Middletown Grange installs officers in postponed ceremony
Mrs Evelyn Snapp leads the Middletown Grange installation as inclement weather forced a postponement. New officers include Master Ashby Brumback, Overseer Herbert Manuel, Lecturer R H Baker, and Gatekeeper Nelson Grover with committees named for Agriculture Home Economics Education Social and Recreation Membership and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Evelyn Snapp
Dave Grover
Homer Fisher
E. R. McDonald
Ashby Brumback
Herbert Manuel
R. H. Baker
R. H. Hammond
Staige Brumback
Malcolm Brumback
Gladys Hammond
Nelson Grover
Dave Rhodes
Edne Baker
Joyce Baker
Grace
Norma Judy
R. A. Wall
B. O Brumback
D. N Gruver
Robert Brumback
R. H Baker
DN. Gruver
E. M. Funk
B. O. Brumback
B. ©. Brumback
D. N. Gruver
Back Breaks in Auto Collision Injures Bus Operator
Harrisonburg Va January 21 JS E Beall a 66 year old county school bus operator sustained a broken back and serious injuries when his bus was struck by a car driven by Harold Myers 24 on the Darton Pike near the Chesapeake and Western underpass after turning off the old Dayton Pike. The bus had unloaded students at Pleasant Hill school and was en route to Garbers Church area. Weaver 56 of Dayton a passenger and Beall were the bus occupants. The Myers car left its lane and the collision occurred as the bus crossed a recently rebuilt section to eliminate grade crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
JS. E. Beall
Harold Myers
Darton Pike
Chesapeake and Western
Garbers Church
Beall
E. Kiser
Kiser
Pleasant Hill
St. Weaver
Dayton
Myers
Dayton Pike
Garbers Church Road
Myers Auto
Winchester Urged to Support Infantile Paralysis Drive
Laurens Jones urges Winchester and Frederick county residents to donate via merchant placed containers for the March of Dimes campaign. One half of funds stay local, with Infantile Paralysis Church Sunday on January 22 and clergy urged to address congregations in support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurens Jones
Winchester
Frederick County
Lauren Jones
Edgar C. Harper, Jr
The
Crippled Children’s
Salvation Army notes on two juvenile delinquents in city
The Salvation Army's local commander reflects on a family of six, two boys and two girls. One boy, thirteen, is at the State Reformatory and the other older boy has been returned home after a major conviction. The mother wishes the younger boy sent away, but the family lacks responsibility. Without proper guidance, both boys risk reoffending and another return to the reform school. The piece urges early intervention to prevent crime and build a better citizenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
State Reformatory
Bus Collision Near Dayton Injures Myers
A bus accident on a pike injured Myers who was en route to a Dayton area filling station. The driver looked both ways before crossing. Weaver escaped unharmed. Myers received cuts and bruises at Rockingham Memorial Hospital and was released. Patrolman Kiser issued a summons for careless and reckless driving. trial is set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Myers
Kiser
Weaver
Dayton
Rockingham Memorial Hospital
Harrisonburg
Bell
Trial Justice Court
Marshall Farmer Adds Autographs To His Collection
Winchester youth autograph collector Marshall Farmer announced he donated new signatures to Handley Library. The additions include Senators Bennett Clark Alben Barkley Hattie Caraway Arthur Vandenberg M Neely Pat Harrison Lister Hill and Congressman Woodrum Dies Bloom Lemke Major Edward Bowes Mark Sullivan Walt Disney and others. The note also lists Walter W Head and James E B West as National Boy Scouts leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Farmer
Winchester
Handley Library
Mr. Farmer
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Lister Hill
Alabama
Woodrum
Dies
Bloom
Lemke
Edward Bowes
Mark Sullivan
Walt Disney
William E. Dodd, Jr
Douglas Freeman
Nicholas Butler
E. Blackburn Moore
Harold Ickes
Edgar Burroughes
Claude A. Swanson
Dorothy Thompson
Edgar Bergen
James Roosevelt
Governor Price Defends Pardoning Campbell
