Hickory Woodmen Club to Install Officers Tonight
Hick tory Camp No 34 Woodmen of the World opens a 7 45 program with officer installations and 25 year insignias for 86 members. T G Smoak state manager will direct the ceremony and Andrew Bell to present insignias at the Odd Fellows Hall East Boscawen street.
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Hicktory Camp
Woodmen of the World
S. T. Par
Dett
E .B,. Lewis
T. C. Clark
F. L. Largent, Jr
L. I. Carper
Howard Clark
L. H. Pence
T. Russell Cather
Cochran
P. D. Miller
G. W
C. E. Stotler
Prank
W. S. Cooper
H. C. Lamp
W. Rathman
J. M. Fishpaw
W. Rosenberger
R. M. Swimey
T. G. Smoak
Richmond
Andrew Bell
Dorsey C. Hottle
Odd Fellows Hall
East Boscawen Street
Stephens City Notes item list of social visits and church group
Stephens City Virginia society page records visits weekend stays and travels of Nettie Yeakle Frances Barr Laura Steele and others. It notes hospitalities at Winchester Middletown Harrisburg Strasburg Towson and Wilmington with meetings of the Ladies Aid at the M E Church and local family gatherings.
Local Social Notes Highlight Kernstown and Reading Guests
The Kernstown son and Mrs. Clarence Lemley hosted dinner guests Friday. Mrs. Claggett Hook and daughter Eileen of Reading Pa. are visiting the Lemley home. The Ladies Auxiliary of the Independent Hose Company met Miss Mary Terault's home to plan a Redmen Hall supper for Friday January 26. Attendees included Mrs. Floyd Cadwallader chairwoman and several Mrs. Julian Steele, Mrs. Henry Ritenour, and others. Mr. E C Brumback of Middletown dined with Mr. Ed Campbell Wednesday.
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Son
Kernstown
Clarence Lemley
Claggett Hook
Eileen
Reading
Mary Terault
Joe Clevenger
Randall Ridgeway
J. C. Hiser
C. W Adams
Caroline Seal
Lomax Parker
Julian Steele
Henry Ritenour
Julian Gregory
Calvin Grim
E.C. Brumback
Middletown
Ed Campbell
Athletic dept receives returned towels from three years ago
Amesia state college athletic department reports receiving 17 towels in good condition that had belonged to the school three years earlier. The towels were found in a package labeled Lane Chicago and included a one dollar bill.
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Amesia
Thre Town State College Athletic Department
Chicago
Firm Neutrality Stand Advocated By Grange Master
Louis J. Taber master of the National Grange said after a White House visit he urged President Roosevelt to take the most vigorous attitude consistent with neutral diplomacy to protect agriculture from combined purchasing by France and Great Britain. He predicted farmers would gain a billion dollars in income if the war caused no dislocations, and noted the allies purchasing was crushing tobacco growers and heavily hurting apple producers and other farmers.
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Washington
Louis J. Taber
The
National Grange
White House
Roosevelt
France
Great Britain
Taber
Grange
Regulation Allows Fox Kill by Frederick County Landowners
The Commission in Richmond Va adopted a regulation allowing Frederick county landowners to hunt foxes with gun and dog or kill foxes on their own lands. The rule becomes effective February 1 1940 by order of the Game and Inland Fisheries. Carl H Nolting, chairman.
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Frederick County
Richmond
Vas
The
Comet Game and Inland Fisheries
Carl H. Nolting
Liquor Tax Opposition From Virginia ABC Leader
Major S Heth Tyler of Norfolk opposes Governor Price’s 10 percent liquor tax to fund expanded school aid. He argues the ABC Board should not be revenue driven and tax raises could reduce sales and state revenues, undermining control of alcohol. He notes past state profits were incidental to control goals.
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Norfolk
Price
Major S. Heth Tyler
Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Major Tyler
Tyler
ABC Board
Peery
Regulation Allows Daylight Gigging of Carp in Shenandoah Waters
The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries adopts a regulation to permit gigging carp in daylight on the Shenandoah River within Clarke Frederick Page and Shenandoah counties from December 15 to January 14. Permits go to licensed anglers and take effect February 1, 1940.
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Richmond
Shenandoah River
Clarke
Frederick
Page
Shenandoah
Explosions at Walt ham Abbey Plant Under Scrutiny
London reports say sabotage is not blamed for yesterday’s blasts at the Walt ham Abbey munitions plant. Scotland Yard’s squad investigated but the Home Office and Ministry of Supply state there is no current evidence of sabotage and an official inquiry committee leads the case.
