williams
Lacy Long
Tillie” Triplett
Wee Puffinberger
Mary Ella Hodgson
Gainesboro High
Mts. View
Fragmented dialogue on dates jokes and codes
The text shows a string of disjointed quotable lines about dates jokes a plateau a bald man and a baby with a cow ending with a note about a penal code forbidding propaganda for birth control and imprisonment.
Teachers Meet Saturday in Frederick County Court House
County teachers will convene Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Frederick county courthouse with R. E. Ayler presiding. An executive board session is set for 9:30 a.m. to discuss the state long range program arising from the Madison College district meeting at Harrisonburg. The gathering adjourns at noon.
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Frederick County
R. E. Ayler
Teachers Association
Ayler
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Veterans to Be Registered by Local American Legion Post
Forty nine members of Robert Y. Conrad Post No. 21 convened to plan registration of all World War veterans for potential national defense service. The event set George Washington’s birthday February 22 as national defense registration day and named Allen Gray as registrar. A 28 question form will be used, excluding age, listing 67 trades and vacations to check. Horace Browne of Winchester Post No. aia and YFWea Browne attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Y. Conrad
American Legion
National Defense Service
George Washington
National Defense
H McCann
Allen Gray
American Legion National Defense
VFW
Golden Glow
McCann
Horace Browne
Winchester Post No. Ai
Family Forced Out By Flames Near Frederick
Frederick Md Feb 18 fire destroyed a seven room brick house forcing William Ferrell his wife and daughter to flee with only a few furniture items saved. Fire crews from Frederick and Brunswick saved outbuildings.
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Frederick, Md
William Ferrell
Here
Cerells
Frederick
Brunswick
Students To Dine Friday At George Washington Hotel
Preparations have been made to entertain 112 guests including faculty members and wives. Lester Singhass will be master of ceremonies with a solo by Lorimer Walker and a Senior Class poem by William Snyder. A Prof Quiz contest directed by Mr Ayler will conclude the program.
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Cam- Bena Angel
Ueens High Cool
George Washington Hotel
Inc
Twoaculty
Seve Eitasoe
Lester Singhass
Ge Elor
Lorimer Walker
Will
Charlotte Wyant
Mr. Walker
Wiliam Snyder
Glee Club
Mrs. Ida Pugitt 82 Passes After Illness
Mrs Ida Katherine Pugitt 82 wife of Fred M Fugitt died at 10 15 o clock from complications of illness. She was a daughter of the late F J Russell and Ida Slusher Russell born in April 1 and a longtime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Survived by husband son Byrd Pugitt Winchester five daughters Helen Nancy Jane Dixie Melvin Lineburg and two more listed. Brothers James Russell Richmond Bert Russell Baltimore and Leo Russell Philadelphia. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday January 20 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with interment in Mount Hebron. Pallbearers named B M Sullivan Joey Fred Cochran L Douglas Gutheridge Reardon.
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Ida Katherine Pugitt
Fred. M. Fugitt
East Co i
F. J. Russell
Ida Slusher Russell
Ogne
Mises Helen
Nancy
Jane
Dixie Pugitt
Melvin Lineburg
James Russell
Richmond
Bert Russell
Timore
Leo
Russell
Philphia
Sacred Healt Ce Catholic Church
Mount Hebron
B.M. Sullivan
Joey
Fred Cochran
L. Douglas Gutheridge Coe
Reardon
Police Court Fines and Sentences From Local Trial
Police Court here in the past few days fined and sentenced multiple defendants. Harrison Clowser of Boyce received five days and costs for operating after license revocation. William Dunn, address unknown, fined five dollars and costs for drunkenness. Steve Hoskins, colored, vagrancy, 30 days. Louis Bly of 504 South Loudoun Street, drunk and disorderly, fined ten dollars. Harry Baker of 414 South Kent Street, fighting, ten dollars and costs. Chancey McDonald of Boyce, drunk and carrying concealed weapons, twenty dollars and costs. John Garrett of Boyce, drunk, five dollars and costs. Holmes Rosenberger of Hayfield, drunk, five dollars and costs. Richard Forney of 392 Millwood Helen Jenkins High, Baker Street, drunk and disorderly, ten dollars and costs. Floyd Ash, colored, city, drinking in public, five dollars and costs. Sara Cross, colored, 616 N Cameron Street, drinking in public, five dollars and costs.
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Donald Weems
Harrison Clowser
Boyce
William’ Dunn
Steve Hoskins
Louis Bly
South Loudoun Street
Harry Baker
South Kent Street
Chancey
McDonald
John Garrett
Holmes Rosenberger
Hayfield
Richard Forney
Millwood
Helen Jenkins High
Baker Street
Floyd Ash
Sara Cross
N. Cameron Street
Flocks Quarantined Over Sheep Scab Across Counties
Disease cases in Frederick Clarke and Shenandoah counties prompt federal action to control a sheep scab outbreak. Dr Ellis E McCoy of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry identifies symptoms including wool loss and bare patches. Quarantines are in place and farmers are advised to seek guidance from Dr McCoy or the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Clarke
Shenandoah
Ellis E. McCoy
United States Bureau of Animal
Staunton
McCoy
P. O. Box
Names Colored Boys For Schools
Representative Mi D Til nominated two negro youths for Annapolis and one for the military academy. Mitchell the only negro member of congress recommended Tous Thomson of Chicago for Annapolis. He ed H Minton Francis of Chicago for West Point, now attending the University of Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Naval Academy
Military Academy
Annapolis
Mitchell
Congress
Tous- Thomson
Chicago
West Point
H. Minton Francis
Universite of Pennsylvania
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Lieut
Hannai
Richmonder
Police Department
Hardie
Shenandoah Motor CO
Chevrolet
Methodism’s Day OF Compassion
Methodism
Mountain View School News
Eva Richard
Mary Belle Watts
Esther Richard
Nina G . Grace Sager
Marvin Plum
Iva Nesselrodt
Freshman News
Ruth Feeley
Ruth
Agnes Crowser
Mae Smoke
Billy Triplett
Gainesboro
Stephens City
SCA
Moon Elm
Lou
Alma Frye
Prof Pect I. Q
Tillie
Paul Smoke
Williams
Mae
St. Johns Lutheran Church
Jet
Lucy
Alma
Louise
Washington, D. C
Iston
Coal Mining CO
E. Cork St
American Legion Post
UNION
Miss
Wilmer Munn
Roger Rush
M. B
Cuba
Mrs. Fugitt
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone CO
W. Boscawen St
Doveskin Oi
Baker’s Drug Store
Court House
General-Electric
Golden - Tone Radio
F. M
Miles Music CO
Nino Meelis
Portland
CEME
IT Association
State Planters Bank
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