Grangers Install Officers at Middletown in Frederick Shenandoah
Grangers of Frederick and Shenandoah install officers at Middletown. Brenckman of Washington presided with a Fairfax Falls Granges team assisting. Officials from Frederick County Granges include Master B O Back and secretary Mrs A S Brumback. Middletown and White Hall members also cited.
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Grangers
Frederick
Shenandoah
Middletown
Frederick Coun- Pomona
Granges
Saumsville
Brenckman
Washington
National Grange
Fairfax and Falls Granges
Taber
Fred J. Taber
Grange
The
Congress
Mark Turner
Virginia Grange
O. V. Carper
Woriseer
Great Falls Grange
A. S. Brumack
Midletown
Jesse B. Lewis
White Hall
Ford Wright
Saumsle
Byron O. Brumback
Erick Pomona Grange
Frederick County Granges
B. O. Back
Jesse B
Miss Ethel Bar
Wayne S. Guth
J. Leslie Laumier
J. M. Strother
A. S. Brumback
Marvin Shillingburg
Ceres
B. F. Strother
Po‘mona
Leslie Saum
Flora
D. N. Grover
Gladys Hammond
R. A. Baker
A. Brumback
B. O. Brumback
White Hall Grange
J. B. Lewis
Firemen To Meet At Stephens City
Members of the Independent Company of Stephens City will meet tonight in regular session. The Auxiliary of the company also is scheduled to convene at the same location. Palace of Pluto lies 150 feet beneath the King's Palace at the 900-foot level of the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. It features vast stalactite forests and giant reptile carvings larger than dinosaurs.
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Stephens City
Q. SS Pty
Pluto
King’s Palace
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Miss Rose MacDonald to Speak in Baltimore on Mrs. Lee
Miss Rose Mortimer Elzey MacDonald, author of The Life of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and daughter of a Confederate officer, will address Maryland Chapter 8 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Baltimore. The meeting honors Lee and Stonewall Jackson with a luncheon and a WEBR radio resume of her book.
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Berryville
Rose Mortimer Elzey MacDonald
Virginia P. D. C
Robert E. Lee
Maryland United Daughters of the Confederacy
Alcazar
Baltimore
Miss MacDonald
Lee
Mary B Read
Stonewall Jackson
Mt. Vernon Club
WEBR
Paul Mackie
Williams
Colonial Beach
Stratford
Gen. Lee
Answers to Today's Quiz Provided
Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include No, Yes, Admiral Byrd, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, The President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, No, Romulus and Remus, six years, Radio broadcasting company, Proud.
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Admiral Byrd
Pierre Charles L’enfant
Senate
Romulus
Remus
Radio Broadcasting Company
Resignation Accepted for Cedar Cliff Pastor Lead
The Rev. Julian T. Owen resigns as Cedar Cliff charge to lead Falling Waters Presbyterian Church in West Virginia effective February 1. Installations planned February 1 in Falling Waters Tomahawk and Hedgesville with Dr. McMurray Rev. Crim and Rev. Diehl presiding and preaching.
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Joseph A. McMurray
D. D
Hedgesville
Dr. McMurray
Dr. Dieh
Rev. Crim
Annual Meeting Highlights Bank Growth and Leadership
The meeting noted par value securities at 216 800 but market value 222 665 75 and lower carrying values for municipal securities. Seven and a half years of earnings reduced the bank building carrying amount by over 50 000. In 1940 loans totaled 828 680 34 with loan repayments 1 070 563 88. Trust department assets near 2 000 000 with 78 court accounts and 36 private accounts. New officers include R Gray Williams president and cashier E G Rusk trust officer Carl T Cather assistant cashier, with officers elected for the year.
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United States
Trust Department
E. G. Rusk
John C. Blackburn
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Stewart Bell
William Beverley
Dr. P. W. Boyd
Harold G. Brown
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Claude R
Robert D. Glaize
Robert J. McNally, Jr
Barmecide Feast Named For Imaginary Banquet
A feast with nothing to eat is called a Barmecide Feast. It alludes to the Barmecide family inviting a poor man to dine with promises of food, which were imaginary until the host finally served a real banquet after the guest acted out pretended drunkenness.
Should Skeet Shooting Be Restricted on Sundays
The Inquiring Reporter gathers reader views on Sunday skeet shooting versus other outdoor recreations. Schroth and others argue the activity is a valid recreation, with noise and fairness raised as concerns and religious reflections offered by Mrs Carpenter.
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Joe Schroth
Mary Gail Cather
Richard Cooper
Bertha Carpenter
Lord
Prophetic Analyst Speaks at Lions Club on World Trends
Ian Ross MacFarlane, WJEJ radio commentator from Hagerstown Maryland, told the Lions Club luncheon about global events and the fall of France predicted 90 days before German invasion. The American with Scotch roots, educated at Colgate and Virginia, outlined European trends and democracy’s defenses.