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London
Scotland Yard
Waltham Abbey
Home Office
Ministry of Supply
Last Rites Held For Mr. Lockhart At Mr. Williams
The body of Howard T. Lockhart 65 a Frederick county native who died Tuesday at Forest Glen Maryland where he had worked in construction for ten years was brought to St John s Lutheran Church Mount Williams for burial in the adjoining cemetery A brief service was held and a large gathering of Frederick county relatives and friends attended the funeral.
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Howard T. Lockhart
Frederick County
Forest Glen
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mount Williams
Lockhart
Algernon W. Lockhart
Mountain Falls
Maryland
Capt Barrett Narrates River of Death Adventure at Berryville Club
Captain William Barrett retired U S N described his 1937 Rio de Janeiro trip and the River of the Dead expedition. He led three companions, faced a savage tribe, was held six months, and escaped thanks to natives curious about his flashlight and beard. The Clarke county gathering also heard club notices and a quiz answer.
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Berryville
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
William Barrett
Woman’s Club
Clarke County
Hawthorne Library
States
Barrett
Capt. Barrett
Graham Dougherty
A. F. Robertson
Rose MacDonald
Hobson McGehee
Tyson Dortch
Loring Kackley
John B. Neill
Alfred Kerfoot
Nellie Henson
E. B. Harris
Winchester Snow Removal Ordinance Details and Penalties
General Ordinances of Winchester Chapter XIV Section 17 requires tenants or owners to clear snow and sleet from sidewalks within specified daytime or nighttime windows. If removal harms pavement, cover with sawdust or ashes. Penalties range from one to three dollars per violation, with each six hours a separate offense. If no occupant can be found, the city superintendent clears at owner expense and may levy the cost by warrant.
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City OF Winchester
Winchester
Culpeper Schools Temporarily Closed Over Cold Epidemic
Culpeper Virginia January 19 Supt T W Hendricks ordered Culpeper schools closed temporarily due to an epidemic of colds among pupils.
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Culpeper, Va
T. W. Hendricks
Culpeper
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H, C. Brill
Edward Grimm
L. Es
Lee Boyce
R. B. Brown
Ped B. Cook
Bark
A. D. Custer
H. W Morris Finkelstein
L. E. R. Grubb
C. H. Grim
Gough
I. Hawkins
Geo
W. Hiner
B. Hodgson
Herbert Hiner
Jos
Ph Hodgson
C. H. Hamilton
W. Jenkins
Thomas J
George P. Kern
D. W. Kline
Atgy Kline
J. W. Keller
E. B
G. J. Light
A. D. Mason
J. W. McDonald
John E. McDon
R. W. Moomaw
H. W. Murphy
Oseph
E. McCarty
William Bewlin
George H. Eagle
W. H. Forean
David Johnson
Philip Mpus
A. H. McFarland
Geo . Miller
J. E. Patterson
Sam T.rlett
C. B. Pifer
Joseph S. Rit
Holmes Ritter
J. P. Reardon
A P. Thomas
J. B. Wingeld
Ibe
Carcy Ewing
School of Dance
Caron Ridgeway
Carol Cain
Ces Brown
Hackley
Alice
Ann Lang
Betty North
Heackley
Frances
Bobby Huntsberry
Sonny
Helen Jeaner deGrange
Carol Geway
Peggy Crow
Cather
Mary Green
Martha Arnold
Helen Brown
Eleanor deGrange
Bobby Onger
Huntsberry
Helen Martin
Albin
Louise Martin
Harber
Martin
Jones
William Anderson
Allen Franks
Maynar McKee
Russell McKee
Uncle Ned
Hawaii
Jones Funeral Home
Silco Cut Price Store
LINC
C. & P. Tel, Ces
Cenfer
Banking and Currency Committee
Capital
Carter Glass
Virginia
Jesse Jones
Robert F.waiiner
New York
Finland
Stephens
Harrisburg
Logan Ross
Joe Strode
Gussie Glaize
Emma Billik
Towson
William Homewood
Wilmington
Del
Mattie Dean
Laura Steele
Charles Headley
Emett
Sager
Inlaw
Stanley Sager
Strasburg
Louise Lemley
Hamilton
Hugh Racey
Food” Stores
N. Loudoun St
United States
Salla
Ncludes
Maj
ABC‘ Board
Frank E. Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Gannett Imas
Smith Bros
Pann
Mr. Lockhart
Williams
Meeting of Woman’s Club
L. L
Cartone
Italy
Bay of Bengal
Sequoias
Lincoln
Ee State
George VI
Minnie Haskins
Hotpoint
E. Piccadilly St
Valley Pride
United Food Stores
Chapman Motor CO
Loudoun St
Cammer Tire Coo
Valley Ave
Braddock S
Roddy Kilowatt
A. F. Rees, Inc
Leesburg, VA
Berryville, VA
C. Roter
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