Banking Year Popular Across Middletown and Nearby Banks
Production Credit Bureau reports farm loans totaling 290597 in 1937 as local banks unveil strong results. Middletown State Bank notes rising deposits, about 9 percent earnings on capitalization, 41 000 plus capital surplus with 221 of 250 shares represented. Full slate of directors and officers listed. First National Bank Berryville posts 10 percent deposits gain with 3 percent regular dividend and 1 percent extra. Directors and officers named. Bank of Warren and Citizens National Bank of Front Royal report earnings and leadership reappointments. Overall, banks summarize healthy earnings and ongoing growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
J. J. Pickeral
H. S. Larrick
M. H. Rhodes
E. M. Funk
E. L. Humston
W R. Campbell
W. A. Everly
First National Bank
First National Bank of
Berryville
J. L. Hampston
J. T. Lindsey
A. B. Hummer
D. L. Remsburg
J. E. Thoma
Alfred M. Kerfoot
Thoma
Frank M. Wray
D. L. Ramsburg
Ralph M. Ware
Lewis N Stolle
Bank of Warren
W. W. Sonner
Front
Mark B. Turner
Jenner
George C. Ramsey
L. F. Hansbrough
I. H. Trout
John H. Downing
Dr. Sonner
George D. Ramsey
W. E. Collins
Stewart C. Payne
Virginia Downing
Services Held For May Louise Hawkins
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. for May Louise Hawkins at the home of her aunt Mrs. J B Sirbaugh 310 Smithfield Avenue with Rev S Goode and Rev Mr Funk officiating. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery Frederick County. The child daughter of Mrs Edna Hawkins Edwards of this city died Saturday afternoon at Winchester Memorial Hospital at age 2 years 10 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Louise Hawkins
J. B. Sirbaugh
Smithfield Avenue
J. Goode
Funk
Fairview
Frederick County
Miss Hawkins
Edna Hawkins Edwards
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Stalin Attends Opening of Soviet Parliament in Kremlin
Moscow reports the first session of the Supreme Soviet with 1,143 loyal deputies convening in the Kremlin throne room. Stalin may become chairman of the Presidium or retain power as party secretary general, while Pravda calls the body a working entity.
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Moscow
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Soviet of the Union
Stalin
Soviet Union
Red Army
Soviet of Nationalities
Soviet Presidium
Communist Party
Pravda
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report Prices
Combined market notes show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices across Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia. Cattle steady to higher in Baltimore with steers 7.40 to 8.35 and good cows scarce. hogs have 9.15 to 9.40 for good and choice 120-240 lbs. Chicago hogs 8.35-8.65 with weights 150-220 lbs dominant. calves veal and bulls vary. Philadelphia live poultry and dairy prices listed alongside fat cattle and lamb figures.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Livestock
U. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago
U. S
Philadelphia
Northwestern
Red Cross Group Meets Tomorrow
The Winchester Frederick County Chapter of the American Red Cross announces its executive committee meeting will convene tomorrow at 3 30 in the city hall. Executive secretary Mrs Helen H Wright will deliver her monthly report of activities.
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Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
Helen H. Wright
First Panama Hat Reported by Local Auctioneer
Coleman Dunn, a well known auctioneer, drew good natured kidding yesterday after friends spotted him wearing a Panama hat. It appears to be the first Panama of the season. Dunn said he was quite comfortable in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Quotations Va Livestock Market Sales Tuesday
Receipts were liberal at the Virginia livestock market on N Kent Street with extended Tuesday sales. Steers topped at 7.60 for odd head, with most medium grade butcher steers ranging 6.25 to 7.00. Hereford stock calves weighing 500 to 600 pounds brought 7.85 to 8.00, the top in the report.
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N. Kent St
Stock market shows narrow advances andprofit taking in New York
New York stock list shows scattered gains and losses around fractions to about one point at 2 pm. Rails utilities and gold mining stocks lead gains while most leaders hold even. Active opening with upside tilt followed by profit taking and slower activity.
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New York
Rails
Wheat Futures Rally Reverses May Declines
In Chicago on January 12 purchases on declines spurred late rallies that nearly offset wheat market downturns to May deliveries.
