AARP Strasburg Chapter plans year events and picnic
The Strasburg Chapter No. 26 of the American Association of Retired Persons outlined plans for the coming year at its meeting. The group will host the Northwest Virginia Chapters picnic in Winchester in July and will mark its 10th annual meeting at the March 13 gathering with a speaker from the National Association. The next meeting is February 13 and guests Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Beeler will present slides on their 2000 mile West Coast tour. R. L. Hepner presided. Mrs. Rena Kern gave devotions.
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Strasburg
American Association of Retired Persons
Northwest Virginia
Winchester
National Association
Gilbert Beeler
West Coast
R.L. Hepner
Rena Kern
R. C. Fisher
Ethel Strosnider
Helen Marston
Margaret Hottle
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Turtles Ride Alligator at Memphis Zoo
Three red-eared slider turtles rode on the back of an alligator at Overton Park Zoo in Memphis Tennessee. The playful stunt defied their usual hibernation pattern due to unusually warm spring weather and was captured in AP Wirephoto.
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Memphis
Tenn
Overton Park Zoo
Supreme Court ruling leaves Postal Service anti smut efforts intact
The High Court knocked down two obscenity laws but said the Postal Service may still prosecute criminal obscenity. It keeps in place measures banning obscene material and unwanted sexually oriented ads, while ruling on procedures rather than legitimizing or expanding mail censorship. The decision preserves existing mechanisms to halt obscene mail and remove personal names from mailing lists.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U.S. Postal Service
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David A. Nelson
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Maple sap drips even in cold days though slow
The passage notes maple sap drips slowly or not at all on cold overcast days. Once a warming sun returns after a cold night, sap flows faster though it never runs. Drops can arrive in rapid bursts, up to about 100 per minute.
Greenwood Church Hosts Four Lay Services Sunday
Greenwood Methodist Chapel will hold four lay services at 9 45 a m followed by Sunday school at 10 45 a m. Visitors include Mrs John Dove and family with other relatives visiting in Greenwood and nearby towns.
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Anne
William Vaught
Winchester
Roy Carlisle
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Unemployment Decline From 1932 to 1940 Cited
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that 25 percent of U.S. workers were unemployed in 1932, dropping to about 15 percent by 1940 as the labor force recovered. The statement reflects a long-term reduction in joblessness across the decade.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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