Richmond January 21. Governor Price says he grants clemency only when drunkenness is not the real issue. P F Campbell of Roanoke and Christiansburg was pardoned after seven months, later forbidden to drive, and was rearrested for drunken driving. Commonwealth's Attorney Bentley Hite criticized the action, urging respect for law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Price
Wytheville
P. F. Campbell
Montgomery County
Campbell
Paragon Campbell
Bentley Hite
Montgomery
Christiansburg
Commonwealth
Roanoke
Leatherman To Teach Bible Class At Grace Lutheran
Ernest Leatherman former president of the Open Door Bible Class will teach the Grace Lutheran Men's Bible Class Sunday. A solo by Mrs J G Over is featured and invitations are extended to all. Also in Indianapolis Mrs Francis Gootee caused a coal truck to fall through a basement chute, wrecking the furnace and breaking gas lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Leatherman
The
Presbyterian Church
Grace Lutheran Church
J. G. Over
Indianapolis
Ind
Francis Gootee
New Virginia Fruit Growers Spray Bulletin Preview
The 1939 Virginia Agricultural Extension Bulletin 131 sẽ inform fruit growers about updated spray schedules for apples peaches pears and other fruits. It introduces a new peach borer control using ethylele-dichloride emulsion applied at tree bases with less temperature restriction than paradichlorobenzine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Agricultural Extension Division
Virginia
Barnes Undergoes Hospital Operation
Bruce Barnes veteran tennis player underwent an appendectomy early today at Buffalo General Hospital. He was stricken just before a professional match scheduled before a Budge Vines contest last night. Barnes wife had left their Texas home for Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Bruce Barnes
Buffalo General Hospital
Barnes
Texas
Public Sale Of Personal Property In Virginia Estate
As Administrator of the estate of D. C. Murphy deceased the administrator will sell at the late residence near Reynolds Store Virginia on Tuesday January 24 1939 at 10 am. Items include 2 horses 2 cows grain drill plow mower binder wagon harness double shovel plows and misc farming implements and household property. Terms are cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T.a
D. C. Murphy
Reynolds Store
Virginia
W. E. Edwards
C.t.al
Scenic Road To Map Plans
Berryville Va January 21 David T Coiner president of the Skyline Shenandoah Scenic Route Association calls a meeting of the board of directors and officers at the Su ray headquarters Monday at 7 pm The program for 1939 will be outlined committees named and plans for the annual campaign discussed New officers were elected December 5 at Waynesboro Coiner president L S Rohr vice president R T Morrison secretary and L Brown Deputy treasurer Directors include Henry Post Mitchell George Buck E W Lauck John N Foll W E Hisey Dr W E Kite B E Douglass Paul W Freed P M Shirey and J R Mims The latter two are ex officio members The meeting will appoint a special group to promote the Eastside Highway from Elkton to Waynesboro The Eastside Highway Association merged with the 3 S Route group with a committee to carry on its work W A Moon Jr executive secretary Information bureaus are maintained at Waynesboro Front Royal and Luray
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
David T. Coiner
Skyline
R. T. Morrison
Luray
L. Brown
Waynesboro
Henry Post Mitchell
Clarke County
George Buck
Front Royal
E. W. Lauck
John N. Foll
Stanley
W. E. Hisey
Shenandoah
W. E. Kite
Elkton
B. E. Douglass
Grottoes
Paul W. Freed
W. A. Moon, Jr
Goldsborough to Hold Seat Pending Senate Confirmation
Rep. T. Alan Goldsborough of Maryland said he will not leave his congressional seat until the Senate confirms his nomination as a district judge for the District of Columbia. The move triggers campaign activity as six candidates vie for the first district seat, which Goldsborough has held for nine terms. The 61 year old was in his tenth term when Roosevelt nominated him to the new federal judgeship. Rumors of the appointment had spurred weeks of political activity for successors.