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Chicago
Pneumonia Fatal to Mrs Richards in Memorial Hospital
Mrs Nancy Lee Cline Richards aged 25 died after a brief bronchial pneumonia illness at Memorial Hospital. She was born in Winchester November 26 1912 and leaves parents Mr and Mrs Alonzo L Cline sister Mrs Maxwell Butler and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Stewart Shiner. Funeral Friday at 2 from her parents home with Rev Dr S L Flickinger officiating and Mount Hebron Cemetery burial. Pallbearers named Frank Harris Roland Keller Lee Butler Ralph L Hardy Richard Crisman Thomas Cochran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Lee Cline Richards
Roy W. Richards
Alonzo L. Cline
East Cork Street
Memorial Hospital
Richards
Mrs. Richards
Winchester
A. B. Richards
Frederick County
Wheat futures ease after large overseas purchases reported
The market noted estimates that about 300000 bushels of US wheat and 200000 bushels of Canadian wheat were bought overseas. Chicago futures closed mixed with wheat May 96 1 4 to 1 2, July 90 1 8 to 1 4, corn down 1 8 to 1 2, oats 3 8 lower, and rye slipping. Cash grain quotes varied by grade and region with No 5 wheat around 88 and No 2 corn at 60.
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United States
Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Relief Meet To Be Held At 8 Tonight
Attention is directed to the annual meeting of the Central Relief Association board of Directors at 8 o'clock tonight in City Hall Council Chamber. Officers will review the past year and present expenditures for 1937. Five new directors will be elected to replace five retiring members, and officers for 1938 will be named. Retiring directors are Mrs. H. D. Fuller, Philip R. Fowle, D. J. Howard, J. C. Oakes and John Rosenberger.
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Central Relief Association Board of Directors
Council Chamber
City Hall
Association
H. D. Fuller
Philip R. Fowle
D. J. Howard
J. C. Oakes
John Rosenberger
Charters Granted for Two New Scout Troops in Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah Area Council reports no lapsed troops in 1938 with 35 active units. Two new troops were chartered in Shenandoah Virginia and Marlow West Virginia. Shenandoah troop is YMCA sponsored, led by Earl L Koontz with ten boys. Marlow troop sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association, led by D F Tabler assisted by John Landis with eight boys enrolled.
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Shenandoah Area
Marlow
W. Va
Shenandoah
Young Men’s Christian Association
Earl L. Koontz
Parent-Teacher Association
D. F. Tabler
John Landis
Driving Under Influence Case Lands Berryville Man in Jail
John Letcher Lee of Berryville faced a January 8 accident in Winchester with Gilbert Fincham. Judge Donald Weems sentenced Lee to one month in jail and fined $1000 plus costs for driving an automobile while intoxicated.
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John Letcher Lee
Berryville
Donald Weems
Winchester
Gilbert Fincham
Clarke County and Fish Protective Assn Elects Officers
Roy E. Locke named president of the Clarke County and Fish Protective Association at its annual meeting in Berryville Virginia. Officers include R A Grubbs as VP and R N Dorsey as secretary treasurer.
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Berryville
Roy E. Locke
Clarke County and Fish Protective Association
R. A. Grubbs
R. N. Dorsey
B. B. McKay
Greenway
H. A. Clevenger
Longmarsh
J. D. Pine
Chapel
T. C. Hall
Battletown
G. L. Carter
Association
Charles T. Levi
Ralph N. Dorsey
Edward McC. Williams
Frank M. Wray
W. S. Snow
Alexandria
Northern Virginia
Dovell Reelected Speaker as Virginia Assembly Meets
Dovell of Williamsburg was reelected as speaker after a Democratic caucus, with W. N. Neff nominating and Massenburg backing. Alvin Massenburg deposited the first bill to restrict county annexation by towns under 60 square miles, and H. M. Sutherland proposed free textbooks. The budget bill reflecting Governor Peery’s recommendations was shown to the Senate by J. H. Bradford, and resolutions recognized ill health of two senators.
