More Workers Are Needed At Big Navy Yard
Recruiting officials urged more workers for the Norfolk Navy Yard Virginia. They listed skilled trades such as machinists electricians and sheet metal workers with wages from 70 cents to 1 14 per hour plus overtime. Housing is available and new appointees will secure living space before reporting.
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Lindsay Leafe
Fourth Civil Service Region
Norfolk Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Leafe
Fourth
United States Civil Service Commission
Naval
United States Employment Service Office
Winchester
Norfolk and Western
With Our Men In The Service
War correspondence lists service news from July 19 1944. Sailors and soldiers including Gabriel Ensogna Smedley James Snapp Vincent Noonan Telfair Horton Bowson Earl Good Harry Warren Courtney Grim depart or serve overseas. Messages praise letters and support from families in Gore and Winchester Virginia areas.
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James Good
Gore
Earl Vv. Good
New Cumberland
Frederick Clarke Baseball League Eyes Handley Entry
Handley seeks reentry into the Frederick Clarke Baseball League at the annual meeting Friday. Officials will be elected and the 1944 schedule set, with eight teams and a 16 game slate planned. The season opens mid April with home and home games and practice starting when weather allows.
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Sored Wpeters
Ponedule
Star of Bacey
Betto Cooley
Ivyville School
C. Miley
Boyce High School
Ray Clarke County
Tom.es Ayler
Stephens ’ High Cchef
Fred Braithwaite
Gainesboro High School
Paul Beable
Gore High School
Bryant Harper
Stonewall High School
Otis “Snag” Sargent
Handley
Evening Star
Stephens City
Middletown
All-Stars
Baltimore Livestock and Produce Markets Report
Baltimore markets show produce firm on roasters and poultry with light receipts. Cattle and calves hold steady to active with good beef cow prices. hogs steady and lambs nominally steady, while Chicago figures show steady to strong hog demand and mixed cattle activity under broad shipper interest.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock Chicago
WFA
Stock Market Report Shows Narrow Range in All Sectors
New York stock market on February 23 saw a general drift within a narrow range. War shares except aircraft and carriers showed little movement across key industrial leasers.
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Churchill
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
Atlantic Coast Line
Douglas
Consolidated Vultee
Boeing
United Aircraft
Goodyear
Cerro de Pasco
Phelps Dodge
Lone Star Cement
Aey
Atlantic Sugar
Niagara Hudson Power
New York
McAtee Rites on Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Emily McAtee will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from Duncan Memorial Methodist Church in Berryville. She died Monday night at her home “Peace and Plenty.” She was wife of Richard Harison McAtee and daughter of the late John William and Hannah Slaiton Carl Isle of Hampshire County, West Virginia. The Rev. George S. Lightner will officiate.
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Duncan Memorial Methodist Church
Berryville
Sarah Emily McAtee
Peace and Plenty
Richard Harison McAtee
John William and
Hannah Slaipton Carlisle
Hampshire County
W. Va
George S. Lightner
Postwar Plans Highlighted by Richmond Social Workers
At a Richmond meeting of the State Conference of Social Work committee, Mrs. Helen Wright of Winchester Welfare Department cited Winchester as having the most progressive municipal planning. Speakers praised concrete postwar plans ready to start after the war, with juvenile delinquency also a key topic.
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Richmond
State Conference of Social Work
Helen Wright
Winchester Welfare Department
Wright
Judgment Given Against C. W. Lowe
The court ruled in favor of Vive Shaw Kennedy against C Worthington Lowe and May H. Kennedy jointly and severally for 2200 dollars with interest from January 13 1944 and costs including attorney fees. The judgment stems from a 2500 dollar promissory note dated October 15 1943 with a 300 dollar credit applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vive Shaw Kennedy
C. Worthington Lowe
May H
Resolve Now To Do Your Full Duty In 1944
A wartime guidance piece urges citizens to fulfill duties in 1944, emphasizing resolve, discipline, and participation in national efforts. It underscores supporting mobilization, conserving resources, and upholding civic responsibilities during the ongoing war.
Appraisement Recorded for Lula Linneburg Estate
Household goods of Lula Linneburg, deceased, have been appraised. Fawcett and C. H. Barr filed the appraisal in Frederick Circuit Court. The total value recorded is 80.
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Lula M. Lineburg
Ap Fawcett
C. H. Barr
Frederick Circuit Court
County Will Books Moved To State Library For Restoration
An order signed by Judge Harrison directs Lee Whitacre county clerk to deliver Will Books No. 4 and No. 9 to the Virginia State Library in Richmond. They will be restored and photo duplicated as part of the transfer.
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Harrison
Lee Whitacre
Virginia State Library
Richmond
County preserves old county books from long use
A county effort to preserve aging county books, which were very old and worn from extensive use, aims to prevent further deterioration. The project focuses on stabilizing the fragile volumes and safeguarding historical records for future access.
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Eeane
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Fairview Ave
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South Pacific
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Daisy Noonan
S. Loudoun Street
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Garvin Bowles
Southwest Pacific
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Harry D. Warren
India
Courtney ER. Grim
Chicago
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Frederick Clarke Baseball League
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Hugh Ritter
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Edward Thoma
E. G. Coiner
Edward Berlin
Stock Market Report
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Miller Bros
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