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Washington
Alan Goldsborough
Dmd
District of Columbia
Senate
Maryland
Goldsborough
Roosevelt
Congressional Post
Armless Man Granted Driver's License in Ohio Ruling
Armless Paul Layton, 21, won a suit against the registrar of motor vehicles in Xenia Ohio. Judge George H. Smith ruled Layton may drive after a 30 minute demonstration showing he can control a car with his feet and body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenia
Paul Layton
Common Pleas
George H. Smith
Layton
Register of Motor Vehicles
Smith
Convict Ten Operating A Liquor Ring
Nine men and one woman were convicted in Richmond on charges of conspiring to run an illegal liquor ring across six Virginia cities. Judge Pollard scheduled sentence for Tuesday morning after a five hour jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
United States District Court
Virginia
Robert N. Pollard
Edward A. Jernigan
Annie May Jernigan
Jesse Saleeby Jr
Robert E. Saleeby
Leland Allen Moore
George Allen Tiller
Robert L. Chappell
Glenn Fairfax Perkins
Jonh Winfred Moore
Earl Tiller
United States Alcohol Tax Unit
Pollard
Nolo Contendre
Herbert Saleeby
Francis C. Mathews
David Allen Conway
Waverly Fletcher Conway
A. J. Tejera
William G. Martin
Ira L Newman
Fair Rhodes Oil Company
Newman Motor Corporation
John Inzina
Hazel Leon Jernigan
William Kerford Bryant
William H. Powell
John Spires
Tobias M. Gibbons
W B. Bradshaw
Jesse Saleeby, Sr
Luther R. Pair
Jay William Ellis
Henry Blackmon
Eon E. Bowen
Tressie Leslie
Odd Letters to Charlie Miller Proprietor of Oldest Drug Store
Charles G. Miller owner of Miller's Drug Store billed as the nation’s oldest continuously operated drug store under one name receives a flood of letters. The notes seek funds collector stamps and calendars ask for a domestic solution critique his product endorsement and pose curious questions from the Midwest and Deep South. A Nebraska CC Miller asks if related while a Ripley Believe It Or Not fan questions a tree growing on his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Miller
Charles G. Miller
Miller’s Drug Store
United States
The
Star
Handy Little Book
Mr. Miller
Braddock and
Cecil Streets
Eige
Ripley
CC. G. Miller
Nebraska
Shippensburg
Miller
Middle West
Deep South
North
Former chorus girl heiress inherits Ruppert fortune
Helen Winthrope Weyant, 37, learns she is one third heir to Col. Ruppert’s estate worth between 30 and 70 million. She may receive over 500,000 plus a 300,000 tax free cash bequest. Executors named. she plans no marriage and remains bewildered by sudden prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Helen Winthrope Weyant
Atcress
New York Yankees
Manhattan
Astor
Miss Weyant
Ruppert
Joseph Holleran
Basil Maguire
Greenwich
Conn
Wyant
Garrison
N. Y
Whitacre Family Attends Harrisburg Live Stock Show
Whitacre residents J W Whitacre and family attended inaugural ceremonies at a Harrisburg live stock show this week. Rev F B Spitzer and sons Max and Klingsley were in town on Tuesday. Elizabeth Fletcher visited Mrs Eddie Sargent Thursday night. Union Ladies Aid met at Mrs R E Whitacre and Mrs O H Braithwaite homes. Prayer meeting set for Saturday at Mrs Virginia Kerns. Eddie Largent and Mrs Ray Fletcher visited Thursday. Billy Whitlock, son of Mrs Ira Whitlock, recovers from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitacre
J. W. Whitacre
Harrisburg
F. B. Spitzer
Max and
Klingsley
Elizabeth Fletcher
Eddie Sargent
Union Ladies Aid
R E. L. Whitacre
O. H Braithwaite
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Brumback
Mrs. Snapp
Mr. Brumbeck
Fol
Cape Cod
Mass
Provincetown
Rockingham County
Are
Ao Eck
Smart Housewives
Winchester Steam
Winchester Steam Laundry
Virginia State Department of Heath
Boy Scouts
National Boy Scouts
Walter W. Head
James EB. West
Park Ave
New York City
Governor Price
Mr. Leatherman
United Food Stores
Ridgeway Roller Rink
Inwood
Skyline-Shenandoah Association
Manuel Jones
Jones
Butner Jones
Buster Parham
Thomas C. Allen
Small Loan & Finance
E. Boscawen St
Northern
Helen Weyant
Whitacre Mention
Lisson Te Tbs Veice Et Natiomaide
N. Pace Ee Focsie Arene
Odeon, Bodie
Firestone Auto Supply
N. Main St
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