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W. M. Tuck
Halifax
Senate
Richmond
Henry T. Wickham
Hanover
Maitland Bustard
Danville
House
Ashton Dovell
Dovells
Williamsburg
W. N. Neff
Washington County
Dodson
William Bullitt Fitzhugh
Arlington
Elizabeth City
H. M. Sutherland
Clintwood
State Board of Education
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Henry G. Lane
St. Mark's ’S Episcopal Church
Dovell
Neff
Commonwealth
Massenburg
J. C. Hutchinson
Edinburg
General Assembly
Peery
J. H. Bradford
Lesner
Vaughan
Vivian Page
Jack Witten
Russell Cather
Winchester
Senate House
Stockholders Hold Annual Meet Today
Stockholders gathered at the Sarah Zane Sey Company Hall to hear Ken Everly report Shenandoah Production Credit Association lent $290 597 in the past year. The meeting noted 215 stockholders, a branch office in Woodstock, and a net profit of $4 100 with a 60 percent business gain for 1937.
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Shenandoah Production Credit Association
Ken Everly
Sarah Zanesey Company
Everly
Step Mother Of Mr. Snoke Dead In Pennsylvania
Mrs. Snoke former Mrs. Powell aged 79 died after a week illness from heart failure and pneumonia in Newbury near Shippensburg Pa. Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow from her Newbury home and burial is in Pleasant Hall Cemetery. Survived by stepchildren Mrs. W H Shurman Mrs Annie Davidson Wilbur and Hazel Snoke J Guy Snoke and M V B Snoke. brothers and sisters include J Murray Powell Charles B J W D N Sadie Powell and Mrs. Guy Staver.
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M. VB. Snoke
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shippensburg
Snake
Powell
Keystone State
Newbury
Pleasant Hall
M. V.B. Snoke
W. H. Shurman
Annie Davidson
Wilbur
Hazel Snoke
Newburg
J. Guy Snoke
California
M. V. B. Snoke
J. Murray Powell
Oakville
Charles B
Sadie Powell
Guy Staver
Snoke
United Brethren Church
Local Agency Wins Maryland Casualty Award Prize
J. W. Arthur has been notified that his insurance agency, Baltimore based, won first prize in this district for a 30 percent increase in business over the past year. The Maryland Casualty Company marks its 40th anniversary and has represented the agency since 1920.
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J. W. Arthur
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland Casualty
Community Center to Open Tonight at Virginia Avenue School
The Virginia Avenue School Community Center will be open tonight from 7:30 to 10:00. All persons aged 16 and older are invited to attend.
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Virginia Avenue
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Production Credit Bureau
Front Royal
Middletown State Bank
Citizens National
Orville R. Bowen
Ellett D. Marshall
T. S. Duncan
Citizens National Bank of
Firpwine
W. C. Weaver, Jr
William v. Robinson
Elliott D. Marshall
Harry E. Martin
J. G. Tapp
Major G. O. Leach
R. W. Burtsfield
B. Saxton
Parliament
Red Cross
Winchester Evening Star
the Star
Stock Market Report
al. Chem
Can
Smelt
Sugar Res
A. T
Tob. B
Anaconda
S. F
B. and
Beth Steel
Chrysler
Gen. Elec
Gen. Foods
Gen. Mills
Gen. Motors
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Mont. Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn. R. R
Repub. Steel
Sears Roebuck
Sou. Pac
Sou. Ry
Stand. Oil of N. J
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
Va. Chem. Pfd
West UN. Tel
West Elec
Woolworth
A. Willis Robertson
Frederick
Clarke
Warren
Page
Woodstock
Ashby Brumback
D. W. Burruss
Harry Martin
Julian Everly
J. H. Funkhouser
J. K. Coughton
Farm Credit Administration
William H. Johnson
Production Credit Association
Staunton
Warrenton
Romney
East Central Fruit Growers’ Credit Association
Messrs. Johnson
Doughton
Shenandoah County
Clifton Price
I. N. Dovel
Luray
W. C. Goodwin
Washington
Mr. Snoke
Pennsylvania
Winson
Just
McCormick-Deering
C. J. Brumback
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