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France
Greece
Albania
Lions Club
Ian Ross MacFarlane
WJEJ
Hagerstown
Mr. MacFarlane
Colgate University
University of Virginia
Germany
American Press Syndicate
Paris Times
Paris
New York Herald- Tribune
Balkans
Palestine
Great Britain
Pomp and Circumstance composer and the three obediences
Elgar wrote Pomp and Circumstance for the coronation of King Edward VI. The three obediences for Japanese women are before marriage to a father after marriage to a husband and his parents and when widowed to a son.
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Sir Edward W. Elgar
King Edward VI
Plymouth Undergoes and East Africa Knockout Plans
Berati in Albanian oil fields offers few natural barriers to the advance as British forces prepare a knockout blow to Italians in East Africa. London sources say Wavell’s plan tightens as talks of safe conduct and removal of civilians surface amid the Tobruk siege. The Uruguayan foreign minister probes a British warship’s alleged waters infringement after the Mendoza case.
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Berati
Limyan
Tobruk
London
Archibald P. Wavell
East Africa
British Press Association
Mendoza
France
Rev Redhead Opens Week of Prayer in Charlotte
The Rev John A Redhead Jr pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Charlotte spoke to a large mixed congregation on God freeing us from fear using Revelation as his text The five service week will continue with topics Sinfulness of Sin The Business of Making a Life What is God Like and Fairest Lord Jesus The Winchester Ministerial Association luncheon Wednesday at 12 30 o clock will feature Rev Dr Redhead as guest of honor.
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John A. Redhead, Jr
D. D
Second Presby
Charlotte
N. C
God
Braddock Street Meth
Fairest
Lord Jesus
Winchester Ministerial Association
Dr. Redhead
Nineteen Applicants Compete For City Police Job
Police Chief Clayton Hollis examined nineteen applicants last night for the vacant police position created by Officer Elwood J. Ward leaving to join a DuPont plant in New Jersey. Applicants face character, knowledge, and physical tests, with the mental exam a required step in the selection.
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Clayton Hollis
Elwood J. Ward
duPont
New Jersey
Hollis
Rites Are Told For Mrs Brown
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 o clock for Miss Emma Edmonds Brown 88 who died at 210 South Cameron Street after a lengthy illness The Rev Ronald Wilson of the Presbyterian Church officiated Interment was at Mount Hebron Pallbearers included four nephews Douglas and Leslie Brown Edward and Wayne Cather Dr A D Henkel and Frank Swartz
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Emma Edmonds Brown
Hattie Bowman
South Cameron Street
Ronald 8. Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Mount Hebron
Douglas
Leslie Brown
Edward
Wayne Cather
A.D. Henkel
Frank Swartz
Chicken Supper Benefit Promoted on Red Bud Road
A chicken supper will be held at the home of Mrs. A. M. Keck ley on Red Bud Road from 4 30 to 9 00 p m on Thursday January 16 for a charitable benefit.
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A. M. Keckley
Red Bud Road
Notable women’s groups form New York alliance
New York leaders from the New York Society of Tennessee Women the North Carolina Society the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation and other state groups unite under a joint committee chaired by John B. Glenn to arrange activities. The body includes presidents from Kentucky Texas Virginia South Carolina Tennessee and other associations along with alumni leaders and a regional governor.
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The
Kentuckians
George F. Lee
Texas Club of New York City, Inc
Ronald A. Baker
Virginians
T. Catesby Jones
Westchester Southern Society
Joseph E. J. King
Washington and Lee Alumni Association of New York
William Moseley Brown
John B. Glenn
George Gordon Battle
Charles D. Lanier
Ernest W. Poindexter
LeGrand L. Redfield
A. J. Smith
James Avery Webb
Thrown Out Through Top in Virginia Car Crash
Willis Elmore of Washington escaped with his life after a collision Saturday night between Double Tollgate and Stephens City. Sergeant Fuller of the Virginia State Police described Elmore as being thrown through the roof of his club coupe. The wreck occurred around 6 30 near Brepnehs City, with the car apparently overturning.
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Willis Elmore
Washington
Sergeant Fuller
Virginia
Elmore
Double Tollgate
Stephens’ City
Brepnehs City
Driver Involved In Reckless Driving After Car Flips
At high speed the vehicle careened off a knoll struck a culvert and bounced 50 feet tearing 100 feet of fence before landing upside down in a field. Elmore suffered severe head injuries and other injuries but was released today. He reported the cat was a total wreck and credited Washington for collateral. He faces reckless driving charges.
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Elmore
Hope
Washington
Miss Aloise Brill Injured in Horseback Riding Incident
Miss Aloise Brill, student at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg Virginia, was injured while horseback riding and hospitalized at Memorial Hospital. Officials say injuries appear minor. Brill had been chosen to represent the college at the upcoming Tobacco Festival as a princess.
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Aloise Brill
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Memorial Hospital
Miss Brill
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