Sale of Yule Seals Sets a High Record for 1940
Virginia Tuberculosis Association officials report a 1940 seal sale total of 137 468.20 across affiliates with hope the final statewide figure will reach 141 177 to sustain wartime anti TB efforts. Counties Appomattox Mathews Wise have yet to report, with final results due February 26 for inclusion in the annual list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Appomattox
Mathews
Wise
V A Tuberculosis Association
Virginia
Funeral of Henson Anderson Noted in Paw Paw West Virginia
Nora Larrick Clark and Stewart Anderson attended the funeral of Henson Anderson who died February 12 at age 73 in Paw Paw West Virginia. Interment was near Gore. Anderson had Deep local roots and a Civil War era Lockhart family connection. Surviving relatives include brothers John and Lee and sisters Ellen Fout and Minerva Rainer. Other local notes mention winter ice on roads and illnesses in the community.
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Washington
Delaware River
Trenton
Robert Lockhart
Mr. Anderson
Gore
Lockhart
Anderson
Bertie Hicks
Clark
Steward Andreson
Leona Lonas
John
Gore and
Lee
Winchester
Ellen Fout
Gainesboro
Minerva Rainer
Paw Paw
Frank Lockhart
Laura Good
Jim cl
Defense Jobs Desired For Small Shops
A Richmond report warns Virginia defense plans rely on small machine shops to win subcontract work. It urges active outreach to small foundries, appointing an experienced district manager, and timely bidding on top side parts for ships to utilize farming out. The union cites 200 cargo vessels for the United States and 60 for Britain as near-term opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Union
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley Defense Council
Valley Council
Office of Production Management
Washington
James Stanley
Allout Defense
Defense
Great Britain
Stanley
John M. Taylor
Dan Anderson
Eudora Ramsey Richardson
WPA
Virginia Writers’ Project
James R. McKeldin
Virginia Press Association
Shenandoah Valley Ads to Run in Florida Papers
Shenandoah Valley Inc will run ten inches of ads in fifteen Florida newspapers for four consecutive weeks starting soon. The campaign, titled Return Home Through the Beautiful Shenandoah Valley, marks the seventeenth year of regional promotion. Cedric G. Gran notes growing impressions and urges more funding to compete with Skyline Drive and other eastern attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Florida
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Cedric G. Gran
Gran
Blue Ridge
Norfolk Advertising Board
Seminole Trail
U. S. Highway One Association
The
Coastal Route Association
Monongahel
Time zones listed for major cities
The note lists local times for cities including London at 9 PM Berlin at 10 PM Rome at 11 PM and Alexandria and Buenos Aires as reference points for time conversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Rome
Alexandria
Healthful living limits overwork claims, experts say
The article argues that illness from overwork is rare and that successful people emphasize daily exercise, rest, diet, and sleep. It notes the value of periodic health checks and consulting a family physician, suggesting persistence in bad habits, not work, causes decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Riggin
Middleway Notes Highlights Local Visits and Club Meeting
In Middleway West Virginia on February 19 the sick list includes Alonzo Ring Lillian Jolley Roy Swartz and John Lyne. Local visits span Martinsburg Leesburg Purcellville Morgantown and Morgantown again as residents travel for family and studies. The Wizard Club Womans Club held an all day meeting at the Potomac Edison Kitchen and Triliminal Lodge hosted a Saturday gathering with refreshments after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleway
W. Va
Alonzo Ring
Lillian Jolley
Roy Swartz
John Lyne
J. R. Ware
Martinsburg
Ware
E. D. Pierce
Dave Childs
D. Coleman Lyne
Leesburg
Walter Howard
Wizard Club Womans Club
Potomac Edison
Paul Keen
Morgantown
Keen
Edward A. Cockey
Purcellville
Witness Georgette Cusson Flees as Groves Trial Proceeds
Georgette Cusson becomes the third witness to flee during the New York trial of Gorm Groves. Groves faces charges tied to praising stock vestment holders of his General In Company in a case seeking $750,000. A federal warrant is out for Cusson, described as Groves’ close friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgette Cusson
New York
Gorm Groves
Beauty
Virginia Fire Insurance Rates Reduced to Save Policyholders
The State Corporation Commission announced a Thursday effective cut in fire insurance rates in Virginia, expected to save policyholders about 510,003 annually. This sixth reduction since 1928 shifts Charlottesville to scheduled rating and expands protections for dwellings, offices, garages, hospitals, laundries, bottling works, banks, and public buildings, with substantial total savings projected through 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
State Corporation Commission
Corporation Commission
Charlottesville
Staunton
Fredericksburg
Alexandria
Virginia City
Impressive Rites For Mrs. Larrick
Mrs. Scott Larrick of Frederick County died Feb 13 after a four and a half year paralysis. Friends attended a private service at her Hayfield home and a church ceremony at Mt Olive United Brethren with choir and quartet selections. Survivors include her husband, three children, two grandchildren, two great grandchildren, a sister and four brothers. The obituary notes a large turnout and abundant floral tributes.
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Hayfield
Scott Larrick
Frederick County
Harland Hannum
Sloan Wolfe
Carlton Ramey
Valentine Party at Clemons Home in Gore
Misses Fay and Janet Clemons hosted a Valentine party on February 13 at their home in Gore with family and friends including Eunice Foreman Eva Foreman Hazel Foreman Nellie Kern Dorothy Biggert Hazel Johnson Betty Mae Halloway Fay Clemons and Janet Clemons. The Sid ney Gore High School play by Pappy’s Boys of Frederick Md drew a crowd. A Tom Thumb Wedding and chicken and oyster supper at the Gore Baptist Church Friday night will raise funds for a good cause.
Southern Authors Award Picks for Year
Mrs H F Clemons and sister Mrs F W Olsen spent last week in Winchester. Mrs Harry Kelehner and children of Winchester weekend with aunt William Hovermare. The Southern Authors Award named Thomas Wolfe posthumously for You Can't Home Again as best book of the year and James selected for River Earth as next Southern author and award recipient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Clemons
F. W. Olsen
Winchester
Harry Kelehner
Dren
Wiliam Hovermare
A. Thomas Wolfe
James
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South
James Gordon
Martin van Buren
Horace Greeley
Brigham Y
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Mrs. Larrick
Benedict Arnold
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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